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caesarflickermans · 1 year

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If you had the opportunity to meet Suzanne Collins for 30 minutes,

What would you do?

What questions do you want to ask?

(PS : There is no limit for topics :)

Thank you.

@curiousnonny

Honestly? I wouldn't want to meet her.

I'm not one to gush and praise Collins, and tell her how much her books influenced my life (German attitude, we don't really do that), and so my only interest would have been to have a conversation with her about some of my favourite characters, themes, worldbuilding aspects.

But in reality, I would ask myself why her thoughts on my favourite characters, themes and worldbuilding aspects matter so much more than those of myfavouritetumblrmutual or this cool person on caesarflickermans dot tumblr dot com.

I'm just not someone (and never have been) to lift up a celebrity—be it an actor, writer, or musician—to this persona to be fangirled around.

The author is dead (in a theoretical way). The trilogy released a long while ago, and even without the book, Collins isn't the same person she was when the books were published. She might feel different on what she wrote, she might have come up with new ideas since then that contradict things she wrote that I love.

Outside of J/K / R being a terf, I only need to think back to her once writing she wouldn't have paired up Hermione and Ron were she to write the books now (that was at the height of her popularity on twitter iirc); and that's a perfect example of an author who is far removed from what they originally wrote making additional content/changes that wouldn't originally have made the cut. It's an innocent enough example outside of her harmful ideology, but one that did irritate fans at the time when they still held her in very high regard. Once we arrive at the idea that post-publishing, the author is nothing more than a big name fan whose ideas we can freely disagree with (Hermione/Ron) or accept (Gay Dumbledore), we have a much better engagement with authors in fandom.

And I feel like had Collins written about a topic more people in the fandom engage with; say, Haymitch's backstory, his Games, and District 12 at the time, the fandom would have been much more split, because that's a topic many more have pre-shaped opinions and thoughts on; as opposed to e.g. the creation of the Games. But as someone who had those opinions and thoughts, I am allowed to feel a little peeved about those ideas contradicting my own, when in reality the fandom would have accepted many ideas as valid, because a lot didn't have strong preconceived opinions on those. I reckon a lot of you would have hyped her for writing the creation of the games as e.g. a systematic removing of the "shooter" from the gun by bringing in a larger organisational structure, and praised her for this "deep" holocaust parallel and anti-republican gun politics.

I'm one of the first to say we need to remove the creator from their work, and it would be almost hypocritical of me if I'd now gush about wanting to meet her when she essentially matters fairly little in my engagement with the material. One of my favourite authors is a homophobe, and yet I still rank 1984 as one of my favourite books.

The death of (fandom) culture is when we lift authors on a pedestal. They've got no reason to be there; and we can't pick and choose that some of them do not deserve to be there while others do*. Humans are flawed beings, and Collins holds fewer weight in my personal life than whatever my brain comes up with when spinning in the microwave at 3 am.

#inbox #anon #curiousnonny #thg #the hunger games #thg meta #I'm sorry to always be a killjoy lmao #the games idea is just an example; one of many that I feel #like the fandom as a whole would have accepted/liked #what I meant with that is mostly that if you don't have expectations #it's a bit more difficult to be disappointed #* even before the terf rhetoric became widely known #many had already begun to ridicule J/k R for her add-ons to canon #that's the J k / R I am referring to #not the rightful exclusion right now #one of which is mandatory even outside of this fandom discourse

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writingquestionsanswered · 3 months

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I’m writing a novel that I’ve been working on for years. I recently read a book that contained a LOT of worldbuilding concepts that are very similar to my own, though our plots are different. I’m worried readers will think I ripped off this other novel even though we clearly both had the same ideas independently (a magic system based on a particular way real-word science works, and the aesthetic look of a character including their signature wound). How do I deal with these similarities in a social and business aspect when trying to publish my own novel?

Three Secrets About Book Similarities

Here's a little secret: every book ever written shares unintentional similarities with some other story, and probably with lots of other stories. There are millions upon millions of stories in the world. Humanity is steeped in stories. The likelihood of coming up with a setting, plot, character, magic system, etc. that doesn't share similarities with countless existing stories is very, very slim. Here's another secret: When you've poured your heart and soul into a story, it's so special to you that even the slightest similarities to another story will glaring. The truth is, however, magic systems based on particular aspects of real world science are a dime a dozen, so the odds of you being the first person to do it are virtually nonexistent. It's much more likely that there are actually hundreds of other stories based on the same particular way real world science works. But if you didn't intentionally copy one of those other stories, I guarantee the particulars of your magic system are different enough to matter. And while it is a little weird that you also happen to have a character with the same aesthetics and wound, that's easy enough to fix. You can make a list of similarities there and tweak them. Now, here's the final secret: No one cares. If you didn't blatantly and obviously plagiarize this other story, it is not a business issue and is not likely to be a social issue. The industry and readers actually favor similarities in stories... why do you think everyone rushed to write vampire fiction after the popularity of Twilight, which actually shared some pretty big similarities with The Vampire Diaries which was published 14 years earlier... Look at the current popularity of dragon riding stories. Look at the dystopian craze ushered in by The Hunger Games, and the spicy romantasy era brought in by Sarah J. Maas. Look at the way comps are used to entice readers to read new books... "Fans of blank and blank will love this book!" or "For fans of blank and blank." Comps exist because of similarities between one book and another book, and because readers enjoyed those similarities enough to read another book with them.

So, truly, don't worry about it. If it makes you feel any better, you can absolutely tweak what you have to make it different enough to ease your concerns. Here are some previous posts on the same topic:

Similarities vs Plagiarism Plagiarism vs Reference vs Inspiration Beta Reader Sees Similarity with Existing Character Does My Book/Story Already Exist Taking Inspiration from Another Story’s Premise Afraid of Plagiarism Accusation

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superlinguo · 5 months

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New Research Article: From Star Trek to The Hunger Games: Emblem gestures in science fiction and their uptake in popular culture

In this new article I get to bring together three of my favourite things: gesture, science fiction and working with the best collaborators. I teamed up with genre author and creative writing expert Dr Peta Freestone and corpus whiz Jess Kruk to look at the different ways scifi gestures also have lives in the real world.

