Month: November 2015

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massacreofthechildren:

I’ve been dying to make this edit

HISSssss!


The demeanor and body language says it all. Those long drink o’ water legs and the boot pivoting is something else.  His words UNnecessary. Just a withering glare and a flick of his coat.  Like a cat’s tail twitching a fuck off’! at you. 

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

I’m still not sure how to reply to posts on Tumblr but I wanted to say thank you! Not just for the comments on my drawings but for your blog in general. You present the facts and any sort of speculation in a clear and insightful way that is extremely helpful for someone like me who’s looking for answers. Honestly I wouldn’t know half the things about Columbine (and Dylan in particular) if I didn’t read your responses. Thank you!

Oh, why thank you so much!  I’m assuming this is the talented Miss rainflesh, yes?  🙂  

 Your art is phenomenal and if those are just your ‘quick’ sketches, heck!, I’d love to see the high quality you could produce taking your time!  You have his likeness down pat completely with the signature steep jawline

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.  Your caricature ‘comic strips’ of the boys are awesome sauce too.  Totally captures the essence of their dynamics.  Would love to see a whole lot more of those too. 😉  

I’m glad E-C has been a good learning experience for you about Dyl.  That is a lovely high compliment as far as I’m concerned. TY. Makes it all worth while and re-reminds me why I feel compelled to blog about the ‘beautiful long-legged monolith’  Mr. DK.   And, btw, to reply to a post, you just hit the reblog button and add a comment at the bottom.  Though, I definitely enjoyed getting a personal message from you if not more. 🙂   Look forward to seeing more of your expressions of Mr. V..and the boys. ❤

Did Dylan date Sasha or did they just go out on dates?

Chad Laughlin hooked Sasha Jacobs up with Dylan. She went out with Dylan one no more than two dates. I believe this was the ‘group dating’ that Dylan’s dad spoke of  so it wasn’t even really a serious date as the Klebold’s would’ve pointed out in the 11K that Dylan actually went on couples only dates too. Her vibe about Dylan on the date:  ‘”there was something strange about him and she felt uncomfortable with him.” This basically amounts to Dylan feeling extremely socially awkward, uncomfortable and up tight on a first ‘date’ with the opposite sex; he was exuding these nervous vibes that put her off.  Dylan really needed to be comfortable with the girl as a friend first or to know her better casually, I do believe, before dating could be more natural for him. This is especially the case for someone with debilitating social anxiety disorders like AvPD as I’m of the opinion that he had.    She then moved on to going out with Eric.  Again, it likely started out as group dating and then one-on-one dating.  According to her, she dated Eric approximately 16-20 times between Oct ‘97 and Jan ‘98 and then she stopped wanting to date him. Sasha’s full 11K account regarding Dylan and Eric can be found here .

So you obviously aren’t as fond of Eric as Dylan, but do you at least think Eric was attractive?

If you say so? *laughs* Eric was good looking enough and in a more conventionally attractive sort of way than Dylan. How’s that for non biased? 😳 But also, like Dylan, Eric hadn’t grown into his head size, face and with Eric – that long, pointy english nose just yet in a manner that was more proportionate to his thin body frame. But within a few years, into his mid twenties, he would’ve filled out more nicely, a bit more muscular/stockier and would’ve grown into his prime adult male look and yes, would’ve been a good looking sort of ‘type’. If you dig that sort of type. He does militant well. And I’ll add that he had very nice bone structure as in, good angular cheek bones. Hed had potential model features And, of course, 😬 he’d absolutely hate that I said that. But what else is new there? 😏 haha

Wow, look at me, I just devoted yet another post to Eric, yammering on about his features. Look at how much ‘dislike’ I have for this dude….

do you think there any significance as to why dyl wore his onyx ring on the finger you typically wear your wedding ring?

Dylan would fidget around with the ring and move it to different fingers. This may partially have been just a nervous habit (like how he constantly ran his fingers through his hair) but also probably in part due to his significant loss of weight. The ring must’ve not had a super flush-tight fit on his lanky ring finger so he’d play around with it being lose, move it up and down and switch it to different fingers depending on his level of boredom or anxiety at a given moment.

