#they're the Enemy Team!

[jambeast]

I was thinking about that particular Twitter saga, and particularly how a contrarian meta-dunk position emerged, to the effect that "the people dunking on Lavern Spicer are being stupid, because she knows exactly what she's doing and they're playing into her hands; she's trolling to get engagement, and is just signalling that she hates trans people". I think it's a blind-men-and-the-elephant scenario, though, where both the basic object-level "lol look at this dumb tweet that's deeply embroiled in culture war and doesn't know what pronouns are" take and the "the semantic error here is beyond the point, as she is communicating what she intends to, which is a tribal signal" take see part of the bigger picture, but aren't getting the larger picture quite right. I'm pretty sure that, outside of 4chan-style trolling ops, people don't actually make culture war pronouncements this stupid on purpose; Lavern Spicer does not understand why what she's saying is wrong, and if she could understand, she would be mortified. The problem is that she is dumb enough, the culture war is hot enough, and her error is sufficiently clearly tribally aligned that it is unlikely she will ever figure out what she said wrong, and if she ever does, it certainly won't be because one of her political enemies told her. She is anti-intellectual, in the genuinely bad sense of anti-intellectual. It's not that she secretly knows what a pronoun is and is deliberately beclowning herself to exploit the Twitter algorithm for later political gain. It's that she (and her subculture) can't be told what a pronoun is (and are thereby alienating anyone who does), because she actively values being dumb. Assorted happenings managed to convert the word "pronoun" into an applause light for the left and a boo light for the right, and many people struggle to understand anything above that tribal level.

Plus, it's only the enemy team that is correcting her anyway. Why the hell would she listen to the Enemy team criticise her? They're the enemy team! Them hating what she says, to her, is only further proof that what she's saying is right. There is no truth in Culture War Bullshit, there is only pwning the libs.

I think if she found out the truth about grammar, I don't think she'd be mortified, because regardless of how true it is, she pwned the libs with it. She doesn't secretly know that she's wrong and thus lying - she simply doesn't care. It made the people she didn't like angry (or, well, it made them make fun of her, but she can twist the latter into the former). It was directed against the enemy team in favour of the ally team, and everything else falls by the wayside in her mind.

#It's the same mechanism that has allowed left-wingers to be so fucking stupid and say so many dumb things for so long #It's impossible for the Enemy Team to have any valid criticisms of your behaviour - #they're the Enemy Team! #Fuck 'em!

[flowery-king]

Figuring out Magnificus

#fgarart #inscryption #inscryption magnificus #inscryption p03 #they're actually really powerful but they feel like a team rocket enemy with how tgey behave #overdramatic old person that could actually rearange your molecules but argues with you instead #their one true weakness

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Just thought about a character who's left for dead after a battle and knows their friends are coming to find them, but are so exhausted and in pain and weak that they just can't get up. They lie right where they are unable to move, hurting all over and dizzy, just waiting and waiting for a sign that they're about to be rescued. And beginning to feel uncertain that they ever will be...

#whump #whump prompt #fluffy version: they're barely conscious when their friends/team finally get to them #and all they're aware of is that they suddenly feel safe #and then they wake up in a comfortable bed somewhere #angsty version: ...there are many lol #maybe they get picked up by the enemy and taken prisoner #or maybe their friends can't find them and they're too weak to call out #so they just lie there for hours #maybe a whole day #until they're dehydrated and their wounds are infected

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Snapshots of Yesterday (magical girl au) - Magical Girls Pt 2 Enemy Team

Dazai ♀

Colour: Brown

Flower: Asphodel

Motif: Bandage

Weapon: Scythe

Gin

Colour: Black

Flower: Thistle

Motif: Spike

Weapon: Knives

Sasaki

Colour: White

Flower: Anemone

Motif: String

Weapon: Crossbow

#part 2 of 4! #storyrambles #bsd #bsd magical girl au #snapshots of yesterday #bsd dazai #bsd gin #bsd sasaki #they're the enemy team who frequently clash with the main group

[lepusrufus]

The dichotomy of me and Widows

#i can't help it #a friendly widow on my team is getting forehead smooches #idc if they're not hitting that many shots as long as they're nice #bonus points if I'm going ashe for those sweet sweet ouihaw vibes #and ENEMY widow however #I'm sorry going on Widow hunts is my guilty pleasure #if I notice they're somewhere I can feasibly reach they're done for #from my experience they're also the most likely to start throwing insults in chat if I keep going after them #overwatch #my art

[deeversuswords]

This wip of mine will eventually see the light of day unless the plot kills my brain.

Another sneak peek cause I like the indirect pressure, not because I love their dynamic a bit too much 👀. Not at all.

warning for language, I guess (+unedited).

