#manifestio

[sierrabaktiyar]

Week 11 - CTS B Manifesto

Our group manifesto is centred around the concept of a book. Though the idea may seem simple, we choose it with the intention of how significant the Bible is to Christians. Just as the Bible is essential for them, critical thinking is essential to us. Moreover, a book symbolises learning and similarly and critical thinking is something we must continuously develop as we are ever-evolving.

My contributions to the manifesto are “Stay engaged - with your community and yourself” and “Analyse, Absorb and Apply”. I believe that these pointers best represent what Critical Thinking Skills B (CTS B) is about. By staying engaged with a myriad of different communities and constantly self-reflecting, one can connect to various new ideas and perspectives that will foster personal growth. How it will play a part, brings us to the next point. This engagement involves analysing our and others' environment, behaviour, and challenges. By absorbing these insights, we gain a better understanding of ourselves and others which enables us to enhance our critical thinking skills and apply it effectively in various situations. 

If given the opportunity to personally alternate my group’s manifesto, I would want the manifesto to be based around the game Chess as I personally feel that Chess and critical thinking are closely related to one another. For example, in Chess, players must have strategic foresight. They must be able to plan long-term plans and also make quick decisions and tactics in order to have a successful game. Similarly, strategic foresight is a vital aspect of critical thinking as it encourages one to think ahead, set proper goals and create plans to take actions on. Other than that, in order to be successful in Chess, the player must have to be consistent in practice. Chess teaches one to analyse a situation by focusing on the vital factors and by eliminating distractions. From that, they would be able to create solutions and put a plan into action. Similarly, critical thinking skills help one to be better problem solvers in their everyday life. Therefore, Chess and critical thinking are closely related as Chess players are required to think strategically, anticipate outcomes and make decisions based on logical reasoning and analysis, which are all important elements of critical thinking. 

Chess, as a critical thinking manifesto, can be represented by each Chess piece symbolising an aspect of CTS B. Since each piece carries a vary amount of point values, the aspects of CTS B that are particularly significant to me will naturally be represented by the strong, high-valued pieces like the Queen or King. For example, as an aspiring designer, Creative Practice and Critical Thinking are significantly important to me as I believe that by mastering both, one can create solutions and narratives that are not only effective and logical but also imaginative - qualities I consider important in design.

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References:

Putnam, K. (n.d.). 8 Critical thinking skills kids learn at chess camp. https://www.whitbyschool.org/passionforlearning/8-critical-thinking-skills-kids-learn-at-chess-camp#:~:text=Through%20chess%2C%20we%20learn%20how,put%20a%20plan%20into%20action.&text=Learning%20how%20to%20use%20creative,solvers%20in%20their%20everyday%20life.

6 Life Lessons from the Game of Chess. (n.d.). Chess Wizzards. https://chesswizards.com/buzz/6-life-lessons-from-the-game-of-chess/

Hughes, N. (2023, December 4). The Psychology of Chess: How the game enhances critical thinking. Medium. https://thenathanhughes.medium.com/the-psychology-of-chess-how-the-game-enhances-critical-thinking-15daf924f461#:~:text=The%20link%20between%20chess%20and,the%20consequences%20of%20each%20decision

[cassierobinsons]

the repressed!cas manifestio (good luck babe amv) breaking 5k notes gives me hope that we might see some actual change in how people engage with cas and his characterisation

[genderqueeradrien]

i had this thiught on the swints the other day thats been haunting me and i cant think it in a notmal way because of the wizard curse but its given me suvh a good idea for a fic that woulf expose some of my deep rooted psychological issues covered in a vague layef of metaphor which is the perfect way to expose deep rooted psychological issues i think.

i know ever ythin g.

[mourningmaybells]

people thinking the devil was coming back, the rise of psychic celebrities like uri geller, the very necessary sexual revolution, growing visibility of gay priests, and people reading a satanist manifestio that opens with how people should have more sex really explains the exorcist 1971 book

[aegondluvrs]

ONE OF MY ROOMIES GOT ME MANIFESTIO DAY 1 ALBUM UMMM FUCK YESSS

[octahedral-chaos]

Okay so since Narcissus the Fell Dragon won the poll I made, I gave them a good ol' redesign!

They're based off of Black Dragonfish... although you might be wondering: What IS Narcissus? They have features of both manifestations (Especially lochfolks) and dragons, which is definitely strange considering that there's nothing like that in-game.

Well, they're not necessarily a Canon species, but a made-up one from my Manifestations Spec Evo Project. Specifically, they're a Hydrophius (Dracomimus Hydro), or Hydro Dragon mimic. They're not quite true Manifestations, belonging outside of true Manifestations (Manifestio), oceanids (Oceanid) and Thylaflights (Geomanifestio Virgata), but they're still in the Manifestidae family, unlike Pari, which belongs to Paridae.

