Plushie Violence

[secondlina]

Yeah, I made you all want to see <9> didn't I? I just bought it.

I'm a weird person, there's three really silly things in life that terrify me. I mean, I have normal, serious fears, like everyone. But I also have 3 really dumb, illogical ones. Ghosts are one of them. They really scare me. I mean, i'm a whimpering coward crying in a corner with only the mention of ghosts. The second one is buzzing, flying bugs. Don't ask me why. But my friends are amused at seeing me freak out from having a dragonfly zoom past me. The last thing is toys and plushies getting destroyed, pulled apart, burned, generally maimed. I have no idea why.

When I was a kid, I though toys were alive (...damn you, Toy Story!) so the idea of one getting damaged terrified me. I was afraid that a mean toy would get his revenge. And I was worried that a kind toy would be in pain, screaming silently on the inside. Yeah, I was a freaky kid. When I saw toys in the street, lost, I always picked them up and put them in a less "dangerous" place (on a bench, under a roof so it doesn't rain on them, etc). Lost toys make me sad. Destroyed toys freak me out (again, remember how this is not a logical fear).

So yeah, that scene in Toy story where "reconstructed" zombie toys come out from under a bed is pure nightmare fuel for me. 

<9> seems to be in that scary zone too. It's kinda like the Matrix had a child with Little Big Planet and the child was raised by Tim Burton. So there's violence made to plushies. Damn cute, voodoo looking stitch plushies. And yeah, most of them died and a lot get ripped in this movie. I want to see this movie because, dammit, it's Tim Burton and it looks cool. But I think i'm gonna wait until Link gets here before watching it...

For those wondering, the scene I saw was the death of Number "5". Brrrrr.

You guys must have so illogical fears too.

-Isa

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Actually, when I was a kid I thought toys were secretly alive too, which was probably why to this day I feel sad when a toy was broken or lost.

Here's an example from last year when I was making my Horo costume:
My mom: To make your wolf tail, we can take a wolf plushie and cut it's tail off.
Me: I...I can't do that!
My mom: *sigh* Why am I not surprised?

As for illogical fear, I can't sleep unless I have a night light, does that count? Oh, a spiders, I can't stand spiders. *shivers*

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

The night light thing counts XD

[izo-chan.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm not alone lol! I sometimes turn the lamp on our nightstand on if I'm freaked out about something and can't sleep too. ^^;

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I NEED a light on to sleep with. If I'm pitch black darkness and can't see a thing, I freak out easily. ^_^;

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

Man, 9. It has wonderful visuals, but I stand by what I originally thought that the characters could have had better growth. It's a good movie, but it also uses the same man-abuses-machine, machine-invades-planet, machine-destroys-all-life formula. But at the same time, it's Tim Burton! The music is wonderful! I'm really looking forward to Alice in Wonderland!

As for illogical fears, yours aren't weird, they're just different, and unique. Toy Story didn't have that effect on me, though I find the psychological effect it has on young children intriguing (blame my inner psychologist). Thanks for sharing them, though!

I don't know what illogical fears I have. Now seeing The Grudge freaked me out like there was no tomorrow. I'm over it, but a long time ago I was terrified that SHE would follow me no matter where I went, that I wasn't even safe at home. I had a hard time going to sleep because I thought the ghost was hiding in my room, just waiting to take me away.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Wha, things like the ring and the grudge (both based on japanese movies I think) are pretty darn freaky movies! I agree about the ghost women being scary. I,m kinda afraid of them too.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

(That's correct, they were just Americanized. =P)

I didn't even see the original Japanese movies (not The Ring, either), which are supposed to be a whole lot scarier, the Americanized one was horrifying enough for me. 0_0

[mangaka-chan.livejournal.com]

I did and still do kinda think of toys as having a presence, just because they're so close to you and you form an attachment to them. And while I love Toy Story 2 it gives me a huge guilt trip about all the Barbies I have stored in my closet. D:

Hmm, my phobias are dogs and planes. I have a stuffed dog plushie I've had since I was 7 and yet I'm terrified of real dogs. I also hate flying, despite doing it quite often and knowing statistically it's one of the safest forms of transportation out there.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I'm not a huge fan of dogs either.

