I Resist the Muses

What is your greatest fear?

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Prompt 1 : Who Am I?


Muse: Savannah Levine
Fandom: "Women of the Otherworld" by Kelley Armstrong
Words: 117

Prompt #2 : Family




Muse: Savannah Levine
Fandom: "Women of the Otherworld" by Kelley Armstrong
Words: 174

This isn't something I really think anybody wants my opinions of. With the exception of Paige and Lucas, and Clay and Elena, I'm pretty sure that all love does is tear you apart inside and make you cry.

But that's just me.


Muse: Savannah Levine
Fandom: "Women of the Otherworld" by Kelley Armstrong
Words: 43

There's a lot of thing I'm willing to admit I'm afraid of. There's probably a lot more I'm not willing to admit to.

I'm afraid of clowns -- I had a bad experience as a kid and it kind of turned me off them. I'm afraid of wraith, but who isn't? They're scary SOBs with their insanity and life sucking alienness. Anyone who isn't at least a little afraid of wraith obviously hasn't had to deal with them before. I'm willing to bet every person on Atlantis is terrified of them and what they could do to us if we dropped our guard against them even for a minute.

I'm afraid of dying, but again, who isn't? I don't have a death wish, but everyone around me knows that if I had to, I would to keep them safe. I know a lot of people would do the same and...okay, so maybe I'm a little afraid they'll have to do it one day. Let's leave that alone though because that was a little personal.

I'm afraid of the lovely Doctor Kate Heightmeyer. And I'll let everyone know that was sarcasm on the lovely there. Why, though, is one of those things I'm not willing to admit to.

But as for my greatest fear...?

No. That's not something I'm going to admit to, either.

I ain't afraid of nothing!

...okay, maybe a couple things.

Most of all?

Three words: Forgetting how to count.

Muse: Alex Hayden
Fandom: Agent X (Marvel Comics)
Words: 19

[Private]

Is my greatest fear discovery?

The real world finally peeking in on my deadly dark deviancy. It does have its... frightening qualities. They'd lock me up, possibly even through me on death row. The idea of death doesn't scare me. You can't do what I do and not have a simple reverence and acceptance for it. So no, discovery is not my greatest fear. It's what would come after.

The disappoint, damage, and depression it would inflict on those who care about me. My dear Deb would be devastated, and I can only imagine what would happen to Rita. And in this instance, it's not about feeling for their feelings, it's about something bigger.

Failing them. Failing myself.

And that's the true greatest fear of this neat little monster.

Failure. I have to control everything, keep it running properly, every bit in its neat place.

That's the Harry way. And Harry's way doesn't allow for failure.

Muse: Dexter Morgan
Fandom: Dexter
Words: 150

My greatest fear?

I've faced Morgoth, the most evil of all the Valar. I've been chained on a mountain to die. I've fought more battles than I can count. I've killed for vengeance, for an oath, for greed. I've killed to stay alive. I've endured poverty and near-starvation. I've fought balrogs and dragons, and all the fell beasts that ever spewed forth from Angband. I've seen the destruction of Beleriand itself and, out of sheer madness, hurled myself into a chasm of fire. I don't think there's anything left for me to be afraid of.

I think what drove me the most though, through all of that, was that I was afraid to fail. I swore an oath, made a promise, and the consequences of failing to uphold that oath were so terrible I could not even comprehend the possibility of failure. When my father was alive I could not bear for him to see me as a failure (although I think he always did, right from the start). After he was gone, I could not bear to be a failure in the eyes of the Valar, or in my own eyes. And even now, so long after, I still have that trait. Failure is never an option.

Comments welcome

Casey Z.
Prompt #3 Love

( cut for mild language )

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