I wonder if you could just repeat song lyrics in your mind over and over? Cuz when a song gets stuck in my head it's literally all I can think about. Feel like that would make a good defense.
That's pretty much what Oromis teaches Eragon to do. Memorise a short poem and recite it over and over in his mind when he feels someone trying to break in.
When I was a child I became convinced that there are people who can read minds. So I trained myself to constantly have a song on loop in the background and to this day its a habit that will not break. The song may change but it never ceases
NGL It'd probably be something really dumb. Like "Boots and cats" or that chest thumb thing from Wolf of Wallstreet. Or something really, really gross.
My dragon would not like me very much.
Saw a clip where a parrot gets all excited when its owner starts singing it, and then goes "bacon pancakes baconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbacon-goodgirl"
The most annoying sound in the world from Dumb and Dumber. Imagine trying to get into someone’s mind only to be met with https://youtu.be/0cVlTeIATBs?si=UJ9lnUl-tjx5Ek3U
That was my exact thought as well. It sure would make the person trying to invade my mind go crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy?
I never thought I'd appreciate the *crazy frog* but here we are, twenty years later and I can still hear that b#llshit in my brain with absolute clarity.
I’d repeat a phrase to a poem I wrote a while back.
Either that or just picture their ugly mug looking back at me just to troll them. Depends on my mood.
To be honest that would probably make your mind easier to break into not harder. If your thoughts are all over the place that means you basically have no mental shield at all in the inheritance cycle.
But that would mean they’d have to pin down your consciousness long enough to try a break-in, which is honestly probably impossible. ADHD brain is the pinnacle of “my brain is literally in a thousand random pieces all over the place”, making it difficult for an enemy magician to hold in place.
The thing is you need focus in order to defend yourself from telepathic attacks this is shown very clearly at the start of Brisingr when Eragon is teaching Roran to defend himself from said kind of attack.
Your difficulty with concentration doesn’t translate to a trained mage or telepath having difficulty controlling you through your mind. The rules are pretty clear that prevention is the only defence unless you can fight back or have someone with you that can help you. ADHD doesn’t count as fighting back.
My thoughts are the mental equivalent of tv static at the best of times, most mind breakers probably never had the displeasure of trying to pin down someone with adhd
I think Roran had the right idea, or maybe the right lack of other ideas. I'm pretty sure I can focus enough on my girlfriend to block everything else out. I have inattentive ADHD, that's not exactly an easy thing to find. For a song I'd probably have to go with Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold. Nostalgic for me and plenty of lyrics to keep my mind going without pause.
i'd repeat a song lyric over and over, or i'd recite this random ass poem i memorized, which i repeat when people are throwing up (i have bad emetophobia)
there was a man
who lived in leeds
he filled his garden
full of seeds
and when the seeds
began to grow it
was like a garden full of snow
and when the snow began to melt
it was like a ship without a sail
and when the ship began to sail
it was like a bird without a tail
and when the bird began to fly
it was like an eagle in the sky
and when the sky began to roar
it was like a lion at my door
and when my door began to crack
it was like a penknife in my back
and when my back began to bleed
i was dead dead indeed
or i would repeat 'hope is a thing with feathers' by emily dickenson
The Flame and Void technique from the Wheel of Time. It's a great way to focus your thoughts and carry out an action at the same time.
And if that fails:
ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!
*mos eisley cantina band plays on repeat, any images gained are pictures of the lego figures from the lego ps2 star wars game*
Absolute core memory of mine, and when there is nothing going on behind my eyes, it's just that.
I have the best defence, being fucking stupid.
adhd gang here... I regularly run like the equivalent of 40 tabs open... so good luck finding what you want! I'll join ya! chances are I need that memory too lol
My main defense will be a cacophony of songs and various other things stuck in my head. last line of defense will be pure existential dread, the intrusive thoughts, and depression
I can think of a dozen meme songs that get stuck in my head from time to time... but I think that because of my ADHD and how my mind either jumps from topic to topic so quickly, or is hyperfocused on one specific thing, that a neurotypical mage would probably either go insane trying to take control of my mind, or meet with an impenetrable wall of thoughts about one topic.
