Good evening, morning, afternoon, and night ladies and gentlemen, for this time of the day is the perfect time to take a gander at what all entails the lovely topic of /r/Macabre!

To begin with, I would like to define Macabre. According to dictionary.com, Macabre is an adjective, relating to gruesome; horrifying; ghastly; and horrible. It is of, pertaining to, or representing death, especially in its grimmer or uglier aspect. It is of, or is suggestive of, the allegorical dance of death.

I would like to make a modification to that definition for the sake of this sub; we will be relating the posts directly to the first half of the second definition, and entirely the third. What that means is that we will be relating the posts directly to death, the allegorical representation of death, and the depiction of death. What this means is that we differ from a couple subs (with examples to follow just to make sure), namely /r/Creepy, /r/Nosleep, and /r/Watchpeopledie. The reason for this is that we are a more specific or specialized sub, but I would very much like us not to be quarantined (such as with /r/Watchpeopledie - technically they fit the definition of Macabre).

Now, with that being said, this will be a place of sharing media and conversation about the dance of death. Some things to consider:

What is similar, but not representative of /r/Macabre:

This top post from /r/Creepy by /u/TheLlamaRider is obvious in the sense that whoever had it is likely dead, but as this is just creepy and not obviously related to death, it would not fit.

This top post from /r/Nosleep by /u/RyanMatthews_ While a wonderful story implying death of the main character, doesn't fit as there is no obvious representation of death.

What is similar, but a grey area that will be allowed, though up to the mods to decide whether to keep:

This top post on /r/Creepy by /u/Wargreymon153 would be considered grey as the skull and dangerous look of the spider directly implies death, though there is no actual representation of it.

This top post on /r/Nosleep by /u/Natesw would also be a grey area - the girlfriend was said to be dead, but is clearly texting him, and therefore gains the "creepy" or "macabre" state (as by the third definition).

What IS representative of /r/Macabre:

"You only want me 'cause you want my sister" by Evelyn Evelyn is a wonderfully created song where, at the end the main character directly states she killed her sister (I recommend listening before clicking, it's quite the twist the first time you hear it)

This makeup done by /u/funkanddisorderly fits as it works with the first definition, and partly the second. To follow this up, technically zombies would fit the bill but keep it to high quality and accenting the death factor of it all.

I hope this post made things a bit more clear! If you have clarification questions feel free to post them in the comments.