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

[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...