Birthing Fiends

Jaycinth · Nov 26, 2007

(for the record, considering where I am on my WIPs, I would have started this thread over here even if the Lovely Haggis, and the Delicate Mr. Thunder had not been made mods.)

So, I was joking around on another thread in this very forum and I got the kernal of an idea.

Basically It is along the line of 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.

:::TWIST::::

What doesn't kill you makes you a brilliant psychopath.

TAH DAH: Birth of a fiend!

I know how my fiends have gotten thier starts...what about yours????

Haggis · Nov 26, 2007

Jaycinth said:
(for the record, considering where I am on my WIPs, I would have started this thread over here even if the Lovely Haggis, and the Delicate Mr. Thunder had not been made mods.)

So, I was joking around on another thread in this very forum and I got the kernal of an idea.

Basically It is along the line of 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.

:::TWIST::::

What doesn't kill you makes you a brilliant psychopath.

TAH DAH: Birth of a fiend!

I know how my fiends have gotten thier starts...what about yours????

My all-time best fiend was a little boy. Of course, he was simply born a fiend, with three rows of teeth, a desire to eat everything, and a mother who wisely decided not to breast feed. Kid eventually ate his cat, his father and his school principal, but nothing specifically made him that way.

Calla Lily · Nov 26, 2007

My fiends were born out of the horror of n-war. No, not mutated babies. Full-grown adults gone bonkers from the pain, destruction, and horror, and lovingly passing the insanity onto subsequent generations.

NeuroFizz · Nov 26, 2007

The human brain is such a complex and lovely structure, all you have to do is cross some wiring here or enhance some connections there, and you can have some really interesting forms of abnormal integration going on. It's even better if you understand some of how the brain normally works because then you can stick in some realistic wiring-gone-wrong reactions to paint a full three-dimensional horror character without having to dive into the supernatural. Use and abuse those brains, dear horror writers!

III · Nov 26, 2007

This is a little embarassing, but I get lots of character inspiration from NPR. If I hear a story that hits me in the gut, I'll remember certain elements and put them in the character melting pot. The real world has infinitely more depravity and horror than I'm able to imagine by myself.

Haggis · Nov 26, 2007

NeuroFizz said:
The human brain is such a complex and lovely structure, all you have to do is cross some wiring here or enhance some connections there, and you can have some really interesting forms of abnormal integration going on. It's even better if you understand some of how the brain normally works because then you can stick in some realistic wiring-gone-wrong reactions to paint a full three-dimensional horror character without having to dive into the supernatural. Use and abuse those brains, dear horror writers!

This explains why I usually feel like One Of Ours. At least in my dreams.

Jaycinth · Dec 12, 2007

OK.
So now the fiend is birthed.

And we can presume it wasn't killed at birth so it is walking around doing what ever it is that fiends do best.

My fiend started as a gracious sort, well liked and respected by his peers. The fact that he is an actual fiend quite surprised me.

What do your fiends do?

I mean did it pop out and momma said: "Oh look! We have a fiend! Time to sacrifice the 100 foot crocodile!"

or was it more gradual.......

Little Billy appraoched the crossroads at dusk. Turning he saw the capital letter F. "Oh, lookie, the capital letter F...and over there ..is that an I???"

He took two more steps toward the crossroad. A black car pulled up. On the side was painted the capital letter E.

A man, dressed in grey, wearing dark glasses emerged. He was holding the capital letters N and D.

"Oh goodie!" Little Billy said runnning to the car. "There is only one letter missing. I bet I'll find an R inside!"

Little Billy climbed into the back of the car, his nails lengthing to razor sharp claws, his teeth sharpening to fangs.....

Or does your fiend wake up one morning in a room festooned with 'Rainbow Bright' and say...."By golly, I think I'll become a fiend today!"

Haggis · Dec 12, 2007

My fiend's parents first suspected they might have a problem with him, when he gnawed his way out of his crib.

JeanneTGC · Dec 12, 2007

I like my fiends born that way but looking be-A-U-tiful. Because it's much easier to trap your meal if it thinks it's gonna get lucky.

DL Hegel · Dec 12, 2007

great quote!!! i'm still laughing

dl hegel

JeanneTGC said:
I like my fiends born that way but looking be-A-U-tiful. Because it's much easier to trap your meal if it thinks it's gonna get lucky.