I have two posts on his revolving, rotating onyx ring here and here

If you could choose to look at any rare picture of Dylan, what would it be? e.g. pictures of him as a baby, the picture of him hugging the cactus, etc. I’d personally like to see a picture of Sue when she was pregnant with Dylan. It might be weird but i think it’d be nice to see that and how happy she probably looked then.

Forget any and how about all? lol There’s so many I’d want to drink in with my eyes, honestly. Dylan playing chess with his dad with the two staring in thoughtful contemplation at the chessboard. Dylan folding origami and patiently showing his friends how to do certain folds, Dylan with his pet rat Snowflake on his shoulder caught in a hearty mid-laugh with it licking his earlobe, Dylan and his brother in a candid shot of goofing off together, Dylan rough housing with his cousins in candid shots, Sue straightening Dylan’s bowtie on prom night, Dylan seriously playing Diablo II with a frown on his forehead, Dylan sitting on the couch watching a movie with one cat sprawled on his lap, the other beside him while he’s mid-snapped kicking back a Dr. Pepper, Dylan resisting taking that group family photo, Dylan making a french omelette in their kitchen..Sue hugging Dylan at Christmastime…….Any that Sue selects to offer up the public eye for whatever her reasoning will be a pleasure to see..with much profound gratitude. 🙂

Alright REB, here’s the drill.. 

When Dylan had enough, he had had enough.  Here’s two prime example recaps of  Mr. V in-charge curbing Eric’s rude and obnoxious nasty behavior with a sense of grace and style.  Because sometimes the one wielding power is not what one would expect; their approach can be a quiet, subtle yet effective force.  Dylan walked softly and carried a big stick. He used it rarely and when he did, Eric got the message and backed the fuck off. 

Amanda Semms: “..was in tears and kept apologizing over and over and over I told him (Dylan) I had insurance and I could file a report, it was my fault and that is when I was told it wasn’t a big deal the car had been hit so many times on the other side I evened it out. I started to calm down. Then the passenger door opened and Eric started yelling at me, something along the lines of I was a stupid bitch, why wasn’t I paying attention to where I was going (I honestly do not remember all of it) I thought for sure he was gonna send his girlfriend to kick my ass or something. (I am a 5’7 109 pound girl most people think they can take me on, I couldn’t believe he was so mad and it wasn’t even his car)  Dylan told him to get back in the car and they took off. I didn’t see them again till the news. [Original Post]

11K version: In January 1999, Jennifer Paavilainen and her friend, Amanda Semm, were involved in a minor car accident with Klebold and Harris.  Semm clipped Klebold’s BMW on the left rear fender while in the school parking lot.  Klebold got out and said not to worry because the car had been hit before.  There was no damage of her friend’s car.  Harris then got out of the passenger side of Klebold’s car and was angry.  Klebold ordered Harris to get back in the car, which he did.  Klebold then got back in the car and drove off.  Dylan told her she shouldn’t worry about it because the car had been hit before. Eric go out of the passanger side of dylan’s car and got angry. Then Dylan ordered him to get back in the car, which he did.” [Original Post]
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Jennifer Harmon: When the teacher told Klebold to put them away, he would slyly slip her one anyway. “Dylan wasn’t a bad guy,” says Harmon. “I never thought he would do something like (the rampage). But they said Eric’s name on TV and I automatically knew Dylan was going to be there. Eric had a persuasion. I think Eric would always tell Dylan that people never liked him, and he was his only true friend.” Jennifer remembers them this way: Dylan smiled. Eric didn’t. Dylan was nice. Eric had a mean streak. One day, Jennifer says, she was singing a song from the German metal group Rammstein – one of the boys’ favorite bands. Eric made fun of her. Dylan told him to stop.”
[Original Post]

I have the feeling that, sometimes, when reading through Columbine blogs, even some of them are a little bit rude towards Eric and there’s always a sweet excuse for Dylan. I don’t know, but it sounds a little hypocritical to me.

thedragonrampant:

Different strokes for different folks, right? Some people go for tiny pissy Rebby, other people go for tall-as-fuck romantic V. Some of us (me!) go for both in near-equal measure and try to make that work. You can usually spot someone’s preferred leaning quite easily in the way they talk about the case. I don’t think it’s hypocritical for a V-blogger to be turned off when Eric’s yakking on and on about destroying shit, nor do I think it’s hypocritical for a Rebby-blogger to eyeroll and go “seriously?” over Dylan’s lamentations. It’s personal preference. You can’t really fault people over that, in my opinion.

