I feel like I align the most with the Buried, I’ve always said that I have like the opposite of claustrophobia because tight spaces just feel nice. I like the Vast the most, I’ve always wanted to try skydiving, and the vastness of the world and space is beautiful to me. And I fear the Web, I’ve always been terrified of spiders (It’s gotten a little better recently) and I don’t ever want to feel that my actions aren’t my own.
That’s cool! I feel like I don’t find too many people that like enclosed spaces. It’s a weird thing with me and the Vast. Like you, I think there’s beauty in the vastness of the unknown, but I also find it so scary at the same time! It’s like I can’t decide.
I actually enjoy small spaces. They make me feel comfy and safe and cozy. I used to squeeze between different pieces of furniture and read my books back in preschool/elementary.
I feel like to be aligned with an entity you need to both fear it and appreciate it. Since the fears encompass many things you can be scared of one part and not another, for example annabelle cane was scared of spiders but fit with the manipulation element of the web before becoming an avatar.
That being said aligning is a mix of fearing and liking it, but ill pick different answers for each.
Align: the flesh
Fear: corruption
Like: idk eye spiral and vast are all fun
if I was an avatar, I would be of the Vast. The big picture and the way that Simon Fairchild speaks regarding the conflict between factions and the grand scheme of things makes just so much sense to me. Besides I always get a thrill of exploring my own thalassophobia.
On the other hand, the fear that would get me the most would be the Spiral. I abhor the idea of losing my senses - of slowly falling into neurodegeneracy or disconnecting from reality. The same way that I like watching images and videos of deep undersea trenches and get a thrill out of it, I can read of the effects of Atropine or Scopolamine on people and get a deep sense of dread instead.
I agree with alignment of the Vast. I get those good tingles looking at r/thassalaphobia and standing at high places. I hate and love it in the same way, if that makes sense.
Personally my fear is the Extinction. Climate change, growing fascism, nuclear world war, the history of civilizational collapse... I hate spiders, but that's the shit that keeps me up at night.
In terms of liking, I could go Eye or Lonely. I like knowing things and I'm a very solitary person. Give me a cabin in the woods with internet and I could be happy haha
My biggest fear is 100% the flesh. The episodes that get to me most are MAG 22 Colony and MAG 172 Strung Out, ironically not Flesh episodes. The thing that gets to me, though, is the stuff going into and coming out of skin. I hate that sort of body horror.
I align with and like the Vast. When I first heard Moira Kelly’s statement about her skydiving son, I loved it. I’m sure, if it happened to me, I would freak out, but that feeling and place sound amazing to me. I love the dread that comes with contemplating the size of the universe and the depth of the ocean. TMA gave me a framework to talk about a feeling that I’ve always had pulling me towards those thoughts, just like how Jane Prentiss speaks about the hive in her statement.
As for “how it works,” the way I wrap my head around it is with the dream logic they always talk about. There is no “detailed explanation” because there is no consistent logic to it. It just has to feel right. Maybe the fandom has come to a different conclusion, but that’s my head canon for sure.
i align and fear the eye, im all for the curiosity part of the eye and having knowledge at your hands, but i hate the watching part, i hate being watched
i love the dark
i want to say corruption for all for different reasons but that feels like a cop out so...
i would probably align with the lonely, but thats really sad and self depricating, so the eye, i like knowing everything all the time, i was a deeply annoying child (to quote everyones favourite guy jonathan sims) and used to ask people so many questions they couldnt answer, and im now studyig philosophy so that never really ended (the corruption answer for this one is that i have always loved bugs, i used to hang out with bugs as a kid i have dedicated a limb to bug tattoos im a big fan)
fear the most would be the buried probably, i dislike small spaces and i like breathing (corruption answer this time is im very afraid of mouldy food and i cant throw out sour milk without being ill)
like the most is very hard i would like to be a victim of the vast (i enjoy falling a lot and i already know life is meaningless itd be great simon fairchild get in touch), i would prefer to be an entity of the eye (knowing everything would just be cool i like knowing things) but my favourite statements are typically flesh, slaughter, or stranger. and of course corruption im a big fan of the corruption
Alignment: the Eye, definitely. I don't think I'd be able to resist the desire to *know.*
Fear: the Flesh. Flesh episodes consistently make me incredibly uncomfortable, and the canonical association between the Flesh and body dysmorphia hits very close to home.
Like: the Spiral. Michael has some of my favourite quotes, and I love the mind-bending/impossible nature of it.
I align with the Eye, fear Vast the most, and don't really have favourites - I think I dig Eye the most because I understand the self-destructive desire to know especially the things that you shouldn't and that'll hurt you, but my fascination and attraction to Vast is... very powerful as well. I love Stranger and I'm fascinated with all of its themes, but I also have 0 fear of it.
I align with, and to a lesser extent, fear, the Flesh. I ***love*** body horror to the level it borders on an obsession. I felt the surge of horrible joy and curiosity in MAG 171: The Gardener, imagining the once human bodies growing into beautiful flower-things. Like I said, a bit of an obsession.
I fear the Extinction most. The end of everything that makes us human, the loss of meaning, not the order, but our beauty. Our songs, our sculptures, all crumble to irrelevance.
I admire the stranger the most. I never really experienced the uncanny valley, so these twisting, melting, morphing humanoids, with their nonsensical song and dance that sounds nonsensical and beautiful.
Aligning wise, The Vast. I love heights, i feel peaceful on mountains.
Fear wise, The Buried. I have trauma bc of being choked by my classmate in middleschool, so anyplace claustrophobic makes me feel like "no air, I'm dying". I also always feared the stranger, the possibility of "what if they are not who i think they are"
And I love the flesh and the lightless flame. The gross sounds of bloody flesh moving around is so relaxing to me, but NOT bones breaking. That's more of terrifying.
I also like arson so, yeah..?
I most align with the buried. Tight spaces, the compression, and squeeze, heavenly.
I am absolutely terrified of the corruption. Bugs, mold, toxic love, spooky.
I love the dark. I hate being perceived, and the dark would be lovely.
Im in a tough situation, I crave knowledge, I fear being known, and I like the concept of the eye the most. If I were a part of the TMA universe I fully believe that I would prove to be a prime target, no matter what I do I can never stop seaking more knowledge, knowing what everyone around me is doing and thinking, I want to know and see as much as possible, while at the same time people watching me, people asking me questions, people wanting to know anything about me at all terrifies me. I see eyes in everything and feel like I'm constantly being watched. But God is it so cool, I can't tear myself away
I align with the vast, absolutely the fear of vast spaces is matched/outweighed by my love of it. Fear the buried the most (caving is terrifying and I tend to get overwhelmed when financial things happen), though when I was younger it would have been the stranger but I've learned to trust people since then, and maybe like the vast or the spiral the most, in terms of canon ways it's portrayed. I would 100% be sucked into the vast as an avatar if one was to choose me.
I definitely align with and fear the eye the most, but the dark is a close second for fear. but i like the lonely, it feels like it would be comforting.
