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

[Ace_Sorou]

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.

 

[Rolanov]

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.

Kill them.

 

[Ace_Sorou]

...Care to elaborate?

 

[MajorKerina]

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

 

[Jerynboe]

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.

 

[Rzzy]

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

 

[Bayleyrockstar]

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.

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.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

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.

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.

Spoiler: Diary entry if Lindsay met Freddy

So, I ran into this weird burn victim guy. He has like, wolverine fingers gloves? And the kind of hat that made me think he was about to bow 'n say m'lady. Just cringe overall.

His fashion sense is insane, worst thing about him honestly. But, he kept trying to talk to me last night. It reminded me of old people I'd come across at like 3 am at the gas station, trying to make conversation but failing horribly at it.

He was annoying. Going on and on about how this is his world now, and I better not fall asleep, yadda yadda. Like damn, chill uncle. It's one thing to be wrong as fuck, but another to be rude too. Jesus.

But it's whatever anyway. I don’t even sleep. Is he cosplaying as the burnt god of LSD? Not sure why he's obsessed with dreams.

I was just gonna leave him alone to his halloween horror nights style ramblings, until he touched me.

Yeah, we don't do that.

I took care of the problem.

I scolded him and he learned his mistake, Told him he's allowed to come back anytime, I might humor him again if I'm bored.

 

[TinaMigarlo]

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.

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.

 

[RepresentingSilence]

 

[Bimbanana]

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

 

[JayMark]

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.

 

[Lmae]

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

 

[Ace_Sorou]

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.