I've always thought about the difference between Trolls and Humans when it comes to their culture, and more specifically, I have thought about how Humans have made monsters in horror films specifically based around fears that we have as a species, or used to have, because they're common fears in nature.
For example, Zombies in modern media, while they do not originate from nature or whatever, are heavily modeled after the idea of things like Rabies and illnesses that completely take control of the body and force you to do things you wouldn't want to do at all. It plays into a very human fear that lies in actual nature, and we have just made it into something different and removed from what those illnesses do to people.
So, is there something similar but for Trolls? I have always wondered if Troll monsters are more akin to just monsters that can't be controlled. I would imagine that if Trolls are a bug-like species that have grown to be used to working as a team, a natural fear would be some other alien creature that causes chaos in a way that disrupts everything they've ever known. Which, IMO, is kind of showcased in the comic with the fact that the Horrorterrors, while not widely known about, are still terrifying for the average troll because it's a big scary monster that's so much larger and powerful than they are.
I imagine Monster movies like Godzilla would be scary to a Troll, whereas for Humans, kaiju movies aren't exactly "horror" because Humans are kind of used to fighting off larger beasts that are far deadlier than they are (that, and Kaiju movies were more or less stand-ins for environmental horror or man-made catastrophes. The fear is less "holy shit big lizard" and more so "holy shit humans MADE that big lizard". It is other monsters like a Xenomorph that can camouflage that scare humans, or the Predator from Aliens that is smarter than it appears to be, with bloodlust.
What other kind of Monsters do you think Trolls would be afraid of? Do you think they'd have different ideas on what constitutes as actually scary or not? Would some things only be scary for Trolls of certain castes too which is also an interesting topic.
