#dystopian ya

[themisfitthrone]

Happy release day, Hell Followed with Us!

#hell followed with us #dystopian ya #religious trauma #queer books #queer ya #lgbt ya #lgbt books #body horror tw #aj white #books #kaje creates

[akzgaj]

The Blonde and The Red Fox – original art of my writing.

#Enemies to lovers #Writing #Original #Dystopia #Dystopia YA #YA #Dystopian ya #dystopian fiction #Dystopian fanart #Dystopian romance #Romance #Enemies to lovers romance #enemies to friends trope #young adult romance #my art

[riverofempathy]

Just sitting here remembering Bonnie and Twill from Catching Fire…

… and how sad it is that we never see them again. We don’t know what happened to them. Which means they probably didn’t make it. It’s realistic for a war-torn, dystopian country. So I understand the choice as a writer. But it’s so sad.

And now I’m relating their story to Prim’s and it hurts.

#catching fire #hunger games #Bonnie and Twill #hunger games Twill #hunger games Bonnie #dystopian YA #Bonnie and Twill got out of their district but they still didn’t make it in the end #Prim was saved from going to the Hunger Games but she still didn’t make it in the end #ugghhhh these books are so good #they hurt so much #and they hurt worse because they could be real #stuff like that happens in the real world #and it’s horrible #well done Suzanne Collins #well fucking done

[fandomlife-confessions]

#Dystopian ya #fandom life confessions

[marshmyers]

L. M. Sagas's debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes's Divide series with Firefly. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space family, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be —and not to be—human. Most Anticipated Books of 2024 -Goodreads, Polygon, The Nerd Daily

There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor leverage. Between them, the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. 

Branded a Guild deserter, Jal "accidentally" lands a ride on a Guild ship. Helmed by an AI, with a ship's engineer/medic who doesn't see much of a difference between the two jobs, and a "don't make me shoot you" XO, the Guild crew of the Ambit is a little . . . different. They're also in over their heads. Responding to a distress call from an abandoned planet, they find a mass grave and a live programmer who knows how it happened. The Trust has plans. This isn't the first dead planet, and it's not going to be the last. 

Unless the crew of the Ambit can stop it.

PURCHASE

#yabooks #youngadultbooks #yalit #teenbooks #yabookstagram #laughing boy books #ya science fiction #science fiction #sci fi and fantasy #sci fi #sff #dystopian society #dystopia #dystopic #dystopian ya

[erosianexile]

Nobody tells her what to do A slave to freedom But not to you!

- Quote from my song, "Slave to Freedom." 🦋

#bookblr #writeblr #musicblr #dystopian ya #dystopian fiction #book quotes #book excerpt #fantasy quotes #female protagonist #original music

[booksihate]

Matched. My god. Do you think there's any symbolism behind her dress being green? I heard it was green. Did you know, it was green? Oh hey, in case you forgot: her dress. It was green.

#books #ya books #dystopian ya

[solpala]

caesar: surely a little time is better than no time?

peeta: maybe i’d think that too…… if it wasn’t for the BABY!!

preteen me:

#INSANE #YA DYSTOPIANS WERE NEVER THE SAME #the hunger games #thg #peeta mellark

[belle-keys]

what i like about the ballad of songbirds and snakes is the way that snow isn’t some kind of psychopathic sadist with a natural penchant for evil or anything. he’s a symptom of a system and is so unremarkably human. coriolanus snow is a prissy broke old money little shit whose sole driving force is being the best debate kid, not a fascist oppressor. and when it comes down to it, he chooses the option that will allow him to be as cushy and safe as possible. he doesn’t originally want a power high, he just wants to stop being insecure. and his complacency is what ultimately breeds his corruption.

#coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #the hunger games #thg #dystopian fiction #sejanus plinth #ya books

[cemeterything]

the thing about fourth wing is that if it was at least bad in an original way i would have so much less beef with it. but it isn't. it's literally divergent with dragons. which is just. look. if you want to write an indulgent cash grab of a YA novel then you could at least have a little more self-respect. i mean, divergent? really? fucking divergent???

