He sees you when you're sleeping.
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you've been bad or good.
What if this guy wasn't in sleigh but a old banged up motor, crawling outside your house at 4am. He makes judgements on your kids and that determines what he gives them because present refusal is apparently impossible except for religious exemptions. For the bad, he gives a fossil fuel, a threat/promise that every time the kid is bad in his eyes, he's going to kill off the world. For the good, they get a toy they've always wanted. How does this dude know what your kids want. is he intercepting their mail?
He lives far out in the middle of nowhere, probably to avoid paying tax and to ignore all labour force laws. works all year to stalk your kid and his method of delivery is standing in the pitch-black, at the bottom on your kids bed. his breath infused with sherry and rum soaked fruit. the pastry that housed the fruit, now all but crumbs in his beard that drop like dandruff on the kids feet as he bends over and rummages in his sack to put the 'present' at the end of the bed/under the tree (traditions vary). then he leaves. Or at least you hope he leaves and hasn't set up shop in your loft.
Now tell me Christmas isn't just a façade of a happy event to try and cover for the deep horrors of the season.
What is Tara's greatest fear?
The Dark - Didn't seem happy about the dark in the later end of series five.
Loss of a Loved One - She has already lost a mother, can she take losing anyone else?
Cold Feet - Sometimes you have to solve your own fears with human friction.
Herself - Raised to believe herself a demon, demons are scary although some are considered helpful members of society.
Miss KittyFantasico - Meow.
Losing her Mind - "At least vampires just kill you" Seems a brain sucker causes more fear for Tara than death.
Santa - She now knows the truth and she is smart enough to know disembowelling isn't good.
The Maclays - some childhood fears never leave and are very rational.
Magic - Two sides to every coin.
Other - Many fears out there, Please say in comments.
Its something I've thought about a lot in previous weeks and there are a lot of contenders. not to say Tara is a scared-y cat, not by any means, I feel she is more openly honest about what she fears on a daily basis compared to other characters.
I think most of the contenders all lead to a direct source/root which in my opinion is herself.
Trying to summarise it without writing out an essay. I see self hatred (calling herself a dummy in Family), reflection of rejection ( Due to her upbringing she thought Willow would reject her, perhaps she thinks she would reject herself if roles were reverse and she was faced with someone of her situation.) Loss of mind again a loss of self. Losing a loved one, she gets so much from other people it would be losing part of herself. there's a lot of self involved.
Its not so much if a mirror image of herself was put in front of her that she would fear it but more a fear of herself in a sense of what she is possibly capable of, the harm and danger she could cause. which could possibly be reason for the restraint she shows. Using fear and pain as a motivator to do better instead of falling victim to it (a possible perception of why she was treated so by the Maclays).
In short, I choose herself.