We used emoji evidence to look at the ways use of the Vulcan Salute (🖖) on Twitter references Star Trek, as well as nerd culture in general. There’s no emoji for the Three Finger Salute from the Hunger Games (...yet?), so we used a newspaper corpus to see what we could learn about this gesture. It has become a gesture of protest by younger people against a variety of regimes across South and South East Asia, and is becoming untethered from its narrative origins. For this gesture, newspapers provided a good, nuanced understanding of the meaning and function of this gesture.

This article partially started out of a blog post where I was pondering fictional gestures in scifi and fantasy. The article is part of a special issue of Linguistic Vanguard on the linguistics of scifi, with a special focus on corpus methods, which was edited bySofia Rüdiger and Claudia Lange. It’s fun that this article stands alongside lots of great articles including work on the sociolinguistics of Firefly, the lexical influence of Star Wars and changing gender dynamics on Star Trek.

Abstract

Research on emblems to date has not drawn on corpus methods that use public data. In this paper, we use corpus methods to explore the use of original fictional gestures in the real world. We look at two examples from popular science fiction, the Vulcan salute from Star Trek and the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games. Firstly, a Twitter corpus of the Vulcan salute emoji shows that it is used to represent Star Trek fandom and wider nerd culture, alongside its use as a greeting. Secondly, a global news corpus shows the three-finger salute has come to be used as a pro-democracy protest gesture across political and cultural boundaries in South East Asia. These corpus studies show different trajectories for the two gestures, with the three-finger salute escaping the confines of its fictional world, while the Vulcan salute has come to stand in as a reference to the media it originated from. We conclude with a reflection on the opportunities, challenges and limitations of bringing corpus methods to gesture studies.

Reference

Freestone, P., J. Kruk & L. Gawne. 2023. From Star Trek to The Hunger Games: emblem gestures in science fiction and their uptake in popular culture. Linguistic Vanguard. doi: 10.1515/lingvan-2023-0006

See also

Fictional gestures in scifi and fantasy

How I made the Aramteskan language for P.M. Freestone’s Shadowscent

Gesture emoji: contributing to the Unicode standard

#linguistics #gesture #emblems #gestures #scifi #fantasy #sff #hunger games #star trek #vulcan salute #three finger salute

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youphoriaot7 · 6 months

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QSMP RECAP : DAY 208 (10/16)

FIT and PAC prepared potions for the event

TUBBO had a bit of a breakdown (villain arc ftw?)

PIERRE was let out of prison

TUBBO’s laptop had a breakdown (rip)

ETOILES received blueprints and coordinates from the rebels to a dungeon/federation base that he needed to clear

WILBUR logged onto the server! (pac freaked out.)

CELLBIT received a book (presumably from his guard friend?) saying he needed to take everyone with him

QUACKITY disguised himself as fred to sit in on the federation meeting

lovejoy canonically fund the federation! (i don’t know how to feel about this.)

CELLBIT and BBH led everyone to the event site

A0 EVENT: cucurucho led a three point presentation: the first part explained that forever was sent into the nether to research the dark matter and the eggs, but that he had vanished and someone would need to be sent after him. the second point talked about minimes. the third point was never heard, as the islanders were spotted spying on the conversation and had to escape, taking the minime spawn eggs with them.

WILBUR and PHILZA fought about the eggs disappearing

ETOILES completed clearing the federation base (and took a lot of guards with him)

ETOILES left the encoded information at the rebel base

ROIER’S cockroach jose died. :(

ROIER’S cockroach jose got revived!!!

CELLBIT tortured his minime

many, many people got their minimes killed

cucurucho revived the minimes

SLIME’s base is turning into code

MAXO broke up with pierre (i’m so upset about this)

BAGI told roier that cellbit is her brother and asked him to talk to him about it, because cellbit won’t talk to her about it/because cellbit is “acting strange” (hurt)

ANTOINE and cucurucho had a talk.

BBH explained some of “the wars” to bagi (*“the wars,” in this instance, referring to the hunger games backstory canon to bbh and cellbit.)

please note that there is now a third cucurucho. what is life coming to (/j).

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autism-criminal · 8 months

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blindedguilt · 6 months

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Apparently the dialogue in Japanese during the "Leonard's lament/hunger" is a lot more explicit about his inclinations, would you know anything about this? I've heard that the fairy explicitly tells him to do the nasty to the fallen child soldiers but I've seen no confirmation of this

What WAS Changed from Leonard's Hunger to Leonard's Regret - Drakengard Analysis

//Hey anon! I assume you're talking about the game, right? Because I actually DID translate the full script from the World Inside 10th Anni box for the Leonard's Regret/Hunger chapter a while back (It was the only translated part of an unfinished project to do the WHOLE script that likely won't be finished), but that has in-game comparisons between the NTSC-J and NTSC versions as well! I'll link it here if you're interested. Note: This covers only the EVENTS in the game, and not actual in-game dialogue, as I haven't translated that. Sorry! For ease of access, I'll also provide a hopefully adequate summary below the cut detailing the differences between the original script (Later edited into what would be the NTSC-J version of the game), the Japanese version of the game, and the English localisation! Believe it or not, there was actually more cut content between the script and the Japanese version of the game than the Japanese and the English (Which certainly does have it's blunders, but nowhere near as steep.) And of course, if you have any other questions about this, feel free to reach out to my Discord at barnabism or just send another ask! :) Here's the info, strap in for a LONG post ahead:

So to start with the first scene in Leonard's Hunger, there's a couple points of interest right off the bat, actually!

