I shit talked all of these horrid Creepy Pastas just to summon them.
Why would you invoke this.
look, i grEw up with thE crEEpypastas, i wElcomE this. it's likE sEEing old friEnds!
i havE a distinct fondnEss for thE Early days, basically just shitty urban lEgEnds typE onEs. thE onEs that sprEad likE wildfirE using thE intErnEt as thE EquivalEnt to tElling ghost storiEs around thE campfirE. arE thosE storiEs EvEr any good? ... admittEdly, no, not usually. but thErE's a sEnsE of community in thEir origins.
Of course, there always is. I have been a proud SCP Editor myself for quite some time as well. I just sometimes fail to grasp how these 'icons' could really enrapture such masses. Jeff the Killer was drawn as an 'anime scene boy' and I knew it was over then.
if that's what it took to gEt thEm out into thE massEs and inspirE pEoplE to do thEir own work, thEn so bE it. an unfortunatE, but nEcEssary sacrificE.