#elafiphobia

[ask-the-parabalis-gang]

E L A F I P H O B I A

INCLUDES: Patchy Skelter, Dr. Nick Orgon CWS: Phobic reaction, paranoia, hypochondria (specifically centered around prions and CWD), mentioned description of a car crash

Fallen leaves crunched underfoot as the two strode along the narrow path through the forest. Patchy’s wonder-filled expression at the beautiful foliage around her was heavily contrasted by Orgon’s, though she didn’t mind; the time they spent together was still a treasure to her. Soft humming mingled with the sound of wind that rustled the multihued leaves, pulling a few from their branches and blowing them toward the ground, all of which Orgon seemed oblivious of as his cold eyes remained fixed on the ground before him - at least, until his name was called.

“Dr. Orgon?”

He glanced over at Patchy, who was watching him quizzically. “Are you okay? Sorry, you just seemed a little, ah… preoccupied.”

Orgon’s gaze lingered on his companion for a few seconds before returning to the ground ahead. “Ms. Skelter, I’m always preoccupied,” he murmured, hoarse voice low despite the fact that the two were the only ones in the area. 

“Anything I can help with?”

Bright green eyes widened with hope as Patchy shuffled ever so slightly closer to Orgon, keeping just enough distance to ensure his comfort. He shook his head in response, however, eliciting a soft sigh from Patchy. 

“Oh well, if you ever need anything, let me know!” she said, a warm smile on her face. “I know I say that a lot, but I really mean it!”

Deep inside, Patchy knew that nothing would come from her words. It had been years since the incident, and nothing had changed. It didn’t matter to her too much, however - she still loved him all the same. 

These thoughts were quickly wiped from her mind as she looked back up ahead, and she gasped, flinging out an arm to halt Orgon in his tracks.

“Look!”

Her voice was a whisper-shout as she pointed up ahead at a small clearing. “There’s two of them - oh my goodness, they’re so pretty!”

Orgon peered up ahead at where Patchy was pointing, easily spotting what had gotten her so excited. Two deer were grazing up ahead, tall and auburn in the light of the setting sun, and at the sound of her awestruck voice, they lifted their heads to look directly at Orgon, watching him with wide, far-too-innocent eyes.

They were too close for comfort - why were they so close? Why weren’t they running away? They had to be diseased, that was the only logical explanation. They had no fear of him, and they could sense his own. They were going to come for him, for both of them, and infect them. There was nothing he could do to stop them.

Orgon could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he stared ahead, rooted to the spot yet so desperately wishing to move, to run, before something horrible happened just like it did before. He felt, so ironically that it was almost funny, like one of them, like a godforsaken deer - trapped in the headlights of eyes that were far too kind, knowing the contamination and sin that lay beyond them, contamination that seeped from those familiar eyes that he thought he knew and leeched into the hearts of the innocent, contamination that he could feel embedded into his skin with every touch, making him feel so, so unbelievably cold-

He was going to die.

“Dr. Orgon-?!”

The voice dragged him back to reality with a jolt so abrupt that it pulled a strangled gasp from his throat, and he took several steps back, hands clenching into fists as he pressed his eyes shut. His body shuddered, not just with the fear that he was trying so desperately to suppress, but also with a far-too-familiar chill that mingled with the memories lingering in his mind.

The horrific sound of shattering glass and ice mixed with that of twisting, breaking metal tore through him like the bitter, unforgiving cold that consumed in its entirety, rending the sanity from his heart and leaving behind nothing but pure, unbridled terror-

Yet his hands remained so, so warm. 

Opening his eyes once again, he could see Patchy before him, her hands gently gripping onto his own as she stared up at him with fright. 

“Doc- oh my goodness, what happened? Was it the deer? Did you see something? Did I do something? Oh my- here, take a breath, a deep breath with me, okay? You’re safe, we both are.”

Orgon’s fingers intertwined with Patchy’s as he looked up, staring past her for a moment - thank God, they were gone now, but they could come back. He had to get off this path, he had to get away from where the deer might’ve been in case they were contaminated, in case- 

“Doc, look at me. Please try to take a breath.”

He forced himself to look back at Patchy, shakily doing as she instructed and earning a somewhat relieved smile from her. Her hands squeezed his own as she prompted him to take another deep breath, and then another, until his hands had stopped shaking and it was ever so slightly easier to keep his focus on her.