Pointing Out Leonard's Survival

While it was toned down in the Japanese and toned down even further in English, when the Faerie points out the conscripts in the script it was actually an intended jab towards Leonard's absence "Hiding under the trees" which led to his unintentional survival!

(NTSC) "Hark you, hark! Look in the shadows of the trees. The ones hiding away are probably fine." "......" (NTSC-J) "Hey, hey, look carefully through the shadows of the trees. The ones who hide beneath them might be alive and well! Ahahaha!" "...Kgh!" (SCRIPT) "Hey, hey! Look carefully through the shadows of the trees. The one who does that might survive alive and well! Ahahaha!" "...Kgh!"

I wouldn't chalk this up to "censorship", however (At least not in the case of the English), it honestly kinda reads like a bad game of Telephone which is something you'll see a LOT with the English translation. Where the Japanese seemed deliberately toned down to give more "Insinuations" at best or just to outright write around it at worst, the English seems like its trying its best to pick up on that nuance without... Actually knowing where it's coming from? Without that base point of reference (The script), it seems like there was a lot of grappling around in the dark for those poor English localisers to do. :( *That said, there are some instances where things are explicitly written in Japanese but unable to be fluently translated, like Furiae's confession scene, or sometimes... They ARE just outright changed, like the infamous "You smell very nice" line from Ending D. The Drakengard fanbase DOES commonly assume that the latter is the case all-around, but there's a lot more to it than that! Moving on, here's an example of something that was VERY intentionally taken out from the NTSC-J release to the NTSC release.

"Something Else" - Deleted Snippets From Changed Lines

(NTSC) "Oh, it smells fishy. What will you do? Doesn’t it feel dangerous? Are you shaking? Over here! Here! Here!" (NTSC-J) "It smells fishy. What will you do? Can’t you sense it? Isn’t it dangerous? Hahah! Oh? Are you trembling because you’re scared? Or is it something else…? Ahahahahaha! Here! Here! Look here!" (SCRIPT) Faerie (Maliciously): "You can’t see them, but you can smell them, can’t you? Can’t you? That lively scent is your favouriiite~! Right? A large army of smooth, pallid, soft legs is here!"

So as you can see here, the bit from the Japanese - "Oh? Are you trembling because you're scared? Or is it something else...?" was taken out in the English release, but this original Japanese line that appears in the game is COMPLETELY different from what was written in the script!

And if that edited line in the NTSC-J edition of DOD wasn't clear enough as to what the Faerie was hinting at, here's something that's DEFINITELY more explicit. But unlike the English completely removing it over concerns to content, here it seems toned down as a result of differences in writing systems.

"Inexperience" - Pay Attention to the NTSC-J Line

(NTSC) "Right, right! Young soldiers right out of training, gutted like fish!" (NTSC-J) "Right right, ahaha! Still just sweet little things, lacking and inexperienced!" (SCRIPT) "Right, right, ahaha! Boys, boys, beautiful boys! How appetising~!"

Putting aside the Script's description of the young conscripts as "Beautiful" and "Appetising" (Hard, I know lmao), the edited NTSC-J version VERY cleverly used Katakana to it's advantage to make a point that... Honestly, if you ask me, is even more direct than the Script counterpart. Here's a look at what I'm talking about:

(NTSC-J Original) 「そっ、そっ、ウキャキャ! まだまだケツの青い甘チャンばかりだぜ! 」

I've bolded and coloured the Katakana referenced here with the whole article bolded itself, "Ketsu no Aoi", which as a whole can mean "Inexperienced" or "Lacking in x" (Skill, in this case). The interesting thing here is the use of Katakana on "ケツ" here, which, typically when written like that, is used to refer to someone's bottom. So it CAN be taken as "young and inexperienced" or quite literally, "Their ass is inexperienced" which... *Cough* Yeah. This, of course, is a VERY particular use of Katakana, so I honestly can't blame the English localisers just going "Fuck it" and making it their own.

Scrapped Ideas

An added note before we go onto the next scene, which I believe isn't EXACTLY what you're looking for but something I thought you or anyone else reading this would be interested in. There's also something interesting to mention about the "Garrison" that was brought up here ("If the garrison is here, then the prisoners should be, too."), and that's three things:

This WAS originally going to be a type of "Side-quest" where you go save your Union allies from the garrison and defeating the "Monsters" (I believe subhumans) guarding them, and THEN the conscripts begin to attack you in desperation. Unfortunately, it looks like this sidequest was scrapped, though I question what circumstances led to such a specific line pertaining to the quest still remaining.

At one point, it actually WAS thought that items could be used and included - Particularly "Crystals" and "Smokebombs", though looking back, I wonder if these "Crystals" mentioned here were later saved for the crystals you use to find your path in Drakengard 2....

Remember that one conscript that summoned a ghost at the end of the chapter? All conscripts were originally planned to do that. For better or for worse, it didn't go through.

Necrophilia Jokes

As the title suggests, when you mentioned the faerie explicitly goading him on to do it with the dying/dead conscripts, there actually IS something like that not in the NTSC and certainly not the NTSC-J games, but in the script! You'll find a pretty clear example in the very first line!

(NTSC) "Hey, hey! What’ll you do about the bodies? Stab them again?" (NTSC-J) "Hey, hey! What will you do with the bodies? Hahah! Is your torment growing?" (SCRIPT) "Hey, hey! Are you even lusting after corpses? Ahahah! Aren’t you pent up!"

Which of course is it's own can of worms, but shines MUCH more brightly paired with the Faerie's next line, after Leonard states his commitment to give the fallen conscripts a proper bruial:

(NTSC) "You have time for such luxuries? Well, do you? Do you? Do you?" (NTSC-J) "Hahahah! Is this the time for such a deliberate process? Hey, are you listening to me-? Hey, hey!" (SCRIPT) "Ahahaha! This isn’t the time to be toying with corpses. Hey, are you listening to me-? Hey, hey!"

