"What's your greatest fear?" "Being forgotten." "Wow, that's deep. Mine is the Kool-Aid Man and now I feel very dumb."

@ind0266

3 жыл бұрын

kool-Aid man is a perfectly reasonable fear. weve seen his power level, he could take over the world if he wanted.

@quack-tastictictac1630

3 жыл бұрын

Someone who can bust through walls without flinching is someone who should be feared.

@timothymclean

3 жыл бұрын

_Kool-Aid Man crashes through wall_ "OH NO!"

@jclombardi8471

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, the Kool-Aid Man isn't just something to joke about. That guy can crash through walls without warning. He's horrifying!

@haillobster7154

3 жыл бұрын

Spiders. Your objection is invalid.

"No Firelord Ozai, you're not wearing pants!"

@Leiliel1

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, given how egotistical he is...that'd honestly fit. Becoming a figure of mockery.

@Janoha17

3 жыл бұрын

@@valhatan3907 It was Aang overcoming the nightmare by turning it around.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

But did you remember your math test?

@rinbobetteweebabobo5965

3 жыл бұрын

Ah I see you are a man of culture as well

@justanotheryoutubecommente2

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god that WAS a greatest fear episode!

“Pretty commendable badassery” Shows Batman buying a coffee

@dragonlordex

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just a coffee, it was a triple (coffee)! :O

@thebooknerd5223

3 жыл бұрын

Everything's badass when your batman

@mango_sheikh786

3 жыл бұрын

He was sleep-deprived beyond what any average human could bear

@synkkamaan1331

3 жыл бұрын

Batman faces his greatest fear; social anxiety.

@YataTheFifteenth

3 жыл бұрын

Batman + Literally Anything = Badass. Where did you learn your math?

To be fair if you live anywhere in and or around Gotham you should have a very legitimate reason to be afraid of clowns

@laurdesz9050

3 жыл бұрын

Really tho like, between joker scarecrow and now punchline gotham citizens basically live in the movie It

@wjzav1971

11 ай бұрын

There was that Batman TAS episode where Joker poses as a party clown called Jekko. The clown did exist but Joker knocked him out and disguised himself as him. I kept thinking: How the hell are party clowns still in business in Gotham City.

Wonder Woman: "Man that vacation was great how were you guys?" Superman: "I have stared into the abyss. Though I escaped it, the memories shall forever remain." Wonder Woman: "...I think you need a vacation too."

@Pytas23

3 жыл бұрын

"You're right! My birthday's coming up, so I think I'll take the day off and head up to the Fortress of Solitude..."

@kereminde

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pytas23 But what do you get for the man who has everything...? (How about an adaptation of an Alan Moore story said author *didn't* hate?)

@animeotaku307

3 жыл бұрын

I still can’t get over how the two adaptations Moore didn’t hate were a cartoon episode and a Saturday Morning cartoon parody.

@jemolk8945

3 жыл бұрын

@@animeotaku307 Pretty easy to understand, really, when you figure out that most of the adaptations turn Moore's intended messages on their heads.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

@@jemolk8945 Moore: The world is actually okay and people can be good, and it's important not to forget that. Moore imitators: The world is terrible, people are terrible, and anyone who doesn't understand that is a fool. Moore: No...

Magnus puts the "cult" in "cult following" and Red puts the "story" in "falling from a thirty story window because my greatest fear is heights"

@jasonkimball4895

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to like this comment but can't because it is at 69 likes.

@VivaLaDnDLogs

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I can say with certainty that heights are my greatest fear. How do I know? Because heights are the one thing I will do *anything* rather than face.

@hisnotsolonely2961

3 жыл бұрын

Magnus...red..hmm

@Gormathius

3 жыл бұрын

I think you may have Red addiction. That sounds like something she'd actually say. I mean, to be fair, who wouldn't have a Red addiction? She's awesome.

@bucketlist3727

3 жыл бұрын

@@VivaLaDnDLogs prey that an avatar of the vast won't find you

Red: “meanwhile this character over here is scared of clowns.” Jason Todd: “hey it’s a reasonable fear to have.”

@zbee3694

4 ай бұрын

Tim stoker from. The magnus archives

@nyxie2877

2 ай бұрын

@@zbee3694I’m gonna eventually have to get used to TMA references in these comment sections but I’m not there yet

@CJtheentity

2 ай бұрын

@@zbee3694 No, Tim is afraid of geese

@CuppaLLX

Ай бұрын

Pennywise: Very Resonable

@nyxie2877

Ай бұрын

@@CuppaLLX I mean, Pennywise is a threat because of the general fear of clowns rather than the other way around

See, I've always wanted a greatest fear episode where it starts off by establishing someone has a "dumb fear" like flowers or puppies or something, but then the actual nightmare hits and suddenly everyone who teased the dude with the dumb phobia is forced to deal with the phobia on a horrifying level. Like, they get to see and feel and experience WHY flowers might terrify the one dude. Maybe there were flowers at a specific traumatic event. Maybe he almost died from a poisonous flower. And at the end of the episode, there could be some reconciliation. Just to show that phobia and tigger warnings, even when they seem silly, are still serious to the person who has them and has to deal with them. Nobody CHOOSES to be afraid of things, and nobody has a fear for no reason...

@Chaosmancer7

3 жыл бұрын

That is an epic idea, I might have to try that some day

@bgreer3067

3 жыл бұрын

*character1's greatest fear shows a mass of butterflies* char2: butterflies? really? char1: its not the butterflies, it's who's in the butterflies *char1 proceeds to get dead sibling out of butterflies*

@BigKlingy

3 жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of... I think it was Tales of the Abyss. There's a character in it with a phobia of women, and the rest of the party constantly teases him about it. Then you find out the fear comes from when his house was invaded and he ended up trapped under the corpses of all the women of the house, including his sister. Suddenly everyone feels awful for making fun of it.

@jdk2535

3 жыл бұрын

​@@bgreer3067​ i was just thinking about my best friend who just so happens to be massively afraid of butterflies.

@EchoKnightYT

3 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of the Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson

"That joke was funnier when I had this episode planned for October." We all had things planned for October, Red, don't worry about it.

@just-trying-my-best-everyday

3 жыл бұрын

October had planned to be the eighth month, too (y'know, Octo=eight) until Caesar came in and said nope.

@sadies8100

3 жыл бұрын

@@just-trying-my-best-everyday yeah, the calendar being thrown off by two months drives me insane, because of course the only months affected were already numbered.

@Midorikonokami

3 жыл бұрын

2020, the year of broken plans

@Grace-ir8er

3 жыл бұрын

(cries in Artober)

@justanotheryoutubecommente2

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but October was hell month for pretty much everyone I know

Ned Stark said it the best: "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave."

@King_Nex

3 жыл бұрын

Master Fung said it pretty well also: "Courage is not the absence of fear; it is acting in spite of one's fear."

@jessicadecuir5622

3 жыл бұрын

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. Miguel de Cervantes

@reganator5000

3 жыл бұрын

My dad worked in the fire brigade, and used to say 'there's a thin line between bravery and stupidity, and we try to stick to the stupid side of it'. Because, yes, you can only be brave when afraid, but if you want to do ostensibly 'brave' things a lot, it might pay to just be too dumb to consider whether it's dangerous or not, then try to work out whether you should have been worried after you've done your job.

