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I didn\u2019t mention it because life has a tendency to get all up in the way, but a little before Labor Day, I made a small trip, and my first destination was Philadelphia, where I met up with some friends so we could watch AEW live, on account of a childhood friend we have who is on their payroll and could hook us up with some tickets.\u00a0 However, it wasn\u2019t just watching AEW live, it was watching AEW live at the, now 2300 Arena, formerly known as the notorious ECW Arena, known for being the home to, Extreme Championship Wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n This was very much as case of being more interested in seeing my friends and the venue itself as opposed to the actual product being shown, but honestly, it wasn\u2019t that bad of a show, since the narrative of the whole night was leaning hard into the fact that they were at the ECW Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n It also didn\u2019t hurt that our seats were front row. <\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, there really was no point to mentioning all that other than to just mentioned that I went to see the ECW Arena for the first time which I really enjoyed, and the whole point of this post is to, once again, talk about Mercedes Mon\u00e9, seeing as how she\u2019s hoovered up a 12th<\/sup> blet, and has been proclaiming herself to be better than Ultimo Dragon<\/a>, and apparently, I\u2019m not sure what prompted it, but also better than Bret Hart<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Little does she probably realize that kayfabe or not, by bringing up Bret Hart\u2019s name in such a manner will embark her on a personal beef with the Excellence of Execution for the better part of the next three decades, but that\u2019s neither here nor there.<\/span><\/p>\n Loosely tying back into my experience at the ECW Arena, I did get to see Mercedes live, in an in-ring promo where she was glorifying some new backyard promotion\u2019s title win.\u00a0 Despite being in the front row, nobody could really hear anything, because whether it\u2019s AEW\u2019s equipment being shitty, or the acoustics of the ratty old ECW Arena, nobody was getting any audio, but it didn\u2019t really matter because in spite of the backhanded praise I have planned for this post, it doesn\u2019t change the fact that she still gives really shitty promos, and on the trading card talent scale<\/a>, her promos are probably at like a 2 out of 7, primarily on account of the fact that she\u2019s not afraid to speak, it\u2019s just she sucks at it.<\/span><\/p>\n But that was back on Labor Day, and as of now, Mercedes now holds 12 different blets, and finally lots of the internet are finally beginning to acknowledge that in spite of the number of blets, only nine of them are actually titles, considering the number of asterisks surrounding several of them, like the Owen Hart Tournament blet being a trophy and not an actual title, the Queen of Southside blet being technically retired and not an active blet, and I\u2019m guessing the recently won Ring of Honor Women\u2019s Television blet has an asterisk on account of it being an interim title, despite the fact that Red Velvet wouldn\u2019t have a chance against Mercedes in a clean bout.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve said it before, on account of some of them being not actual titles, and many of them being titles for a bunch of backyard promotions nobody had ever heard of, this whole blet collector arc for her is mostly meaningless, and if that makes me a hater to say such things, so be it, but it\u2019s my version of the truth as far as I can see it.<\/span><\/p>\n I could argue with troglodytes on the internet about this topic, but I really do not want to, which is why it ends up being a brog post on a brog that nobody reads, but I have to say that I think I\u2019m beginning to see what her large scale scope game is in doing all of what she\u2019s doing, and if such really is the case, I think I do feel that I should respect her in this regard, because when the day is over in the wrestling business, it\u2019s better to be hated and analyzed and criticized over being respected, heroic, but otherwise invisible.<\/span><\/p>\n And Mercedes is doing a masterclass job of doing what she\u2019s doing, and getting people noticing and getting people talking.\u00a0 Shit, as much criticism I have for what her character is doing, this is like my fourth or fifth post about specifically her, so whatever she\u2019s doing is working, and in that regard, she has my respect.<\/span><\/p>\n And what she\u2019s doing specifically, I would say is ragefarming<\/strong>, because between being the cockiest heel since prime Ric Flair, Mercedes is also taking her arrogance to the internet, dropping quotes and sound bytes, saying shit that is deliberately and tactfully setting wrestling fans off and getting them talking and interacting and engaging with her, with websites and groups and other outlets that are all scrambling to monetize the exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking of Flair, he used to explain that the point of being a good heel is to be so disliked and hated, that people start getting antsy and itching to see you lose, and one of the true arts of the business is being such to where they will be willing to pay money to see it happen, and I think Mercedes is doing an outstanding job of fulfilling that first part, but me personally I don\u2019t like paying to watch wrestling other than live, but I am going to be excited if and when she starts having to drop all these blets back to their respective promotions.