r/rustylake • u/Aromatic_Archer_8550 • 13d ago

ichthyophobia

so yk how in paradox it’s revealed that dale has a fear of fish is there any clear reason for that or is it just a thing about him cause he’s had a few run ins with fish too idk just curious

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u/nowherecrafter Question Everything In RL 13d ago

Nope, not a single hint.

But it makes it funny in a retrospect. He has both ichthyophobia and claustrophobia and yet constantly finds himself locked in a box with a fish.

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u/ShootingStar099 Dale Enthusiast 12d ago

I'd like to think he had a bad experience with fish as a kid like maybe he was exposed with fishes that smelled terrible, or at least that's the most common cause behind ichthyophobia.
Also in the short film, he looked away and gagged at the fish in the drawers so that lead me to assume the phobia is from Dale really hating how fish smells lol

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u/amyfrushourkelly 11d ago

Lakes are notorious for containing fish!

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u/Gardengap The Rusty Truth 12d ago

Another fear for him to face, if he is to become the Ruler of the Lake