I'd say Deception; my main rational being: to me "Persuasion" is convincing someone to see something your way or finding a way to word something in a way they'll find agreeable; persuasive if you will. Deception is attempting to 'trick" someone; and reverse psychology IS effectively a "trick"; a manipulation rather than a persuasion.
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
Are you trying to persuade someone not to do something (hoping to fail) or deceiving him into doing it?
And no, I'm not high right now.
I'd say Deception; my main rational being: to me "Persuasion" is convincing someone to see something your way or finding a way to word something in a way they'll find agreeable; persuasive if you will. Deception is attempting to 'trick" someone; and reverse psychology IS effectively a "trick"; a manipulation rather than a persuasion.
You said it yourself, I think
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
"When are we gonna take a snack break?"
When you tell a kid not to eat that broccoli shaped ice cream, you are deceiving him.
Once.