#Manipulation is frequent

[stans-got-too-many-ideas]

Gold Looks Good on Us

First post of the account and year, wOAH! So lets get some foundation set down. My name is Stan, I have been a fucking obsessive rat over Minecraft roleplay for the longest time, since I was like... ew a child. But there was alway some stuff that just never sat right with me, things I wish were expanded on, and choices that I wish could change. The fact that MCD was never fully finished will always leave a void in my heart, but we must press on, bitches. So I'm writing an Alternate Universe of MCD on AO3 called "Gold Looks Good on Us". It's primarily focused on Garroth if he decided to try to go marry Nicole, and what would've happened if she still faked her death. The 15 year time-skip happens, but the narrative is within the time that had been skipped instead of skipping the time. The biggest change is that the Shadow Knight Takeover happens during the time skip. Zane is still not a great person, but many of his evils after season 1, and some in season 1 are given to Zenix because he deserves the right to be evil, man. Zenix and Zane work together for a bit, Zenix seals away Katelyn, Emmalyn, and Aphmau into the Irene dimension because he was trying to get Aaron so he could kill that mother fucker and start the SK Takeover. He does so, and Laurance gets a lot of trauma, thanks to Gene. Shadow Knights are distributed around the Ru'aun region and each lord has Shadow Knight adivising them. The goal is to take over the lord and have them turn or had the SK incharge later. Laurance decides to manipulate his way into O'Khasis and Gene gets sent to Scaleswind. So Uncle Gene happens, Garroth gets fucking manipulated, and Zane gets religious oppression and decides to cope by drinking. I hope this sounds cool and interesting, once I actually write the first chapter, give it a read if you're interested. Or don't, I can't make you, lmao.

[purgetrooperfox]

tired: fox has never done anything wrong in his life he was under control of the chip he didn't mean to kill fives he would never do that

wired: fox was being deliberately, continuously manipulated by palpatine into doing anything he wanted under threat of severe bodily harm, no chip necessary

inspired: fox is a product of brainwashing and genuinely believes in the senate and the republic, which is in constant conflict with the rhetoric he hears from politicians and his general dislike of senators, but that conflict is ultimately irrelevant. he believes in the institution with his entire self. he was born to die for this system and would lose his shit if he started questioning it in any meaningful way. The Institution told him to kill fives so he killed fives, it told him to hunt down ahsoka so he did it, etc etc. conviction that this is all worth it because the republic Can Only Be Right (or else his entire existence and everything the guard puts up with are meaningless) is what gets his ass out of bed in the morning. he'll do terrible things to protect it, and by extension his sense of self, and he won't apologize for it because it's categorically Right in his brain. none of this changes the fact that he's routinely abused by this system, or the fact that he's enslaved by it, or that he has no real choice in anything, only how he personally reconciles it all

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[freakinator]

thinking about kab and the thing about her i think is she knows just enough to keep herself safe Generally but not enough to really predict what would happen should something more... complicated??? unforeseen??? idk whats the right word to use but something not covered by someones reputation and/or vids happen, believe it or not this also affects her view of clownpierce (we'll get to that)

for example, mapicc has a reputation for being an violent, angry, & impulsive guy and nothing else which makes sense but is incredibly surface level and something that only really works if you dont have a lot of experience working with him

another is reddoons, his betrayal after the base incident while shocking is not unforeseen but his reputation as being a guy whos seen as being a reasonable person whos fairly loyal to his team made it seem like something he wouldnt do even tho it absolutely is

regarding how it affects her view of clown, since he isnt perfectly aligned with his reputation she instead pivots in the complete opposite direction and forgiving basically every crime he does even tho hes something much more mild and complicated than either his reputation or her view of him will ever be (think madonna-whore complex which is especially obvious when it comes to kabs vs woogies view of him)

another side effect of this Just Enough amount of knowledge aside from being blinded by her own expectations is that it frustrates ppl who think shes oversimplificating things (like me and seemingly several other tumblr users as well) especially when she claims that shes objectively correct and the smartest in the room at any given moment

how this roughness in her analysis affects her in the server still has yet to be fully seen but we do still have at least a couple months until the end but 'til then shes just gonna keep stumbling as more and more complicated situations pop up as is typical in lifesteal to happen and eventually shes gonna have to learn to adapt or else she'll be suffering the consequences one way or another

[chamerionwrites]

A thing about spy characters (and maybe especially likable spy characters that the audience is rooting for) I’ve found is that a surprising number of people have a hard time reading manipulation as manipulation unless it is framed as wholly insincere. Like just because somebody means some or all of what they say does not mean they are not choosing their words and manner in an extremely calculated way to get something they want.

