That’s it. That’s all. That’s literally the entire purpose of the story. To make a point about enthusiastic consent.
It’s The Spire in the Woods, if you’re wondering. I needed to find a PDF because it got turned into a book and I’m not paying to read fricking Reddit posts. It’s absolutely not worth your time.
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The real problem is that it's original idea of "scary stories but they're being told as if they actually happened" was forgotten as far as the actual writing is concerned. You can still see its legacy in the comments IIRC, with every r-slur LARPing it out like the above story was a totes true account. Once the sub forgot about that rule it just devolved into half assed fanfiction tier shit and "wholesome" horror (the latter of which makes me sneed hard).
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I disagree. The "larp as a true story" rule made it so that every story had the protagonist escape and make it back to civilization so they can write a post on reddit, or told through someone else's found notes and stuff. Really limiting, especially on how you can end a story.
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Yeah. But at the same time the few remarkable stories that are on there almost all adhere to that rule. My dead GF on Facebook and the park ranger series being the best two examples. The protag dying doesn't really make the content any better, and the former story I mentioned kind of proves you can keep the ambiguity/stakes of the traditional horror "will they survive" if you're a decent enough writer.
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