#a+ communication skills you guys

[zivazivc]

the morning (afternoon?) after this messy stunt. Floyd got off too easy in my opinion, but it's hard for Les to stay mad at him when he makes those sad pouting faces... 🤦

If you think Floyd's being really dumb at the start of this comic before getting a reality check, you have to take into account that he's madly lovesick and was feeling very smug atm; he's also a 15yo pop troll who thinks making out with someone means they're together now; and he assumed Les's sour mood was entirely the result of a nasty hangover...

P.S. They forgot about Hed lol (I almost forgot about him too, drew him just before posting lmao)

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls floyd #trolls oc #les #hed #ex bandmates #my art #pop trolls curse in their kid friendly lingo but rock trolls curse normal-style #it's just facts #i don't think les is being honest about how much what floyd pulled really upset him #he is a victim of much abuse growing up and some shit fucks him up more than the regular person #but he also knows floyd had no malicious intent and is just a kid #so he rather bottles it up to not upset both of them even more #amazing coping and communication skills this one 🤙 #he is trying his best tho #i can't tell if you guys can tell but he's basking in the sun in that one panel #trolls comic #this was a really fun way to explore les's character and their dynamic #also les and hed's dynamic #trigger warnings: #tw alcohol #tw smoking #les gives life advice then offers cigarettes uwu #also you know this dude's hair smells horrible if he stores cigarettes and koosh in there ksjfbsdkc

[lupine-trees]

if you ever get desperate

for the @drarrymicrofic song prompt: “one of your girls” by troye sivan. featuring boys being difficult & failing to talk about feelings (what’s new?).

word count: ~180

Harry opted to walk him to the Portkey station.

The training camp was a ways up north, and though this, this, thing between them had been volatile at best, was new and was, well, nothing, sort of, it had felt unsettling— the thought of not seeing Draco off.

Harry hands him the mobile, a sturdy palm-sized Nokia.

“Since you won’t be able to keep using mine all the time.”

“Potter, this is—” Too much. He can’t quite say it, the sudden tightness in his throat too much to speak around.

“A gift. It’s good luck. For the upcoming season.”

A nod, stiff, clocking out. “Alright. Fine. A gift.”

Harry scuffs his toe against the ground. “Give me a call sometime, yeah?” The smile on his face is lopsided (unfair) and tentative.

“Harry,” low, tremulous. “I— I’m going to be… busy.”

His responding shrug is all careful, practiced nonchalance.

“If you ever get lonely.” He holds his thumb and pinky finger to his face, a mimic, stepping back, guarded, away. “Call.”

They both know he won’t. (It’s enough for now— to pretend he will.)

#drarry #drarry microfic #drarry fic #drarry drabble #drarry learn communication skills challenge #you guys it’s a prank it’s a joke it’s a silly little misunderstanding #obviously he’ll calllll.. eventuallyyy ha #fic tag #mine #lup writes

[vv-ispy]

given that Decarabian thought his people were in admiration of him when it was actually in fear can you imagine the amount of thinly veiled plans happening right under his nose as support for the rebellion grew. His people can probably converse with each other like "Good to see you, our most skilled bowman. What a fine day it is today. On a beautiful day such as this, the view from north of the tower is magnificant. If you're lucky, you may even be blessed with a clear glimpse of our god during his morning stroll, through the first tower window" and he'd be like 'they love me so much'

#i have thoughts on how venti's early time shaped how he is as a person. god. guy. #and part of it is between the bard being a skilled writer and all the rebellion conspiring against decarabian despite his #tightening of controls #venti picked up a lot about wordplay not only for fun and songs but also double meanings and catching others in their careless words #eg. the lawrence clan going 'hey girl if you beat the dragon you get the keys to the city!' #'she beat the dragon now about those keys to the city?' #i bet there was a lot of picking up things like that for the old mondstadt rebel communication #genshin talk

[pttucker]

"Yoo Joonghyuk, defend me." "What?" I immediately closed my eyes and focused. I had become quite familiar with it after all the practice while sleeping. There was the feeling of my body sinking to the ground and darkness was everywhere. I felt a shallow sleep and immediately used Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.

NO HESITATION WHATSOEVER

They're in the middle of nowhere, literally surrounded by potential enemies, and Dokja doesn't even blink before leaving himself completely vulnerable, trusting Joonghyuk to watch over him while he totally zones out.

