#it’s so overt!

[trashydinosaurpanda]

This is an absolutely wild thing to say. “Academic source for your critique on racism in a pop culture franchise popular with the white middle class both I and the original author primarily identify with?” Just…. That’s hilarious. Tell me you aren’t familiar with anti-Indigenous tropes (Gale’s implied and shamed promiscuity, his implied being a sex worker and Haymitch’s alcoholism), anti-Black tropes (the Black district being agricultural, the Black characters having primarily item and literal-based names, the whole setup of Panem’s districts because it has uniquely shallow infrastructure that lends itself to a quick and simple coup—which anyone who’s done international politics or sociology 101 could tell you, in detail and which I would but it’s a waste of my time since you’re already praising it up and down).

In case you are wondering, the reason I am angry is not that you chose to assign meaning that didn’t exist, but rather because you are completely ignoring the meaning that *absolutely* does. You are posturing yourself as an academic having serious conservation and digging because the ground is soft while completely dismissing you are located in a landfill. It’s actually hilarious to me how thoroughly and accurately you recreated the hostility of academia to marginalized people in order to justify your opinions.

Since I know this is going to make you so defensive they’re going to try and recruit you for college football, a few points:

While there are other Black characters who are non-violent, there are no non-Black characters as ruthless (or portrayed the same way as) Thresh, who is seen as defective, even by Panem standards (this also makes his portrayal ableist, btw).

Panem cannot be a post-racial society since their agricultural district is explicitly portrayed as mega-majority Black and District 12 townspeople are all either white or actively passing.

Every single brown and Black person is killed, either physically or in spirit, including Katniss. Peeta, notably, is not. And he isn’t the only one. White (or white presenting) people killed are universally ‘sacrifices’ and ‘tragedies’ (even the bad guys). Only the brown and Black people who die under extraordinary circumstances/in service to the ‘heroes’ are worth mourning, and only for a paragraph. Not throughout the narrative.

All the moral crusaders are white (Peeta) or white-presenting (Prim). Nearly all the white people are “just ignorant” or “victims too” (except, notably, the Clinton analogues, which is VERY noticeable because Hillary Clinton did civil rights work). Black and brown people are either faceless (explicitly in many parts of the first book) or obstacles (even Rue). All. Of. Them. (Haymitch too!)

The districts setup is Divergent-bad if you have an in-depth understanding of textiles, manufacturing, logistics, construction, or agriculture. My friends and I make fun of it bc it is THE example of someone not understanding society or infrastructure or authoritarian regimes. Because the racism was more important to the set-up.

Just because you do not recognize you are in a landfill doesn’t mean other people don’t see all the trash strewn about when we show up.

there was a moment when the people in the movie theatre and the capitol audience in the stands were laughing at the same things, having the same reactions to the games, to the deaths, to flickermans jokes, to the doctor's announcement...i wonder aren't we watching it for entertainment too

suzanne collins' books may exist in popular culture as "dystopian", but they have always been a meticulous and startlingly close social critique of our world. at what point does our own idolization of the movies and the books repeat that story? we watch just as the capitol audience does.

all dystopia eventually crosses a line from realistic futurism to current relevancy. how long will it take us to realize we've already crossed that line with these books? and the very people who need to realize this are the ones in that audience...real or fake, we're the same: consuming and consuming.

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[newttxt]

happy bday law. u cant say i never give u anything…

[tzarrz]

i listen to fog lake too much

[heartorbit]

catch us if you can! ☆

[waitineedaname]

all the best stories are about

grief

homosexuality

autism

[mohntilyet]

i am no longer joking. what happens inbetween the end of wigmaker’s job and about a year before veilguard that makes illario decide the brother he loves is worth less than the seat of first talon

[millionsknives]

bait / hook / line / sinker

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

not enough discussion about the gavins' complicated relationship with feminine-coded/beauty products, i don't think.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At the start of this project all I wanted was to 'learn how to draw' using comics as a medium and the MDZS audio drama as inspiration.

I've come *very* far from making simple, 3 panel black and white comics, and I truly do intend to go even further. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on throughout 2023, it has been an incredible year in so many ways I never could have imagined. I look forwards to drawing throughout 2024 B*)

[queenlucythevaliant]

Okay but I do get really tired when people rag on Narnia's Biblical parallels for being too overt. Like, yeah dude. It's written for kids. Most kids don't do subtlety. I knew my Bible better than probably 95% of third graders, and yet my parents still had to clue me in. I've talked to people who grew up secular and didn't realize Narnia was Christian until well into adulthood. The Christian parallels in Narnia are at a pretty perfect level for most kids, and the fact that we as adults continue to get new spiritual meaning from it as we grow is a real testament to the depth of Jack's writing.

[ofswordsandpens]

"the Gabe and Sally dynamic in the show is abusive" and "the way they've portrayed Gabe in the show is distinctly different from his book counterpart and fans can criticize that" are two discussions that can coexist

[robynator]

something something louis used to be a pimp something something armand was sold to a brothel

i don't know where i'm going with this but this realisation came to me suddenly and i refuse to be normal about it

(that and daniel calling armand a rent boy in season 1 like WOW man come on now)

[kindgreenape]

i think kim is just as complex of a character as harry, but i think a good amount of players (not all, but a chunk) choose to unflinchingly characterize him as “the Good Cop” and leave it at that.

[fookinstevienicks]

I really need you people to understand that "I don't think that's how they intended it" does not change the actual biphobic nature of the writing

[artoriarts]

I think that being alone in frasco made aba a very sensory-oriented person. and that translates a lot into how she shows affection, especially given paracelsus, while he can be hugged or kissed or humped, can’t really reciprocate too terribly much and probably doesn’t feel it as vividly or in the same way as those of biological body. basically what I’m saying is aba does asmr for paracelsus as a form of intimacy