#it's an...interesting tactic

[mercuriallily]

Not to be Musical Theatre on main but some people really refuse to sing the notes as written don't they

#sasha speaks #in my experience people who constantly add riffs and stuff like that can't actually sing very well #it's an...interesting tactic #if the score says ad lib or cadenza then knock yourself out #and some songs are definitely more flexible #but like. would it kill them to sing the damn song the way it's supposed to be sung #the first time I saw les mis live the éponine kept doing ridiculous riffs during on my own #and it really took me out of the moment #like girl. you're supposed to realise that you've been lying to yourself all your life you are not mariah carey in this scenario #on my own is already memed on enough as it is you don't have to add to that #anyway I'm considering on going back to musical theatre in september so I have a lot of Opinions #musical theatre has some of the most insufferable people you'll ever meet

[ahaura]

something something when the facade of western "democracy" continues to crumble, liberals are faced with the choice of either abandoning the systems that facilitate genocide, theft, exploitation, racism, etc. or resort to old habits that do nothing to seriously challenge or dismantle said systems... inevitably many will fall back on focusing on optics/aesthetics and hyper-individualizing their approach to combat their feelings of helplessness etc. and/or to avoid confronting the systems in place that have led to this moment (which they are most comfortable in, because liberalism never truly changes the systems in place)

the problem is not, never has been, and never will be the *tone* or *conduct* of palestinians (in occupied palestine or the diaspora); the obstacles in the way of peace&liberation are not from palestinians or palestinian resistance but the continuation of colonialism, the maintenance of which is inherently violent and oppressive. the people responsible for the genocide going into its 4th month are not palestinians who liberals want to tone police but the u.s. empire and its glorified military base settler colony, whose existence is founded + depends upon the genocide and ethnic cleansing of palestinians.

#in other words. liberals shut UP. #tone policing the ones whose people are being subjected to genocide is just #straight up racist. and fucking shitty. and stupid. and not going to fix anything. #this has already been said but idk it just breaks my brain #liberals w a genuine interest in justice and change may be having their world views shattered right now #but i PROMISE that resorting to tactics typical of liberalism (focusing on optics rather than actual substance and structural change) #is not going to get u anywhere except for needlessly harrassing the ppl suffering the most right now (palestinians).

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo being put into a situation where there is absolutely no fighting, just verbal manipulation and perception games, would be amazing to witness. We see a lot in the series how good he is at subterfuge and how he uses his perception to manipulate to great effect, so it’d be so cool to really see it put to the test even more.

Manipulation is one of the most effective tactical strategies of all time, so just imagine Leo putting this skillset of his to the full test. Imagine the boys slowly get up to busting bigger and more powerful criminals, including those with networks of crime under their belt, and a simple fight isn’t enough to take them down. For criminals like this, Leo’s skills in subterfuge would be deadly.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #me back to talking about Leo’s incredibly high affinity for subterfuge #genuinely think it’s one of if not his best and most honed skill #AND IT’S A VITAL NINJA SKILL #above fighting battle tactics and the like #it’s verbal blindspots #Sun Tzu’s The Art of War literally states that “the greatest victory is won without battle’’ #and idk I think Leo would be so good at this and we see him do it in the show quite a bit but not to the amount I yearn for #but yeah like just think Leo getting sent in and his bros standing guard #of course he wouldn’t be the ONLY one involved but 100% he’d be the main player #man idk I just really really love when their specific skill sets that ARENT the fighting ones are used it’s so interesting to me #like we already know Leo can easily take in a whole room’s worth of people and know exactly how to avoid them all #we know he can manipulate manipulators into his schemes #we know he’s good at improv which is essential to the games of speech high end criminals like to play #it would be SO INTERESTING #OKAY HEAR ME OUT- #he’s asked by Big Mama to join her at a criminal ball of sorts #she needs to regain power and he needs to take down big name criminals #thus a deal #no but really it’s so cool seeing Leo specifically do his best tactics through thinking like his enemy and predicting how they’d act

[royalarmyofoz]

GIRLS5EVA 3.01

#girls5eva #girls5evaedit #userladiesofcinema #userbbelcher #userstream #tvedit #dawn x wickie #* #girls5eva spoilers #interesting how that's dawn go-to tactic with wickie #interesting as in gay

[thelawsofdaylight]

I have a lot of respect for the Just Stop Oil protestors who interrupted Les Mis last night. I've done disruptive actions before and it's fucking hard. Any kind of direct action is hard, and anyone who participates in civil disobedience (or uncivil disobedience!) will know that.

