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Dragons of Stalagshire 10 - Desensitized
There are creatures out there possessing powers beyond dragon comprehension.
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If you want to get a rise out of them, bluntly reject their fearless advances / leave them on read while openly interacting in other public places.
If you want to scare them and get them on edge, tell them their parents were right about them.
Gotta know your prey before hunting.
If you want to scare them and get them on edge, tell them their parents were right about them.
Gotta know your prey before hunting.
Abusing someone's weaknesses is not scary so much as emotionally destructive. The abused may not understand at first, and that lack of comprehension may cause a generalized fear (not directed at the abuser). But if the abused ever catches on, that fear will be replaced by disdain and hatred.
The only way to make someone fear another is extreme physical abuse or other threat of loss of life (lethal weapons/drugs, extreme duplicitous legal harm, immense social pressure) from which they cannot (or believe they cannot) escape. If you ever see someone afraid of another, it means that latter person is both abusive and holds some kind of existential power over them.
Knowing this basic aspect of human behavior allows the discovery of potential pitfalls for yourself and for those around you. Competence breeds confidence, and through confidence, one who has suffered can gain the positivity and warmth they desire.
What if they instead chose to express their newfound competence via the very darkness they once disdained and hated? It is easier to hate than to love, after all. Sadly, they will forever wonder why the warmth they desire gathers no closer than at arm's length. Perhaps never realizing it is they who create the cold.
I hope you will use this information for helping those you see at risk rather than encourage such behavior in the future.
The only way to make someone fear another is extreme physical abuse or other threat of loss of life (lethal weapons/drugs, extreme duplicitous legal harm, immense social pressure) from which they cannot (or believe they cannot) escape. If you ever see someone afraid of another, it means that latter person is both abusive and holds some kind of existential power over them.
Knowing this basic aspect of human behavior allows the discovery of potential pitfalls for yourself and for those around you. Competence breeds confidence, and through confidence, one who has suffered can gain the positivity and warmth they desire.
What if they instead chose to express their newfound competence via the very darkness they once disdained and hated? It is easier to hate than to love, after all. Sadly, they will forever wonder why the warmth they desire gathers no closer than at arm's length. Perhaps never realizing it is they who create the cold.
I hope you will use this information for helping those you see at risk rather than encourage such behavior in the future.
I suppose my satire seems to have fallen short there. You speak wisely, but I cannot help but sense I struck a nerve. Shall I give you benefit of the doubt?
Much of what you say does check out though, the dark side and all that. Fear leads to anger, anger to hate, hate to suffering.
Unfortunately, as someone who's run a character such as my namesake who appeals to the aforementioned fantasies satirized in this comic, I get caught up in the whole cycle just by being who I am. It bleeds over into the user side.
Fear of rejection (I'm not interested/I'm trans, you're straight) Disdain for my presence (I can't do fetish things with her / you're a 'guy' IRL) and hatred, (Sabotage/slander) and the next thing I know I'm catching death threats and slurs.
The fear of rejection is a crippling fear indeed. One that's out of my control much of the time, lest I tax myself spiritually trying to please everyone. And you know the saying of how pleasing everyone is impossible, but angering everyone is easy?
We can agree however, that it is easier to hate than love. And unfortunately, it appears to be more potent too.
But, hopefully my boundaries matter. My attempts to establish them have often been met with the hostilities for which you have described.
Much of what you say does check out though, the dark side and all that. Fear leads to anger, anger to hate, hate to suffering.
Unfortunately, as someone who's run a character such as my namesake who appeals to the aforementioned fantasies satirized in this comic, I get caught up in the whole cycle just by being who I am. It bleeds over into the user side.
Fear of rejection (I'm not interested/I'm trans, you're straight) Disdain for my presence (I can't do fetish things with her / you're a 'guy' IRL) and hatred, (Sabotage/slander) and the next thing I know I'm catching death threats and slurs.
The fear of rejection is a crippling fear indeed. One that's out of my control much of the time, lest I tax myself spiritually trying to please everyone. And you know the saying of how pleasing everyone is impossible, but angering everyone is easy?
We can agree however, that it is easier to hate than love. And unfortunately, it appears to be more potent too.
But, hopefully my boundaries matter. My attempts to establish them have often been met with the hostilities for which you have described.
I read your profile. I didn't automatically assume you were being satirical specifically because of what I read. My goal in saying this was to support you for the same reason - and if not to at least make you aware of a systematic way of dealing with it.
Which is to say your boundaries matter but so too do the boundaries of others. Fuck those who intentionally cross boundaries to cause harm - but be aware that setting certain kinds of boundaries can a be harm in an of itself. That's all I was trying to convey.
Heh, death threats, you know, I was nearly tortured to death over the course of 3 years. I spent 7 years in physical therapy learning to walk and talk again. I learned the hard way how things can go wrong. So if I can use my experience to prevent just one person from reaching anywhere near that point then my time and effort was worth it.
Which is to say your boundaries matter but so too do the boundaries of others. Fuck those who intentionally cross boundaries to cause harm - but be aware that setting certain kinds of boundaries can a be harm in an of itself. That's all I was trying to convey.
Heh, death threats, you know, I was nearly tortured to death over the course of 3 years. I spent 7 years in physical therapy learning to walk and talk again. I learned the hard way how things can go wrong. So if I can use my experience to prevent just one person from reaching anywhere near that point then my time and effort was worth it.
I'm appalled you're even framing me in such a way that I would even be remotely inclined to justify manipulating others - all because of an attempt at satire I did not construct well or with finesse.
Do you truly believe I'm this kind of person even though we've never met?
Do you truly believe I'm this kind of person even though we've never met?
Oh, and this one too. I'm not "framing" anything. Just pointing out that you perpetually portray yourself as a victim because of what you went through. What you're doing in this very conversation, in fact, which is why I'm exceptionally upset by both replies. If you want a DM just ask for it instead of playing mind games. It was my intent to to delete everything here once I confirmed you would not pull this crap but you did. That's why I made it public in the first place.
Then I apologize for my conduct.
Because I have no intention of playing victim. Merely sharing my shortcomings in the exact same way you did.
I have no intention of playing mind games. Merely exchange refutations in private, and let the best logic prevail.
I regret I wasn't able to win your respect. But it looks like I had an uphill battle the moment you first replied.
Maybe in the future.
Because I have no intention of playing victim. Merely sharing my shortcomings in the exact same way you did.
I have no intention of playing mind games. Merely exchange refutations in private, and let the best logic prevail.
I regret I wasn't able to win your respect. But it looks like I had an uphill battle the moment you first replied.
Maybe in the future.
For me, the funniest part is how he appears to be on the verge of getting his Rubix cube back even though he's only just begun to ask the WTF.
"Where is this creature from?"
"The furry fandom." *hands back the solved cube* "Here you go."
Doubtful that he would've gotten his necklace back in as much time. Which tells you just how confident he was that it would go this way.
"Where is this creature from?"
"The furry fandom." *hands back the solved cube* "Here you go."
Doubtful that he would've gotten his necklace back in as much time. Which tells you just how confident he was that it would go this way.
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