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

[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