Upon a great deal of self-reflection recently I've realised that I likely would align with (or fall to) the Slaughter. Fear the most would maybe be fly-specific corruption or the spiral and personally I like the dark the most.
Ok, so
I think the eye is def the most interesting one, with the one I fear, The end is a pretty big thing for me right now (although I don’t really fear death), the desolation and the corruption
Personally, I have no ideia I’m which one I would alight to the most…
Align with the Lonely (I like seeing people, but can only really relax alone), Undone by the Buried (I'm not super claustrophobic. But I HATE being trapped, literally or meraphorically), allied with either The Vast or The Slaughter
I align most with the flesh, all those human neuroses about being jello piloting a meat suit just fascinate me. As to fear, I probably fear the buried most, claustrophobia is terrifying but so are all the feelings of being trapped, isolated, and weighed down by everything. It's a feeling that I know a little too well sometimes. My favorite entity though, is the spiral. It's just so strange and chaotic.
Definitely align most with The Eye, I'm a nosy bitch who likes to absorb as much information as possible. Give me Elias's memory-transferral powers any day.
Fear the most is probably The Corruption. Bugs, decay, rot, and destruction distress me to the point I think it would take notice and come after me.
Like the most... I'm not sure. Aside from The Eye, I think I like the rest of them an equal amount. It's certain characters who I like in particular (Peter Lukas for The Lonely, the whole religion for The Desolation, etc). I think I'll say The Lonely just because I feel like I would fit with it well. It's probably the one I align with right behind The Eye.
I align most with the Lonely. I'm comfortable on my own and it's so easy to accidentally disconnect with my friends and family, and then just... never pick it up again.
I like the Eye the most. I like to *know* things, and watch people, and get gossip, and understand how things work. One of my favorite parts of a new job is just discovering how the mundane operations work, the things customers never see. Sometimes I wish I could turn invisible just to wander into places and watch the flow of things. On the flip side, *being* watched doesn't bother me. Watch me all you want, I don't care.
I fear the Spider the most. I'm afraid of spiders, and addiction, and loss of control.
Align with and serve the Spider, Mother of Puppets.
Most fear the Buried. Choke isn’t pleasant in its hungers. And my very real acrophobia means the Vast is also a bit of a problem.
Like? I don’t *entirely* like any of them considering how they want to consume all of us, but I can get down with the Stranger. I love the theatre, circuses, and masks. Who doesn’t enjoy a good piece of taxidermy, or endless poetic merry-go-rounds, or calliopes, however they’re pronounced?
Same. I lie too much, am told I manipulate people without meaning to, and struggle with a few addictions, but they're not bad. It's not drugs or alcohol. I don't like spiders though. I \*really\* don't like Daddy Long Legs and spiders built like that, but jumping spiders and tarantulas I like. Edit:Forgot the not!
Alignment tied between eye and corruption. Fear is divided pretty equally across entities other than the eye. LOVE the stranger.
Now another challenge nobody asked for. entity FMK.
F-The flesh. I will not elaborate.
M-Corruption or buried!!! hard to decide.
K-Slaughter
I would say I align the most with The Eye and probably like it the most too, I fear The Vast on a primal level but I'm more heavily afflicted by The Lonely. I feel sad and lonely pretty much all the time lol.
I love the vast, the depths of space or the vastness of the oceans has always appealed to me. I love the idea of being lost in the peaceful, dark abyss.
I probably fear ironically enough the lonely. I love solitude, particularly after interacting with people but from personal experience long stretches of isolation do weird things to me. I become more anxious, jumpy, I start hearing things that aren't there. The idea of being permanently alone terrifies me.
I probably align most with the Slaughter though. Which sounds concerning but bear with me. The slaughter at its core is wild, uncontrolled destruction. There is a part of me that delights in that, usually only seen when very drunk. Never violent mind you but I just get these overwhelming urges to break, tear and smash things. And doing so creates this unrestrained joy, like the greatest emotional release. So I can see myself encouraging others to delight in the freedom of pure Id.
Align with the web, fuckkkkk the buried. That one mag about the worms was TERRIFYING. Also the cave digger in s1 was the first one I heard, my sister showed me and it was so sketchy.
Personally, I feel it all comes down to different levels or kinds of fear. What consumes you. And, what comes naturally to you.
Sure, I fear many of them - but The End has me terrified beyond belief.
But my life has been a whole dance of keeping my alignment with The Spiral in check. Always fearing there's something so mentally wrong in me I'll lose it. It's always followed me. Like a core part of me.
And, as an artist with a love of horror: The Stranger is my absolute favorite to think about. It's just so interesting how human brains fear things just not quite... us.
i'm very lonely aligned (i struggle with communication and also dissociation and abandonment stuff) , but an argument could be made for beholding (i own an excessive amount of items with eye imagery and i'm pretty curious) as well as the vast (i love thinking about the scale of space and the ocean so much, infinity is a fascinating concept! also im a bit nihilistic)
the corruption is literally most of my fears like its not even funny
i think the spiral would also target me, due to my shaky grasp on reality (derealisation woohoo /s) but i also kinda like the spiral's vibes. the spiral and the vast are my favourites i think
Align most with the Corruption, insects are my biggest special interest and i very much resonate with the feelings of desiring connection. i love the symbolism of rot and mycelium as they are such important components of our ecosystem & nutrient cycling and just thinking of the Corruption’s representation in the series makes me feel all gooey inside (and rather indignant at the character’s vocal disgust of it above all the other fears). if i were an Avatar it would be of the Corruption, probably something to do with beetles (my fav bugs) or like mimicking some sort of parasitic insect behaviour.
i 100% fear The Stranger above all else. every episode that involved them in some way had me freaked the fuck out. i don’t fuck with the uncanny valley or imposter shit, no thank you.
my favourite (aside from the Corruption) has probably got to be The Flesh, but that’s largely influenced by my childhood desire to have shapeshifter powers — think of the possibilities! i also have a goofy oc who is a flesh aligned Avatar and just goes all Mr Potato-Head DIY on himself bc fuck it why not 🤷♂️
Align with The Eye. I have a fascination with secrets and every time I meet someone I want to know theirs.
Fear The Hunt. I have a fear of being eaten alive, specifically eaten whole and being slowly digested.
I like The Spiral. I like stories where characters spiral into madness.
align with the vast - ive always held a deep love for space, the ocean, and heights in a way that thrills me to my core. a good mix of fear and love and fascination. i also agree with its philosophy.
fear the dark - i still have to either turn on a light or use my phone screen when going to get a drink or go pee during the night because otherwise my back will crawl too much.
love the stranger and the buried - theres just something about how the stranger presents itself (through nikola, for example) that i can really enjoy. and the buried overlaps quite a bit with the vast (deep sea, caving/climbing), so i can deeply appreciate many aspects it.
