@verati404.bsky.socialEnaka's afraid of elevators. They try to get over it. They try not to make it anyone else's problem. But the fear's still there.
Between mild claustrophobia and getting trapped in one while monsters tried to get at them, I think it's a reasonable fear to have.
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Kallista has all the anxiety. About her right to authority, how others perceive her, how she fed into a system of violence and repression, how she has the responsibility of many lives on her hands, etc...
Geni worries about her kids mostly, & whether she's a good, deserving person
@turned-the-page.bsky.socialWhat does Oren fear?
Someone else dying because of him. Except the city guard. They're assholes.
And falling in love. Again.
And heights. 🤬 heights.
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@strangeauthor.blacksky.appNick: the sound of trucks honking
Adam: anything involving necks
Maria: darkness
Jacari: failure
Amy: being yelled at and being alone
Kanta: being away from Amy
@morganrose-writer.bsky.socialZen: *counting on fingers* mommy issues, mass murder, climate change, my cute bff who gets stabbed a lot....
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Avari is touch averse, and feeling trapped gives him anxiety. Later, he fears losing Chay.
@mcwrites27.bsky.socialFor Katie, unfortunately, A LOT but she struggles with trauma exacerbated OCD. For Bekah, the realization that her life isn't as under her control as she thought. She's also terrified of her secrets coming out even if she's not sorry for what she did #LGBTQWriteAThon #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters
@aspenrayne.comGilded Essence has plenty of fears to go around.
Rehn fears failure, especially failing in a way that proves xe was never meant for the role he chased.
Thara fears losing the people she loves while being unable to stop it.
Lanya fears being the weak link. She is the newest...
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For my MC, Bethany Ivanoff, her greatest fears are adulthood, being perceived as abnormal in her society, being unloved & unwanted. The creepy antags further increase those fears with their Zeus-like behavior
@milosometimes.bsky.socialFor the main character of my WIP, his fears and anxieties stem from the people he's surrounded by.
Small town with closed-minded views and beliefs. Pair that with the rocky history he has with most of the residents, and you got a recipe for anxiety.
@arlenrenwrites.bsky.socialsooooo the central premise of Shark WIP is that Finn, who was bitten by a shark (almost fatally) aged twelve, is now TERRIFIED of sharks...
...which may not be surprising to us, but in the shark-revering culture of the Aedenic Ocean, it's practically unheard of.
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@jmweaverauthor.bsky.socialDeep water is Hailey's nemesis. She's extremely afraid of it and gets incredibly anxious around any large bodies of water.
Dannie gets incredibly anxious when she makes mistakes. Her response is usually to run away, act like it didn't happen. Very much flight.
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Ziyaad has a lot of anxiety around the gods' rejection of him as their intermediary. He fears that their rejection will cause suffering for the clan, but also has worries about not being a good enough leader in general bc he was the middle child; never meant or taught how to rule
@vesperanth.bsky.socialHaving his vampirism 'cured.' Ren's physical power as a vampire is, in his mind, how he can keep his bodily autonomy and agency, and without it he would be under the thumb of his controlling and abusive family once more. So in other words, forced detransition. In more ways than one. #LGBTQWriteaThon
@vampireantihero.com#LGBTQWriteAThon There's a lot of anxiety surrounding uncertainty in #s3. Legal battles, sickness, migraines, and the loss of a support system.
@isaacxisaac.bsky.socialAlexander is terrified of being outed. It’d destroy his life.
So his life is governed by this consuming fear + his need to be a man of honor actively engaged with the world, competing needs that e.g. his parents think impossible to reconcile.
But this is a swashbuckling comedy…
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@sasseverett.bsky.socialArthur's ultimate fear is not being worthy enough of being king since he wasn't raised to be one.
Owen fears death
@winterandwords.socialTobie, the main character of Darwin's Cliff, is a socially anxious soul. She's perpetually worried about saying the wrong thing or looking naive and sheltered, especially in front of people who she sees as having their life together more than she does.