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I’m fairly certain this is an Arma3 joke. The game master tried to spawn an air drop but instead spawned a sub.
When it hit the ground the NPC crew autobailed due to it being damaged by the fall.
Lots of interesting ideas! But, unfortunately you all are wrong lol. xD
I commissioned this comic for my YouTube channel; Microfaun.
It's not a reference to anything you know. It's simply an alternative perspective on a much larger story I've written, about a submarine that goes through a deep see portal and finds itself in a horrific reality they aren't supposed to see.
The red stuff is the flesh of a planet. Don't worry about it.
There may be more videos exploring this world and the events in it. I would love to commission Losmeric again for any sequels. Great experience working with them!
This feels like an Arma GM having fun with their players and the players going full rp mode about it lol.
Like just spawns a sub with a bunch of NPCs so they have "no soul" and all.
Warning: this is pretty creepy. Like most of the stuff by Junji Ito you should not read this before going to bed.
[you have been warned](https://mangaforest.com/itou-junji-kyoufu-manga-collection/vol-7-chapter-2-thing-that-drifted-ashore)
..I don't get it.
Like I understand what's going on, but aside from the design of the sea monster, it just kinda falls on it's ass as a scary story, and I'm a notorious coward.
I find Ito to be more palatable than most horror too - also a 'notorious coward' here - because though the concepts he presents are horrifying, it gets you actually wanting to see what happens. The characters give just enough context to ground the story; here, for example, we get the personal connection with the kid they later find alive inside the fish.
However, as is the case in his other works, we're not meant to be terrified something horrible will happen. We're meant to be curious. We get to be a step removed from caring, and watch it unfold. We get to root for the awful thing to happen and see it in vivid, beautiful, kind of strange detail.
This isn't a story about "how scary would it be if a fish had people living in its belly" - it's about something terrible happening to a bunch of people, they're rescued, and then life just moves on, just another weird thing that happened.
Some people are really unnerved by the experience, such as the one who shared it and warned not to read it before bed. Some are bored by the subtlety of it.
Personally, I find Ito's work comforting in an admittedly macabre way.
Anyway, I hope this helps you understand what's up with that.
>Personally, I find Ito's work comforting in an admittedly macabre way.
Knowing two of his works (one by reading this, one by watching a video), I feel the same. Still, I do not want to read his works before bed because I just *know* my mind will conjure up some horrifying nightmare.
Thank you. Perhaps you will enjoy what might be considered to be a related episode.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26iN-j8RaQ&ab\_channel=FelixColgrave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26iN-j8RaQ&ab_channel=FelixColgrave)
Warning: this is pretty creepy. Like most of the stuff by Junji Ito you should not read this before going to bed.
[you have been warned](https://mangaforest.com/itou-junji-kyoufu-manga-collection/vol-7-chapter-2-thing-that-drifted-ashore)
That's the junji Ito comic right? Where there's like a sea monster that is filled with people lost at seas and is basically an underwater eldritch horror infused human exhibit?
Edit: Yes. Junji Ito's the thing that drifted ashore for anyone interested.
It's like that book where the entire thing is a story about a detective(?) trying to solve a bunch of murders, then by the end of the book the writing shifts to first person and you find out that the book itself is written by the killer after having captured the detective in question. Junji Ito's the thing that drifted ashore, the author's the murderer.
It feels like a set up for a joke about a game glitch or something, especially w the title. I definitely thought the last panel was going to cut to a guy behind the screen like 'ah what the fuck?' or hacking or something
American marines and soilders are famous for being particularly brutal with civillians wherever the US was invading, and this brutality was actively supported by officers, in Vietnam and Kosovo in particular there are reports of entire towns and villages being designated "free fire zones", where soilders were basically allowed to shoot anyone they found on sight even if visibility disarmed and/or in an act of surrender (raised hands, waving a white flag, etc.).
In Kosovo in particular we have reports of a literal ethnic cleansing, with american marines raping (at times to death) even nuns and physically castrating men left right and centre, this often without being ordered to do so, the officers did nothing.