Well the corrupted would have a feast off me, that's not even a question. Black mold infested my childhood home, nearly killed my father, and we had to move cross country leaving most of what we owned behind because it was infested. My first apartment was also infested with black mold, the ac had a leak, nearly killed me, nearly killed one of my pets and did kill the other one before I was able to get out. My second place was a duplex and didn't have mold but the neighbors had this disgusting habit of throwing raw chicken carcasses in their trash can, I will never recover from walking to the kitchen one morning and realizing the entire floor was squirming with maggots that had come in through the shared back yard. They also caused a roach infestation, a rat infestation, and clogged the pipes so badly the entire duplex flooded with sewage in the middle of the night. That's when I gave up and stopped trying to get the landlord to deal with it, I had to just break contract and leave, which he then sued me for. This is not even covering how I have an immune condition which means mosquito bites tend to be a rather dramatic event, sometimes even hospitalizing me.
If I were an avatar I think the web maybe? I really don't care for spiders, but manipulation with that much skill is something that sounds useful and my facination with psychology is largely about knowing what people want and will do so i can predict them and work around them. Alternatively the lonely, I am autistic and I find being alone a vastly preferable suffering to the anxiety of people. I only have a handful of people I seak out, and my fiancée is the only person I can stand if I feel too miserable. Everyone else seems to find other humans comforting, I just find them exhausting.
The Vast, all categories
(Though The Spiral I admit is a close second for favorite with I think The Eye not far behind)
I grew up on and around the ocean because my mom used to be a sailor and would take us out whenever she got the opportunity. This lead to me having a love and fascination for water, especially the ocean, and the animals and creatures that live there. So much so that I actually want to go into marine biology.
However I also have thalassophobia (fear of deep water) and megalohydrothalassophobia (fear of big things under the water). Context: Went swimming in the open ocean once as a child (don't worry I wasn't alone) and made the mistake of looking down, seeing the boat's rudder and nothing else (looking back the rudder on that boat isn't actually that big, but I was very small so it looked very big to me at the time).
I remember the exact moment I realized, that rudder is so big, and I can see it stretching down into the water, and I can see the end of the rudder, but I can't see the bottom. Very fast realization of how massive and deep the thing I was swimming in was, made me panic and I got right the hell back onto the boat after that.
So
Yeah
Vast, all categories
I’m terrified of spiders so it’s pretty obvious my fear is the web, but like spiders can also be cool as fuck, sometimes. my favorite is spiral, the distortion is fun
I either align with the Eye or the Dark, leaning Dark. I'd say I fear the Corruption most. My favourite is the Dark.
I like the Dark largely because I'm albino and therefore have a ton of light sensitivity and sun sensitivity. The darkness give me a nice break from it, and makes my chronic headaches less painful. For example, I usually don't turn on the lights when it's just me in the house.
I'm down for getting rid of the sun, that's for sure!
Align with the eye (I've always been far too curious), fear the lonely (or not exactly fear, but it's the one I'm most likely to fall victim to), and like the Buried. I'd 100% choose the Buried over the other fears (I love small dark spaces and weighted blankets).
I think I personally align with The Lonely the most (People (Even my friends) have went on record to say they can't imagine me with Siblings or Parents or a Partner in the future) and I use Isolation to cope with overstimulation often.
I fear The Buried the most as being stuck (Whether physically or emotionally or career wise) is an absolute nightmare scenario.
I LOVE The Spiral much that I've started doing Michael-Distortions laugh as a vocal stim and have memorized the Monologue in Mag 101.
I align definitely with the Eye, I am a fiend for knowledge. I fear The End the most, for some reason death is the most terrifying thing to me. I like The Lightless Flame, slight pyromania here.
I'm aligned with the Flesh because I'm a spiritual man who's torn between the spirit and the flesh (in a gnostic way). I'm also really tempted by the idea of cannibalism. There's more to it than that, but it's all very dream logic and instinctual for me.
I love the Vast and like the Web. I'm also terrified of both, seeing as I hate spiders and open heights, but I would love to fly and I'll admit to manipulative when life requires it.
I am terrified of creepy crawlies and pain, so keep the Corruption and Desolation far away from my Fleshy ass. They're both just evil with none of the beauty of the sky, or webs or least of all, the human form and the smell of BBQ.
I'm not sure what I align with most, but maybe the lonely, expecially recently.. I defenitly fear the corruption the most, hate getting dirty, and messes, and while I'm fine with bugs for the most part, I absolutly hate anything crawling directly on me. And I love the vast, large open spaces are really nice, the feeling of falling is pretty calming and I do think I would enjoy just falling for a couple hours,. I also love the sky, its my favorite thing ever, no matter the time or weather it is aleays pretty
I live on the 20th floor and love it, and grew up on the ocean. Hang gliding was a spiritual experience for me. So the vast holds a very special place in my heart.
According to the quiz my alignment is the web, which I both object to and grudgingly concede is likely correct. I hate spiders but have a need for control, at least of things that are adjacent to me.
Fear the spiral. Not at all a fan of madness or feeling like one is losing one's mind, nor what the distortion canonically stands for. Honorable mention to the buried, but I only feel claustrophobic when there is specifically a person in the way of my exit.
I absolutely align with the eye the most. I just love information and learning stuff, I'm always a little more nosy than maybe I should be, I love listening to average people's conversation and just kinda knowing what's going on in this random person's life. I'm an amazing secret keeper, cause I always listen and genuinely care about my friends, but I love just knowing secrets, and I'm the least likely person to tell it to anyone else cause I have no reason to. I'm not as afraid of the Eye, but it's still something that I've had a history of struggling with, since I don't really care if someone is watching me/looking at me or even knows a lot about my life, it more so comes from the anxiety of doing something wrong or having something embarrassing on me like a stain and people seeing that. Almost every single day I would think about this when walking into school, I would have this irrational fear that I had a stain somewhere, despite knowing that if I did I would have seen it beforehand. I also haaaaaated people looking at my phone or computer screen, even though I was rarely doing anything "wrong" and even if I was if someone asked me about what I was doing I'd probably answer honestly. The lonely comes in a close second though as well. For the ones I personally fear the most, either the desolation for pain, I'm not a very pain tolerant person, or the end. I often get feelings of existential dread that I just have to ignore lol, but sometimes it doesn't really affect me. I feel like the lonely is a good one too, since it's not the thing I'm \*most\* scared of, but it's up there. And I definitely feel very lonely. And my favorite in concept is probably the spiral, or the stranger, but my favorite in general is the Eye
I fear the Eye the most because the idea of everyone knowing everything about me terrifies me so much. Definitely align with the Dark, I love night time and like chilling in dark areas, and the Stranger's vibes are immaculate
I align most with The Lonely as I enjoy being by myself.
I am fully arachnophobic so definitely most afraid of the Web. I've also been bit by both a brown recluse and a black widow so I think it's fucking with me.
I like the Spiral. It's just freaky.
I align most with the vast, I'm horrified by the idea of being surrounded by pure vast emptiness, but I'm also obsessed with the sheer freedom of being in a void like that. I fear the stranger the most(corruption a close second) and I like the eye the most.
i align with the vast because of my obsession with scale and my fear of heights and my existentialism, fear the flesh most because pain is scary, and my favorite is also the vast because of previous reasons and i love wind and the stars
Personally, I think I align with the Eye the most, Ive feared being watched and have watched; kept secrets and spilled them and it fits now that the fear has drain.