Talk about relationship growth.

#lol yjh does end up hitting him #which on one hand lends credence to his persistent fear that yjh secretly wants to punch him ALL THE TIME #but on the other hand from yjh's POV #YOU LITERALLY JUST ZONED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FIGHT WITH A GUY WITH WEIRD MIND POWERS #YOU PROBABLY FREAKED HIM OUT DOKJA #really it's great that you're starting to get this whole trust business down #but now you two need to work on your communication skills #orv spoilers #orv #orv liveblog #orv novel chapter 137 #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kdj #yjh

[nocturnebby]

im a joel s tier truther and i have all the evidence to back me up

#mcc scuffed #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #nocpinions #no because have you seen thag man and his dedication #to the fucjing block game #like my guy is a consistent top 10 player #and he is really good at pvp even outside of mcc #not to mention his comms and his teams general skill of communicating (one of the best honestly) #especially when it's with his friends because he just goes insane #god someone needs to stop me #he's one of the most underrated players #and his streams are hella entertaining #is this joel smallishbeans propaganda now? #yea go watch the lad

[hydrachea]

Not sure if you answer these types of asks but I have Oberon brainrot and I was wondering how do you think Guda and Oberon would make out?

Oh I will absolutely answer this type of ask.

The answer is that they contain multitudes though. First/second ascension Oberon still acts out his prince role, he hates every second of it but he'll still play into it. Think romance movie kisses, the too-perfect-to-be true kind. Looks idyllic to onlookers! Kind of hollow for both participants.

Third ascension doesn't care, so it's a lot messier because honestly he's frustrated to be in this situation in the first place and even more frustrated to not be hating it. There's teeth, there's claws, there's also swatting the occasional bug that wanders out of his cape and into Guda's hair but that part isn't intended.

And Guda after all that? Guda's not taking any shit from either Oberons. Guda has tamed worse - have you seen their Servants? They're the epitome of "shut up and make out with me", whether it's "shut up (you're being annoying)" or "shut up (stop thinking so much)". It's not an aggressive kind of kiss, but it's insistent and it works wonders.

#anon #ask #answer #wait it's all horny? #always has been #i say while writing a pretty tame answer #look if i want to write about how they'd fuck i'd need a community label and i'm too lazy for it tonight #this could have been longer if i'd included castoria but you asked for obeguda and obeguda i shall deliver #fgo #obeguda #guda is also so much more experienced and skilled than oberon expects #once again comes with the massive servant roster they've accumulated #knocks the attitude right outta the bug the first time #baffled him quiet #i don't actually go into much detail when it comes to making out because sloppy tongue saliva makeouts just aren't hot to me #so i don't really care for talking about them at length personally #but it's just a me thing #feel free to picture it in vivid detail as god and this mess of a ship intended #what a great ask to answer to end the work week MAN i enjoyed that #i too have brainrot my guy obeguda and yakudo trio brainrot both #come and sit here with me this dumpster fire is so warm

[mumblesplash]

so here’s the thing all those takes like “grow up we can’t all be artists and organizers on the leftist commune someone has to do WORK” are like. true i guess but also i promise you there are LOTS of people who would happily spend the rest of their lives doing building maintenance or farming. it’s just that absolutely none of them are currently online arguing about the logistics of life on a hypothetical leftist commune

#like of course no one in your circle of marxist twitter mutuals wants to be a blacksmith!!! #all of you are twitter marxists scrambling for the moral high ground in a fucking thought experiment! #you all probably WOULD be ‘organizers’ if you ever manage to pull your head out of your ass and learn conflict resolution skills #online communities just make it really easy to forget that your circle is comprised of an unbelievably specific Type of Guy #mumbling

[tokenducks]

Gotta say jumping between Lockwood & Co brainrot and Dead Boy Detectives brainrote is fucking wild

Yeah you know that ghost show that takes place in London? The one where the two main boys are each other’s only friends and then they meet the main girl, who has literally nowhere else to go when she meets them? And they become a trio of codependent traumatized teenagers who solve paranormal mysteries?

