The Most UNNERVING Creature In Fiction

[@ScritRighter]

Only sussy bakas won't go to my link in the description.

[@jakubwujczyk4836]

I will consider. But for certain, I will read your book. It seems interesting :)

[@SOLO.SHAD0W-HAWK]

Thx for saying one of the only games that tells you to lie to your friends, case Mafia Werewolf and Town of Salis

[@HumanPersonNotOrangutan]

k.

[@HumanPersonNotOrangutan]

Man, I am so torn on it. I am unreasonably angry that people with such interesting things to say have to be cutesy and shill products or services that ~60% of the time are worth nobody's time and effort... but also, I really don't want you to starve or work 60h a week to make ends meet. Oh to live in the past distant past that may or may not have existed, eating fruits or nuts growing within easy reach, and just going through the day exchanging thoughts and stories. (...let's not mention deaths from Lack of Antibiotics, Passing Large Predator, Starving on Lean Years, or Oops You Said Something That Throgg Didn't Like and Now Stones Are Flying Your Way...)

[@devilsbane598UT]

2:06 what is the background music at this part?

[@trinhhuyvinhbao670]

Scary detail: In the article, there is no one named Ramirez.

[@SamJonesS4mmyd48ull]

That's fuckin creepy. I love it.

[@hoggoe7623]

​​@@NubbyDubby It means both of them were impostors I think

[@RushWheeler]

THERE ARE 2 IMPOSTORS AMONG US

[@Cheesejar]

Im the imposter no i am *spider man pointing at each other*

[@pecetabla8042]

@@NubbyDubby it means that one impostor wanted to get in, saying that he's the real Ramirez (who he just made up), and the other went along the story and pleaded that "I'm the real Ramirez", forgeting that there is in fact, noone named Ramirez on that ship, making it very possible for the very observant ears to get their cover blown

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

"Aight ramirez, im not taking any risks. Ya'll can go chill outside together."

[@sirrjean1553]

This!

[@aq_ua]

But then you'd have to open the door.

[@sirrjean1553]

@@aq_ua Have ramirez go out another way

[@Torantal]

​@sirrjean1553 but you don't know exactly where the creature is but outside.

[@UwU-xk5cx]

Which would be the logical option, since in the article it was revealed that there was no Ramirez in the crew to start with

[@LARADEKA]

One part I am noticing about doppelgangers, if talking about real life, is that it preys on how humans are afraid of being forgotten, missing out, or left behind. You're just as disposable and an asset, expendable and used to deceive the rest. At surface value, we love a double copy... but if you go way deeper... it just turns creepy fast. You can be thrown away if you serve no use to the thing mimicking you. Impersonation is scarier than being possessed.

[@MrAlubenco]

Reminds me of that euphemism about flattering someone through impersonation, creepy😮.

[@forestgilpin8849]

Really good Horror Podcast called the Magnus Archives has a bunch of monsters related to this and its all about Fear of losing one’s Identity lots of those monsters are shapeshifters, Taxidermied Taxidemists, and Dolls without Faces and want yours

[@gusty7153]

it's more so about being wrongfully accused of something and you can't prove otherwise because the culprit is a duplicate of you. everyone else saw "you" doing something horrible and not being yourself. "you" are now an outcast.

[@MrAlubenco]

@@gusty7153 yup, exactly. Funny thing if you look hard enough you can see similarities amongst and notice situations too familiar for comfort.

[@realkraid]

I mean, I am disposable and replaceable lol, I'm a member of the working class in a capitalist society.

[@FormerlyIvorMinecraftStoryMode]

I don't know why, but the idea of a doppelganger NOT attacking you, is scarier than it just attacking, imagine having dinner with one, and just being fully aware it's not human, but not being able to do anything about it, it just maintains the facade of being human, not just because it wants to deceive you, but it is also trying to emulate aspects of consciousness it can't experience itself, it is both a lie it wants you to believe, and a lie it itself wants to believe.

