I 100% sympathize with Megs. I DO NOT like spiders. At. All! Scared silly of them, even. The way they crawl and look…. It’s just….*shivers*…. Terrifying! No judgment here.
I will say, I’ve gotten to the point where, if they are outside and away from me, it’s okay. I’ll just move about 10 feet away from it. However, the minute a spider enters the house or worse….climbs onto me (I’ve had it happen while sleeping), those spiders have declared war and shall be lethally dealt with accordingly.
Being afraid of something doesn’t make you weak, Megs. It’s normal. Perfectly normal. You’re not alone in this fear.
Perhaps if we share our own surprising fears/dislikes to each other, it’ll show you you’re not alone. How’s that sound, Megs? What do you all think?
Heh heh. It was only a gif of one.
Yeah, well... like Optimus said, everyone's got something.
Not you though, Dorothy.
I just hide my things well. I've got kids. If you let your little kids know you're scared of something, they get scared. Before you know it, you've got kids with irrational fears of things.
I'm scared of enclosed spaces. I'm OK if there's a way out I can see... or if it's big enough... but I hate elevators and closets and stuff. If I got stuck in one, I know I'd panic.
Caves?
A small cave... one where I have to duck or crawl... I wouldn't cope well with that either.
Oh. I had no idea. I would have thought your fear (if you had one) would have had to do with your injury...
Loud noises or... something.
I get flashbacks and feel the pain, sometimes... but it's not really the same thing.
Megatron has other fears: purging and humiliation.
Nobody likes being humiliated. I don't think you can really call that a fear. Puking is a pretty normal one, too. Mo definitely has that one.
Fine. But spiders is probably a "normal" fear amongst Cybertronian mining classes, too.
I expect it is. What's your point?
What're you scared of, Starscream?
Snf. Enclosed spaces.
Shut up!
Snakes, lizards, alligators...
I said shut up!
Ksssschhhh! Snf. You listed mine, now it is my turn. I know yours well enough. The fuss you make... ksch-sch-schoooooosch!
Bless you. Maybe we should get you a snake or something, Megs.
I like tegus. Snf. But I am not sure I would really want to own one. They have friendly personalities and I like that.
They're ugly!
They are not! How can you say that, when you like... ugh... arachnids?
What about you, OP?
Me? Uh... bats. They fly around my optics and I don't like it.
Yeah... I can understand that. A lot of people don't like certain flies, wasps and things because of the way they fly around their faces.
I don't like birds.
All birds?
I just don't like the way they look, OK? I dunno if it's really a fear... but I don't like... looking at them.
What about my stuffed ones?
I don't look at them.
But they're not even moving!
Star, it's fine. Bee doesn't have to like the things you like. Leave him alone.
You know, I knew someone who was scared of water, once. Didn't like the sound of moving water, struggled to take a bath or shower... I mean, it's water! We're surrounded by it, we can't survive without it...
That must be due to some sort of trauma.
Definitely. But imagine having to tell someone you're too scared of water to run a tap...
Hmm, yes. Embarrassing thing to have to admit to.
I'm not scared of anything. Except being buried alive, but what're the chances?
I don't like heights much. I'm OK inside a craft, but not... I don't like mountain roads and things.
But we've been to planets that were all mountains!
Well, yeah.
You were fine!
I just focused on the mission and looked forward to moving on.
Seriously? You were scared the whole time?
Like I said, I didn't dwell on it.
Wow!