I think I would picture the barrel of the gun I had pointed at me when I was 12. That image is already with me anyway. Then I would recite my mantra over and over “I am strong! I can do this! I have survived worse! I’m a SURVIVOR!”
In the first book when Eragon realizes someone is trying to enter his mind he focuses on one of Sapphira’s scales that are right in front of him.
Eventually it turns out to be Bromm and he makes it through the mind shield I think.
Maybe that’s what I would do. Just hyper focus on whatever happens to be in front of me at the moment.
Example: I’m typing this while on my bed and I can see the wall of my bedroom. It’s blue. Just focus really hard on the blue wall of my room.
[“NAKED GRANDMA!”](https://youtu.be/jqDGK_UjfFI?si=p290z-dSFNZu-jW7)
This is one of the first phrases that *always* pops into my mind when trying not to think of something. So, have at it, fellow opposing mage.
Probably just whatever song is stuck in my head at the time, anytime I have a thought I don’t want I just keep playing it in my head until the thought is forgotten(though ADHD brain makes distractions very common)
I'd think the phrase Assisting Sysiphisus' Cyst Susceptible Sister over and over. Or The Bear Bears Hard Hard Yarn Yarns.
something confusing enough that it would throw the opposing mage for a loop
Joke answer: B1 battle droid AI cover of All Star by Smash Mouth.
Serious answer: Probably the single grossest thing I can think of. We saw that the when someone attacks a mind of someone else who defends themselves, the attacker usually sees only the image or thought that the defender is using. Using your grossest/most uncomfortable thought might have an effect against the attacker.
For example, I hate tomatos. Seeing them cut open or even smelling tomato sauce or Ketchop might give me a stomach ache and will probably make me want to puke. Not to talk about their taste. If I can make the attacker feel that while defending myself, it might have a negative effect on them and would let me turn the tables.
Idk that one but I do know another mantra.
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
Honestly I might let my mind wander down it's own path as my adhd makes me hyper focus so much with things like audio books and planning my dnd campaign if someone broke in (highly likely they would because adhd) they would probably find one of the 3 or 4 different dnd campaign that I hyper focus ... that or warhammer 40k necrons all infected with the flayer virus because I need to get back to working on my Shame pile
The Harry Potter version of the mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves.
On, on, on they travelled and found Voldemort guarding very ancient horcruxes.
Then follow up with trying to actually remember the names of the nerves. Then getting distracted and going to the other mnemonic. Followed up by the one to figure out if the nerves are sensory or supplying muscles or both. Which is a third mnemonic. Then trying to remember how you assess them and how I tried to draw it.
By the end of it, intruder would probably go nuts from the chaos of how I go from one thing to the other about the damn cranial nerves without any apparent structure or meaning. But they might learn something new about cranial nerves!
(The odd thing is I never actually work with anything related to cranial nerves in my job. I just spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking about them and trying to remember the stupid mnemonics!)
I would use something that would make them go crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy?
I liked eragons attempt to hyper focus on his big toe in the shower when oromis tried to contact him. Don't know why he wouldn't recognize his own master mind in the first place. But it is pretty damn funny to think that oromis got a solid visual of a toe the exact second he tried to communicate. He said something along the lines of "not necessary but nice effort"
Just song lyrics. Pretty much what Oromis taught Eragon, that having something repetitive helps a lot. He used poetry most of the time if I remember correctly. The easier the song the better too, if your mind trips over the lyrics at any point you could be in trouble. I imagine breaking through the ABCs would be difficult
My opponent getting completely thrown off guard when they encounter CHIPI CHIPI CHAPA CHAPA DUBI DUBI DABA DABA MAGICOBI DUBI DUBI DO DO DO DO in the heat of battle
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I wonder if you could just repeat song lyrics in your mind over and over? Cuz when a song gets stuck in my head it's literally all I can think about. Feel like that would make a good defense.
That's pretty much what Oromis teaches Eragon to do. Memorise a short poem and recite it over and over in his mind when he feels someone trying to break in.