[@Rayquaza_Enthusiast]

It’s scary because of the fact you know about the lie, but you don’t have the ability to get rid of it, the lie is just a lie, but the existence of the doppelgänger trying to live the lie, and get you to believe it as well, is scarier than the very existence of the lie itself. The doppelgänger wanting to live the lie and get you to believe the lie as well, is scarier than the fact it is a lie

[@julsdemers4740]

honestly this feels more sad than scary to me, poor doppel just wants to be hooman 😢

[@eddiehoney7166]

Watch Vivarium… it is exactly that

[@So_Toasty]

@@eddiehoney7166 That was a great movie. I've heard so many people say it sucks because the movie never reveals the "why" behind the whole scheme and such but I think not knowing is part of what makes it feel so disturbing.

[@Gab-tc2mr]

@@Rayquaza_Enthusiasttake a shot every time you say lie 💀

[@Magicghost23]

When your seeing double your in trouble.

[@MintBunHunter]

just give it to the next person

[@klickonthat5244]

*you're

[@Magicghost23]

Oops

[@pimiento3428]

no one can protect the world from devastation

[@specteralcandle]

@@pimiento3428 Nobody is gonna unite all the people within the nation

[@zigzaglychee7324]

I want to see a doppelganger story where they aren't actually malicious and are simply taking on our appearance to try and be accepted into our social group because they want to be friends, but they don't understand humans well enough to realise how terrifying this is.

[@ScritRighter]

Time to start writing

[@greengiants556]

It’s not a whole story, but it sounds like the Doppler’s in the Witcher. They are very kind and gentle. They also moved to a major capital for survival.

[@jayemover_16]

So, autism but physically?

[@qwertydavid8070]

Honestly, the skrull from marvel are kind of like that. Some of them are malicious, but most of them are chill.

[@madamchloe2655]

The summer Hikari died!

[@hoot_645]

The first thing I thought of when hearing the beginning story is that mimics are so terrifying because they play on one of humans' best and most defining traits: social bonding and trust. The moment the knocking began and it claimed to be ramirez, you can already imagine all the shouting and accusations being thrown around the room. Nobody can be trusted anymore. The mimic destroys bonds and makes you doubt everything you thought was true about other people

[@thenamesmimic7338]

Same could apply to Uno but I'll take the credit.

[@jeremiahboyd2147]

Fake Peppino is probably good example of a doublegainer

[@VippiFromXenoZtudios]

“YEEEOWOWOWOOWOWOWWWWWW!!!!” “WWWWOWOWWOOWOWOWOEEEEY!!!!”

[@anapple6912]

all pizza tower players are mentally ill. autistic even.

[@LettuceWithLegs]

‘Doublegainer’ 💀

[@Cranberrie123]

Either theres a terrible monster attempting to break into your ship (which is bad enough), or far worse... your locked in with it, and your friend is locked outside.

[@Cranberrie123]

or the weird answer, their somehow both the 'real' friend, some kind of weird clone scenario.

[@glassofwater281]

The real answer is that there was no Ramirez in the original article

[@iamknife7]

an interesting thing about The Thing, is that technically it does have sequel. But it's not a movie sequel, it's a video game sequel.

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

There's some comic sequels as well.

[@catch-2321]

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[@jeggsonvohees2201]

@@catch-2321 How do you type an Amogus?!!

[@catch-2321]

@@jeggsonvohees2201 sus

[@steveoevo]

@ uzumaki amogus

[@Zxr-r6q]

2:54 Assassin bugs: *"Am I a joke to you?"*

[@wyatt8315]

This video went from being a horrifying analysis of the doppelgänger archetype to an uplifting message on how to improve ourselves without originality

[@IDKU_WRU]

TBH, I'd love a horror movie involving a mimic terrorizing some people in Antarctica. They can't go out because they'll die, and they're terrified of this creature because the way it shapeshifts is grotesque and terrifying. They all think this creature is gonna brutally kill them, but in actuality, the creature is just messing with them. It's a devious creature that likes to play but won't kill them. All of the deaths in the movie are from the people inside the building.

