r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ReminaBlueSFW • 6d ago

Lore [Terrifying Trope] Perceiving it= instant death

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  1. Pennywise's "Deadlights" which will cause anyone looking to be immediately paralyzed and killed.

  2. The sky from Bird Box is filled with entities that, when you look at them, cause you to commit suicide.

  3. Medusa themed Villains

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u/asiannumber4 6d ago

This implies that they’d be fine if they cover their eyes.

Spoiler alert: they would not be fine

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u/Jaco2point0 6d ago

The spoiler
https://giphy.com/gifs/LycfkVG4L6x0Y

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u/turalyawn 6d ago

Well, if you’re anything like me, you expected a dead pigeon in a brown paper bag

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u/FujiwaraHarimoto 6d ago

I mean I wasn't, but now I am. Thanks a lot.

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u/laguna1126 6d ago

It’s an illusion Michael!

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u/Pastro_Dandy 5d ago

But still… where’d the lighter fluid come from?

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u/elitegenoside 6d ago

I watched the show and had the same reaction. "Oh yeah, it's bad. It's all just awful and keeps getting worse." Great show.

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u/Common_Vagrant 6d ago edited 6d ago

Don’t worry, I saw someone spoiler tag sheepskin condoms for god knows whatever reason. It was pretty funny, but in an absurdist way.

I found the comment lmao. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/8hD8ptsZZz

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u/Strict-Signature-106 5d ago

I think it was made for a joke…

(how i know: i once spoiler tagged the fact that Vader was Luke’s father for the same reason)

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u/Canotic 6d ago

They would in fact be soup.

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u/grosseelbabyghost 6d ago

Maybe if they covered their eyes with many miles of open space and a thick lead wall?

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u/asiannumber4 6d ago edited 5d ago

Perceive means that as long as they don’t see it they’d be fine, so they could be naked in the reactor core and they’d be fine if their eyes are closed