[pisshandkerchief]

the obvious double standard with which we as a society treat amab nonbinary people and trans women who don't fit the level of feminity that they're expected to is actually disgusting.

[thevelaryons]

NEW RELIGION, or AU WHERE ADDAM SURVIVES TUMBLETON AND CHOOSES A DIFFERENT PATH FOR HIMSELF GOING FORWARD

Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk // Captive Prince, C.S. Pacat // Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood // Fire & Blood, George R.R. Martin // The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom // Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud // Angel on Fire - Halsey // Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain // Adonis: Selected Poems, Adonis (tr. Khaled Mattawa) // The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon // Three - Sleeping At Last // How’d Your Parents Die Again?, Fatimah Asghar // @tagdevilish // The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom // Gusty Island by Listening Point Foundation // Prayer, Jorie Graham // The Diary of Anaïs Nin: Vol. 5 (1947-1955), Anaïs Nin // Loss, H.D. // The Evening Star, Louise Glück // Crush, Richard Siken // H of H Playbook, Anne Carson // unknown // Fifteen - Taylor Swift // Persona 5 (screenshot from holyaches) // The Art of Drowning, Billy Collins // unknown // TOUCH (2019) by Alina Pronskaya // Crush, Richard Siken // In A Week – Hozier // Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, Richard Siken // Solve for Desire: Poems, Caitlin Bailey // @ghuolboy // Truce - Twenty One Pilots

[brother-emperors]

Do you think Cassius haunts Caesar's line ?

yeah, the escalating paranoia about conspiracies is really revealing (especially when you reach Caligula and the Cassius Incident) but I also think Cassius and his legacy haunts any tyrant. Caesar just happened to be the guy who climbed his way to the top in a place where Cassius could do something about it

Plutarch, Brutus (trans. Scott-Kilvert)

[dailykugisaki]

Day 130 | id in alt

I have no idea how Fushiguro dosent stumble over himself and so I made him do it.

Also Kugisaki I saw her run fast as hell girl was basically skipping.

[attractthecrows]

My favorite female characters, tagged by @siderealtide

tagging @salesmain @mountainsboyhowdy @moodacowz @greywardan @hawkeykirsah @liaragaming

[wyrm-with-a-why]

This is just me hating, not directed at anyone in particular ugh I’m just pissed that’s all ignore

“Mega/star antis will be blocked!”

Don’t worry babe I did it for you😜

Idc how great your megatron design is and we say bye bye :3333

[pancakeke]

tumblr frequently suggests this account with the Yotsuba icon when you look at my blog but that's only because the two of us were promoted to users making new accounts at the same time so we have 3-4k bot followers in common. so like our blogs are not organically connected by the same group of users, tumblr. you did that.

[unopenablebox]

came home at 8:45 from work and 🌸 was already fast asleep fully dressed on the bed phone in hand completely unresponsive to sound including name-calling and loud floor creaks

probably they were planning to get more work done this evening but i'm going to sabotage that by turning their light off and ordering takeout so i don't make any cooking noises to wake them up, hopefully causing them to get up to a full 12 hours of sleep for what i think would be the first time in two and a half years

[hannibal-confessions-nbc]

I hate when people say Hannibal "ruined" Will's perfect life with Molly shuuut up Will made his own choices. Will conveniently walked his dogs when Jack was there and left Molly alone with him knowing he would show her crime scene photos and she'd try to make Will go. He said he knew what he was doing going back after Molly got hurt. Hannibal told him not to come back even and Will ingored it! We need to acknowledge Will is a manipulative person and makes his own choices

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[girlscience]

Why do I feel so immature compared to literally everyone I interact with. Why does everyone treat me like I am some naive baby that needs to be protected. Why does everyone act like I am incapable of putting myself out there to get things done.

[spacecrows]

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[nezumasa]

Feeling evil because I thought about getting my coworkers “Happy Holidays” cards for December with $20 shoved in each and a little baked treat (custom bakery order).

Obviously in December. It’s happy holidays because well, idk everyone’s religious affiliations (if any) and I don’t wanna ask invasive questions.