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Someone is about to [[Baleful Polymorph|turn into a monster]]. Or they have ''something'' inside them that is definitely not supposed to be there. Or they wake up to find that they are missing some bits. Or they learn, too late, that they are a character in an [[Mister Seahorse|MPreg]] fanfiction... |
Someone is about to [[Baleful Polymorph|turn into a monster]]. Or they have ''something'' inside them that is definitely not supposed to be there. Or they wake up to find that they are missing some bits. Or they learn, too late, that they are a character in an [[Mister Seahorse|MPreg]] fanfiction... |
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Welcome to the lovely land of Body Horror. Simply put, this is any form of [[Horror]] that is based primarily on the body visibly mutating and developing in out-of-control, hideous ways. Instead of a clean, smooth, shiny (and often quick) change from one form to another, as with many [[Transformation Sequence |
Welcome to the lovely land of Body Horror. Simply put, this is any form of [[Horror]] that is based primarily on the body visibly mutating and developing in out-of-control, hideous ways. Instead of a clean, smooth, shiny (and often quick) change from one form to another, as with many [[Transformation Sequence]]s, it's [[Painful Transformation|painful]], [[Squick]]ily organic, or just plain disturbing and played for all the [[Nausea Fuel]] it's worth. |
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For maximum nightmare points, [[Virus Victim Symptoms|the transformation should be slow]], seemingly irreversible, and [[Loss of Identity|force major personality changes]]. [[Nightmare Face|Emphasis must be placed on disfiguring and distorting the victim's face.]] Slow transformations draw out the anguish. Being [[Tragic Monster|near irreversible]] raises the stakes still further. Unsought personality changes mean the victim is [[The Mind Is the Plaything of The Body|no longer truly themselves]]... |
For maximum nightmare points, [[Virus Victim Symptoms|the transformation should be slow]], seemingly irreversible, and [[Loss of Identity|force major personality changes]]. [[Nightmare Face|Emphasis must be placed on disfiguring and distorting the victim's face.]] Slow transformations draw out the anguish. Being [[Tragic Monster|near irreversible]] raises the stakes still further. Unsought personality changes mean the victim is [[The Mind Is the Plaything of The Body|no longer truly themselves]]... |
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