All Dracomimus displays a striking case of convergent evolution: Visibly appearing dragon-like from a distance. Due to this, coupled with their Rarity compared to many other manifestidae species, they can be quite a confusing (or even shocking) sight for many who are unaware of their existence.

Image ID under cut:

[Image ID: A digital drawing of a dragon-like manifestation from Genshin Impact. They have the head of a lochfolk, with two pairs of slightly curved horns, the lower pair being much shorter than the top. The body, however, is much more like an Eastern dragon, relatively long and thin with vaguely thylacine-like limbs with lobed talons. They have three digits on its hind talons and four digits, including a thumb, on its front talons. They have Black Dragonfish-like fins and barbels. They are mainly Stratos blue with Torch red eye, barbels, neck spines and markings, including eye spots on their shoulders, hips and base of tail fin, two teardrop-like markings near its eye and points on horns. The lineart is mainly cyan, and is Tickle Me Pink near the Torch red areas. They are posed as if swimming to the left, the tail bending twice and they are looking behind them. The background is pure white. /End ID]

[freackthejester]

I am still pissed about being called straight the other day by a guy who had just an hour before bragged about sending a consensual dick pic to a gold star lesbian.

Strangers definitely read me as male in my customer service job, but pretty much all the co-workers know that I'm afab and basically a woman, in terms of getting mad about the patriarchy and having tits and how I identify. There's a tendency for some people who know me medium-well or run in queer circles to call me 'they' and that's perfectly alright and friendly, a reasonable thing to default to when i am that asshole who refuses to answer The Question.

Do I have to come out waving asexual pride flags and Detransitioned Lizards in order to be recognized? Do I have to degrade myself to participating in go buy a flag culture?

Thats how he said it too, the little bastard, he said it was weird that a person would get booked on a Queer show (stand-up comedy) just because they (I) look queer even though they (I) are (am) straight.

You motherfuckingasshole . We're comedians. I'm joking. I'm dodging the question. I'm not part of you're system maaaaaaannaaannnnn.

My belonging in the LBTQIA+ community is the only irretactable part of my social identity. Homophobes don't like me. I'm that scary Political Lesbian who read the SCUM Manifestio and quit men but has a tough time warming up to women because y'all deal with way toofuckingmuch so what am I now except kind of ugly?

and Proud?

[uranias-observatory]

Fontaine/ Genshin 4.0 Spoilers under cut

◇Really like how Ann calls Narcissus the 'Fell Dragon' even though they visually looks like an oceanid and another Rhodeia clone. Especially since it reminds me of a very silly headcanon I have about lochfolks, thunder manifestations and other potential sea angel-adjacent elemental beings.◇

◇Basically, I like to imagine that lochfolks, thunder manifestations and any similar beings (with exception to seelies and Paris) belong to a family which I call Manifestatiadae. Yes, it's most likely me being a speculative biology fan but eh.◇

◇Anyways, there's other members of manifestatiadae that aren't in the same Genus as lochfolks (Oceanid Sp.) , True manifestations (Manifestio sp.) And thylaflights/ Geo Manifestations (Geomanifestio Virgata). And there are a type of basal (I should mention that I HC Manifestations' ancestors to be vaguely Western dragon-like beings) manifestiadae known as Dracomimus, which are, of course, known as Dragon Mimics or Dracophius.◇

◇And one Dracomimus species is called Dracomimus Hydro, or Hydrophius. They're long, almost Eastern Dragon like manifestatiadae with large wings, long tail with many fins and lobed talons. And that fits Narcissus quite well! So now I want to doodle Narcissus as one of those guys... as well as U.N. Oceanid.◇

[calebsim03]

Question 1

My group has 3 members and this is what our manifestio looks like. Each drawing represents our personal values. Mine is the first two drawings of a brain representing critical thinking with the quote "Think before you put it out." and a fingerprint drawing that represents identity with the quote " Self-identity is the key structure in your own life."

In a business perspective, all of these values should be coporative in order to present a successful final result. The reason I chose my quotes are because we have to really think and process whether it is a good final product to put it out. "Is there anything we missed out?" and we need to know what we are identified as, if not peopke will not see it only until you have results and evidence. I personally struggle with self-identity, I have many thibgs I love to do like photography, drawing, designing, cycling and many other perosnal favourites. When I first came to Lasalle, I wasn't really prepared for what is to come like the amount of assignments, deadlines, modules. I felt intimidated, but I guess you have to surround yourself with the right people to help you elevate yourself. Till this day, I still feel lost.