[@sirrjean1553]

Yeah I wish such a movie exists, that’d be so cool!

[@cafeconmatt6373]

Kind of like The Thing (1982)

[@IDKU_WRU]

@cafeconmatt6373 kinda, except this creature doesn't kill anyone. All the deaths are caused by paranoia or accidents. It just looks terrifying.

[@goodsuckgoodluck7486]

So “the thing”😂

[@IDKU_WRU]

@@goodsuckgoodluck7486 The Thing killed the team members. I'm talking about a creature that plays mind games.

[@gusty7153]

horror comedy exists because the "scariest kind" of horror being the fear of the unknown is ultimately a one trick pony. and in order to have a longer lasting horror experience, you kinda need more existential threat that stays terrifying long after the great reveal

[@BlackReshiram]

i am convinced the REAL scrit would have never pointed a gun at me in the front of a sponsor ad. ... he would have used AT LEAST two.

[@ScritRighter]

I need more money to afford two guns

[@BlackReshiram]

@@ScritRighter thats what an imposter would say. /j

[@okami345]

A cool story idea to have a changeling baby just sort of show up in the crib with your real baby, but both of them are fine. And it's such a perfect copy you can't tell the difference. And it's such a sweet baby... How could you kill it even if you could tell? So they're raised as twins 😂 Through their experiences they grow to become different people, and love each other as siblings. Extra points if they don't even know one's a changeling.

[@okami345]

Would a true copy know that its a copy?

[@kairan_gild]

Bro made a story about birds. The cuckoo I think? You have to add stakes to the story though.like make the mother have a loss of recourses so she has to choose one to care for.meanwhile bad things are happening and it seems like the imposter is the cause but she can't tell which

[@aeyadice2765]

Read the story Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman. Exactly this plot.

[@voiceofthelegion578]

This is done well in Bambi two of all things. Hunters are using deer calls but to Bambi, it sounds like his mother luring him back out to the very field she died in. Very haunting.

[@TheHollowedOne]

the greatest among us essay ever

[@Nony_Amous101]

When I was playing Among Us, every dips--t was just voting randomly to get rid of everyone else with no rhyme or reason just because someone felt insulted. His essay was not my Among Us experience.

[@drunkclops]

I'm so glad i found you from one of your later videos as honestly your video ending line of "and start writing." got me and after hitting up some of your backlog not having that i don't know if you would have gripped me in just one video. Great stuff, love to see it

[@rmt3589]

My big takeaway from this video: Skinwalking is just an extension of human behaviors, but with humans as the prey. We mimic because we are built to mimic. And all those aspects that make humanity great, all those pieces that can be seen in only one animal at a time, bears passing on knowledge, otters using tools, dolphins doing horrific things for fun, these may just be us mimicking. Scripturally, we were made in God's image, are we just mimics of God? I think the answer is a yes.

[@nottherealjhonridley8835]

New existential dread realized, thanks.

[@rmt3589]

@@nottherealjhonridley8835 My pleasure! Tell the Yenaaldoshi I said hi! ☺️

[@ikkimurrell1074]

so we ate god right

[@rmt3589]

@@ikkimurrell1074 we eat gods, not God. But close. 🦊

[@RandomMimikyu]

dude i cannot afford another existential crisis why did you have to do this..

[@arlen7726]

Imagine playing Among Us with someone who can do lots of different voice impressions extremely convincingly. Heck, imagine that, but it’s one player on multiple accounts in the same game of Among Us.

[@PorkSzoda]

The monster concept in your book for the 'oscitore' (sorry if i spelled that wrong) is so unique and intesting!! Im def checking your book out when i get the chance

[@ScritRighter]

You will find a lot of my names and words are made up in the world. Such as 'Oskuutor'. However, many of them are made from grabbing roots from other languages or words.

