shitposting rave 2, electric boogaloo

I don't really want to give up one of mine, though...

Sorry!

 

Mina pats @Life Support of Iacon on the boot, then looks unsatisfied and climbs @the fourth wall So she can lean over and pat his shoulder.

 

Whatcha got to do is see what your crew's specialties are and organize them into jobs that best fit them. You may also want to request for back-up, just in case.

 

I'm afraid I tend to solve these by deciding that I should go alone to fix the problem and save the day. Somehow, I've accumulated people who seem to insist on joining me whether I want it or not. The are competent or I'd likely have ended up getting them killed. I wouldn't recommend this method of finding help.

 

Seconding just about everything what was said, honestly, but I've got a few more things I've found worked well.
People usually like being valued. Some jobs are unthankful as pit but still need done, and if they feel their contribution gets acknowledged, they start getting a stake in the community, and they'll continue helping. Especially if you can phrase it as a request.
Someone who is good at getting chummy with people is very valuable in that regard, people are more likely to listen to you if they like you.
If things go a bit sideways and stuff needs adjusted, I've found that telling people why something needs done also helps - but that also plays into the whole honesty thing.
With others, especially mistrustful people, you want a contract basis of some sort - honestly, you always want something like that, it's good security - and respect that, but give the option for them to do additional stuff on a one-off basis so they can test the waters.

Apart from that, generally knowing who responds to which sticks and which carrots, to take a human idiom.

 

Some good ideas here, much that reflects my experience. I'd say you have to be trustworthy, or nobody will obey you when things are important, they'll question and they'll be right to.

 

or you could run avway from it all and livwe on the moon. i knowv an heiress vwho took that route.

 

Life Support isn't leaving us, because Life Support is actually a good person.

...for that matter, Life Support: will obey as long as we're on Reliquum. Don't need infighting with strangers around, and Life Support has good judgement anyway.

 

If they weren't, I don't think they'd be worried that they might not be. That's like Ten. She worries that she might be evil. But the very fact that she worries about it is evidence that she has not Fallen. The fact that she sees everything she has done and wonders if it is evil? It's a test, and she passes it. I think Life Support passes it too.

 

AS A PROFESSIONAL PALE WHORE I CAN ABSOLUTELY CONFIRM THAT "TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS AND OFFER COPING STRATEGIES" IS LIKE EXACTLY WHAT PALE WHORES DO!
I'M DOIN IT IN MY MOIRAIL'S COFFEESHOP WHERE I WORK AS A BARISTA! ANOTEHR COMMON SUBTYPE OF US CONCILIATORY TYPES IS BARKEEPER.

 

Thank you, everyone, for your advice and kind words. It means... quite a lot to me to hear them. I feel at least a little better about the whole situation. I don't think I'm very charismatic, but it's something to work on, based on what some of you have said.

(And @Congessi, I appreciate your faith in me.)

 

Seconding this.
Get it because I'm your second-in-command right now?
Okay that joke isn't actually good. But seriously Life Support, you are doing really well right now.

 

Interesting! Bartenders serve a similar role for Cybertronians, but Cloudcrusher had a formalized education on the subject. He's considered a medical professional, whereas bartenders tend to simply listen for tips.

 

Oh are we telling lies now?
Great, here is another good one: "I would never name a protoform after Decepticon High Command"

 

OHHH THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING! I'M PROBABLY NOT SMART ENOUGH FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. BEING A MEDICULLER SOUNDS LIKE IT'S DIFFICULT!
I'LL PROBABLY UPGRADE TO BARTENDER ONCE THE ADULTS IN MY HOME DEEM ME, LIKE, Y'KNOW... OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK! HEHEHE

 

...thank you.

I'm leaving that protoform thing entirely, because that is entirely beyond my pay grade. But... I don't think I am. Prime is charismatic. Rodimus is charismatic. Much as I hate to admit it, so is Megatron. I'm fussy, not a force of personality.

 

Eeeeeeeh.

I guess I have faith in you.

 

oh my primus

 

Darlin', I was aerial bombardment for seven million years, give or take, before I went to school for this. Ain't much to it except to drop the bomb where the higher-ups tell ya - I wasn't much but a dumb flyboy. It ain't that hard, really. Just listen to what people say. Some of it's common sense, some of it's knowin' when to be careful, some of it's knowin' when to be mean. You just gotta like fixin' people, seein' 'em happy, that's all.

 

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