Writing Prompt How would your MC react when put in a horror movie?

Give me an example of how your MC reacts when attacked by someone like Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhes, Leatherface, or any other horror monster you can think of. I'd like to see how your characters handle the situation.

Ace_Sorou said:

Give me an example of how your MC reacts when attacked by someone like Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhes, Leatherface, or any other horror monster you can think of. I'd like to see how your characters handle the situation.

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Kill them.

...Care to elaborate?

"Nope..." [runs and hides intelligently, she is a busty blond and genre savvy so they would make sure she and her friends are safe]

He’d end up getting killed in order to establish the villain’s credibility, since he’s currently an OP magical pirate and pre-isekai he was a good natured but jacked frat bro accountant. He’d try to fight in either case.

Slasher movie villains can’t be beaten in the first scene, so whether because he’s just some moderately buff dude or because his magic doesn’t work, he’s getting hacked apart by a machete so that everyone knows this is a serious threat.

Don't really care I guess, my MC already in the horror of war, she will ask the slasher to end her life for cure her PTSD

Ace_Sorou said:

Give me an example of how your MC reacts when attacked by someone like Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhes, Leatherface, or any other horror monster you can think of. I'd like to see how your characters handle the situation.

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Well, considering it's a cultivation novel. Anyone physical is going to have a bad time. I think even at his current point, maybe IT could kill him, but otherwise, all of them are just similar dudes. Freddy Kruger is an interesting one, considering he chases you in your dreams, and I'm not too familiar with him.

This is the peak of Qi condensation BTW. Not even higher, Cultivation power scaling is nonsense, but I love it.

Ace_Sorou said:

Give me an example of how your MC reacts when attacked by someone like Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhes, Leatherface, or any other horror monster you can think of. I'd like to see how your characters handle the situation.

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Freddy: My MC would be entirely immune to him. She doesn't sleep and is not affected by mind games, intimidation, etc. And she's also a bit hard to kill.

Jason: She'd observe and analyze him, likely dodging his slow attacks or overwhelming him with her 'friends' that may or may not be alive.

Leatherface: He'd be deemed an environmental hazard, instead of a dangerous monster. She'd be highly annoyed by his chainsaw noises. She hates noise and it makes her angrier. Firearm time.

Other movie monster ideas:

Michael Myers: She'd label him a weird stalker and be uncomfortable from his complete silence, but likely treat him similar to how she does her 'friends'. Except she can't do too much about him other than just dispatch him until he comes back.

Pennywise: Lindsay has no fear, among other things. However, she'd probably succumb and die to him if he managed to manifest some kind of monster from her extreme dislike of loud noises and terrible fashion choices, and also being exposed to the deadlights. Her initial reaction would be something like "What in the fuck are you wearing?"

Dracula: Immune to everything from him except just pure, supernatural strength.

Jerynboe said:

He’d end up getting killed in order to establish the villain’s credibility, since he’s currently an OP magical pirate and pre-isekai he was a good natured but jacked frat bro accountant. He’d try to fight in either case.

Slasher movie villains can’t be beaten in the first scene, so whether because he’s just some moderately buff dude or because his magic doesn’t work, he’s getting hacked apart by a machete so that everyone knows this is a serious threat.

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that's phrased so crass, yet... it has a certain formal logic to it at the same time. That was fun, thanks.
the MC I worked with across several books now, I know him and you got me thinking. He's been desensitized to violence for so long now, he doesn't get the same rush out of it as a person should. I'm thinking he'd try to figure out a way to harass the monster over time. Studying its reactions so he could figure out a way to get it to commit a grievous tactical error. My MC sometimes gets curbstomped but never quits. He might take an ass whooping from the monster then get serious about figuring the puzzle out.

Oh, my MC would definitely build a talent agency and monetized them

I'm not sure that any of my more read MCs could handle any of these threats as they are now.

But my villian would just make them all her minions.

He'll try to kill it.
Most of my protags would at least try to fight back.

Honestly, as the thread creator, I'd tell you what my character would do...
...if it weren't for the fact that the arc that's about to play out would functionally be a Horror movie.

Simple slashers? Most of my MCs would shrug and make a comment about "must be Tuesday" or something.

Demonblade in True Blue IS a super-powered slasher, and a recurring playmate of Indigos (if I ever get back to his story).

The story that "first" brings Sparrow (pre-Strange Awakening) and Jack Diamond together has them facing the self-proclaimed Patron Demon of Serial Killers (That would be Jack's third book, after Blood Diamond).

Dane Coleman gets stuck on a zombie train and faces down a T-Rex; doubt serial killers would phase him at all.

etc.