[@Skelequid]

22:10 this is a very interesting point I was thinking about recently. I've seen posts that say things along the lines of "going to see a movie and leaving with an entirely new personality" and they made me think. Everything about us and the way we act, our personalities are just an amalgamation of every person we've looked up to whether in real life or fictional. Nobody is truly original as there was someone we mimicked traits from in our younger years and I think that's a very interesting thought.

[@JLM-y5g]

We are the sum of our parts. Everything we deem original has roots in something else, even if it might not appear that way.

[@sirrjean1553]

And this is why that stupid statement “just be yourself” is so meaningless and wrong. We are just what our circumstances made us to be (with some genetic influence too yeah)

[@MrAlubenco]

@@sirrjean1553 exactly. And with both generations leaving generations arriving and departing, the "mimics" have it easy when it comes down to understanding and mixing in with whatever community their involved. Almost as if they already know their roles and how the scripting will evolve.

[@NetullaGD]

the nosferatu part on 3:55 gave me trauma's during an art test (that test was too hard and like 3 questions were about the film)

[@GabrielRodriguez-ss7hv]

Nosferatu!!!!!!

[@Witheredfuntimefreddy]

Ok…I never thought this video would be that thought-provoking. It really put into a new perspective abt dopplegangers. To me, they are not inherently evil and that it is our own perception and primal fear of them that makes them look feel they’ve evil. It also helps branch out the doppleganger archetype: maybe he doesn’t wanna kill you, maybe he just wants to understand how we behave, maybe he just wants to experience a new life…and the main character have to come to grasps with that and overcome their primal fear of someone closely impersonating them- You genuinely made me think of a really interesting doppleganger idea for a story. Damm this channel is truly an underrated gem 👍

[@specialknees6798]

The non-evil doppelgänger idea sounds like one I’ve seen in a lot of Alien stories.

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

Nothing is inherently evil in modern society anymore

[@Alastors_biggest_fan]

2:31 stealing their skin huh…? I know a fictional character that steals peoples skin and lives inside of them and uses them as a suit to get around unnoticed because without the disguise they look rather strange :)

[@HeloFish]

Perfectly matches both Ennard and Cyn from Murder Drones

[@Alastors_biggest_fan]

@ mhm

[@symtrey]

This was a great way to sum up the entire fear of Dopplegangers. Great video once again, Scrit Congrats on your First ever Sponsor Btw

[@purple_fox_arts]

I am SO happy I clicked on this Video! This was amazing! Thank you!!!

[@harryfleutv666]

The most terrifying depiction of a doppelgänger is in David Near’s ‘The Morgue Files’ Case #4

[@TabbyDapperSir]

I'm writing a story in which the main character is being framed for crimes that he couldn't possibly have done, and it turns out that he has a doppelgänger who is a perfect copy of him. The only issue is that the Doppelgänger is completely certain that he's the real one to the point where the main character is starting to doubt himself.

[@sillyboyethan]

that sounds sick id read that ngl

[@T-GOB]

Where can we read?

[@pendragonV2]

the space station one is super funny because of how cramped they are you would 100% know if your homie went for a space walk, and if not you can just double check the daily logs and cameras since NASA is SUPER STRICT with keeping track of things even if it were an entity that plants itself as looking normal to a meat bag due to perception shenanigans like with some iterations of a flesh gait And you can also check when/if things have been tampered or removed for files of that type, so you could know if the body double did so and can still be ready to throw hands lmao

[@ludicrouS_406]

3:15 it's confirmed, furries are the supreme hunters

[@dogman4422]

I dunno if you can call a basement dweller, who doordashes all their food a supreme hunter.

[@thunblot78]

​@@dogman4422Hey! Not all of us are basement dwelling chud's, I'm a furry and I have a house and make my own food (mainly because door dash is F-ing expensive)

[@deathwingterminator2786]

Uh, no. You can add as many claws and animal parts to the human form as you want. But in the end a .450 Rigby round will go through just about anything, even armor that is rated to stop rifle rounds. Because humanity's supreme intelligence is why we won the evolutionary arms race.

