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acinnamon-girl:

vodkasunshinegirl:

i think something incredibly vital to understanding these boys, and something that is often ignored, is that we have to see them for who they truly are.
I think the internet has made them into something they’re not. We all have to see that they were the boys in school that no one talks to. They arent the cute victims, they arent the guys we see in the hallways and wink at or smile at. This “type” of guy, are the guys we pass in the hallway every single day, that are too quiet and awkward in class, the kid with greasy hair, the ones who get picked on, but never bad enough to do something.
These are the kids that aren’t conventionally attractive. The ones who spend too much time playing video games, the ones that listen to weird music and know german cusswords.
I remember there being a very specific group of boys when I was in highschool that were like this, and if you have them, you know who I’m talking about. They’re all full of rage.
It’s fine to sit on tumblr and fall in love with Eric and Dylan, I’m sure they’re looking down on us and LOVING this shit. But, if you wanna really act on this, go befriend the kids no one else wants to be friends with.

So much truth here. We only know who they are because of what they did. By the time we learned their names, they were already dead. Is it as easy to find the good in those living around us with similar struggles? Or is it easier to find it after a tragedy, because somehow that makes it more poignant and less personally challenging?

Try to be the people Dylan and Eric needed when they were alive. Be kind and understanding to those around you and don’t bully anyone.

(But always prioritise personal safety as well, of course.)

This.^^

my-sisters-bike:

Death. (Afraid?)

A page from Dylan Klebold’s planner, which includes a to-do list for the massacre on Columbine he was planning with Eric Harris.

Of course, this page is done in complete Dylan style – “Armed Forces Day” edited to have four exclamation points after it, and arrows pointing at the to-do list. The list was also written on a page that says, “OPTIMISM” at the very top. 

Dyl and his black humor. Boom. There we are.

This is Sue Klebold and Coni Sanders (daughter of Dave Sanders.) The January magazine of National Geographic had this small section of her in their article “The Science of Good & Evil.” Not sure if you were aware of this or have seen the picture but if you have I apologize for repeating the information.

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Thank you for letting me know about this utterly heartwrenching photo/article.
It truly brought tears to my eyes!   The totality of this image is painful yet beautiful, all in one. It’s such a true representation of Healing in the purest sense of the word. Here huddled together are two victims, once on seemingly opposing sides, now joined together in empathy, understanding, and compassion.  Their loss is the same; they are connected and bound by this tragedy.   Now, two years on since Sue’s book released, everything has come full circle and is now in the process of imperfect mending thru the passage of time. 

“Bad things become good” ..again.

The full excerpt from the National Geographic article entitled “The Science of Good and Evil” reads:

SUE KLEBOLD AND CONI SANDERS
Sharing sorrow: Klebold (at left) is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of two teenagers who carried out the 1999 shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School. Klebold wrote about her experience in A Mother’s Reckoning and donates any profits to mental health charities. She has become a mother figure to Sanders (at right), whose father was killed in the massacre. For years Sanders was angry with Klebold for raising a son who became a killer. But her struggle to raise her own teenagers helped her understand Klebold. “If anyone’s pain is greater than my own, it’s hers,” she says. The women, here at a memorial for the victims in Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetery, now share a strong bond.  

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radioactive-clothes:

can anyone figure out what this says? I can pick out words here and there, but I’m horrible at reading bad or rushed handwriting and this definitely is. in case anyone is wondering, it’s page 61 of the final bunch of columbine documents, and I want to know what it says because I haven’t seen it (at least that I remember) in places where their journals have been put in order

Where is she..
Forever I will want her..
need her, love her, be with
her (search for her) shit goes

Sadness pain, 
eternal denial is known
when she doesn’t love me… 

I’m sorry
[redacted]

sorry

2 crossed out hearts

Sadness
NIN
X

(Everlasting Contrast triple cross, overlayed by a ‘Fate’ Kolovrat, overlayed by a Downward Spiral)