personal pet peeve #3,417

When Person A wants Person B to do something and Person B refuses. So Person A says something like, "Well, you must just be scared then," or "Oh, that means you can't do it" or something, and Person B immediately gets so offended that he or she must do this thing and prove Person A wrong WRONG WRONG DAMMIT!!!

Uh, would that work on y'all? Because that would totally not work on me. Maybe it's just because I'm, like, the least competative person in the world, but I would roll my eyes if someone tried to emotionally blackmail me in this way. But maybe that's just me? Maybe this isn't just a lazy trope and other people would actually fall for this sort of thing? I don't know. Any thoughts? Because this BUGS me. It's a trope that I want to see die forever unless the people in question live in an honor-based society where it actually makes sense for them to behave this way (dueling pistols at sunrise! That sort of thing) or if the character in question has been canonically established as hyper-competative.

Apparently my newfound commitment to posting here means that y'all will be on the receiving end of every single thought that pops into my head, no matter how inconsequential. Lucky you!

personal pet peeve #3,417

When Person A wants Person B to do something and Person B refuses. So Person A says something like, "Well, you must just be scared then," or "Oh, that means you can't do it" or something, and Person B immediately gets so offended that he or she must do this thing and prove Person A wrong WRONG WRONG DAMMIT!!!

Uh, would that work on y'all? Because that would totally not work on me. Maybe it's just because I'm, like, the least competative person in the world, but I would roll my eyes if someone tried to emotionally blackmail me in this way. But maybe that's just me? Maybe this isn't just a lazy trope and other people would actually fall for this sort of thing? I don't know. Any thoughts? Because this BUGS me. It's a trope that I want to see die forever unless the people in question live in an honor-based society where it actually makes sense for them to behave this way (dueling pistols at sunrise! That sort of thing) or if the character in question has been canonically established as hyper-competative.

Apparently my newfound commitment to posting here means that y'all will be on the receiving end of every single thought that pops into my head, no matter how inconsequential. Lucky you!

personal pet peeve #3,417

When Person A wants Person B to do something and Person B refuses. So Person A says something like, "Well, you must just be scared then," or "Oh, that means you can't do it" or something, and Person B immediately gets so offended that he or she must do this thing and prove Person A wrong WRONG WRONG DAMMIT!!!

Uh, would that work on y'all? Because that would totally not work on me. Maybe it's just because I'm, like, the least competative person in the world, but I would roll my eyes if someone tried to emotionally blackmail me in this way. But maybe that's just me? Maybe this isn't just a lazy trope and other people would actually fall for this sort of thing? I don't know. Any thoughts? Because this BUGS me. It's a trope that I want to see die forever unless the people in question live in an honor-based society where it actually makes sense for them to behave this way (dueling pistols at sunrise! That sort of thing) or if the character in question has been canonically established as hyper-competative.

Apparently my newfound commitment to posting here means that y'all will be on the receiving end of every single thought that pops into my head, no matter how inconsequential. Lucky you!

today is a spammy sort of day

( 2011 in fandom )

today is a spammy sort of day

( 2011 in fandom )

today is a spammy sort of day

( 2011 in fandom )