Of course, the Faerie teasing Leonard about necrophilia can and WILL go even worse into the active goading of "Do it, buddy, I dare you" it will give later on, but I want to intercept that with something the Conscript here does in the scripts that really caught my attention - The Conscript, under the influence of Red-Eye, using the weakness of his inclinations to their own advantage.

The Conscripts "Manipulation"

I'm not gonna lie, when I first detail it really brought me back to this fucked up little fanfiction I saw on Pixiv where this conscript ends up seducing and subsequently disemboweling poor Leonard. As you might be able to tell by my mentioning, it's kinda stuck with me. Pixiv is a fascinating place.

(NTSC) "I’m afraid." (NTSC-J) "I’m… I’m afraid…" (SCRIPT) CONSCRIPT (Alluringly): I’m… I’m afraid…

Through the script, there are different dialogue tags to denote the tone in which that particular line is spoken. While this tidbit in itself isn't much, I figured it very worth mentioning just for its role in the general topic of "More controversial things that were snipped out of either the NTSC-J or NTSC versions of Leonard's Regret/Hunger", not to mention the implications it has on the wider nature of Red Eye Disease as a whole! Think about it - Taking into consideration that the script implies the Conscript "Knew" about his inclinations enough to use them to his advantage, Leonard mentioning that this conscript share's his brother's voice is a detail that definitely catches my attention now. I wonder if it was just tragic coincidence, Leonard being unable to judge correctly in his grief, or perhaps RED allowing the conscript to mimic his brothers? Which is an actually TERRIFYING thought, but hey, I absolutely adore it. There is a plethora of writing material and silly thoughts to have from that alone, which, as an RPer, is probably among the best things I can have. XD

The Faerie's Goading

Back to the faerie, there's a final detail in its teasing for this scene:

(NTSC) "Oh? Oh-oh-oh-oh? Feeling pity? For the enemy? Can’t start wavering now!" (NTSC-J) "Oh? Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh? Are you just happening to feel sympathy right now? For the enemy? Now’s no time to tremble. Hey!" (SCRIPT) "Oh? Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh? Are you getting ideas already? For the enemy? I wonder if you’ll go all the way? Just as I thought! Ahah!"

As is the recurring theme here, the script is MUCH more explicit than either, where the NTSC opts for snipping out a couple more details, which in this case is the line "Now's no time to tremble". There's nothing special I have to say about this outside of jesus fuck, of course so we'll wrap it up with the final event scene in Leonard's Regret/Hunger real quick!

Another Note

Just to add, Beholders and Gargoyles were among some of the enemies planned to be put into this level, along with... Treants! It's a popular bit of folklore across Germany, particularly in regard to the Black Forest (Though it came from France) that scared the crap out of me as a kid, so I was pleased to see them here and VERY upset they didn't make the final cut :(

The Final Scene - Leonard's Botched Confession

GOD, from the first time I saw this scene, I was so disappointed. All that tension, all those hints and build-up for Leonard to finally break and be asked "What's going on here? Why are you acting like this?" You'd think you'd get something better than "It's a secret." You just know that this was a scene that got rewritten last second, and it turns out that in the NTSC-J version, it's the same exact case - but in the script? We finally get to see what was intended to be put there (And my years long grudge against that scene was finally, kinda, put to rest.)

So, when Leonard falls to his knees and asks for forgiveness, and Angelus asks (Or perhaps Caim) asks "Why this wasted pity?", the faerie responds for him (Which, keep in mind, Leonard responds to this by immediately begging for Caim to kill him right then and there):

(NTSC) "He won’t say! He’ll never say the truth! It’s a SECRET!" (NTSC-J) "He won’t say! Haha! He’ll never talk about that. It’s! A! Secret! Heehee. Ahahahaha!" (SCRIPT) "He won't say! Haha! That boy was too cute for him to say. He wanted to hold him, among other such things. Heehee. Ahahahaha!"

To add to the bit "He wanted to hold him", the exact word used is "抱きたい", and while it DOES typically mean "To hold, to embrace" among other things in certain ~contexts~ (Like Furiae's confession scene, where the same word is used) it can also mean "To have sex with". The rest of the scene actually doesn't have next to anything changed outside of a tiny added "...You can't." when the Faerie addresses his wish for death that got trimmed from the script, though I will add for context an interesting thing in the same quote a detail added that wasn't originally in the script, similar to a couple other things we've seen so far, is a distinction that can only be seen in Japanese:

(NTSC) "Huh? What did you say? Helloo! You couldn’t die, could you? Just gave yourself a little nick. So sad. Didn’t you make a promise to live with me, big brother? I can’t survive alone anymore, you know. A pact. We made a pact. Don’t forget." (NTSC-J) "Haah-? What are you saying? Helloo? You couldn’t die then, could you? Just gave yourself a small little scar! …You can’t. Didn’t you make a promise to live with me, big brother? I can’t live alone by myself anymore, you know. The pact, the pact! Ahahaha! Take care to remember!" (SCRIPT) "Haah-? What are you saying? Helloo? You couldn’t die then, could you? Just gave yourself a small little scar! …You can’t. Didn’t you make a promise to live with me, big brother? I can’t live alone by myself anymore, you know. The pact, the pact! Ahahaha! Take care to remember!"