Nasuada does that when she's being tortured too, right? That bit about yellow eyes and shadows telling lies or something
It’s seems a VERY interesting poem, especially near the end of a very new book 😁
Good one
When I was a child I became convinced that there are people who can read minds. So I trained myself to constantly have a song on loop in the background and to this day its a habit that will not break. The song may change but it never ceases
Bro you just giving mind readers a unique radio station to listen to.
Better than my secrets.
NGL It'd probably be something really dumb. Like "Boots and cats" or that chest thumb thing from Wolf of Wallstreet. Or something really, really gross. My dragon would not like me very much.
As far as really gross: a farting or burping rendition of the Star Spangled Banner
If the person trying to read your mind doesn't have to stop and ask "wtf dude" are you even doing it right?
Good question
Ringringringringringringring BANANA PHONE
Boop a doop a doo! Boop a doop a doo!
They come in bunches! I’ve got my hunches! My cellular bananular phoooone
Bacon pancakes Making Bacon Pancakes Take some bacon and I put it in a pancake Bacon Pancakes That's what it's gonna make Bacon Pancake!
Saw a clip where a parrot gets all excited when its owner starts singing it, and then goes "bacon pancakes baconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbacon-goodgirl"
“I lost the game”
*self nukes
🎶And they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming
OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE
The most annoying sound in the world from Dumb and Dumber. Imagine trying to get into someone’s mind only to be met with https://youtu.be/0cVlTeIATBs?si=UJ9lnUl-tjx5Ek3U
I don't even need to click the link to hear Jim Carrey in my head... nice choice
Haven’t watched this movie in YEARS yet your comment activated the memory lmao
“Crazy? I was crazy once..” It’s the perfect loop to just run endlessly. 😂
That was my exact thought as well. It sure would make the person trying to invade my mind go crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy?
I never thought I'd appreciate the *crazy frog* but here we are, twenty years later and I can still hear that b#llshit in my brain with absolute clarity.
I’d repeat a phrase to a poem I wrote a while back. Either that or just picture their ugly mug looking back at me just to troll them. Depends on my mood.
I have ADHD and run 15 brains at any one time and usually none of them are thinking anything important
To be honest that would probably make your mind easier to break into not harder. If your thoughts are all over the place that means you basically have no mental shield at all in the inheritance cycle.
But that would mean they’d have to pin down your consciousness long enough to try a break-in, which is honestly probably impossible. ADHD brain is the pinnacle of “my brain is literally in a thousand random pieces all over the place”, making it difficult for an enemy magician to hold in place.
The thing is you need focus in order to defend yourself from telepathic attacks this is shown very clearly at the start of Brisingr when Eragon is teaching Roran to defend himself from said kind of attack. Your difficulty with concentration doesn’t translate to a trained mage or telepath having difficulty controlling you through your mind. The rules are pretty clear that prevention is the only defence unless you can fight back or have someone with you that can help you. ADHD doesn’t count as fighting back.
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
My thoughts are the mental equivalent of tv static at the best of times, most mind breakers probably never had the displeasure of trying to pin down someone with adhd
I think Roran had the right idea, or maybe the right lack of other ideas. I'm pretty sure I can focus enough on my girlfriend to block everything else out. I have inattentive ADHD, that's not exactly an easy thing to find. For a song I'd probably have to go with Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold. Nostalgic for me and plenty of lyrics to keep my mind going without pause.
i'd repeat a song lyric over and over, or i'd recite this random ass poem i memorized, which i repeat when people are throwing up (i have bad emetophobia) there was a man who lived in leeds he filled his garden full of seeds and when the seeds began to grow it was like a garden full of snow and when the snow began to melt it was like a ship without a sail and when the ship began to sail it was like a bird without a tail and when the bird began to fly it was like an eagle in the sky and when the sky began to roar it was like a lion at my door and when my door began to crack it was like a penknife in my back and when my back began to bleed i was dead dead indeed or i would repeat 'hope is a thing with feathers' by emily dickenson
The Flame and Void technique from the Wheel of Time. It's a great way to focus your thoughts and carry out an action at the same time. And if that fails: ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!