“You’re doing a good job,” Patchy murmured, taking a small step closer to Orgon. “How are you feeling right now? You don’t have to tell me what happened if you’re not comfortable doing so, but-”

“I don’t like deer,” Orgon forced out through gritted teeth, his voice startlingly higher than usual. God, he sounded so weak - Patchy likely thought he was insane now, for having such a ridiculous fear. 

She hadn’t been there. All she saw were thin legs and twitching ears and wide, innocent eyes, not looking past their harmless demeanor and seeing disease, weakness, prions infecting those that were oblivious to their presence. Oh, how he longed to see innocence there too - how he wished to be oblivious as he had once been, long ago.

But she saw innocence in him, too, and that scared Orgon more than anything. He couldn't be oblivious, not when she was in danger, not when he could lose her.

“Oh- oh my goodness, I had no idea,” Patchy fretted, looking down. “I’m sorry, I really didn’t- I didn’t even know there was a phobia for deer! They’re just so cute - then again, so are dogs, and Pith has something similar too - I’m so sorry, I really didn’t know, but I’ll keep that in mind… do you want to go home now? Do you-”

“Yes.” Orgon’s gaze was fixed behind Patchy once again, where the two deer had once been. They were nowhere near that part of the woods, but he was still so afraid. Pathetic, really. He was pathetic - and still so goddamn cold. “I would like that.”

[that-hazbin]

Blackout AU:

Adam not killed by angelic steel but getting torn apart, regenerating in heaven or hell as a gibbering wreck with two newly acquired extreme phobias.

Elafiphobia(Fear of Deer). Extreme as in antler symbology the colour of Alastor's jacket the texture of deer fur or pelt, even the texture of a deer leather belt or deer meat being cooked or anything deer related setting him off.

And Haemophobia(Fear of Blood). Adam freezes up at the sight of blood, which, ok understandable.

Meanwhile at the rebuilt hotel, everyone staring at Alastor who for once is voluntarily sitting in the therapy circle ready to fully participate daring anyone to say anything about it.

I don't particularly care much for Adam to be honest, so I wouldn't write many AUs where he becomes a sinner demon, BUT. Him having a fear of deer after being torn apart by Alastor is just super funny to me lmao. Especially since I imagine hell's version of wild deer are all vicious carnivores. so his fear would be justified even further. No exposure therapy will ever help him, not while he's in hell.

As for therapy circle, LMAO Alastor being that desperate for psychological help is SO WEIRD. In canon he would probably revel in his insanity, but in this AU Alastor has absolutely 0 control and is actually very disturbed by this. He's obviously not going to SAY that he blacks out and does things he doesn't remember, because that's just Too Much Vulnerability for him. He IS going to talk about how much he hates having no control. He is an absolute control freak. He hates change, he hates not knowing things, and he hates stressing about things All The Time. He needs a good rant session here okay, or he's going to fucking LOSE IT.

Charlie is ECSTATIC with Alastor opening up like this. She is also very confused, and more than a little wary, since Alastor seems to be very close to a mental breakdown and any interruption might result in property damage. Or outright murder. (Angel tried saying something and Husk and Vaggie both panicked and slapped a hand over his mouth before he said anything. No interruptions, just let this happen or there will DEFINITELY be CONSEQUENCES.)

[devilheartsblog]

Here’s Part 2 of some ideas I’m doodled for my Winx rewrite

Last post seemed to do better than I expected and I’m glad a few people enjoyed it. So here are some more things I want to work with.

I like Artu and Roxy’s relationship but I would have also liked some backstory on them and more depth. Like Gantlos said “it’s just a dog”. How did Roxy get Artu? Is he adopted or bought? Is there a reason he doesn’t like anyone outside of Roxy and Klaus?

In my rewrite, yes. Abandoned as a puppy, a kid Roxy took him in after her mother left her dad unexpectedly. She basically raised Artu and he means a lot to her, but she never socialised him since she herself isn’t social with people (so while Artu may tolerate someone’s prescence he doesn’t like being touched or seen upclose). Roxy raising Artu is also why she gets pissed and earns her fairy form but doesn’t want the fairy gig since it ended up hurting her dog, because as a fairy the wizards are after her and Gantlos hurt Artu.

