January 2025 - If ferals were to tell bedtime stories
The guardians do not take kindly to anything that enters the uncanny valley, especially where the houses are at their biggest.
Alex Skunk
The foliage jumps ad ruffles around us, our white mixing in with the greenery until eventually there's nothing to see but the natural sights of the uncanny valley. that's all, folks.
Activation
Writers and artists call this the 'uncanny valley' effect." the scientist started to sound annoyed, as if he had explained this before, "said effect has been the cause of countless killer robots, dolls, and aliens from movies.
An April Funeral
Pebbly scales teased kathlyn's skin as the dragon gradually worked her muzzle down towards kathlyn's uncanny valley. the dragon lifted her paw to stroke the queen's thigh.
Nobody's Servant, Part 13 - Before The Dawn
Suraokh is unfazed by her remark, though maybe it's just his uncanny-valley lack of expression that always conveys that. "because i am his associate, it follows that the prelature would designate me as a target."
The Night of the Pumpkin King
But, this monster was somewhat different in that the only thing which made them stand out from the crowd at all was a slight uncanny valley quality in just _how_ human-like they were.
Coffee Lynx
Something about his face... it was like the uncanny valley effect. he looked up at you and you flinched, quickly looking down at your phone again. shit. you made that so obvious. he probably noticed. oh gosh. that was probably okay.
World First
It also had the effect of an uncanny valley, as she recognized a few things: her tail, her hair, similar clothing worn by the form... but the rest was alien.
The Day After, a Were slice of life story.
Normies tended to react better to human and feral forms, but that anthro thing was uncanny valley territory for most. i thought i was pretty, and jase stunningly attractive, but furry was the new lgbtq, i suppose. it was polarizing.
Questions
It was somewhere within the uncanny valley, that strange area where something appears nearly human, but is at the same time too similar yet too different, causing a great deal of discomfort. luckily, the change happened quickly.
False Guardian (OLD)
Muted gold sand cascaded in shallow waves down the dunes, eternally sun dried, baked free of any and all moisture centuries ago. The healthy, yellow glow of the sun, a few hours beyond high noon, glared its' heated rays down at any traveler unfortunate...
Scaly Heart
And what got my attention was that she wasn't like any of the androids i saw before, and her smile, it didn't seem fake, or creepy like the uncanny valley. she seemed genuinely happy to see me.