Gloves Off

[anonniemouse]

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This still seems like it requires too much forethought. His MO is more short-term nastiness combined with total lack of regret. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he was behind some of the nastier anons Meg and TB seem to have received, but him actually predicting our self-policing crisis seems unlikely. I can even believe that Meg came here of her own volition ( I would in her position). Something doesn't have to be planned by him to still work out in his favor.

[(Anonymous)]

him actually predicting our self-policing crisis seems unlikely

You can't be serious. Playing on people's self-policing is a HUGE part of his MO. It's the sole reason why he hasn't been driven off Tumblr fandom, for example: he knows that he just has to say the right SJ buzzwords and people will police themselves. He has no morality himself, but he's shown again and again that he's perfectly aware that most other people have moral principles, and that he can get what he wants from them if he can just manage to push those buttons.

Not to forget that this comm is an extension of FFA, and Andy had plenty of time and opportunity to learn there that nonnies will eagerly eat each other if you just throw them the right bones.

I'm all for not making him smarter than he is, but we shouldn't make him stupider than he is either. When something happens which looks exactly like stuff he's engineered many times before, it's not at all a stretch to suspect he may have had a hand in it.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Fair enough-- I stand corrected.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I think you mean "AYRT", not "SA", unless you're agreeing with yourself.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 I'm the anon they were replying to, and I didn't post that, so they can't be SA.

[(Anonymous)]

I meant AYRT-- sorry, somewhat new to this