The Backrooms

I greenlit this for good reason. Good page.

While I appreciate your writing skills, I can't help but feel underwhelmed by the concept of the entity. I'll explain why in a list format. (sorry if I sound harsh!)

• First, there are far too many humanoid entities in somewhat similar veins to yours. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything truly unique or special that sets yours apart from the others.

• In terms of the format, I found it a bit excessive and cluttered with information. The paragraphs seemed to stretch on with little to no break, and it all felt somewhat awkward for a humanoid entity.

• Although the introduction was initially intriguing, my interest rapidly dwindled past the Behaviors section. Similarly to what I previously mentioned, it felt too basic and mundane, and as it's yet another humanoid entity, this just made it increasingly tedious to read. Furthermore, the addition of the entity being concealed in darkness seemed reminiscent of the Smiler, albeit with minor variations.

• Regarding the Variants, I felt as though there wasn't much to them; they seemed relatively bland and cliché(?), especially considering that some other entities have their own variants as well (I think!). Additionally, three variants would've been more appropriate, or at the very least, they could've been placed in a collapsible to make them less tedious to scroll through.

• Finally, the B.D.C. section. It felt a bit forced and shoehorned in, as we barely had any context on what this group is or their motives despite the page solely focusing on the entities.

Again, while your writing skills are good, I was just mainly disappointed by the concept of the entity. If you do plan on writing more pages in the future, I wish you the best of luck!

Kinda interesting because i also have a character that nearly the same with this entity in my BR fic, lol. But the concepts are too many and they don't seem to be very different, just maybe different in color and behavior, some changes due to environment and change some effect that can less affect on them. But it's still oke to me thoo—

But ya now, i still like it. So + 1. (I am not favoritism….)

(P/s: Sorry, my english is kinda bad.)

interesting concept, dull execution.

-1

Although many people in the Chinese community didn't like the article after it was translated into Chinese, personally… I actually think it's not bad?

In fact, it sparked a lot of thoughts for me—for example, whether we (referring to the Chinese Backrooms community) are too focused on categorization and demystifying entities in our writing. Maybe it's the style of the early contributors that made us inclined to thoroughly explain every entity and level. But maybe that very approach has destroyed a certain original atmosphere of the Backrooms?

The Backrooms used to be about being alone, facing the unknown, something both familiar and strange—because that’s what life itself feels like. But it gradually evolved into something with defined monsters, even Resident Evil-style horror. I get it—when trying to fill in the unknown, we naturally fall back on known forms of horror. That’s inevitable. Text-based expansion leads to such transformations.

The above was something I once said before, so in my view, the most important element of the Backrooms is mystery. Therefore, what I’m about to say next is also kind of a boomerang back at myself: making things too clear ends up destroying the atmosphere of the Backrooms (a side effect of writing in an overly academic tone). From my perspective, Entity 38 – "Humanoids" at least does a good job of describing what they look like, how to deal with them, and the different types that exist. This kind of vibe feels more like the early, foggy days—where that mist, that mystery, that fear were still alive.

That said, I still gave the article a Novote. I can only say it’s just not really to my taste.

The above speech is my personal opinion.

The above is translated by AI. I used other translation machines to confirm that my speech did not deviate from my original intention.