#this has nothing to do with anything

[colin-becher-death-countdown]

Today I exchanged a single strawberry for a bag of hair, we should get rid of money and start swapping things again

#this has nothing to do with anything #i just think more people should exchange things with each other #not colin becher death countdown

[badlydrawnjohn]

EB: vriska, i look stupid!

AG: Clearly you don't understand fashion, john.

#this has nothing to do with anything #i just wanted to draw scene fashion #bdhs #john egbert #vriska serket #day 53 #daily post

[fairuzfan]

Hey, I've been wondering why you like the Hunger Games. Is there anything that makes it special or appealing for you?

Oh boy, Hunger Games discussions! Here's an essay for you :)

When I was growing up, I read about the districts and the way the capitol profits off their labor — how they have every luxury in the Capitol with doing absolutely none of the work whereas the people doing all the work are the ones that are the most oppressed, facing restrictions in speech and movement to the point of being in literal cages — and I thought "Just like in Palestine!" And not just in Gaza either. The West Bank with their settlements are the same way in that their movement and speech are so vehemently restricted despite the fact that much of the labor (in farming, manufacturing, etc) is being taken to feed the imperial empire.

With the games themselves, I saw the way in which Palestinian children are expected to play in the world stage — pander to millions for the hopes that they would take pity as they walk into a death arena and perhaps donate to help them. It's dehumanization to an extreme scale, but it's what happens in real life. Some people decide to help certain Palestinians because of what Palestinians say or don't say — not because they're actual human beings who deserve life for no other reason than being born. People can coo and coddle the Palestinian children who articulate their struggles well, pretending to care about them, but they don't really. They're just there for entertainment. They're there for people to feel like they're helping some poor kid who they have no hand in their oppression at all. The fact that the children of the districts feel like they have to sell themselves is the same in real life. Just think about that conference where that kid in Gaza did a whole speech in English pleading for people to stop the bombing campaigns.

What I really liked about Katniss, narratively speaking, is her romances with Peeta and Gale not because I felt like she was especially interested in either one of them romantically (Katniss ace/aro rep to the max) but because of what the romance signified and how each one had a specific purpose. I remember reading analysis about how Peeta represented "peace" and Gale represented "revolution" and at the time I agreed, but now I feel a bit differently.

Peeta might represent "peace," true, but he was abandoned and abused his entire life. He was sent off to the games where even his parents had no hope for him. But even though he suffered physical and verbal abuse, he still gave Katniss that bread even if he personally suffered for it. I'm not sure if that represents "peace" so much as it represents "love." Even thinking about it now, how he risked his safety to give bread to the girl he loved... for some reason in these days, I cry whenever I think about it. The whole world had abandoned Katniss and her family, leaving her to starve. But that one little boy cared so much about her that he gave her bread despite what his mother told him to do. He risked everything — at the time, a little boy can only comprehend having his safety as a possession — for Katniss. For someone to love Katniss so much... in a weird way to me, that's heartbreaking. Even as I type this, I'm actually sobbing. My sincerest hope right now is that someone gives the people of Gaza and the West Bank that bit of bread, that bit of love, even if its at their own expense.

And this is not to say I think Gale wasn't necessary and important to the story too. I think Katniss needed both of them at different points. The fact that Gale had wanted to leave and live in the woods, and it being a serious consideration instead of it being ridiculed as "cowardly," was something I appreciated. I don't think its especially valid of us to tell people who are under the worst oppression imaginable how to live their lives and whether to put their lives on the line or not. That's not our choice to make. Katniss ultimately stays of course, but she constantly thinks about how the world would have been different if she did accept Gale's request to leave. I think a lot of people do think about that, honestly, when they're fighting oppression. What if they just left it all behind?

Katniss, herself, though, never really wanted to pick either boy. Throughout the story, she feels like she's forced to pick between them, being pulled in either direction, feeling pressured by each boy to choose. And I think that in itself is a perfect metaphor. She's being put in this situation — forced to participate in the games, forced to pretend to marry Peeta (which, false "peace" marriage orchestrated by Snow btw, great narrative choice there), forced to participate in the games AGAIN, and finally forced to lead an entire REBELLION... to me that's a pretty apt summation of what its like under oppression. The people who are the most oppressed don't WANT to fight — they just want their humanity to be recognized. They just want to live. They're not jumping through hoops because they want to, they're just doing it because they have no other choice.

But, I think my absolute favorite part of the Hunger Games Trilogy is probably the last part of Mockingjay, the third book. I find myself rereading the ending of the book quite often. The part where Plutarch says "Who knows, maybe it might stick this time" in reference to the newfound "peace" they have now. The part where the people of District 12, despite having their entire village bombed and destroyed, coming back to rebuild and bury their dead. The part where Katniss lives with this almost unbearable trauma for the rest of her life. And this one quote that she says, after she kills President Coin — who herself took this rebellion as an opportunity to profit and oppress:

"I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over. Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences."

And honestly, that's what I kind of feel sometimes as I watch children get shot down and murdered on TV both in Gaza and the West Bank. I can't understand the... unadulterated cruelty that these people show to Palestinians. Today, I heard Lindsay Grahm (an USAmerican politician) talk about Palestinians as if they all deserve to die in some of the most horrendous ways possible. I look at zionists online deny the humanity of Palestinians and ruthlessly call for their slaughter. I just genuinely can't comprehend why people hate us so much, why I continue to watch the destruction of my people for months on end and how I'm expected to live my life as normal. What is the point of life if we do not value it? What's the point of living on like this, putting money over each of our lives? What's the point? Truly?