But still. It's incredibly disheartening to see the negative responses from people who (presumably, seeing as they either follow the account and/or bought tickets to the show) are fans of Les Mis.

And like, I don't know, it's just making me reflect a lot on how popularised versions of Les Mis (mainly the musical) still fail to get through to people. It doesn't hammer home the message in the book's prologue, it's too easy for people to see it as that was then and this is now, that was over there and this is here, etc, etc. Like... I can't stop thinking about how quickly the protestors were thrown under the bus by both the audience and the theatre. How it's easy for people to exercise hypothetical solidarity towards a bunch of fictional characters yet not extend that to real life contexts. How everyone will unanimously agree that the National Guard are the bad guys and then turn around and cheer on the IRL cops for removing protestors. I don't know.

And I've been to productions of Les Mis before where people will cry during the barricade sequence or comment on how upsetting Fantine's story is and then come out of the theatre and walk straight past the unhoused people on the streets. It's not new. But it is particularly jarring when as soon as the lights come up people seem to forget how fervently they hoped that things would be different, and not realise they have to play a part in that change in order for that to happen. Like, the message of Les Mis is supposed to be if you do nothing, nothing will change.

The amount of people who don't seem to grasp that Les Mis condemns people exactly like them, who stood by, who turned away from the people trying to change things, it's just... It's so fucking frustrating.

#anyway i blame turning. fuck that song #and like. i will be the first to admit i don't agree with all of jso's tactics or targets. but i think this was a pretty good one #if only to expose the absolute hypocrisy at play between the themes of the show and the corporate interests of those at the top #it wasn't too long ago that lots of theatres had fossil fuel sponsorships. they're certainly not innocent here #and the people that i know within jso are some of the loveliest people ever. it hurts to see how much hate they're getting for this #les miserables #les mis

[qibilette]

tsunami is autistic here she is talking about her special interests <3

[ ID: A digitally drawn headshot of Tsunami from Wings of Fire. It looks like she’s happily talking about something. In her speech bubbles are several simple black and white drawings: a Cassin's auklet swimming and causing ripples, two weapons crossed, a seagull standing with its head turned towards the viewer. End ID]

#source: I am autistic and I care her #her special interests r battle tactics/history and seabirds btw :] the seabirds develop post arc 1 but it starts off when she sees #auklets feeding their chicks in the sea kingdom during tlh... thats why she names her little sister auklet #also redux content! I want to post more but im not very confident in my dragon art so we'll see #tag for it tho: #keeb wof #also #keeb art #wof #wings of fire #tsunami #wof tsunami #keeb roars #img Id by firnmist #thank u!

[yellowplumfruit]

i see a lot of people planning their dark urge characters to always be merciless and never resisting the urges which is still very cool as it’s own thing

but i really like the idea of the dark urge being very charming and unassuming (a bard maybe) that does all the right things to charm their party and the people they save but behind the scenes satisfies the need for violence and then eventually when everyone trusts each other they betray them in the most hurtful way

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #the dark urge #like they tactically resist an urge just so the betrayal hits harder in the future #the dark urge to the party: oh no we shouldn’t use the tadpole that would be bad :(((( anyways. im going to take a walk by myself #i think my favorite way to make a dnd character is for there to always be contradictions #whether that be in their appearance vs personality #or the gods they worship vs their actions #it just makes things more interesting for me! #i might draw them tbh but! who knows w my current hand pain

[toxooz]

👑

#konig #crunch cirnhc mm scrumptious #an artist i look up to as mini inspo to get down to the dirty with drawing out all the tactical equipment retweeted my konig portrait and #they single handedly made me interested in konig even back when i still didnt give quite a shit abt cod xcept for ghost #👼⏪😌 if that aint the most fulfilling ass shit WOOOOOOOOOOOOO #+ he just so fun to draw i love feral masked creacher men #my art #könig #fanart #cod #call of duty #könig mw2 #cod mw2 #cod mwii #call of duty modern warfare 2 #konig modern warfare #konig cod #modern warfare #call of duty modern warfare

[iced-coffeebean]

I will forever joke that in the new Hetalia series, they are playing glorified Yu-Gi-Oh.

