#silly phobias

[wowyoulikeflowers]

Sirius Black 100% has a ton of fears he nonchalantly expands upon that are from abuse; a fear of small spaces from being locked in a closet or a fear of wands being pointed at him suddenly, but he always explains it and then moves on, so his friends are used to it/don't think much of it.

then one day, while they're out and about doing gay wizard things, Sirius starts freaking out. like, screaming, panicking, crying, Freaking Out. they calm him down, take him back to their dorm or something, and ask what happened. he quietly mumbles, "I saw a squirrel." they sit and wait for him to explain, but he absolutely refuses to. they bribe him, James uses his puppy eyes, they even get Lily in on it because she's always able to get information out of someone. nothing. they hesitantly move on and all decide to try and help Sirius avoid squirrels from now on, thinking it's so traumatizing for him he can't even joke about it like normal.

a few months later, James and Regulus are dating and they update him on all of Sirius' fears from his childhood so he can help them with it, and they mention squirrels. Regulus stops, looks at them, and laughs so hard he genuinely pulls an abdominal muscle. he eventually calms down and explains that, when they were younger, the Black brothers and sisters were playing outside somewhere and saw a squirrel. all five of them approached it, and it backed up and ran until it caught sight of Sirius. for whatever reason, that squirrel decided to chase Sirius. it scrambled after him, chattering away, and even managed to scratch his ankle.

and to this day, Sirius is terrified of squirrels.

[aphantimes]

idea from @heckinconfusedparade lol

[doctor-the-13th]

When I have kids and they’re scared of the monster under their bed, I’m just going to tell them it’s Clara under the bed. They won’t get the reference, and I—

[indiegowrites]

Phobia Mikey

PhobiaVerse Michelangelo, representative of pyrophobia.

(Despite being the most powerful of his siblings, Mikey is generally the gentlest of the five. His endless optimism that one day, humans will accept them as living, thinking beings is what drives his bale to continue on.)

hes so silly oh my god i love you phobia!mikey!!!!!

closeup under the cut :DDD

[sophelisticated]

Final redesign!

I’m so happy with how it turned out!! These are maximum security animatronics, most commonly sneaking through the pizzaplex without being seen whatsoever. Their memory chips go back all the way since the first Freddy fazbear’s, since they had restored the first fnaf game’s camera footage into their memory storage.

Dread is a mischievous asshole, Phobia is a serious and stern authority figure, that’s all you need to know lol

Also sibling annoyance is absolutely necessary

He does this often

[mecchantheotaku]

Time to give more Voices trauma from the construct because I'm totally normal

Anyway, imagine Contrarian being really uneasy on large flights of stairs

[strawberry-omonade]

I think that a lesbian who likes pee should fall in love with me right now

[clegfly]

I like to think that spirit mari glows. Since she seems unaffected by the lighting around her at any time

[valeriley]

@inception30daychallenge day 4: Arthur's secret phobia

Arthur really REALLY can’t stand mantes, grasshoppers, cicadas, locusts, that sort of insects that look like that. He can’t even say why, and it’s embarrassing because they’re not dangerous creatures but he can’t help the fear and disgust when he notices one, they’re just so weird and creepy. 

Usually he just becomes very rigid, tense and super-alert, watching out for any sudden movement and ready to spring to action (read: flee), but sometimes, when he’s alone or particularly strung out or he notices one only when it’s far too close to him already, he has most embarrassing reactions. Like jumping 5 feet in the air screeching and finding himself magically several feet away, or one memorable time taking out his gun to shoot it (from a swiftly acquired safe distance). 

One time he found one on his trousers leg and he screamed and tried to shake it off for like one second before throwing his leg towards Eames and ordering him to fucking get rid of the beast. It’s still one of the most mortifying experiences he's ever had, and he's had to employ every blackmail threats and bribes to ensure Eames kept his mouth shut about it, though at least Eames had the decency to comply with his plea for help before laughing his ass off at the whole thing.

[total-drama-brainrot]

Love your Alenoah Hypno Story... Out of curiosity, how different would the story be if Noah has a secret fear of hypnosis, before World Tour... And when Alejandro offered to entrance him, Noah simply BOLTS out of the room... then Noah tries to avoid being left alone with Alejandro, so the Latino can't hypnotize him... I think Alejandro would totally enjoy the challenge and he would feel even more satisfied, when he finally has a chance to entrance Noah (like maybe Alejandro promises not to let Owen get voted off, if Noah would let Alejandro hypnotize him)! 😈

Anon why would you open this plotline up to me it's giving me The Brainworms.

Because Noah having a genuine phobia of hypnosis or something adjacent to it- like a phobia of automatism in general, or just a severe disliking of not having control over himself- suggests that he's experienced something similar before, either first-hand or as a witness. Which means he would have intimate knowledge about the extents Alejandro could hypothetically abuse his talents as a hypnotist to.

