Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4682609-20140210041658/@comment-6973519-20140305045454

Leofan13 wrote:

Creck555 wrote:

SpiVenger wrote: Leofan13 wrote:

SpiVenger wrote: I think Donnie's fear makes more sense than you guys are giving the show credit for. It's basically like Leo: fear of his own failure. Specifically, failure that leads to hurting one of his closest friends. Notice how she brought up mutating her father. Leo was afraid of letting everyone else down, but since he has to face it every day, he was able to face it here. Donnie was afraid of April hating him and still blaming him for what happened to her father. I don't think Donnie was real focused on his own failure. Otherwise, he would have been having the same struggle that Leo was having, i.e., "I let everyone down," ... "I'm a failure," etc. Okay, fair enough. There's 2 kinds of "greatest fear" hallucinations. The realistic fears brought to life (Leo) and the acid trip minor fears (everyone else). Reguardless as to how afraid everyone actually is of what they were halucinating, the spores were upping it to "sheer terror" levels. I think the spores have an ability to tap into ones mind and find they're fears worst nightmares. Also, the more spores that hit you, the more afraid you were supposed to be. Either that, or since Leo was trying to fight his fear they had to hit him more to try to keep him afraid.

I assumed it was a simple halucinogen (like Scarecrow's fear toxin) but when they all got better just because Leo destroyed the main mushroom, I just gave up on it making sense.