Talk:Scared - AJ Creepypasta/@comment-24691825-20190210204544

You're asking me what does this mean?

I feel like this is about self-hatred and loss of identity. We start off with very minimal information about our main characters: Snowy plays Animal Jam and Snowball is her friend. An emotional detachment is created between us and the characters that piques our interest. The pale monster in the tv is how Snowy sees herself. She succumbs to the realization that she is not a good person, that she /is/ the cause of her problems. The only thing keeping her grounded to her self is her bunny from Animal Jam. Her bunny is the embodiment of Snowy's hopes. It's pure and not real, it exists only through her online persona. Snowy loses control of her thoughts and the manifestation of her self-hatred grows larger.

Her friend, Snowball, is scared off by the monster Snowy has become. This, I believe, is a very smart way of showing the underlying toxicity between these two friends. Snowball was said to be Snowy's Animal Jam friend. Snowball knows only of Snowy's pure and innocent bunny persona who has learned to repress the person she is. Snowball only knows of the growing monster once it has become obvious and personally effects her. We feel guilt for Snowball, but she is characterized as a greedy and self-centered person. Snowball fears the toxicity has spread to her and she begins to question if she is just as bad as the girl she used to know. This domino effects until Snowy has done what she does best once again; she ruined another person's life. Snowball's monster has grown bigger. She's insecure. She doesn't know who's worse.

Snowy grabbing Snowball's tail is a powerful scene. The tail is all thats left of Snowball's Animal Jam persona, all thats left of her security and self-love. Despite everything, Snowy reached out to Snowball and grounded her once again.It s revealed that the two had the same problems the whole time! It wasn't Snowy. It wasn't Snowball. They were both equally horrible people looking for an escape. They ultimately realize this and "die" together, wallowing in their own pities, unable to help one another out of the pits they've dug themselves into it. The author leaves the ending ambiguous on whether or not they remain monsters, which I think is beautiful.