#expect more propaganda

[paper-starz]

CALLING EVERYONE IN THE "HELLO PUPPETS" FANDOM MORTIMER HANDEE HAS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!!!

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

Vote for the poll! It contains these 5 lovely fandoms!

Amanda the Adventurer

Welcome Home

Hello Puppets!

Smile for Me

Poppy Playtime!

Oh? What exactly are you voting for? A crossover special of course! A crossover between the 5 fandoms above and My Friendly Neighborhood!

And in case you don't know what My Friendly Neighborhood is, lemme explain!

My Friendly Neighborhood is basically what happens when you mix Resident Evil and Sesame Street together! You play as Gordon, an old handyman who is tasked with taking down the antennae in the My Friendly Neighborhood studio (which has been broadcasting old episodes over the news!) and ends up getting chased down by some slightly unhinged puppets....

Go Check MFN out if you have the chance! It's a lovely game! If you like puppets (which I'm sure members of the Hello Puppets community does) and if you like a very valuable lesson AND a subversion of the ole' mascot horror genre, then you will LOVE MFN!

OH AND THE POLL (click below!)

WE ONLY HAVE 5 DAYS AND 19 HOURS LEFT SO YOUR JOB IS TO SPREAD THIS INFO FAR AND WIDE!

REBLOG REBLOG!

MAKE MORE PROPAGANDA FANART!

IDC WHAT YOU DO! GET THIS TO SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Average Drama Enjoyer observes some peak drama.

[vague-homosexual-crimes]

To the Adam Lynch voters, I ask:

Have you considered Adam is so set on being his Own Person that he might not want to take Ronan’s last name because it would seem like Ronan “owned” him.

To the Adam Lynch anti’s, I ask:

Have you considered that Adam let’s Ronan get away with stuff he wouldn’t let anyone else (Gansey) get away with. i.e. the rent thing. i.e. driving the BMW around. And additionally, that he finds the Lynch family to be his family more than the Parrish’s ever were.

[popqorn]

Feel free to add your own propaganda if you disagree with mine!

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Honorary appreciation post for this mentally exhausted sweetheart.

[okay-gayass]

"In the game that we play,

There's a Cain and an Abel,

And I'm bettin' who's gonna be who !!"

[bad12amcomic]

Taking the Plunge

A prologue to the events of https://archiveofourown.org/works/54364717/chapters/137699632 by @sillyfairygarden

Uhhhhhh behind the scenes work huh…. Uhhhhhhhh

Here’s the ref I made for this comic

And here are some memes

[unordinary-diary]

Seraphina and Arlo: The Brainwashing of High Tiers

Exposition:

— Remi, Episode 50.

There is a heavy implication that Seraphina and Arlo were raised in much the same way. The pressure on Seraphina comes from her parents, so I’ll extrapolate that the same goes for Arlo. This raises the question: how do the authorities create such a strong societal pressure on such a small percentage of the population? Most high tiers will probably not know any other high tiers besides their parents. Take Wellston Private High School for example: it’s the most prestigious private school around, and canonically has the “highest concentration of high tiers in the region”. There are six high tiers in Wellston. Apply this to god tiers specifically, and there are only three. Not to mention that this current group of students is uniquely strong, even for Wellston. In Rei’s senior year, he was the strongest at 5.8 max.

So much of this brainwashing relies on the parents to do all of the work, and it only takes one or two people to break the cycle. So how are the authorities creating this immense pressure? One tactic could be by isolating high tiers. There is a very widespread concept that one shouldn’t associate with those outside their level range. A caste system like this that affects everyone is much easier to create and maintain than an expectation for a small group, and it also means that high tiers are only being influenced by those who are also high level. This creates an echo chamber. I’ve researched cults and how they brainwash victims, and the first step in the process is isolating them in exactly this way.