Speaking of Gantlos

Gantlos my beloved you’re so fucking bland the only personality trait you have is having fucked up pointy hands and a cool hat <3

Ok in all honestly I like his apathy to animals and the Winx in general, but that also applies to the other wizards to some extent. At least you can say something about the other wizards; Orgon’s voice is top tier, Duman has really cool powers and design, Anagan’s banter with Flora’s entertaining. This one’s technically a headcannon I made cannon in the rewrite. I did my research btw.

Gantlos has a pretty intense fear of deers also called Elafiphobia, even asking Duman to not shapeshift into one. It’s pretty bad, seeing a deer gets him pretty close to a panic attack. I’m not going to spoil why but I’ll say it’s a consequence of the Great Fairy Hunt. In fact all the Wizards despite being the cause have been affected by the fairy hunt, either overall or because of a major event. Gantlos’ deer phobia is also why he doesn’t like/care about animals initially, I mean, why should he like them? Just cause they’re cute? Hah!

Apart from Riven and Musa I hate the melodrama in season 4 it’s so shit. Since in my version Sky isn’t in the story cause king stuff, Mitzi is narratively cremated and Nabu doesn’t die, on top of planning to expand on Anagan and Flora’s relationship as rivals and Anagan “flirting” with her, it’d be weird for Helia to be like “eh”. Like even if Flora can hold her own I think he’d at least be a little concerned and annoyed at Anagan.

So yeah, Helia’s conflict is having a case of Impostor syndrome because Anagan’s a foil to him; confident, extroverted, confrontational, and actually bounces off of Flora really well. (Like, I don’t ship Anagan and Flora but the people who do I don’t blame them, it sounds more interesting) Even if Flora doesn’t reciprocate Anagan’s feelings, Helia feels inadequate and is anxious Flora will lose interest and might even break up with him since he’s the anti-social poet of the group. Timmy could even help after his confidence arc in Season 2. He’s not overprotective of Flora like wanting to fight Anagan since it kinda goes against his pacifism but the narrative doesn’t care about that as much as I do :/

And lastly I think it’s be neat if we saw a more fleshed out dynamic between the Wizards, the best I can think of is when they’re protected by Syllia and Duman almost slips their plan to which Anagan says he’s being whoosy, Orgon complains about being protected by fairies while Gantlos is fine with it.

A lot of the rewrite is focused on fleshing out the wizards because I want complex villains grr, and they’re perfect for it. The Earth Fairies? They’re good but they’re dead in my rewrite soooo-

I like to think Orgon is pretty manipulative of them. Was he always like this? No, but he’s desperate to secure the disappearance of magic from Earth, and his manipulation gets worse and worse as the episodes go on, in the end being threats and guilt-tripping. He still cares but mostly how the wizards can be of service to the Black Circle. And yes Duman is his favorite because he has the best powers. Shapeshifting will always be OP and the best power in my heart.

Anyway that’s all folks. If I make a part 3 it’ll probs cover some other stuff like Jason Queen, which I like his character, it’s perfect for Musa’s development (until they made Bloom the fucking main singer like WHYYY) or perhaps talk about Klaus or Morgana, Tecna and Timmy and more about Nabu. Anyway I’ll go watch some more nostalgic minecraft videos and webtoon rants. See ya!

[chronicbeans]

Y'ALL IDEA-

Platonic or Queerplatonic Alastor x Reader with Elafiphobia (the fear of deer).

I'm a genius /jk

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[carithseason]

Elafiphobia

Do I Dare

[littledanewitch]

I’ve always thought deer are eerily beautiful creatures. Something about them seems so mystic and almost religious to me. Like if I were to turn away from them they would open five more eyes to look at me, only to close them again when I look back. I feel like they are a hivemind for old spirits, like they can see my soul.

[squishiyangire]

One of the many hills i will die on is that deer are inherently creepy.

Maybe its because they're a large prey animal. And truly, they only exist to feed others, thus their entire worth is based on their death. Which is something i find vaguely disturbing.

Maybe its because they're a large prey animal who frequently chooses violence and the concept of a prey animal fighting back seems just wrong. (Im not even gonna try to analyse the implications of that, im sober, i dont have the brain power for that rn)

Maybe its because they're just generally creepy.

Maybe its because they'rere ghosts of the woods, one second you're alone in the trees and the next second there's a figure there staring at you with black empty eyes.

Maybe reading too many scary stories based of native american legends as a preteen ruined me and taught me not to trust anything that seems off (and trust me so these creepy fuckers seem off.)

