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When I was in ninth grade I wanted to challenge what I saw as a very stupid dress code policy (not being allowed to wear spikes regardless of the size or sharpness of the spikes). My dad said to me, “What is your objective?”

He said it over and over. I contemplated that. I wanted to change an unfair dress code. What did I stand to gain? What did I stand to lose? If what I really wanted was to change the dress code, what would be my most effective potential approach? (He also gave me Discourses on the Fall of Rome by Titus Livius, Machiavelli’s magnum opus. Of course he’d already given me The Prince, Five Rings, and The Art of War.)

I ultimately printed out that phrase, coated it in Mod Podge, and clipped it to my bathroom mirror so I would look at it and think about it every day.

What is your objective?

Forget about how you feel. Ask yourself, what do you want to see happen? And then ask, how can you make it happen? Who needs to agree with you? Who has the power to implement this change? What are the points where you have leverage over them? If you use that leverage now, will you impair your ability to use it in the future? Getting what you want is about effectiveness. It is not about being an alpha or a sigma or whatever other bullshit the men’s right whiners are on about now. You won’t find any MRA talking points in Musashi, because they are not relevant.

I had no clear leverage on the dress code issue. My parents were not on the PTA; neither were any of my friend’s parents who liked me. The teachers did not care about this. Ultimately I just wore what I wanted, my patent leather collar from Hot Topic with large but flattened spikes, and I had guessed correctly—the teachers also did not care enough to discipline me.

I often see people on tumblr, mostly the very young, flail around in discourse. They don’t have an objective. They don’t know what they want to achieve, and they have never thought about strategizing and interpersonal effectiveness. No one can get everything they want by being an asshole. You must be able to work with other people, and that includes smiling when you hate them.

Read Machiavelli. Start with The Prince, but then move on to Discourses. Read Musashi’s Five Rings. Read The Art of War. They’re classics for a reason. They can’t cover all situations, but they can do more for how you think about strategizing than anything you’re getting in middle school and high school curricula.

Don’t vote third party unless you can tell me not only what your objective is but also why this action stands a meaningful chance of accomplishing it. Otherwise, back up and approach your strategy from a new angle. I don’t care how angry you are with Biden right now. He knows about it, and he is both trying to do something and not doing enough. I care about what will happen to millions of people if we have another Trump presidency. Look up Ross Perot, and learn from our past. Find your objective. If it is to stop the genocide in Palestine now, call your elected representatives now. They don’t care about emails; they care about phone calls, because they live in the past. I know this because I shadowed a lobbyist, because knowing how power works is critical to using it.

How do you think I have gotten two clinics to start including gender care in their planning?

Start small. Chip away. Keep working. Find your leverage; figure out how and when to effectively use it. Choose your battles, so that you can concentrate on the battle at hand instead of wasting your resources in many directions. Learn from the accumulated wisdom of people who spent their lives learning by doing, by making mistakes, by watching the mistakes of their enemies.

Don’t be a dickhead. Be smarter than I was at 14. Ask yourself: what is your objective?

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The finished ghoul mask paintings🖤

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Ok so I've been severely inactive on Tumblr lately. (Its a whole thing guys. I'll be back) but @ghuletteintraining and @girlwiththepapatattoo need to go check out @chris_stone_art story on Instagram... im veery excited lol

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He stumbled back to his quarters, the afterglow of the ritual rapidly fading. He was sweaty. Sore. He was always sweaty and sore—why did he think it would be any different this time around?

He brought the wash cloth up to his face, and paused. After a moment of hesitation, he started carefully wiping away the unfamiliar parts of the skull paint.

There he was, underneath it all, looking back at himself from the mirror. The same as he had always been.

“Not Papa,” he sighed to himself. “Cardinal.” 

An accidental companion series to my last Papa IV piece—look, that initial rush of Post-Coronation BDE Confidence can only last for so long.

This started out as that one painting at the end, and then just… kept going! I am WEAK and full of feelings.

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another thing I love about Opus is that it opens all nice and soft with Deus Culpa and you're like awww it's time for church with Grandpapa then without warning the fuckin doors slam shut behind you and the lights go out and the literal foundation of the goddamned chapel starts vibrating with that sweet Con Clavi bassline and the whole room is suddenly screaming L U CI F EE R and my wig is gone

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Hell yes

Making of Papa IV's thurible (via @majestyblack on Instagram)

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Oɯuᴉs ɔɐǝlǝsʇᴉs pǝlǝupɐ ǝsʇ ~

Welcome home your unholiness

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good quality version of cardinale assente fab dance, thank u u welcome

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this is good strong arm, made of good vegetable

Bonus:

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Happy Valentines with a commission from @she-is-ghuleh for her Valentines card ! ♥

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Bleeeeh bleh blove blove blove blove… You!♥

Finally! It’s clean! It has colors! Aaah!! And I added something moar. You can consider it as an early Valentines day gift~♥

…Remember?

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The Fallen Angel, 2007, by Arantzazu Martinez

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A quick companion piece to my Papa III sketch from a couple weeks back, because apparently all I can do on my plane flights now is draw Ghost content??? I’m WEAK

Dedicated to Cardinal Copia and his tight, tight suits.

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Holy shit! Holy shit!

@girlwiththepapatattoo @sevdawn @ghuletteintraining @hannibalssweaters

I just got pit passes s to this!!!

I finally get to see our boys!!!!❤❤❤

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ghost bcは��イナァ

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Oh shit kids....😳😳😄😄❤

Tonight...

You’re back at the main church, and you have some new friends to meet.

See you tonight! <3

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You guys I love this soo much!! She looks so feisty 🥰🥰

😈Ghoul Momma 😈

Commission for the lovely @she-is-ghuleh ❤️ of her amazing ghoulsona. I hope you like it!

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