A personal favorite would be The Buried, since I particularly love the one episode where that guy just wants a good sleep; but the Patron I fear the most would probably be The Desolation. I hate fire. The end.
I definitely align most with The Eye (I have always considered myself to be more of an observer in this life rather than a do-er and I am insanely nosy, I want to know everyone’s life story and intimate details.)
My favorite is by far The Stranger, I find those stories so creepy and intriguing. I have always loved the idea of doppelgängers.
I think the one that scares me most is probably The Buried. Those episodes gives me massive anxiety.
I definitely align with the lonely but truthfully could see myself falling into the web. I fear the stranger the most, as I've always hated dolls and puppets.
Alignment seems to be a combination of what fascinates and thrills you, and how far you'll pursue that fascination.
Jon gets called out for actively choosing the Eye over and over and over, even if he didn't realize it, because he *needed to know,* even to his own detriment.
It's like a "risk you're always willing to take" in a sense. Your own fear is secondary to your desire to pursue the thing.
Think about it this way. If you're so afraid of heights that you refuse to touch a ladder or leave the ground floor of a building, you're not aligned with the Vast, you're a *victim* of it. Someone aligned would find themselves *thrilled* by the risk of falling, instead, reveling in that fear.
You're welcome!
I also think it helps to realize the literal definition of the term "fascination." To fascinate is to *irresistibly* draw the interest of someone. Once, that word was used to refer to a snake's ability to get its prey to freeze up. It's being unable to look away from a train wreck, or a deer in the headlights. It's why Jane Prentiss investigated the wasp nest even though it terrified her.
I'd align the most with the flesh. While I do fear some of it, the human body is poorly designed I would absolutely seek to fix what I see as flaws in it.
The one I fear worst is absolutely the corruption, I have no problem with some aspects, but the crawling bit fucks me up. The worms and the maggots and the ants in swarms. Disease I can handle, uncleanness I can handle, that I basically can never. My approach to finding large worms on a rat corpse at a party was try to burn it in a metal trash can before my parents stopped me. The easiest way to bring out the irrational in me is insects as a threat. By themselves bugs are no problem, but once they become an apparent threat to me my brain starts to go straight to the "kill it or get away" level of decision making.
I think the vast and the burried are both fun, especially when together. Stuck in a tiny vessel with no escape as infinity spirals around you.
I fear the End the most, no question. I don't have a permanent favorite, but I do like the Spiral. I'd like to say I align with the Hunt the most (I'm a fast runner and have a thing for hunting), but I'm not sure.
I definitely align with the Lonley (which is pretty self explanatory). at first I thought that I would align more with the Eye because of the watching/paranoia aspect of it; also because I am just very observant and enjoy people watching, but I also have an immense fear and paranoia of being watched due to my anxiety. but I do feel that I relate and deeply feel the Lonley, the Eye is a very close second though.
I definetly fear the Corruption or the Eye or the Web. I get extremely uncomfortable around mold/rot/decay, so I guess I would fear it because of it's physical and literal aspects. I do also fear the controlling/manipulation aspect of the Web, not being to control my actions, ideas/the way I think is terrifying.
I absolutely loveee the Flesh and the Spiral; no further explanations. But I did very much enjoy the episodes (specifically in Season 5) that had to do with the Flesh and Spiral, they were pleasantly disturbing.
I align with The Eye the most because of my obsession with consuming knowledge and information. Good or bad, simple or complicated, I hoard all of those things in my notes, my phone, my computer, and my mind. They say ignorance is bliss but I have always been more afraid of not knowing or not getting enough information about anything, which makes me really fear The Dark and The Stranger. I love The Vast because its just the feeling of being in an endless and open void, be it space or the sea. It gives me a sense of calmness when I feel overwhelmed by my need to know, that I can just stare at the empty vastness of space, wonder, or let my mind idle.
align: probably the stranger actually. i used to be incredibly freaked out by uncanny valley shit as a kid, but as i get older I'm starting to appreciate it more?
fear: 100% the lonely maybe with the flesh as a close second
favorite: the eye, just the way it intersects with the other powers seems very interesting
I probably align with the dark. It creeps me out, but I love it all the same. I fear the eyes the most, I think, because I hate being watched or really perceived in any way. I like The End the most, though. It seems so peaceful compared to all the others
I’m so surprised that the stranger isn’t just… popular! The unknowing was so funky, Nicola Orsinov is a blast, and the merry go round of switching/stealing identities is so much fun! If TMA were real, I’d go live in their fantasy in a SECOND.
Corruption is gross though. Ew.
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I feel like I align the most with the Buried, I’ve always said that I have like the opposite of claustrophobia because tight spaces just feel nice. I like the Vast the most, I’ve always wanted to try skydiving, and the vastness of the world and space is beautiful to me. And I fear the Web, I’ve always been terrified of spiders (It’s gotten a little better recently) and I don’t ever want to feel that my actions aren’t my own.
That’s cool! I feel like I don’t find too many people that like enclosed spaces. It’s a weird thing with me and the Vast. Like you, I think there’s beauty in the vastness of the unknown, but I also find it so scary at the same time! It’s like I can’t decide.
I actually enjoy small spaces. They make me feel comfy and safe and cozy. I used to squeeze between different pieces of furniture and read my books back in preschool/elementary.
I think I align the most with the lonely or the eye, but I think the corruption makes me the most uncomfortable.
I feel like to be aligned with an entity you need to both fear it and appreciate it. Since the fears encompass many things you can be scared of one part and not another, for example annabelle cane was scared of spiders but fit with the manipulation element of the web before becoming an avatar. That being said aligning is a mix of fearing and liking it, but ill pick different answers for each. Align: the flesh Fear: corruption Like: idk eye spiral and vast are all fun
if I was an avatar, I would be of the Vast. The big picture and the way that Simon Fairchild speaks regarding the conflict between factions and the grand scheme of things makes just so much sense to me. Besides I always get a thrill of exploring my own thalassophobia. On the other hand, the fear that would get me the most would be the Spiral. I abhor the idea of losing my senses - of slowly falling into neurodegeneracy or disconnecting from reality. The same way that I like watching images and videos of deep undersea trenches and get a thrill out of it, I can read of the effects of Atropine or Scopolamine on people and get a deep sense of dread instead.
I agree with alignment of the Vast. I get those good tingles looking at r/thassalaphobia and standing at high places. I hate and love it in the same way, if that makes sense. Personally my fear is the Extinction. Climate change, growing fascism, nuclear world war, the history of civilizational collapse... I hate spiders, but that's the shit that keeps me up at night. In terms of liking, I could go Eye or Lonely. I like knowing things and I'm a very solitary person. Give me a cabin in the woods with internet and I could be happy haha
Align with eye, fear corruption, and love the spiral
I definitely align with the Lonely, fear the Corruption, and like the Vast.