Why do we live in this life to watch skyscrapers be built on top of graveyards?

But then I think about how Katniss comes out of this again. She builds a family. The people that were around her from before, although a smaller group... they're still there and they're alive. They care about whether she lives or dies and force her to eat. To live. Greasy Sae made her food for months. Peeta came back to be with her. Gale's friend came back and buried the dead and rebuilt District 12. Buttercup, the cat that loved Prim more than anything, came back. Haymitch helped with the book of memories, raising geese for himself even if he was drunk. But they never forget. And they never forgave.

Katniss, she plays this game where she recounts all the good things she's ever seen anyone do, and I think "maybe that will happen to us. Maybe we will live our lives remembering the good to counter the bad."

So yeah, that's a big part of why I love the series so much. Throughout the entire three books, first and foremost we care about Katniss and we want what's best for her. That's something I think a lot of people forget. We say "Free Palestine" not for some abstract political concepts, but rather so that we can treasure the sanctity of life and live in a society that puts humanity over power.

I want the ending of Mockingjay to come true, for the Liberation of Palestine to be the peace that sticks.

#this has nothing to do with anything #so idk what to tag it as #but yeah i am actually in tears #my mother also loves hunger games #one of her favorite movies

[camaicheo]

#interpol #paul banks #this has nothing to do with anything #i did it in like 15 mins or so i forgot

[deliciouskeys]

#this has nothing to do with anything #this blog is going to be ruined by posts like these #apologies in advance #homelander #the boys spoilers #the boys s4 spoilers #prostategate 2024

[asktadckrew]

Cat photo dump

#cat #cat jumpscare #cats of tumblr #kitten #kitty #kitty cat #this has nothing to do with anything

[hereticallyeverafter]

I want Bloodraven to maniacally reveal his grand plan and eugenics-mastery to Jon only for Jon to spit in his face at being the mythical Targ Savior to go patrol the beyond the wall as Coldhands, Jr. It's not exciting, but it's honorable, and it would make BR's head explode.

#this has nothing to do with anything #i love mundanity as a plot twist #bloodraven #jon snow #asoiaf #wow au #favorite bloodraven theory

[bubblybloob]

NO NO I DON’T WANT TO BE IN THE BOWL OF SOUP PLEASE NO LET ME OUT

#art #my art #AAAAA #this has nothing to do with anything #but I’m DROWNING IN SOUP

[boxwinebaddie]

i regret to inform everyone that i am the kenny friend bc someone handed me the aux and i played the misery cpr mashup smh

#i am so sorry #this is why no one hands me the aux #also while i was getting ready i shuffled my music #and i was trying to do be on hottie thottie girl behavior #and unfortunately come over again played #and i thought abt ravenstan and almost cried fml #this has nothing to do with anything #but i thought i'd share #cheers mazel #respectfully i am kenny except i do not pull #the energy is there tho my friends #got my degree in fucking bitches and getting money #but a lot of good that did me #broke and maidenless #slay olay #edit: i am so sorry to the anon that just asked me #abt the kyle cant say i love u ask #while i'm being a degenerate i'm crying #I GOT YOU BABY HOLLLLLL OOOOON #me in the club bathroom like #So The Complexities Of Kyles Personality #KHLDSDLKHDSLK

[moonysfavoritetoast]

when my mom knew about dream’s face reveal before i even told her

#she’s a twitter user #evan’s rambles #this has nothing to do with anything #i just randomly remembered it

[papermint-airplane]

Well this seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

🐍: Grr I'mma eatchu

🐹: Heh heh, I'm in danger

#sims 3 #ts3 #sims 3 gameplay #mine #this has nothing to do with anything #why am i even posting this #this is the definition of shitpost

[mochalottie]

Oh my days...you guys are going to like this next chapter so much.

The healing that's happening, the squealing I'm doing whilst I type just...

I pat myself on the back. New chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow, Imma disappear back into the depths of my own imagination now okay bye~

#spider socorro #avatar way of water #atwow #loki laufeyson #this has nothing to do with anything #i just love this dude #I also love this gif #writers on tumblr #best bro aonung #happy writer

[thnksfrthgysx]

me when i see a ufo

#dj school #this has nothing to do with anything #rhythm heaven

[nogenderonlychair]

I got curious and decided to look up Stede Bonnet to see his official wikipedia and apparently he had two sons and one daughter (in the show he had one son one daughter) and ONE OF THOSE SONS WERE NAMED EDWARD. (The other one was named Stede Jr. and the daughter was Mary.)

#Named after all three parents ig? #this has nothing to do with anything #no theory just thoughts #ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #ofmd stede #edward teach #and also edward bonnet #aparently

[asktadckrew]

I'M THINKIN ABOUT INVITING MY MOOTS TO MY DISCORD SERVER

#tadc fandom #discord chat #out of context discord #this has nothing to do with anything #come on in #moots

[satttanderna]

I wanna girlfriend or boyfriend

#rambles #this has nothing to do with anything #idk what im doing