Snowball in Hell

this happened nine and a half hours ago. as of right now, there's no official info about the victims and the people missing. the only pieces of information available come from other students who took on compiling lists of names and the current state of those individuals and sharing those on social media in hopes of being able to help. the news coverage is constant, but poor.

there are many terrifying testimonies and photos from the ones present at the faculty at that time. there are also many disgusting photos and videos of the gunman circulating on social media even after the police department urged not to share those out of respect to the victims and to prevent the rising panic.

there would've been way more victims had the police not acted as quickly as they did. still, there were mistakes made and i hope the department will be able to recognize them and act on them.

school shootings and shootings in general are not a thing here, they don't happen, people often haven't been given proper instructions on how to act in case of an active shooting in years. i still remember a mass shooting that took place in a hospital in ostrava. that was five years ago, 7 people dead.

this mass shooting is by far the worst one in czech history.

please reblog with your answer and country!!

i, for example, have fired a gun, and am from canada.

for the entire series since we were introduced to her, we've always seen her wanting out of the game. she tries to run, tries to cut out that part of her life, and she always fails, pulled back for a reason or another.

she was always looking out for herself, going it alone, and only teaming up with Team Hunt when their goals align. but she's grown from that. we see her willingly joining the team this time, instead of doing her own thing until she's forced to confront them. we see her interacting with the team, with Ethan, beyond what's needed for the mission at hand.

we see her make a conscious choice to go save a woman she didn't know at the risk of her own life, a decision she never would've made when we met her in Rogue Nation.

and it's only her compassion and decision in this moment that finally turned Grace around. Grace joined Team Hunt bc she felt indebted to Ilsa, bc she realized that instead of running away, like she expected her to, like she herself was trying so desperately to do, Ilsa came back. for her.

she doesn't know how to feel about that, but she does know she'll do her best to help the friends of the woman who saved her life.

god Ethan told Ilsa to run. for once in the series running is what was expected of her. but she DIDN'T.

and Grace not understanding that at first. "she's dead because of me." the weight of that. the guilt. this woman who barely knew her and should have ran. who died so she can live. how do you process that?

but THEN. Ethan's response to her "you don't even know me."

"what difference does it make?"

and that!!! that is Ethan's entire character. the TEAM'S entire ethos. that is true of Ethan to every member of his team and every human on the planet, BUT ALSO true of Benji. of Luther. to Ethan and each other and Grace and everyone else. they will always value another person's life more than their own.

and that's exactly what Ilsa did. she valued Grace's life more than her own. and she came back.

"no. you're alive because of her."

You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?

You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.

You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.

You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.

You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.

You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.

You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.

You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!

You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!

You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.

I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.

And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie

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