The whole "toys being close to you" thing makes a lot of sense. Especially childhood toys. I felt bad about keeping some in boxes even...

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Ha! You're one of those girls! I grew up running around in the fields, so I don't mind most creepy crawlies...within reason. They're fairly normal size in Washington state, so when I encountered giant grasshoppers in Idaho and HUGE cockroaches in Florida it was a bit more than I was used to, but I managed. Anyway, I was always the odd girl in my grade school since I was never freaked out when bees or other flying insects would pass by. Heck, I used to catch dragonflies! Now I feel bad that I did... I was also the only one in my entire Seminary class (in high school...when kids are supposed to be beyond childhood) willing to pick up an earthworm that had come into our classroom one very wet morning.

I also find ghosts fascinating, but I've had more than a few friends scared to death about them. I guess they don't really freak me out since a ghost can't do anything to you unless they have power over you (which they can gain through fear if they are evil), so better not to let myself be consumed by fear. It might also help I grew up in a neighborhood with haunted houses, mine included...

I do have plenty of fears though, mainly being in water where I can't see the bottom (it freaks me out! Unseen bottom means drowning for me, I've never been a good swimmer) or falling. Man oh man, falling is NOT COOL.

I don't know if seeing a mutilated toy is irrational fear though, especially when the toy resembles a human. I've always taken very good care of my toys (be they from childhood or 'grown up' toys) because I'm not into abusing things anyway. I did have a friend whose oldest brother would mutilate her My Little Ponies though, so if anything, that whole scene in Toy Story took me back to being a kid and wondering why a unicorn was missing its horn, another pony had its eyes gouged out, etc. It's...kind of sick..

Lastly, I'll be honest: Tim Burton freaks me out. Some of his movies are very good, but others just from the premise send me running the other way. I've a feeling the same will hold true when his version of Alice in Wonderland comes out since the Disney movie already scarred me as a child (I hate the Queen of Hearts! She's so scary!), so pairing up scary childhood movie with Tim Burton is such a deal breaker! ...so yeah, I'm also very wary about what I watch since visual imagery really can affect me.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Link told me the same thing when I was freaking out about ghosts. The whole "I don't fear them because they don't have power over me thing." I think it's pretty impressive that you guys are so sure of yourselves in front of the unknown XD I had a friend who lived in a hauted house. The hosue was great but she really could not stand it anymore.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

I'm sure if a ghost tried hard enough even I'd lose it, but there's really little they can do without you letting them. Besides, they aren't even in a physical body, so they're not quite as threatening to me as someone breaking into my house would be.

That, and I've always had a "mess with me if you dare" attitude in regard to anyone or anything trying to come at me.

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

For a movie about handmade dolls and no blood, it was scary. My favorite is the lone female doll. She can kick butt!
Actually, I have a fear of dolls with those old-fashioned shiny glass/plastic eyes that never close. I will not be able to sleep in a room even if there's only one such doll. O_O

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

....Want to see something really freaky involving those type of dolls? There's this short animated film called "Alma". It's... special. Be warned though - it can get creepy.

http://almashortfilm.com/

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

...I hate to interrupt, but speaking of living dolls, I'm wondering if you're familiar with the anime/manga series Rozen Maiden? =0

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

I am! and for the record, I don't find them creepy at all. their eyes are just like any anime character. XD

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

<3

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

WOW the animation was superb and the music was pefect! i wish there was more to the story but now i'm totally creeped out! XDDD

[couragose.livejournal.com]

You're not alone in the 'prop up toys' front. I always get sad when I see poor abandoned toys, though it's more thinking about how most of them were a kid's pride and joy at some time or another. It's so sad. :(

Hmm, illogical fears... maggots! I know, logically, that they're just baby flies. They don't mean to nest in dead things, and they really just wanna grow up into the best flies they can be. But I absolutely, ABSOLUTELY cannot stand them, even looking at them! This from a person who loves spiders.

