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There is a pattern of when bbh chooses to crouch, crouch walk, stand still, jump around/place blocks, cool sit, and ground sit and we see all of this during the conversation. These are all patterns he displays when testing/manipulating someone and can be seen in other streams as well, not just this one.

Crouching in Minecraft is usually a submissive or friendly gesture. You are making urself smaller to appear less threatening or crouching to get closer to someone. Like a cat showing you it’s belly. But it is also used for stealth. When bbh is talking to someone and he’s crouching at them or walking around them while crouching, he is studying them. He is observing them like a tiger stalking it’s prey.

Through out the Tina/bbh conversation, bbh would crouch walk around her when he tells her things to test her reaction and wit. What does it mean to be okay? Bbh is actively committing self harm and hurting those around him. Talking about how he knows Foolish but Foolish also know him. There are so many examples during this conversation where bbh will tell Tina something or ask her a question and it feels like he is watching her like a vulture because of his crouch walk. Sometimes he paces back and forth and others he is actively circling her. It creates such an unexpected tension to these conversations because it feels like he’s on the hunt (which he is) and creates an aura of unease in the person he’s talking to.

Then there are moments where bbh sits (ground sit so the one where their knees pull up) beside Tina and puts them both on equal footing. He’s no longer on the hunt and lulls her into a false sense of vulnerability. We see this during their conversation after Bad admits he’s torturing himself. Bad listens to Tina talk about how no one trusts her and she feels like an outsider and he explains that everyone here is so close because of the trauma they’ve experienced. They have a sincere moment sitting together before bbh propositions Tina to burn the forest to save the trees. He does the exact same thing later in the conversation where he sits close to her and asks about her opinions on cucurucho and explains how there’s three cucuruchos and eventually propositions her to give Foolish fake evidence to get someone arrested. The ground sit emits vulnerability and bbh uses it to lower the other person’s guard so they will be more open to his plans.

It’s very interesting when bbh stands still or close to it. He did so several times during this conversation and they were all moments when he was stating something without room for Tina to disagree. When he declared they were on the same page after the burning the forest conversation, when he told her to get close to Foolish/learn his plan, and when he said Tubbo would only become more determined if he got imprisoned, and when he said only one person was going to die. These statements were not questions and they all took Tina off balance. Part of that is the way he spoke but the other part is the stillness in his posture. Bbh is almost always moving or using an emote so when he stands still (or close to it) it’s unnerving and adds an intensity/focus to what he’s saying.

There were a few instances where bbh sat (cool sit the emote with a leg out) across from Tina and each was very interesting in different ways. The first was when Tina was exclaiming that she felt like Foolish used her and that he doesn’t trust her anymore than anyone else. The second is when Tina confessed to voting something other than banning mines and begged him not to resend his trust and bbh explained the whole furniture fiasco, and asks her what she thought he should have done in that situation. The last was the very end of their conversation where he assures her that he doesn’t hold her voting for pink Wednesday against her but assured her that he will know if she tells anyone about his secrets - essentially threatens her to her face not to tell anyone.

Unlike the ground sit, bbh uses the cool sit when he reassures her and challenges her in the same breath. Cool sit exhibits confidence and that is the key that glues all of these instances together. He explains the great furniture theft and his own history with stealing and asks her what he should have done. He assures her that he trusts her because if she tells anyone, she knows he’ll bring hell down upon her. He listens to her and reassures her and threatens her all with the confidence that she’s already too caught in his web to back out now.

The moments where bbh jumps around a lot and places/breaks blocks are also super interesting. He declares that someone (most likely him) is going to be dead by the end of this(he was both jumping and standing still that’s why it gets two mentions lol). One of the times when he talks about how he knows Foolish. He builds the wall while talking about his relationship with the Fed’s. Places more glass while saying that he knows Tina, that she wants to be trusted and liked for who she is. He places dirt blocks when he says that he knows she just wants to be appreciated (and that he relates). These are all times when bbh gets agitated and fidgets via jumping or placing blocks - all moments where he’s being the most candid and genuine he’s ever been. Specifically about other people and his relationships with them. We know bbh is allergic to telling the truth or admitting affection so these kinds of admissions are rare and cause a break in his carefully defined exterior. He acts similarly when challenged by others (the conversation where Etoiles makes bbh admit that Etoiles has been right about him all along comes to mind).

These are my observations from the Tina/bbh convo and there are of course moments that don’t follow these patterns exactly but there is a pattern and it spreads beyond this single conversation. These patterns generally can be seen anytime bbh is manipulating or testing someone and I’ve picked up on many of them from previous streams and interactions. This conversation was just such a succinct example I had to analyze it.