i have the power of hozier and anime by my side.

i hope this makes sense but i always get kinda uncomfortable when people talk about colonization and put a huge emphasis on the accomplishments of the people who were colonized as if that’s the reason they shouldn’t have been subject to colonization. like when talking about sustainable farming practices or gender equality some folks still have this gross mindset, kind of like “these people shouldn’t have been colonized because they meet MY standard of a progressive society”. there are always people who won’t meet that standard and while it is important to talk about the history and culture of precolonial societies its so uncomfortable to see us to zero in on the ways these societies are “better”. like maybe my ancestors weren’t kings, maybe they weren’t agriculturally savvy, maybe their accomplishments wouldn’t impress an outside audience but no matter what they did not deserve to be enslaved and have their nations and land decimated. yall get me??

the face of a new man

Five Hargreeves be like “I know a place” then leaves you stranded in the timeline

the way her name is just “zuko’s sister” 😭😂

The fact that this is from 1855 and I’m only reading this for the first time amazes me.

Divergent is a bad book, but its accidental brilliance is that it completely mauled the YA dystopian genre by stripping it down to its barest bones for maximum marketability, utterly destroying the chances of YA dystopian literature’s long-term survival 

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I absolutely despise what Divergent did to the reputation of The Hunger Games. All of the failings of Divergent and other similar books were projected onto The Hunger Games despite the fact that it does it well. The Hunger Games is clever and memorable, it has simple parts and worldbuilding but it works to its advantage. The characters are fleshed out and have their own motivations and struggles, but it just gets lumped into the other books that try to replicate its success. Plus, the movies and marketing didn’t help out too. The Hunger Games is an amazing series, not perfect at all, but it works very well. There are clear messages and intentions with Collins’ words beyond cash grabs, but it’s been hit hard by those that came after it.

Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games because she had something to say about our own world. People are hating on the prequel she wrote, but I’d say it’s a perfect indictment of our times. Most YA Dystopia writers wrote their books to replicate the success of The Hunger Games, but they failed because their worlds are too different from ours. They tried to turn YA Dystopia into escapist literature, but The Hunger Games was never about escapism because it actually forces you to draw connections to our own society.

that is so adorable omgs

Hyah hyah hyah *stomp stomp stomp*

A Machoke teaches a smol baby Machop!😂🤣