FEARS

[bitten_notshy]

It is BDE eve and I am bored, so it feels like time for Therapy.

What are you afraid of, Fandom? What keeps you up at night?

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[trigons_child]

I am afraid of succumbing to my father's heritage and turning evil and destroying this world and countless others. I am afraid of causing harm to those I have learned to care for and call friend. And I am utterly enthralled by afraid of vampires, though I have learned not all of them are evil.

[bitten_notshy]

... well. It wouldn't be helpful to say "don't do that," would it?

Do you think you'll be able to keep that side of yourself under control?

[likes_scoundrels]

I know how my future is supposed to turn out, but I'm afraid of doing something wrong and changing it. I don't want the rebellion to fail and the Empire to win.

I'm also afraid when the time comes for my son to die, I won't be able to let it happen, no matter what the cost.

[bitten_notshy]

I wouldn't be able to let someone I loved die, if I could stop it. What do you think would happen if your son lived?

[auntie-vida.livejournal.com]

What am I afraid of, pumpkin? I had the most awful nightmare the other night. A fabulous sale on Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos and they had every size except mine. It was awful, sweet pea, just awful!

[bitten_notshy]

That sounds absolutely terrible. I hope it wasn't true when you went to the shops!

[carpe_demon]

I used to be afraid of never knowing real feelings before I died, but not anymore. It's all good.

[bitten_notshy]

Don't you ever worry that feelings -- mess you up, and make it harder for you to keep a clear head?

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Relationships. I worry that I'm not really good at them.

And while I like seeing how happy my friends back home are, it scares me a little that Danny and Delinda are in a committed relationship. Even Mike is married... sorta. I thought I would beat all of them to the altar.

[bitten_notshy]

I think marriage is overrated. Enjoy freedom while you have it!

[stayingfrosty.livejournal.com]

Imprisonment.

Death isn't scary. I've already lived way beyond what I should have survived. But put me in a cell again, and I'll lose what I have left of my mind.

[bitten_notshy]

That's a terrifying one. And sometimes a path that breaks the law is the only right one.

[endsthegame]

Myself. And really embarrassingly little, otherwise. (Losing Valentine. Except I already did that before, didn't I?)

[bitten_notshy]

I think the lack of an element of surprise makes it harder to be afraid of yourself. The things that are scarier are the ones you can't foresee, aren't they?

(And I still miss your sister.)

[chosehumanity]

Killing again.

And right now... what Herrick and the others might be doing to Lauren.

But that's not the kind of thing I talk about.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

What's so frightening about killing?

[justlike_a_girl]

Money. It feels like I should have more of it tucked away for emergencies. I live in fear of running out of it.

[stayingfrosty.livejournal.com]

Really, that's your big fear?

[vanillajello]

Getting hurt. Mostly by letting people close to me,only to have them leave again.

And cracking, splitting into fifteen billion people. I've been kinda getting better about that fear, but... It's still there. Lurking.

[bitten_notshy]

I hate letting people leave, so I sympathize. Sometimes they won't let you hold on and it's terrible.

I don't understand the other thing at all.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

There is nothing more terrifying than losing your mind.

[bitten_notshy]

I think what you do after losing your mind is the more terrifying thing.

Is that something you worry about a lot?

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Getting fat.

Finn cheating on me.

Nothing that's going to happen.

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Losing my brother. I mean, he's the only family I've got, and I feel so responsible for him. I'm afraid I won't always be able to protect him.

[bitten_notshy]

You remind me of my sister when you say that. I'm sure your brother knows how much you care.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Um, hi, I have, like, two weeks to get someone to kiss me or else I'm literally anthroporphic seaweed in some gross sea witch's garden of souls.

WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M AFRAID OF RIGHT NOW?

[bitten_notshy]

Um .... something damaging that lovely hair?

I'm sorry. No bad jokes. Why won't anyone kiss you?

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

People that I care about dying.

[bitten_notshy]

That's a terrifying one. Is there a special reason you think it might happen?

[glacial_queen]

Being broken. If I don't have Craft, my castes...who am I?

I won't just lose my powers. I'll lose me.

[bitten_notshy]

Abuses meta knowledge la

I don't understand why your people delay sex so long, given the risk of the Virgin Night. I'm not one for whoring out children, but it seems like a risk like that is better dealt with early for sheer piece of mind.

(And you'd still be Karla, even broken. But I know you;d be a very different Karla than the one you want and need to be.)

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Right now, some of my fears are not ever figuring out who I am, where I belong, and being unable to live up to so many expectations.

[bitten_notshy]

It sounds as if you have a lot of pressure on you from different directions. I see how that would be frightening.

[therewaslife]

I'm afraid of becoming the monster someone once said I was. I'm...really very afraid that I am and I'm just hiding it well. I don't think that feeling will ever really go away.

[bitten_notshy]

I can see how that would nag at you. Is there anything that would convince you that you aren't one?

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

There are three things that constantly keep me in check, that I constantly worry will come into reality: that I will not be a good king, that I will (even worse) become a tyrant like Manannan, and (even worse still) that I shall never see Cassima again...

[bitten_notshy]

Some people might say you're lucky to have the chance to become a king at all, and your fear will keep you in check.

[colourfulscents.livejournal.com]

That I'm really no different, deep down, than the rest of my family, no matter how hard I try.
That he really does love me.
That he really doesn't love me.
That all the stories are true and there's no way they'd stand for me as a bloody queen.
That all the stories are true and they actually would stand for me as a bloody queen.
That the stories aren't true at all.

...Basically, anything and everything about the future if I were to ever go back.

But wolves don't look back...

[bitten_notshy]

Are you sure? It sounds as if you're doing quite a bit of it, if I can be honest.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

DYING AN OLD MAID. IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE.

[bitten_notshy]

I'm not certain about marriage myself, but don't fret so! You're pretty. Someone will make an honest woman of you.

[momslilassassin]

Turning to the Dark Side like everyone else in my family wtff, writers, pick something new. Jesus.

[likes_scoundrels]

Everyone?

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Being marooned on an island with a clearly insane wench who burns all the rum.

Again.

Why yes, my dreams are curiously specific.

[bitten_notshy]

Hmmm. Does the wench at least damage her clothes in the process of burning the rum?

[longislandiceme]

Myself.

Man-eating trees.

That Emma left a part of herself behind when she... you know.

[icecoldfrost]

Honestly, Robert. You make it sound like we did something utterly sordid.

[sake-shinigami.livejournal.com]

That all the beauty and enjoyment of the world will some day fade away entirely...

[living_endless]

It will. I'm sure it will. But there will be other worlds, then.

And then after that, when the universe ends ... well. That's the part I don't know about.