between jay marble hornets and jon magnus archives I think a lot of people really do just take offense to characters in horror movies being People and not action heroes
paranoia and fear are considered character flaws (stupidity or cowardice or a lack of humanity). they’re supposed to strong enough to survive but anything they do for survival has to be Socially Acceptable.
you can’t have a horror protagonist be Smart without also being paranoid, otherwise it’s not good horror. asking a character to always make the right decisions and always know when they’re in danger but Also holding them accountable when they’re distrustful of the characters that You know are safe is silly.
sometimes not being crazy murdered means doing a little stalking. wanting to live when you know For Sure that there’s someone (or something) out there that is completely willing to kill you means choosing Survival over social convention
