#All I do is YAP

[epikhightechnology]

Pete for @lu-sn 🖤

[ruwune]

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[little-de-vil]

hello again! do you mind going more in depth about the cutters and keepers (and the ideological divide between them)? you’ve already mentioned that propaganda has affected the keepers more- is that a purposeful thing done by the captiol? or something perpetuated by the keeper community themselves? a mix of both?

Hello, dear! I'm going to write this with as much neutrality as possible because the lore I have created is long and extensive and I don't want that clouding this response.

I want to stick to as close to the canon as possible and my interpretation of the canon without having what I created leech through [especially since it tends to get jumbled in my head].

Get ready for another long one, Backpacks!

I have always believed that post-Dark Days there has to be that separation between trade and industry, especially in a district that then has two principle industries. Prior to the Dark Days, there was much more community between the trades-folk of 2, everything was very unified and friendly to an extent, which is why Katniss mentioning the first rebellion and the Victor tributes holding has as a sign of unity between the districts mirrors that community and solidarity (CF, 258).

But war changes things in unbelievable ways. There were those who remained loyal to the Capitol of course, by way of taking their names that have Greco-Roman origins (Strabo, Sejanus, Cato, Brutus, Enobaria), and then there were those who remained loyal to their people and their trade, who saw the military industry as a disruption to their work and community and traditions. They were more aware of their slavery once the military entered their lands and held a stronger Capitol favor.

Gale had a point when he said: "It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided amongst ourselves." (THG, 14)

District 2 is one know for its strength in not just its manufactured, propagandized kind, but prior to that when it was full of stonecutters, mountain-miners, blacksmiths, etc. and that strength is just as strong if not stronger after the Dark Days among the trades-folk. Where before there was a healthy delineation between the natural trades of the district, after the first rebellion that bond grew stronger and closer among the working-class because of the military invasion. There was less care put towards whether people mingled between a hewer or layer mason (historically hewer masons [those who cut the stone] was a far more contentious and lucrative job than a layer mason [those who set the stone]) and more of an effort to maintain their community as trades-folk in the face of an oppressive military who wanted nothing to do with them.

So the clear divide between the two industries was done by the Cutters in an effort to steer clear of both becoming a part of the propaganda (in both industry and Games-realted) and siding with the new invaders. There was a high likelihood of ostracization among the Cutter community to those who became Peacekeepers once it was exclusive to 2—prior to the first rebellion, I think it was seen more like how Plutarch had explained it "[as] a way for their people to escape poverty and a life in the quarries. They're raised with a warrior mind-set." (MJ, 83). I do see that last sentence as being more appropriate post-Dark Days, but that's neither here nor there.

As for the Keepers, they are an oppressive, invading force that were not welcomed by the natives of 2 at large, but they are also amazing at brushing that off if it meant more of a chance of wealth and success within the district (and within the Games too, of course). They knew that they were in better favor with the Capitol compared to the Cutters after the Dark Days and more so because they saw themselves as better than the Cutters, still District and not Capitol, but at least they weren't Cutters. And those who came from the Capitol to be stationed in 2? Well, they were all kinds of high and mighty! But as I said in a tik tok breaking down District 2 and my love for it: "the loyalty of District 2 has always been in something that has been Capitol made." (1:42-149).

In regards to the propaganda having more of an affect with the Keepers, I believe it is a mix of both and it has to be. The superiority complex of the Keepers (as in: those born and bred for it, not Cutters who join) comes from sustaining the Capitols favor but it is because of that propaganda that is so deeply imbedded into the district. Once they came into the picture as the new Capitol favorite, they didn't flaunt it so much as usurp it once various military installations came about, like The Nut, that did away with various Cutter work. Maintaining that "warrior mind-set" works with children who saw that as a thing of pride and not a thing to do out of poverty and upper class mobility. I still am having difficulty distinguishing both a timeline and an explanation for how the propaganda becomes successful within the Cutter community because I simply can't see it as A Thing™ without an intense feeling of betrayal to both your heritage and your people*, but again, that's a question for another day.

By Panem, I hope I answered this well! I feel like I kinda dropped the ball on the Keeper bit, but then again, I'm in the minority & don't give them much thought compared to everyone else.

*Please ask me if you want me to talk about Lyme in regards to that sentence because OH BOY IS THIS ALL ABOUT HER!