<\/span><\/p>\n In the grand spectrum of her career, it will be easier for her to parlay being a legendary heel back into a respectable face, as opposed someone who has to build up their fame and resume, and when the day comes, which I predict might be around next Thanksgiving, when Mercedes goes back to the WWE and becomes Sasha Banks again, she\u2019s going to get a real needle-moving reaction, one way or the other, so the Four Horsewomen can have a massive blowup program with Asuka\u2019s Team Japan with Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane and Giulia in a passing of the torch.<\/span><\/p>\n However, I still think the most defining period of Mercedes\u2019s journey right now will be when it comes time for her to start returning the favor to all these companies whose blets she has right now.\u00a0 My general scrutiny is that she may have stretched herself too thin to it almost being a no-win situation; if she bleeds her titles back piece meal, nobody will notice, but if she goes on a big tour of dropping titles in a sequence, a long string of L\u2019s is going to make her look weak, and history has shown that Mercedes is not a fan of taking too many L\u2019s in general.<\/span><\/p>\n If she pulls the losing her smile card<\/a>, and starts relinquishing titles without having to take any defeats, it effectively kills whomever she does it to, and that\u2019s just not good business at the end of the day, but I wouldn\u2019t put it past Mercedes to keep this in mind if the thought of taking some losses starts to make her lose sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n Frankly, the only viable solutions are that a lot of companies will have to have some horsey, multi-women matches where Mercedes can drop blets without always having to take any pins or submissions, or she needs to start a feud with someone in AEW that reaches the level of hate that AJ Styles has reached in feuds with Dominic Mysterio or LA Knight, where they will be willing to cross seas and oceans in order to interfere in their matches and cost them in title defenses, thus keeping her somewhat strong in requiring interference in order to lose.<\/span><\/p>\n But anyways, because I\u2019ve clearly got Mercedes unfortunately living rent-free in my head, and I\u2019ve made yet another lengthy post overanalyzing what she\u2019s doing, I\u2019m wrap this up.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve said everything that I\u2019ve wanted to say this time, and normally I\u2019d say I hope to not touch on this subject again, but there\u2019s too much wrestling fandom and likely mileage in the Mon\u00e9-train to not.<\/span><\/p>\n However, credit to where it\u2019s due, Mercedes the Ragefarmer is holding a masterclass at ensuring people are noticing and people are talking, and in the wrestling industry such does require talent, and knowledge to parlay such reactions into positive, profitable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I didn\u2019t mention it because life has a tendency to get all up in the way, but a little before Labor Day, I made a small trip, and my first destination was Philadelphia, where I met up with some friends so we could watch AEW live, on account of a childhood friend we have who … Continue reading I kind of have to respect Mercedes\u2019 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![Bret Hart<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nLittle does she probably realize that kayfabe or not, by bringing up Bret Hart\u2019s name in such a manner will embark her on a personal beef with the Excellence of Execution for the better part of the next three decades, but that\u2019s neither here nor there.<\/span><\/p>\nLoosely tying back into my experience at the ECW Arena, I did get to see Mercedes live, in an in-ring promo where she was glorifying some new backyard promotion\u2019s title win.\u00a0 Despite being in the front row, nobody could really hear anything, because whether it\u2019s AEW\u2019s equipment being shitty, or the acoustics of the ratty old ECW Arena, nobody was getting any audio, but it didn\u2019t really matter because in spite of the backhanded praise I have planned for this post, it doesn\u2019t change the fact that she still gives really shitty promos, and on the trading card talent scale<\/a>, her promos are probably at like a 2 out of 7, primarily on account of the fact that she\u2019s not afraid to speak, it\u2019s just she sucks at it.