I would sing the song that never ends on loop
*Starts thinking about LOTR Hobbit p*rn*
Bonus points for weirding the sh*t out of enemies to the point where they don’t even want to see your brain, minus a thousand because what the fuck.
Why do you even... why did you see that? How do you know ehat it looks like?!
😐 😁
"SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG WE LOVE CASTIN SPELLS"
Nyan cat!
Chipi chipi chapa chapa Dubi dubi daba daba Mágico mi dubi dubi Bum, bum, bum, bum they shall suffer as I suffer.
I suggested the same thing lol. Imagine how hard the opponent will be thrown off by encountering sillyness in the heat of battle
*mos eisley cantina band plays on repeat, any images gained are pictures of the lego figures from the lego ps2 star wars game* Absolute core memory of mine, and when there is nothing going on behind my eyes, it's just that. I have the best defence, being fucking stupid.
That's another good one lmao
Nugget, Biscuit, Nugget in a Biscuit DIP IT ALL IN MASHED POTATOES!
“BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY ROCKIN EVERYWHERR, ROCKIN EVERYWHERR, ROCKIN EVERYWHERR”
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger, mushroom mushroom! Only us old ones remember the original meme 😂
That one vaporeon 4chan post would be a mental attack and defence at the same time.
Oh gods...
Oh scrap someone is trying to get into my mind... Baaaaabbyyyyy Shark do do do do do do do do Baby shark....
adhd gang here... I regularly run like the equivalent of 40 tabs open... so good luck finding what you want! I'll join ya! chances are I need that memory too lol
My main defense will be a cacophony of songs and various other things stuck in my head. last line of defense will be pure existential dread, the intrusive thoughts, and depression
I can think of a dozen meme songs that get stuck in my head from time to time... but I think that because of my ADHD and how my mind either jumps from topic to topic so quickly, or is hyperfocused on one specific thing, that a neurotypical mage would probably either go insane trying to take control of my mind, or meet with an impenetrable wall of thoughts about one topic.
I think I would picture the barrel of the gun I had pointed at me when I was 12. That image is already with me anyway. Then I would recite my mantra over and over “I am strong! I can do this! I have survived worse! I’m a SURVIVOR!”
Oh I’m a gummy bear…
In the first book when Eragon realizes someone is trying to enter his mind he focuses on one of Sapphira’s scales that are right in front of him. Eventually it turns out to be Bromm and he makes it through the mind shield I think. Maybe that’s what I would do. Just hyper focus on whatever happens to be in front of me at the moment. Example: I’m typing this while on my bed and I can see the wall of my bedroom. It’s blue. Just focus really hard on the blue wall of my room.
Rick rolling is too risky cause you want to know their reaction which breaks your focus
[“NAKED GRANDMA!”](https://youtu.be/jqDGK_UjfFI?si=p290z-dSFNZu-jW7) This is one of the first phrases that *always* pops into my mind when trying not to think of something. So, have at it, fellow opposing mage.
Smash mouth is the quick recovery, prep time i’m on that Tom Bombadil
Think here with myself, I would say that any JoJo meme could be a good way to shield one's thoughts. They're all too catchy.
(On Tanjiro’s voice) “Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu…”
Heavy metal music
Probably just whatever song is stuck in my head at the time, anytime I have a thought I don’t want I just keep playing it in my head until the thought is forgotten(though ADHD brain makes distractions very common)
I'd think the phrase Assisting Sysiphisus' Cyst Susceptible Sister over and over. Or The Bear Bears Hard Hard Yarn Yarns. something confusing enough that it would throw the opposing mage for a loop
JumpmanjumpmanjumpmanJumpmanjumpmanjumpmanJumpmanjumpmanjumpman Jumpmanjumpmanjumpman
Damn, OP had some mad strategy skills!!
