children aren’t dumb. we knew that trophies meant nothing when everyone in the fucking class got one
Also who was giving out those fucking trophies? SPOILER ALERT IT WASN’T US. IT WAS YOU.
Who the fuck got trophies?? I got a piece of paper saying Participation on it with a cheap-ass shiny sticker in the corner!
Sometimes they were ribbons.
Sometimes they were just the gnawing awareness that you could never trust any praise an adult gave you.
^^^^
When I was in 7th grade, the administration at my middle school decided to make a bunch of changes to pep rallies, including changing the spirit award to the grade that showed the most school spirit to three spirit awards SO THAT EACH GRADE COULD HAVE ONE.
We decided in about 2.5 seconds that this was fucking stupid and that it was pointless to have a school-wide spirit contest IF NO ONE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO WIN. Our entire grade organized ourselves and boycotted the pep rally in protest. We still went to the pep rally, but the entire 7th grade sat quietly in the bleachers and refused to cheer or otherwise participate.
AND IT INFURIATED THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. INFURIATED THEM.
They ended up giving one spirit award to the 8th grade and two spirit awards to the 6th grade. At which point, our entire grade stood up and cheered, and the principal screamed into her microphone that we needed to sit down and stop cheering.
Because we hadn’t broken any school rules, the administration realized they couldn’t punish us, and they changed back to one spirit award and got rid of the other unpopular pep rally changes. But they never forgave us. The principal saved up all of her anger for a year and a half and then called a special “promotion ceremony rehearsal” for our grade right before we graduated from middle school specifically so that she could spend an hour yelling at us about how THIS WAS NOT FOR US, THIS WAS FOR OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL, AND IF WE FUCKED THE CEREMONY UP IN ANY WAY, SO HELP HER, SHE WOULD MAKE OUR LIVES A LIVING HELL.
So, yeah, tell me again about how my generation expects trophies for participating. I dare you.
Someone somewhere has a great post about how all Millennials learned from this “everybody gets a trophy” culture foisted on us was to distrust conventional feedback methods (if everybody gets one, the system must be wrong and someone who tells me I’m good at something is probably lying). So the fact that we’re a generation filled with insecure overachievers with a well-documented lack of interest in conventional life markers is partly due to all those stupid participation trophies.
Ruined a perfectly good kid that’s what you did. Look at it. It’s got anxiety
This guy’s response to that goddamn Simon Sinek is so spot on and he even talks about he trophy thing.
so everyone is aware, a lower score on this means a better score.
I got a 30!!!!!!!! Yes!
7, but i’m an art student so
I got a 0??? Oh my goodness. I guess it’s practice though. There’s a game based on this called I Love Hue and this is all you do there and it’s fun and satisfying.
I got 2, pretty okay with that 🙂 This is fun you guys should try it
I couldn’t leave Chrom alone in the modern world without his Robin, could I ? Here he is ! Please remember to protect your albino from the sun and use SPF50 PA+++
Robin is the exchange student who comes from god knows where. I imagine him as a sassy, tech-savvy and nerdy little thing. (You could say he’s a silver fox but not in the original meaning). He covers his mafia/gang tattoo on his hand with bandages
I swear if someone starts writes a cool Mafia/Chaebol full multi chapter fanfiction starring Chrobin on AO3, I’ll be eternally grateful and draw something for them if they want and oh gods
(and yes that is an Exalt smartphone. They’re top-notch quality)
If there’s one thing I appreciate about Tumblr over Twitter, it’s the possibility of correcting my mistakes
Here he is, a Modern AU! Chrom with extra beef ! His clothing isn’t as street as the others, because I imagine him as one of those chaebol kids with Armani leather jackets and Rolex watches, with social media accounts that get more followers everyday thanks to his perplexing yet undeniable charisma.
He’s 100% a dork on the inside though, and dyes his black hair blue to look cooler. (don’t know if you agree with those aspects @illusionsofdreaming ?)
As a bonus : he’s probably a huge football fan, so here he is with a varsity jacket rooting for Ylisse’s national team
Modern AU! is now extending to the lasses, here’s the first lady ! (get it? First Lady because Chrobin ? Okay I’m out) And twin dutch braids, because… well no one wears pigtails anymore
She protecc. But she mostly attacc. She could step all over you but you’d probably still thank her because I’m totally biased towards this baby girl. “Oh, I can’t do that ? Okay.”, she’ll say as she proceeds to do it again, while staring you straight in the eyes.
She’s not as detailed as the boys, so I’m open to suggestions
Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing 