#and dehumanizing outsiders

[heroes-fading]

ok but on a serious note while I'm shit posting to address something more serious I think a big part of why that tlou inspo is struggling is learning more about neil druckmann -- who grew up a settler in the West Bank -- and how his zionism is pervasive across the entire universe. other people have said this better (jewish currents does such a good deep discussion on this). seeing that lens makes it hard to unsee.

i am a big believer that what people do with a piece of media in different mediums does not have to be endorsement for every idea of the author, and that in fact there's power in reshaping those narratives. but I feel really unsettled by it, and it's hard to both watch Palestinean kids die every day and know that in some form we are dealing with propaganda that exists to serve their dehumanization.

good article here, great podcast here