DL Hegel · Dec 12, 2007

my favorite fiend was one i did for a writing contest. he was an neglectful husband--who gets another man preggers -- assasinates world leaders--and gets killed in the end by his dingy wife when she trips over a lamp cord and shoots him with his own weapon--but sadly one of the judges actually thought it was a serious piece go figure.
dl hegel

DL Hegel · Dec 12, 2007

true story-- unfortunately(the writing contest not the evil alien)

DL Hegel said:
my favorite fiend was one i did for a writing contest. he was an neglectful husband--who gets another man preggers -- assasinates world leaders--and gets killed in the end by his dingy wife when she trips over a lamp cord and shoots him with his own weapon--but sadly one of the judges actually thought it was a serious piece go figure.
dl hegel

WolfgangNibori · Dec 13, 2007

I think the worst, most fascinating fiends are the ones who choose the path and make no bones about their desire to be evil :-D

Kerr · Dec 15, 2007

DL Hegel said:
my favorite fiend was one i did for a writing contest. he was an neglectful husband--who gets another man preggers -- assasinates world leaders--and gets killed in the end by his dingy wife when she trips over a lamp cord and shoots him with his own weapon--but sadly one of the judges actually thought it was a serious piece go figure.
dl hegel

I did one like that once. I went with my daughter to a sales thing for selling expensive knives with surgical, steel blades that never need sharpening. I tried one show at a girlfriend's, too ashamed to actually expect to sell the things, (go figure?) both she and her husband total spendthrifts. But she became somewhat outraged by his attitude and I went home to spend the night writing about a top sales' party where the housewife's grip fails and the knife slips into her husband's protruding belly, while the other women rally around to place their orders for future parties.

I tried to sell it to Woman's World, as a mini-mystery, but no dice. Too funny, I guess?

Jaycinth · Dec 17, 2007

Kerr said:
I did one like that once. I went with my daughter to a sales thing for selling expensive knives with surgical, steel blades that never need sharpening. I tried one show at a girlfriend's, too ashamed to actually expect to sell the things, (go figure?) both she and her husband total spendthrifts. But she became somewhat outraged by his attitude and I went home to spend the night writing about a top sales' party where the housewife's grip fails and the knife slips into her husband's protruding belly, while the other women rally around to place their orders for future parties.

I tried to sell it to Woman's World, as a mini-mystery, but no dice. Too funny, I guess?

Make it darker...where the sales woman keeps having these parties at folks houses and at each one the knife conveniently slips...and her sales go up....

DL Hegel · Dec 17, 2007

i think it sounds cool. i like weird humor.

Kerr said:
I did one like that once. I went with my daughter to a sales thing for selling expensive knives with surgical, steel blades that never need sharpening. I tried one show at a girlfriend's, too ashamed to actually expect to sell the things, (go figure?) both she and her husband total spendthrifts. But she became somewhat outraged by his attitude and I went home to spend the night writing about a top sales' party where the housewife's grip fails and the knife slips into her husband's protruding belly, while the other women rally around to place their orders for future parties.

I tried to sell it to Woman's World, as a mini-mystery, but no dice. Too funny, I guess?

HeronW · Dec 22, 2007

My 5k year old sorceress, looks 15, got that way after being set up to be sacrificed at 12. She was prepared for 3 years and learned forbidden texts, then when she was taken up the hill to die, she stabbed and unmanned the priests, called down the demon herself and became 'almost' immortal and 'almost' invulnerable.

Jaycinth · Dec 28, 2007

HeronW said:
My 5k year old sorceress, looks 15, got that way after being set up to be sacrificed at 12. She was prepared for 3 years and learned forbidden texts, then when she was taken up the hill to die, she stabbed and unmanned the priests, called down the demon herself and became 'almost' immortal and 'almost' invulnerable.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................

but was she fiendish?

I've experimented with turning people into fiends, but I just took another intense look at the draft I call 'Book the Four' and the idea of 'Born Again' fiend comes to mind.

You know...the bad guy, upon realizing that he is bad, gets down on his knees.....

...and vows to become worse?

SpookyWriter · Dec 28, 2007

I thought this thread was about Birthing Friends!

Jaycinth · Dec 28, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
I thought this thread was about Birthing Friends!

......friend is fiend with an 'r'....

ARRRRRRRRRRRR......

SpookyWriter · Dec 28, 2007

I'm glad it's not necessary for me to participate in any birthing. I don't have the tools for the job.

zahra · Dec 28, 2007

Interesting. I've just realised that, strangely, all my 'fiends' are victims who've been turned that way cos of what's happened to them. In a couple of stories, they don't even know what they're doing.

Hm.

SpookyWriter · Dec 28, 2007

That's a fiendish story, indeed.

Pike · Dec 29, 2007

There's too many threads on this damned board! I can't keep up wih yous' guys.

I had to think about my fiends, trying to figure in which ones were the twistedest of the group. The one that came to mind was an abused, neglected child who tried to end it all by taking a permanment dunk, but some asshole saved him. So he got brave and joined the military because with wars going on and bullets flying everywhere, he was sure to get mowed down. It worked until another asshole blessed/ cursed him with Lycanthropy, and now, short of drinking napalm or sucking on grandma's silverware, he's going to be around a lot longer then he wanted to.

Convoluted? Ya, probably.

Pike

Haggis · Dec 29, 2007

Oooo. I like that idea, Pike.

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