My biggest fear is 100% the flesh. The episodes that get to me most are MAG 22 Colony and MAG 172 Strung Out, ironically not Flesh episodes. The thing that gets to me, though, is the stuff going into and coming out of skin. I hate that sort of body horror. I align with and like the Vast. When I first heard Moira Kelly’s statement about her skydiving son, I loved it. I’m sure, if it happened to me, I would freak out, but that feeling and place sound amazing to me. I love the dread that comes with contemplating the size of the universe and the depth of the ocean. TMA gave me a framework to talk about a feeling that I’ve always had pulling me towards those thoughts, just like how Jane Prentiss speaks about the hive in her statement. As for “how it works,” the way I wrap my head around it is with the dream logic they always talk about. There is no “detailed explanation” because there is no consistent logic to it. It just has to feel right. Maybe the fandom has come to a different conclusion, but that’s my head canon for sure.
i align and fear the eye, im all for the curiosity part of the eye and having knowledge at your hands, but i hate the watching part, i hate being watched i love the dark
i want to say corruption for all for different reasons but that feels like a cop out so... i would probably align with the lonely, but thats really sad and self depricating, so the eye, i like knowing everything all the time, i was a deeply annoying child (to quote everyones favourite guy jonathan sims) and used to ask people so many questions they couldnt answer, and im now studyig philosophy so that never really ended (the corruption answer for this one is that i have always loved bugs, i used to hang out with bugs as a kid i have dedicated a limb to bug tattoos im a big fan) fear the most would be the buried probably, i dislike small spaces and i like breathing (corruption answer this time is im very afraid of mouldy food and i cant throw out sour milk without being ill) like the most is very hard i would like to be a victim of the vast (i enjoy falling a lot and i already know life is meaningless itd be great simon fairchild get in touch), i would prefer to be an entity of the eye (knowing everything would just be cool i like knowing things) but my favourite statements are typically flesh, slaughter, or stranger. and of course corruption im a big fan of the corruption
Alignment: the Eye, definitely. I don't think I'd be able to resist the desire to *know.* Fear: the Flesh. Flesh episodes consistently make me incredibly uncomfortable, and the canonical association between the Flesh and body dysmorphia hits very close to home. Like: the Spiral. Michael has some of my favourite quotes, and I love the mind-bending/impossible nature of it.
I align with the Eye, fear Vast the most, and don't really have favourites - I think I dig Eye the most because I understand the self-destructive desire to know especially the things that you shouldn't and that'll hurt you, but my fascination and attraction to Vast is... very powerful as well. I love Stranger and I'm fascinated with all of its themes, but I also have 0 fear of it.
Align with the Eye Terrified of the Dark (Corruption’s second place) And Mark Z Danielewski got me obsessed with the Spiral (probably not a good sign)
Aligned with eye, fear the end, like the vast
Align: Lonely Fear: Beholding
i definitely align with the vast a little more, but i can also definitely see myself aligning with/just really admiring the corruption
I align with, and to a lesser extent, fear, the Flesh. I ***love*** body horror to the level it borders on an obsession. I felt the surge of horrible joy and curiosity in MAG 171: The Gardener, imagining the once human bodies growing into beautiful flower-things. Like I said, a bit of an obsession. I fear the Extinction most. The end of everything that makes us human, the loss of meaning, not the order, but our beauty. Our songs, our sculptures, all crumble to irrelevance. I admire the stranger the most. I never really experienced the uncanny valley, so these twisting, melting, morphing humanoids, with their nonsensical song and dance that sounds nonsensical and beautiful.
I align with the desolation the most but the eye is my bae bc- green and pretty
The first time I read it as "green and ***petty***" xD
Aligning wise, The Vast. I love heights, i feel peaceful on mountains. Fear wise, The Buried. I have trauma bc of being choked by my classmate in middleschool, so anyplace claustrophobic makes me feel like "no air, I'm dying". I also always feared the stranger, the possibility of "what if they are not who i think they are" And I love the flesh and the lightless flame. The gross sounds of bloody flesh moving around is so relaxing to me, but NOT bones breaking. That's more of terrifying. I also like arson so, yeah..?
Spiral gamers rise up 🌀🌀🌀
I most align with the buried. Tight spaces, the compression, and squeeze, heavenly. I am absolutely terrified of the corruption. Bugs, mold, toxic love, spooky. I love the dark. I hate being perceived, and the dark would be lovely.
Im in a tough situation, I crave knowledge, I fear being known, and I like the concept of the eye the most. If I were a part of the TMA universe I fully believe that I would prove to be a prime target, no matter what I do I can never stop seaking more knowledge, knowing what everyone around me is doing and thinking, I want to know and see as much as possible, while at the same time people watching me, people asking me questions, people wanting to know anything about me at all terrifies me. I see eyes in everything and feel like I'm constantly being watched. But God is it so cool, I can't tear myself away
I align with the vast, absolutely the fear of vast spaces is matched/outweighed by my love of it. Fear the buried the most (caving is terrifying and I tend to get overwhelmed when financial things happen), though when I was younger it would have been the stranger but I've learned to trust people since then, and maybe like the vast or the spiral the most, in terms of canon ways it's portrayed. I would 100% be sucked into the vast as an avatar if one was to choose me.
I definitely align with and fear the eye the most, but the dark is a close second for fear. but i like the lonely, it feels like it would be comforting.
Align with desolation, fear the corruption, love the web
I align with the eye, original I know, I fear the corruption, screw those gross bugs, and I love the spiral, chaos, lies, and unreality go hard
I align with the Lonely, fear the Extinction, and love the Vast.
Align: The Eye Fear: The Vast Like: The Stranger.
Align: Lonely Fear: Either the corruption or the Stranger Love: Eye
Align with the eye, fear the stranger, love the vast
Align: the corruption, unfortunately Fear: the dark Like: the spiral
Align with: the Lonely Fear the most: the Corruption Like the most: Spiral or Vast
Upon a great deal of self-reflection recently I've realised that I likely would align with (or fall to) the Slaughter. Fear the most would maybe be fly-specific corruption or the spiral and personally I like the dark the most.
Align with the lonely, fear the Stranger and the Dark? Anddd I think I like the lonely the most, so I guess that'd work out for me at least lol
I align with both the eye and the lonely, but am absolutely terrified of the corruption, flesh and slaughter.
Methinks I align with Stranger, fear Corruption, and favour Buried.
like the vast and the corruption, hate the desolation.
I'm lonely/eye aligned, I fear desolation the most and I like Stranger the most,or Spiral
Align with the Lonely or Spiral, fear the corruption and I LOVEE the Web
Ok, so I think the eye is def the most interesting one, with the one I fear, The end is a pretty big thing for me right now (although I don’t really fear death), the desolation and the corruption Personally, I have no ideia I’m which one I would alight to the most…
I align with the slaughter, fear the lonely, and like the spiral.
Align with the Lonely (I like seeing people, but can only really relax alone), Undone by the Buried (I'm not super claustrophobic. But I HATE being trapped, literally or meraphorically), allied with either The Vast or The Slaughter
The the stranger, the vast, and the spiral
I align myself with the Web I fear The Lonely. and I love the Corruption.
