#use tactics

[valtsv]

i think my favourite horror trope is what i like to call "it gets better before it gets worse". the evil is seemingly defeated. the worst is apparently over. it was tough, and maybe you didn't all make it out in one piece, but you made it. except that you didn't. you're still infected, still marked. you bring the horror with you wherever you go. and there's no timeframe after which you can say you're safe with any certainty. it might lie dormant for years, just waiting for you to turn your back to it long enough to let it find you again. it knows your scent, now. it can hunt you down wherever you go.

[bluegiragi]

the lieutenant's arrived.

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[pocket-dragon]

Baldur's Gate 3 Game of the Year

[snip-stein]

This is how you instill fear

[iseetheisland]

If you are a woman, woman-passing, or afab, and a repulsed ace (or assumed that way, or sexually abstanant for any reason) then you have definitely and inevitably gotten the "you'll love sex if you tried it" or "you just haven't found the right dick yet" by some random straight guy and I'm telling you right now

Listen closely

The best response is not educating them for real. They don't care. They won't care.

What you do is ask them how they know they're straight if they've never given getting dicked down a chance.

This will upset them, and they will try to fight back. But don't participate. Because they know you're right. Deep down, they know. And that upsets them so deeply. Meanwhile, they know that the more they react, the more suspicious it is.

If someone is going to be a bigot, the best thing you can do for them is make it wildly uncomfortable in their own bigotry.

If someone feels that they have a right to talk about you sexually without your consent, the best thing you can do is make it clear that you will return the favour.

Weaponize it against them.

[theonewhowails]

nari goes on field trips :]

[an-excellent-choice]

Gale is notorious in the academy for gushing about his partner all the time, so much that when students don't want to study for the day they distract Gale by asking about Tav and their adventures.

[seventeendeer]

this isn't at all meant to be condescending or finger-waggy because 100% we all have blind spots like this, but I'm really, really hoping that the people who never found Gaiman's approach to his own fandom concerning in any way will take this all as a learning moment.

he was an older, hyper-famous author engaging directly and frequently with an online audience of largely vulnerable young marginalized people. he presented himself as cultured and worldly, and made himself approachable as someone to go to for advice, encouragement and "wisdom." his manner of speech was extremely pathos-heavy and clearly intended to be comforting and encouraging in exactly the way his target demographic needed it to be to swallow every word. the way he spoke about stories and creativity was designed to make young creative hopefuls feel special and important, while sweeping real analytical techniques under the rug - in hindsight, likely so no one would think too critically about the disturbing amount of patriarchal abuse played for cheap shock value and voyerism in his own body of works.

Gaiman saw a target demographic that was desperate for an older creative role model to tell them they were worth something, and he exploited that pain to twist a narrative around himself where he was king and any critique leveled at him or his works were the enemy.

to be clear, he could have been innocent. he could totally have been just an out-of-touch old man saying nice things to people because he wanted to be kind and he thought he was a lot smarter than he really was. red flags are warning signs, not a surefire way to tell if someone is actually "secretly shitty."

but if you used to look up to him, PLEASE take this moment to revisit the ideas you absorbed from him. did you take his words to heart because they seemed to have objective merit? or did you take them to heart because it felt good to believe what he said? do you still hold these values? does knowing he was intentionally manipulating his online audience make you less certain? do you need more information from a different source before deciding one way or another?

again, I'm just really, really hoping people on here will take a moment to reevaluate the ideas and opinions he's injected into tumblr fandom culture, because his reach is immense and he has absolutely been manipulating popular perception of relevant topics to gain further influence and control the narrative around both his own and Pratchett's legacy. please, please take this moment to notice what he's been doing - and next time someone tries to pull the same shit, hopefully we'll be able to apply what we've learned from experience.

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo being put into a situation where there is absolutely no fighting, just verbal manipulation and perception games, would be amazing to witness. We see a lot in the series how good he is at subterfuge and how he uses his perception to manipulate to great effect, so it’d be so cool to really see it put to the test even more.

Manipulation is one of the most effective tactical strategies of all time, so just imagine Leo putting this skillset of his to the full test. Imagine the boys slowly get up to busting bigger and more powerful criminals, including those with networks of crime under their belt, and a simple fight isn’t enough to take them down. For criminals like this, Leo’s skills in subterfuge would be deadly.

[r-h-e-t]

I Need You — You Need Me

[mobius-m-mobius]

I mean, who even are you on the timeline, do you know? Doesn’t matter. I think it does matter because none of this is real.

Loki 2x01 // 2x02 (anon requested parallels between the war room and interrogation)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

some wallies :]c

[poorlydrawninstarsandtime]

hey guys i think somethings up with that octoling on the other team. they seem kinda out of it, maybe we should call a halftime and- is that a fucking knife.

[id in alt]

[a2zillustration]

He had me in the first half ngl

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[cheeeeep]

This is a cia document on cointel operations and bringing down organized groups. I want to speak on this in reference to what I've seen feminism turn into. What I've seen LGBTQ politics turn into. What "leftist" politics have turned into but I want to be able to bring up specific examples and sources.

I'm not saying it's a psyop with actual govt agencies directly involved but we cannot pretend that certain voices arent being elevated and listened to.

Yes Im sourcing Wikipedia but if you are interested I suggest starting on the references tab and looking at those texts. A jumping off point.

[renegadeem]

They have the best doorway conversations.