It's actually indistinguishable in either translation, so I'll highlight the Japanese text here:

(NTSC-J Original) 「はあ?　何言ってんのお?　もしもーし?　アナタ死ねなかったんですよねー?　ためらい傷バリバリ!　……やだなぁ。俺といっしょに生きてくれるって約束したじゃないですか、お兄さん。俺、もうひとりじゃ生きられない身体なんですよ。契約ね、契約。フヒャヒャヒャ。おねがいしマッス。」 (SCRIPT Original) 「はあ?　何言ってんのお?　もしもし?　アナタ死ねなかったんですよねー?　ためらいバリバリ!　……やだなぁ。俺といっしょに生きてくれるって約束したじゃないですか、お兄さん。俺、もうひとりじゃ生きられない身体なんですよ。契約ね、契約。フヒャヒャヒャ。おねがいしマッス。」

Again, it'll be hard to find a difference through all that, but you'll see the game actually added a term to the script's "ためらいバリバリ" - "A hesitant nick", with "ためらい" meaning hesitant and "バリバリ" standing for a small little cut or scar! Together it really is it's own term meaning "A shallow (hesitant) scar" The game, however, added a character - 傷 - which on the surface, doesn't seem to add much, as by itself the character quite literally just means "Wound". HOWEVER, put together with ためらい this creates a very specific term, ためらい傷 (Tameraikizu) which quick literally means "Hesitation wound", and stands as an exact term for the wounds left over when someone who attempts suicide fails and is left with lasting (Usually permanent) scars because of it. And recalling Leonard's failed attempt to slit his throat in his introductory scene... You know, I honestly wondered how permanent that scar was. Either way, I hope this post has the answers you're looking for! I really enjoyed writing it, and of course, if you have any questions, feel free to message me (Via asks, DMs, or Discord!) and I'll be happy to get back to you! Thanks so much for sending this in, just being able to talk about our boy is a treat, so again, I really enjoyed it~ :3> Again, thank you, and I hope you enjoy! :)

#||OOC||#Drakengard #Leonard #Leonard Drakengard #DOD1 #drag on dragoon #translations #drag-on dragoon

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Good Things In 2023

It’s that time of year again! Time to remember all the good things that happened in 2023. I’ve done this since 2017, and highly recommend doing this as a fun way to reflect (and to have something for future reference when you are feeling Down.)

woof ok here we go

PERSONAL

I visited two countries I haven't been to before: the Netherlands and Iceland!

The Netherlands: mostly Amsterdam but did also pop down to The Hague for a day. Did the Van Gogh Museum, the Anne Frank House, the Rijksmuseum, the Bloemenmarkt, a canal boat tour, the Royal Palace, the Mauritshuis.

Iceland: I was there for less than 48 hours but I saw THE NORTHERN LIGHTS!!!! they were subtler than I expected but so cool. also did the Perlan Museum and a Lava Show, which ruled.

Related: I turned 30 this year!

My dear friend Sam came to visit me in Dublin in June! The highlight of her visit was going with her to see Hozier at Malahide Castle.

Speaking of which, Hozier dropped UNREAL UNEARTH which isn't personal, per se, but is very personal to me

My sister visited me in November! We squeezed a lot in her time here, but highlights were Glendalough, the Hill of Tara, and the Galway Christmas Market.

A few aunts went on a trip to Ireland this fall and I joined them for a bit up in Donegal, as well as a day trip to Derry, which I'd not been to before.

Completely fucking forgot about this but I did write a 158k word long ROGUE ONE / FRINGE AU, ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL. it was a real fuckin bitch to finish, let me tell you that

I got really into MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE over the summer (don't ask) and wrote a couple short pieces inspired by the most recent movie, DEAD RECKONING - PART ONE: LADY LAZARUS and WORTHY THE NAME OF SIR KNIGHT.

I jumped back on my bullshit in October and wrote a long, extended epilogue to my BINARY STAR SYSTEMS trilogy: TWO DESERTS. the way the series ended was always correct and good but it was fun to write this extended epilogue focusing on the fallout, the question of what it's like to live past the end of your myth.

Anything bolded below is something I particularly enjoyed and recommend.

MOVIES

2023 movies I saw and liked:

M3GAN

KNOCK AT THE CABIN

BONO AND THE EDGE, A SORT OF HOMECOMING WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES

RENFIELD

THREE MUSKETEERS: D'ARTAGNAN

JOHN MULANEY: BABY J

SISU

THE LITTLE MERMAID

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER VERSE

ASTEROID CITY

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING - PART ONE

BARBIE

OPPENHEIMER

PAST LIVES

ELEMENTAL

A HAUNTING IN VENICE

CHEVALIER

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

BOTTOMS

THE ROYAL HOTEL

DREAM SCENARIO

ANATOMY OF A FALL

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES

EILEEN

NAPOLEON

GODZILLA MINUS ONE

FERRARI

2022 movies I saw and liked:

TAR

THE LOST CITY

WOMEN TALKING

THE LAST OF US

PEAKY BLINDERS

BOOKS

super embarrassing how few books I read this year:

"Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires" by Douglas Rushkoff

"Donegal Folk Tales" by Joe Brennan

"Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us" by Manchan Magan

"Hell Bent" by Leigh Bardugo

"The Book of M" by Peng Shepherd

"The World We Make" by NK Jemisin

"The Echo Wife" by Sarah Gailey

"Daisy Jones and the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

"White Cat, Black Dog: Stories" by Kelly Link

"Yellowface" by RF Kuang

"Ithaca" by Claire North

"Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann

"A Heart That Works" by Rob Delaney

"Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

"The Crying Book" by Heather Christie

"In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado

"Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks" by Patrick Radden Keefe

"Fleabag" by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

"The Hurricane Wars" by Thea Guanzon

OTHER GOOD THINGS

*some of these things are Good as in well-written or well-made, but maybe not Good in topic.

"Eurydice" by Adrienne Su

"What Happens to a School Shooter's Sister?" by Jennifer Gonnerman for The New Yorker. A high school student murders his parents and several students at his school, and his sister is left to pick up the pieces. really powerful story on unconditional love.

"A Friend Died, Her Novel Unfinished. Could I Realize Her Vision?" by Leslie Jamison for The New Yorker. the grief of losing not only a dear friend but her art as well.

"Fuck you, I don't know?"

Werner Herzog pronounces Eeyore.

George Washington's Dream for America, an SNL sketch.

Judi Dench performs Shakespeare.