#🐉 #'killed the dystopian ya novel industry by exposing how formulaic it is' divergent? #like im sorry but the dragon riders are just a copy of the dauntless faction from that book. its driving me CRAZY. #its very entertaining to read as a hater though

[gertritude-art]

The true horror of Tumblr is when you make a post that sucks and then everyone in the comments goes "erm... 10k notes to ME!" No it doesnt. It shouldn't have that many notes. It should have 2. No more. You can't even reblog it to argue with these people because then you come across like you're fishing for notes. Trying to make a post "happen." Lab grown funnies. It's a nightmare.

#anyway you guys should reblog the dystopian ya novel 'chromia' post instead. why? because it is also low-effort BUT it has mimi in it. #notart

[themisfitthrone]

books & series as Pinterest boards → hell followed with us

#hell followed with us #hfwu #dystopian ya #religious trauma #body horror #queer ya #lgbt ya #book recommendations #queer books #body horror tw #kaje creates #books as pinterest boards #aj white #andrew joseph white

[i-never-shut-up-ever]

just a reminder that no book/movie series will ever be on the level that the hunger games was. the hunger games was THE blueprint. it paved the way for the entire genre of teen dystopian novels/series. every other YA dystopian series wishes it was what the hunger games was. i could go into heavy detail about this. i can recite the entire movie series and the books from memory.

#the hunger games #thg #ya novels #young adult #dystopian novel #hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #finnick odair #katniss and peeta #don’t even get me started on katniss everdeen being my favorite fictional character ever #and peeta mellark’s entire character actually

[marlinspirkhall]

I watched the unaired Selection pilots so you don't have to

But, if you want to, you can do so here, and here (password: “selection”), credit to Media Garage on YouTube

Edit: links no longer active

The Selection (2012)

Strong Hunger Games vibes throughout, the plain-text opening screen isn't helping

Stock-footage of rolling hills gets replayed way too much

ETHAN PECK?

Unlike in the books, America only finds out she's been entered into The Selection after she gets selected, so the plot point about the photoshoot & her radiant smile being the thing which gets her selected no longer applies, I guess

Everyone in the YouTube comments was saying that Aspen and Maxon were miscast & the actors' roles should have been swapped (... No comment. I believe in you, Mr Peck)

This castle is looks too small to fit 24 TV show contestants in it

Fiona, unprompted: “Can you keep a secret, America?”

America: “I have been known to”

Fiona: “I play the violin”

Okay? (This is actually a very sweet moment and, again, Fiona may be the best actress in this)

This episode covered a significant portion of the first book, out of order, which makes me wonder if the intention was to cover all 3 books in one series.

This almost feels like half of a film, making me wonder if someone adapted a film spec script into a tv show spec script

Apparently, Fiona has a secret child and Celeste knows about it, causing Fiona to drop out on day one and tearfully warn America to “trust no one, there's no such thing as friends here”- which is a fucking wild thing to say when she's probably the only contestant who's been nice to America so far & Celeste didn't even need to get to know her to know her secrets because she has spies anyway 😭

It's worth reminding you that they have been at the palace for one entire day total

You think Queen Amberly is being fleshed out in this version but... Hmm

Amberly appears to be the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes (she confronts Celeste about extorting Fiona, tells her "she would have gone home in due time" and to "leave America to me. Anything we do to try and separate them [her and Maxom] will only make him want her more")

Again: IT HAS BEEN A DAY

America sees her servant gathering all her dresses (none of which she has used yet, bar the yellow and green ones) including the iconic blue one from the book cover. America asks what's happening and the servant replies: “Prince Maxom's orders”

Cut to America's family. They open a box with a glittering pair of high heels inside. I guess this is supposed to mirror the part of the book where Maxom cuts off the stipend for 2's and 3's who are in the selection?

If you think this version feels unfaithful to the book, just wait until you see The CW's pilot

IT HAS BEEN ONE DAY

Runtime: one day 45 minutes

Final rating: 5/10, kinda long and stiff in places and the set design was all over the place. Felt like a Hallmark movie (the set design didn't help). Probably would watch another episode of this if it was a full series or a limited series of 3-6 episodes. A little script-doctoring and a better set would work wonders.

