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Post by Tiers1 on Oct 28, 2020 21:27:20 GMT
So my other interest beyond swords, which my wife and daughter find another league stranger, is the historical supernatural. By that I mean, scholarly accounts of phenomenon which give a treatment of some credulity to those events which have some trappings of credibility, or at least respectful recollections/assessments of folklore. To be more specific, cryptozoology, historical accounts of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifting or monsters in general, historical accounts of witchcraft, cults, purely unexplained phenomenon, etc. My interest in this field was accelerated by a 2015 masterpiece of a videogame called Bloodborne, which pits the player character, equipped with brutally designed edged weaponry, against every manner of monstrosity (many of them from western folklore, with a good bit of Lovecraft thrown in) in a haunting, gothic setting. This game actually changed my preferred aesthetic from the refined and knightly to the brutal and effective, at least for a time. I have gone so far as to have constructed a room filled with antiques and weaponry of a vampire/werewolf hunter aesthetic. Yes, it is an interest that is way out in the weeds. Anyone else into this sort of thing? even a little?
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Post by paulmuaddib on Oct 28, 2020 21:51:42 GMT
Not my thing but I’m sure Brother Nathaniel will chime in here when he sees this. I used to be a BIG fan of fictional vampire shows, tv, books. Watched Dark Shadows in high school. Read Bram Stokers Dracula also while in high school and was hooked. Lost interest in it and other stuff (zombies, werewolves etc) a few years ago. I’m 64. Never got into the stuff that’s possibly real because nothing is ever proved, at least that I’ve ever seen. Once stayed at a friends house on New Year’s Eve He said his mother would get up at night and go to the kitchen, sit and talk to a female ghost/spirit. They would just have conversations. While I would like to have seen this I wasn’t going (able, New Year’s Eve remember) to wake up to do it. Not that it would have been there for me anyway. I know that’s not what you really asked about but thought I’d chime in anyway. Bored I guess. Btw, the ghost was from 1700s or 1800s iirc.
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 29, 2020 0:28:20 GMT
Tiers, have you somehow missed all of my threads? lol.
A man after my own heart and I hardly remember your posts on any of this material I have at times spent an hour on.
When I have a little more time I will compile photos of my anti-supernatural predator weaponry into this thread.
I have one in particular that I have never posted about or shown photos of.
I think you will appreciate the aesthetics.
But to make a long story short YES I am very into this stuff and even plan to have a room like yours filled with all kinds of macabre items including but not limited to weaponry, artifacts, wet specimens(Animal and human), Curious Medical phenomenon and bones.
Sort of a mini museum.
One area, that I believe is rich and a road less traveled(By comparison) is the "Southern Gothic" horror/supernatural Aesthetic , the ante- and post-bellum 19th century America type aesthetic.
Yes Please!
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Oct 29, 2020 13:56:20 GMT
My wife is hugely into cryptozoology. The latest is 'Dogman'.
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Post by treeslicer on Oct 29, 2020 15:08:51 GMT
So my other interest beyond swords, which my wife and daughter find another league stranger, is the historical supernatural. By that I mean, scholarly accounts of phenomenon which give a treatment of some credulity to those events which have some trappings of credibility, or at least respectful recollections/assessments of folklore. To be more specific, cryptozoology, historical accounts of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifting or monsters in general, historical accounts of witchcraft, cults, purely unexplained phenomenon, etc. My interest in this field was accelerated by a 2015 masterpiece of a videogame called Bloodborne, which pits the player character, equipped with brutally designed edged weaponry, against every manner of monstrosity (many of them from western folklore, with a good bit of Lovecraft thrown in) in a haunting, gothic setting. This game actually changed my preferred aesthetic from the refined and knightly to the brutal and effective, at least for a time. I have gone so far as to have constructed a room filled with antiques and weaponry of a vampire/werewolf hunter aesthetic. Yes, it is an interest that is way out in the weeds. Anyone else into this sort of thing? even a little? I have a longtime interest in unexplained phenomena. I was present at an incident during an FTX in Texas in 1970 when an aggressor detachment I was leading fired on a "spook light", from concealment at 10 meters range. The enlisted personnel freaked when they realized that there was absolutely nothing revealed by the muzzle blasts. The thing disappeared, then popped up again about 20 meters behind us, and followed us silently through heavy brush for at least 10 minutes before disappearing again. It looked for all the world like a flashlight beam emerging from nowhere. Weird semprini happens. |
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Post by RufusScorpius on Oct 30, 2020 11:48:47 GMT
I used to be into the weird and supernatural when I was much younger. I loved the ghost stories (especially Scottish ghosts), the monster movie stuff, and things like the Bermuda Triangle and so forth. But as I grew older I realized that most of the legends were disconnected stories made from random and disjointed facts, with a good majority being outright BS speculation (everything alien for example), so it all just faded into the background. Does that mean I've become old and jaded? Or that I just don't care about supernatural things anymore? If I were to encounter an actual powerful mystical object or whatnot, I would leave it and just walk away- I guess I'm mature enough to know that it's nothing but trouble and it doesn't tempt me in the slightest. I would rather have a good meal of baked mac-n-cheese than a talisman of invisibility.
I guess the fun has been taken out of it.
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Post by seth on Oct 30, 2020 16:10:09 GMT
I would like to see Tiers and BN's collections of antiques and weapons related to this topic.