"Walking Brittany Home" by Devin Faraci for Washington Post. a really beautiful piece on death and love.

This thread on the struggle of trying to be fashionable in Ireland.

"The Return of the Marriage Plot: Why everyone is so eager for men and women to get hitched" by Rebecca Traister for The Cut.

"We Were Never Supposed to See Our Own Faces This Much" by Lola Christina Alao for Dazed Digital. on social media and personal reflection.

sunwoof

this story about Jimmy Buffett I loved

"She Wasn't Able to Get an Abortion. Now She's A Mom. Soon She'll Start Seventh Grade" by Charlotte Alter for Time. the cruelty is the point.

had a pilot named Ken yesterday and he introduced himself by saying his job is plane

"Cillian Murphy might be the star of a massive movie atm but to me he will always be the guy that showed up in the rain to our abortion rights marches"

"The 'Troubling Reverberations' at the End of OPPENHEIMER, Explained" by Bilge Ebiri for Vulture. it's an absolutely devastating ending, but the fact remains: there was no other way to end it.

this obituary for the great Sinéad O'Connor.

Kiké Hernandez returned to the Dodgers!

this behind the scenes video from the filming of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING - PART ONE where Tom Cruise's co-stars watch him drive a motorcycle off a cliff.

"How Christopher Nolan Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI" by Maria Streshinsky for Wired. good interview with Nolan, one of my favorite filmmakers / artists. (anyone who's ever read anything I've written is probably like yes, this is very obvious.)

"The Perils and Promises of Penis-Enlargement Surgery" by Ava Kofman for The New Yorker. an absolutely BONKERS but super important piece!

a new ending to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, lmao

"The Return of Ryan Gosling" by Zach Baron for GQ. really great profile writing going on here!

"LOST Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show's Poisonous Culture" by Maureen Ryan for Vanity Fair. LOST is one of my favorite shows and has been super influential on my work. (again, this is probably very obvious). this piece is devastating in how it reveals the terrible racism and sexism behind the scenes of a show I have loved. important.

Henry Kissinger died this year (GOOD THINGS BABYYY) and this piece by Nick Turse, which came out in May, is a good explainer on why that's such good news: "Kissinger's Killing Fields".

"Talking With 'Swiftie Dads' at a Taylor Swift Concert" by Eileen Cartter for GQ. I thought this was very sweet.

The New York Times had an interactive feature about Connie Chung and her impact on young Chinese-American women, particularly the ones named after her. I love this video of her meeting some of them.

"Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?" by Ted Chiang for The New Yorker. Chiang is best known as the writer of STORY OF YOUR LIFE which was adapted into ARRIVAL, so it's wise to listen to him when it comes to tech and science.

Loved this speech Mark Hamill gave about Carrie Fisher at her Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony.

Accents white people can still do.

this absolutely incredible slapstick esque unintentional comedy scene.

As always, tagging anyone who’d like to do this!

@magalis @callioope @earnestfeeling @illuminahsti @fortysevenswrites @vaderkat @leaiorganas @garethsedwards @rifle-yes @buffyrat @alittlemomentum @i-am-slain @rogue-rook

#personal #about me #good things

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Very Faerie — An ACOTAR playlist

For Tamlin Week day four, a soundtrack for A Court of Thorns and Roses. It is generally chronological; and since it is for Tamlin Week, it has a slight focus on Tamlin, though most of the songs apply to both Tamlin and Feyre. Cover image is from an illustration by Stephanie Law of The Ballad of Tam Lin.

Song listing with notes below:

Tam Lin by Mediæval Bæbes

“And at the end of seven years We pay a tiend to Hell. I am sae fair and fu' of flesh I'm feared it be myself.”

“Tiend” is also known as “tithe.” The Hell tithe, as described, was a payment that had to be given, every seven years, of a fairy to Hell. It is not commonly referred to in fairy mythology; the Ballad of Tam Lin is one of the few mentions of it.

2. Howl by Tanya Tagaq

A lament for the sentries killed in the curse.

3. The Curse by Agnes Obel

“It was swift, it was just another wave of a miracle

But no one, nothing at all would go for the kill

If they called on every soul in the land, on the moon

Only then would they know a blessing in disguise

The curse ruled from the underground, down by the shore

And their hope grew with a hunger to live unlike before

4. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game by The Marvelettes

I had to lay such a tender trap

Hoping you might fall into it

Love hit me like a sudden slap

One kiss and then I knew it

Oh, my plans didn't work out like I thought

‘Cause I had laid my trap for you but it seems like I got caught

What's this whole world comin' to

Things just ain't the same

Any time the hunter gets captured by the game

MY ultimate Feylin song.

5. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side by The Smiths

The boy with the thorn in his side

Behind the hatred, there lies

A murderous desire for love

How can they look into my eyes

And still they don't believe me?

How can they hear me say those words

Still they don't believe me?

6. I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You by Tom Waits

‘Cause falling in love just makes me blue

7. Throughout The Dark Months of April and May by Cocteau Twins

The Bogge, the Púca, torn wings

8. Lhiannan Shee by Mediæval Bæbes

Lhiannan Shee, also spelled Leanan sídhe, is a type of Irish fairy that takes human lovers, often becoming a muse to them. The human chosen, however, often ends up dead or insane from the encounter. “Lhiannan Shee” means “fairy lover.”

9. Hymn To Herne by S. J. Tucker

Hunter who tracks outside of time

Guardian lord of ancient rhyme

Brother stag in the musky glen

And consort of the Goddess in her woodland den

We call you forth as we make our way

Walking in your power every day

Guide us true in our hunt this night

And maybe even later in the Great Rite!

He will call you out, make you sweat

Give you a blessing that you'll never forget

So revel in the chase and let your heartbeat run:

Blessed are the children of the Horned One!