<\/span><\/p>\nBut that was back on Labor Day, and as of now, Mercedes now holds 12 different blets, and finally lots of the internet are finally beginning to acknowledge that in spite of the number of blets, only nine of them are actually titles, considering the number of asterisks surrounding several of them, like the Owen Hart Tournament blet being a trophy and not an actual title, the Queen of Southside blet being technically retired and not an active blet, and I\u2019m guessing the recently won Ring of Honor Women\u2019s Television blet has an asterisk on account of it being an interim title, despite the fact that Red Velvet wouldn\u2019t have a chance against Mercedes in a clean bout.<\/span><\/p>\nI\u2019ve said it before, on account of some of them being not actual titles, and many of them being titles for a bunch of backyard promotions nobody had ever heard of, this whole blet collector arc for her is mostly meaningless, and if that makes me a hater to say such things, so be it, but it\u2019s my version of the truth as far as I can see it.<\/span><\/p>\nI could argue with troglodytes on the internet about this topic, but I really do not want to, which is why it ends up being a brog post on a brog that nobody reads, but I have to say that I think I\u2019m beginning to see what her large scale scope game is in doing all of what she\u2019s doing, and if such really is the case, I think I do feel that I should respect her in this regard, because when the day is over in the wrestling business, it\u2019s better to be hated and analyzed and criticized over being respected, heroic, but otherwise invisible.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd Mercedes is doing a masterclass job of doing what she\u2019s doing, and getting people noticing and getting people talking.\u00a0 Shit, as much criticism I have for what her character is doing, this is like my fourth or fifth post about specifically her, so whatever she\u2019s doing is working, and in that regard, she has my respect.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd what she\u2019s doing specifically, I would say is ragefarming<\/strong>, because between being the cockiest heel since prime Ric Flair, Mercedes is also taking her arrogance to the internet, dropping quotes and sound bytes, saying shit that is deliberately and tactfully setting wrestling fans off and getting them talking and interacting and engaging with her, with websites and groups and other outlets that are all scrambling to monetize the exposure.<\/span><\/p>\nSpeaking of Flair, he used to explain that the point of being a good heel is to be so disliked and hated, that people start getting antsy and itching to see you lose, and one of the true arts of the business is being such to where they will be willing to pay money to see it happen, and I think Mercedes is doing an outstanding job of fulfilling that first part, but me personally I don\u2019t like paying to watch wrestling other than live, but I am going to be excited if and when she starts having to drop all these blets back to their respective promotions.<\/span><\/p>\nIn the grand spectrum of her career, it will be easier for her to parlay being a legendary heel back into a respectable face, as opposed someone who has to build up their fame and resume, and when the day comes, which I predict might be around next Thanksgiving, when Mercedes goes back to the WWE and becomes Sasha Banks again, she\u2019s going to get a real needle-moving reaction, one way or the other, so the Four Horsewomen can have a massive blowup program with Asuka\u2019s Team Japan with Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane and Giulia in a passing of the torch.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, I still think the most defining period of Mercedes\u2019s journey right now will be when it comes time for her to start returning the favor to all these companies whose blets she has right now.\u00a0 My general scrutiny is that she may have stretched herself too thin to it almost being a no-win situation; if she bleeds her titles back piece meal, nobody will notice, but if she goes on a big tour of dropping titles in a sequence, a long string of L\u2019s is going to make her look weak, and history has shown that Mercedes is not a fan of taking too many L\u2019s in general.<\/span><\/p>\nIf she pulls the losing her smile card<\/a>, and starts relinquishing titles without having to take any defeats, it effectively kills whomever she does it to, and that\u2019s just not good business at the end of the day, but I wouldn\u2019t put it past Mercedes to keep this in mind if the thought of taking some losses starts to make her lose sleep.<\/span><\/p>\nFrankly, the only viable solutions are that a lot of companies will have to have some horsey, multi-women matches where Mercedes can drop blets without always having to take any pins or submissions, or she needs to start a feud with someone in AEW that reaches the level of hate that AJ Styles has reached in feuds with Dominic Mysterio or LA Knight, where they will be willing to cross seas and oceans in order to interfere in their matches and cost them in title defenses, thus keeping her somewhat strong in requiring interference in order to lose.<\/span><\/p>\nBut anyways, because I\u2019ve clearly got Mercedes unfortunately living rent-free in my head, and I\u2019ve made yet another lengthy post overanalyzing what she\u2019s doing, I\u2019m wrap this up.