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californiasplit · 1 year

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#reposting her bc i love her #attention seeking behaviour #french

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saintsenara · 6 months

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Literary style (rich prose, use of narrative techniques, etc.); strong adherence to the principle of charity (diversity of perspectives/everyone is given the fairest possible shot); thematic focus on death and its effects on the living (particularly, grief); thematic focus on gender; devastating one-liners; emphatically correct Ron Weasley takes; Voldemort having a thing for mirror sex.

thanks so much, pal!

sex/gender/death are in an exclusive triad over here, but what i most appreciate you drawing out here is the principle of charity in writing [also the subject of this meta: fandom is like medicine].

I've seen a lot of posts from villain-enjoyers recently taking against the idea of redemption. and i do get this - there's been such a move in many fandom spaces against any sort of moral complexity in characterisation that i understand the impulse to say fuck it, and enjoy your favourite horrible people as horrible people.

but i do also think that this rejection of theme of redemption often misunderstands the reading that we all owe our blorbos. i think there's a tendency to believe that redemption would require some sort of damascene extraordinariness which would result in the character in question becoming neutered - perfect and soft and lacking the bite which led to us becoming interested in them in the first place.

but not so. redemption can be small, ordinary. it can be accidental. it can sneak up on you. it can exist in some areas of your lives and not others. sometimes little chips of redemption are gradually carved by bringing the man whose parents you murdered cups of tea - and maybe that's not enough to redeem you fully, and maybe it shouldn't be, but it's something - and by him being charitable enough to understand what happened in your life which led you down the path of evil.

one of the real issues with the harry potter fandom [and this is why i am so frequently on my soapbox about how we need to think about the narrative conventions of the series, and how it wants us to do this and how we should work against it] is that far too many people involved in it find themselves on sides. maybe they identify as gryffindors, and therefore fail to offer any of the other houses the nuance they extend to their favourite characters. maybe they think the villains get a bad showing in the series, so they bash the heroes. maybe they loathe a specific character, or ship, or subfandom, and so they dismiss anyone who writes within those confines.

but this is an error. every single character - just like every single person alive - can be interesting and worthy of exploration and worthy of the chance to transcend their canon [and fanon - catch me defending molly weasley against both sirius and percy nation like it's my paid employment] evils if we just give them the chance.

and i'm not just saying this because i have been recently forced to become fascinated by rodolphus lestrange...

i hadn't deeped before now that the 'lord voldemort enjoys watching himself get fucked in a mirror' thing had turned up in more than one piece... and all i have to say is...

[attention-seeking behaviour here]

#asks answered #attention seeking behaviour #the fact that every human being is capable of redemption is actually important and i'll die on this hill #be good to each other

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spaghettioverdose · 9 months

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Hey so like what if I started some form of channel like what if I started like a twitch and I had a funny little png or perhaps 3d model

What if instead of just being a mediocre poster on tumblr I also became a mediocre streamer

Would you watch??🥺

#attention seeking behaviour #say yes

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parisiterileymoon · 5 months

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Me: *dying because nobody is giving me attention* IM DYING INSIIIIIIIIDDDDDDEEEEEE

My grandpa: ok but can you do it quietly

#autism #actually autistic #autistic things #attention seeking #attention starved #attention seeking behaviour #someone please pay attention to me

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princessgurl · 10 months

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Omg help i finally got the attention my brain was craving what do i do >////<

#196 #r/196 #r196 #attention seeking behaviour #attention seeking #thanks trans people in my phone! :3

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schrodithecat · 6 months

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Yearning

I am yearning, yearning to do something, I see everyone that do things, things that are great, that I like, that they get attention for, attention I want to get, but my hands can not make them, my hands can so rarely make things.

#why am i like this #why am i me #this is not a very neurotypical thing to write I think #attention seeking behaviour

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gardenschedule · 2 months

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Mclennon pigtail pulling

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“What were the Beatles really like? She’s asked this every day. “Very irreverent, very flirty,” she says, “just like my own boys growing up. That John Lennon was a very naughty boy. He preferred men. He was very shy with women, you know, trying to get confidence in himself with that naughty schoolboy humour, that catch-the-girl, kiss-the-girl thing. If you came on as a siren, he’d run a mile.””

