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TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#1: Aug 17th 2021 at 5:14:51 PM

Mine would have to be Painful Transformations, especially the slow and unwilling kind. Most horror movies and games have little effect on me but things such as SpongeBob’s transformation into a snail in “I Was A Teenage Gary” (which is likely what gave me this fear as a kid) and the transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London still unnerve me.

Edited by TheLivingDrawing on Aug 17th 2021 at 8:15:51 AM

Once Upon A Time.
arimothereindeer Boi from here to eternity, that's where she takes me Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
Boi
#2: Aug 17th 2021 at 7:09:09 PM

I hate Eye Scream so much that I haven't even looked at the page for it. It makes me extremely uncomfortable, no matter how realistic or cartoony it is.

Reindeer in the direction of reindeer
TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#3: Aug 17th 2021 at 7:13:11 PM

[up] Don’t play Dead Space 2 then.

Once Upon A Time.
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#4: Aug 17th 2021 at 7:21:11 PM

Agony of the Feet always makes me cringe. I blame Die Hard and Akira.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#5: Aug 17th 2021 at 8:01:18 PM

Pet peeve tropes, I really don’t want to get on anyone’s bad side so I do my best to avoid them.

KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#7: Aug 18th 2021 at 4:53:28 AM

Really 700 Years Old I think

Edited by Ultimatum on Aug 18th 2021 at 11:53:45 AM

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#8: Aug 19th 2021 at 2:17:33 AM

IF Cutting the tendons counts as Agony of The Feet, if so I second superjohn.

Edited by AegisP on Aug 19th 2021 at 2:17:54 AM

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
Myskywarm Always open to sharing avatars and chatting. Can message me for either. (He/Him) Currently watching: BTAS from Ee-arth (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Always open to sharing avatars and chatting. Can message me for either. (He/Him) Currently watching: BTAS
#9: Aug 19th 2021 at 2:22:19 AM
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#10: Aug 19th 2021 at 2:52:55 PM

Faint in Shock, since the idea of losing consciousness gives me the creeps.

For every low there is a high.
Spottedleaf Fit check for my napalm era! (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Fit check for my napalm era!
#11: Aug 23rd 2021 at 9:35:02 AM

I can handle blood and small amounts of gore in most cases, but Half the Man He Used to Be (when it involves "realistic" internal organs), Eye Scream, and Agony of the Feet very often make me squeamish.

>^owo^<
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#12: Aug 23rd 2021 at 10:43:49 AM

I can't deal with hands/feet gore either: Agony of the Feet, Fingore, and Impaled Palm are agghh. Even Palm Bloodletting makes me flinch.

CyberController Blitzy.... from Pride Ring Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: I don't mind being locked in this eternal maze!
Blitzy....
#13: Aug 23rd 2021 at 10:50:43 PM

An Arm and a Leg.

I've got nightmares about losing my limbs.

Just made a server on discord.Come join me.
Hqami from the catacombs full of catazombs Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#14: Aug 24th 2021 at 8:43:02 AM

Any And I Must Scream situation.

Stop playing rimshots this isn't funny
Spottedleaf Fit check for my napalm era! (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Fit check for my napalm era!
#15: Aug 25th 2021 at 7:43:38 AM

I enjoy transformation stories but can't stand when they involve a complete loss of self, so I'd suppose that counts. Freaks me out a ton.

>^owo^<
KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#16: Aug 26th 2021 at 11:05:19 AM

I forgot to mention this, but I Taste Delicious is creepy to me. It makes me think a certain disturbing commercial (and by that, I am not referring to Little Baby's Ice Cream)

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?"
MagmaTeaMerry My Head Is On Fire from A forest somewhere Since: Sep, 2020
My Head Is On Fire
#17: Aug 26th 2021 at 12:11:53 PM

Rapid Aging and Death by De-aging for me. Just you realizing it's happening and being unable to do anything to stop it... I can't even imagine the feelings of horror. (Also, the final shot of the clip on the latter trope is gross.)

Speaking of melting into a puddle of cells, Acid Pool is also pretty horrible. The unimaginable pain of essentially corroding to death.

And I Must Scream is also horrible, of course, for obvious reasons.

And while it probably doesn't count as a trope as such, the Real Life section of You Are Already Dead freaks me out with the number of ways you could just be fucking dead and not realize it.

My AO3 profile. Let sleeping cats lie and be cute and calming.
PhoenixFire69 Just Another Girl In This World from Parts Unknown Since: Oct, 2020
Just Another Girl In This World
#18: Aug 27th 2021 at 7:21:08 PM

Rapid Aging and Death by De-aging, for the same reasons as the above poster.

Also, Fingore. Specifically, fingernails being ripped out.

Edited by PhoenixFire69 on Aug 27th 2021 at 9:20:59 AM

NoonboryKedabory Fanfic Advertiser from Toobalooba (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Fanfic Advertiser
#19: Aug 27th 2021 at 7:22:30 PM

Any gore trope, but Eye Scream and Tears of Blood are the worst. They make me squeeze my eyes shut.

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WoodKnapp94 Since: May, 2020
#20: Aug 28th 2021 at 12:57:01 PM

Why does Un-person have a Real Life page?! The trope is more depressing than it is freaky, but it's still a page that I'd rather not revisit.

KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#22: Sep 27th 2021 at 10:31:21 PM

Caustic critics, I feel scared of disappointing them but that's more of a me problem.

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#23: Sep 28th 2021 at 9:34:01 PM

Mind Control freaked me out as a kid. Not only do you completely lose your agency, but you've become a tool for someone else. It's messed up, especially when the person is fully aware of what's happening but can't stop themselves from hurting loved ones, committing heinous acts, etc... is what I want to say. That's stuff that occurred to me later in life and I now find it a good dose of horror; as a kid, it purely boiled down to Hypnotic Eyes scaring the shit outta me.

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#24: Apr 20th 2023 at 8:08:37 PM

I have a pretty bad fear of Parting-Words Regret as well as Never Got to Say Goodbye. While I haven't experienced the former, I have experienced the latter on several occasions, so it hits a bit too close to home for me.

Oh, I believe in yesterday
cheesythegreat Your Fournor from the silly dimension :] (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Chocolate!

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