Tally Tea Time

For the record I absolutely love the Long Walk book and the psychological meaning behind all of it. Looking at it at face value is so funny though, because what do you mean the chud with no plan, not much of a moral stand, and a passive attitude won the whole thing??

Do you think the guards in the Long Walk were entertained by the amount of yaoi going on between all of the Walkers? I would be. They got front row seats to the most homo show in the country.

I just don’t know how McVries, the person who talked about getting second chances and stuff, couldn’t do that for Barkovitch. This pertains mostly to the movie, since McVries is mostly talking sunshine rainbows in the movie. But like, you understand? HOW. HOW does he not feel terrible when he literally watched Barkovitch kill himself?? I’m not excusing anything Barkovitch did, but he was also the one pushed away from the group first. By every character, in the book and movie, he was misunderstood, and it breaks my heart.

I think Barkovitch must’ve had some medical shit he didn’t report.

As much as it is important to Barkovitch’s arc in the book, I’m so glad the scene in the book where Garraty basically antagonizes Barkovitch, telling him everyone would celebrate when he dies, telling him he should wish for friends since he doesn’t have any, wasn’t in the book. If they put that in the movie I think I would have bawled my eyes out.

In the Long Walk book, there's a part where Garraty hears the crowd cheering for certain people, and someone in the crowd is cheering for Barkovitch. I often wonder who would possibly be cheering for him. It's probably someone from his home state, but I like to imagine it's someone who actually knows and supports him.

Guys I'm not joking the Long Walk hyperfixation got so bad I made a tumblr account and now plan to post every single one of my thoughts because I can't suffer with all of my love for Stebbins and Barkovitch and everyone else all alone