Any of these are feasible and surely contribute to my fear, but they are not what made me fear deer.

No, the thing that made me fear deer was adventure time.

Look at this creepy motherfucker.

It just took its fucking hooves off and wiggled its nasty little deer fingers

Nothing has ever instilled more fear in me than the moment this thing committed this horrid little act on television. (Except for maybe that one picture of Wilbur Soot, but this post is about deer.)

[neitherlightnordark]

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the fear of deer is called "elafiphobia"! i didn't know until now. it's not as scary a phobia name as i pictured

[chaospanics]

⎨ AUGUST PLAYLIST ⎬

Some lovely feelings for the end of summer, as well as a lot of catch-up. Also, I realized my sister purchased procreate so I went back to making this month’s cover art myself :)

Brimheim - Can’t Hate Myself Into A Different Shape (January) Casket Cassette - Casket Cassette (July) Ezra Varier - The Process of Elimination Flowerguts - Elafiphobia (July) Grazer - Melancholics Anonymous Henderson Cenutry - Joy Unspeakable iANO - There’s No River (July) Indoor Voices - Falling (July) Kate Brunotts - Womb Kullnes - i think you should leave Lacing - Never (EP; July) Lumenette - All Around My Head Ruined Church - See You Next Life Slide - Pull (July) Slo Moon - Off World (July) SRSQ - Ever Crashing Sun Is Poison - Dark Cloud Unhand Me Taraneh - A Fleeting Feeling (July) Wombo - Fairy Rust (July) Yawner. - Sunkissed

[ask-the-parabalis-gang]

Does orgon have a favorite animal? Or perhaps a least favorite?

He used to like dogs. Still has a soft spot for them. Patchy’s family used to own a dog that was friendly with him, up until the Event; it became very wary and fearful of him after that, so he never got to see it. No matter how much he hid it, Patchy could tell that it upset him.

Then there’s deer. He fucking hates deer. Scared shitless of them. His elafiphobia stems mainly from learning about CWD and the fact that very little is known about prion diseases. The Event didn’t help much with that, since a deer was involved with what killed him. Other than deer I’d say anything that lives in the ocean, which is something he doesn’t fuck with either.

[starryeyedrogue]

3, 25, 38 and 46

hi, thanks for the ask! love the pfp btw 😉

3: what was the last song you listened to?

technically Put Your Records On by Corrine Bailey Ray (it’s on the radio rn) but on Spotify it’s Cigarette Daydreams by Cage The Elephant!

25: what’s your favorite decade?

the 1980s! all the songs were so good and I’m living for the fashion rn lol

38: do you have any phobias?

I have so many 😃 thalassophobia (fear of the ocean), cymophobia (fear of big waves), elafiphobia (only sometimes but it’s fear of deer, only really bugs me when they stand up or stare) and probably more but I’m drawing a blank rn 🥲

46: what do you need when you’re sad?

all the comfort food, especially chocolate (literally any kind), plain tortilla chips (don’t judge, the salt content is 🤌🏻), hot chocolate or a strawberry milkshake and lots and lots of blankets and pillows. also my comfort show or movie (LotR or x files)

[momohonk]

Hear me out tho: deer are soulless terrifying creatures that have a non-explainable phobia of

Listen…deer are cute as hell and I’ll never get over it; I want to pack a healthy lunch for every deer I’ve ever seen

[scribblehooves]

Fun fact: Because of Wulfgang, Bunny has elafiphobia. The fear of deer.

[whollytaciturn]

okay where the FUCK do you live that you have giant bucks just standing literally at your window?? We have deer here but I have NEVER been that close to one (I also didnt know there was a fear of deers but honestly I kind of understand where you're coming from)

Colorado 😭I don’t know the numbers now but last year we had about 20 deer per square mile. We’re ridiculously outnumbered deer-to-people, and because people hand-feed them they’re WAY too friendly. Legit I’ve stepped out onto my front porch and I’ve been swarmed. They’ll walk up to you and get in your face wanting food. I’ve been in my damn car and had deer walk up and stick their faces in and I am Not Okay™ with any of this. 

Hell, I went to school in Alamosa (southern CO) and because it’s essentially a college town and so many people feed them there, they have absolutely no fear of people. They’ll follow you into the buildings, take things straight out of your hand, follow you around campus... literally. They are fearless, ruthless, fuzzy murder machines. 

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