- Percival had an awful experience with a magical creature when he was younger and so resultingly made sure to stay as far away from them as he could in the future because he always freezes up. its a BIG issue because he knows Newt's WHOLE JOB is magical creatures, but he can't help falling for the guy, so when they start dating and Newt eventually brings him into the case Percival is terrified but Newt is so comforting and slow-going and eventually he gets to be not so terrified. he's still wary, especially with the more dangerous creatures in the case, but he can let Dougal climb all over him and not freeze up & can even pick up the Occamies sometimes now
- Percival isn't necessarily afraid of "all magical creatures", just the ones in Newt's case - because he's under the impression that they recognize 'His Face' as 'Grindelwald, AKA the person who hurt mummy' and will therefore go after him if they see him. this fear is either a) exacerbated when Newt finally manages to coax him into the case and one of the creatures DOES act violently towards him (for reasons COMPLETELY unrelated to what he thinks it is) or b) proven fairly unfounded when Newt finally manages to coax him into the case and all the creatures are super welcoming (because he smells like Newt lol)
BASICALLY Percival not being comfortable around/being scared of the beasts and Newt (and the beasts) helping him get over this fear
Newt/Percival, Percival is scared of the beasts
- Percival had an awful experience with a magical creature when he was younger and so resultingly made sure to stay as far away from them as he could in the future because he always freezes up. its a BIG issue because he knows Newt's WHOLE JOB is magical creatures, but he can't help falling for the guy, so when they start dating and Newt eventually brings him into the case Percival is terrified but Newt is so comforting and slow-going and eventually he gets to be not so terrified. he's still wary, especially with the more dangerous creatures in the case, but he can let Dougal climb all over him and not freeze up & can even pick up the Occamies sometimes now
- Percival isn't necessarily afraid of "all magical creatures", just the ones in Newt's case - because he's under the impression that they recognize 'His Face' as 'Grindelwald, AKA the person who hurt mummy' and will therefore go after him if they see him. this fear is either a) exacerbated when Newt finally manages to coax him into the case and one of the creatures DOES act violently towards him (for reasons COMPLETELY unrelated to what he thinks it is) or b) proven fairly unfounded when Newt finally manages to coax him into the case and all the creatures are super welcoming (because he smells like Newt lol)
BASICALLY Percival not being comfortable around/being scared of the beasts and Newt (and the beasts) helping him get over this fear