having lights on isn't generally scary so when the lights accidentally turn off in sb, it's the catalyst for the daycare scene. it plays on the fear of the dark and the unknown. so in this au the lights turning on would symbolize the fear of being known and knowing, right?
like,,,, you know the scene from Over the Garden Wall when the beast is lit up for like a millisecond?? the beast used to be scary because you don't know what was under the shadow, but at that moment the beast is scary because now you know what's under the shadow.
tldr; how would you enable fear via the catalyst of the lights being on?
In this au the fear is being exposed completely.
There is no hiding, there is no safety, you are out in the open.
Exposed.
You could stay behind the security desk out of touch, but that doesn't make you safe with Sun waiting on the other side and waiting. Same goes with the play structures, though he only follows a long side where you are going inside, but will stare blankly at you with his ever growing grin.
Or is it growing?
Maybe your just paranoid.
One moment you look away from him and he's gone the next, now you're wondering where he went.
Where did he go?
Is he inside the structure?
Is he tricking you?
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That is the sort of fear I want to be felt.
There is also the fear of failing, if you fail a game Inverted Sun has in store or break a rule then something will happen.
The list can go on, especially with how Inverted Sun's complete personality is. I always show him being a big lively goof but the reality really is... he isn't that way all the time.
He's very dangerous, and as much as Moon's finds Sun in this au to be annoying or irritating... Moon is Scared of Sun, and scared of Sun coming out.
That's why he's distant, he doesn't want to get attached to people older.
He really only shows much love to the kids that come to the Daycare.
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If Inverted Sun and Inverted Moon were separated in this au I bet you Moon would be scraped within hours by Sun.
Sorry, I got off track and probably didn't completely answer your question-
I have this thing in which my art remains pretty lighthearted while my fics are always all kinds of weird; I wanted to keep all fordoweek arts on the sweeter side so I think this does count as ghost and curses without being too spooky or sad?
[ID 1: Animated fanart of Captain Fordo from the Star Wars franchise. Portrait of Fordo staring at the viewer, eyes wide; he's clearly spooked and sweating from the forehead. Behind him are two eyes looking at him. When the eyes settle on the view they close immediately. After a while, they open again to stare at Fordo, then at the viewer on a loop. /END ID]
[ID 2: A still of the GIF, with the eyes looking at Fordo. The dark layer has been removed for easier viewing. /END ID]
Listing triggers in case the tag filters don't work: scopophobia, scoptophobia, horror, spooky.