if i look back, i am lost
Kiana Khansmith
Aqua Utopia｜海の底で記憶を紡ぐ
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Keni
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
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#extradirty
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Xuebing Du
ellievsbear
we're not kids anymore.
i don't do bad sauce passes
Origami Around
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@lumineeryapping
Heya!
I'm Lumineer (Lumi, Lum, nee, literally any other derivation of that), and I run @evil-veeronica-detector! Because that is technically my primary blog, (please tumblr I beg you), I made this blog to let me actually interact with people. I'll make this into a proper pin at some indefinite point in the future. I'll also give this blog a proper tagging system.
merry crisis everyone
And a happy new fear
you can only reblog this in the six (6) days between the two (2) occasions
DnD Character Concept: A Cleric who insists stubbornly and earnestly that their obviously evil patron deity (I'm thinking Lolth or Asmodeus but really any Evil Greater God would do) is actually Good and Benevolent and Just and dismisses all evidence to the contrary as slander from rival deities. Their proof to their claim? Using their divinely granted powers for the most intensely Good tasks and quests they can find: feeding the hungry, protecting the weak, curing the sick- all done in the name of their Terrible Dread Lord and without any expectation of compensation or string attached.
The deity in question is all "???" but keeps granting the cleric power because all that free worship and influence from the people who now pray to them is nice, and hey if the cleric wants to put in the leg work to launder the deity's reputation what reason do they have to say no?
Only it turns out that the cleric is actually playing 4D chess because of the way faith works in Faerun (and most DnD settings). As more and more worshipers start believing The Terrible Dread Lord is actually a Good and Kind and Noble god they start to be influenced by that to become Good and Kind and Noble. Slowly but surely they find themselves warping to match the perception of the masses. It starts by just giving a few random blessings out of what they think is pity, or maybe sending a sign to help someone who is lost on what the deity insists is a whim....but it snowballs until you have Lolth smiting down slavers or Asmodeus sending out devil's to drag down a tyrant to the depths of hell and then they realize 'oh oh no' but by then it's to late: the religious reform movement within their flock is too massive and been ignored for too long as benign. They can't just turn around and smite their own followers- not only because it's tacky but because they feel... compassion and responsibility for those that look to them for guidece.
And then you have the cleric, who at level twenty is literally their most powerful agent and also the high priest of this out of control heresy smugly sipping their tea because they where right all along. Their faith in their deity is vindicated- after all what is faith if not believing in something so strongly, against all evidence, that it becomes truth unto itself?
Hey, let's talk about anons like this, because I know some people haven't been in a position to see the patterns these play out in on broader scale and may indeed not spot the trap.
And it is a trap.
An ask like this has several purposes.
First, it uses social justice language in passive aggressive and manipulative ways to try to coerce a behavior. In this case, the desired behavior is usually for the recipent to participate in community shunning and/or harrassment. The language above is intended to put the recipient on the defensive where, in the haste to disassociate themself from the Bad Thing, they quickly disassociate themself from the bad person, often with no particular fact checking or evidence.
The message is also intended to create a sense of being surveilled and judged by an unknown amount of people with unknown amount of social power and an unknown amount of relevance to your life.
Notice that these asks are usually framed as if they are coming from a follower or potential follower, someone who is addressing you personally and who cares about your opinion and who your blog has an effect on. However this is usually.... very much not the case. If you've ever had the misfortune to watch a gossip campaign from like this from the outside, you will very quickly notice that messages like this get sent in mass batches to dozens and dozens of strangers. (You can often turn these up with a tumblr search, if you look.)
The sender does not know you and probably does not follow you. They have a person they don't like (possibly for their stated reason and possibly not), and they are going through the reblogs of a post from that blog and mass messaging *everyone* with a form letter. They will not see your response and they will probably never even see your blog again.
Which brings us to the second goal of whisper campaigns like this:
Notice that I blacked out the names above? That's because when the recipient answers anonymous asks like this, they provide a platform for the opinion on their blog. An anonymous message like this that gets posted doesn't just spread gossip and apply pressure to the recipient, it is spread to the recipient's entire community.
The *goal* is to get access to your community. The *goal* is to use you as a soapbox.
Is the information accurate? Did anyone check? Does the anon have an ulterior social motive? BIG SHRUG
If you go into the comments on one of these whisper campaigns you will see that *most people never bother to check.*
They assume good faith from a follower, they're off balance defending themselves, and they jump straight to conciliation.
It's a really, really effective form of social manipulation, and really really commonly misused.
This is what bullying on social media can look like especially in left-leaning/social justice minded circles. This is how otherwise caring people get roped into participating in harassment campaigns.
I have been waiting for this little guy to come back on my dash. He dances in sync with any music you play!
He’s dancing to Carry On My Wayward Son. It’s surreal.
Please make him dance to the song from the soundtrack of A Chorus Line: “Opening: I Hope I Get It.”
There are some great moments.
@hellsite-hall-of-fame
Bop on to Butcher Vanity!
Everybody stop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and celebrate the last Out of Touch Thursday of 2020
OUTTA TOUCH THURSDAY!
The last Out of Touch Thursday of 2021
The last Out of Touch Thursday of 2022!
The Final Out Of Touch Thursday 2023!
The Final Out Of Touch Thursday 2024!
The Final Out Of Touch Thursday 2025! (Merry Christmas!!)
Spent an all nighter on this rip
Song by Olivia Rodrigo
Reblog if you say "Y'all"
I do
I do as well
I don’t, y'all got nothing on me
I’m a texan, what do y'all expect
Whaaaaaaaaatt?? Nooooo?
Heyy I’m also a texan
Hey y’all guess what I’ve been called out
East of Texas, do say ya’ll but trying not to sound so twangy
@bridgeoverstrawberryfields
English isn’t even my native language, I’ve never lived in an English speaking country, but yeah. I say y'all.
yall
sorry y'all!
You will suffer the curse of caw!
Share if you care to spread the curse even further!
@the-iron-general @how-and-why-do-i-know-this
This post is so fucking old–the old anon icon? Non-rebloggable asks? The gray bar at the bottom? Truly a relic
people are still reblogging it. incredible. love u all
The Avengers gif here is definitely a sign this post is from 2013
it will never dieeeeeeeee and neither will iiiiiiiii
Still rocking the hot pink hair all these years later. Iconic.
I’m lying face down on the floor. Reblog to join.
finally, it has appeared on my dash
finally, when we least expected it.
Wasn’t expecting this
I’m sorry I know this is normally just an art and rambling blog you didn’t honestly expect me to pass up reblogging The Spanish Inquisition did you? Because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
This post is 13 years old, let that sink in
i couldn’t let that sink in because I would have to expect seeing it.
and-
and nobody-
and nobody expects-
*jumps into frame* “NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!”
@hellsite-hall-of-fame @heritageposts
I wasn’t expecting this!
@matzahball
For a second I didn’t realize it meant “high” as in a stoner--I thought “High Geologist” was like a rank of geologist or something and he was insulted you would challenge him to naming stones
great poast every one👍
I have drawn him.... The High Geologist
Can’t believe he’s ace
He is now And here’s the photo evidence:
@hellsite-hall-of-fame
Happy Ace Week! For a long time I debated if I wanted to post this old comic of mine on tumblr. I was never really sure. But now that it's ace week it feels appropriate and I'm feeling brave. I hope you like it 💜 (Reblog Friendly)
It's inescapable.
I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.
"Oh, boy! I just got two asks! Whatever could they be!" The humble inbox:
This is what i think is going to happen if I make a single typo 😭
what is anons auto correct on?