@clayxros576

2 жыл бұрын

@@reganator5000 Ironically wise. Doing something brave often means you're aware you might not make it back, and already come to terms. Stupid means you think you can get back regardless of evidence. This kind of stupid I can respect.

@khursheedshaikh1603

Жыл бұрын

I remember from the wizard of Oz, when Oz, in response to the cowardly lion's request for courage states "Real courage is not to face danger without fear, it is to face danger when they are very much afraid. Every rational being is afraid when faced with danger, and that kind of courage you have in plenty".

One of my favorite examples of this is Raven in Teen Titans. In her episode, she was so afraid of accepting her own fears that she unconsciously created them in reality, which then promptly proceeded to act out those fears in a very real and potentially fatal way. She wasn't just confronted by her fear; she actively inflicted it upon herself.

@anemptyblog

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I also like the one with Robin. Where he was hallucinating about Slade. That episode gave me chills.

@thatoneflowergirl9776

3 жыл бұрын

Headcannon I saw on Pinterest and have accepted: The order in which the gang disappears in the episode relates to how scared Raven is of losing them. Beast Boy goes first because she’s scared to lose him most (be that for shipping reasons or because he is the physically weakest out of all of them in his human form is up to you). Robin is next because although he is very good at avoiding being attacked, when he doesn’t defend himself, he can’t easily get out of his situation for a few seconds and sometimes a few seconds is all it takes. Starfire is next because although she is a Powerhouse, she is very naive and her emotional tendencies are something Raven considers a weakness. Finally, Cyborg disappears, because Raven thinks that, when he isn’t being distracted by food and/or video games, he is the most capable Titan, which is why she never sees him disappear; she can’t fathom a creature that could take out Cyborg when he is specifically on high alert for something that could take him out. Then Raven, left all alone, is made to face her own worst fear - isolation from her friends and from her powers, which are an essential and constant part of her being. Having them all disappear, one by one, and being unable to do anything about it. Just a little headcannon I found that I have adapted into my own. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

@team10leader1

3 жыл бұрын

What I like about that episode is the climax where Raven is surrounded on all sides by nightmare creatures of her own making. All she can do is helplessly tell herself she's not afraid, over and over again. Ultimately, when she's backed into a corner, she finds herself meekly admitting two simple words to herself: "...I'm afraid..." But it's followed by the most stalwart line you can say in a Fear Episode: "I'm afraid. But that doesn't mean I can't fight back!"

@CuppaLLX

Ай бұрын

teen titans go di something similar, untimtly having her have a heart to heart with clasic titans raven about trusting her friends. Cyborg Go helped clasic Cyborg see how cool being a cyborg is. It was a surprisly deep movie

@Late0NightPC

Ай бұрын

Something similar with the emotions of a character manifesting into the real world as a result of their own fear and unwillingness to confront them was done in the game Library of Ruina. In it, there are monsters called Abnormalities, and you can create weapons and armor from the energy of the Abno's, except those weapons are armor are actually still the Abno, meaning if you use them, the Abno begins to speak inside your mind. If someone's emotional state lines up with the emotions of the Abno too well, the armor can begin to overtake the user, either warping their mind to bring those emotions out more than usual, or outright corroding the mind and basically transforming the user into that monster but with their specific personal context fueling the emotion. Mechanically, each team you can use is a different floor of the library, and there are 5 Abnos tied to each floor, with a story interaction between the main character of that floor, and one of the two protags occurring after each battle where you learn more about the Protag. For the final battle though, all of the previous conversations build up to something that makes the protag just snap, lose their cool, and the various Abno armor for that floor begins to corrode them, making the final battle you fighting against the protag as they progressively swap between armor sets that reflect the emotions they talked about in the story for that floor. Like, for one floor, the conversation there reveals Angela has spent so long dealing with an unimaginably horrible and exhausting experience being in a timeloop that literally required her to become cold and actively harm others to escape, and now she's finally escaped and believes she can find "The one book" that will solve every issue she has. In the final fight, the first armor set comes from an Abno that represents "I lost basically everything, and what little I have left is rapidly wasting away", as Angela remembers how she used to be and despises what she's now become as a result of the time loop. You beat that, and move onto the second set, which is from an Abno that loves their friends but had to leave them behind, reflecting how Angela started off wanting to be friends and was quite compassionate but was forced to become jaded and cruel. Then the third armor is from an Abno that is basically a mother spider times a million, hyper protective of her babies and always searching for their next meal, reflecting how Angela has decided she must completely abandon her empathy and use everyone around her as "food" to fuel her pursuit of that one book. The fourth armor is from a pair of shoes that drives nearby people to become psychotically obsessed with them, as Angela is so desperate since she's finally escaped the time loop that the mere promise of "something great" is enough to make her do anything in order to obtain it. Then the final phase is an Abno that has become so overwhelmed by others invading it's privacy and headspace that it's basically shut down emotionally and hides itself behind masks, as Angela similarly has had her hopes and desires crushed so consistantly time and time again that, while all she ultimately wants is a place to just "be herself", she feels that there's no possible option left. By literally letting her repressed emotions manifest as the armor, she's able to work through those emotions and finally confront them. While she still had a lot more character growth to do on the other floors, because of going through the entire process of the battle, she's able to rediscover her forgotten wish to be a better and kinder person. It's even literally there in the name, as while the first 4 fights are all "A battle against X", the final 5 phase fight is called the Realization.

I kept hearing Hawk Girl as "hot girl" And I was like... Yah that checks out

@3N4N

3 жыл бұрын

I came down to read comments just to see what her name is.

@demonicgamerazazel9866

3 жыл бұрын

This is extremely funny to me because when I was a child in kindergarten I couldn't pronounce "hawk", so I called her "hot girl" and my teacher contacted my parents because she was concerned

@makeitthrough_

Жыл бұрын

When my wife and I were first showing my little sisters Fullmetal Alchemist (they were teenagers, I realize maybe it could sound like we were showing FMA to eight year olds or something) they kept thinking I was calling Riza Hawkeye "Hot Guy". We started called her "He's-a Hot Guy" as a joke

People: “UUUUUUGGH SUPERMAN IS LAME BECAUSE HE’S TOO GOOD ALL THE TIME!” Red:

@artofthepossible7329

3 жыл бұрын

Or his Golden Age self.

@bachpham6862

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's kind of a challenge in itself: how do you write someone who is supposed to be perfect but still make a compelling character. Seriously, I thank Grant Morrison for this.

@agentj3627

3 жыл бұрын

@@bachpham6862 I don't like Superman myself but that is something I have to admit

@archer1949

3 жыл бұрын

Agent J36 That’s why he’s one of my favorite charters. When he’s written well, it’s brilliant. Of course, he’s not the easiest to write for. When he’s written badly, you end up with Zach “The Edgelord Hack” Snyder’s petulant man baby.

@hazey_dazey

3 жыл бұрын

this was the episode that made me like Superman, actually

Red has finally gushed enough about the Magnus Archives to be sponsored by them. What a great day.

@zukiair3760

3 жыл бұрын

Well they are great

@allenl5960

3 жыл бұрын

She's probably gushed enough about them to get them a few new fans(me included lol) so I say she deserves it 110%.

@Ben-vf5gk

3 жыл бұрын

Really cool, I only got into the Magnus archives because of Red's recommendations

@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety

3 жыл бұрын

If you all haven't, also give a listen to the Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast. It takes a bit to get going, but it's a fantastic world DM'ed by Alex Newall (voice of Martin).