Also I almost started this with an excerpt from my silly OC fanfic but a ficlet of a scene, only to realize that my open statement completely contradicts that! Anyway, here it is at the end so you can't say I didn't do it in the actual answering of this ask!

Because if the years of watching District 2 pairs reach victory has taught her anything, it’s that those from 2 are loyal to their community. Of masonry or military. And that it’s the worst part of watching The Games in District 2, how much the animosity grows amongst the crowd at even the slightest difference in trade or birthplace is put to question the chance of triumph as one tribute falls.  But is the answer so simple? A mere difference in industry? In home? The Cutters: hewer and layer masons, quarry-folk, stone and crystal miners, blacksmiths. The Keepers: soldiers—the common grunt and almost unheard of 2 born general—, cadets in schools, Peacekeepers stationed throughout the country never to return for 20 years, the hundreds working in The Peak*. The southern desert folk and their blunt nature, intrenched in tradition that mirrors what it was before. The northern mountain people and their river sweet ways, creating new rituals after living so close to their invaded neighbors.  No, nothing as simple as that. Their mutual destruction is not an echo of past rivalries, but of present vows.

*What I think the natives of 2 call The Nut since that name came about by the 13 rebels, not the natives

[mana-jjk]

tw: referenced death

jjk spoilers !!

nothing too in-depth, but referenced to the light novel and recent manga chapters

i think the best way to understand toge comes from trying to write him.

canonly, he’s one of the characters we know the least about. we know the hint of a tragic backstory, but we’ve never seen it. we know he can’t speak without hurting someone, but we are never given a situation to reference or the parameters of such. we know he speaks in safe words, but we don’t know why he chose them or why he didn’t choose another way to communicate.

when i write toge, sometimes i pause in between onigiri ingredients and think, why doesn’t he just learn sign language? why doesn’t he just pick up a pad of paper and a pen? why doesn’t he ask anyone to explain the meaning of his safe words? isn’t there a better way to communicate than with words that won’t be taken seriously?

and that’s how the think piece spiral starts. if you go back in my account, you’ll see way too many posts dedicated to analyzing toge, picking his character apart, headcanons and canon divergences devoted to understanding him. it’s hard to understand a character that was created because of a joke.

maybe it’s a bit too much of thinking that makes you attach to toge, the boy who has such an innate aspect of his humanity designated to be a weapon. why doesn’t he find a different way? i think maybe, because for him, every other way calls for the acceptance of seeing this crucial part of himself as nothing more than a tool to harm others.

can it be that easy? to live your life in isolation, trapped in your own mind, with the knowledge that your existence burns the people around you simply by existing — can it be so easy to simply find another way?

maybe it would be easier if his voice wasn’t weaponized.

if he simply couldn’t speak rather than having the capacity redirected into channeled danger. Never having a choice, born into this role with seals marking his fate, marking the danger he poises to curses, complete strangers, the people he loves most. It would be easier if his voice came as an unintelligible whisper, easier if a simple phrase didn’t have the capacity to slaughter the people around him. easier if the capability to harm did not extend beyond his own intentions.

i think it hurts.

beyond the physical wounds, beyond the copper behind his teeth and the taste of cherry cough syrup on his tongue. i think it hurts him to know that the only time his voice is ever heard is when it causes pain.

it’s like never raising your hand unless to hurt someone else. it’s there, you can feel it there even as everyone else tries not to see it. there’s bad connotations with that hand. because if you raise it, everyone knows that someone will be hurt. they try not to see it, yet simultaneously it’s all they seem to see. bloody hand, bruised knuckles, the evidence of your cruelty. if you want them to be afraid, maybe you relish in the obedience. but obedience is not respect, it is not love, it is a base understanding of the capability of your inhumanity. for someone like toge, that bloody hand has been innate since the moment he came into the world. bloody, bloody hand with danger far beyond the stature of such a small child.

i think with the elders, they see his voice as that bloody hand. he opens his mouth and there is terror without uttering a word. his existence is a stark reminder of his capability, even if he never raised a hand, not on purpose. it doesn’t matter. with a whisper he can explode living beings, twist limbs until they’re crushed beyond recognition, steal life within a second, before anyone could realize what is wrong.

snake in the grass without a warning rattle. less than a bite, less than the coiled danger, less than the venom secreted fangs. cursed speech users are an invasive species within the jujutsu world. that’s why they were managed. how were they managed? outlaws or invasive, dangerous or venomous, to die out or kill on sight. bloody, bloody hand, hissing, hissing rattle.