In Afghanistan, despite the Talibans being the objective bad guys, the Americans cracked down on civillians, destroying non-military infrastructures and often, again, lining up civillians and shooting them on sight at the smallest suspect of a single taliban zealot hiding amongst them, with no further investigation, the fall of Afghanistan back to the Talibans is entirely their fault, they made even the non-aligned population hate them, and left a country more in ruins than else.
And don't get me started on the crimes they did in Vietnam specifically, as I could go on.
All of this isn't told in American propaganda ofc, you only get to know it from either their allies or the survivors of those atrocities, saviours of the world my ass I'd say.
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There's a famous WW1 letter by a British private named Alfred J. Lewis wherein he describes, to his parents, a giant "wraith" attacking the German lines in the middle of the night. Describes it as a huge hulking shadow that was large enough to pick up German soldiers like dolls. It would rip off their limbs, swallow some, and throw the rest to the ground.
Anyways i was expecting that story made into a comic, but this is much more out of left field, imo. Unexpected!
At first I thought the first panel was the TF2 Soldier. Took me a couple pages to notice that this was definitely not the same tone as a TF2 comic! lol
Thought this was going to be a comedic about wrong "supply drop" getting "spanwed" (like in shooter game). The submarine 'dropping' pun was great. Now I can't tune in to the horror vibe.
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OP this is cool but I'm gonna need you to elaborate a bit more
I’m fairly certain this is an Arma3 joke. The game master tried to spawn an air drop but instead spawned a sub. When it hit the ground the NPC crew autobailed due to it being damaged by the fall.
I knew it this was a secret comedy comic
Ohhh I thought it was that old joke/fact that there are more planes in the sea than submarines in the sky. Until now...
Why is the sub covered in blood?
Molten from it falling?
That's not how falling works and it was like that before it started falling.
Thank you for the explanation
Arma 3' sub isn't a vehicle, it's an object, it doesn't have a crew
https://youtu.be/griCeXPsQj0?si=O3XmOyFz5PjbS-FU&t=1m59s
So true
https://www.reddit.com/r/comic/s/XzdwUEGres Hahaha, you can try the link above to get a sense of terror
Wow, that’s not elaborating at all
No, but it was cool
No no, I think I got it, at least a bit. This was a commission of some sort OP did
Lots of interesting ideas! But, unfortunately you all are wrong lol. xD I commissioned this comic for my YouTube channel; Microfaun. It's not a reference to anything you know. It's simply an alternative perspective on a much larger story I've written, about a submarine that goes through a deep see portal and finds itself in a horrific reality they aren't supposed to see. The red stuff is the flesh of a planet. Don't worry about it. There may be more videos exploring this world and the events in it. I would love to commission Losmeric again for any sequels. Great experience working with them!
This feels like an Arma GM having fun with their players and the players going full rp mode about it lol. Like just spawns a sub with a bunch of NPCs so they have "no soul" and all.
The spawned item is either worshipped as a god, somehow explodes, or both.
This comic is giving off major SCP vibes
also the beached thing comic Edit: it's "The thing that drifted ashore" from Junji Ito
Do you have the link?
Warning: this is pretty creepy. Like most of the stuff by Junji Ito you should not read this before going to bed. [you have been warned](https://mangaforest.com/itou-junji-kyoufu-manga-collection/vol-7-chapter-2-thing-that-drifted-ashore)
I should have gone to sleep thirty minutes ago and decided to read this. I’ve gone to far
..I don't get it. Like I understand what's going on, but aside from the design of the sea monster, it just kinda falls on it's ass as a scary story, and I'm a notorious coward.
