Last night on Discord a friend told me about the Vita Carnis series, which made me want to take a swing at analog horror myself. So in this topic, I’ll explain the premise, plot, and other details like how the series would be structured. I’ll clear up things at the end. Things that might confuse you are marked with bold text.
Series Name Meaning
First of all, the name: “Mimetophobia” is the fear of imitation, which may include imitating someone’s appearance, voice, behavior, etc. So given that description you can tell what the main creature here does.
Plot
The plot revolves around a species that vanished off Earth millions of years ago when the meteor killed the dinosaurs, leaving only the species’ babies to be frozen during the ice age, in the Antarctic. (I will clear confusion about this up at the end) From 2006 to 2010, when the series takes place, global warming melts the ice that contained this species, which then began to feed off of humans and other animals, growing into large monsters that would reproduce, take out multitudes of humans, and spread to other parts of the globe.
Premise
The premise of Mimetophobia is the PSAs released by the governments of the world to help citizens protect themselves from the monsters and the footage of encounters with these monsters, and how they behave. There are also things like leaked government testing footage, scientific analyses of the creatures, and police calls and found footage from victims of these creatures. It shows how the creatures adapt to their environment, how they go about hunting, and other characteristics of these creatures, including how they learn and become more intelligent.
Monsters
I’m sure you guys want to know more about this species. So here you go; the main antagonists of the Mimetophobia series are called Copycats by most people (Mimetes Hominivorus scientifically.) They start as small black eggs encased in a clear, blackish slime that protects them from any harm until they hatch into small slimes that absorb small life matter and smaller animals, allowing it to grow bigger. Once it reaches infancy, it begins to take the form of things it eats. The more it eats, there slowly becomes less resemblance to the things it consumes, and the more monstrous, lanky, and bulky they become.
Spare Details
Origins
- It is unknown why the Copycats exist. But most signs lead to being Aliens.
- They were around when Pangea split, so young copycats that were still in egg state would freeze and become trapped in ice over time, especially during the ice age.
- Climate Change had melted the ice that copycats were in, and they were carried to land by ocean currents
Government Response
- Aside from the PSAs, the governments have closed places like national parks to avoid any copycats from catching humans off guard in forested/isolated areas and issued a curfew before the sun sets to prevent people from getting caught by copycats at night.
- They have attempted to find ways to control Copycat populations before they got too big, such as setting up outposts in areas where slime mounds have been found/multiple Copycats were spotted in.
- Nuclear tests have been conducted on copycats. Results have shown radiation to be ineffective against them and the blast of a nuclear weapon is only effective if it kills off all tissue, so a direct blast is the only effective way to kill off a copycat.
- Any towns nearby have had members of the army placed there to prevent any Copycat invasions. Heavy monitoring is issued across these towns.
- There is no way to contain copycats long-term.
Dangers
- Copycats have halved multiple populations of different animals, which have started to throw off the plant-animal balance in ecosystems.
- Copycats go after humans because they are the most bountiful animals on the planet that can supply them with nutrients and other things they need to grow
- Copycats have shown the ability to learn plan and strategize. They can set up ambushes that can take out even heavily armed soldiers.
Yeah, that’s all I have to share about my idea for now. If you guys are interested I could do more stuff about this and share more things relating to it.
if you’re confused about anything let me know and I’ll clear it up as best I can.