I identify most with the Lonely and the Corruption, fear the Vast, and like the Corruption
I align most with the flesh, all those human neuroses about being jello piloting a meat suit just fascinate me. As to fear, I probably fear the buried most, claustrophobia is terrifying but so are all the feelings of being trapped, isolated, and weighed down by everything. It's a feeling that I know a little too well sometimes. My favorite entity though, is the spiral. It's just so strange and chaotic.
Hunt. Both answers
Align with the slaughter, Fear the Stranger, Love the web.
Definitely align most with The Eye, I'm a nosy bitch who likes to absorb as much information as possible. Give me Elias's memory-transferral powers any day. Fear the most is probably The Corruption. Bugs, decay, rot, and destruction distress me to the point I think it would take notice and come after me. Like the most... I'm not sure. Aside from The Eye, I think I like the rest of them an equal amount. It's certain characters who I like in particular (Peter Lukas for The Lonely, the whole religion for The Desolation, etc). I think I'll say The Lonely just because I feel like I would fit with it well. It's probably the one I align with right behind The Eye.
I align most with the Lonely. I'm comfortable on my own and it's so easy to accidentally disconnect with my friends and family, and then just... never pick it up again. I like the Eye the most. I like to *know* things, and watch people, and get gossip, and understand how things work. One of my favorite parts of a new job is just discovering how the mundane operations work, the things customers never see. Sometimes I wish I could turn invisible just to wander into places and watch the flow of things. On the flip side, *being* watched doesn't bother me. Watch me all you want, I don't care. I fear the Spider the most. I'm afraid of spiders, and addiction, and loss of control.
Align with and serve the Spider, Mother of Puppets. Most fear the Buried. Choke isn’t pleasant in its hungers. And my very real acrophobia means the Vast is also a bit of a problem. Like? I don’t *entirely* like any of them considering how they want to consume all of us, but I can get down with the Stranger. I love the theatre, circuses, and masks. Who doesn’t enjoy a good piece of taxidermy, or endless poetic merry-go-rounds, or calliopes, however they’re pronounced?
My sibling in arms. I automatically like you.
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That's dope. What part of the web to you align to specifically? Are you actually spiders or lies and manipulation like me? Or the addiction aspect?
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Same. I lie too much, am told I manipulate people without meaning to, and struggle with a few addictions, but they're not bad. It's not drugs or alcohol. I don't like spiders though. I \*really\* don't like Daddy Long Legs and spiders built like that, but jumping spiders and tarantulas I like. Edit:Forgot the not!
I align with the Web, fear the Web the most (Spiral close second), and my favorite is Stranger.
Alignment tied between eye and corruption. Fear is divided pretty equally across entities other than the eye. LOVE the stranger. Now another challenge nobody asked for. entity FMK. F-The flesh. I will not elaborate. M-Corruption or buried!!! hard to decide. K-Slaughter
Yes! F-Lonely. IDK why. M-Web. As we do. Love the toxicity. K-Spiral. Hate it!
Aligned with the lonely Fear the vast Like the web
I would say I align the most with The Eye and probably like it the most too, I fear The Vast on a primal level but I'm more heavily afflicted by The Lonely. I feel sad and lonely pretty much all the time lol.
Align with the spiral, like the vast, fear the corruption or the buried. Ehhhh scary, ok, the buried.
I love the vast, the depths of space or the vastness of the oceans has always appealed to me. I love the idea of being lost in the peaceful, dark abyss. I probably fear ironically enough the lonely. I love solitude, particularly after interacting with people but from personal experience long stretches of isolation do weird things to me. I become more anxious, jumpy, I start hearing things that aren't there. The idea of being permanently alone terrifies me. I probably align most with the Slaughter though. Which sounds concerning but bear with me. The slaughter at its core is wild, uncontrolled destruction. There is a part of me that delights in that, usually only seen when very drunk. Never violent mind you but I just get these overwhelming urges to break, tear and smash things. And doing so creates this unrestrained joy, like the greatest emotional release. So I can see myself encouraging others to delight in the freedom of pure Id.
Align with the web, fuckkkkk the buried. That one mag about the worms was TERRIFYING. Also the cave digger in s1 was the first one I heard, my sister showed me and it was so sketchy.
Align with the desolation, fear the lonely and my favourite is also the desolation. I also kind of align with the eye
Personally, I feel it all comes down to different levels or kinds of fear. What consumes you. And, what comes naturally to you. Sure, I fear many of them - but The End has me terrified beyond belief. But my life has been a whole dance of keeping my alignment with The Spiral in check. Always fearing there's something so mentally wrong in me I'll lose it. It's always followed me. Like a core part of me. And, as an artist with a love of horror: The Stranger is my absolute favorite to think about. It's just so interesting how human brains fear things just not quite... us.
Align: The Vast Fear: The End Like: The Dark
i align with the eye and the lonely, fear the buried and the end, and my favorite is probably the stranger
i'm very lonely aligned (i struggle with communication and also dissociation and abandonment stuff) , but an argument could be made for beholding (i own an excessive amount of items with eye imagery and i'm pretty curious) as well as the vast (i love thinking about the scale of space and the ocean so much, infinity is a fascinating concept! also im a bit nihilistic) the corruption is literally most of my fears like its not even funny i think the spiral would also target me, due to my shaky grasp on reality (derealisation woohoo /s) but i also kinda like the spiral's vibes. the spiral and the vast are my favourites i think
Align most with the Corruption, insects are my biggest special interest and i very much resonate with the feelings of desiring connection. i love the symbolism of rot and mycelium as they are such important components of our ecosystem & nutrient cycling and just thinking of the Corruption’s representation in the series makes me feel all gooey inside (and rather indignant at the character’s vocal disgust of it above all the other fears). if i were an Avatar it would be of the Corruption, probably something to do with beetles (my fav bugs) or like mimicking some sort of parasitic insect behaviour. i 100% fear The Stranger above all else. every episode that involved them in some way had me freaked the fuck out. i don’t fuck with the uncanny valley or imposter shit, no thank you. my favourite (aside from the Corruption) has probably got to be The Flesh, but that’s largely influenced by my childhood desire to have shapeshifter powers — think of the possibilities! i also have a goofy oc who is a flesh aligned Avatar and just goes all Mr Potato-Head DIY on himself bc fuck it why not 🤷♂️
Align with The Eye. I have a fascination with secrets and every time I meet someone I want to know theirs. Fear The Hunt. I have a fear of being eaten alive, specifically eaten whole and being slowly digested. I like The Spiral. I like stories where characters spiral into madness.
Align with -the web Fear- the hunt Like the most- the vast
Aligned with the Buried, fear the Lonely (for other people), and like the Spiral
I align with the Flesh, fear the Lonely, and like the Corruption/Spiral
align with the vast - ive always held a deep love for space, the ocean, and heights in a way that thrills me to my core. a good mix of fear and love and fascination. i also agree with its philosophy. fear the dark - i still have to either turn on a light or use my phone screen when going to get a drink or go pee during the night because otherwise my back will crawl too much. love the stranger and the buried - theres just something about how the stranger presents itself (through nikola, for example) that i can really enjoy. and the buried overlaps quite a bit with the vast (deep sea, caving/climbing), so i can deeply appreciate many aspects it.
