2026-01-08 17:09:48 ¶ ●

I think what made people feel the need to create "new" fear categories that the Smirke's fourteen "missed" was the fact that they themselves narrowed the original categories down to just a few (mostly aesthetic) traits. "I came up with a New and Completely Separate fear that doesn't fit in Smirke's fourteen" open your mindddd Smirke's categorization is just a collection of colorful umbrella terms you can fit whatever you want under there

Additionally the categories aren't even able to exist in a manner that completely separates one fear from another. They not only can but NEED to be mixed

2026-01-08 17:20:51 ¶ ●

I'm basically directly quoting canon here but the Fears really do oppose each other in the same way colours oppose each other. Smirke was really out there saying "red and green are sworn enemies" with absolute certainty