Episode 113 of The Magnus Archives, "Breathing Room", is the first time a horror canon has made me less afraid of something. i don't know how to feel about that?
It was not intentional on the show's part, I don't think!
TMA is an anthology show (with a larger plot surrounding but here irrelevant) and the "statement" in this episode made a supernatural serial killer responsible for people dying of carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept. Which removed what -- to me -- is the scary thing about that sort of death: the randomness of it.
I think the ep* is also trying to make dying in your dreams sacry but I'm just... no? That is not scary? Idk, maybe it's because I experienced Worse Things In My Dreams (that one med at the hospital recently was Something) or because I am a fairly competent lucid dreamer.
Although it is entirely possible to have/use horor media to get over fears on purpose, see answer to àydra_wong below.
* Episode transcript and audeio -- the statement parts starts about halfway through (it's one of the more plot heavy so far, sorry).
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Date: 2021-01-15 09:49 pm (UTC)TMA is an anthology show (with a larger plot surrounding but here irrelevant) and the "statement" in this episode made a supernatural serial killer responsible for people dying of carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept. Which removed what -- to me -- is the scary thing about that sort of death: the randomness of it.
I think the ep* is also trying to make dying in your dreams sacry but I'm just... no? That is not scary? Idk, maybe it's because I experienced Worse Things In My Dreams (that one med at the hospital recently was Something) or because I am a fairly competent lucid dreamer.
Although it is entirely possible to have/use horor media to get over fears on purpose, see answer to àydra_wong below.
* Episode transcript and audeio -- the statement parts starts about halfway through (it's one of the more plot heavy so far, sorry).