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REREADING THE HUNGER GAMES - some thoughts™

okay so i reread the hunger games for the first time in like… 8 years or something and boyyyyyy it was a ride:

* this book came out in like 2008, but goddamn it’s still relevant as fuck * i absolutely adore the fact that it wasn’t a traditional “rise against the government” story, where the girl was The One and she did All The Things - Katniss was thrown into all this shit somehow under the radar, with adults still running the rebellion, but choosing her as a symbol and honestly she’s like “i have no idea what the fuck to do, but i’ll listen to Haymitch and Cinna - adults who know more stuff than I do, and hopefully not get killed” * i also liked the fact that her and Peeta’s traditional roles were reversed: she was the hunter, he was the baker (who was doing the FROSTING on cakes int he bakery, like, i stan) and this was Suzanne Collins saying fuck you to expectations about what roles men and women are supposed to fulfil * this book is disguised as another YA bullshit, but my dudes, holy fuck no - even if you take out the whole “we’ll send your kids to murder each other in an arena for our entertainment” - it deals with a shit ton of issues: PTSD, abandonment, alcoholism, children way too young being forced to take the roles of providers in their respective families, how entertainment affects the way we see the world, how media manipulates perception - like, this shit is Deep™

* it annoys me that at one point, this book/series was reduced to Team Gale vs Team Peeta, when… it was honestly about SO much more. And tbh, the progression of the love triangle was natural - when you share a life and death situation with someone, it’s completely natural to have at least some conflicting feelings towards that person, so Katniss’ indecision over Peeta and Gale is completely fucking normal for an adult, let alone a teenager just discovering themselves and exploring their heart

* the writing is Really Good, even compared to newer books that I’ve personally read and adored - it’s intense, fast paced, I flew through this in a couple of days and even knowing the story, it was still gripping and adrenaline-fuelled

* Peeta is completely underrated as a strategist - like, that kid is Smart™ as fuck

* Katniss and Rue’s relationship was such a punch in the gut, because it really solidifies the idea that these are kids, paying the price for something they had no hand in, paying the price for a past they had no choice in and no control over, and I’m unashamed to say that I, a woman in her 30s, still cried ugly tears when Katniss sang her song for Rue 

* honestly, my dudes, just… pick up this book and read it, because it’s so, so much more than what the movies reduced it to (I love the movies, but… yeah) - this shit is a dystopian masterpiece and Suzanne Collins is a queen, we stan

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twilight series as arrested development gifs

esme watching edward sneak out to watch bella sleep every night:

alice and edward finding out bella spent the months they were away crashing motorcycles and cliff diving after they told her to be safe:

bella when jacob tells her quil imprinted on a two year-old:

edward and emmett:

bella when anyone gives her advice on anything:

edward spying on bella in twilight/midnight sun:

edward:

rosalie and edward:

bella when she sees victoria in the water in new moon:

edward when he and bella have kissed for more than ten seconds:

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emmett: i’d fuck a guy

edward: i know, emmett

emmett: ...i have a LIST of guys i’d—

edward: I KNOW, EMMETT

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look I’ve had a really shitty day and ngl I’ve just rewatched this video SEVERAL times in a row for catharsis reasons

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But like they broke the windows

The largest Hydrogen Peroxide experiment ever 🧪 ⠀ By @Nickuhas and @DavidDobrik

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SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959)

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“Cat doing an obstacle course like it’s nothing”

(via)

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Joyce, this is Hawkins, okay? You wanna know the worst thing that’s ever happened here in the four years I’ve been working here? Do you wanna know the worst thing? It was when an owl attacked Eleanor Gillespie’s head because it thought that her hair was a nest.

STRANGER THINGS | Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers (1.01)

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March 2020, a summary

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I hoped that meant I was still alive. Death shouldn’t be this uncomfortable. (insp.)

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if i ever meet kristen im gonna ask how she was able to hold this haunted creature

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Little Carlisle&Esme moments.

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