[@weissfox5857]

@@dogman4422 Furries are more way more outgoing than average tbh, furry conventions are like the most extreme example of extroversion I can think off

[@OllietheSkyWing]

As a furry, I can confirm this

[@КрисВерхотурова]

I begun writing a story from a perspective of a person who was "infected" with a "doppelganger" entity. It makes the person do horrible things to humans in order to feed on their souls, and it allows the possessed human to take physical form of the victim, along with personality traits "blueprint" and memories. The scary part here is how such infection is perceived by other people - the main character got infected as a very young child and has zero idea how actually terrifying it is, but adults getting infected is an absolutely different story...

[@artisticpug262]

got a snippet or somewhere to read it?

[@КрисВерхотурова]

@@artisticpug262 I barely wrote anything, lemme pull it through translator real quick and Ill write it right here

[@КрисВерхотурова]

@@artisticpug262 The following is everything I wrote so far. Barely anything. And I ran out of inspiration xD One autumn day in 1996, She was born. And in the summer of 2001, she was gone - but no one noticed the substitution. The little girl was lucky to meet the Devourer in the world of dreams almost immediately after birth, and she did not know what it was or how to deal with it. Its influence on her immature mind was imperceptible - how often do children fear the dark and monsters? Adults will say that it is all just a figment of the imagination, but her monster was very real, and invisible - it is like a tumor that appears when it is too late to treat. Little Lera ceased to be human - but she lived a completely typical childhood in a Siberian city. Of course, some aspects were more complicated - she was not emotional, which made her stand out from her peers, and strange cruel urges complicated her already difficult social life. She didn't become a complete outcast - she was haunted by the reputation of a cold, untouchable maiden - but she didn't manage to make normal friends either. Her attraction to strange, dark topics drew her into the darkness of the night - in the hope of seeing or hearing something... Unusual. Night robberies, murders, drunken fights - interesting things to observe. Night forays were common as soon as her parents began to let her go for walks alone, and sometimes she went out into the darkness after midnight. Her ability to remain unnoticed was her favorite. During one such night foray, she committed her first attack. Not of her own free will. Watching loners in the darkness of the night was always interesting - she felt their apprehension, their fear, and when they looked around in search of someone who was looking at them - there was no one around. Lera hid successfully. And she was always pushed by a strange... Hunger? She did not yet understand her feelings, but she wanted to... Pounce? It scared her, and attracted her, and this time she couldn't stop... A woman in a tracksuit was walking through the night courtyards. The summer heat had long since subsided, and a pleasant coolness had descended on the city. The woman walked quickly through the courtyards that were familiar to her, along a long-established route. The familiar houses inspired confidence, and the darkness did not frighten her. Coming out onto the vacant lot between the blocks of houses, she did not notice a small shadow, walking parallel to her. The distance was decreasing. Lera saw her, already very close... The enticing outlines of her neck, the pleasant light smell of shampoo.

[@Antpoison]

SOMA will never not bother me, I didn’t even play the game, Just watched a random plot summary/synopsis about it, and it still hit incredibly hard

[@conspiracypanda1200]

I wish SOMA had hit me harder. I think I just have a more passive perspective on life, death and individuality. If a robot is sentient and able to act on its own, that's a person. If a clone, be it digital or flesh and bone, is sentient and can act on its own, that's a person (even if they try to replace me they're still a person, but they're also my enemy). And death is just life's check out time; the ending of either a great time or a terrible one. If it's not painful, death is only traumatising to those who remain alive. Of course, since I believe this, the ending of SOMA was horrifying. No one should have to suffer like that alone and with no escape...

[@epsilon-6thevillageidiots143]

“If you are to be in a home with a man, and outside the door is another of similar form to the man you had known, and both are to state their truth that they are of the true form, which of whom shall you believe and which of whom shall you leave to die? It is to either believe what you have known for life, or open the door to what you could miss without it. Equally so are both options as terrifying as the other, you are unable to know if one could lead to the death of yourself and the true man, you can only do what you believe will end the best and take a dip into the unknown without a chance to know what’s beyond it on either side”

[@reinsama5436]

Man if it hasnt killed me yet im taking the thing that isnt the danger im yet in

[@Pyromaniax]

He could be in this very room. He could be you, he could be me, he could even be...

