The Hero Reads a Most Unsettling Passage
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The Hero Reads a Most Unsettling Passage refers to a series of memes based on a gameplay interaction from 2016 role-playing video game Darkest Dungeon. Starting in 2015, screenshots of the game interaction have been circulated as exploitables.
Origin
On January 30th, 2015, role-playing video game Darkest Dungeon was released in Steam's early access.[1] The game allowed the player to take control over a family estate which surrounding lands have become plagued by monsters. The player must recruit adventurers and mount expeditions into the monster-infested territories.
During expeditions, adventures can interact with various curios scattered found in the locations. One such interaction leads to an increase in stress level due to "reading a most unsettling passage".
On February 3rd, 2015, Eternal Crusade[2] forum user Policnaut posted a three-panel fanart referring to the interaction. The said passage, indiscernible in the game, was replaced with an image of a Dick Butt. The original author of the comic is unknown.
Spread
On February 17th, 2015, an anonymous 4chan[3] user launched a /v/ thread dedicated to the game. In the thread, an anonymous user posted a screenshot of a game character Plague Doctor mid-interaction,[4] prompting others to suggest what she might have read. Multiple users replied with humorous suggestions.[5][6]
On January 19th, 2016, Darkest Dungeon was released or Microsoft Windows and OS X. On February 15th, 2016, Redditor[7] Pyromann reposted a fanart referring to /r/gaming subreddit, where it gained over 500 upvotes in six months, with a repost[8] to /r/darkestdungeon subreddit gaining additional 500 upvotes.
In the following years, the macro appeared on various subreddits, including /r/darkestdungeon[9], /r/DDLC[10] and /r/animemes[11], with edits often expanded by an additional panel showing a character entering an Afflicted state such as Hopeless, Abusive or Fearful.
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External References
[1] Wikipedia – Darkest Dungeon
[2] Eternal Crusade – Policenaut's Post
[3] 4chan – /v/ Thread #283674696
[4] 4chan – /v/ Thread #283674696
[5] 4chan – /v/ Thread #283674696
[6] 4chan – /v/ Thread #283674696
[7] Reddit – 'The hero reads a most unsettling passage.'
[8] Reddit – 'The hero reads a most unsettling passage.'
[9] Reddit – Reading a few pages has a lasting effect on the hero…
[10] Reddit – [Fun] A most unsettling passage…
[11] Reddit – The mind cannot hope to withstand such an assault
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