But, if there are so few high tiers, how the hell are they supposed be isolated from other groups? The answer is that high tiers are just isolated in general. Take a look at Arlo: his only friend is Remi, and even her, he keeps at an arm’s length. Arlo is only close with Remi in the first place because he was close with Rei, who, at the time of meeting Arlo, was presumably close in level with him. [EDIT: I forgot about Holden, which I think says a lot about his relevance. He is kept at more than an arm’s length and doesn’t seem to have any actual influence on Arlo, let alone a deep relationship. He is also not presented as an equal.] Take a look at Seraphina: before meeting John, she didn’t seem to have any friends other than possibly Arlo. Seraphina and Arlo pre-John seemed to have had more of a professional relationship, and while they were not close in level, Arlo did fit the bill of being a fellow god tier, and strong enough to also be brainwashed.

Now let’s look at Remi. In episode 60, Cecile says to Remi: “And yet here you are... Always hanging around those two monkeys, Blyke and Isen. Letting them treat you as an equal even though you’re in a completely different league.” This struck me as odd because, aside from Cecile herself, the Wellston students closest in level to Remi were Arlo, Blyke, and Isen. And who is she friends with? She actually was doing a pretty good job at following that social convention, unless Cecile wanted to be friends with Remi, which she clearly didn’t. But... her friends were still not close enough to her level. Was she supposed to just not have friends at all? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. Can you think of any genuine friends that Cecile has either?

Friendship simply isn’t considered a necessity for high tiers.

But... why is it that Arlo and Seraphina were brainwashed differently? Creating a societal norm for an isolated group of people is one thing, because those people’s mindsets feed into each other. Putting pressure on individual families to keep them in line, but doing it all in different ways? That would be near impossible. My theory is that Seraphina recieved the typical high tier brainwashing, and that Arlo was raised differently because he was being groomed to work for the authorities. Seraphina didn’t have a set career path planned out for her, but if she’s trying to be “perfect” by the standards of those controlling her, she’s bound to end up going in a direction that pleases them. Arlo on the other hand was specifically planned to become an authority figure. That’s why his brainwashing is so centered on leadership. Also, growing up with direct contact to the authorities makes it more possible for them to customize his brainwashing in this way.

But does all of this apply to high tiers in general, or is it specific to god tiers? Let’s take a look at the high tiers in Wellston. We have Seraphina, John, Arlo, Terrence, Remi, Cecile, and Blyke. John is a unique circumstance because he wasn’t raised by high tiers, so we’ll cross him off the list. Terrence was also unique, so we can cross him off as well. Remi was different from the norm as well. Why is that? Well, Remi actually wasn’t raised by high tiers either. Rei said on screen that both of his parents were elites. We can cross Remi off. Blyke doesn’t fit the bill either, but that’s easy to explain. He was an elite for a large part of the story, and he shot up rather quickly. We don’t know much of his family, but he probably wasn’t expected to be a high tier at all, and was raised as an elite. (All of this also serves to emphasize how much of this brainwashing comes from a person’s parents.) That leaves only Seraphina, Arlo, and Cecile to look at.

Cecile does seem to have high tier brainwashing, but it’s not nearly as intense as with Seraphina and Arlo. She doesn’t seem “obsessive”, and she wasn’t one of the examples Remi mentioned in chapter 50. It’s clear that high tiers are brainwashed in general, but god tiers are kept on a much shorter leash. This makes sense, obviously, because keeping a population in control like that is less necessary the lower the level. However, it’s also a chicken an egg situation: god tiers are both more important to keep in control, and also easier to keep in control. It’s important to note just how many exceptions we had to cross off. People like Remi and Blyke aren’t actually that unusual— a lower leveled high tier is much more likely to have non-high tier parents, or to have not always been a high tier themselves, or just in general, to have way more day-to-day interaction with non-high tiers. The brainwashing gets more and more diffused the lower down the ladder you go.