[@omegadragons321]

*...right behind you.*

[@Goku-fn3qd]

“He’s right behind me isn’t he.”

[@lil_baconhairboi7773]

​@@omegadragons321POW! You are dead!

[@ErinJeanette]

I hope lake mungo is brought up. Scariest scene ever of someone seeing themselves

[@StephenRansom47]

😅 I am not Dapple’s Ganger … I am a Human for your planet, the one you call Ear-Wrath. ☝️ Fear Not, the harm I mean you is lower than zero. - your friend who is definitely NOT from Mars.

[@ek0dev]

Oh yeah? If you're really from here then what's the powerhouse of the cell???

[@StephenRansom47]

@@ek0dev LOL - the mitochondria 😏- the above statement is a reference to the Mars Mission Spaceman from Invincible the animated series.

[@rosant7074]

I had a concept of a being that is made of spite. A fearfull reflection of a person or entity, one that is the worst of you in every way. And one that can just as easily, become you.

[@Nobodyatall6022]

Thank you so much for telling me about Soma! The past few years I gained a deep interest in clones/doppelgängers in fiction, I’m enamoured by the themes that these characters share, which I interpret as our own struggles with individuality. Be it Spider-Man’s many clones, the Swamp Thing, Mewtwo or Kazuo Ishiguro’s characters, I’m always invested in their journey of self discovery. I’ll check Soma out and hope that the protagonist finds out their real identity.

[@alymatronicdoesrandomness505]

Luckily, my brother and I are prepared for such a creature by having the set of the absolutely stupidest questions we could as eachother. So stupid only the real us would know.

[@A207.]

Way to share your "fanfic" in a docummentary, even if its not one And its quite the doppelganger thing to say "before you think ive been body snatched" in a video that one way or another promotes the concept of a doppelganger

[@AOSP-is-still-Linux]

19:44 The best horror game mentioned

[@iridophorium]

I was just about to comment this!!!!! I was like... 'Hm, with all these themes and him mentioning Markiplier who has played it... Could it be...?' and then I literally said "SOMA mentioned!" out loud so my brother asked me what I was talking about. Gosh, I really like having it pop up a little here and there without being expected. (The head transplant Jacob Geller video and another video essay about waking up, and another I forgot were the same for me, haha)

[@johnrafferty4364]

24:08 imagine an animal seeing a bunch on humans standing making animal noises... Ok now imagine you stumble on say a group of deer all in a big group looking at one deer making human noises 😂

[@Rafa-cm9no]

I busted at FULL FORCE to this video...

[@Nylak-Otter]

There are animals that mimic the behavior and appearance of other species of animals, though. It's most frequently used in a parasitic manner, such as how birds will mimic the behavior of another species of bird's offspring in order to *murder their children.* Cats also domesticated themselves by mimicking the sounds of human infants in order to appear "cute" to us and elicit a care response, and it was extremely successful.

[@ScritRighter]

They don't really do that intentionally though. Like, they don't understand why they do it, they just do.

[@justdontdoitagain]

congrats on your first sponsor, also do a video about overpowered characters.

[@Sniblet]

Imagine that you make a friend one day - humor me here - and then later, well into your relationship, they go “do you know who I am?” and reveal, as if they’re ashamed of it, that they’re a doppelgänger who replaced the person who was your friend, and you never noticed. Compare and contrast how it would feel if the replacement was before you met them.

[@juliaanderson8289]

Ooh!! That reminds me of this one manga I read-it’s called The Summer Hikaru Died. So, not entirely like meeting a new friend and having them be the doppelgänger, but a friend of the mc dies and gets replaced by one that tries to act like the friend until he admits he’s a mimic basically. Really cool horror concept!

