I personally don’t think Anti is a manifestation of Jack’s fears. I think he is some kind of virus that has gotten into Jack’s head, and is trying to take over control. When is the easiest time to take control over something? When the person previously in control is losing control. In Jack’s case, when he’s scared or angry (cuz who in this world have full control over themselves when they are scared or angry?). That’s why we see Anti when a fear of Jack’s shows up (1/?)

fear-is-nameless:

I also think that’s why Anti plays on all these fears; the longer Jack isn’t in full control of himself, the longer Anti can keep control. tl;dr: Anti isn’t a manifestation of Jack’s fears, he just shows up when Jack’s scared, and tries to scare him more. (2/2) Thank you for listening, I needed to get this out.

Fear can be a powerful mechanism to catch someone in a moment of weakness, Anti can- and has- used this to his ultimate advantage against Jack many times before, and even against us.

I personally still like the idea that Anti is a manifestation of one’s specific fears (no- not just b/c Jack himself has liked that concept as well), but it also makes him a lot more wary and to be careful of. How can you fight against someone who uses your deepest fears against you? It’s very Pennywise-like.