The "Brown Note Being" Trope In Horror, Explained
Imagine a thing so horrible that anyone who laid eyes upon it would suffer physical or psychological harm. A thing that could destroy the bodies and minds of its victims just by being close enough to be picked up by the senses. In horror media, this kind of monster is called the Brown Note Being. Some horror tropes arepitched by a single author and immediately adopted by countless future voices. Others develop gradually as multiple creators have the same idea....