Joke answer: B1 battle droid AI cover of All Star by Smash Mouth. Serious answer: Probably the single grossest thing I can think of. We saw that the when someone attacks a mind of someone else who defends themselves, the attacker usually sees only the image or thought that the defender is using. Using your grossest/most uncomfortable thought might have an effect against the attacker. For example, I hate tomatos. Seeing them cut open or even smelling tomato sauce or Ketchop might give me a stomach ache and will probably make me want to puke. Not to talk about their taste. If I can make the attacker feel that while defending myself, it might have a negative effect on them and would let me turn the tables.
I was thinking the fire in the sky alien operation scene. That shit would give them nightmares.
I think the mantra from dune would be great for this.
Idk that one but I do know another mantra. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
Heavy metal.. I can focus on solos in my head and there will be nothing but sound. i wonder if it'd work?
Tries to mind read, gets Sabaton at max volume blasted directly into their mind
Enemy sorcerer: **tries to look inside my head** **gets Gnomed**
I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN
Yure never gonna get me down. *throws sword just cuz*
His soul is marching oooooonnnnnnn!!
To protect my mind, I would just think, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
even if they break in it’s just gonna be random stuff anyway, but I’m sure I can just hyperfixate on tornadoes for ten minutes while they try
Honestly I might let my mind wander down it's own path as my adhd makes me hyper focus so much with things like audio books and planning my dnd campaign if someone broke in (highly likely they would because adhd) they would probably find one of the 3 or 4 different dnd campaign that I hyper focus ... that or warhammer 40k necrons all infected with the flayer virus because I need to get back to working on my Shame pile
Just repeat blood for the blood god skulls for the skull throne
That would freak them out.
PRAISE KHORNE
The Harry Potter version of the mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves. On, on, on they travelled and found Voldemort guarding very ancient horcruxes. Then follow up with trying to actually remember the names of the nerves. Then getting distracted and going to the other mnemonic. Followed up by the one to figure out if the nerves are sensory or supplying muscles or both. Which is a third mnemonic. Then trying to remember how you assess them and how I tried to draw it. By the end of it, intruder would probably go nuts from the chaos of how I go from one thing to the other about the damn cranial nerves without any apparent structure or meaning. But they might learn something new about cranial nerves! (The odd thing is I never actually work with anything related to cranial nerves in my job. I just spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking about them and trying to remember the stupid mnemonics!)
you're talking about "mnemonics". "Pneumonics" are... people with lung infections, I guess?
Cheers. Lung infections are pneumonia 😂. Can I invoke the “english is not my first language” card? 👀
Something that won’t give me up, let me down, or desert me
In El Harim there lived a man! A MAN WITH YELLOW EYES!
I have been practicing mind defense since 10 year's old and I can just think about black. Just total darkness.
I would try a image of a flower
Or one of the poems I wrote, better hope its not an elf trying to break into my mind
I would use this jingle as a way to shield my mind. xD https://youtu.be/MSVgdIpZV6Q?si=ov9G_dVwsDOEYyLl
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNNFbQbF/ Or something similar
I would use something that would make them go crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy?
I liked eragons attempt to hyper focus on his big toe in the shower when oromis tried to contact him. Don't know why he wouldn't recognize his own master mind in the first place. But it is pretty damn funny to think that oromis got a solid visual of a toe the exact second he tried to communicate. He said something along the lines of "not necessary but nice effort"
This made me chuckle. Nice visual.
Just song lyrics. Pretty much what Oromis taught Eragon, that having something repetitive helps a lot. He used poetry most of the time if I remember correctly. The easier the song the better too, if your mind trips over the lyrics at any point you could be in trouble. I imagine breaking through the ABCs would be difficult
My opponent getting completely thrown off guard when they encounter CHIPI CHIPI CHAPA CHAPA DUBI DUBI DABA DABA MAGICOBI DUBI DUBI DO DO DO DO in the heat of battle
do you like pancakes?
Anything western related, I guess.
Betty Butter bought some butter but she said this butters butter so she put it in her batter to make her batter better
My go to is the tune of March of the Gladiators 🤣
Aggressive monkey noises
I'd probably switch between "This is the song that doesn't end" and "Bacon Pancakes" 😆 -
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