@yokubhw8024

3 жыл бұрын

I love the Magnus archives

A flat Earther fears nothing but sphere itself! … I'll see myself out.

@BlackCover95

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t fall off the edge!

@Ramsey276one

3 жыл бұрын

That was GREAT XD

@tl1326

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackCover95 me monke smooth brain please explain sorry for ruining the joke

@NobodyC13

3 жыл бұрын

(Slow clap) Wocka. . . Wocka. . .

@shadowclaw7210

3 жыл бұрын

At lest it wasn’t plain

You know, you actually made me look at Superman from a new perspective this time and also realize how dumb are recent films. Instead of trying to put Superman against villains equally strong or even stronger than him, a good superman story should focus on how he needs to restrict himself.

@inkchip7351

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the cartoon mate there was an episode for that!

@kittiekat10105

2 жыл бұрын

that's why Lex is a perfect villain for him. he could just kill him, but he also... can't do that. And he's a villain with good publicity, so Superman legitimately Cannot Touch Him.

@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013

2 жыл бұрын

"World of Cardboard" is still the best superman speech, tbh.

@matthewginman8397

2 жыл бұрын

To you, and anyone else that sees this comment, read Superman For All Seasons. There's no physical threat to Superman at any point in this story, but you get to see Clark at his most human. It's also written and drawn by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween, MARVEL colours series).

@itsaUSBline

2 жыл бұрын

Turns out his real strength was in his mother's name all along.

it makes my day every time red talks about the justice league cartoon because its just so freaking good

@the24thcolossusjustchillin39

3 жыл бұрын

Well hello there

@dayalasingh5853

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've been rewatching it recently, it's so good.

@timothymclean

3 жыл бұрын

I should probably watch it sometime...

@tatersalad76

3 жыл бұрын

*Two*

@samanthaslane3784

3 жыл бұрын

Trope talks are just good overall

Sponsored by the Magnus archives Me: *shrill sounds of joyful horror*

@lokimemes4694

3 жыл бұрын

SAME!!! I literally started listening to it because she mentioned it in her Urban Fantasy trope talk

@hotarukin

3 жыл бұрын

Same, immediately liked the video one second in!

@kalebb1226

3 жыл бұрын

Cosmic digerydu

@WhimsicalBlades

3 жыл бұрын

Legit I squealed

@esterdachsescarra9459

3 жыл бұрын

@@lokimemes4694 me too

“Could he handle a world made of wet tissue paper?” How you managed to say that completely seriously short of taking at least a dozen retakes to iron out the laughter alludes me.

@Ramsey276one

3 жыл бұрын

PRACTICE XD

@Toolgirl64209

3 жыл бұрын

OH HI, MY GREATEST FEAR!

@clockworkpotato9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@Toolgirl64209 HELLO DAERKNESS MY OLD FRIEND...

@Corviidei

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize how hilarious that sounds out of context

@brandonporter8509

3 жыл бұрын

The foundations greatest fear Bright becoming even more Genre aware than he already is; oh no!

Concept: We get one of these episodes where the characters have to face their fears, and it seems at first that their fear is something mundane and seemingly silly like bugs or clowns or something, causing their friends to tease them for it. the teasing progressively gets crueler and more out of character as time goes on however, until we find out that not only was the seemingly irrational fear a result of a traumatic childhood event, and not only is said character still being forced toface their fear, but the characters REAL fear was that their friends would think they're a massive looser for their childhood trauma and they wouldn't want to be friends with them anymore and they'd lose their friends and become a massive laughing stock. I'm sure i just basically paraphrased the plot of some episode out there somewhere but hey, it seems like an obvious subversion of the trope so if it doesn't exist, i would be surprised.

@abigailc8829

2 жыл бұрын

I'd totally watch the hell out of something like that. Imagine the angst potential

@Alice-gr1kb

Жыл бұрын

Oh my god that would be amazing (in a sad way ofc but like)

@imabagel7382

Жыл бұрын

I've read a fic where this happens if you're interested

@kholtonthebarbarian2590

Жыл бұрын

@@imabagel7382 I am.

@BookWyrmOnAString

Жыл бұрын

​@@imabagel7382 tell us please

My favorite stock episode is when a hero and villain get stuck together somehow and have to work together to get out of a bad situation. Doesn’t matter how many times I see it, I still love it. I’m pretty sure everyone has a guilty pleasure stock plot.

@timothymclean

3 жыл бұрын

It's even better when an entire subplot is built around it, but an isolated stock episode is better than nothing.

@mehwishmanha9250

3 жыл бұрын

Bonus points if they fall in LOOOOVVEE

@tokatstorm9270

3 жыл бұрын

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the body-swap episode.

@just-trying-my-best-everyday

3 жыл бұрын

My guilty pleasure/comfort stock plot is the Ballroom episode. You know, fancy situation for the characters, they have to dress fancy and try to fit in... Shenanigans ensue. I love it.

@carelessdreamer

3 жыл бұрын

@@just-trying-my-best-everyday Those are cool too, especially when the character no one expects fits in great.

Trope talks we (or at least me) need to exist: - Split personalities - Time skips (not confuse with time travel) - Gods - Backstories - Manic Pixie Girls

@kevinsullivan3448

3 жыл бұрын

Time Travel is such a pain. Mission to Zyxx podcast has a twisted time travel issue that will make your head hurt if you don't like time travel.

@shinysnivy5903

3 жыл бұрын

Manic Pixie Dream girls are just, too sad for their usual genre

@Kaitou1412Fangirl

3 жыл бұрын

Phantom Thieves would be great! Someone else said Assassins/ mercenaries, which is good too. Also, Secret Organizations.

@alexanderfurrows7946

3 жыл бұрын

Manic Pixie Dreams girls would be such a good trope talk, it’s already dissected online to the point of being overdone, but I think Red would have something new to say

@mediatorraptor3349

3 жыл бұрын

I hate time travel. I only enjoy when it is used to see the background of a character.

And then The Owl House combines the "Greatest Fear" and "School Dance" episodes into one in a way that gives clear insight into the protagonist while also driving the shippers absolutely crazy.

@Drums_of_Liberation

3 жыл бұрын

At least it's the good kind of crazy in the shippers case, because they haven't ruined the show yet like so many others.

@Nai-qk4vp

2 жыл бұрын

Lumity canon , BITCH!

@KT-lt4fy

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I kinda like how Luz didn't actually overcome her greatest fear and from what we've seen at the end of season 2 part 1, it'll bite her in the butt

@J-manli

2 жыл бұрын

@@Drums_of_Liberation Ironically and tragically, it was an anti-shipper (of sorts) who ruined the show by literally cancelling it.

@cybersearcher1041

2 жыл бұрын

Eyyy I was gonna shout this out

Best version of this: the Teen Titans episode where Robin starts seeing Slade in places he couldn't be... when Slade had pretty definitively died earlier. It turns out Robin's greatest fear wasn't so much Slade coming back, but his own paranoia alienating his team and leaving him overworked without the help he needs.

@laurdesz9050

3 жыл бұрын

This episode was insane in the best of ways, because the audience didn't even know if slade was actually there or not either, not until we see the teams perspective, and there are no bombs in the city, and robin is getting thrown around by, well, nothing. SO we'll done.