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve said everything that I\u2019ve wanted to say this time, and normally I\u2019d say I hope to not touch on this subject again, but there\u2019s too much wrestling fandom and likely mileage in the Mon\u00e9-train to not.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, credit to where it\u2019s due, Mercedes the Ragefarmer is holding a masterclass at ensuring people are noticing and people are talking, and in the wrestling industry such does require talent, and knowledge to parlay such reactions into positive, profitable 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![trading card talent scale<\/a>, her promos are probably at like a 2 out of 7, primarily on account of the fact that she\u2019s not afraid to speak, it\u2019s just she sucks at it.<\/span><\/p>\nBut that was back on Labor Day, and as of now, Mercedes now holds 12 different blets, and finally lots of the internet are finally beginning to acknowledge that in spite of the number of blets, only nine of them are actually titles, considering the number of asterisks surrounding several of them, like the Owen Hart Tournament blet being a trophy and not an actual title, the Queen of Southside blet being technically retired and not an active blet, and I\u2019m guessing the recently won Ring of Honor Women\u2019s Television blet has an asterisk on account of it being an interim title, despite the fact that Red Velvet wouldn\u2019t have a chance against Mercedes in a clean bout.<\/span><\/p>\nI\u2019ve said it before, on account of some of them being not actual titles, and many of them being titles for a bunch of backyard promotions nobody had ever heard of, this whole blet collector arc for her is mostly meaningless, and if that makes me a hater to say such things, so be it, but it\u2019s my version of the truth as far as I can see it.<\/span><\/p>\nI could argue with troglodytes on the internet about this topic, but I really do not want to, which is why it ends up being a brog post on a brog that nobody reads, but I have to say that I think I\u2019m beginning to see what her large scale scope game is in doing all of what she\u2019s doing, and if such really is the case, I think I do feel that I should respect her in this regard, because when the day is over in the wrestling business, it\u2019s better to be hated and analyzed and criticized over being respected, heroic, but otherwise invisible.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd Mercedes is doing a masterclass job of doing what she\u2019s doing, and getting people noticing and getting people talking.\u00a0 Shit, as much criticism I have for what her character is doing, this is like my fourth or fifth post about specifically her, so whatever she\u2019s doing is working, and in that regard, she has my respect.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd what she\u2019s doing specifically, I would say is ragefarming<\/strong>, because between being the cockiest heel since prime Ric Flair, Mercedes is also taking her arrogance to the internet, dropping quotes and sound bytes, saying shit that is deliberately and tactfully setting wrestling fans off and getting them talking and interacting and engaging with her, with websites and groups and other outlets that are all scrambling to monetize the exposure.<\/span><\/p>\nSpeaking of Flair, he used to explain that the point of being a good heel is to be so disliked and hated, that people start getting antsy and itching to see you lose, and one of the true arts of the business is being such to where they will be willing to pay money to see it happen, and I think Mercedes is doing an outstanding job of fulfilling that first part, but me personally I don\u2019t like paying to watch wrestling other than live, but I am going to be excited if and when she starts having to drop all these blets back to their respective promotions.<\/span><\/p>\nIn the grand spectrum of her career, it will be easier for her to parlay being a legendary heel back into a respectable face, as opposed someone who has to build up their fame and resume, and when the day comes, which I predict might be around next Thanksgiving, when Mercedes goes back to the WWE and becomes Sasha Banks again, she\u2019s going to get a real needle-moving reaction, one way or the other, so the Four Horsewomen can have a massive blowup program with Asuka\u2019s Team Japan with Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane and Giulia in a passing of the torch.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, I still think the most defining period of Mercedes\u2019s journey right now will be when it comes time for her to start returning the favor to all these companies whose blets she has right now.\u00a0 My general scrutiny is that she may have stretched herself too thin to it almost being a no-win situation; if she bleeds her titles back piece meal, nobody will notice, but if she goes on a big tour of dropping titles in a sequence, a long string of L\u2019s is going to make her look weak, and history has shown that Mercedes is not a fan of taking too many L\u2019s in general.