Herne the Hunter is a spirit said to haunt the British countryside. He is known to bear antlers, and is often associated with other horned gods and gods of the hunt and the wild such as Cernunnos, Pan, the Green Man, etc. though these aren’t all the same figure necessarily. The Great Rite is a traditional Wiccan ceremony. Writer Starhawk on The Horned God:

“The Horned God is difficult to understand because he does not fit into any of the expected stereotypes, neither those of the ‘macho’ male nor the reverse-images of those who deliberately seek effeminacy. He is gentle, tender, and comforting, but he is also the Hunter. He is the Dying God—but his death is always in service of the life force. He is untamed sexuality—but sexuality as a deep, holy, connecting power. He is the power of feeling, and the image of what men could be if they were liberated from the constraints of patriarchal culture.”

10. The Mummers’ Dance by Lorena McKennitt

When in the springtime of the year

When the trees are crowned with leaves

When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew

Are dressed in ribbons fair

Mummers are masked and costumed performers often associated with springtime and fertility.

11. As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins by Dead Can Dance

Maypoles were described as being raised for Midsummer in A Court of Thorns and Roses; in some cultures they are raised then, but they are also associated with May Day—known in Welsh as Calan Mai

12. Beltaine Fires by Gaia Consort

Beltaine is a similar celebration to Calan Mai. The fires occur on the night before, traditionally as protection for cattle, crops, and people. Rituals involved people leaping over the fires, and driving cattle between the bonfires.

13. Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, where's my love?

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?

Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?

Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear?

Lilac wine, I feel unready for my love

Feel unready for my love

14. Joga by Björk

All that no-one sees

You see

What's inside of me

Every nerve that hurts

You heal

Deep inside of me

You don't have to speak

I feel

Emotional landscapes

The “Winter Woods” painting scene

15. Pepper-Tree by Cocteau Twins

A head in the garden; the curse ticks down

16. Jig Of Life by Kate Bush

"C'mon and let me live!"

Solstice/Rhysand terrorizing Feyre. This is my favorite song featuring the fiddle.

17. All Night Long by Peter Murphy

No bad vibe hearts

Tamlin and Feyre’s last night together. This song was inspired by Beauty and the Beast, and includes audio from Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film La Belle et La Bête.

18. Flight by Tanya Tagaq

The next song on the album this comes from, Animism, is “Fight.” And though Tamlin does fight to the last, as evidenced by Feyre when she returns to the Manor, I imagined this song as representing Tamlin as prey that has evaded his predator for over 500 years—but who finally gets caught.

19. Otterley by Cocteau Twins

Nothing is known of what happened to Tamlin under the mountain; still, this song describes the unreal and nightmarish atmosphere in the early days of his captivity.

20. 57821 (feat. Deep Cotton) by Janelle Monae and Deep Cotton

One by one

It's your time lead them both back to one

The sun has come (sun has come)

May your light lead them both back to one

(May your light lead them both back to one)

Indivisible sum

Here's the book now the saga's begun

He wonders if she is the one (she wonders if he is the one)

(You're the one) you're the one

“If it’s any consolation…she would have been the one for you…”

Feyre returns.

21. The Warden by Chelsea Wolfe

Hole, rack, wheel, time

Heart, thorn, knees, blight

Hand, hold, bright white

Whole head feels light

Tore off my limbs and my breasts

The heart it's heavy in the chest

Pulled out my tongue so I can't speak the truth

The picture in my vision it's the sun, it's you

This song is about two lovers who are separated and tortured so that they will betray one another—but who refuse to.

22. In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated - Remastered by Dead Can Dance

I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take

When memory bears witness to the innocents

Consumed in dying rage

The way lies through our love

The final trial.

23. Dreams Made Flesh - Remastered by This Mortal Coil

Feyre’s suffering under the mountain.

24. Persephone (The Gathering of Flowers) - Remastered by Dead Can Dance

Feyre’s death. The titles of this song and the last, of course, hint at what’s to come.

25. Into My Arms - 2011 Remastered Version by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

And I believe in Love

And I know that you do too

And I believe in some kind of path

That we can walk down, me and you

Feyre’s resurrection, and reunion with Tamlin.

26. All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun by Ruby Weapon and Hannah Telle

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no one for you

But here is one

@tamlinweek2023 Day 4: Music

#tamlinweek2023 #tamlin #acotar #feylin

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The Ballad of Lions and Snakes

The Ballad of Lions and Snakes https://ift.tt/Nal7uMZ by definatelynotachildmurderer The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes but its a Dramione AU, this is the whole book. Words: 10064, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Spice Girls, Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M Characters: Ron Weasley, Steve Harrington, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Blaise Zabini, Millicent Bulstrode, Peter Pettigrew, Pansy Parkinson, Wayne Hopkins, Rita Skeeter, Hermione Granger, Henry Cavill, Jennifer Lawrence, crossover - Character, District 12 Citizens (Hunger Games) Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Primrose Everdeen/Gale Hawthorne, Pete Davidson/Ariana Grande Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Lovers To Enemies, Presumed Dead, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, clitoris cuddling, Jokes about cannibalism, HUnger Gmaes AU, Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting, Song: The Light Behind Your Eyes (My Chemical Romance), Sad Ending, Angst, Smut, Rough Kissing, biblically inaccurate, Chronic Illness, Child Abuse, Drug Addiction, Poverty, Starvation, Corruption, Slow Burn, references to dog fighting, Blood and Violence, Implied Mpreg, Canon Compliant, Everyone Has Issues, Angel of Death Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Facebook: Dramione Fanfiction Writers, Found Family, Rabies, Cross-Posted on Wattpad, WARNING: RED HEADS, POVO, Verbal Abuse, No Happy Ending Fest, Mention of Jedis via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/bKEe6FG November 14, 2023 at 01:28AM

#IFTTT #Dramione #Draco x Hermione

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hammerhead-jpg · 1 year

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Born to "Hiiiiii :3" forced to "What's up" (about me post)