@wjzav1971

6 ай бұрын

@@laurdesz9050 I love that we then believe that Robin really has lost it and Raven enters his POV to calm him down and show him that "See, no Slade there, nothing to f-" cue in Slade suddenly jumping from the dark and punching her and him into the face. The reveal at the end being that Slade wasn't really there, but the hallucination Robin saw was still capable of hurting him.

You really just said "Could he live in a world of wet tissue paper" with a completely serious voice

@elenafriese891

3 жыл бұрын

And managed to make it a completely serious question in context as well!

@masterofmythology

3 жыл бұрын

That's just how good Red is.

@t850terminator

3 жыл бұрын

A world without zinc!

Who wants Red to do a Trope Talk about the “Contrarians” trope, the “Elites/Elitist” trope, the “Paranoid Characters” tropes, the “We have to Win” trope, the “Messiah” trope, the “It’s all a Dream/Illusion” trope, or the “Outside Third Party” trope

@will__mem9rno

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@aunix16

3 жыл бұрын

Yes to all of those

@chelvo56

3 жыл бұрын

Warning: Spoilers for Pathologic Hope she shows the example that Pathologic had for the "It's all a dream"-trope. That one was certainly unique

@mrmangoberry8394

3 жыл бұрын

Plot-twist: These were Red’s plans for the next Trope Talks, but now that they’ve been discovered, Red won’t do them. :-(

@uria3679

3 жыл бұрын

@@valhatan3907 not really

"Some of the kindest people I know think they're absolute messes that keep on hurting people" sadly accurate...

@airplanes_aren.t_real

10 ай бұрын

Conversely the biggest assholes I've ever met think they are the second coming of christ My guess is that kind people know what it's like to be taken advantage of and how annoying nuisances can be so they strive to be better often overcriticizing themselves

@Vinemaple

7 ай бұрын

Partly because there are people out there that tell kind people things like that, to get more kindness and free benefits from the kind person. Which is one reason people stop being kind.

@kinggrimm2700

4 ай бұрын

I think it's because they're the one who are the most aware of how they have or could hurt other people and the most conscious of it

I clicked on this thinking "I really hope the Magnus Archives is mentioned in this episode, I really enjoy it and it does have a lot of fear related themes and text". Can't say I was expecting it as a sponsor though

@davv6628

2 жыл бұрын

This sponsorship was how I found tma and since then I have been non-stop obsessed

@yumiendercat3685

2 жыл бұрын

@@davv6628 not same but I am obsessed c: Shame you don’t get to experience the wonderful discord tho, it’s no longer a thing that exists

@davv6628

2 жыл бұрын

@@yumiendercat3685 I know, apparently it's gonna get revamped and eventually be a thing again. Although I've been getting my tma discord fix through an OC RP server instead. And I'm sure there are other ones that are good for talking about tma if you look at the lists.

@yumiendercat3685

2 жыл бұрын

@@davv6628 I mean, after the chaos of last time I don’t know if it’ll ever be up again. I hope it is, though, there are some users on there I miss

@davv6628

2 жыл бұрын

@@yumiendercat3685 Ahh true true valid, I wasn't really on it even when it was up, but I'm sorry to hear you won't be able to talk to them

Red: talks about how its hard to know ourselves because even *we* are biased and introspection is hard me: oh thank goodness thats an actual thing, i thought i was going MAD

@vladimirenlow4388

3 жыл бұрын

Not only that, but the result and even the process itself can show us some very frightening things about ourselves and the world we live in. Some people take one glimpse at the mirror and run screaming into the comfort of their own self-delusion.

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear, but confronting fears.

@animeotaku307

3 жыл бұрын

Especially when we got a Scarecrow episode in the original animated Batman that showed exactly why fear is actually a good thing.

@dreadcthulhu5

3 жыл бұрын

No, that's courage. Bravery is indeed having no fear.

@henrypaleveda7760

3 жыл бұрын

that's something that a lot of people hear but few take to heart thank you.

@freshoutofcrabs

3 жыл бұрын

@@dreadcthulhu5 - Not by any dictionary definition. Bravery is defined as having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty, having or showing courage. There may be a connotative difference for you, but not to many people. Denotatively, they're the same.

@dreadcthulhu5

3 жыл бұрын

@@freshoutofcrabs It's really just more semantics.

The beach episode. Timeloop. Heists. Musical. The wedding.

@jamesbajzer9436

3 жыл бұрын

Prison breakout. evil doppelganger. episode where the protagonists are small. Are my favorites

@shadowclaw7210

3 жыл бұрын

-Giants -Clones -Race -Spooky house -Don’t trust new guy or misunderstood dude that look shady but he is ok -Kid that shout wolf

@user-jf7rk9vu4s

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbajzer9436 something tells me you watched voltron :)

@jamesbajzer9436

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jf7rk9vu4s I've never seen that lol, does voltron feature all those tropes

@user-jf7rk9vu4s

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbajzer9436 it has the third and first one ;)

I love the "hero finds out they're fighting for the wrong side" bc it's the challenging what you've always known and been taught with what you believe in.

@galning2768

2 жыл бұрын

Try sheera.

@bookbutterfly6613

2 жыл бұрын

@@galning2768 yesss shera is so good ahhh

@LucasDimoveo

2 жыл бұрын

Reiner

@mariustan9275

Жыл бұрын

There is an episode about that now, it's called "Are we the baddies?".

@lilliac_mc6250

Жыл бұрын

I just love the different perspectives

"sponsored by the Magnus Archives" this was a crossover of my niche interests I NEVER expected but always hoped

@Evergreen_Trees_are_cool

3 жыл бұрын

SAME

@kryptoniantree1739

3 жыл бұрын

LICHERALLY

@dokidoki6927

3 жыл бұрын

*screams joyfully in Michael Distortion*

@Fisinocean

3 жыл бұрын

i mean red is a fan tho-

@rashispika

3 жыл бұрын

I know they mentioned them like once in a trope talk but now its a sponser?! NICE

"Superman already feels like he lives in a world made of cardboard" Nice.

@dr0g_Oakblood

3 жыл бұрын

What I love is the fact that that's a reference to the final confrontation in the show between Superman and a certain someone, no spoilers in case you want to see it and still haven't, so I'll just leave it there.

@marvalice3455

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the secondary reference to "man of steel, woman of tissue paper" is also intentional

@DrawbackDrawback

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr0g_Oakblood Believe that's the fact Mateo was referring to when he said "nice".

1. Another common form of "Greatest fear" that I can think of delves into the previously-discussed Superpowered Evil Side. It's all about the fear of losing control of who you are. 2. I've never watched Justice League, but I can imagine that with Hawkgirl's ability to go literally anywhere she wants thanks to her ability to fly, claustrophobia makes sense since it's taking away a fundamental part of who she is.

That's what I loved about that episode with the giant cockroaches in Kim Possible, the fears of Kim and Ron are reverse proportional, Ron is scared of tiny bugs and spiders and Kim makes kind of fun of him at first, but she is incredibly scared of the giant bugs and spiders, and Ron is the one who has to save the day. At the end of it, the other has understood that the other's fear isn't silly, it's just who they are

@wjzav1971

6 ай бұрын

An interesting episode of Kim Possible about fear was when Ron went with his father to his work and got into risk-assessment and calculated that Kim constantly puts herself into massive danger. So at first he thinks that Kim should stop but midway through the episode he is told that he failed to account for Kim's incredible skill and that that makes her being in constant danger an almost non-risk. But at the same time, the risk-assessers tell Ron that HE on the other hand, has no survival skills and that the adventures they go trough together are an insane risk for him. So he hides under his bed and refuses to come out, being afraid to come with Kim on an adventurer when she needs his help until his father comes in and says "There is something I didn't tell you about my work: Some things are *worth* the risk."

