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Frightening Periods in History
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| kush paintings |
| I'm trying to come up with some good ideas for stories that revolve around a certain time and place where every day life was terrifying. I know this explanation isn't very clear, but think along the lines of Salem, Mass. during the time of the witch trials. I'm looking for times in history that would lend itseld to a terrifying story that also reflects on the darker side of humanity. |
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| Sunsnail |
| I haven't been but I'd say being in Iraq right now as a soldier would be scary..... or as a civilian |
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| BadBadNeil |
I'd say the black plague spreading in Europe would be a dark time in history and quite terrifying knowing how many people died and how quickly it spread.
There are tons of them including:
The Cold War
9/11
The Massacres of Rwanda
The Columbian Cartel vs. Government war of the 90s
The Building of the Berlin Wall |
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| josh4 |
well hell its a pretty scary time right now with Bush being president of the most powerful country in the world... especially since i'm a democrat... i wake up some nights sweating profusely having nightmares of what that man is going to do next!
WMDs... noo... can't invade Iran... intelligent design, wtf? ... REINSTATE THE DRAFT OMG! AAAAHH! HELP! NO! |
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| Aiwendil |
| Probably in the days of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man. Like all animals we would have been pretty much in a constant "fight or flight" mode. Nature is a scary, dangerous, and unpredictable place. Everyday life would have been relatively more frightening for all, you would think. As opposed to you sitting in a chair in your cozy home on a padded chair and saying today is "hella" pretty scary, for example. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
WMDs... noo... can't invade Iran... intelligent design, wtf? ... REINSTATE THE DRAFT OMG! AAAAHH! HELP! NO! |
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| NeoPhono |
I'd probably say being a resident of central Asia/Europe during the reign of Genghis Khan.
I think he had the greatest line ever when it came to justifying his utter brutality upon those he conquered: "I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you." |
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| kush paintings |
Thanks for the suggestions, remember I am looking for something that would provide a good story too. I think
The Columbian Cartel vs. Government war of the 90s
The Building of the Berlin Wall
the black plague
These are all pretty solid and I think could translate over easily to a good story line.
I cam up with some of my own (kind of).
A story told in the book All Souls Rising: In Haiti the slaves rebelled against their owners and won (according to some). The rebellion, however, would foreshadow a violent a gruesome history that was to come for the country.
Brief discussion about the book and history
Although this isn't really fitting of the scary moments in history, this woman deserves mentioning, as her character could single-hnadedly hold up a story and the fact that this truly happened is quite frightening.
A real-life vampire |
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| Fir3start3r |
oh gawd, you're missing one of the biggest ones ever. :wtf:
The Cuban Missle Crisis!! |
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| killingjoke |
i was thinking of all those vietnam war movies, which i have saw, either in a war scenario or a flashback from nam.
thinking what would make bush so scared that he will remember the nam days.
war songs?
rambling man, gambling man?
vietnamese dressed in vietcong costumes, or people speaking vietnamese, demonstrations or protest in vietnamese
maybe bush might lose it, and a massacre would happen. claim insanity, postwar syndrome.
i think kerry would be scared too. |
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| kush paintings |
| Vietnam has been done to death. |
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| Michael19 |
| How about World war I? quite often the forgotten one. Always found it interesting the different reasons for it, and how people felt it would be over so quickly, yet it turn into a blood bath. |
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