that’s why, i think he insists on speaking, even if no one would ever understand him.

the elders may never trust him, but for the people he cares about, there has never been an ingrained fear of his voice. because when he opens his mouth, they don’t focus on the sigils marring his tongue. they don’t flinch when he speaks. they are surprised when he uses his abilities. they are surprised when the boy who speaks in silly ingredients can completely pulverize a cursed spirit. they are surprised not at his humanity, but what he can do in spite of it.

when yuuta was afraid of him, it wasn’t in fear of what a single vibrating note from his voice might cause. raised hands, perceived irritation, a shadowed expression. never his voice.

even when he exploded up to hundreds of spirits at once, with one singular word. never fear, only awe, only interest, only hopes to understand him in a way that the self-inflicted barriers tried to deny them both.

i think in this case, yuuta is much the same.

if he knew that being around people, being around girls or rowdy classmates especially, was dangerous because of rika, why didn’t he stay away? if he knew, why did he even consider being around maki? because that meant accepting that his entire existence would forever be limited to the harm that befalls others. how do you accept yourself as a cause and effect? a calamity in skin and bone, blood red inside and out.

so he found other ways. please don’t touch me, please and thank you. i won’t speak as long as you tolerate being around me. manipulate the situation, manipulate the cursed remnants of a little girl until she thinks the way she needs to. the way you need her to. for the safety of those around you, even though you know there’s another way, a simpler way.

don’t speak, don’t be.

what’s left of them? how much do you sacrifice if only to not be alone?

so toge speaks to empty ears, to condescending eyes, to upturned noses who refuse to comprehend beyond the harm he may poise. to ignorant bystanders, who will never know the potential vibrating under his skin, waiting with snapping jaws at the first hint of intention. starry eyed children who latch on to the secret language, with sticky fingers and pure intention. confused tourists who try to follow along, who unintentionally give much needed attention. wary peers who hear of his technique long before they hear of him, who see the danger long before they see him.

he exists to contradict, to take the reputation speared upon him and turn the tables with bloody hands that all eyes only seem to focus on. for these reasons, he turns to intentions, turns to kindness that can be conveyed much farther than words.

be kind, be oh so kind, be so kind that you never have to speak a word.

sacrifice your blood and sacrifice your time, sacrifice as much as you can if only to be understood. a crying baby who cannot begin to register the harm of their shrill cries, a marked child trying to convey the words they were never taught, a one-armed teenager laying down what’s left of their life.

don’t kill him, he told nobara, sacrificing his self-imposed rules for a man who knew the weakness of his technique. because he couldn’t stand the idea that she would have blood on her hands. sacrifice a little more if only to convey how much you care.

because the tragedy of toge is that every word he says has the potential to become a dangerous reality. because he cannot warn others, he becomes their shield. because he cannot vocalize how much he cares, he becomes what they need most. because he cannot tell them who he is, he has to sacrifice everything to show them.

he was never going to let yuuta fight alone. because the beauty of yuuta is that he was always afraid for the wrong reasons. afraid of toge not because of his capability to be a weapon, but because he was afraid that he hated him.

can you imagine? every moment of your tired existence, trying to prove yourself as anything more than your bloody hands. to have someone not afraid of your blood crusted fingertips and split knuckles, but of your capacity to tolerate a walking cataclysm.

yuuta is so saturated in blood and despair that he cannot even begin to fathom caring about bloody hands. of course he sees them, sees them in the potential they hold, in the pain they’ve inflicted, yet also endured. holds them in his own like they’re delicate, sees the splits and scars and bruises, not as evidence of his capability, but in his durability. to be treated as breakable with such potential to shatter the world around him.

when i write toge, i always find myself in this train of thought. i think that’s why i love yuuta so much, i love how much he loves, even if it means the world burns.

on a happier note, i’ve been binging in nostalgia with the new fairy tail anime coming out !! i literally rewatched all 328 episodes lol it was one of my first anime i watched, and even if it’s a 180 from jjk, i’m of course thinking of crossover au’s because lol just look at me. i think i have a million au ideas and 27 posts in the draft <3

[robo-boy]

my friends have got to be tired of me by now😭😭

[cheesysoup-arlo]