Red: This video is sponsored by Rusty Quill's "The Magnus Archives"! Me: *Spits out drink*

@mars8378

3 жыл бұрын

SAME THO! I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE

@phantomskadi

3 жыл бұрын

I FUCKING SCREAMED OH MY GODD

@SillySeaLily

3 жыл бұрын

RIGHT????

@yeehaw7263

3 жыл бұрын

YEA

@rowanbartlett8084

3 жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT!!

me: seeing the title "huh, the magnus archives is a great example of this" little did I know...

@meliakanaovicz5494

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that podcast and got unreasonably excited at the meer mention of it. I really wish people would talk about it more.

@alicemaliyekkal1370

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@borantandogan5524

3 жыл бұрын

@@meliakanaovicz5494 yes, it really makes washing the dishes an occasion to look forward

@duststorm10

3 жыл бұрын

@@meliakanaovicz5494 Strongly agree. I've been preaching it to all fans of horror and fiction.

@CJtheentity

2 ай бұрын

Hello John, apologies for the deception…

“And I’ve known some real jerks who can’t decide if they’re the victim in every situation or the second coming of Christ.” This is painfully true about some people, they’ve always got to be the tragic hero or the glorious hero. Their self-image is so warped that even the psychic nightmare monster wouldn’t get them to introspect.

@bowenmadden6122

8 ай бұрын

I mean...have you *tried* inflicting psychic horror monsters on them? No it's not exactly legal, but, can't argue with the results... >:)

@ryanspencer9602

6 ай бұрын

Reminds me of my mother tbh

@wjzav1971

6 ай бұрын

I knew a guy like that in school. Not a single ounce of self-reflection or self-awareness.

One story I’d like to mention is the Doctor Who Episode “Dalek”. In that, the Doctor- who is at this point a veteran of a war that destroyed his home planet and the enemy force, leaving him the last survivor- finds another survivor of the war, but it’s a soldier of the enemy force, a Dalek. So here, the Doctor is confronted with his Greatest Fear, a surviving Dalek, and it finally forces him to confront the traumas and what he did in the war.

@paulgibbon5991

Жыл бұрын

"YOU WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD DALEK."

@dovakhiinmaster2967

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgibbon5991 And it's an absolutely bone chilling statement

@joshm9782

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I more saw the doctors greatest fear is when he stops being the doctor. And becomes the person who was willing to destroy his own planet. The Daleks aren’t what he’s is scared of it’s what he became to defeat them and occasionally becomes to defeat other foes. With another example being how in the family of blood he didn’t run from the family rather what he knew he would do to them if he faced them directly.

@chickencurry420

11 ай бұрын

That episode also did a great job explaining how scary Daleks are. Sure, you can set them loose on the city and show how effortlessly they clean the place out. But the episode starts with the Doctor getting kidnapped (or arrested? I don't remember, it's been forever since I've seen the show) They take him to the cell where they're keeping their dangerous alien and he's just over there like "Alright. Bring him in and let's see what happens. I'll be here if you need me" Then he sees the Dalek and IMMEDIATELY begs to be let out. No finesse, all of his charisma out the window, he's crying for help for the first time ever. He's always been a capable badass with no less than 100% control of any given situation. But now he's scared out his mind just by being in the same room as a Dalek. I've never seen the Doctor so fearful for his life until that point so anything that can scare him that badly is nothin to be fucked with.

@paulgibbon5991

4 ай бұрын

@@joshm9782 Indeed. He can at least tell himself that no matter how horrible the war was, at least it's DONE. The Daleks are gone. He never has to think about that time or relive it ever again. And then...

Everyone gangsta till **stock greatest fear episode**

@haillobster7154

3 жыл бұрын

Katz' Motel.

@BarbarianGod

3 жыл бұрын

@@haillobster7154 Courage is still one of my top series of all time

@yeethittter1285

3 жыл бұрын

Tfw stock greatest fear episode 😱😱😨

@blarg2429

3 жыл бұрын

My greatest fear is stock greatest fear episodes.

A MAGNUS ARCHIVES AD AKSNAKSJSJSKQ IVE NEVER BEEN THIS EXCITED FOR CAPITALISM

@beleiveinthemagic123

3 жыл бұрын

With a taako icon too? I see u king

@scorfadontis8110

3 жыл бұрын

@@beleiveinthemagic123 wait fellow taz fans? My life is complete

@cassun603

3 жыл бұрын

This reply chain is bangers only. Now we just need a Welcome to Night Vale reference

red: today’s episode is sponsored by the magnus archives me: terrified archivist noises

@HUSoldier66

Жыл бұрын

*Extended sound of brutal pipe murder intensifies*

"sponsored by Rusty Quill's Magnus Archives" like how dare you put my two favourite content providers in the same space at once I actually screamed

WAIT YOU GUYS WERE ACTUALLY SPONSORED BY JOHNY SIMS ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?? (to the commentators I was unaware there was a pornstar with the same name but that's kind of hilarious)

@alibiglou9306

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for ruining my favorite character , I haven't finished it but it'll be fun to imagine a p0rnstar battle eldritch horrors from now on . >:(

@colonelbipiy5702

3 жыл бұрын

@@alibiglou9306 what

@jayoctopus8832

3 жыл бұрын

@@alibiglou9306 what the shit

@sidney9796

3 жыл бұрын

@@alibiglou9306 what

@calhanlon5568

3 жыл бұрын

@@colonelbipiy5702 the writer of Magnus goes by Jonny Sims and theres a pornstar called Jonny Sins

1:47: Red's greatest fear-schedule slip. Watch her confront it so casually, and this early in the episode!

@marocat4749

3 жыл бұрын

And we know blues, cleo being mad : D

@Raiga0310

3 жыл бұрын

@@marocat4749 I thought it was Cleo being mad while on a submarine?

The fear monster screaming "INTIMACY!!!" really caught me off guard. You've induced an excellent LOL from me. Good day to you.

Gonna be honest, Red could make a video where she just rants about the most random of topic and I will listen to it. Love these videos, even if I am not a writter myself

@silvermagpie1071

2 жыл бұрын

So, how're you liking the detail diatribes?

@wjzav1971

11 ай бұрын

Its a bit like Jenny Nicholson, where she can talk about the seemingly most uninteresting topic but its still super interesting to watch.

H.P. Lovecraft's entire life is a giant ''Greatest fear stock episode'' except he never got to that ''overcoming it'' part.

@blarg2429

3 жыл бұрын

_...a mysterious color unlike any seen on earth..._

@AAA-battery

3 жыл бұрын

So an unfinished greatest fear stock episode

@victorjr9369

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the man who was scared of immigrants and geometry

@sockthief9138

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, he stopped being a xenophobic prick just before he died. Which is kinda sad.

@victorjr9369

3 жыл бұрын

@@sockthief9138 But did he conquer his fear of math?