(I also have plenty of logical fears. See icon. See. Freaking. Icon.)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

It is so sad :( poor, poor abandonned toys.

I,m not especially afraid of maggots but I do find them pretty gross.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

When I was a little girl, I watched an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" that featured the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and theories about what happened to her. All I remember is one of them had her and her navigator being questioned by the Japanese in their underwear. But the music was so very creepy. That night, I woke up screaming because I was convinced that Amelia Earhart's ghost was out to get me. And to this day, there are times that I feel like Amelia Earhart's ghost is out to get me ...

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Ghost aviator girls?

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

:P I used to regard my action figures like they were alive ;)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Lol cute.

[elfgrove.livejournal.com]

Actually, I can get the plushies-being-hurt fear, but I do have a couple of utterly illogical ones myself (I'm inherently superstitious).

1. Man-made heights. Planes don't scare me, nor do cliffs or mountains. But put me more than 2 stories up where I can see the way down on anything man-made (like stairs) and something in the back of my brain starts screaming bloody murder and I start gripping anything I can for support.

2. Mushroom circles. I will have an absolute fit if anyone tries to make me cross one. I guess this is why?

3. Also, I hate being in dark rooms with uncovered mirrors. I cannot handle it. If the light is on, I'm fine, but otherwise I have this rabid fear of a woman in the mirror throwing axes and the like at you from with the mirror if you can't get the light on before she gets you. That was the variation of invoking "Bloody Mary" that I grew up with. Even though I've never said it three times in a dark room with a mirror, the fear remains.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Dude, I also avoid circle of mushrooms and looking into mirrors at night. It's not so much about fear. More about knowing about (and respecting I guess) old beliefs...

Peur

[(Anonymous)]

J'ai peur des zombies, mais non en même temps. Quand je commence à trop penser aux possibilités d'une attaque de zombie, ça m'empêche de dormir. J'ai déjà passé des nuits blanches. Je pense à des plans de ce que je ferais si j,étais à la maison ou au travail. Et j'ai pleuré en pensant que s'il y avait une attaque de zombie pendant que j'étais au travail, il y a de grandes chances que je ne voie plus jamais ma famille >_

Re: Peur

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

T'as déjà lu le guide de survie de l'apocalypse zombie?

Re: Peur

[(Anonymous)]

Oui, je l'ai ;p
Mais c'est pas pratique pour moi de me trouver une base de défense dans le Nord canadien...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Dude, I totally used to think my toys came to life too. I'd always try to sneak in and catch them doing something without them know I was there...


And 9 looked very intriguing to me, but if it's gonna be scary, I might have second thoughts...

[bonemarch.livejournal.com]

Hi! I really like your art and seeing this is a funny mirror to my reaction to Paranormal Activity. ^_^

http://bonemarch.livejournal.com/132447.html

[izo-chan.livejournal.com]

lmao your comic reminds me of me whenever I do something I know might freak me out but do it anyway. I have an illogical fear, but it's so incredibly dumb I'm embarrassed to even mention it. But trust me, it's really stupid and yet I can't help but be so scared when faced with that said thing that I'll go out of my way to avoid it -- even if that means taking a ridiculous, long detour to do so. ^^; I am such a scaredy cat lol.

But I'm with you on toys -- I used to think they were real when I was a kid too (I looooved plushies -- still do :p) and to this day I don't like seeing them torn or abused. It makes me sad. So that said -- I don't think your fear is illogical at all. Even if they aren't real, toys are still awesome. :D

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Most of my fears are logical ones: spiders, freezing to death, lawyers, mimes ....