I have a type of media consumption rn apparently

#honestly when the Dead Boy Detective show comes out y’all need to watch it #it’ll be on Netflix:) #honestly there are more similarities I could name #main girl has a past she doesn’t disclose right away that wasn’t her fault but she sure isn’t gonna advertise it to these boys she just met #one of the boys and main girl click right away #the other boy and the girl don’t #but they end up a great trio #no one has any communication skills #but they sure care <3 #(a lot of what I’ve gathered of the Dbd show is ifff articles audition tapes and ofc comics) #also Dbd is in the sandman universe #brainrot guys brainrot #also not to clog up the tags but #lockwood and co #dead boy detectives #just for my own sake so I can find this later <3 #honestly if you liked Lockwood and co I really do think you’ll like dbd when it comes out #it’s based on the comic characters but they’re been aged up a bit just how l&co characters where #anyways that’s my Ted talk thanks for listening to my rambling #also that show is gonna have so much pinning my god #Oh my god I forgot about flo #she is lockwoods friend I’m sorry </3

[friendofthecrows]

I miss that brief golden era from like 2012 to 2016 when the online witchcraft community was actually good and full of open minded people looking to learn more and share what they know plus maybe the occasional vampire middle schooler instead of the situation now where it's been taken over by capitalist tiktok transphobes who like to come up with ways to shift to hogwarts via their inherent magical vagina powers and then sell coated quartz to cure cancer instead of seeing doctors.

#hal rambles #saying controversial things tonight i guess #btw i have done astral projection and at first when i heard about shifting i was like #'oh basically a different name for the same thing?' #then it turns out these guys are just lucid dreaming and thinking that takes them to an entire other universe #like fine enough i don't want to be mean about someone's beliefs #And then i find out about some of the dramas involved and I'm just like o_O #pls use your critical thinking skills #This is way more important when it comes to stuff like herbology though #because not checking side effects dosage etc can legitimately KILL YOU DEAD #and I've seen. So many incredibly stupid things. only to ask for a source and they send me a link to a tiktok... #This is vagueposting about certain friends #Like tiktok 'witchcraft' is completely counter to all the good I've seen in the community last decade #It's ABOUT thinking critically and learning #It's ABOUT exploring ideas that are not the most popular and not taking mainstream beliefs for absolute granted #And so much more! #Yes it can also be about belief and intuition but you have to use that responsibly #Think about why you are tempted to something #Is it actually from your subconscious or some sort of sign or did something online suggest this to you #And that's not to say all internet knowledge is bad - sometimes people do make original and useful observations on here #or compile existing resources/knowledge #But you've got to THINK about it #Same with stuff in books and from people. I'm not the 'it's published so it's automatically legit' type #Sorry for the rant #I'm up a bit too late and i was thinking about it #Time to go dream about killing someone for the Aesthetic and Drama (my favorite lucid dream series) #(and you see - I'm not going into another universe and murdering people via lucid dreaming about it)

[husbandhoshi]

awesome to see that the same people asking us to be nice and consider the opinions of people who have been openly hurtful are also straight up bullying other people

#like yup! you guys are definitely the patron saints of awesome and mature communication skills! #way to turn a learning moment for everyone into the EXACT tumblr shenanigans you were complaining about

[volivolition]

what's the theme you're fucking going for here voliiii!!! what are you fucking getting at!!! what are you trying to say, what's the point??

#still working on this drama chapter in Swept Up. they're. confusing to work with? from an empathy standpoint at least. #skill who is trying to honestly understand the other skills VS skill who is just always lying and putting on an act. #and then theres the whole thing that im not going to spoil yet but the dynamic. fuck man. i dont even know what im trying to say here #lying is bad? no i dont care about that. honest communication is important maybe? i feel like i need a central theme for this. #and i dont want the theme to be ''empathy good'' because low-empathy people are also good and i love them!! and also: #empathy is a flawed character!! i try to portray this. i dont like moralism/centrism which empathy believes in and is the main skill for #empathy you stupid centralist (affectionate) i know this is just because you don't know how to make everyone happy. who can fix this? #you dont think you can fix this! you feel too much debilitating sadness to make meaningful change!! responsibilite to others more capable #still. i do depict empathy as often kind on a small level because i think that's in character. empathy just helps you understand. #i guess this fic is also a ''empathy doesn't mean kindness. kindness is a choice you can make afterwards but empathy just means empathy'' #but that's not a centralizing theme that all the chapters share. its also about vulnerability and the mortifying ordeal of being known #urgh. i'll think about it some more. knowing me its probably another ''love (in all forms) is the meaning to life'' type story lmao <3 #i need to make a skill chart for this harry. all i know is that Volition is his skill signature but Empathy is his highest stat #hyper-empathetic harry with the rsd that comes from adhd!! haha!! suffering. everybody fucking hate you. this is based on me btw lmao #i was working on voli's chapter which has a flashback and child empathy! new to the mindspace looking out through harry's eyes and crying #the world is full of sad people and it's just too much for a lil guy! the backstory i have planned for this like. huh okay. wild. anyway!! #oh shit ive made a fucking breakthrough with the drama chapter. its not a theme but its something i figured out at least. we stay winning!! #chemi chats #task: swept up