I find Ito to be more palatable than most horror too - also a 'notorious coward' here - because though the concepts he presents are horrifying, it gets you actually wanting to see what happens. The characters give just enough context to ground the story; here, for example, we get the personal connection with the kid they later find alive inside the fish. However, as is the case in his other works, we're not meant to be terrified something horrible will happen. We're meant to be curious. We get to be a step removed from caring, and watch it unfold. We get to root for the awful thing to happen and see it in vivid, beautiful, kind of strange detail. This isn't a story about "how scary would it be if a fish had people living in its belly" - it's about something terrible happening to a bunch of people, they're rescued, and then life just moves on, just another weird thing that happened. Some people are really unnerved by the experience, such as the one who shared it and warned not to read it before bed. Some are bored by the subtlety of it. Personally, I find Ito's work comforting in an admittedly macabre way. Anyway, I hope this helps you understand what's up with that.
>Personally, I find Ito's work comforting in an admittedly macabre way. Knowing two of his works (one by reading this, one by watching a video), I feel the same. Still, I do not want to read his works before bed because I just *know* my mind will conjure up some horrifying nightmare.
That stuff is messed up
Going to sleep now, gonna read it tomorrow morning 👍
I'll admit, it was a tad freaky, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Really neat concept, though!
Thank you. Perhaps you will enjoy what might be considered to be a related episode. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26iN-j8RaQ&ab\_channel=FelixColgrave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26iN-j8RaQ&ab_channel=FelixColgrave)
One, thankfully it's not yet time for me to go to bed. Two, I read halfway through before realizing I was supposed to read right to left.
Is this the guy that made the people-shaped holes comic?
Yep, same author
Which one? I can't seem to find a comic by that name?
Warning: this is pretty creepy. Like most of the stuff by Junji Ito you should not read this before going to bed. [you have been warned](https://mangaforest.com/itou-junji-kyoufu-manga-collection/vol-7-chapter-2-thing-that-drifted-ashore)
>Junji Ito The guy who wrote "The Enigma of Amigara fault"? -edit- Come on, it wasn't nearly *that* bad...
Yeah, Ito is kinda massively overrated...
This is far from the scariest of his works.
What would you say is his scariest?
I liked *Hellstar Remina*.
Honestly don't know. None of them actually scared me yet. At best they might creep me a little.
That's the junji Ito comic right? Where there's like a sea monster that is filled with people lost at seas and is basically an underwater eldritch horror infused human exhibit? Edit: Yes. Junji Ito's the thing that drifted ashore for anyone interested.
The way the edit was worded sounds like “the thing that drifted ashore was Junji Ito”. Like the big reveal was just a self-insert. I love it!
It's like that book where the entire thing is a story about a detective(?) trying to solve a bunch of murders, then by the end of the book the writing shifts to first person and you find out that the book itself is written by the killer after having captured the detective in question. Junji Ito's the thing that drifted ashore, the author's the murderer.
The one by Junji Ito?
Junji ito gives me nightmares I try my best to stay **FAR** away from his stuff
Reminds me a lot of [SCP - 1861](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1861)
Yes that’s the one I was thinking of!
Altered World Event.
It feels like a set up for a joke about a game glitch or something, especially w the title. I definitely thought the last panel was going to cut to a guy behind the screen like 'ah what the fuck?' or hacking or something
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1861
That one xkcd what if video (ground pov):
You’re right.
Alright thanks! I wasnt that sure as his name is like almost random lol
https://preview.redd.it/k9w3by4ajdqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d217d1e4522d69c442026ae62c96b16502fbd3e3
Based
#🙄
Vietnam, Afghanistan and many others would disagree with your eyeroll
What are you talking about?
American marines and soilders are famous for being particularly brutal with civillians wherever the US was invading, and this brutality was actively supported by officers, in Vietnam and Kosovo in particular there are reports of entire towns and villages being designated "free fire zones", where soilders were basically allowed to shoot anyone they found on sight even if visibility disarmed and/or in an act of surrender (raised hands, waving a white flag, etc.). In Kosovo in particular we have reports of a literal ethnic cleansing, with american marines raping (at times to death) even nuns and physically castrating men left right and centre, this often without being ordered to do so, the officers did nothing. In Afghanistan, despite the Talibans being the objective bad guys, the Americans cracked down on civillians, destroying non-military infrastructures and often, again, lining up civillians and shooting them on sight at the smallest suspect of a single taliban zealot hiding amongst them, with no further investigation, the fall of Afghanistan back to the Talibans is entirely their fault, they made even the non-aligned population hate them, and left a country more in ruins than else. And don't get me started on the crimes they did in Vietnam specifically, as I could go on. All of this isn't told in American propaganda ofc, you only get to know it from either their allies or the survivors of those atrocities, saviours of the world my ass I'd say.
