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König's Slightly Strange Phobias

Okay so, I went over König's more serious phobias in the last post, but what about fears he can't really explain? These aren't things that will make him breakdown or have an anxiety attack, but he just straight up doesn't like them.

Now, some of these are pretty reasonable, but there's a couple that are just bizarre. Like the last post, I'm typing them out alphabetically, but I'm giving them a number ranking to indicate how much these phobias bother him. The ones that just make him uneasy are rated as a 1, but the ones that will make his stomach drop to his feet are rated at a 5. He may not have a full panic attack, but don't be surprised if he does.

Again, these are just the phobias that König is weird about. To call them phobias is honestly an overstatement, but it sums it up nicely. I guess you could say these are his mild, strange fears.

Fears listed under the cut.

2 Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects

König is such a little bitch about needles. I'm sorry, but he is. He has to be put under whenever they have to stitch him up. He's totally uncompliant otherwise. The thing is, he can stitch others, he can inject others, but if someone comes near him with a needle he freaks.

When König was a kid, it was a nightmare taking him to the doctor. They did everything possible to get him to calm down, but he was inconsolable. This poor little boy had to get restrained a few times just to be given needles, and this probably made his fear just that much worse.

For all of his tattoos, he's had to go under. No seriously. He's not afraid of the pain, he's just really scared of needles. He loves his tattoos, he'd go under any day of the week to get them done again, but he must go under. No ifs ands or buts about that.

Please don't tease him about it. He's actually a bit insecure about this.

2 Angrophobia: Fear of anger

Let's get something clear; König is not afraid of you when you're angry. He's afraid of himself when he's angry. He absolutely hates getting angry because he saw what people could be like when they're angry. He's done things in anger that he's not proud of (on the battlefield).

When König gets angry, he does his very best to calm himself down to be reasonable and rationale. He won't hurt a fly, but he still gets scared that one day, he'll snap. He is terrified of the day he snaps.

When you're as big as König, imagine the sheer amount of damage you can do if you lose control. 6'10 and over 250 lb of rage and fury. It's terrifying to consider what he could do. So please, don't try and make him angry, don't try and make him snap. He genuinely hates being angry, and he wants you to respect that wish.

4 Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors

Okay now this one has a very good reason, or so he claims. When König was about four, his eldest brother, Friedrich, told him to be careful around mirrors. Poor unsuspecting König asked why, and his brother told him that spirits live on the other side. He then proceeded to 'prove it' by putting König in the bathroom with only a candle for light. He told König to stare at his reflection and wait.

Soon enough, König was pounding on the bathroom door and begging to be let out, but Friedrich held the door closed and laughed at him. His older sister Lisa had to intervene to get König out.

König loves Friedrich (now), but he still holds this against his brother. Now, whenever Friedreich complains about being the shortest son (at 6'7), König sniffs and says that it serves him right.

1 Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals

König is weird about hospitals. He just really doesn't like them. They make him feel weird. He's been in them plenty, but he still doesn't like them. He's nice to the staff, but he really wishes he could punch them and escape like some wild animal. Hutch tells him to get his shit together. König thinks he's rude.

But yeah, that about rounds up König's weird fears. If you guys have any other ideas of what this guy would be afraid of, please tell me! Or, if you'd like, I'd be happy to write a short blurb based on his fears.

Oh, and while I'm at it, don't look at yourself in a mirror for too long in dim light. It's weird.

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Okay so I was on Instagram and they show this lady getting these REALLY cool spikes(tw:unnatural body mods?)

(They’re sfx so non permanent duh)

But they got me thinking. I get that they didn’t include a spike to account for the shirt/bra strap(?) combo, but now I’m just curious as to how you’d make it work for species with spiky backs and boobs.

If the spikes are any kind of sharp at all that’s going to tear fabric, slow or fast. Not to mention the fact that most bras have their fasteners meet in the middle of the back, where this lady’s spine spike would exist.

The obvious answer is custom wear, which while possible isn’t industrial. Wouldn’t be a good solution if this were a population wide issue, with varying spikes of position and size.

You could increase the durability of the back fabric, but that would bite into prices. Raising prices for specialized costlier clothing makes sense logic wise, but moral wise? making shit cost more just so other species can have the minimum of comfort is a bitchass thing to do, so we’re not making the specialized bras cost more for spiky women.

Fashion and clothing aren’t my area of study, so I’m going to tag whatever tags may be viable here, fashion, clothing, questions, even DnD. This is something i wanna get more heads wrapped around. Please reblog with your thoughts!