I feel like the lesson that spoke to me the most was Week 10 that we had to create our group manifesto, it is a eye-opener for me because I do overlook at these important values in a personal perspective. And when we had to show our drawings, I felt a bit embarassed about self-identity since this topic is quite common. But I learnt that vulnerability is also a very important value in life.

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[spooky-salesman]

I WAS WITNESSED TO THE WRITING OF THIS. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING SOMEONE WRITE A MANIFESTIO.

Since you said you already know the ending, I can say my favorite part of the reveal that Quentin really didn't turn back to villainy is that the way talks make everything he says sound really suspicious and like he is preparing something nasty but no, his voice just sounds like that.

I think he sounded rather defeated to me.

(SORRY THIS GOT REALLY LONG. I AM SO SORRY THAT THIS IS LIKE THE LONGEST POST I'VE EVER WRITTEN. HEAVY Spoilers below the cut as I am going through that video in its entirety apologies for how ungodly long this is!!):

[tl;dr: this man is tired and depressed and needs a vacation and to keep trying to live a better life, distance himself from his past and keep trying. He also deserves like so much better. Holy heck did he deserve so much better]:

"Mysterio will always be a villain, just as Spider-Man will always be a hero" disappointed in a way, he tried his best and he shouldn't let that incident get him down from trying to turn things around for himself.

the road to a better life is never easy.

He was so happy, so eager and excited to show off his big new thing! One not meant for evil, but one as a harmless little hand reaching out to the people to try and not seem like a threat anymore. He was hopeful, you could hear it in his voice, it sounds a little broken, but he's trying. He's very much hopeful in the success of this big thing. The Mysterium.

Betsy, however, was very eager to mention the "free trial ends soon :))", Beck's response did sound a bit sinister in tone, though, I'll admit. "I'm sure he will."

Although... you could probably take that as him getting into character. He wants to make a good first impression, show everything off, he's very proud of it, that much is very clear. I mean, if he's getting into character, it's probably a little bit difficult to cut out the whole 'Mysterio' part of his personality if he had been doing it for long enough. He's just no longer doing it for evil reasons. Some people just kinda.. have that aspect to their voices, whether intentional or not.

Heck. His "Don't worry, I will be watching and listening. If at any time you begin to feel uncomfortable, just let us know." def sounds like a good security call. If anything went wrong he would know and be able to shut everything down as quickly as he could from the control system.

He sounds sad and and panicked, although doing his best to try and stay calm. He is working as fast as he can to try and stop whatever hack and interference was happening with his Mysterium while Miles was inside. heck, when he says "--get him out!" and "Yes, yes! We're having a bit of a malfunction.." you can def hear the panic and concern in his voice. This is not something he planned nor wanted to have happen.

"Oh dear.. I hope you're not hurt?" He. Is. Worried.

This man overall just sounds really.. sad. A bit depressed. None of this at all has been going as he had hoped nor planned. He wanted this to be a good and happy event, the big opening debut of the Mysterium and the other locations of the Mysterium around the city, too. Something everyone could come to and enjoy without fear nor harm.

"It's.. not that easy.. but we are trying!" the tone in his voice is regretful. He feels BAD about what's happening, that there isn't a quick way to simply shut it down.. at least not safely, as far as we are aware. "We're almost done, Are you still.. uhh.. Holding your own?" "Uhh.. Sit tight!.. Just.. A few more moments!" the Concern and Fear in his voice! He is hoping for the best with whatever Miles is going through inside the Mysterium where he cannot see. He is nervous, very much afraid of something extremely bad happening.

This man needs a break. he needs a stress free vacation.

He is forced to close the Mysterium for maintenance.

Miles escapes, you can see Beck's face, his reaction of relief of Miles's safety, but also the grief of the.. You can see Cole, the assistant's face with her own surprise at what happened, but.. you don't see Betsy's? That's.. a bit suspicious.

So far, the few instances with Betsy seem the most suspicious. Sure, you could make the claim that Beck is a bad actor and probably putting on the act and show that everything went wrong and that he is disappointed, but could very well be excited that everything was going according to plan.. but wouldn't you think that.. They would show him looking a little.. happy at some point about it? Or a few hints during his talk with Miles as everything was going down, where you could hear a snippet of him being gleeful?

Something seems off, and it's not Quentin Beck.

Later..

Miles: "How would I get hurt if it's just an illusion?"

Beck: "That, my friend, is what we're trying to find out." He definitely already knows how his illusions could be used to cause harm. And not just the psychological, but the physical kind, too. He is definitely on the verge of possibly breaking, what with his eerily calm stressed tone.