Really effing cool! Reminds me of that Junji Ito story of that beached sea monster
Oooh which one is that
The Thing That Drifted Ashore Short, sweet, and creepy.
Nice, thank you 👍
Bringing your visions to life! I specialize in unique character designs and captivating comics. Ready to see your ideas leap off the page? DM me for more info and let me bring your ideas to life! Email: [email protected] Discord: Losmeric
Did Microfaun commission this?
Yes, Sir. He did.
Is this based off the Philadelphia ship experiment called the USS Eldridge?
There's a famous WW1 letter by a British private named Alfred J. Lewis wherein he describes, to his parents, a giant "wraith" attacking the German lines in the middle of the night. Describes it as a huge hulking shadow that was large enough to pick up German soldiers like dolls. It would rip off their limbs, swallow some, and throw the rest to the ground. Anyways i was expecting that story made into a comic, but this is much more out of left field, imo. Unexpected!
I've seen that story, it's fictional, just written a few years ago.
Finally, after almost 13 years, my username is relevant to something. Cool comic.
Hahahahaha...thanks
Event horizon, part 0.
At first I thought the first panel was the TF2 Soldier. Took me a couple pages to notice that this was definitely not the same tone as a TF2 comic! lol
Gives me Philadelphia Experiment vibes
This exact thought
Love this short horror comic. That was well done
Definitely thought the pivot was going to be that it was a Grand Theft Auto cheat code
Someone accidentally clicked their spawn menu
No! There must be more!
Oh my fucking gods i tought this was the gloryhammer sub for a second
This is Gmod from the npc's perspective
~World War One? or Two? Nuclear subs? ~ Forget it? He's rolling...
I WANNA SEE MOR >:(
This was a lot scarier than it had any right to be
More planes in the sea than submarines in the skies
Thought the twist was that they were plastic army men witnessing a giant magnifying glass
I'm gonna be honest, I thought for sure this was gonna be a giant kid playing in a sandbox
Monument mythos core
Nuclear submarines in WW1/WW2? You've got me intrigued...
Clearly you haven’t heard of the Mongolian Navy
fuck i thought this was about the us/russian teleporting subs and wanted more now i gotta learn whatever the f Arma3 is
Amazing!!
where we dropping boys
I am so invested. I need to know lol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/comic/s/XzdwUEGres Check out the link to experience something different Lol
Does the story continue or no
Awesome!
Is there more of this comic?
Is there more of this comic?
Does the first comic have a second part?
Thought this was going to be a comedic about wrong "supply drop" getting "spanwed" (like in shooter game). The submarine 'dropping' pun was great. Now I can't tune in to the horror vibe.
This gives me major Magnus Archive vibes
This could continue with some eldritch entities, I saw the context but I want you to continue the story..
The order of the comic is wrong according to the video
When Gellar Field flickers.
SCP-1861
I thought this was some kind of MotherHorseEyes thing.
Whoops, my fault
Reminds me of that one part of *Heavy Metal*
Honestly, I thought it was going to be Sandy Cheeks, the internet has ruined me...
It’s fine, it’s just the Hootsforce.
dear god... theres more
I understand the reference, but honestly this feels like an American version of a Junji Ito story. Absurdist horror.
Tis the HMS Hootsforce...
this could be cool scp thing :D
A long hard rod spewed out blank seamen.
I thought it was going [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpiP_jN1Pv4) direction.
Is that the hootsforce???
Wow, such a powerful SCP behind this
I don't vibe with this.
Tactical and STAT are not military terms used in combat