#ty again for indulging my silly little au aksdakjd

[hyperfixated-homo]

I'm invested now, why cosmic horror for Donnie? Also could you tell me what cosmic horror is, I've never heard of it before.

-g

Cosmic horror is the type of horror that delves into how irrelevant we are in the grand scheme of the universe. It's basically existentialism as a genre! Key features include eldritch horrors, magic, and monsters beyond our comprehension. It is also sometimes called "Lovecraftian horror" after the author H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote iconic books such as The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. A big part of those stories is the concept of forbidden knowledge- that learning too much can lead to our downfall as humans, as there are some things that we simply are not supposed to know.

Really, choosing this genre for Donnie was a no-brainer. He has a never-ending thirst for knowledge, a need to understand everything around him. Putting him in a setting where he literally cannot understand what is going on around him- or where receiving the information he craves so badly would hinder rather than help him- would be the ultimate nightmare. Beings capable of destroying reality as we know it would be his biggest fear.

I also think it would be interesting if Donnie was the only one really impacted by this genre. He's the only turtle who has a special interest in research and data collection, so I'd like to think that the others would be mostly unphased by his particular fear. In comparison, I'd like to think that at least one other brother fears each of the other three genres; Leo and Mikey would dislike paranormal horror, Raph would dislike slashers, and I like to believe that all four brothers really don't like psychological horror. Donnie is sort of alone in that way.