The Selection (2013)

I cannot stress enough: this version begins with a sex scene between Maxom and a servant

Okay, I got ahead of myself; it actually begins with another hunger-games-esque black screen with text on it, text which reads “Someday, in the future”, which is read aloud by a woman's voice.

We zoom in on a much roomier-looking castle on a hill, as a random whip sound effect plays (leading into the sex scene, in which no whips are present)

All the female servants in the palace are dressed in sexy maid costumes and I wish I was kidding

The world map explaining the history of Illea is CONFUSING AS HELL, but maybe they hadn't nailed down all the details yet. I'm genuinely not sure

ANTONY HEAD?

Aspen is introduced tied to a St Andrew's cross and being watched over by a guard. America asks the guard to free him, he chases her through the streets, she circles back and cuts Aspen down

America's selection is similar to the 2012 pilot, except Aspen is present. America asks her mom why she'd enter her into the selection when “You know I'm with Aspen”, so uh, I guess they're not keeping it a secret here.

There's also no mention of Aspen being of a lower caste than her, nor of America having a job other than the vague title of "laboring class" which hangs over them all, vaguely

This is a masterclass in editing and pacing. The dialogue is okay, but the added geopolitics make no sense. Any issues with this are smoothed over by the fact that the plot keeps moving forwards at a breakneck pace to keep you distracted.

The lack of breathing room would probably be too confusing for an audience who wasn't already familiar with The Selection

The set here is absolutely beautiful but unfortunately it gives me Merlin vibes, and casting Antony Head as the king does not help with this.

Maxon attempts to pull a Mr Darcy. He then tells America that if she runs away with Aspen, the guards will beat him to a pulp and they'll both spend the rest of their lives in prison. America suggests that she make the monarchy look good so the working class don't side with the rebels. Looks like we're going full Hunger Games.

Celeste's handmaiden seems way too devoted to her; they turn out to be lovers

Just when you think Maxon might start redeeming himself, we see the palace guards swarm Aspen and kicking him. Maxom stands nearby on his horse overseeing this so there's no question of whether he did it or not

Final rating: 6/10, I would absolutely watch another episode of this. It was an absolute mess, but I've seen teen wolf, so I'm not gonna pretend I'm above it.

This feels like the kind of pilot which would get greenlit just to attract hateviewers.

Summary:

Neither protagonist had red hair and neither adaptation was trying particularly hard to give it to her (2012: dark red box dye. 2013: blonde!)

These actors are doing their best and some of them even seem to be having fun (good for them)

In the 2013 pilot, the writers lampshade America running around “like an action hero”, but she promptly forgets how to do that by the midpoint of the episode, so w/e

It feels like the 2013 pilot was a reworking of the 2012 pilot, because there were too many similarities carried over from one script to another which weren't present in the original book, like Fiona having a secret relationship.

I forgot to mention that Aspen has a brother in the 2013 pilot. He seems to be adapted from the palace guard who has a relationship with one of the contestants in a later book.

I can't get over how fucking weird of a decision it is to make the kind and likeable love interest into a power-corrupt despot, but it does feel more true to an actual monarchy. I assume they were trying to give Maxon a bad-boy vibe, which doesn't make much sense because that's supposed to be Aspen's whole deal.

There was a whole subplot in both pilots where an advisor character is revealed to be working with the rebels at the end of the episode

Extremely funny to me that the 2012 pilot makes a point of mentioning that sex before marriage is illegal and the 2013 pilot opens with premarital sex with the prince regent

#The Selection series #The Selection #Kiera Cass #Anthony Head #Ethan Peck #dystopian fiction #YA fiction #undescribed #America Singer #Prince Maxon #long post

[ouroboros-hideout]

A little party never killed nobody.

#I hope your NYE Partys didn't kill ya #ngl I like the shot a lot myself #oh look my pixelboyfriend lives here #dystopian future great gatsby #cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #virtual photography #dogtown

[shima-draws]

Me, suddenly remembering OCs I made YEARS ago and haven’t touched since:

#Shoutout to high school me who tried to make her own dystopian YA romance novel. HA #I still love my kids tho. Blows them kisses #Shima speaks #Maybe I’ll revisit them 😳 #Stick em into ATS or smth #Bc I have ideas. THOUGHTS even