My greatest fear is the friends we made along the way

@just-trying-my-best-everyday

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@iiiiitsmagreta1240

3 жыл бұрын

This is now a writing prompt

@Eramiserasmus

3 жыл бұрын

A writing prompt appears!

@Spot_Faceless-Soldier

3 жыл бұрын

I fucking love this joke, so versatile, works with anything

@kimifw58

3 жыл бұрын

My greatest fear is this stupid joke never dying.

This greatest fear trope is why i've always liked Luigi. yes, Luigi. in the Luigi's Mansion games, and even in the RPGs, Luigi has been shown to be afraid of a lot of stuff, with ghosts being the biggest one. despite all of the times in encounters ghosts in the Mansion games, Luigi always goes in to save Mario, despite his fear. he's courageous, not fearless. and throughout all of the games, he's shown to still be afraid of this, but he is able to overcome some of it, with how he adopts the Polterpup. He's always going to be afraid, he just learns to cope with some of it.

THEY GOT SPONSORED BY THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES!!! THAT IS SUCH A PULL, IM SO PROUD!

'This episode is sponsored by The Magnus Archives' *Squeals in happy tape recorder and Eldrich Horror*

@chainattack6412

3 жыл бұрын

Statement Begins

@jadesinger7698

3 жыл бұрын

god what a fucking mood ofc the fears trope talk was sponsored by tma smh

@CJtheentity

2 ай бұрын

@@chainattack6412 Hello John, apologies for the deception…

One of my favorite 'joke fears' is that, in the percy jackson books, talia, the daughter of Zeus, is scared of heights

@baydiac

3 жыл бұрын

I'd be afraid of heights too if my abusive, negligent father with enormous anger issues was up there.

@tabathamoonstone8633

3 жыл бұрын

And *SPOILERS* Percy Jackson himself, the son of Posidon, becomes scared of drowning at one point.

@juliasnyder7284

3 жыл бұрын

@@tabathamoonstone8633 See, that one makes sense because he's never had that problem before and doesnt know how to react

@tabathamoonstone8633

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliasnyder7284 It does make a lot of sense narratively, but it's also very ironic and kind of funny, and I couldn't help but point it out.

@willieoelkers5568

3 жыл бұрын

@@theratman1997 Less "scared", more "denial/repressing" was my take. Part of it was values dissonance since he was born in the 40's, and part of it was because he knew his first big crush was never going to reciprocate. His greatest fear, at that point, was probably that he was going to forever be an outcast.

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking back on my first DnD character - back when I was playing him, I had no idea what to do with him for most of the campaign - and I realized something about him • His core motivation is figuring out why he's a tiefling and where his wild magic comes from • His greatest fear is that if he finds that out, he won't like the answer

I just want a Greatest Fear thing where someone has a "silly" fear, but instead of making fun of that character, their friends comfort them and junk.

Trope Talks tend to contain a lot of stuff from Avatar and Justice League animated series Guess that's a sign of how good they are.

@rotciv557

3 жыл бұрын

Building up on that, they are also incredibly complex shows that tackled a large variety of different situations with a cast of relatively tropey but overall very well personalized and explored characters, so it kinda makes sense that both series have a crapton of excellent examples for a lot of different quality writing prompts and trope explanations. So yeah tldr they ARE really good series, yes.

@oscarwind4266

Жыл бұрын

Justice league. Damn, that show was like my thing as a kid.

This reminds me of the Teen Titan episode where Raven had to admit that she was afraid in order to control her power

@corhydrae3238

3 жыл бұрын

Teen titans has a bunch of good stock episodes in general if I remember correctly. The body swap episode was really well executed as well. God I miss this show.

@ZenoDLC

3 жыл бұрын

@@corhydrae3238 Then it goes...

@gabrote42

3 жыл бұрын

@@corhydrae3238 damn. I gotta get to go watching after I finish my archive run of Adventure Time

@maryammahdavi

3 жыл бұрын

@@corhydrae3238 same for the split episode. You know, when raven splits into her 5 main emotions?

@christinap.7856

3 жыл бұрын

Thank for saying it! I was really hoping she would mention this in the video, it's such a good example of this trope in that it follows the rules straight down the line but it's just so well crafted that it doesn't matter.

Me: [sees title] Oh she is for sure gonna mention TMA. Red: THANK YOU TO RUSTY QUILL'S THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES FOR SPONSORING THIS VIDEO-

I read a fun TCW fic where Ahsoka's fear was an invisible enemy (the inability to fight back, fear of the unknown), Obi-Wan was claustrophobia (being trapped and unable to save his friends in danger), and Anakin was... well, mirrors (foreshadowing). So it had a good blend of simple fears that were ACTUALLY more complex fears in disguise. Good times! Great tragedy!

me: *is already up to date on the magnus archives* red: hey stick around for our sponsor, the magnus archives me: *sticks around for the sponsor*

@gelbadayah.sneach579

3 жыл бұрын

I listened to The Magnus Archives and now I'm afraid of the sky.

@ListenToStatic

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly had no fear of clowns before listening. Fuuuuuuuuck The Stranger. The only thing that can fix it is fire.

red: sponsored by the magnus archives me: *loud banshee screeching*

@marions.3657

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@dreameater8548

3 жыл бұрын

*apply Delayed Death debuff: 7 days to everyone in within your range*

I think hawkgirl's fear is a good choice because that was one of the first times I related to her in the series. Up until that point we didn't know much about her, but giving her that common human fear humanozed her a lot, especially compared to the other jl members whose fears focused on their powers.

"I must not fear. Fear is a mind-killer. Without this fear, I only die once. I will face my fear and let it pass through and over me. When the fear is gone, only I will remain."

@firestaranimationsofficial

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry, but I know this a serious quote from Dune, but my brain is reading in the voice of Chuckles the Space Clown in dn awesome campaign I watched!!

@ellugerdelacruz2555

Жыл бұрын

@@firestaranimationsofficial 🤣😂😅

Red- "Fear is just a passing thing, the hero can overcome it" Me- depression remote flashback- i t c o m e s i t g o e s oh no....

@playskahoot

3 жыл бұрын

['m not saying red is saying that I just mean it made me think of the price ea depression remote]

@yeethittter1285

3 жыл бұрын

"YOU ARE NOT DEPRESSED S T O P S A Y I N T H A T"

@playskahoot

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeethittter1285 are you sure s i r

@yeethittter1285

3 жыл бұрын

@@playskahoot (suicide rates plummet to 0%) _Yes_

@playskahoot

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeethittter1285 XD ok thanks therapist seeya next never ... because I'm cured...

YOOOO The Magnus Archives sponsored Overly Sarcastic?? This makes me so unreasonably happy.

@lag4959

3 жыл бұрын

It has come foul circle

@Hickabooboo

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes! I cant stand horror (or in the Magnus Archives creeping terror) but it's that good I keep coming back. I havent caught up but even now it creeps me out to hear Prentiss.

@masterinfinity

3 жыл бұрын

Yeees, YEEEEEEES!!!!!!

@nanav8691

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, that surprised me! Love their podcast sm

@mirjam3553

3 жыл бұрын

I watched the video when it came out. The next day I looked MAG up... am now on season 4, it's absolutely riveting.

