Possible use cases for second person POV?

[ADirtyPerv]

Or both…

We note with interest, our dear @StillStunned, the pensive look on your face, the furrow of your brow, as you tap your pencil on the tablet before you, the blank page calling to you as you consider the challenge. Second person with the Royal We, dare I?

We smile as your mind spins with ideas as the graphite tears at the blank page before you and words slowly take form. A devious chuckle escapes your lips as your missive slowly comes to life, as your muse sings the song you know so well.

We feel your sadistic joy as the page fills, laughing as you relish the pain soon to be unleashed on those unfortunate enough to read your tale of woe.

Laughing maniacally, you add the last period to your putrid tome, knowing they won’t be able to resist.

Satisfied that our work is done, that the evil has been spread, we cackle silently in the nether reaches of your soul. Yes, only you are truly capable of the depravity that is second person.
Well done, our herald, relish your accomplishment. You know you want to.

You did it. You found the fucking narrator we've all been looking for in 2P narratives. That's always the question -- who in the everloving fuck is talking?

"We" are.

 

[Britva415]

the fucking narrator we've all been looking for in 2P narratives. That's always the question -- who in the everloving fuck is talking?

I always thought it was the Canadian girlfriend

 

[RocketGrunt]

2nd Person is used pretty frequently on the Mind Control stories board.

For that particular line of fetishes, the person being hypnotized is often "you," the reader. Well, not often, but way more often than 2nd person is used in other contexts.

Less frequently, but still noticeable is its use on the Nonconsent/Reluctance. Again, the victim is "you" often enough to be noteworthy.

In both cases, the fantasy is about having something done to the protagonist, and so having the protagonist be the reader is a valid extension of that fantasy.

 

[anthrodisiac]

2nd Person is used pretty frequently on the Mind Control stories board.

For that particular line of fetishes, the person being hypnotized is often "you," the reader. Well, not often, but way more often than 2nd person is used in other contexts.

Less frequently, but still noticeable is its use on the Nonconsent/Reluctance. Again, the victim is "you" often enough to be noteworthy.

In both cases, the fantasy is about having something done to the protagonist, and so having the protagonist be the reader is a valid extension of that fantasy.

It tends to work better in those contexts because 2nd person horror tends to be fairly visceral with little to no description of the victim. It's more about the torture/torment/fucked-up-ness than the actual fleshcase.

Can't believe I just used the word "fleshcase."

 

[TheLobster]

Before that movie, nobody in the USA used their thumb for that. Ever since that movie, everyone has switched from holding up three fingers to using two fingers and a thumb, as if they had been doing it all along.

It might me a meme, but it’s actually an easier and better way to finger-count.

Most people don’t have the motor control needed to extend their ring fingers independently of the others, or far enough to match the positions of other fingers while counting, so replacing it with the thumb makes perfect sense.

Anyway, I hope this helps in fingering 2P away from this thread

 

[StillStunned]

Even more off topic, that reminds me of how the Inglourious Basterds finger-counting-to-three thing turned Americans into posers. Before that movie, nobody in the USA used their thumb for that. Ever since that movie, everyone has switched from holding up three fingers to using two fingers and a thumb, as if they had been doing it all along.

My wife and I discovered that difference between us 20+ years ago. Tried it out on friends and colleagues from around the world, to everyone's amazement and hilarity. Presumably it gradually made its way over to Hollywood.

 

[StillStunned]

You did it. You found the fucking narrator we've all been looking for in 2P narratives. That's always the question -- who in the everloving fuck is talking?

"We" are.

The Hivemind is always watching!

 

[Britva415]

My wife and I discovered that difference between us 20+ years ago. Tried it out on friends and colleagues from around the world, to everyone's amazement and hilarity. Presumably it gradually made its way over to Hollywood.

I guess you didn't see the movie in question? It was a significant plot point.

Anyway, I feel like the subsequent hipsterism wouldn't have happened if it hadn't been a tArAnTiNo film.