I was at a Palestinian solidarity gig last night & the one Palestinian artist who was going to perform had COVID so the organisers asked around to see if there were any Palestinians who'd like to say a few words instead.
A local guy who was born & raised in Gaza offered to speak. He started with "I'm an engineer. i'm not a poet or a politician. I don't... do public speaking… I had no idea what to say when I came up here. So i'm just going to tell you about the street I grew up on."
And then he did! He went down the street building by building. He told us about the ice cream shop on the corner, the grocery shop, the charity that supports people with intellectual disabilities. He told us about the people who he knew growing up, the families who still live in the different houses. He told us about the university buildings and about his friends who quit being accountants to start a band together. All on that street.
All of which is gone now, by the way. Bombed to dust.
I rewrote this a few times and I still can't come up with a good way to put my thoughts together so I'm just gonna say this: while I believe that what she's feeling right now is genuine and that her feelings are 100% valid and I feel bad for her for having to go through something like this, I also believe what george said in his video that she might have not felt that way initially and this was a result of her friends telling her that what happened was way worse just because they hate him and his friends (this was also something that I thought about even before his response among with it being the worst kind of miscommunication)
as for me and my stance on me watching dteam: my hyperfixation took a nose dive throughout the last and the beginning of this year and with everything that happened in almost 4 years of me watching them I don't think I can go back to be as invested in them as I used to but I think I will still watch their content (whenever they decide to actually post videos) and post about them
I don't know yet if I'll keep using this blog or if I'll make a new one, I need a couple of days away from all of this but whether you agree even partially with me or not and you're leaving the fandom/tumblr altogether just know that I appreciate all the times I've spend with all of you, all the beautiful art and amazing fics and other wonderful fan content you all posted, and that I wish you all the best, take care <3