#belligerent

[xantchaslegacy]

[howifeltabouthim]

I invited her everywhere, even though she rarely came and had never invited me (which only made me more ragefully determined to win her over).

Jessica Gross, from Open Wide

[castleseer]

Janther Week Day 6: Belligerent

A childish argument turns into a wooden sword fight and Jane and Gunther's parents step in to break it up.

[bace-jeleren]

Sail away with me

[solianapaeris]

I think it’s important for adults (and children) to have—or be taught—proper emotional regulation. Adults who aren’t well adjusted in this area were children who were not taught proper self-soothing techniques or simply not taught that there are different ways to resolve conflict without bowing up, yelling, being aggressive/hostile/belligerent, or being physical.

People can tend to be stuck in survival or fight/flight mode for a lot of their adolescence and adulthood and truly not know how to channel that energy into proper hobbies and healthy ways; they end up becoming people who have misplaced anger and agression that ultimately take it out on whoever is close by during the right (or I should say wrong) time.

These type of people seem to be easily angered and irritated, ready to fight at the slightest offense to prove that they’re not “weak”, and to prove a point. When you don’t have emotional regulation you tend to think that by fighting and always “winning” you proved something, but that victory is always a pyrrhic one.

It goes against a lot of people’s pride and ego to solve a conflict that doesn’t involve “letting someone have it.” Many people are not taught de-regulation tactics/techniques, or how to handle things in a mature manner because their pride doesn’t want someone to think “they got the best of me.”

When you’re wise, you understand that you have things to lose—whether that be opportunities, money, or relationships. Something insignificant is never worth losing things that matter. And most people know that those who have nothing to lose don’t care if they cause you to lose all you worked for, because then you’re essentially broken down and humbled.

It always takes just a moment, a second, to not let yourself get out of character and to remember that you don’t always have to fight your way through things. Everything doesn’t always have to be a struggle or fight. De-escalation can save you (and others) a lot of time, money, and in some cases, your life and livelihood.

[fyeahiwatarikei]

no, no, no! there was no conceivable way that as lord of the mansion he would ever disgrace himself to waiting the door while azumano's dressed-up halloween horrors skulked about, crawling up from far gate to building front in the hopes of obtaining some brilliant, lavish fortune of danish cookie tins or imported chocolates.

which he had in fact delegated to distribution.

which he had in fact delegated to elmroot to distribute.

fukami had thrown himself away into his art, locking himself into his canvas room and letting the faint white of candelight seep out from beneath the crack of the heavy wooden door. focus would assist in muffling the sound of trampling feet and an endless belt of knocks, but dawn finally breaks unto a new day, and with it fukami, creaking open the door and looking as if he hadn't slept a minute, (or, on the contrary, had been sleeping for thousands of years...) not all too hoarsely begs to question:

' are they gone now? ' grant him mercy and relief. ' is it finally over, elmroot? '

How times could change, bringing with them what he secretly called vulgar customs! A horde of crudely dressed-up children, begging (threatening) at every door was not high on the list of practices he appreciated observing. Back in his day, they had dances, rituals and, if the celebration included specific food to be served, people kindly waited for it instead of… whatever that was. He would never get used to these nightly invasions and, for the entire night, wished it to be an ephemeral fad.

Now, if the one and only man in charge of managing the entire household – a lanky boy proudly approaching 15 with a severe tendency for self-ostracisation – hadn't explicitly told him, and him in particular, to manage the masses, he would have happily locked the main door for the night and collapsed where he could have been deaf to this profane world.

Instead, he had had to suffer the ordeal of intimidating children all night long in his darkest, longest cloak; switching roles and tones at will in a constant search for the most frightening effect, all this with treats at hand.

Thankfully, every bad time eventually comes to an end and, when the merciful little master appeared to enquire about the state of their sweet supplies, Elm Root had to conceal a hint of tired satisfaction.

“Are recurring events ever truly over, Fukami-kun? Shouldn't you focus on work, instead? This and only this is the immutable pillar of life, don't you think?”

[latticejaysmith]

what if we got assimilated into an alien hivemind together? no jk jk... lest? no no, i jest... lest?

[taiwantalk]

russia’s behavior in blaming united states and the rest of nato for helping ukraine to beat russia in an invasion started by russia gives the whole world a clear example of revisionist history deserving historians to critically re-examine.

and in my personal interest, i am convinced that historian should re-examine china’s revisionist behavior in blaming 8 nations alliance in 1900 for the military conflict triggered by boxer rebellion.

likewise china is blaming united states for trade war for infringement of ip patents for coverup of covid19 for taiwan tension by threatening to invade and for South China Sea by building islands and behaving hostile.

these are classic behaviors of belligerent country with revisionist tendencies.

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