I feel like some extra credit goes towards Hawk Girl's greatest fear as not only is it good for contrasting what makes this badass character flinch and doesn't risk spoilers, its also a normal (relatively speaking) fear that makes perfect sense for her character. Flight and spacial freedom are an integral part of Hawk Girl and her species; being constrained and confined is the diametric opposite of something that is core to her being. It's a fear that is easy to recognize for why it's so terrifying to her. It was interesting to see the show choose something appropriate given the spoilers ahead while also choosing something that was appropriate for Hawk Girl.

*sees title* "oh haha that's funny i was just listening to the magnus archives hehe" "this video was sponsored by rusty quill's the magnus archives" i yelled

Does anyone else feel like 2020 started as a fear episode for filler but then the series was put on hiatus so this is the season now?

@jojoslameerrand9305

3 жыл бұрын

Ok I know you're joking but the final season of the Magnus Archives actually had to put extra warnings on certain episodes because those episodes dropped conveniently at the same time that shockingly similar events were happening irl. The season was written like, last december

@wickederebus

3 жыл бұрын

@@jojoslameerrand9305 enough people thinking of disparate scenarios, will eventually cover even the most improbable plot lines. Monkeys and type writers.

@Ekigane

3 жыл бұрын

that sounds like an interesting concept for an established series to explore, starting a season and early on have a fear episode and then use that to establish the plot of season somehow. though I'm unsure what kind of series would make good use of this nor do I necessarily think it's a good idea. It'd just be interesting

@Sorain1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god this filler arc is never ending...

@cqbjones4861

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ekigane the flash season 3 did something similar.

“Wonder Woman has no weakness.” -Batman

@dcbanacek2

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree, she has no common weakness sure but its been shown she has one: Rich kids with issues, lots of issues.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

@@dcbanacek2 But what if one of Batman's enemies tries to hurt him through her? Clearly dating Batman is FAR to dangerous.

@deanospimoniful

3 жыл бұрын

@@sayerglasgow115 The inverse is far more likely. Diana has gods as enemies, not weirdos in silly outfits.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

@@deanospimoniful That's the point. Batman was being a dumbass and letting the Bat-ego get out of control.

@DarkestElemental616

3 жыл бұрын

"SHE DOESN'T HAVE KRYPTONITE, CLARK."

“This is common for people who have normal phobias.” A character in one of my AU’s who is super afraid of snakes but has an _extremely_ f**ked up reason behind it: 👁👄👁

This video is somehow really thought provoking and terrifying at the same time. Red was talking about how everyone sees people differently and people see themselves different to how others see them and I just had like 5 existential crises in two seconds and it somehow helped? I have no clue, good day.

"I can't tell if the biggest jerks out there think whether they're the victim or the second coming of christ" That describes someone I know perfectly

@justanotheryoutubecommente2

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly this is such an underrated line

@selenagamya1612

3 жыл бұрын

Blue checkmark Twitter accounts in a nutshell.

@100lovenana

3 жыл бұрын

Basically Kuzco, always placed himself as the victim in the beginning of his narration

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

You know, thinking about it, instead of saying "Every villain sees themselves as the hero", I think "Every villain sees themselves as the victim" might be better. Villains are always boo-hooing about how the big mean heroes crushed their dreams of world domination. Bonus points if the villain had a big "might makes right" attitude right up until the moment someone stronger than they were kicked their ass.

@willieoelkers5568

3 жыл бұрын

@@sayerglasgow115 I'd amend that to "every villain *subconsciously* sees themselves as the victim", because for a lot of them, especially in the "might makes right" neighborhood calling them out on how they desperately build up power as what is essentially a psychological security blanket will make them flip out big time in a mixture of rage and denial. I remember one story where the MC specifically used this against her evil AU self, citing that the reason villains always have to monologue to the heroes about how great they are and how doomed the hero is because they're really trying to prove the point to themselves and how for all her power the AU version was still the scared girl they'd both been at the start of the story while the MC had actually worked through and overcome a lot of her issues.

This is why I love the character of the Scarecrow in Batman media. Because he’s a fear specialist, he gives other characters a personal struggle.

@treyatkinson7564

3 жыл бұрын

I just find it funny that in the comics he was part of the yellow lanterns for a bit, but was kicked out because he felt no fear and tried to usurp paralax

@Janoha17

3 жыл бұрын

@@treyatkinson7564 Batman also qualified for both a Green Lantern and a Sinestro Corps Ring.

@justbny9278

3 жыл бұрын

@@treyatkinson7564 lmao fear dude cheated out the fear gang

@thescarecrowman

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

This comment thread is getting full of villains and I'm concerned.

“Fear itself is a very interesting concept to explore” As someone who’s made daily embodiments of various phobias every October, I can confirm this quote.

My personal favorite Greatest Fear episode is Enchanting Grom Freight in Owl House. The entire thing is framed as a Prom meets deathmatch where a student at the school Hexside has to slay a demon who shapeshifts into their greatest fear. The main character’s greatest fear was the guilt that would come with her mother lying to her.

Red: today's episode is sponsored by The Magnus Archives. Me: unholy shrieking.

me, who listened to TMA: **oh dear that's a very fitting episode for them to sponsor**

@amniamin22

2 жыл бұрын

Coming from Nikola Orsinov herself?

I feel like a good way to spin the mocking angle is to have the fear be something simple like "Haha, this stoic and silent character is freaked out by spiders!" but then it leads into exploring WHY they're afraid, whether it be childhood trauma or an event that ties DIRECTLY into the story, and them confronting their fear lets them connect deeper with their team and open up, while also really putting egg on the mocker's faces for trivializing a fear they didn't know the source of.

I CALLED IT HJKSKJSKSJKS I SAW THE TITLE AND WAS LIKE: "OH LIKE TMA."

"ive known some jerks who cant decide if there the victim everytime or the 2nd coming of christ" why is this so accurate and obvious yet somehow ive never noticed while in highschool

@kevinsullivan3448

3 жыл бұрын

I know people who think they are the victim AND the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ at the same time.

@zer0w0lf94

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinsullivan3448 Ever seen Infinity Train? Simon Laurent fits this to a T.

@kevinsullivan3448

3 жыл бұрын

@@zer0w0lf94 I'm not talking about characters, I'm talking about living humans.

I love the really weird “greatest fear” episode that Psych does where Gus is sleep-deprived and keeps waking up from one nightmare after another where Shawn has ditched him. It’s both character-revealing _and_ hilarious!

It’s always cool when someone has a seemingly dumb fear that is then revealed to be some good ol fashion trauma. A great example is Edgeworth in Ace Attorney and his fear of earthquakes

While it's pretty common for the Greatest Fear stock episode to include the protagonists either confronting and overcoming their fear or succumbing to it, those aren't _universal,_ and sometimes picking a middle-ground yields the best outcome. An example I stumbled onto not too long ago was from _The Owl House,_ a quirky Disney-produced TV series about a teenage girl getting stuck in a Hieronymus Bosch-esque nightmare fantasy world while trying to recover her favorite book from a trash-stealing owl (y'know, like ya do.) Without getting too deep into spoilers (if only because the show is surprisingly good, and this episode especially), the first season's Greatest Fear episode involves the aforementioned teen, Luz, volunteering to sub in for a friend who has to fight a shapeshifting, mind-reading nightmare monster -- while she claims that her biggest fear is that her mentor doesn't think she can handle herself, said monster reveals that her greatest fear is that her having kept the fantasy world a secret from her mother would wind up tearing them apart, robbing her of a much-needed source of unconditional love and affection. Rather than finding the resolve to face that fear, though, she runs from it, and even by the episode's end, she still can't muster the courage to be honest with her mother -- the conflict driving the episode remains unresolved, even though the fight was won. Now, the big reason for taking this approach, and the reason I think the show's writers did so here, is because the emotional payoff of confronting that fear of rejection and loss is being saved for further down the line. You can spin the reveal a couple of different ways, like with a Liar Revealed moment or one of those mid-climax shots of the oblivious loved one realizing their precious kid is a veritable superhero -- it keeps the emotional tension, and with the way that _Owl House_ ran with the episode, having an introspective moment and feeling of shared phobias between different characters can really deepen the emotional bond between the cast members. Fear may be a deeply personal and solitary emotion, but how we as humans _deal_ with fear isn't always so isolated, and knowing someone you trust has your back even after seeing you at your weakest can make a world of difference.

