![]() ![]() ![]() Belly Mouth: When your stomach not only growls, it bites. ![]() Beauty to Beast: Making Casual Friday look very smart indeed.Abnormal Dental Growth: Growing another set of pearly whites to replace the lost ones.Often the result of the wacky experiments of an Evilutionary Biologist. Using this trope can result in Our Monsters Are Weird of the most horrific kind. It can result in And I Must Scream if the victim is aware of their condition but totally helpless. ![]() If Body Horror is played for sympathy, it can be used to explore the issue of What Measure Is a Non-Human?. This is also paired with Psychosexual Horror.įor a character or Mook who has this as their back story, see Was Once a Man and Tragic Monster, and/or The Grotesque. Obviously, as a trope based on Primal Fear, body horror is Older Than Dirt. Slowly mutating in a sickeningly twisted and deformed manner after contracting The Virus, a close encounter of the squick kind leaving someone the incubator for a Chest Burster, a rotting zombie, an Eldritch Abomination resembling a tangle of organs, and a shapeshifter abandoning any attempt at aesthetics or imitation to become a writhing mass of random but recognizable parts are all examples of Body Horror. And nothing should ever look like this page's example image. Bodies should be roughly symmetrical and have logical proportions. Organs and bones belong on the inside, and parasites and circuit boards do not. The mind knows on a deep instinctive level that faces should have eyes and hands should not. This trope is difficult to pin down, as it has a wide range of potential applications and invocations, but what they all hinge upon is the Primal Fear of deformity, parasites, contamination, the ravages of disease, and the aftermath of bodily injury. Having your chest tear open of its own free will, exposing your organs as your ribcage is repurposed as a gaping maw full of bony teeth? That is Body Horror. Turning into a monster is a Forced Transformation, but still not a body horror. Simply put, this is any form of Horror or squickiness involving body parts, parasitism, disfigurement, mutation, or unsettling bodily configuration, not induced by immediate violence.įor example: Being shot in the chest and having your organs exposed is Bloody Horror, not body horror. You can shop all our 1000+ listings by pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'.Welcome to the lovely land of Body Horror. Your purchases will be extremely well packaged and we look forward to serving you (again). We have a passion for the unique, for quality, for stylish and meaningful and for craftsmanship of years gone by. Maximum height x width x depth: 7.1 x 5.1 x 4.8 inches. Especially with perfect packing and worldwide shipping in just 4 to 5 workdays included in our price they certainly are great value for money. If you like these hand-crafted and meaningful ancient symbol bookends as much as we do then maybe you should be their next custodian. Besides their deeper meaning, in these bookends they have also been presented in the best possible workmanship quality and patina and they will look great no matter where and how you decide to have them on display. Since the ancient Griffin symbol is found in, among others, Greek mythology and in Arab and Asian folklore, it is clear why these worldly symbols also are perfect for bookends. It will be no surprise therefor that, at the same time, they also symbolise AND are also the guardians of the divine/godly power. Their eagle heads representing the sky and their lionesk bodies and legs representing the earth. Griffins symbolise the rule over the earth & sky. The striking design and the symbolism in this pair of antiques, is what makes them so much more than just bookends. If only the rarest and the best condition griffin-related antiques are fit for your collection then this pair of hand crafted bronze bookends should be on your shortlist. About Stunning, rare and meaningful bookends from the 1800s. ![]()
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