[theminecraftbee]

okay I didn’t think I’d have to pull out my bribe this early, but…

hello dsmp fans. it’s been a while, right? I haven’t published a dsmp fic in… ages. I also haven’t written techno in a very long time and I miss writing him, man, I miss it. I have one last techno fic idea in me. it’s a story in which he’s an old, dethroned god who has retired to farm potatoes and argue with squid at the farmer’s market, but gets pulled back into one final grand adventure when a young man realizes who he is and begs him to help him rescue his brother, wilbur. it has all the tropes I’d want to send off - SBI! techno and squid’s rivalry! technically some superpower stuff! urban fantasy! niki is really cool in this one!

so, here’s the bargain I have for you: if you get joe hills to the semifinals (where he’ll likely face cleo), I’ll write it. that’s as far as you need to get him; I’m not asking for the finals, just the semis. and once you do that, I’ll write it.

that’s right. it’s bumped up the list to my next project. one last return from the author of black box to a technoblade fic. that’s the bribe I have on the table for you. so before you vote wilbur soot, please just… consider what you’re giving up, by making that choice.

alright? alright.

[alicepao13]

Boycotters: Boycott Eurovision!

Israel supporters: *vote for Israel*

Israel: *qualifies*

Boycotters:

[hollypies]

Posting a quick Hunter at midnight lol

[grahamcarmen]

And my thing STILL is that as carmen gets a stronger sense of her past and better connections with her friends and allies the need/desire for Gray in her life doesn't decrease and dissapate, it INCREASES and is refined. All while constantly being more sincerely layered in romantic tones as the show goes on.

[sicc-nasti]

Do you like receiving your mail unopened and your packages in pristine condition - untouched by curious hands and peeping eyes? Do you love when your woefully embarrassing love letters filled with terribly written poetry to ur crush is delivered without an audience to read it?

If you said yes to any of these questions then WOW do I NOT have the guy for you!!!!

Instead-

Meet your new favorite tenth class merc and failgirl mailman

The Courier! (Click for more of his story!)

An ex-con hailing from New York with a insatiable appetite for fraud, deli meats and violence - Courier deserves your vote!

Sure he’ll read your letters, snack on your treats you ordered from overseas and sign you up for a credit card without your knowledge but listen! He does it with the best intentions in his heart 💖. Courier loves you AND your extremely expensive imported German chocolate sent from your great great grandma !

Not enough for a vote?

Well, listen, im not above bribery. If you vote for him he promises to not read ur mail for like a week and INSTEAD write you up a totally not fraudulent marriage license to any merc you want!! How’s that sound for incentive, boss?

THROUGH RAIN, SHINE, BULLET HAIL OR SNOW, HE’S YOUR COURIER.

VOTE FOR COURIER IN THIS UPCOMING TF2 OC TOURNEY

Keep your eyes peeped for more propaganda! He’s the one delivering the fliers, anyways.

Feel free to send asks!

Credits under cut

Tourney - @tf2shipswag

First two and last two pieces by me

Rest are in order of appearance

@/friendlyengie @/gearbroth _nanizzz_ @/scrapnick @/vacueye @/1-800-deactivatednearu

Thank you all so much for the art💖

[inpacho]

Have YOU voted for Joe Hills today? Go vote HERE

[cyellolemon]

REI AND CONAN SILLIES... og from Hannin no Hanzawa-san thanks again to this parody for the dad-son relationship between them i'm living for that

[viewpointb]

can I just say anyone shitting on maddie while shedding a blind eye to caitlyn's extremism & her position of authority when it comes to violence exerted towards zaun citizens don't really hate her because she did anything awful but because she got in middle of your ship. isn't this just misogyny repackaged

I am just saying. this isn't a normal way to react to your character exploring her relationships with other characters that aren't your precious otp. you can like caitvi more but making up excuses to shit on a fictional woman who hasn't done any worse than your favs have is bullshit edit: reflecting what others have said, maddie doesn't have to be a evil mastermind to have political tendencies which ranges towards extremism and discrimination towards zaunites - but even then, her own thought processes aren't much worse from cait's. and even then, cait was in power and commanding people to actually suppress zaunites - so really, again, weird take to throw around