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Anakin Solo (jedidestiny) wrote in timestreamic,
@ 2016-10-16 10:27:00

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(016) Anakin Solo
It looks like I'll be a part of the council for this particular mission, and I want to thank you for your confidence in electing me.

I would like to take this time to encourage anyone who has ideas or suggestions about how we proceed to please come and talk to me. Particularly if you have some knowledge of this particular world or the challenges the council may face.

[Current Council (Amidala & Harke)]

It looks as if we three will be working together to try to direct things this time around. I figured we should talk together and get to know each other a bit better and perhaps discuss what ideas we have moving forward.

This evening perhaps?

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formeragent
2016-10-16 02:40 pm UTC (link)

The biggest challenge is probably changing your views to think more like them, and twisting it to slip your view into things without making it that noticeable. Different time, different views than what comes later on. If they feel judged by outsiders, then they will probably shut down. You need to step in their shoes, feed them what they want to hear to build that trust, and then use that trust.

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	jedidestiny 2016-10-16 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	So we ask questions and we listen, at least at first. At least I think that's what I'd recommend. We figure out what they're thinking, and then we can maybe counter it a bit in small ways. But without some sort of relationship it's going to be hard to do that, and we're all strangers to them - so we've our work cut out for us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

formeragent
2016-10-16 06:10 pm UTC (link)

You need to think of yourself in their shoes to a certain degree. How would you feel if a complete stranger showed up in your world and tried to change the way things were done?

Talk to them on equal footing, listen to what they have to say, and hear their point of view. It's teenagers and kids who are accusing people mostly, and you need to remember that because some want to believe their children are perfect in every single way possible. Men during this time had more power than women, making it the guys the best to deal with some of the ones in charge, which annoys me to say, but they most likely won't listen to a female.

It's a challenge, but it isn't impossible, you guys have to remember to keep judgement in your head or it will hurt us. Once you understand their way of thinking, you can start to counter it and work that in your favor.

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jedidestiny
2016-10-16 07:13 pm UTC (link)

My experience has been that you don't change people by telling them how to do things, you change them by giving them the opportunity to think about something differently for themselves - in a way that's important to them.

With paranoia, it seems like just getting people to stop and think, rather than reacting out of fear or first instinct, you may slow some of it. And, that's why it's good we've got both men and women on the council. And we've got both men and women here from the Agency, so we'll work within the local culture to meet them where they are.

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formeragent
2016-10-16 07:39 pm UTC (link)

That's the way to approach the whole thing. If you force changes or attack them on their ways, it will solve nothing and probably result in our group being ignored right off the bat.

Paranoia is a dangerous thing and by listening, hearing, and paying attention you can start to figure out how to work with these people. The ones accusing people did it by putting on a very dramatic show from what I remember to make it believable and that fear of seeing their children or how this could happen to their children was the jumping point for the paranoia. Yeah, if it was all women or all men on the council or on the group it would be bad, the mix will help, especially if people work together.

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	jedidestiny 2016-10-26 02:09 pm UTC (link)
	Were the accused people that they didn't like to begin with? Or just people that didn't fit in some way or another? Was there any particular reason they gave into such fear? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

formeragent
2016-10-26 09:23 pm UTC (link)

Bit of both depending on which story in history you listen to, but it's one of those no one really knew the true story. For the most part, they were seen as the outsiders that were accused, but some came from not being liked or annoyed the accusers for a reason. Though we don't know the whole story, and probably more to it since it had a few different theories behind the whole history.

Religion and faith plays a huge part in what made this happen. These girls were claiming the devil was visiting them, they started putting on a show for attention, and claiming it was witchcraft. The religion here see witchcraft as a sign from the devil. It played on that fear of faith, but also wanting to protect their town, their children, and their people.

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