Draft:Dreamcore/weirdcore
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{{Short description|Subgenre of surrealistic culture}}
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Dreamcore/weirdcore is a subgenre of surreal fiction.
It involves surreal things out of a dream, especially a fever dream. It can be associated with insomnia.
Images commonly associated with dreamcore/weirdcore are that of giant mushrooms with eyes or giant flying eyes with wings. Its setting is usually in a cheerful-looking place, such as a flower field. Dreamcore/weirdcore can be and usually is related to horror.
History
It is unknown when dreamcore/weirdcore was created, but it is possibly a long time ago, though it became popular more recently.
Psychology
Dreamcore/weirdcore is based on images. It is found frightening because it is made up of uncanny valley content. By being strangely familiar but actually unfamiliar it creates sense of fear, distress, and sometimes sadness as it can be associated with nostalgia.{{Cite web |last=Vasanth |first=Kusumitha |date=2023-12-18 |title=Weirdcore Aesthetic: The Fascinating World of the Oddly Familiar |url=https://undergroundsound.eu/culture/weirdcore-aesthetic-the-fascinating-world-of-the-oddly-familiar/#:~:text=The%20Psychology%20of%20Weirdcore&text=The%20juxtaposition%20of%20the%20familiar,effect%20due%20to%20the%20nostalgia. |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Underground Sound |language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
https://angusnicneven.com/ - An enigmatic website strongly associated with dreamcore/weirdcore.
https://neocities.org/browse?tag=dreamcore - A list of dreamcore-themed websites.
https://neocities.org/browse?sort_by=views&tag=weirdcore - A list of weirdcore-themed websites.