<\/span><\/p>\nIf she pulls the losing her smile card<\/a>, and starts relinquishing titles without having to take any defeats, it effectively kills whomever she does it to, and that\u2019s just not good business at the end of the day, but I wouldn\u2019t put it past Mercedes to keep this in mind if the thought of taking some losses starts to make her lose sleep.<\/span><\/p>\nFrankly, the only viable solutions are that a lot of companies will have to have some horsey, multi-women matches where Mercedes can drop blets without always having to take any pins or submissions, or she needs to start a feud with someone in AEW that reaches the level of hate that AJ Styles has reached in feuds with Dominic Mysterio or LA Knight, where they will be willing to cross seas and oceans in order to interfere in their matches and cost them in title defenses, thus keeping her somewhat strong in requiring interference in order to lose.<\/span><\/p>\nBut anyways, because I\u2019ve clearly got Mercedes unfortunately living rent-free in my head, and I\u2019ve made yet another lengthy post overanalyzing what she\u2019s doing, I\u2019m wrap this up.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve said everything that I\u2019ve wanted to say this time, and normally I\u2019d say I hope to not touch on this subject again, but there\u2019s too much wrestling fandom and likely mileage in the Mon\u00e9-train to not.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, credit to where it\u2019s due, Mercedes the Ragefarmer is holding a masterclass at ensuring people are noticing and people are talking, and in the wrestling industry such does require talent, and knowledge to parlay such reactions into positive, profitable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t mention it because life has a tendency to get all up in the way, but a little before Labor Day, I made a small trip, and my first destination was Philadelphia, where I met up with some friends so we could watch AEW live, on account of a childhood friend we have who … Continue reading I kind of have to respect Mercedes\u2019 game<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,100,45,83,105,65,54],"class_list":["post-50910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-blets","tag-comparison","tag-fail","tag-observations","tag-rage","tag-travel","tag-wrestling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50912,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910\/revisions\/50912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/i.redd.it\/loved-studying-the-stats-on-these-cards-when-i-was-a-kid-v0-44nzjibj0e1a1.jpg?width=485&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca3193af118306a8cdf70fbf317838ed97713f22\"){kind=link}
![losing her smile card<\/a>, and starts relinquishing titles without having to take any defeats, it effectively kills whomever she does it to, and that\u2019s just not good business at the end of the day, but I wouldn\u2019t put it past Mercedes to keep this in mind if the thought of taking some losses starts to make her lose sleep.<\/span><\/p>\nFrankly, the only viable solutions are that a lot of companies will have to have some horsey, multi-women matches where Mercedes can drop blets without always having to take any pins or submissions, or she needs to start a feud with someone in AEW that reaches the level of hate that AJ Styles has reached in feuds with Dominic Mysterio or LA Knight, where they will be willing to cross seas and oceans in order to interfere in their matches and cost them in title defenses, thus keeping her somewhat strong in requiring interference in order to lose.<\/span><\/p>\nBut anyways, because I\u2019ve clearly got Mercedes unfortunately living rent-free in my head, and I\u2019ve made yet another lengthy post overanalyzing what she\u2019s doing, I\u2019m wrap this up.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve said everything that I\u2019ve wanted to say this time, and normally I\u2019d say I hope to not touch on this subject again, but there\u2019s too much wrestling fandom and likely mileage in the Mon\u00e9-train to not.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, credit to where it\u2019s due, Mercedes the Ragefarmer is holding a masterclass at ensuring people are noticing and people are talking, and in the wrestling industry such does require talent, and knowledge to parlay such reactions into positive, profitable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t mention it because life has a tendency to get all up in the way, but a little before Labor Day, I made a small trip, and my first destination was Philadelphia, where I met up with some friends so we could watch AEW live, on account of a childhood friend we have who … Continue reading I kind of have to respect Mercedes\u2019 game<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,100,45,83,105,65,54],"class_list":["post-50910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-blets","tag-comparison","tag-fail","tag-observations","tag-rage","tag-travel","tag-wrestling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50912,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50910\/revisions\/50912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AkiFqu4hf5s\/maxresdefault.jpg\"){kind=link}