“Wait a moment,” you suddenly said, grabbing his biceps that flexed involuntarily at your touch, and forcing him to a halt. With an amused look, Katsuki watched you take in your surroundings. Each passing second meant the realization sank deeper. When your eyes grew to comical levels, and you whirled on him, grabbing his other arm and shaking him once, Katsuki allowed himself to grin like he hit the damn jackpot. “You—What—How the fuck?!” This time, it was your voice that echoed loud enough for the whole city to hear. “Drop the volume, yeah?” He shushed you in a mocking tone and flicked your nose. “Don’t give me that dumb look. Of course, I know where you live. Work on that awareness, though. Fucking pathetic you didn’t realize I’m walking your sorry ass home.” Your response was to gape even more intensely at him as you squeezed at his arms, betraying your inner conflict. Katsuki held your gaze, pleased to be the reason for it, the satisfaction sweet on his tongue. Yet it held no chance against the intoxicating way your hands felt on him. Through the thickness of his sweater, your warmth seeped to mix with his and mess with his head. He tightened the leash on himself, but his control still slipped through his fingers. He reached out, grasping onto his jacket on you at the waist. “Keep it. I ain’t got a need for it.” “I don’t want it.” You shook your head stubbornly and fumbled with the zipper. Katsuki took hold of your hand. “Bakugou, I’m not keeping your clothes. It’s wildly inappropriate.” “Huh, kinda late for that now,” he replied. “Burn it, throw it away, I couldn’t care less. Just don’t give it back. I ain't interested in it anymore.” “Are you ever not stubborn?” Katsuki shrugged and grabbed your arm, dragging you after him as the pedestrian light turned green, a shit-eating grin on his face. He had an inkling you wouldn’t do a thing to his jacket, except for storing it somewhere in your closet. As long as you remained oblivious to it being a custom design and never found his initials sewn into the bottom hem, he was safe from being pestered by you trying to return it to him.

#dee's: once an enemy forever a...? #fanfic wip #bakugou x reader #bakugou katsuki x reader #can't even give proper context cause of spoilers ugh #all you gotta know is they're not playing by the same rules but they end up around each other and teaming up #reader is not really a villain but breaks the law #katsuki was supposed to catch and turn her in... #dee's wips

[chromaji]

society if the Saurians made it into eo5 as playable characters & not just 4th stratum enemies

#theyre so CUTE here.... OGUH #a part of me is like 'no i cant add a saurian team member + saurian lore into my eo5 fic idea i cant overcrowd it' #the other part of me is like DO IT. FUCKING DO IT YOU WONT..!!!!!! #to be fair they're IN the game. just... as enemies. its implied they're sentient in eov from one of jenetta's dialogues abt her sister #etrian odyssey

[zhongrin]

oh my god hsr quests are a beast in itself 🫠 i've played for... four? hours? today. and i'm still stuck at belobog..... hoo boy.

#rin's adventures across galaxies #i think(?) it might be close to the end??? but ogh..... i. i'm so shit at these strategy games i'm starting to struggle with the enemies orz #crying sobbing i want the full experience but can i even get through the boss fight idt so hahahahah #having gepard in the party in my brother's account was fun #FIGHTING HIM WAS NOT FUN 😭 #i need a shielder stat someone save my team they're always dying #my head (and my ipad's battery) hurts #imma eep

[fabledteeth]

shes my little pookie bear. the specialest pretty princess in the world

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 tav #oc ophelia #long post #ish #tooth talks #imagine there's a big red X over astarion THIS AINT ABOUT HIM!!!! #her design was super inspired by @minthara on here's durge!! #specifically hair tat outfit lol i just realized they also have the same scar but that wasnt on purpose!! #this is ophelia she's my tav twice over and im obsessed with her #shes a sorcerer+1 lvl in bard multiclass for healing and instrument prof. so i didnt have to be glued to shadowheart while exploring (love #u shart <3) #she loves lying and scheming and telling enemies to kill themselves #also i just realized i have like no screenshots of when she banged lae'zel beyond the two featured here. yuri enthusiasts i apologize #also the halsin scene is NOT canon i just love the way she looks in it #also this kinda makes it look like her two ride or dies are astarion and karlach which #karlach not so much in my durge run :( #she was constantly on my team in playthrough 1 and i wanted to use all the companions more this time around #so they're not as close as they were last time :(( #she does totally have a crush on karlach. and shadowheart (alsoi her bestie) #unfortunately she got stuck with fangs... sigh #why is this game so fucking dark btw #why cant i change brightness settings after the first time booting up the game #pain #posting this like im cringe im free #bg3 dark urge

[inky-the-artist]

cw: stranger whumpee and caretaker, restraints

a stranger caretaker who rescues an unconscious whumpee and wants to help them purely because of the goodness of their heart, but at the same time they feel intimidated by the whumpee and don't trust them, so they restrain them for when they wake up, just in case

and whumpee does indeed wake up, hurt, exhausted and terrified and the restraints certainly don't help them feel any safer, so now the caretaker has to convince them they have no ill intentions despite what they did

#maybe whumpee is on the enemy's team #or they're a monster #or they're just a huge person #monster whumpee #whump #caretaker #stranger whumpee #stranger caretaker #stranger whump #inky's occasional writing #unconscious whumpee #restraints whump #good caretaker #whumpee #whump prompt #writing prompt #whump trope #whump tropes #whump inspiration #panic attack whump #fantasy whump

[bsaka7]

the wild play... tumblrs favorite team today (?)

