Commander Shep-herd 64 September 14, 2014 Share September 14, 2014 Is there a significant difference? Or are they basically the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift 4,272 September 14, 2014 Share September 14, 2014 Grimdark and Dark aren't the same thing. Grimdark is a subculture of Dark. DARK: Just creating a general theme of uneasiness, basically gets you uncomfortable. GRIMDARK: Basically... dark taken to a whole 'nother level. Torture, psychological mind-buckery, zombie plagues, gore, etc. It just creates a very, very scary setting. Compare Rainbow Factory to, say, the Immortal Game or Hard Reset. Hard Reset is Dark, Rainbow Factory is Grimdark. Rainbow Factory exists to just scare you and use gore for the sake of gore, while Hard Reset just gives off a feel of hopelessness and uneasiness. Read more about grimdark here. 2 Have the courage to think and act on your own. And have the courage to disobey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Shep-herd 64 September 14, 2014 Author Share September 14, 2014 Oh right OK. That's cleared up some things. I was just figuring out what my fanfiction would come under. But thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowdashFTW 50 September 15, 2014 Share September 15, 2014 Grimdark is more terrifying. Btw how come every grimdark fanfic kills rainbow dash? WHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Shield 402 September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 Grimdark must be a recently created term. What you describe as grimdark in fanfics I used to know simply as dark fanfics about 10-12 years ago. Avatar art by Dilarus -- Click below for my game downloads: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setokaiva 7 September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 The term 'Grimdark' originated from the tagline of Warhammer 40k, actually: "In the grim darkness of the 40th millennium, there is only war..." Or something like that. And since WH40K is very well-known for being a gratuitously gory, dark series with uncountable instances of body horror, mind-break, Lovecraftian abominations, etc. etc... you can probably understand why Grimdark means what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekromic 1,054 September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 (edited) Grimdark is more terrifying. Btw how come every grimdark fanfic kills rainbow dash? WHY I saw one where Rarity is the only Mane6 who dies, and Dashie was dealing with the wonders of having a foal at the end of the fic , so there you got a GD fic where Dashie doesn't dies Edited September 17, 2014 by Zekromic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowdashFTW 50 September 18, 2014 Share September 18, 2014 I saw one where Rarity is the only Mane6 who dies, and Dashie was dealing with the wonders of having a foal at the end of the fic , so there you got a GD fic where Dashie doesn't dies Cupcakes and smile hd do, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekromic 1,054 September 18, 2014 Share September 18, 2014 Cupcakes and smile hd do, thoughNever been interested in reading Cupcakes, and I've never heard of Smile HD. Speaking of cupycakies, what the little girl in my profile picture has to do with Cupcakes? 1-she's a killer 2-she's Andrea Libman w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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