[lottiecrabie]

i forgot that adam was the host at this chaotic restaurant and honestly it is my favorite part of this whole ‘verse

ITS HILARIOUS this man is trying to hold down the fort. he has a wife and kid at home. he is an Adult and a tired one at that. Meanwhile everyone is fucking everyone and getting sloppy drunk every shift drink he is Exhausted. i know he’s always sighing😭

#when he hits them with the you guys have less communication skills than my toddler💀 #linecook!au #ask

[ming-sik]

ok im talking to a brick fucking wall here but in case anyones actually curious the "are cishet aro men lgbt" poll is very much taken out of context and ive seen a lot of ppl, who have heard secondhand that there are people who dont think aroallo people are inherently lgbt, who did not see the original conversation.

which to be crystal crystal clear was this post, heres the conversation being discussed

notice that this guy never says hes aromantic and he specifically says that hes "not really at a point he can get into something serious" meaning that he 1) is not saying he never wants a romantic relationship he just doesnt want one right now and 2) refers to a romantic relationship as "something serious" bc he like most cishet people sees a relationship as inherently the most serious type of relationship.

additionally the reason people are upset at the guy is that although its only spelled out in the continuation where the girl explicitly says that he's asking for this despite her telling him she wants a romantic relationship if she's going to sleep with someone which is actually her setting a boundary, "exclusive obvi" in the first part most people have seen means that he is not proposing this as a thing that any given person may or may not be okay with, he is assuming without asking that she's willing to be relegated to a status he himself says is "less serious". the fact is that most cishet men are not actually friends with their fwbs and in most cases it's a code for "girl i expect all the duties of a girlfriend from with none of the care im obligated to give a girlfriend". it is the freelance contractor of het relationships.

and like is it not more disrespectful to imply that people who don't want to commit to treating someone theyre fucking as well as they think a romantic partner would expect of them are aromantic??? why would being an emotionally neglectful dickhead make you aromantic??? aromantic people are people who are not romantically attracted to other people, that's it. they are fully capable of respecting peoples' boundaries and treating their friends/sexual partners/qprs/etc as well as someone else would treat a romantic partner. like do yall not think people are wrong when they say aros are just creeps who want to use people for sex and then dip on them? why is the stance here "actually that is true but it's good actually".

the reason the poll was made in the first place was that someone got irritated that people were trying to argue that this specific shitty guy was actually aromantic and the girl was arophobic for setting a healthy boundary between her and a guy who was expecting an unhealthy relationship of her! random misogynists were the people who decided to bring aromantic people into this when they were not originally mentioned in the slightest! if you want to blame anyone, blame them for saying that emotionally abusive equals aromantic!

#aromantic #by far the reason this is such a mess is that ppl dont realize the original discussion #was about a specific manipulative/misogynistic behavior by some straight men towards women #that literally relies on them seeing romantic relationships as important enough to deserve more effort than a fwb #so ppl defending these guys are not defending aromantic ppl! #these guys arent aromantic. theyre predatory and misogynistic heterosexuals #and frankly if u cant tell the difference between that and aromantic ppl. u have some stuff to work out #its just wild to me. i havent participated in the aro community for a while #when did yall decide we were all raging misogynists who hate healthy emotional communication. can we roll that back maybe. #if ur mad that the girl didnt want to be exclusive fwb. fucking skill issue. people are allowed to have boundaries #and this girl spells out that shes been burnt out on that bc of guys like the one in this conversation #thats her damn business!! point me to where she fucking says 'and this preference is applicable to all people ever' #like @ people complaining that everyones assuming cishet aro men are predatory #they arent actually until someone said that a predatory cishet guy was aromantic #you dug a hole in front of someones house and blamed them when you fell in it.

