I agree with the statement. Frankly, I don't see "angst" as a real, proper emotion anyway. According to dictionary.com it is defined as:
"A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression."
The best roleplaying I've ever had or GMed over has related to questions of morality and self-sacrifice. I'm particularly a fan of the issue of the good-of-the-many in a roleplaying game and the most interesting character turns I've ever played have been when a former character of mine (in Vampire) had to deliberately and knowingly decide to push himself to forsake his humanity so as to level the playing field between him and his arch-enemy, who was an inhumane monster and had that advantage over my PC when it came to the war between them.
So in short, personal horror is something I define as being different to angst and I prefer personal horror. Angst just strikes me as being an "emotion" associated with goths swooning in anxiety over their miserable and meaningless lives, while writing bad dark poetry.
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"A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression."
The best roleplaying I've ever had or GMed over has related to questions of morality and self-sacrifice. I'm particularly a fan of the issue of the good-of-the-many in a roleplaying game and the most interesting character turns I've ever played have been when a former character of mine (in Vampire) had to deliberately and knowingly decide to push himself to forsake his humanity so as to level the playing field between him and his arch-enemy, who was an inhumane monster and had that advantage over my PC when it came to the war between them.
So in short, personal horror is something I define as being different to angst and I prefer personal horror. Angst just strikes me as being an "emotion" associated with goths swooning in anxiety over their miserable and meaningless lives, while writing bad dark poetry.