sejanus was shortsighted? no, not really. it’s a lot to ask someone to witness horror after horror & do nothing about it bc it taints your soul. at what point do these deaths stop being an incomprehensible evil & start becoming a means to an end: still terrible, but necessary?
i see a lot of ppl calling sejanus “stupid” or a “fool” bc he refused to bide his time & overthrow the capitol when he became more powerful... like plutarch.
but i don’t think sejanus was stupid at all. he was too GOOD. so much so that he couldn’t bear to witness injustice for
another second without doing something about it. his humanity wouldn’t allow him to turn a blind eye bc every single tribute’s life matters.
he couldn’t bear to be part of the oppressive capitol system, so he did the conscionable thing & withdrew his support entirely by leaving
it’s so funny how i spend the majority of my day numb — probably on purpose— but the 1 to 2 hours i read everyday i want to drown in my feelings via fictional characters and their tragedies
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Let me make this crystal clear. Jane Doe should NEVER be publicly identified. We don't want her name. We WANT the names of the 57 “men” who were complicit.
IMAGINE putting a woman who escorted 48 kids to their death on a pedestal bc what? she didnt slap them like drusilla? bc she started to humanize them only after becoming close to peeta & katniss?
she came around in the end yes. but SOTR is not the end it’s the horrific beginning
someone said EFFIE trinket is morally grey….i’m SO confused.
effie is a brainwashed capitol cog. she willfully ignores the ramifications of her actions & pretty much does what she’s told.
PLUTARCH is morally grey. he’s done horrible things for the greater good & for his own
being “kind” is NOT radical. treating an oppressed person better than how others treat them is NOT rebellious. it’s the absolute bare minimum. no it’s below the bare minimum to be frank. i think her importance is overstated & i HATE that the movie is heavily leaning into this bc
@brantleywrites it’s meant to happen but killing urself to get there does more harm than good. what we can control is making sure we stay in love with writing which can only happen when we take the breaks we need — even (perhaps especially) if we don’t want to..so i’m proud of you :)!!
@brantleywrites i think it’s SO commendable that you are preventing burnout & setting yourself up for success by giving yourself grace <3 i always felt so much guilt when i have to take a break from writing because i want it to happen so bad and so fast but i’m realizing success happens when
“But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the Mockingjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim”.😭😭😭
Its truth & reconciliation day
Despite all the silly canadian memes, please remember canada has committed genocide & has been covering it up for decades upon decades. Dont ever stop speaking out against the injustice first nations face