The sudden appearance of Mysterio inside this 2nd adventure into the Mysterium definitely seems off. It seems.. strange.

As well as "Beck"'s breaking point near the end with the final boss battle against him. It seems like a cruel mockery of his grief and desire to be respected.. it's almost like this Mysterio is like a replay of a past version of himself who didn't care if he were fear or not, he just wanted to stop being disrespected. It doesn't match at all with how he is shown to be before then every time we, the player, have encountered him. It just.. doesn't add up. Sure, I could be wrong, but.. well.. As we all know, that isn't true.

"This was not in the script!" Could be referring to a movie/scene script, but.. seeing as he was outside with the other two looking at a computer and trying to reverse the hacking.. It could be a "coding script" he is referring to. A code in the script that wasn't supposed to be there. (I am aware and can see it says that "Mysterio" says that line and not Beck, but shhh let me have this)

IN THE DEV LOG 1, BECK IS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT NOT WANTING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH "MYSTERIO" IN ANY WAY ANY MORE. He doesn't like when Cole mentions that "people will still call you Mysterio" either. And he also doesn't seem keen WHY they want to record, what reason is there to record anything? Betsy mentions becoming famous.. Beck isn't very interested. That's definitely something to note.

You can already gather a whole lot from JUST that one. When beck pipes up after you listen, he seems disappointed and a bit passive aggressive toward the dev log. He seems to really not like it. Betsy, as he mentions himself, was more excited and enthusiastic about this project.. She, on the dev log, sounded more excited at the end prospect of becoming famous, gaining fame and by extension, fortune, most likely.

Beck just.. wanted to use what he has and knows to make a positive impression and impact, not for fame or anything, but as a means to change his life around. He is tired and you can very much hear that.

Dev Log 2: Definitely sounds like Betsy is just collecting data to create that false image of Mysterio. using the information she managed to corner and intimidate out of Quentin who really didn't want to and didn't see how it would be necessary for the idea that wasn't even really his in the first place outside of "putting together a prototype illusion that will blow your mind!" which he did seem excited about.

post 3rd victim rescue: Betsy does NOT sound at ALL concerned for what has been happening. She sounds way more concerned and interested in the prospect of getting a Spider-Man endorsement for the Mysteriums once they're back up and running again. She doesn't care that people are getting trapped inside, only about how famous and potentially rich she'll be after all of this if it goes according to her plan.... her plan of using and abusing Quentin for her own goals. Cole being her partner in this act.

Miles during the 4th rescue gets interrupted by a message above the initiation terminal "Listen to your doubt." Someone is trying to reach through and help Miles. Someone from the development trio. It DEFINITELY can't be Betsy nor Cole considering the 3rd Dev Log where they both laugh about Quentin Beck, talking about him while he wasn't even present. Cole calling him 'creepy and weird' and despite saying 'That's not very nice', Betsy was cracking up laughing about what Cole said. Cole also didn't seem interested in this whole idea and Betsy still seemed more interested in using Beck's "genius" to becoming and I quote "very very rich."

Dev Log 6 def shows Beck not being happy about being pushed to the side and having his feelings on this whole thing ignored. His image is being used against him and his wishes and desires. He doesn't want this and still isn't happy at all about the usage of "Mysterio" and the "Mysterium" name.

The Mysterium's also project audio.. As Miles progresses and to each new one he gets to, the audio that is projected has becoming increasingly more unwelcoming and more concerning and aggressive. At first they definitely sounded like a projection of a friendly welcoming playful character "Welcome! Step right in for some fun!" and now we have audio like "You have EVERYTHING to fear!".

(as I keep listening through this video, it's clear my suspicions and theories here are true. Miles is confirming it. "I wonder if this is how Beck acted back in the day" and calling the Mysterio he is facing inside the Mysteriums "Fake Mysterio", Miles doesn't believe this to be the real Mysterio. And as we know in the end, he, too, is proven right in that.)

Dev Log 8: It seems to me like Beck is giving Betsy and Cole the "Mysterio" they so badly want to use. They want "Mysterio"? Very well. He can play that part, he play along with their little game. He def seems suspicious of their actions. He even asks what it is that Betsy is doing in all of this? He definitely seems unaware of what Betsy is planning, like he's been left out of it. Cole getting injured by an illusion, Betsy finding out that Beck added strange code to scan people's credit cards

I want to think that maybe he heard the other logs.. but I don't know. I mean.. How else would he think to scan people's credit cards? "to customize the illusions" hm, sounds more like he is trying to imply a stealing of money.. which would hint at Betsy's previous comments in a few logs where she speaks with Cole exclusively and Betsy herself mentions using Beck would make them "very very rich". He absolutely has to have found those and known he was being left out.

