#just an ego competition

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton into the FNAF-verse

[twistedappletree]

Actually obsessed with the idea of Jin Ling trying to teach Lan Sizhui archery and getting smug as hell because he finally found something Lan Sizhui isn’t an instant prodigy at but at the same time, he sees how determined Lan Sizhui is to learn it and can’t help but love teaching him and wanting to see him succeed so they can hunt together

[choco-1601]

Do u think John never talked about Arthur’s sickness in front of him out of respect for Arthur’s feelings?

[solarstarss]

we need more speech and debate au fics. oh sports au? how about the sport of the mind. this is peak academic rivals to lovers. how about competing against your years-long rival in every tournament where your job is to prove how wrong they are in a 5 min speech? the tension. yes lay out your arguments and then watch as i refute them all and then make out with me

[legionofpotatoes]

been playing bits and pieces of horizon forbidden west! game's pretty as hell

[active-mind-15]

Accidental Siblings AU Headcanon #10

[Ramblings related to my fic, Accidental Siblings.]

Thought I'd get a quick one out before bed, so here you go.

Even though Bokushi now has the body of a 5 y/o, he still has a mental age of 16 and does not partake in playing the way a regular child would because of that. However, if you trigger his competitive side, he'll forget about looking childish and focus 100% on winning.

For example, if you ask him to play a game, he'll outright refuse, but if you goad him enough about it, then he'll get mad that you're underestimating him and then play the game just to show that he's capable of winning. But it's only after he's won that the feeling of victory wears off, and he realizes he's been tricked into playing games and gets even madder about that.

[the-trans-dragon]

It's hilariously therapeutic to watch Cutthroat Kitchen because a lot of the time, when a man loses, he has the funniest little reaction.

Like even if the judge was very clear and explicit about why he got voted off, he'll be like "I thought my dish was great. I shouldn't have been voted off. I deserved to win, because I'm a good chef no matter what the judge said." (When they've done things like serve uncooked meat or used a plain century egg as garnish)

Like goddamn, people are surviving just fine, without constantly being upset with themselves for small mistakes? They can even ignore huge mistakes and chose to believe they are perfect, and apparently this has been a successful survival technique for them because they're still alive.

So maybe I can forgive myself for small things. Maybe I can be nice to myself about it. Apparently I could even lie to myself about it and pretend it wasnt a big deal or wasnt my fault I'd probably be fine--so it's probably okay if I let some cereal expire, and if I can't fend off the guilt and self-loathing about it, then its a valid option to just say "well its the cereal's fault for expiring" or something silly to escape the pointless unbearable guilt.

Like I don't plan to do that for meaningful mistakes, but why not resort to Overconfident Man Confidence to dodge debilitating shame over throwing away a single paper bag that I've been reusing for months and it's finally beyond use but I feel like I'm wasting resources and should fix it? My guilt and shame aren't playing fair or logical so I am allowed to use sneaky tricks like "borrowing confidence from a man raised to believe he is never wrong" to fight back lol.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

One coaching challenge I'm running into is that we have an 11th grader on the team who is incredibly advanced. Like, so far above everyone else's skill level it's unreal. And her goal is to dance at a D1 college, which means that I've been watching technique videos for the last two weeks (and I'm nowhere near done) to try and find anything to help her keep leveling up.

The bright side of this whole experience is that I have run into SO many helpful notes to give my intermediate dancers to make sure they keep progressing, too.

[tmae3114]

Jaania's "all I've ever known from you is manipulation" is even more when you think about what Alexander Saga era Warlic was like

like, the intensely traumatised teenager who used bullying as a coping mechanism because he'd never known anything else and said things like "Welcome. I am the great and powerful Warlic." with complete sincerity? That's your master manipulator? Him?

he was a pretty unpleasant person to be around at that point in time, sure, but also he was like two minutes of silence away from feelings vomiting at all times. The closest he got to being capable of manipulation was taunting, I'm pretty sure, and it wasn't even good taunting

[urwendii]

@ the airport for my return flight and ready to sleep for 4859696069 centuries. calling this doing a Míriel.

[hyperfixationtimego]

every time I see someone say their favorite executions were sdr2’s, I lose a couple years off my life I think

[sickgraymeat]

Shades of Craig not being able to draw a horse lmaooo

[ghoulbats]

I want you to know that you pushed me back into my sudoku hyperfix

fool!! you’ve fallen for my trap!! now you must send me your sudoku scores so i can compare myself to you and form an unhealthy sudoku addiction!!!

[erythristicbones]

my extreme need to have all my OC names to have meaning VS the want to use this name i just find really funny FIGHT

[crystalkleure]

You ever think about how Actually Pretty Damn Strong Zac must be? As in, in actual beybattle. The hobby of choice for 99% of the characters in this hobby anime.

We already know he’s hypercompetent at destroying people psychologically and trashing reputations, etc., and the confirmed existence of Casual Bey Magic probably means he can deep-fry you extra crispy with Zeus Lightning, so he’s Actually Hardcore Scary And Threatening, but he’s also apparently really good at just embarrassing you by spinning his spinny top better than yours. I guess it’s just not really emphasized because he very pointedly prioritizes his job as an idol over his spintop hobby – Zac was using beyblading stunts as a means to drum up the attention + enthusiasm of a crowd that he could then direct towards his concerts.

We know he’s one of The Four Spin Emperors in s1, but he never showed back up in the anime in later seasons. Probably busy doing idol stuff. In the manga, however, we continue to see him occasionally even as late as Sparking. And, at one point in Sparking, he’s shown as part of a mix that appears to be the global top 15 beybladers. He’s up there chilling in a WBBA meeting with people like Shu, Lui, Free, and the protags.

[...I can’t read Japanese, but judging by which characters these are and the type of meeting that appears to be going on, I’m PRETTY SURE “these guys are the Global Best 15″ is what’s being indicated here. Correct me if I’m wrong.]

So even in spite of Zac explicitly not focusing on beyblading – it comes firmly second to his career – he apparently has not stagnated. More than that, he’s maintained his ranking as One Of The Best, even as New Challengers Appear over the seasons.

HE’S A BUSY POP STAR/ROCKSTAR GUY, meaning he’s not even putting all [or even most] of his time and effort into this, and yet he evidently STILL makes time in his schedule to go beat ass at plastic toy battling, frequently and savagely enough to still be this relevant, YEARS into the series. This is an adult man at this point, with a VERY DEMANDING JOB, so beyblade is literally just a hobby to him, Just A Fun Thing To Do On The Side, and yet he’s still THIS EXTRA about it. He is One Of The Best, at something that does NOT even have his full attention. No Such Thing As Casual. Rather, this IS Zac’s version of “casual.” No Mercy.

Terrifying!

[princepestilence]

It’s a good thing I write because I “love” it, allegedly, because there’s absolutely no way to justify this behaviour otherwise.