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View submission: What makes someone a good bogeyman?
I think you're got it mostly right except for one crucial fact.
Bogeymen are people/Others that refuse to be recycled and which have escaped the Abyss.
Bogeymen aren't those that refused to be recycled. They are those who have *embraced* the change that the Abyss brought them, who shed parts of their humanity in order to become stronger. Instead of settling and surviving at rock bottom like many Abyss dwellers do, Bogeymen are proactive and moving forward, changing themselves so that they can *thrive*.
And when they do that, when the Abyss has its hooks deep in them, it's happy to let them out into the world. So long as they keep spreading and feeding the Abyss in some way Bogeymen are allowed to stay on Earth, which is much more welcoming than the Abyss even if the Bogeymen are spreading Abyssal taint where they stay.
Comment by dragonshouter at 04/02/2025 at 01:00 UTC
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well refuse types who actually don't cave may become that weird deep abyss stuff but I am unsure if that is a boogeyman anymore