[@jasondragonsbane8283]

Never expected to see another Royal Road writer here… I’ll check out your novel!

[@orballo13]

When I started watching the video I thought about Soma and you mentioning it made me happy.

[@ZoeyZoestar]

A little fun detail in "The Thing" is at the end, when the one guy drinks from that bottle, its not alcohol, its a molotov cocktail.

[@Fayanora]

Thank you for this video. It gave me an idea of what I can do with a story arc I was stuck on in a story I'm writing.

[@seeinred]

3:05 So you're saying *we* are skinwalkers, and always have been. Huh.

[@ytdude2935]

I’ll just leave the name of this song that I think fits here. The arrival of the not them

[@-Ryan_Gasoline-]

A true amogus experience coming from a 2020 space station medical crewman.

[@Ember_Fox]

Doppelgangers are terrifying, but also, mimicry is the best form of flattery

[@BlueJGilbert]

Watching your videos makes me brave enough to write my own book. I'm too often terrified that my ideas aren't good enough and that people won't like it. I'm working on it.

[@brent5709]

22:10 this is actually EXTREMELY CLOSE if not the same question that was asked in the new ffxiv expansion "Dawntrail" in the second half. Chilling question fr

[@tyreesesmith1244]

I love this video and I love that you brought up soma

[@PorkSzoda]

The show "from" on prime does an extremely good job of giving answers that make you ask more questions. Superbly done horror in that show, highly reccomend.

[@thenamesmimic7338]

Finally, the recognition we deserve.

[@tinybonestudios7332]

Dude I just love your channel, idk how but whatever I'm interested in, you somehow make a video on it I'm a writer and your vids have taught me so much

[@malekartorian3054]

Double commenting bc damn. Ive been rly depressed about my writing as of late, but that end bit rly gave me a kick in the rear. Thanks man.

[@nickyboi4237]

This was a mixture of scary but also rather lighthearted in the end and made me wanna go do something creative later in my free time, thanks man. Stay awesome 👍

[@everythingwithashton5876]

Horror Video turns into motivation to write my book? You are a wizard of sorts. I am alerting the church.

[@ScritRighter]

GOOD LUCK! THEY CAN'T STOP ME!

[@Pennywise12528]

The moment I saw the clip at 1:40 I immediately thought "This *better* be called Blackenstein" then paused the video and typed that into Google to check.

[@thearchivist3610]

Thats great man

[@StillUseless1939]

This was a really good and well put together video, kudos! Was amazing!

[@SuddenlyUpsidedown]

Currently writing a doppelganger book where said copies take over the lives of their victims, often being more well liked than their originals, and are ultimately a metaphor for communities (autistic, transgender, bisexual, etc) that find their identities denied by their families who want their 'normal' relative back, so this video is quite timely (or Google has just let YT know that I've had a spike in searching about doppelganger lore). Also, going to be checking out this RR novel.

[@Fantomstranger]

Damn that sounds really cool

[@ScritRighter]

@@SuddenlyUpsidedown that is definitely a cool idea. Good luck!

[@LokiMartin-i6s]

I need to read this. Tell us the title when you get published, OP

[@jacks1bonnielass]

I was with you til the metaphor lol but still, from one writer to another, good luck 👍🏻

[@sundra7137]

I would absolutely read this. Keep us updated.

[@nikolaygeorgiev6096]

There are a lot of animals trying to look like other animals like flays trying to look like wasps , octopuses try to look like a lot of animals

[@zuxta]

3:00 Acanthaspis petax basically skins ants and uses them as camouflage

[@seamountain5]

Congrats on the sponsor! 🎉

[@cordak_Blaster]

I have known about this game for SUCH a long tie yet always thought it was a Bioshock dlc💀

[@mdoed2356m]

9:55 okay to be fair, the evil dead remake is actually pretty good.

[@princos]

Really nice creative video,as someone who recently started making videos I can see and recognise the effort that went through in creating from scratch this banger ,keep making these videos there are truly inspiring.

