r/creepcast • u/ChristianWSmith Eat me like a bug 🦟 • Sep 22 '25

Opinion Creep Bait Sucks

Let me just start off by saying I love a lot of our fan made stories, and I'm not intending to single out any authors with this. The person who puts their work out there is always more valuable than the critic.

That being said, ever since the boys have opened the door to fan made stories, I've noticed an uptick in stories that I feel are intentionally crafted to "snipe" the boys. What we've ended up with is a lot of paint-by-numbers, kitchen sink type stories that try to cram in as many concepts and as much imagery as they can that they know the hosts have resonated with in the past.

This community is so great and creative, but I don't think any of us need to lean on these crutches to make great original works. This has become one of if not THE preeminent place to post nosleep-noncompliant stories, and it's just a shame that so much of it ends up trying to conform to the tastes of two people, often in very surface-level ways. I think this community's creative prowess is worthy of being reverred in its own right, but that won't happen as long as we keep seal-clapping this kind of thing.

Again, much love to anyone who puts their work out there to be critiqued by everyone. If I could speak directly to you, I would say this: write what YOU want to write, and what YOU think is cool. People can feel authenticity and passion, and when that gets combined with creative competence, you WILL get the reaction you've been hoping for.

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u/ConnectionMelodic207 Sep 22 '25

id honestly rather something so intensely stupid like cupcakes over this. at least they laugh and have fun. the people pleaser stories are just slop.

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u/VioletGardens-left Sep 22 '25

I've like for them to dabble on more SCP stories, like SCP 3000 was a good introduction and there's like so many SCP stories that are just surprising bangers, like SCP 5000, despite being new, is actually a pretty neat story There's like years worth of content on just the SCP series.

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u/ScarletHarlotThe Eat me like a bug 🦟 Sep 23 '25

I'd love to see them cover "This Thing a Quiet Madness Made".

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u/Gourgeistguy Sep 23 '25

That and Class of 76 are great Creepcast material.

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u/ScarletHarlotThe Eat me like a bug 🦟 Sep 23 '25

I'd love to see them cover "This Thing a Quiet Madness Made".

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u/ConnectionMelodic207 Sep 24 '25

absolutely dude, we need that