I doubt he'd actually bolt away from Alejandro after the other offers to hypnotise him, Noah's a bit more savvy than that (even if he is pretty socially illiterate), so he'd probably just insult the idea and dismissively saunter off- whilst trying his best to breath evenly around the ice in his lungs and quell the terrified shaking of his hands. Alejandro, of course, would notice just how petrified uncomfortable the idea of hypnosis makes Noah, which would only pique his interest and motivate him to try and somehow ensnare the nerd under his control.

Of course, that becomes increasingly difficult when Noah begins to go our of his way to avoid interacting with Alejandro at all, to the point where the two of them are hardly ever within talking distance of each other, let alone left alone together (which is impressively frustrating, given the fact they're essentially trapped on a jet. There's very little space Noah can occupy without encountering Alejandro, and yet he somehow manages to consistently evade the Spaniard). Also, Noah's always surrounding himself with others- namely Owen, but he also begins clinging to Tyler as well. There's safety in numbers, after all. Alejandro would never try anything nefarious in front of potential witnesses.

I like the idea of him incentivising Noah into undergoing hypnosis- either by bargaining his vote/Owen's safety in return for Noah's compliance, or by having the rest of Team Chris help in having Noah "face his fear"- which could be a fun little call back to the Phobia Factor episode in Island.

Because Noah was one of the few contestants who never had to face his fear, and it's super convenient that Alejandro is capable of 'helping' him face it. Really, it'd be doing him a favour.

(i.e. Alejandro tries something nefarious in front of potential witnesses.)

And having the rest of the team around for 'moral support' would pressure him into compliance, because Al is only trying to help, and there's nothing scary about hypnosis, and they'll be right here the whole time, he has nothing to worry about. Any arguments he can conjure up to dismiss the idea come off as him simply being too scared to face his phobia, so his protesting is ignored until he eventually gives in. He's a pretty passive person, all things considered, so Noah wouldn't waste his energy fighting a losing battle when it's easier to just get it over with. Even if the idea has his usually unshakable self trembling with fear.

The thing about hypnosis is that, at it's core, it's about settling someone into an agreeable mindset- that's considerably hard to do when the person you're trying to hypnotise near enough has a panic attack every time they see a pendulum. It'd take a lot more effort on Alejandro's part to actually get Noah to fall into a trance, even with the extra assurance of their company. But eventually, Alejandro's talents win out against Noah's fear (and rationality).

And once he's under the trance, Alejandro ushers the rest of their team from the room, claiming that the ensuing hypnotic process is highly volatile and that their presence could hinder/harm Noah's subconscious- or something along those lines. It's all a lie, of course, but Owen and Tyler are both considerate and naïve enough to trust Alejandro's judgement as neither would ever want to intentionally hurt Noah, so they leave Alejandro alone to do his work.

(If Izzy is still part of the team, Alejandro would convince her to leave by giving her some sort of 'special mission', or by sicking her on Chef for yet another Izzy v. Chef smackdown.)

From there it's a question of whether Noah's deep-rooted phobia hinders the effects of hypnosis to the point where he has a natural resistance to the trance and thus does his best to defy him, or if he's just as susceptible to Alejandro's spell as anyone else and lives out the rest of the competition living in constant paranoia because he could be enthralled at any given moment.

Either way, I doubt someone as terrified opposed to the idea of hypnosis would take Alejandro's attempted breach of his autonomy laying down. He'd react a lot more volatilely, fuelled by his all-consuming fear.

[indiegowrites]

some phobiaverse donnie and leo doodles, + a phobia!leo funny based on a joke spoopy made that i thought was SO funny

[ancientvamp]

charlie "i dont wanna join the polycule" slimecicle

[rainbowbarnacle]

I helped make a little thing for Mermay:

I wrote the dialogue, PhasmidASMR made the video and did the voice acting and sound effects. He's already written and voiced tons of audio dramas, and I've been having amazing fun writing some scripts for him lately.

In these one-sided audios, the idea is that you, the listener, are a character being spoken to. In this one, you're out looking for agates, attempt to cross a log, and end up falling in a river. Fortunately, there's a merman there to haul you out of the water and give you some swimming lessons.

And he's interested in your hiking snacks.

Listen for great voice acting, soothing water sounds, fun merfolk headcanons, backstory, and a ton of affectionate snark. (No romance in this one, you're just buds.)

[strawberry-omonade]

“Phobia you run a piss kink blog, you must be so brave and confident!”

Actually no every time I talk about my kinks on here I’m worried furries will track me down and kill me

[mayuzumicheerio]

[fearfulpurple]

I wanna hug a phobia, can I hug the phobia?

:D

*Slowly lifts up comatose ball*

-🐇

' oh, um.. sure! '

'waitwait- what's with the.. um- ball?'