[@chunmee8734]

im so glad i found your channel through this!!! im seeing a rising essay legend

[@ceviche4life951]

I LOVE Soma, I'm glad you referenced it in this video. It's so underrated and fundamentally challenged the way I view consciousness and identity.

[@JakeSnake07]

If you liked that, then you should check out Gen:Lock, as it plays with similar ideas.

[@looksee2575]

19:44 One of the best horror games

[@RickyMud]

2:59 assassin bug does this

[@Meh-d6y]

Imagine if Ramirez next to you was a fake, and the real Ramirez was right outside.

[@Burgerdaburlgler]

To be hobest this video is one of my favorite ive watchet in a long time, keep this work up.

[@thomaschristenson4967]

What if the Ramirez doppelganger actually is Ramirez and he really stepped out to repair the space station, he's just not our Ramirez? Less horror and more tragedy and pain.

[@pat20102010]

Recently discovered your channel and I am loving your videos!

[@alecLogan]

The Animorphs were wild for weaponizing this against aliens.

[@PhoenixFires]

Fun fact: The Thing has a comic sequel.

[@Sithari_XAOS]

3:00 Assassin bug larva are known to kill insects with the most famous one using ants. The ant assassin juvenile preys on ants, drinking the insides and leaving the exoskeleton behind, and then fixes the exoskeleton onto its body. This pile of dead ants on its back not only makes it look like a swarm of ants to would-be predators but makes the assassin bug smell like the ants it hunts, making walking up to new prey easy. Adult assassin bugs do not display this behavior, just the juveniles.

[@davidmcbride6203]

Was gunna skip the ad but its your first and im liking the channel. Good job and keep it up

[@ecogreen123]

some mentioned, i love soma so much and i love how you used it to make good points, a good video indeed

[@jeremiahboyd2147]

AMONG US AMONG US AMONG US AMONG US AMONG US

[@nerdypenguin9164]

Humans are dopplegangers. I never thought about our species in that way but that is actually pretty genius. It makes me fear our species and dopples more, and in turn love them more from a horror lover standpoint

[@miguelgalvezpetersen6588]

Aye another RR story to follow, good video.

[@Gfish17]

In your story the doppelganger has a bloated belly that sounds like a giveaway.

[@ScritRighter]

@@Gfish17 they are the puppeteers who turn invisible while they create a doppelganger puppet and mimic their voices.

[@CarlSlime]

The Thing game for PS2 was confirmed canon by John Carpenter if I'm not mistaken, so it actually does have a sequel. Pretty good one at least.

[@w3s10]

19:52 right before you mentioned soma I was legit thinking about the mind problem

[@piersoncassady5769]

I love Soma sooooo much, I love that it's here in this video, cause it makes soooo much sense to be here.

[@Wyladd]

25:30 really helped me on how stupid i was, looking at things like my writings and stories that ive been in the process of writing and how im constantly worried about being unoriginal in any facette of my writings whatsoever.

[@kamalbora4276]

I find the trope of doppelgangers and creatures that masquerade as things theyre not so interesting bc it can be used to explore so many branching topics. InsertDis5 has a comic about them and some could argue their game also tackles this idea later w/ the ghost event and 2 end-game events i wont spoil, but they both end up at very different points

[@ChrissieBear]

The thing has MANY sequels in comics and one video game.

[@BurntSushi.]

This video was dangerously inspiring, enough to make me stop doing schoolwork and start drawing.

[@jonathanhoumard2967]

I haven’t finished the video yet, so you may have mentioned this, but the podcast Wolf 359 is explicitly doppelgänger horror, and one that we NEVER get clarity on in the end. We have multiple characters who may or may not have been replaced, and we only ever know the reality of one. The MAIN CHARACTER may have been replaced, and we don’t know, but the best part? The character themself doesn’t know if they’re the original or the copy. And that fear of not knowing whether or not you’re real is just a whole other layer on top of it all.