It's giving Season 0.

I will not shut up about that.

ARE THEY GONNA SOLVE ALL THEIR PROBLEMS WITH CARD GAMES?!

Hima, don't let Konami see this lol

#hetalia #aph #hws #hetalia world stars #hetalia world stars gangsta #hws hetalia #aph hetalia #im just gonna fucking laugh if I see these mfs pulling YGO tactics #YGO x Hetalia collab??? #can they beat Yugi tho 😤 #god im so interested in this new series

[ninicaise]

damen & laurent are so iconic i think because as the tumblr expectations demand they Do share 2 single braincells where one of them is for pining & being horny and the other one is the most powerful braincell in the universe and it's for being the smartest most competent people in the five entire kingdoms. and that is inherently a very interesting combination

#the way damen dissects laurent's dialogue is so interesting to me #and the way he's right like 65% of the time increasing as the story progresses bc the only thing he lacks is context #genius4genius fr #they will have a conversation with each other about like battle tactics that is actually about the complexities of love and betrayal #looking at each other like they are on god having a sparring match #while both of their armies stare at them like what. thfuck is going on here #i just know it. i was there #damen x laurent #captive prince #lamen #they are freaks! they are obsessed with each other!! and guess what i love that 4 them

[the-woman-upstairs]

It’s just…so painful to watch Armand readily submit in order to obtain the love he so desperately craves. And while it’s most assuredly a manipulative tactic, it’s still one borne out of fear and desperation. He cannot lose this person he’s come to love and so will become whatever they want, do whatever they want just so they’ll stay with him. But it won’t be enough. No matter how much he acquiesces or seeks to control (himself, others, the environment), he won’t be able to make Louis stay with him in the perfect life, perfect self he built in the hopes of finally being loved. It will all crumble with Armand left alone in the rubble of what he created, the author of his own abandonment.

#this unfortunately hits way too close to home for me #let’s not even get into Claudia’s anger at never being enough #iwtv spoilers #interview with the vampire #armand #this is just me speaking from personal experience…but there is definite manipulation at play here from Armand #and I don’t necessarily mean that pejoratively- when you’re desperate for people to like/love you you’ll become whatever they want #or whatever you think they’d want and you give it to them so they’ll want to keep you around #I’ve done it so often with the people in my life- and make no mistake it’s also a survival tactic #you give someone what they want they won’t hurt you #and when that’s how you survive for years and years it becomes the default method of interacting with others #even with normal people who genuinely mean you no harm you revert to that people pleasing mode #as a means of control both external and internal #this is what i see armand doing- his way of surviving that he’s never truly broken out of #armand ceding coven control to Louis and curating the Dubai penthouse for Louis are part of the same pattern of behavior #and even tho it’s ultimately harmful and will only end badly for armand and Louis’ relationship #idk if armand knows how to not exist that way with someone he loves/desires #all of this also ties into louis and daniel #because of course Armand will lose it over Louis finding connection and interest with someone else aside from him #someone HUMAN no less #and I can see Armand taking out his anger on Daniel as a way of expressing his own frustration at still not being enough for Louis #breaking daniel’s mind in a desperate attempt to understand why this human could reach Louis in ways he couldn’t #not saying any of this to excuse Armand and his behavior obviously (I’m very upset and worried over the trial looming on the horizon) #but I do understand this impulse and how you’ll throw ANYONE under the bus in order to preserve your place with loved ones #it’s all horrifying but unfortunately I empathize #like even if Louis is right to walk out on him when he learns/remembers the truth of what happened to Claudia #I’ll probably still find myself saddened by Armand’s fate because I’ve absolutely been there myself #it’s a tragedy of his own making- his fear and desperation birthing manipulative and controlling behaviors #that ultimately result in your own abandonment #god this fucking show

[hazelkjt]

What Type of Villain Are You?

"Come on, get up! Our FUN isn't over yet!"