I personally try to stay level about them. Doesn’t always work, though. I give Eric a lot of shit on here in the moments where he seriously inspires my inner serial killer, but the minute Dave Cullen and his clan of monkeys arrive I become Eric’s biggest defender and am willing to fight anyone tooth and nail about him. I recognise my younger self in Dylan and feel a degree of kinship with him, but I will seriously confess to going “please stoppp” at all the romantic shit in his journal because I ain’t here for that. I’m not in the habit of making excuses for either one, because.. well.. they’re both mass-murdering fuckheads at the end of the day, despite their differences in personality.

It’s that difference in personality that I think inspires the excuses for Dylan and the rudeness toward Eric: Dylan comes off as the more likeable, seems the easier to get along with, and held onto more friends than Eric ever did. Eric did his best to make himself very unlikeable (come on, you haven’t lived until you’ve gone “what the fuck dude” at Eric Harris) and I think he does present as less amicable than Dyl. It’s his own fault and that’s that, hahaha. 😉

Totally on point.^^ Couldn’t agree more. 

I think it’s a good question for people who don’t bother sympathizing with Eric as much as they do Dylan

Well, the thing is, you can’t really force sympathy out of a person. They either are feeling it or they’re not as much. And while I can and do feel for Eric to a degree, at times, it’s more of an empathetic type thing for Dylan because I relate to him infinitely more. I mean, you could hardly go to an Eric centric blog and anon posture and question why there isn’t more sympathy for Dylan on their blog (*pouts* Damnit!) My blog is about Dylan for resonant personal reasons. I prefer not to make it a competition between the two boys but.. people always just seem to want to go there and push it in that direction. It surprises me that someone does not have a blog dedicated to Eric as far as his personality quirks but also to use examples from the case to study him more closely (though rebsgoddess seems to be rallying for Eric quite eloquently as far as understanding where he is coming from.) Some of you that feel so strongly about Eric might want to consider creating a dedicated blog so that you can fully express that sympathetic angle for him.

Have you ever written any fiction about Dylan? I think you’d be ah-frickin-mazing at it, cause I consider you practically an earthly vessel of him.

Aww, no I haven’t. Tbh, I think I suck at writing let alone the idea of me fic writing. It would probably take me six months just to get one chapter out. haha. And I doubt if y’all could wait that long..
An ‘earthly vessel’ huh? lol o.O.Oh my goodness 😚 weell, now.. thankss for that. 🙂💗

I’m slightly confused at something. Dylan and Devon as you’ve stayed were good friends but in his journals doesn’t he state that he wouldn’t mind killing her because she in a sense ‘stole’ Zach away from him?

First, read the timeline here of when Dylan just newly met Devon and about 1.5 months in, she begans to date his best friends, Zack.  

Dylan then writes about Zach Heckler in his journal 7/23/97:

“My best friend ever: the friend who shared, experimented, laughed, took chances with & appreciated me more than any friend ever did has been ordained … “passed on” … in my book. Ever since (Devon) (who I wouldn’t mind killing) has loved him … that’s the only place he’s been with her …if any- one had any idea how sad I am … I mean we were the TEAM. When him & I were friends, well I finally found someone who was like me: who appreciated me & shared very common interests.”.

So, for one thing, at this point in time, he hardly knows Devon and to him, she is the woman that has stolen his bestie away.

Now, read here and here regarding his nasty ‘kill’ comment about Devon in his journal.

After this incident, Dylan still had nearly 1.5 years beyond getting used to Devon as an item with Zack and they ended up becoming good friends.  Devon calls Dylan her best friend. Devon invited Dylan to her sixteenth b-day party in July ‘98 and they slow danced at prom in April ‘99.  They even talked about going to see a Chemical Brother concert that summer.  They were friends. In the early days, Dylan did not know her well save for the fact that she stole his best friend. Of course he wanted to kill her; he was sore about what she stole from him. If you were in his shoes, wouldn’t you be?