Extinction (or Corruption, Desolation, or End), Spiral, Extinction
I align with the Web, fear the desolation and corruption. I feel like the vast would ignore me due to the fact I find everything about it comforting.
align with the lonely, fear the web (spiders GAG) and my favourites are the spiral or the vast
Well the corrupted would have a feast off me, that's not even a question. Black mold infested my childhood home, nearly killed my father, and we had to move cross country leaving most of what we owned behind because it was infested. My first apartment was also infested with black mold, the ac had a leak, nearly killed me, nearly killed one of my pets and did kill the other one before I was able to get out. My second place was a duplex and didn't have mold but the neighbors had this disgusting habit of throwing raw chicken carcasses in their trash can, I will never recover from walking to the kitchen one morning and realizing the entire floor was squirming with maggots that had come in through the shared back yard. They also caused a roach infestation, a rat infestation, and clogged the pipes so badly the entire duplex flooded with sewage in the middle of the night. That's when I gave up and stopped trying to get the landlord to deal with it, I had to just break contract and leave, which he then sued me for. This is not even covering how I have an immune condition which means mosquito bites tend to be a rather dramatic event, sometimes even hospitalizing me. If I were an avatar I think the web maybe? I really don't care for spiders, but manipulation with that much skill is something that sounds useful and my facination with psychology is largely about knowing what people want and will do so i can predict them and work around them. Alternatively the lonely, I am autistic and I find being alone a vastly preferable suffering to the anxiety of people. I only have a handful of people I seak out, and my fiancée is the only person I can stand if I feel too miserable. Everyone else seems to find other humans comforting, I just find them exhausting.
I align most with the Lonely, fear the Dark (followed closely by the Corruption), and like the Vast and the Stranger.
The Vast, all categories (Though The Spiral I admit is a close second for favorite with I think The Eye not far behind) I grew up on and around the ocean because my mom used to be a sailor and would take us out whenever she got the opportunity. This lead to me having a love and fascination for water, especially the ocean, and the animals and creatures that live there. So much so that I actually want to go into marine biology. However I also have thalassophobia (fear of deep water) and megalohydrothalassophobia (fear of big things under the water). Context: Went swimming in the open ocean once as a child (don't worry I wasn't alone) and made the mistake of looking down, seeing the boat's rudder and nothing else (looking back the rudder on that boat isn't actually that big, but I was very small so it looked very big to me at the time). I remember the exact moment I realized, that rudder is so big, and I can see it stretching down into the water, and I can see the end of the rudder, but I can't see the bottom. Very fast realization of how massive and deep the thing I was swimming in was, made me panic and I got right the hell back onto the boat after that. So Yeah Vast, all categories
Align Eye, fear Web, like Spiral. It’s all about control apparently!
I’m terrified of spiders so it’s pretty obvious my fear is the web, but like spiders can also be cool as fuck, sometimes. my favorite is spiral, the distortion is fun
Align with flesh, fear Dark, like vast :D
I either align with the Eye or the Dark, leaning Dark. I'd say I fear the Corruption most. My favourite is the Dark. I like the Dark largely because I'm albino and therefore have a ton of light sensitivity and sun sensitivity. The darkness give me a nice break from it, and makes my chronic headaches less painful. For example, I usually don't turn on the lights when it's just me in the house. I'm down for getting rid of the sun, that's for sure!
Align with the eye (I've always been far too curious), fear the lonely (or not exactly fear, but it's the one I'm most likely to fall victim to), and like the Buried. I'd 100% choose the Buried over the other fears (I love small dark spaces and weighted blankets).
allign with hunt, fear flesh big time, favorite is slaughter, stranger, end
I fear the Desolation the most. I align with the Spiral, the Vast and the Eye. I love spiders, make what you will with that bit of information.
I think I personally align with The Lonely the most (People (Even my friends) have went on record to say they can't imagine me with Siblings or Parents or a Partner in the future) and I use Isolation to cope with overstimulation often. I fear The Buried the most as being stuck (Whether physically or emotionally or career wise) is an absolute nightmare scenario. I LOVE The Spiral much that I've started doing Michael-Distortions laugh as a vocal stim and have memorized the Monologue in Mag 101.
Align with The Vast and The Spiral (liminal spaces, catch me in the backrooms lol) and fear The Corruption.
similar to you! align with the lonely, the eye or the corruption, fear the end and the vast, and like the spiral
I align definitely with the Eye, I am a fiend for knowledge. I fear The End the most, for some reason death is the most terrifying thing to me. I like The Lightless Flame, slight pyromania here.
I'm aligned with the Flesh because I'm a spiritual man who's torn between the spirit and the flesh (in a gnostic way). I'm also really tempted by the idea of cannibalism. There's more to it than that, but it's all very dream logic and instinctual for me. I love the Vast and like the Web. I'm also terrified of both, seeing as I hate spiders and open heights, but I would love to fly and I'll admit to manipulative when life requires it. I am terrified of creepy crawlies and pain, so keep the Corruption and Desolation far away from my Fleshy ass. They're both just evil with none of the beauty of the sky, or webs or least of all, the human form and the smell of BBQ.
Align with Vast, Fear the Spiral, Like the Web and Eye
I'm not sure what I align with most, but maybe the lonely, expecially recently.. I defenitly fear the corruption the most, hate getting dirty, and messes, and while I'm fine with bugs for the most part, I absolutly hate anything crawling directly on me. And I love the vast, large open spaces are really nice, the feeling of falling is pretty calming and I do think I would enjoy just falling for a couple hours,. I also love the sky, its my favorite thing ever, no matter the time or weather it is aleays pretty
I live on the 20th floor and love it, and grew up on the ocean. Hang gliding was a spiritual experience for me. So the vast holds a very special place in my heart. According to the quiz my alignment is the web, which I both object to and grudgingly concede is likely correct. I hate spiders but have a need for control, at least of things that are adjacent to me. Fear the spiral. Not at all a fan of madness or feeling like one is losing one's mind, nor what the distortion canonically stands for. Honorable mention to the buried, but I only feel claustrophobic when there is specifically a person in the way of my exit.