Betsy's call after the 9th rescue was strange, stating that he lied to them and didn't go to counseling like he said and they found out. Besty claiming he said threatening things to her and Cole before leaving. They were definitely scared of his behavior change in Dev Log 9, they didn't have any suspicions that he probably found out about the logs and what they had been saying.. but I would stand to believe that he did and that's why he changed. It was supposed to be for him, this whole endeavor. Yet.. he was left out. all that he was, was just a "mascot" to their plans.

I have high reason to believe that Betsy and Cole very much took out Beck after something happened. The final investigation at Coney Island, "Quentin Beck" states that Betsy and Cole are "no longer with us".. Faking their own death to Spider-Man through Beck? Hm.. Sure there's been a few instances in the comics, but for the most part, Mysterio overall is not a murderer. He's never killed. Who is to say Betsy and Cole didn't know that? After all, it's not unheard of for people to make the assumption that if you're a villain, surely you must be a killer or into some really horrible and heinous things, yeah? Well.. That's not true.

DEV LOG 10: I WAS RIGHT. I WAS SO RIGHT. OH MY GOSH. MY THEORY ^^ WAS TRUE. GOSH I WANNA BEAT BETSY AND COLE TO A PULP. BECK DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. THIS MAN JUST WANTED TO BE GOOD. HE JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR PEOPLE AND YET HE WAS JUST BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THESE WOMEN.

[claudias-game-blog]

Manifesto for what a game is, a discussion I made as part of my game narrative paper.

[mordcore]

i have some thoughts after reading the aromantic manifesto. like the metaphor in sophies world about the wizard pulling the bunny out of the magic hat? i don't actually understand that metaphor but what i do feel right now is how once you've stepped back and seen (a part of) the big picture, you can't go back to ignorance. romance is a scam and i can never go back to trying to follow the dream because the illusion has become transparent. just like the illusion that anyone can make it rich or become famous has long dissipated in front of my eyes and i can't understand why i ever believed it in the first place, the goals i'm supposed to strive after aren't really anything i want or the way to get there leads over the corpses of the exploited. i don't believe in the self-regulating free market or the benevolence of authority or the protection of the police or the justice of the state (or justice by punishment in general) and i don't believe in marrying a prince or love at first sight or destined soulmates or love-romance as the solution to any single problem i face, or that anyone else faces. i see my friend in a toxic relationship because she thinks the fact that it's romantic makes up for the pain it causes, and i see friends and colleagues going to the gym because it makes them more desirable and is supposed to help them reach the fantasy goal of the perfect partner and no more fear of abandonment when someone better than you comes along. heteronormativity is the divide and conquer at extremum, divide everyone into nice binary categories to desire each other and then make everyone in that category compete with each other for the other categories affections. monogamy is to ensure the competition never stops, 'cause if you have to choose just one, what's to guarantee you won't be replaced later?

i am not playing that game anymore. and i hope to help other people to see this, too, if or when it hurts them. i guess in a way being aromantic can be very radical, if it is rejecting love-romance of all things as holy and natural and eternal and pure, something that few people dare question, apparently. so much that "don't worry, you will find someone" is the most common response to "i am aromantic", because people cannot wrap their heads around someone not wanting to find someone. maybe it really is worldview-shattering. i don't know. but i'm trying to find out and learn and understand better, because romance can't be this nonsensical, right??

[finalskies]

May as well post some filler while my wrist heals: doodles I drew awhile back for our adventure into the Spooky Dreamland/Nightmare realm, essentially. We got roped into doing an Inception-style plot; The plan was to preform a play within a particular politician’s dream that would convince them to do a big important political thing. Also there were clowns. It was all a bit convoluted.

For the play, Koreo managed to cast themselves as... a bear. Koreo has never seen a bear before. The play did not call for a bear character. It did not go smoothly, especially after Koreo caught on to how “dream-influencing” worked and started going a bit off-script...

[gr3mlin-t1me]

it’s arrived!!

[koishua]

help i get u, border carnival was The album, i'm taking that shit to my grave. i mean i like other songs but nothing compares to it ( also manifestio is my least fav era for some reason help ) i wont say im falling out of fandom but i havent been listening to enha lately

border: carnival needs to have it's own spot in the wall of fame ugh it's a masterpiece through and through :') i still go feral any time a song from that album comes on even the intro and outro slaps it was revolutionary it was one of a kind and it set the standard way too high and now even they can't reach (and surpass) their own peak </3 and manifesto!! you're so right it just wasn't giving 💔💔