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No that’s a lobotomy. Labubu is a breed of dog.

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Hunger Games didn’t really eat holes in my brain the way that it did for some other people but god the opening lines. The opening lines. Katniss wakes up in bed and immediately, instinctively reaches beside her, only to find the bed empty and cold. Before we even know her name – before we know literally anything about her or this world or her place in that world – we know that she loves someone. We know that she is reaching for where Prim should be, sleeping safe and warm beside her, but Prim is not there. She is not there, and her half of the bed is cold and empty. People talk about characters being “doomed by the narrative” when most of the time the character was literally just a well-foreshadowed death, but Prim WAS doomed by the narrative. It’s the very first thing we learned. It’s the most key, integral, important piece of information we’re given about everything that is about to happen: Every single choice Katniss makes is to protect her little sister, and it isn’t enough. In the end, Prim still dies. Prim was dead before the story even started. Katniss, reaching. Prim’s side of the bed was cold and empty. There is no version of this story where Prim could have been saved. Katniss, reaching. The very first thing she does in the series. She wakes, and she reaches, but Prim is already gone. THAT is how you do Doomed By The Narrative. Edit: Also it is key that there was literally nothing Katniss could have done differently. If she had not acted to save Prim, Prim would not have survived the Hunger Games. But by acting to save Prim, Katniss accidentally kicked off an entire rebellion and ultimately massively increased the amount of danger Prim was actually in. The key is that this is irrelevant. If Katniss had done literally anything differently, Prim still would have died. If Katniss had faltered or changed course at any point, Prim still would have died. There was never a point where Katniss could have changed Prim’s fate. There’s no version of this story where Prim lives to see the end of it. She’s dead before the story begins. That’s doomed by the narrative.

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there used to be a website called weheartit

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Yesterday my sister was going to complain about how things could have been different with our parents but stopped herself and said "No use treading through the multiverse"

Sooo true bestie that's going straight into my lexicon

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Two stunning winners ✨️

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so happy for my close personal friends taylor swift and travis kelce

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feeling very normal about this

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I absolutely do not not not garlic knot have the energy for any negativity around this engagement.

🚫No whining about how other things are more important, no unwell wishes, no complaining of apathy, nothing.🚫

I’ve been on a blocking spree since 11 am across all my platforms and I will continue to do so with vigor and without hesitation.

This is happy news. Celebrate accordingly 🧨

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from this to this. i’m sobbing.

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her sharing it with us.... her feeling so much exuberayting joy that doesn't need to be caged or kept secret... getting to see the look on her face and how happy she is... because she's with someone who makes her feel that happy AND who makes her feel secure enough that she can share it with the world...

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I just saw someone say "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" as an argument for boycotting AO3

Babe AO3 is a nonprofit. They do not exist under the ethics of capitalism. Fanfiction is legal because no money is ever exchanged around it. (All the money given to AO3 is used to maintain their servers and pay their lawyers to help keep fanfiction legal.)

Fanfiction is one of the few things in this world - probably the one singular form of entertainment that does not exist within the confines of capitalism. So by your own logic, even if you hate some of the content on AO3, it's inherently the only ethical thing to consume in the whole world.

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Sometimes I stumble across people saying that anakin and kylo should have known better when they became adults

In reference to. The manipulation and grooming they experienced at the hands of palpatine/snoke

Which I find both interesting and also really scary. Both of these characters were in contact with their abusers since a young age, both of them grew up having positive interactions and gaining trust and slowly being isolated and being taught "oh, those people dont care about you like I do". This builds up for years and into adulthood for them

It doesnt just stop once they became adults. Those years of being given positive attention and having negative ideas be reinforced by someone they trust and look up to are still there.

Palpatine taught anakin that he couldnt trust the jedi council or his friends, that he was the only person truely trying to help anakin. Snoke told ben his family was scared of him and wanted to get rid of him out of fear.

There is no sudden realization that youve been manipulated once you become an adult, and especially when your support system is gone. Anakin and kylo are completely alone with only the person who had taught them for years that they are the only one who cares about them and will continue to hurt them further.

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honestly one of the most striking things from the podcast (x)

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taylorswift

Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨

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crying in T&T

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No because she LITERALLY found her lover.