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(Haven't had a reason to use this icon for a while, lol)

So. I watched the next episode of When They Cry and it was all about the sad backstory of this cute little girl, and I got the feeling this was setup for even more bad things happening to her in later episodes (The whole show is about bad things happening to teens, but I can deal with that when they're treated as peers to the protagonist, and she is not)

I decided I'd rather be spoiled, so looked up some episode summaries to see if there was a point where the plot would stop being about things I find upsetting and BOY IS THERE EVER NOT. It's a layered cornucopia of my squicks all the way to the end!

Also I feel like I was in fact warned about this, decided to avoid the game/anime, then totally forgot. Good going, me. Still, I'm not actually triggered or anything, and I'm glad I watched what I did. It's an interesting and complex story.

Spoilery discussion under the cut. I'll list the triggers/squicks on the first line, but they're spoilery in and of themselves.
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Me: I should finish Gentleman Jack or Good Omens.
My brain: Nope. Too tense.
Me: Ok, lets see what's new on Netflix...hmm, just that horror anime When They Cry, but obviously that's too-
My brain: WATCH THAT

So I've been watching When They Cry, which unsurprisingly is SOMETIMES TOO TENSE FOR MY BRAIN, and is also kinda male gazey, with art and animation only slightly better than the notoriously ugly original game. But I'm still enjoying it!

The opening gets across the feel pretty well.

Below: No spoilers beyond the first few minutes, some description of violence.
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