My stepdad said I “talk too much” welp you know what my brain said to that

Yeah immediately started singing this in my head lmao

[austin-butlers-wife]

hi cuties, this isnt one of my normal uploads but i need to yap to someone about this

so for the past couple weeks ive been getting mike fasist edits on my fyp on tiktok and he's obviously very attractive, and i was scrolling youtube and found this video by my beloved, nicole raffiee, that was "a chronically online girl explains the challengers lore" (go give it a watch! i linked it for u :3)

so i watched it obviously and im literally already obsessed with it ANNNDDD the movie and i havent even watched it... (i need to watch it:3 im not sure if its only any of the streaming services we have though)

anyways thats all im OBSESSED !!

ps mike faist is my wbotm (white boy of the month)

- love, yours trulyyy, j u p i t e r !! ⭐️🪐

[bewitchedmold]

Fugo would get so unbelievably angry whenever Narancia Rick rolled him or Mista sent him that Josh Hutcherson meme it's actually hilarious

[weirdoisaweirdperson]

Okta spamton yap time let's go

So just like jevil i really do think that the themes shown with spamton's story are really cool and well-exicuted. He's a very very cool side character who you actually have to get interested in to look into: which I love to bits. The desperation and fall from grace is also just wahhhhb wahhhh poor boy I need to give you a hug,, he lost everything and is at a point of no-turning back desperation until kris comes along. I often have little daydream thoughts that are purely self insert and self indulgent of "what if I took this trash raccoon of a man and let him in my house and took care of him" and it always makes me so SADDDD WAHHHHWHSHDJDBEJEJ going back to talking about the themes of spamton's battle and downfall OH MYGOD SPAM5OJ JSUT CAME ONF IN MY HEADPHOENS LETW GOOO THEY LNWO anyqyayd! NOWS YOUR VHANCE TO BE A BIG SHOT! I really like how he's just trying to manipulate Kris into them giving him their soul a lot of the time but at the end kris ends up HELPING them it's great did I mentionthat I we t absolutely insane when I figured out that you ARENT supposed to actually spare spamton in the battle TO spare him I started bawling my eyes out no joke but i also want to touch on a little idea of the man on the other side of the phone being like a fals3 idol character,, like he made spamton rise to power and spamton is now relying on him and then he just vanishes,, really shows why you can't really put your entire life in someone else's hands because it (most often ) ends in disas5er- thsi is like so interesting to me because lkek he's just a guy who needs help at the time that kris enters and like,,, I desperately want to puck him up and give him a hug,, I need to make sure he's okay poor glorbo.... poor boy let me METAL CRUSHER UNDERTALE OST IS SUCH A GOOD AONG THIS JUST CAME ON IN MY PKAYLIST ABSHJSBWBAHW anyways I digress but I DESPERATELY need to take care of spamton like poor guyyy yes I'll let you live in my house and eat my waffles like a fucked up cat WHY IS SO MUCH OF UNDERTALES OST FIRE AAAHHHHHHAHHAGSGSGDHSHSHSHS I'm actually going insane all of this was typed while in a waffle house btw if you xare I'm not eating anything I'm just sitting here going slightly feral over dumpster man,,, I would ve a big ahoy with him auhfbdhhh I want spamton as my fucked up cat and Sans as my bone head ahhb neighbor please let me phase into yhe world of deltarun I beg I plead I scream I cry please please eplease psl4as5 EHAHHSHSHDHWIWHWKAJSKWKQJ I love these guys so much,,, ouuugjhh brain worms wahshbdhrhsbsh oh god I almost refreshed and lost all of this anyways spamton yap over congrats if you made it this far

[hanakokyu]

it's honestly nothing. i can deal with it myself. / sanemi @zefahai

it'd been raining hard all day.   the mansion floor was a muddy mess,   but they'd given up on trying to keep it clean:   every time they mopped,   some poor soul would stumble in,   blood and dirt soaked,   and they'd have to do it all over again.   [ but kanae is happy to do it.   she'd mop the floors a million times if it meant a million people walked back the way they came. ]   that's never the case,   countless die,   but the flower hashira dreams of better days anyway. it moves quickly once they've settled into a routine, patching wounds and handing out food.

it was well into the day, and they hadn't seen a patient in hours, when he gets pushed through the butterfly estate doors. [ they could all hear him coming from the garden gates, kanae quick to put a voice together with a face she knows well. ] she makes quick work of it: he's seated in the great hall within minutes as she buzzes around to collect rolls of bandages and a sewing needle.

