What type of person do you think each of the Fears targets (for example, the Plague Doctor targets hypochondriacs, the Cold Boy targets lonely people, etc)?
Again, please be specific (more specific than my examples).
From my experiences, they'll go after anyone. I think if you have the fear that they supposedly represent, you give off a sort of... "scent", making you easier to find. But anyone is fair game for these beings, and if you didn't have a particular fear before encountering them, you're sure to have one when you're being visited.
For a more... specific example, there was a guy who I used to work with. Really nice, friend to everyone... but he was always afraid/paranoid that his friends would leave him alone. According to this theory that the Fears only target those with their representative fears, he SHOULD have been visited by the Cold Boy... In reality, he became food for the Intrusion.
Well apparently they attack certain people because of essentially what amounts to luck of the draw. Some have certain targets but most just choose someone at random. I remember hearing once that The Plague Doctor has a place in his domain with the names of every person in the universe and can apply a random disease with the touch of a button. Don't know if that's true but it's pretty much how I imagine The Fears mostly working.
I'm not certain the Plague Doctor *does* target specific people. Oh, if He has some new disease brewing sure He'll go after someone who will spread it all over - like the time he gave a little girl some mutant version of chickenpox to spread to her whole school. But mostly where He walks disease and pestilence follow and I don't think He cares who catches it.
Little Boy Blue comes for the isolated of course. I've seen some cases where another Fear's activity has cause a target to isolate themselves and then He swooped in. Not sure if it's team work or kill stealing.
Lassie of course comes for those with secrets but it doesn't seem to matter if the secret is that you're gay or if it's that little Timmy is in the well because you pushed him in after stabbing him in the gut.
The Eye depending on who you talk to either comes for those who have committed a crime however small or for those who feel immense guilt.
The Mother of Snakes comes for those who fear what they might become, and I know that in the end it will be Her who comes for me.
I understand that perverts, or people who think of themselves as perverts no matter how true that is, make the Red Cap hungry. Or horny. Or whatever the hell it is that makes the Red Cap interested in people.
Every time it looks like tall dark and faceless has a specific type of victim He takes someone that doesn't fit into what you thought His targets were.
The Quiet when it shows up devours all with no rhyme or reason as to who vanishes when.
And the rest either seem to take people who are somehow advantageous to them or simply those who had the misfortune to come into contact with them.
Luck, or rather unluck. Some people are just born unlucky, you know what I mean?
But I have noticed, in my rather limited experience, that the Choir tend to go after those who have trouble expressing themselves. For instance, in real life, I have a rather pronounced stutter. Good thing that doesn't translate to typing.
From my experiences, they'll go after anyone. I think if you have the fear that they supposedly represent, you give off a sort of... "scent", making you easier to find. But anyone is fair game for these beings, and if you didn't have a particular fear before encountering them, you're sure to have one when you're being visited.
ReplyDeleteFor a more... specific example, there was a guy who I used to work with. Really nice, friend to everyone... but he was always afraid/paranoid that his friends would leave him alone. According to this theory that the Fears only target those with their representative fears, he SHOULD have been visited by the Cold Boy... In reality, he became food for the Intrusion.
- Knight
I'm with Knight. Only They seem to know what they're after and why They do the shit They do.
ReplyDeleteNo one's safe.
I believe that some of the PREs seek a challenge.
ReplyDeleteThey look for the strong; someone who can provide Them with the most 'entertaining game'.
They are sadists of the highest degree.
Well apparently they attack certain people because of essentially what amounts to luck of the draw. Some have certain targets but most just choose someone at random. I remember hearing once that The Plague Doctor has a place in his domain with the names of every person in the universe and can apply a random disease with the touch of a button. Don't know if that's true but it's pretty much how I imagine The Fears mostly working.
ReplyDeleteYou just need a certain amount of luck to be chosen. Good or bad.
ReplyDeleteI'm not certain the Plague Doctor *does* target specific people. Oh, if He has some new disease brewing sure He'll go after someone who will spread it all over - like the time he gave a little girl some mutant version of chickenpox to spread to her whole school. But mostly where He walks disease and pestilence follow and I don't think He cares who catches it.
ReplyDeleteLittle Boy Blue comes for the isolated of course. I've seen some cases where another Fear's activity has cause a target to isolate themselves and then He swooped in. Not sure if it's team work or kill stealing.
Lassie of course comes for those with secrets but it doesn't seem to matter if the secret is that you're gay or if it's that little Timmy is in the well because you pushed him in after stabbing him in the gut.
The Eye depending on who you talk to either comes for those who have committed a crime however small or for those who feel immense guilt.
The Mother of Snakes comes for those who fear what they might become, and I know that in the end it will be Her who comes for me.
I understand that perverts, or people who think of themselves as perverts no matter how true that is, make the Red Cap hungry. Or horny. Or whatever the hell it is that makes the Red Cap interested in people.
Every time it looks like tall dark and faceless has a specific type of victim He takes someone that doesn't fit into what you thought His targets were.
The Quiet when it shows up devours all with no rhyme or reason as to who vanishes when.
And the rest either seem to take people who are somehow advantageous to them or simply those who had the misfortune to come into contact with them.
Luck, or rather unluck. Some people are just born unlucky, you know what I mean?
ReplyDeleteBut I have noticed, in my rather limited experience, that the Choir tend to go after those who have trouble expressing themselves. For instance, in real life, I have a rather pronounced stutter. Good thing that doesn't translate to typing.