[blueish-bird]

love and peace to you, today I’m practicing the tumblr ritual of saving everything to drafts to reblog later because I’m currently lacking in self to express

#csm site I use hasn’t update with the new chapter yet… have heard horrible things and am excited #have you guys heard about the new speaker of the house? he’s awful. legitimately scary. I want to move out of the us. #Fundie Fridays and Some More News both did videos on him #fuck american politics #my thoughts #meposting #personal #vent #sometimes I forget that I’m not having a good time in my living environment. #wondering why I feel so empty and unacceptable while I’m living under an ultimatum to either (re-)closet myself or move out #and like… I can’t isolate myself but I also don’t want to subject my friends to my company bc. I don’t feel good. #I’m having a hard time feeling present and pleasant and thoughtful. and I want to be a better friend than that. #and I’m backsliding on my communication and boundary-setting skills too bc I feel less safe. I’ve. had my trust betrayed by the ‘rents ig #so now I feel like I did when I was younger — that I exist for others rather than with. which is scary. #loss of perceived control over myself my relationships #sorry for the overshare it’s something I’m very good at doing and do often. world champ! #fuck… think I’m going to go up to stay with my aunts for a couple extra days I’m tired of feeling stuck here

[italiantea]

not gonna lie girls the dog club's internal communication is Abysmal

#ive been here almost four years and still know next to nothing about how the club operates internally #well im not an executive. which thank fucking god #there's like at least 50 something official members and god knows how many alumni and mysterious volunteers #you have to deal with the public. students. some weird guy who likes to scatter chicken remains around. other dog owners.school admin #half the time you go in and there's like 5 other people whos names you dont know (you just kinda mutually know the dogs but not each other) #and you have to vibe check your way into knowing how old they are how long theyve been here whats their name do they know what theyre doing #policies for letting dogs out? *mumbling* *side glances* *more mumbling* *shrug* #the club teacher is from what i gather (respectfully) some batty old woman whose inner machinations are unknown #every time she comes by everyone groans a collective groan of dismay and she tries to let all the dogs out (???) #anyway ive been mysteriously roped into monday morning medicine feeding.... for like a month and a half straight.... girl why #guy literally went hey you. you free in the morning. and neglected to mention till i said yes that he meant TILL JUNE 16TH #goodbi to my sleepytime mondays.... #they caught the dog yesterday and that was it no official announcement or shift schedule posted or anything #and i had to message the guy being like. so like. starting. this week?? or...? and he was like yah #guess ill have to just go there tomorrow and Figure It Out #like its not that bad. but jesus christ the communication skills. nightmarish #the ho rambles

[rickktish]

Look i understand that the general consensus these days is that complicated & impure = interesting but sometimes i just want my heroes to be good guys, okay? Sometimes i just want them to be good people trying to do the right thing, without the bullshit where they hurt their families and they think they’re always in the right even when they’re doing damage to the people they love and they actively cause harm where they could instead deescalate and I just want to see my silly goofy guys having fun together and loving each other and let the badguys be badguys and the good guys be good, is that too much to ask? Is it too fucking much to ask for a single good thing without the corruption of making it “complicated” or some bullshit? We’ve gotten so wrapped up in the grimdark that we’ve forgotten that our superheroes are only heroes because they used to be good. They used to do good things for good reasons and not because they wanted something or thought they had all the answers or because they fucked up first and needed to fix it. Let them just go back to being good, is that too much to fucking ask?

I’m so fucking tired of this bullshit

#this is about #batman #bruce wayne #in case you were wondering #maws #is doing a good job of this for the most part #as is #wfa #but every time someone writes about bruce being a bad parent it just makes me want to scream #let batman be a good guy #it’s what he’s supposed to be #dc #rick's rambles #i’m so fucking sick of watching him hurt his family in comics canon #just because some genius thinks it would be neat to watch him beat his kids #shut the fuck up #i want to see more hugs #let him develop a single healthy communication skill #im begging you dc #let your good guy be a good guy #without the bullshit #for FIVE MINUTES #is that too fucking much to ask