❝   i'm sure you can. many do.   ❞ a hum in afterthought. she grabs a small cutting blade, incase the bandage doesn't tear easy. her hands hover, steady and warm, tracing the edges of the wound. ❝   but you're here now, so there's no need. i promise i'll be quick, but ... we should get that stitched up, at least. pretty please?   ❞

@zefahai

[gio-cosmo]

Everytime I try to sit down and write a serious story outline I just start yapping

[kia-azki]

I believe in myself too much, I believe I could get a mansion (I am procrastinating on studying rn)

[not-a-bot-1234]

AS THE CEO AND CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF YAPPING, I HEREBY DECLARE YOU A CERTIFIED YAPPER

[little-de-vil]

hello!! always nice to find people way too invested in d2 as well :D

do you have any thoughts on volunteering culture in district 2? (e.g. did it begin in d2 or did it just spread there? when do you think it began?)

Hi Backpacks, nice to finally meet ya! Funnily enough, I have very little interest in volunteering culture in 2. But if we’re looking at it from a historical standpoint, now you’ve got me! 

I don’t think it started in 2, it definitely feels like a country mandated rule—or rather addition, because we didn’t see it at all in TBOSBAS & the epilogue strongly implies Snow adding to the Games. 

I do believe that it is the most common response to a reaping in 2 because of that heavy Games propaganda. Do I believe that is it stronger with the Keepers than the Cutters? Absolutely! Does that mean that it’s only Keepers going in to vie for the crown of Victory? Not necessarily but it is, again, Common. 

To me, at least in 2, the Games are dependent upon Volunteers as a way of honor & valor as is culture within that district thanks to the propaganda. But it is also a chance of upper class mobility for the community. Which makes most of us think that Cutters volunteer for that very reason. I don’t entirely think that’s the case as I see volunteering as honor/valor for the Keepers whereas the Cutters are not as interested in becoming richer at the expense of their community & values. It’s easier to groom a warrior who’s been drinking propaganda posca & training for this their whole lives than a poor quarry kid who will no doubt have someone take their place who’s more willing to die or win for the prestige. I do think that the popularity of volunteering did not become widespread in the district until after Haymitch’s games. I break that down a bit in this video here.

I do also mention it briefly in another video (the one right after that lol) where I see that theme of upper class mobility extending itself towards the Cutters with becoming a Keeper. I think that if a Cutters family is thinking of becoming richer in any way, they will do it by joining the military. It sounds odd, I know, but I can’t picture a Cutter willingly volunteering for the Games because of the brutality it will bring, but it seems like an easier route for them to become someone of wealth(-ish) by becoming a part of their oppressors. Which is another topic in & of itself, but that’s for another day!

[papayafiles]

sometimes life is just a girl and her 100+ tumblr drafts

[vessuna]

are they a home-cooking kind of person, or do they rather get takeouts? + coffee, tea, milk or juice? <3

mundane headcanons / accepting !

are they a home-cooking kind of person, or do they rather get takeouts?

yuuji actually loves to cook !  growing up, he would help his grandfather in the kitchen when making meals + help clean up after too, and as he got older, yuuji would start to be the one to do the cooking on his own, especially once wasuke's health started to turn.

helping his grandfather pick out ingredients at the store and meal prep (he used to insist on being the one to cut the vegetables, under his grandpa's careful supervision) as a young child was often his favourite part of his days, and then in middle school, he would be the one ensuring his grandfather still ate well, too. despite caring for his grandpa causing him a lot of stress, being the one to cook never felt like a chore, and he still looks back on it fondly.

at jujutsu tech, yuuji still likes to cook his own meals from time to time, and this usually involves cooking for other people too. it's just what he's used to, and it gives him something to do, on top of providing an act of service to the people he cares about. he almost always makes enough for several people :  either his friends eat it, or he has extra for later. and he never minds! because looking after others comes so naturally to him.

but he's not against getting takeout or eating at restaurants either! in fact he really enjoys that, too. he and his grandpa didn't get to do so very often, and he gets a stipend from the school to spend how he likes, so going out with his friends to try new foods or even splurge a little on something he wouldn't usually, is very fun and exciting for him.

coffee, tea, milk or juice?

if he had to pick between the four, it would probably be juice.  i touched on yuuji and caffeine here !  i'm not sure if he'd like tea, but there's so many different types he might just get confused, he probably avoids it the same way he usually does coffee. but juice is easy: he knows he'll like it, he knows what to expect, it says it right on the juicebox! milk is fine, but juice is sweeter and tastier. though if it's a milkshake ...  he might choose that in the end.