There are two kinds of fears, rational and irrational. Being afraid of realtors is an irrational fear.
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events
HOW TO PLAY:
Comment with your character. In the body of your top-level, your character is forced to admit their biggest, darkest fear. Maybe they assumed no one was listening, or perhaps this is the work of a magical truth serum. Either way, it's out in the open now.
Other characters can offer comfort, judgement, or probing psychological questions to delve into the root of this.
An especially evil character might look for ways to exploit this newfound information... but you wouldn't do that, would you?
Anything involving images, especially scary images, should be linked and tagged.
This is B.B.V.I.S. here to give you all your comforting needs! Mister Stark - sir, Mister Stark. I am a big fan of your work, its important I tell you from all the way up here in the moon across different dimensions that you are doing more then enough!!!! What a hard worker - [ She oo's and aah's. ] Ten out of Ten snaps!
[Steve just breathes for a moment, giving Tony a troubled look. The worst of this has always been that he gets where Tony's coming from, and there's not a damn thing he can do to make Tony feel better about it. They all have responsibility. They all have nightmares. Tony not fixing something doesn't mean it's solely his fault.
.........but if Tony doesn't come up with a fix, then it's still his responsibility even if he didn't cause it, even if someone else could've found a fix. So it doesn't really matter what you call it.]
[quiet, not addressing it just yet] Hey. You need a drink?
Oh no, I'm not doing this. I'm the Serpent of Eden, the Original Tempter, I will not be compelled by some silly puny curse to --
( He's biting his bottom lip, like he's trying his best to physically keep the words in. His fortitude lasts about three seconds in the face of a meme curse. )
--losingAziraphaleforever for FUCK'S sake!
[ can do any canon point, plz mark for s2 spoilers ]
[There is hesitation as she tries to choke back what eventually comes falling out whether she likes it or not.]
Failure to live up to expectations, to fulfill my family's legacy, and failure to prove that I was the right sister to keep the Tohsaka name. Failure to prove that such a choice wasn't in vain.
Raev Lund | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust| OTA
It wasn't untrue but the second part caused him to scowl. "Afraid that I will be completely blind before I get to see all the things I want to." He didn't like to speak about that part at all.
"I can't even pronounce the first word you just said but fuck---I want to help you anyway I can, Räv."
The last part scared Karl in that Raev might eventually go completely blind. If he did then the Swede would be that outreached hand to be there to support him.
When we were younger Robert used to have nightmares like those about Rekker. He thought they would take him away and cut open his brain to figure out why he was broken. The other... I think more people around you have that fear than you think.
The Army losing its grip over the public narrative. Our nation's oldest institution crumbling apart and the old order I'm built into changing.
[ It shouldn't come as a surprise, even if the second half is more candid (and less becoming) than he would usually share. The man's the highest-ranking attorney in the Republic of Korea Army and oversees all of its legal defenses. Preventing his greatest fear happens to be his job. ]
Misfit | DC Comics
Natsuo Todoroki (villain au) | MHA
my dad.
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Tony Stark | MCU | OtA
We lose. Scratch that- we don't just lose, we lose. Everything. Everyone. And it's my fault. For not doing enough. Even when I saw it coming.
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This is B.B.V.I.S. here to give you all your comforting needs! Mister Stark - sir, Mister Stark. I am a big fan of your work, its important I tell you from all the way up here in the moon across different dimensions that you are doing more then enough!!!! What a hard worker - [ She oo's and aah's. ] Ten out of Ten snaps!
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.........but if Tony doesn't come up with a fix, then it's still his responsibility even if he didn't cause it, even if someone else could've found a fix. So it doesn't really matter what you call it.]
[quiet, not addressing it just yet] Hey. You need a drink?
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Anthony J. Crowley / Good Omens
( He's biting his bottom lip, like he's trying his best to physically keep the words in. His fortitude lasts about three seconds in the face of a meme curse. )
--losingAziraphaleforever for FUCK'S sake!
[ can do any canon point, plz mark for s2 spoilers ]
s2 spoilers ahoy!
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theta (tenth doctor) ★ doctor who ★ ota
I won't do it! I REFUSE THE BOW-TIE!
Shockwave | Transformers: Earth Spark | OTA; no spoilers please
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[After a moment, though, Starscream does have to add a bit more reluctantly:] But it's also... difficult to live like that.
It's. Good to see you alive, Shockwave.
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Clara Oswald | Doctor Who | OTA
Rin Tohsaka | Fate/
[There is hesitation as she tries to choke back what eventually comes falling out whether she likes it or not.]
Failure to live up to expectations, to fulfill my family's legacy, and failure to prove that I was the right sister to keep the Tohsaka name. Failure to prove that such a choice wasn't in vain.
Raev Lund | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust| OTA
It wasn't untrue but the second part caused him to scowl. "Afraid that I will be completely blind before I get to see all the things I want to." He didn't like to speak about that part at all.
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The last part scared Karl in that Raev might eventually go completely blind. If he did then the Swede would be that outreached hand to be there to support him.
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Althea Brooks | Electrokinetic OC
[Oh boy she doesn't like that she had to just say that.]
Kafka | Honkai Star Rail
[ She sighs quietly. ]
I've never felt it. Never experienced it. So here I am - without a single fear to my name. Tragic, right?
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yennefer | the witcher | ota
[ Of her magic. Of control. Mainly, the loss of the people she loves is what remains her greatest fear. ]
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" Loss is a natural part of life.
Yet I don't blame you for fearing it.
The loss of what we treasure, eventually, comes for us all. "
Mick Ronno | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | ota
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gen. gu jawoon ★ d.p. | deserter pursuit ★ s2 spoilers
[ It shouldn't come as a surprise, even if the second half is more candid (and less becoming) than he would usually share. The man's the highest-ranking attorney in the Republic of Korea Army and oversees all of its legal defenses. Preventing his greatest fear happens to be his job. ]
Asta Macauliffe | Hunter: the Vigil OC
Becoming a monster.