#oh no me and k r gonna be enemies tonight... my hockey tutor....! what can i do 😭😭😭 #im kinda excited (mostly bc it's at a good time for me) i hope we make quinn hughes miserable i like that one pic of him. #hock.txt #ok actually if u made me rank 'which teams r most popular based on the random sample size of my dash' #it would probably be 1) penguins 2) toronto 3) Canucks 4) maybe just giroux on their own #ranking obviously not including my beloved 1 isles superfan (sez) and the wild. for whom i think i follow like six blogs but im kinda bad #at finding people #Honestly the individual fandom bit with some of these guys i see sort of remind me of f1 #Weird meld b/w my sports fandom experience. And also they're ON ICE SKATES. #Oh I forgot about the oilers. Connor. Mcdavid team. Do ppl like them or do they just like Connor mcdavid. Idk

[jinn-exe]

to all the fuse mains im coming for u

#apex legends #fusehound #im going to be insufferable #following any fuse players ever #even if they're from the enemy team idc #they are so cute i cant help it

[incorrect-brawlstars]

Fang: Dude, I got you some broses.

Buster: Omg, bro, here. I got you some daffodudes.

#brawl stars #incorrect brawl stars #incorrect quotes #brawl stars fang #brawl stars buster #they're in a bromance without the b #I've got more of these btw #I don't even ship them xD they're just dudes being bros some bros being guys some guys being dudes #they're dumb <3 I love them #I still wish that Lola didn't decide to kick out the bros from her trio #they worked so well together #pardon the french (it's spanish) but they were weones coloridos also fruits that were all about pressuring the enemy team

[skrunksthatwunk]

kinda drives me up a wall when people go "hey i think x action in a war/combat scenario is inhumane and cruel and shitty" and someone responds with "oh but within the laws of war it's allowed or there's procedure for it etc etc". it doesn't have to be a war crime to be unforgivable man it's a shitty rulebook anyway

#like whether or not something's bad isn't determined by whether or not it adheres to arbitrary rules people made up and never obey #i thought we all knew that already. c'mon man. get a grip #obviously war crimes are bad but that's not where the badness potential ends y'know #this post is due to my dad talking about smth i sent him mentioning US troops firing on a bunch of guys in smth on deserters and he was lik #well they're not like citizens or refugees or deserters they're retreating enemy combattants. so it's different. #it IS different but isn't it still like. overly brutal? idk. #like would you want them to pursue Your ppl regardless? are they not allowed mercy just because you proved stronger? your positions could #be swapped easily and you'd think that as fellow combattants you would feel that deeply. idk maybe i'm just too soft or whatever but like. #seems stupid to me. war generally seems stupid to me but this specifically right now seems stupid to me #yes i know there are practical concerns and sacrifices in combat that make sense when you're actually there and me saying there should be n #wars and we should make it a fucking priority to not have wars doesn't mean ppl already in a decision-making role in the field should do #what i (an idealist) would do. they're responsible for minimizing loss and shit. whatever. doesn't mean it's not fucked up anyway. #and that's assuming the best case scenario for a leader in such a position. usually they just want to minimize Their side's losses. usually #by maximizing the other side's. or they just want to win and will sacrifice anyone for it if it's practical #which happens a Lot. usually it's a mix of the latter two to my understanding #as if americans' lives matter more than anyone else's and the other side doesn't have a right to mourn bc they offended us somehow #ugh that shit irks me so bad dude. there'll be like a terrorist attack in europe or smth and the news'll be like #ONE AMERICAN WAS KILLED. and twenty swiss. THE AMERICAN WAS VISITING FAMILY THERE ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK etc etc #fucking hate that. i don't care if they're on 'my team' or whatever they're all equally human and equally dead #why the hell should i care if one of them was an american. just say 21 people died. like i get reporting on it briefly ig to like notify #ppl At Best but like. it's so grating. why can't you be normal about other people fucking goddamn you #why is this a controversial statement. why is giving a shit about people killing each other (often for like 10 ppl's financial gain) wrong #like. come on. i don't care if they 'deserve it' or whatever because i don't think they do. and even if they Did i don't think it's #America's Time To Step Up!!! every time smth like this happens (but only when it is financially beneficial to us to do so #such that we ignore atrocities all the fucking time bc it's inconvenient. we're not superheros. we're cops.) #not saying america shouldn't do anything bc like. idk. you screw everyone over to have all the power maybe you should use that influence fo #good. but my definition of 'good' is wayyyy way different from everybody who's ever held office here apparently so like. nuts to that #eugh. anyway im cutting myself off here rant over. for now

[nakanotamu]

#Stardom #Utami Hayashishita #Syuri #Megan Bayne #did Syuri and Utami team up oh my god... were they unable to keep from working together... did they feel the inexorable pull towards each o #ther... did they go back stage and kiss a little but it was real awkward bc they're supposed to be enemies... did they - *gunshot*

[gengargaming]

use my squid beakons boy

#mine #splatoon #so annoying when the enemy is totally ignoring them. they're in great spots. and ur team won't use them #and keep running back facing them head on and dying over and over...