Cilla Black, interview in the Telegraph, August, 1997

#paul mccartney #john lennon #mclennon #the beatles #also known as cuteness aggression #or manhandling (like the hug)#or attention seeking #maybe the quote is a reach but is this not peak schoolboy behaviour??

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topaztimes · 11 days

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Hi this is a vent post! Continue scrolling if you'd rather not see that

#Giving time...#Still more time...#Wouldn't want to plague any previews #Maybe another filler. Just for some fun #Is this enough?#It certainly is now #Alright start:#I'm so bored. I am so incredibly; intrinsically; entirely bored. I have been taught the same thing for four years straight #'It's only four years!' that's literally a quarter of my lifetime right there. My formative years are being spent stressed and in a state /#/of constant self-loathing #I was watching a YT video and the phrase 'attention-starved STEM major' came up and I was like. Yea #What am I even working towards? The hope that my version of capitalist hell isn't as bad as everyone else's? I'm just so sick of not /#/having a stable future what with politics and normal working people becoming more and more oppressed #I don't want to work and that's not because I'm lazy. It's because my brain is recognising that there is no reward anymore #I used to have such a little spark in Yr7. I remember having things to say and wanting to share everything I've done #I still do that now; sure I do. I don't enjoy it though #I thought I liked drawing but I'm realising that all I really like is the attention. I COULD draw things I like drawing... but then I /#/ don't get attention which my mind then classifies as zero reward #I'm very tired of doing things for no credit; reward; or validation. This is becoming a theme #Then I wonder what I'm doing wrong. What part of the algorithm am I not hitting. Then I realise that I'm just not marketable in a way #God. I'm seriously breaking rn. It's not even only because of GCSEs #It's just a culmination of doing all these things to be told that I am unworthy of Having as a result. It doesn't matter if I'm smart; my /#/ parents still don't own their house and can't afford to pay for heating most days #Literally what am I doing this for #And then I realise that all of this is ALSO attention-seeking behaviour! I'm my own worst problem; I recognise exactly what's wrong with /#/ myself but the body wants what it wants. And what it wants is validation that I'm not going to get in this life #Hi guys! Maybe don't interact. That could fix me #Wean me off of needing virtual numbers just to feel something. Jesus #I can't even be happy with the things that I make for myself. Because I make nothing for myself anymore #It's just a whole sad existence of an expected 12hr+ of school every day until I get a job I guess. Then it's 12hr+ of job every day until

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kellyscabin · 3 months

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being tested in every direction these days………….. no wins for giacomo……??

#sometimes I feel like I��m going crazy……….. like as a teacher… if a child is displaying attention seeking behaviour I know that’s because #they need attention!!!! so I give it to them!!! heaping on praise to raise self esteem and redirecting harmful behaviours and it’s #very exhausting to do for 40 hours a week for 20 individual kids with unique complex needs but it’s SO necessary and always a priority so #I’m always happy to do it!!! BUT…. then it gets really hard for me when I come home and my tap is totally empty and I start support seeking #and everyone ignores me…… like yes I am a grownup but I don’t think it’s crazy to want care and attention from the people who are supposed #to love me!!! and whenever I come home upset I get ignored 100% of the time instead of comforted #whereas my siblings get babied whenever they act the same way……#then I try and get attention from other people which also ends up badlyyyyyy ….. :( sorry for ranting <3 will be better soon 👍👍

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james-p-sullivan · 8 months

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could use some good words this morning

spent the entire night in the hospital with my mom and im feeling a kind of way

#yes this is attention seeking behaviour #because i want attention #there was zero cellular data at the hospital #so all i did while i was waiting was make FS/Simpsons edits using the memes that were already on my phone #uhhhh be ready for those I guess #she’s doing alright #but she’s in a lot of pain :(#sulley speaks #i have to go to work now with zero sleep #im the acting supervisor at the clinic today #and quite literally the only person who can unlock the doors and use the equipment