I enjoy modern takes on this stuff like the harry dresden and monster hunter international books and not so modern like Howard's Solomon Kane.
I like it from the perspective of humanity versus the monsters so I never cared for shiny vampires (I watched these movies with my wife and "Go Team Jacob!") or Anne Rice type vamps.
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Post by harrybeck on Oct 30, 2020 16:25:57 GMT
I'm interested in anything off the beaten path. I'm an ex LEO, and PI as well as a call of cthulhu GM. I am currently a minister for about 15 years.
I've personally seen a ghost or apparition years ago in the basement of a deconsecrated church. After continuing investigation we found the
remains of a young lady who had been taken advantage of by the pastor of the time. There was one entrance to the basement and 3 open ended rooms side by side.
The center room was the furnace room. Electricity had never been installed in the basement, so I was in the dark, I tripped and fell into a hole in the dirt floor that was long enough for me to stretch my 6'2 frame fully. That is when a young lady in a white dress walked past, stopped briefly and glanced at .e, then continued past to the last room out of sight.
I followed after her and found the room empty!
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 16:32:55 GMT
we found the remains of a young lady who had been taken advantage of by the pastor of the time. I'm curious, how were you able to determine this? Was there some sort of material relating to this that you put 2 and 2 together? |
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 16:35:18 GMT
I would like to see Tiers and BN's collections of antiques and weapons related to this topic. I enjoy modern takes on this stuff like the harry dresden and monster hunter international books and not so modern like Howard's Solomon Kane. I like it from the perspective of humanity versus the monsters so I never cared for shiny vampires (I watched these movies with my wife and "Go Team Jacob!") or Anne Rice type vamps. Seth, don't take this the wrong way bro and I appreciate it but I have been posting this kind of stuff for years with a pretty lukewarm response lol BUT I will post the photos as I said I would. |
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Post by seth on Oct 30, 2020 16:44:59 GMT
I would like to see Tiers and BN's collections of antiques and weapons related to this topic. I enjoy modern takes on this stuff like the harry dresden and monster hunter international books and not so modern like Howard's Solomon Kane. I like it from the perspective of humanity versus the monsters so I never cared for shiny vampires (I watched these movies with my wife and "Go Team Jacob!") or Anne Rice type vamps. Seth, don't take this the wrong way bro and I appreciate it but I have been posting this kind of stuff for years with a pretty lukewarm response lol BUT I will post the photos as I said I would. Yeah I know. I like your monster threads. They are creative and fun to read, but I don't take the time to participate that I should. I apologize for that. |
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Post by seth on Oct 30, 2020 16:49:30 GMT
I'm interested in anything off the beaten path. I'm an ex LEO, and PI as well as a call of cthulhu GM. I am currently a minister for about 15 years. I've personally seen a ghost or apparition years ago in the basement of a deconsecrated church. After continuing investigation we found the remains of a young lady who had been taken advantage of by the pastor of the time. There was one entrance to the basement and 3 open ended rooms side by side. The center room was the furnace room. Electricity had never been installed in the basement, so I was in the dark, I tripped and fell into a hole in the dirt floor that was long enough for me to stretch my 6'2 frame fully. That is when a young lady in a white dress walked past, stopped briefly and glanced at .e, then continued past to the last room out of sight. I followed after her and found the room empty! Thank you for sharing. That's a story worth hearing. I am not sure I believe that ghosts are the trapped souls or spirits of people, but I think that impressions can remain in a way particularly after a traumatic death. I felt this the most strongly visiting Gettysburg. There was an almost palpable sense of tragedy there. |
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 18:11:21 GMT
Seth, don't take this the wrong way bro and I appreciate it but I have been posting this kind of stuff for years with a pretty lukewarm response lol BUT I will post the photos as I said I would. Yeah I know. I like your monster threads. They are creative and fun to read, but I don't take the time to participate that I should. I apologize for that. Monster threads are up bro  Take a shot. |
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Post by harrybeck on Oct 30, 2020 18:25:31 GMT
I've been to Gettysburg do,dozens of times. I know what you mean.
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Post by pellius on Oct 30, 2020 19:01:42 GMT
Well, in a way I’m “into the historical supernatural:”
“Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
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Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.”
I’m not sure this counts, though.
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 19:05:35 GMT
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 19:12:57 GMT
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Oct 30, 2020 19:15:17 GMT
These are all 100% historically accurate I swear!
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Post by seth on Oct 30, 2020 19:27:44 GMT
These are all 100% historically accurate I swear! Very cool items and lore. The hammer is my favorite just because I love war hammers--just the sort of weapon a witch-hunter would carry. I like how the typical Shiva trident cut out on the kukri is a cross. |
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Post by Tiers1 on Oct 30, 2020 20:15:45 GMT
 "Carriageman's Kukri" "This weapon is of the kind fashioned for wealthy coachmen traveling the dark forests of Eastern Europe during the heights of superstition, fitted with a powerful shearing blade and wrought iron fittings to repel and dispatch vampires and witches. In reality these arms were far more often used to intimidate highwaymen and fend off the occasional bear, as we know of course that the creatures it was intended for simply don't exist... This particular example is mounted with an olive wood handle to render it doubly effective against vampires" |
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Btw: This said Talbot in Schiller's Maid of Orleans, Talbot died in the Battle of Castillon. So a sword thing too!