Fears. Hm. I've given my characters likes and dislikes, but I haven't really thought too much on their in-depth fears. Not that they don't have any, I just never really took the time to point at them and go "that's a fear." Let's see here...
Chachanji
Loss - It's been mentioned a couple times for other people in this thread, but this is the big one that sticks out for me for the little guy. The times Chachan has acted most panicked and desperate is when someone he cares about is on the line. Memeli during her aetheric imbalances or when she was overcome by the False Phoenix, Leanne during her entire depression spiral that originally led to her seeking to mentally "reset" herself, the times when Virara seems to revert to a sort of mindless killer, and basically the entire situation with his brother Gogonji. Learning about the razing of Doma, though it wasn't RPed, was a horrible gut-punch to him - and was crucial in his decision to become a Paladin and protect others from feeling what he did. Conversely, it also cemented the fear of loss deep within his own psyche and has never really been addressed.
Killing - Chachan wants to be a hero, he wants to save the day and make everything better. But every time a villain or something is brought up, he always defaults to just "beating them up" or - better yet - turned away from their evil ways. He straight up refuses to even consider the idea of taking a life - and has always locked up into stuttering whenever someone presses him on the issue of a person that can't just be beaten up or talked down. The worst was a nightmare he had where someone thought themselves to be Meli during their time dating, and - in his inaction while trying to refute the (male) Highlander's claim - they tumbled from the Mist wall and cracked their head against the rocks below. From a technical sense, this fear could be tied to his fear of loss as he projects it on the ambiguous "others" that may know the person he's fighting - the unseen friends and family that would be utter devastated if they died.
Medicine - In a desperate attempt to cheer myself up after delving this deep into Chachan's fears, let's move into a kinda-sorta one that's more silly and lighthearted than anything else: Chachan's intense dislike of medicine. I hesitate to call it a full-on fear but, considering Leanne's had to chase him around the Still Shore just to get him to take some cold medicine, it likely should be addressed. It was originally something I gave him to keep that childish air about him, even though he exudes it in pretty much every other manner as well - despite his claims otherwise. If I had to pin a less meta reason to it, I would figure that most of the medicines he's had in his youth have been bitter and poor in taste. Combine that with already being in a bad sort due to being sick, and he has a lot of negative feelings tied to both (even if the medicine aids in helping with the sickness) - you're better off giving him some aetheric healing if you don't want a struggle.
Gogonji
Possession - To someone with an ego like Gogonji, his identity is one of the most important and precious things to him. As such, the idea of being subsumed or overtaken completely and utterly terrifies him - and it was something he didn't even consider until recent events. Even now, he fights with fragments of souls that seek to control him again, and the wall he puts up to keep them at bay is wrought of stubborn determination and pure, unadulterated fear. Should he manage to overcome or expel them, I think that the scars will stay with him for quite some time. Heaven help him if he has to deal with a body-possessing voidsent or anything else that even hints that they can wrest his control away from him.
Attachment - Where Chachan likes to make "frands" and generally be around people, Gogonji has a severe dislike of forming strong bonds that borders on a phobia. Part of it is his ego, seeing most people as filthy unenlightened trash that aren't worth his time unless he can make use of them, but it goes a bit further than that. He is still very much like his brother, and the razing of Doma left very similar scars. However, where Chachanji becomes desperate to protect what friends he has, Gogonji has made a subconscious choice to never make them in the first place. You can't lose what you never had.
Judge
Judge already had his worst fear realized, and where he is today is a direct result of the fallout from that. Considering he does what he does in a sort of perverted penance for what happened, one could say that his only other deep-seated fear might be to die before he's properly atoned. Returning to the aether before he's done so would be the greatest injustice. Beyond that, I haven't put that much thought into the armored behemoth's fears... though more could likely develop as I RP with him more and get more interaction out of him.
Chachanji
Loss - It's been mentioned a couple times for other people in this thread, but this is the big one that sticks out for me for the little guy. The times Chachan has acted most panicked and desperate is when someone he cares about is on the line. Memeli during her aetheric imbalances or when she was overcome by the False Phoenix, Leanne during her entire depression spiral that originally led to her seeking to mentally "reset" herself, the times when Virara seems to revert to a sort of mindless killer, and basically the entire situation with his brother Gogonji. Learning about the razing of Doma, though it wasn't RPed, was a horrible gut-punch to him - and was crucial in his decision to become a Paladin and protect others from feeling what he did. Conversely, it also cemented the fear of loss deep within his own psyche and has never really been addressed.
Killing - Chachan wants to be a hero, he wants to save the day and make everything better. But every time a villain or something is brought up, he always defaults to just "beating them up" or - better yet - turned away from their evil ways. He straight up refuses to even consider the idea of taking a life - and has always locked up into stuttering whenever someone presses him on the issue of a person that can't just be beaten up or talked down. The worst was a nightmare he had where someone thought themselves to be Meli during their time dating, and - in his inaction while trying to refute the (male) Highlander's claim - they tumbled from the Mist wall and cracked their head against the rocks below. From a technical sense, this fear could be tied to his fear of loss as he projects it on the ambiguous "others" that may know the person he's fighting - the unseen friends and family that would be utter devastated if they died.
Medicine - In a desperate attempt to cheer myself up after delving this deep into Chachan's fears, let's move into a kinda-sorta one that's more silly and lighthearted than anything else: Chachan's intense dislike of medicine. I hesitate to call it a full-on fear but, considering Leanne's had to chase him around the Still Shore just to get him to take some cold medicine, it likely should be addressed. It was originally something I gave him to keep that childish air about him, even though he exudes it in pretty much every other manner as well - despite his claims otherwise. If I had to pin a less meta reason to it, I would figure that most of the medicines he's had in his youth have been bitter and poor in taste. Combine that with already being in a bad sort due to being sick, and he has a lot of negative feelings tied to both (even if the medicine aids in helping with the sickness) - you're better off giving him some aetheric healing if you don't want a struggle.
Gogonji
Possession - To someone with an ego like Gogonji, his identity is one of the most important and precious things to him. As such, the idea of being subsumed or overtaken completely and utterly terrifies him - and it was something he didn't even consider until recent events. Even now, he fights with fragments of souls that seek to control him again, and the wall he puts up to keep them at bay is wrought of stubborn determination and pure, unadulterated fear. Should he manage to overcome or expel them, I think that the scars will stay with him for quite some time. Heaven help him if he has to deal with a body-possessing voidsent or anything else that even hints that they can wrest his control away from him.
Attachment - Where Chachan likes to make "frands" and generally be around people, Gogonji has a severe dislike of forming strong bonds that borders on a phobia. Part of it is his ego, seeing most people as filthy unenlightened trash that aren't worth his time unless he can make use of them, but it goes a bit further than that. He is still very much like his brother, and the razing of Doma left very similar scars. However, where Chachanji becomes desperate to protect what friends he has, Gogonji has made a subconscious choice to never make them in the first place. You can't lose what you never had.
Judge
Judge already had his worst fear realized, and where he is today is a direct result of the fallout from that. Considering he does what he does in a sort of perverted penance for what happened, one could say that his only other deep-seated fear might be to die before he's properly atoned. Returning to the aether before he's done so would be the greatest injustice. Beyond that, I haven't put that much thought into the armored behemoth's fears... though more could likely develop as I RP with him more and get more interaction out of him.
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