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saintsenara · 8 months

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as part of my attempt to get attention on the internet, @celestemagnoliathewriter sent a lovely message about bookbinding, which tumblr decided to eat.

that actually seems apt, i suppose, for my best girl myrtle elizabeth riddle (née warren). after all, she starts the story being mercilessly teased by olive hornby and her gang of villains; she feels awkward, disjointed, and unlovable; nothing ever seems to go right for her; and she'd just like to be noticed and liked for who she is.

and she gets all of these things, teaching us all a crucial life-lesson in the process: no matter how annoying you are you can still finesse yourself into being anyone's dream girl.

yes. even a sinister teen edgelord who spends his evenings killing roosters and coming up with anagrams of his own name, who aspires to rip his soul into shreds and become a dictator, who hates your parents and everything they stand for until he accidentally becomes your dad's biggest fanboy. turns out all he needed was a firm hand (behave) and a chocolate frog or two.

i think this may well be the thing i've enjoyed writing the most. certainly, i was chuckling self-indulgently at a lot of it - the rabbit! the sugar mice! slughorn's party! - but i also liked that so much of it - the cave! myrtle's journey to body neutrality! dumbledore! - ended up being so straightforwardly hopeful. for a series which prides itself on the value of choice, so much about the arc of harry potter canon feels inevitable - and the direction tom riddle's life takes is one of those things.

this, with its emphasis on the transformative power of chance encounters, of love and luck and longing, of tiny kindnesses takes a different view. and, as the comments have told me, the little flickers of a changed world we get as a result have reduced more than one reader to tears.

myrtle would, i have to say, approve.

#asks answered #bookbinding #attention seeking behaviour

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rebellum · 4 months

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Like obvs don't accept any abuse or meanness from them but like. If someone is doing attention seeking behaviour. Give them attention.

#tbt when one of my good friends when i was 12/13 kept lying #and would say that she eg had a secret baby that was in the hospital #attention seeking behaviour shouldnt be damned it means someone feels like they need more love!!!!

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awesomecooperlove · 7 months

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#foolish behaviours #dumb #sad #lost #attention seeking individuals #ridiculous #silly #abnormal #trashy #low level

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liesmyth · 10 months

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soooo are you planning on doing anything with colin in the jamie coming out wip 👀

YEAH. I really can't wait to get back to updating it, sorry it's taken so long but [life] and also TLT Bang fic. But Colin is definitely following everything that's going on with Jamie like 👀 & taking notes

#Anonymous #writing tag #fic: Attention-Seeking Behaviour

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meet-me-in-the-kitchen · 1 year

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being in my 20s is so weird sometimes because i can feel my pre-frontal cortex developing

#i was just…stream of consciousness journaling and stumbled upon an event from when i was like four that has warped every relationship #i’ve ever had with anyone #and made me realize exactly what is both traumatic and familiar to me #that i keep inviting into my life #if you’re curious it’s people who try and get a reaction out of me even if it’s one given in abject pain and put me in a position where #i am frozen between staying or leaving and am forced to choose whichever least threatens my dignity #and me running from this attention seeking behaviour reinforces it because no contact = more of an addiction to a reaction #and then that turns into malice #and the person WILL try and hurt me to get a reaction #🤡#like WHAT

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septimus-heap · 2 years

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Blazed post of the person showing off their hat and there r people in the notes being SO rude??? Like why. We boo blazed posts when they r someone's 10k xreader nsfw fic with no readmore not when someones showing off their hat. Not even when it's ppl from like insta who r just blazing selfies. If it's not actively malicious/genuinely insane (minors dni!! *blazes the post*)/smth along the lines of the entire bee movie script 10 times over. Just ignore it???

#sep talks #like the hat post IS PROBABLY just the person wanting to blaze some selfies. But who cares!!!!!!#'attention seeking behaviour' some ppl!! Like to be called pretty!!!!

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