#entemophobia

[pokemon-ash-aus]

Did Pepper ever went to a universe that was so similar to her own that she legit forgot for a second that she was in a alternate universe?

Nope!

Being in a universe that is not your own is very painful after awhile if you don't have any form of stability. The longer you stay, the more that pain draws out.

For Pepper, it'll always feel like a buzz under her skin, and -for even creepier factor that i'll need to figure out how to tag- it feels like a bunch of bugs crowling under her skin. Tiny legs pricking her insides, some that slither, some that feel like the flutter of wings. Its gross.

If she wanted to stay, she would need to match her energy with the world, but that would effectively cut her off from HER world. So not ideal.

But yeah, it wouldnt happen

[sapphism-and-nihilism]

😭God, 9 times out of 10 I love bugs and feel that They Can Do No Wrong but recently our mailbox got replaced and now suddenly the invasive Argentine ants that've been living in the wooden post attached to it have decided that It is The BEST Place to suddenly expand their nest-earlier today I went to grab the mail and I pulled out a letter & it was COVERED in adult ants+pupating larva that said adult ants had ADHERED the babies to the paper of the letter and-on one hand 'Wow! That's cool!' but on the other hand 'Y'ALL CANNOT BE RAISING YOUR BABIES ON OUR MAIL!!!???'😭

[nataliesartprofile]

Late-night OC art, hooray!! Please appreciate me cockroach maid character, Petra, hot off the caffeine-fueled presses of my insomnia

[abnormal-vacuum]

entemophobia.

ghost hates bugs. he hates them. he avoids them as much as possible. he’s able to shut that part of his brain off in the field, but when he’s off duty? he has a hard time handling it. and people wonder why he’s so pale, why he wears his mask. bugs can’t fly into his mouth when he’s wearing a mask. bugs can’t get him when he’s inside.

he hates worms and maggots the most. reminds him of the dirt. being in that fucking pine box. he swears he still has bugs in his ears from those few days.

it’s not something he tells people, why would they need to know? his phobias and triggers are things he keeps close to his chest. but sometimes people notice things.

like when he itches or tugs at his ears (bugs, there’s bugs in there) or when he kicks the grass if he has to kneel or lie down in the dirt. small habits like this. nobody has connected the dots— how could they? the actions are so noncommittal, but they definitely notice. but to them it’s just another one of the ghosts odd quirks.

[jesterday00]

My Uber:

Me, dancing around a street light to avoid a wasp: MMMM STAY AWYAY

[mumblelard]

number thirty-four or chosen to deserve

something spooked boba enough last night that she went to her fallout shelter but i couldn't figure out what it was and she wouldn't tell me

it's all kinds of wet out and i have gotten soaked twice this week so i stayed dry this morning and did chores from the skipping a walk penalty list

lately, i have been reading about insect wranglers, engineering disasters, poetic edda,birdsong, and also doing and undoing

the flock of broken wing geese that live on this side of the lake all disappeared sometime in the last month

i have been having these paranoid dreams mixed with dreams of wanting things off and on for more than a week now. i am done trying to figure out where they are coming from and i just want them to stop. my chest, it hurts in the morning from fear and longing

i have some biscuits in the oven and i am just about to fry some eggs in bacon grease for breakfast and then, properly fortified, i will play weeping angels with boba until i have worn her out

[itzphynix]

!! Showing my brother some caterpillars, found a pattern for a cecropia caterpillar plush!!! So cute!

[transfaguette]

(None of this is meant aggressively. All your takes are 100% valid and I wish you a bugless house, also this got really long I apologize)

Tbh I think a lot of people who aggressively defend bugs the way they do in the bug killing discourse is just budding entomologists and people who keep bugs as pets who are tired of the generally socially acceptable reaction of disgust and threatening/suggesting death against their life passion or their pets.

As someone who used to have a phobia of bugs and still has one of arachnids but now wants to keep isopods, I get both sides. I think a lot of people who keep and study and are passionate about bugs who are so aggressive and exhausted still do try to keep compassion out for those of us with phobic reactions, it’s just tough sending a message or having discussion sometimes without it being twisted or seemingly like a generalization on this site

Oh absolutely, 100%. My first post i made on this topic was at 4:30am after I had just found a bug several inches from my face so I was not only pretty upset but also delirious. I totally understand that me and people who feel a lot of empathy for bugs just can't really mesh, and I respect them but I will also always be firm in my stance that I am just gonna kill the damn bug. I totally understand where they are coming from. At the same time, there are people who try and, even with good intentions come to people like me and explain that "taking the bug out is just easier and nicer!!!!!" And yknow after losing nights of sleep and not eating and just in general being in a horrible way because of insects, I also feel pretty strongly about putting my own health and sanity above a single bug.

And being a wildlife enthusiast myself, part of this dialogue is also within myself. I have to decide what is best for me, and it's not an easy a decision as I portray it to be.