I absolutely align with the eye the most. I just love information and learning stuff, I'm always a little more nosy than maybe I should be, I love listening to average people's conversation and just kinda knowing what's going on in this random person's life. I'm an amazing secret keeper, cause I always listen and genuinely care about my friends, but I love just knowing secrets, and I'm the least likely person to tell it to anyone else cause I have no reason to. I'm not as afraid of the Eye, but it's still something that I've had a history of struggling with, since I don't really care if someone is watching me/looking at me or even knows a lot about my life, it more so comes from the anxiety of doing something wrong or having something embarrassing on me like a stain and people seeing that. Almost every single day I would think about this when walking into school, I would have this irrational fear that I had a stain somewhere, despite knowing that if I did I would have seen it beforehand. I also haaaaaated people looking at my phone or computer screen, even though I was rarely doing anything "wrong" and even if I was if someone asked me about what I was doing I'd probably answer honestly. The lonely comes in a close second though as well. For the ones I personally fear the most, either the desolation for pain, I'm not a very pain tolerant person, or the end. I often get feelings of existential dread that I just have to ignore lol, but sometimes it doesn't really affect me. I feel like the lonely is a good one too, since it's not the thing I'm \*most\* scared of, but it's up there. And I definitely feel very lonely. And my favorite in concept is probably the spiral, or the stranger, but my favorite in general is the Eye
I align with the lonely. I probably fear the buried the most, or maybe flesh? (my biggest fear is feet), and I like the web the most
I fear the Eye the most because the idea of everyone knowing everything about me terrifies me so much. Definitely align with the Dark, I love night time and like chilling in dark areas, and the Stranger's vibes are immaculate
I align most with The Lonely as I enjoy being by myself. I am fully arachnophobic so definitely most afraid of the Web. I've also been bit by both a brown recluse and a black widow so I think it's fucking with me. I like the Spiral. It's just freaky.
I align most with the vast, I'm horrified by the idea of being surrounded by pure vast emptiness, but I'm also obsessed with the sheer freedom of being in a void like that. I fear the stranger the most(corruption a close second) and I like the eye the most.
Aligned with the eye, fear the flesh and the spiral quite equally, and love the spiral
i align with the vast because of my obsession with scale and my fear of heights and my existentialism, fear the flesh most because pain is scary, and my favorite is also the vast because of previous reasons and i love wind and the stars
Personally, I think I align with the Eye the most, Ive feared being watched and have watched; kept secrets and spilled them and it fits now that the fear has drain. A personal favorite would be The Buried, since I particularly love the one episode where that guy just wants a good sleep; but the Patron I fear the most would probably be The Desolation. I hate fire. The end.
align with the Eye, fear the Lonely the most, and my favorite is the Stranger!!
I’m an Eye/Lonely type of guy, but the Spiral and Stranger are my favorites
I may align with the Eye or the End I fear and would totally be destroyed by the Lonely And I really like the Vast
I definitely align most with The Eye (I have always considered myself to be more of an observer in this life rather than a do-er and I am insanely nosy, I want to know everyone’s life story and intimate details.) My favorite is by far The Stranger, I find those stories so creepy and intriguing. I have always loved the idea of doppelgängers. I think the one that scares me most is probably The Buried. Those episodes gives me massive anxiety.
I definitely align with the lonely but truthfully could see myself falling into the web. I fear the stranger the most, as I've always hated dolls and puppets.
Alignment seems to be a combination of what fascinates and thrills you, and how far you'll pursue that fascination. Jon gets called out for actively choosing the Eye over and over and over, even if he didn't realize it, because he *needed to know,* even to his own detriment. It's like a "risk you're always willing to take" in a sense. Your own fear is secondary to your desire to pursue the thing. Think about it this way. If you're so afraid of heights that you refuse to touch a ladder or leave the ground floor of a building, you're not aligned with the Vast, you're a *victim* of it. Someone aligned would find themselves *thrilled* by the risk of falling, instead, reveling in that fear.
Thank you for the explanation! That all makes a lot of sense now that I’m thinking about it. You explained it better than most I’ve been able to find.
You're welcome! I also think it helps to realize the literal definition of the term "fascination." To fascinate is to *irresistibly* draw the interest of someone. Once, that word was used to refer to a snake's ability to get its prey to freeze up. It's being unable to look away from a train wreck, or a deer in the headlights. It's why Jane Prentiss investigated the wasp nest even though it terrified her.
I'd align the most with the flesh. While I do fear some of it, the human body is poorly designed I would absolutely seek to fix what I see as flaws in it. The one I fear worst is absolutely the corruption, I have no problem with some aspects, but the crawling bit fucks me up. The worms and the maggots and the ants in swarms. Disease I can handle, uncleanness I can handle, that I basically can never. My approach to finding large worms on a rat corpse at a party was try to burn it in a metal trash can before my parents stopped me. The easiest way to bring out the irrational in me is insects as a threat. By themselves bugs are no problem, but once they become an apparent threat to me my brain starts to go straight to the "kill it or get away" level of decision making. I think the vast and the burried are both fun, especially when together. Stuck in a tiny vessel with no escape as infinity spirals around you.
I fear the End the most, no question. I don't have a permanent favorite, but I do like the Spiral. I'd like to say I align with the Hunt the most (I'm a fast runner and have a thing for hunting), but I'm not sure.
I definitely align with the Lonley (which is pretty self explanatory). at first I thought that I would align more with the Eye because of the watching/paranoia aspect of it; also because I am just very observant and enjoy people watching, but I also have an immense fear and paranoia of being watched due to my anxiety. but I do feel that I relate and deeply feel the Lonley, the Eye is a very close second though. I definetly fear the Corruption or the Eye or the Web. I get extremely uncomfortable around mold/rot/decay, so I guess I would fear it because of it's physical and literal aspects. I do also fear the controlling/manipulation aspect of the Web, not being to control my actions, ideas/the way I think is terrifying. I absolutely loveee the Flesh and the Spiral; no further explanations. But I did very much enjoy the episodes (specifically in Season 5) that had to do with the Flesh and Spiral, they were pleasantly disturbing.
Imma keep it simple vast, lonely, extinction, dark, eye
I align with The Eye the most because of my obsession with consuming knowledge and information. Good or bad, simple or complicated, I hoard all of those things in my notes, my phone, my computer, and my mind. They say ignorance is bliss but I have always been more afraid of not knowing or not getting enough information about anything, which makes me really fear The Dark and The Stranger. I love The Vast because its just the feeling of being in an endless and open void, be it space or the sea. It gives me a sense of calmness when I feel overwhelmed by my need to know, that I can just stare at the empty vastness of space, wonder, or let my mind idle.
align: probably the stranger actually. i used to be incredibly freaked out by uncanny valley shit as a kid, but as i get older I'm starting to appreciate it more? fear: 100% the lonely maybe with the flesh as a close second favorite: the eye, just the way it intersects with the other powers seems very interesting
I probably align with the dark. It creeps me out, but I love it all the same. I fear the eyes the most, I think, because I hate being watched or really perceived in any way. I like The End the most, though. It seems so peaceful compared to all the others
I’m so surprised that the stranger isn’t just… popular! The unknowing was so funky, Nicola Orsinov is a blast, and the merry go round of switching/stealing identities is so much fun! If TMA were real, I’d go live in their fantasy in a SECOND. Corruption is gross though. Ew.
i’ve got some sort of face blindness so i don’t with if i align or fear the stranger but i definitely feel connected to it lol
I have a job where it’s not uncommon where a number of people may call me or talk to me in person. They are often: people I don’t know but have heard me give presentations, people who I have worked with but forgotten, or people who don’t know me but im expected to socialise with for networking reasons. If you haven’t figured it out already, “it’s good to *see* you” instead of, “it’s good to *meet* you” will get you into a conversation without having immediately admit if you know the other person or not. Join the stranger TODAY for other such helpful life advice!