2 definitions by CassandraThe
The term for a piece of media that unintentionally executes a major plot point (usually the finale) in a way that makes most audience members misinterpret the plot point as drastically differently from the way it canonically happens. Named for the 2015 film Krampus, which historically ends with the family getting a happy It's A Wonderful Life type 'it was all undone and is okay' happy ending, but is so badly visually executed on screen that almost everyone who views the film leaves convinced the family is trapped in a snowball in hell for all eternity.
(Often, but not always, the interpreted major plot point or finale is drastically less satisfying than the canon one).
(Often, but not always, the interpreted major plot point or finale is drastically less satisfying than the canon one).
"I hated that show! Ugh, it was so disappointing! Like I liked it until the finale, but it's so stupid when the end is just 'and it was all a dream'..."
"No-no--that's not how it ends! I looked it up; according to the director, he's just waking up to bookend it and show things are normal again. The canon is it all really happened."
"Wait, really? It looks nothing like that!"
"Yeah, it's a good show but it /really/ suffers Krampus Syndrome..."
"No-no--that's not how it ends! I looked it up; according to the director, he's just waking up to bookend it and show things are normal again. The canon is it all really happened."
"Wait, really? It looks nothing like that!"
"Yeah, it's a good show but it /really/ suffers Krampus Syndrome..."
by CassandraThe March 8, 2022
Filth Core or Filthcore is the online fandom far opposite end of the slider from Purity Culture, with both views being solidly insane, and normal people existing in places between the two.
Where Purity Culture equates fiction with reality IE: people who like villains must support those bad actions in real life, Filth Core argues fiction can't effect reality at all, so there's never a 'bad' presentation of relationships, beliefs, or actions that can hurt people or shape perception. IE: even 24 hour consumption of underage porn can never effect anyone's mental state or actions and there's no need to monitor how things affect you, propaganda is only a real world thing and you should lay off complaints about race representation and chill, or an author has no responsibility not to use bigoted tropes, as writing can't effect reality.
Filth Core users like to target kids who have been harassed by Purity Culture, because the desire to push back against that makes it easy. At worst, you find adults who encourage kids to sex roleplay with them as it 'can't possibly have any effect,' but mostly they're just really annoying assholes who refer to anyone who disagrees as 'religious' 'pearl clutchers' and 'children', and think they're incredibly intelligent. Very often shamelessly addicted openly to hentai.
Ironically, many will occasionally argue one specific thing they want an excuse to hate does effect reality, seemingly genuinely without noting the hypocrisy.
Where Purity Culture equates fiction with reality IE: people who like villains must support those bad actions in real life, Filth Core argues fiction can't effect reality at all, so there's never a 'bad' presentation of relationships, beliefs, or actions that can hurt people or shape perception. IE: even 24 hour consumption of underage porn can never effect anyone's mental state or actions and there's no need to monitor how things affect you, propaganda is only a real world thing and you should lay off complaints about race representation and chill, or an author has no responsibility not to use bigoted tropes, as writing can't effect reality.
Filth Core users like to target kids who have been harassed by Purity Culture, because the desire to push back against that makes it easy. At worst, you find adults who encourage kids to sex roleplay with them as it 'can't possibly have any effect,' but mostly they're just really annoying assholes who refer to anyone who disagrees as 'religious' 'pearl clutchers' and 'children', and think they're incredibly intelligent. Very often shamelessly addicted openly to hentai.
Ironically, many will occasionally argue one specific thing they want an excuse to hate does effect reality, seemingly genuinely without noting the hypocrisy.
"So wait, you're not dating him anymore?"
"No...It turned out his big kink is border patrol raping people in custody."
"Wait, so you broke up just because you think his kink is gross?"
"Well--no, it wasn't that; it's that he watches and reads porn for it for hours EVERY day, and I felt like it was getting really unhealthy and kind of creepy, especially since I'm not white. But, when I brought it up, he got really mad and chewed me out about being self-righteous and judgy and stupid, and went on and on about how fiction can't affect real actions like some kind of Filth Core freak."
"Oh. Yeah. Dump his ass and RUN."
"No...It turned out his big kink is border patrol raping people in custody."
"Wait, so you broke up just because you think his kink is gross?"
"Well--no, it wasn't that; it's that he watches and reads porn for it for hours EVERY day, and I felt like it was getting really unhealthy and kind of creepy, especially since I'm not white. But, when I brought it up, he got really mad and chewed me out about being self-righteous and judgy and stupid, and went on and on about how fiction can't affect real actions like some kind of Filth Core freak."
"Oh. Yeah. Dump his ass and RUN."
by CassandraThe March 8, 2022