Sportsmanlike- "You may be a villain with selfish goals, but you recognize that there are rules to this back and forth between heroes and villains. You have honor. Morals. Some may call you old fashioned, but there's tradition to this whole evil business and you'll be damned if you let yourself break it. You offer hospitality to the heroes when you recognize you must, even when it gets in the way of your plans. You play dirty only when absolutely necessary. You honor your word and if you lose, it is with grace and dignity. You consider yourself classy, respectable, and while you realize you may be evil, you're not gonna let that make you an asshole."

Quiz can be found here

Tagged By: @nolanel-corbeaux, tyty!!!

Tagging: YOU, reading this!

Boop

#oc quiz results #ffxiv #ffxiv gpose #gposers #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv oc #au ra #xaela #hazel kha #Hazel would 100% be a “Might Makes Right”/Zenos type of villain #giving in to her competitiveness and pride without any restraint #where she goes around fighting whoever catches her interest #taking pleasure in eviscerating her “prey” #and taking their weapons as a trophy from her “hunts” #she wouldn't go around killing indiscriminately #only those she thinks would be a strong challenge #and beyond that her code of honor would want them to be at their best #no dirty tactics when fighting #just a good old fashioned one on one #and if she dies she dies

[szampers]

I feel why szpd is less well documented (and widely known) is because it's one of the most harmless personality disorders. It brings the least harm to the people around you. Any harm would come in a subtle way, and it isn't something someone would be madly concerned over, including the schizoid individual themself. What bothers the most is the frustration of being the way you are, the lack of understanding and acceptance from others.

I think most of the harm szpd can cause to other people is through passivity - the lack of interest in interaction. In our presence, they would only feel uncomfort, annoyance, confusion or self-doubt by our lack of engagement, all of which can be solved by simply distancing yourself from the schizoid individual, who aren't known to chase after people either. Simply ignore them like how we ignored them in the first place. The amount of input has to be equal, nothing receiving nothing. Szpd doesn't actively bring harm through interaction, it passively does it through disengagement. And can it harm any relationships if bridges were never built in the first place? But those who were misled by the act of masking would be hurt the most out of all. Lacking a will to maintain relationships, you wouldn't start any of them either unless it's unavoidable. This way whatever harm that might come is minimalized, but this act itself is arguably what brings the most harm, disengagement.

#this is coming from someone who has never learned to mask superficial interest #i don't have any experiences with misleading someone. only tactic i know is to ghost #above all. i wish i could form relationships like others do. there is nothing to be gained out of total disengagement #if all goes well something would come out of this appointment i have coming up #schizoid personality disorder #schizoid #personality disorder #rambling

[loveoaths]

i will never stop thinking about how palpatine forces count dooku to kill his apprentice asajj ventress because she is getting too powerful, and palpatine refuses to tolerate a threat, even if it is useful and temporarily loyal. and how the nature of sith master and apprentice is built at the intersection of dependence and expendability. masters train apprentices to need them, and never teach them everything they know (implying that the sith have been steadily losing their own cultural knowledge and techniques over thousands of years because of their own selfishness) out of fear of their apprentice rising up and killing them, which is also the one thing they have trained their apprentice to do. meanwhile apprentices, resentful of their dependence, go out and create apprentices of their own to usurp their master and continue the entire useless cycle. by nature, both master and apprentice are inherently crucial and expendable all at once, which they then use as a threat to keep one another in line.

but in the cases of ventress and maul, they’re both uniquely expendable because their existence is only tolerated (first by plagueis, then by sidious) under the condition that they are a tool that will be disposed of once it’s usefulness has ended. that’s crazy. years and years of training someone only to off them; the time sink alone is ridiculous. and neither of them expects this, either, because they believe in the old lineage of the sith: that their masters will honor their agreement and make them Sith Lords so long as they obey without question, only to find out in the worst way that they were never intended to become true Sith Lords. they were a means to an end, and both of them feel so deeply betrayed and hurt by this that they cannot let it go. like… i dunno man, but as much as that is a leopards-ate-my-face situation, it’s also deeply sad because these two in particular are essentially raised in the sith tradition. ventress has some years as a jedi, but not many. the foundation of their beings, the one solid thing they believed in, turned out to be hollow. sad.

