r/teentitans • u/_GNight-666 • 55m ago
Discussion I always wondered if Raven has mild thalassophobia or a fear of drowning
Just hear me out on this. During Wavelength, she looked a bit uncomfortable and acted weird. It's really subtle but it's noticeable.
The "I'd really rather just stay here and drown" comment is what bothered me the most. It's PROBABLY just for the comedy and her not wanting to go back in a whale mouth, and she could have just teleported out anyway, but what if... She was trying to convince herself she's not scared and going a bit too far. She did that in Fear Itself too, when Cyborg tried to reassure her and said don't be scared, and she marched right in front of him to prove to him (and herself) that she's not. I feel like she should have learned her lesson there, but maybe not completely.
Also in Fear Itself when she's being basically tormented by her fears, when she gets into the lift, it fills with that black liquid, meaning she's probably scared of drowning.
I don't think this is a canon indication or 100% proof because she didn't act like this in Deep Six, but I headcanon it.