@catbatrat1760

Жыл бұрын

Now THIS is the kind of essay I love to see in comments! :D /gen

@Nitrinoxus

Жыл бұрын

@@catbatrat1760 Thanks! I always worry that I ramble a bit too much and that most people tune out the instant they see the 'Read more' button show up on a comment, but I had a _lot_ to say about this one.

Red: This video is sponsored by the Magnus Archives Me: **happy toad noises**

@duststorm10

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear the creepy intro music in my mind every time I see the logo.

@cyrus159

3 жыл бұрын

Here with the happy rat noises, let's make a band

A Turtle approved these fears.

@simpslayer69yt59

3 жыл бұрын

Everywhere I go i see your face

@NatashaPuteri

3 жыл бұрын

A teen girl approve of these fears too

@phoenixfire1074

3 жыл бұрын

Have a good day turtle

@monkewithinternetaccess6107

3 жыл бұрын

What’s this? The new Justin Y?

@ind0266

3 жыл бұрын

A Indo approved these fears.

I WENT INTO THIS EPISODE EXPECTING AN EPISODE OF MY BELOVED TROPE TALKS AND GOT SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY A SPONSORSHIP BY MY FAVORITE PODCAST AND HYPERFIXATION???

The Magnus Archives: a podcast that watches while you listen.

"This video is sponsored by The Magnus Archives"! Me: *unholy screeching*

I like how Red gave the Magnus Archives a shout out so long ago, and now Rusty Quill sponsoring an episode of OSP

@rowen9

3 жыл бұрын

Ooo what episode was that?

@Dacronhai

3 жыл бұрын

@@rowen9 Urban legends I think

Tbh, I'd love to see one of these where the Clown phobia is introduced and you think it'll be a joke, but then it actually does get explored and there's a much deeper psychological anxiety that a clown somehow aplifies or is highly representative of. For me clowns are unnerving because not only can you not see their face but they tend to be portrayed as unapologetic about invasion of personal space.

I know it’s odd to comment so far after the fact, but I’m curious about using simple fears with characters who are suppose to be young or child like. My logic being that it’s almost a reminder to everyone that the character in question is still a child even if a lot of what they’re doing is heroic and brave. I’m mainly thinking back to an episode of the original Ben 10 where it’s revealed his fear was clowns, and I remember Gwen giving him crap however grandpa was gave him the support he needed to overcome it. And even with my own character’s arc since she’s suppose to be young I’m tempted to have a greatest fear plot line that reveals she’s afraid of the dark (and to some degree silence so fear of sensory denial might be the primary fear), because she’s still a kid and can’t just overcome an inherent and primal fear. Although I guess that one’s actually not that simple once you dig into it because the simple fear is actually representative of a fear of being alone. There’s even a moment that’s suppose to glue the reader to this when she’s in the dark with a character who sees through echolocation. Since she’s not alone and she can hear the other character she’s not afraid even though it’s just as dark. Either way I think my ADHD made me lose my original point so I’ll just leave it here and hope there’s something of merit to be had with this comment.

@jamesconsumed7277

Жыл бұрын

I like it

@bendurham1973

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesconsumed7277 fantastic

@firedrakegirl13

Жыл бұрын

Having a young character afraid of something simple like the dark or bugs is great! Especially with a character whos forced to act much older than they are; it’s a great reminder that despite everything they’re still a kid.

@bendurham1973

Жыл бұрын

@@firedrakegirl13 I agree. I can see how it might be odd for older characters to be afraid of clowns, but if someone like Robin from teen titans suddenly had an episode centered around him being scared of clowns. He’s still young enough that I wouldn’t be surprised…. …well that’d be due to both the fact that he’s still a teen and there’s the joker…

@firedrakegirl13

Жыл бұрын

@@bendurham1973 maybe it was only in my area, but I also remember when random people would wander around dressed as clowns and attack people. Made a lot of people scared of clowns when they weren’t before haha.

From watching this episode, my guess is that Red's greatest fear is that these tropes she's analyzed with such great loving care will all be used for gags.

@stevenyoung9738

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's probably people stop watching her at all. Let people have their fun, there isnt just one way to enjoy the video.

i almost choked on my water when I heard the sponsorship oh my god

@beatthegreat7020

3 жыл бұрын

I'm being sponsored by Johnny Sins!

"...it's currently in it's final season" I didn't need the reminder, I'm already terrified about what I'm going to do with myself once it ends

For another trope talk, could you look at the “sympathetic inspector antagonist” trope? I’ve always found it interesting when an antagonist is technically the morally right one.

@toadsagejacob7896

Жыл бұрын

So L from Death Note?

@benpowell-punmaster1214

Жыл бұрын

@@toadsagejacob7896 I was thinking more Inspector Zenigata from Lupin the third.

“You have no idea what my nightmares are like.” -Bruce

@reddoxey7326

3 жыл бұрын

That was one of the best comeback lines from a show full of great comeback lines.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

His nightmares are bright, sunny, and filled with flowers and rainbows and puppies and other pleasant things, without a storm cloud or a gargoyle or any darkness to be seen anywhere.

@shadowstriker6506

3 жыл бұрын

@@sayerglasgow115 his nightmares are always an ideal world but with a ominous feeling that says that “this isn’t right” and knowing that it isn’t real.

@andyknightwarden9746

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadowstriker6506 He wakes up heartsick and feeling dirty, as if he had done something he shouldn't have. But he can't say what it was that he did. He tells Alfred at breakfast, but can't get him to understand. Then Thomas and Martha Wayne walk around the corner. His eyes open, and he cries silently in his four post bed, still mourning his loss, until the tears dry and his resolve hardens so that he can face the day and prevent his tragedy from repeating itself with people who couldn't use their resources like he did.

@thefilthiestofcasuals6565

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyknightwarden9746 thats why we love batman

MAGNUS ARCHIVES HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND SO HAVE YOU! I use your trope talks to teach writing classes and I adore you , thank you!

My favorite version of this trope is in the web series Epithet Erased where one of the main villains of the first season Mira has a power that allows her to turn any thing fragile but this also affects her so the more stronger it gets and the more she uses it the more brittle she becomes. When another character pulls the “Let’s see your true fear!” Nothing happens as she explains that her greatest fear is her life continuing to be what it is now unending cycle of pain and constantly breaking. It’s a very good twist on the trope.

OSP and TMA coming together is the crossover event of the century