#i need a fic where maul warns ventress of dooku’s inevitable betrayal and they wind up somehow acting as wildcards in the war #not Jedi; not pro republic; but willing to help the republic screw over sidious? yes. them using what they know about their masters to #put together the pieces of sidious’ overarching plan maybe? or informing republic abt war tactics? #idk i’m very interested in a fix it fic where the fixing comes not from a desire to do good; but from a negative place #maul and ventress are so fucking pissed they wind up being good guys in the Worst Ways #fic tag. #not really but you know #asajj ventress #darth maul #the clone wars

[snippity]

wanted some fft merch for my bday but there's none so i made my own instead. they're double-sided charms

#final fantasy tactics #fft #ramza beoulve #delita heiral #chibi #digital art #artists on tumblr #finally i can post this... #this was just a personal thing for myself so i dont have any intention of actually Making More. unless theres enough interest

[highfunctioningfleshrule63]

hey, your video compilation of 4chan post about shield is a great ressource for fandom psychology. Interesting to see another user who lurk the wrestling board and use tumblr. Did you ever work on compilation of the tumblr fandom during the peak of the shield era ? I did not research it yet. xoxo

glad someone liked that video, only in times when im super fixated on something will i end up searching through the 4chan archives for more content...unfortunately 4chan vernacular tends to get a laugh out of me (if it isnt absolute lowtier content, had to scrape through a lot of that). the shield stuff i tried to get from when it was at its peak and you'll see posts on there from 2013+, but i also got modern stuff now bc the boardspeak actually changed with it.

ironically it is way easier to deepdive and compile stuff from 4chan bc it has a much better archival system than tumblr; ive also looked for lots of old stuff on deviantart due to the crossover but i found that it has a pretty shitty way of archiving/sorting older posts (just like on here. ive been on tumblr since 13 so i know what sorts of areas to look for, but its still very hard to find it directly on here. i havent spent as much time as i did getting those posts for that video so i can try harder.)

fandom psychology is interesting to me too so im happy you saw my video with that angle. ive collected lots of old shield fangirl content off of sites like weheartit and pinterest (ironically those are often better at keeping images up for longer periods of time) too but i didnt know if i should make a comp, maybe i will. i also looked through random forums and places like lolcow dot farms (which only really granted one of the screenshots...not too much discussion over there for good or bad. i was hoping to find discussion abt shieldfangirls or wrestling rpf but surprisingly they didnt think to make a "point and laugh" thread abt those topics). i find it interesting how much shieldrelated psychosis was on both sides of the spectrum (tumblr vs 4chan)....i could talk more on it but im a little brainless and sleep deprived rn

heres some extras i had that didnt make the cut (plus just some of my favorites):

and these were from a thread talking abt the modern stereotypical tumblr wrestling fan (specifically talking abt aedubs young bucks fans/the elite fans)

(*fangirl in this is a term im using loosely of course)

#surprisingly there is actually LESS shield blingees than dx or cm punk blingees. that at least i could find. theres a large number of #desktop background edits from deviantart and content like the fanfic edits/“outfits i would wear to meet the shield”/ogflowercrown phone bg #collages. and the like. i could compile all this shit i just didnt think it mattered to anyone LOL #sorry for the long post everyone #the most interesting thing abt the shields hayday and eventual fall on 4chan was 1) how many guys unironically loved seth up until he #“turned shoot faggot”/or the first knee injury. he was a fan favorite on there even with the contrarian posters saying otherwise (most of #4chan is just being. the contrarian so that tracks). and 2) the huge divide between guys who hated ambrose (usually bc he was over with #female fans...theres still that divide with how straight men dont understand favs among women. also goes along w my noted difference in fav #among queer men/women etc etc - but they would mask this by saying they hated that he was a jobber (true) or his inring technique was slopp #) and guys who adored ambrose bc he was a promo guy...they loved his early promos/“he just like me fr”.. (and a large grouping of dudes who #would call him cute). i dunno just stuff i noticed #also. obviously a lotta mox hate due to dickriding cornette #the shields peak is interesting to me so i might continue to compile more shit like this when i get the time. i have the shield dvds too #and wanted to do a LONG journey of p1rat1n6 all their scenes off of pcock while i still have my sub. but it would take a while #also. love ur acc bc i too enjoy thinkin abt the fem versions of dude wrestlers #fleshclipstag #tactical-asks