About me page I'm so nervooouussd

I very much wanted to post things for fun and figured I would do it on Tumblr since it seems like a chill place where likes and follows don't matter and also my friends and family (which I'm not out to yet) follow me on every single social media and I do not want them stalking me when I post about who knows what

That being said, I do not come from the golden age of Tumblr or any age really but I do watch Strange Æons religiously so I'm not completely clueless ig, but if I break some sort of unspoken rule it wasn't me

All that unnecessary text aside, hi, my name is Kristian (although that name is not set in stone because I'm indecisive just trans things am I right) and I go by Kris, but you can also call me Hammerhead or Moonshine/Moon

I am a digital artist and have been drawing for like forever and my dream is to one day turn the story I'm currently working on into a visual novel/webcomic

(edit:) I'm sorry if I don't reblog a ton of posts, I know some people view not reposting posts as rude but it's just that I'm not used to being on social media that has a repost feature so I don't have the reflex to repost things

I'm queer and also transmasc <3

(also edit:) sorry if I don't respond to your comments complementing my art, it's just that I get nervous/don't know what to respond with, I assure you the complements are very appreciated and people who like/comment on/reblog my art have a special place in my heart

(also also edit) you can tag me in "tag x people" and tag chains and stuff but I probably won't continue the chain as I probably don't have enough people I would comfortably tag and even in that "would comfortably tag" group I am probably still too shy to tag them, and one or more of those people in that group are usually the ones that tagged me in the first place so it's not really like I could tag the person that tagged me in the tag chain??? Is anything I'm saying making sense???

My current fixations/ the fandoms I'm in are:

Redacted Audio (proud Cutie, Vega n Christian apologist RAAAAHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅/j)(also proud Lasko stan and 7eleven trio shipper)

Bungou stray dogs (biggest Sigma stan)

MHA (although I'm kind of out of it, I'm mostly just silently keeping up with the manga but I am still kinda obsessed with mha ocs) (if you hate mha ocs or really any fan ocs DNI because I have like 40 of them) (no I am not a 30 yr. old woman shipping her self insert with Bakugo leave me alone)

Don't hug me I'm scared (not rlly in the fandom)

Chainsaw man (not rlly in the fandom)

Fear and Hunger aka Funger and Gunger (I can't say I'm really in the fandom and can't say I'm that involved into the game it's too big brain for me so I just observe it from afar and laugh at the memes)

DNI lists are kinda useless but racism, sexism, abelism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia ect is not tolerated here but also like if you're one of those people who are really ticked off when they see a minor talking about NSFW stuff and act all wise sage I suggest you DNI because I assure you your rambling and skull emojis are not going to prevent me from developing hypersexuality, you are like 11 years late to that my friend (or if you're just uncomfortable hearing a minor talk about nsfw that's cool too)

And also fuck off if you think sexualizing minors (fictional or not) is okay

This is a xenopronouns/neopronouns, xenogender, furry, therian safe space, I really don't judge

I think this goes without saying but cringe culture is dead, if you get pissy about things being cringy please don't come to the person who's internet alias is literally a Penelope Scott song, other alias is a reference to a gay ship from my hero academia and the person who named themselves "Kristian" because they thought that naming themselves (the atheist) a name that means "God's follower" was hilarious, but again this is tumblr so I expect most people here are cringelords

Anyways, fuck you Adam you can go suck my long horse weewee, Moon x supremacy always

Also if I tell anyone to kts I was just joking PLEASE

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hi! just wanting to get to know you better! what’s your name, age, and how’s you discover hunger games? did you see the movies when they came out? what’s your favorite book and/or movies scene? who’s your favorite movie actor and do you have a fancast for a character that’s far different from the movie actor?

❤️

Hey! Phew, so that's not a lot of questions at all 😂

Let's start, so you can call me Sierra, I'm 22 and well, don't hate me but I kind of outright rejected The Hunger Games when they came out because I thought it was all violence, and I'm soft. I suffer from anxiety and I remember I tried watching this one movie (I forgot the name, it was some sort of a period drama) that made me throw up in the first 10 minutes of it so I became extremely picky with the content I chose to consume after that.

But off late, I've had a little extra time on my hands (thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic) so I've been binge-watching quite a few movies & TV shows that I've heard a lot about but I never gave them a chance and THG was one of them.

I legit just watched all the 4 movies a few days ago for the very first time and I loved them so much that I watched them in a span of 12 hours. Even got a little bit of a headache the next day but it was totally worth it 🙈

(And it wasn't all that violent, tbh)

I only finished reading THG yesterday and I was live posting my favorite quotes and scenes so the few friends I've made could read along and I thoroughly enjoyed the book! My favorite scene was definitely the cave scene and now I hate how they cut it short in the movies, it was so perfect in the book! And the dandelion reference was so beautiful that symbolized Peeta with hope. The fandom should've sued the makers for not putting it in the movies, it was too important to be left out like that!

I haven't read Catching Fire yet but I'm SO EXCITED to read it because it's my favorite movie out of all 4 and THE BEACH SCENE WHEN PEETA GIVES KATNISS THE PEARL and later the medallion. Oh, my Everlark heart 💘

My favorite movie actor is Michael J. Fox! I don't think anybody could ever take his place. Like ever.

Umm, fan cast for a character? I think they pretty much nailed the cast of THG and Josh as Peeta was the cherry on top! I honestly don't think I could ever imagine anybody else as Peeta but Josh and Jennifer as Katniss was incredible, I just wish they would've shown just a little bit of her human side more so we (as an audience) could've connected with her sooner, you know? But at the same time, I like that we fall in love with Peeta and Katniss as they begin falling for each other in the cave because that's when we start rooting for them to make it together.

But you know what I think is truly funny? Looking like Liam Hemsworth and still not getting the girl 😂

I think that's hilarious. You could be an 11/10, 6'4" tall hunk giving CK models a run for their money but there's going to be a Peeta Mellark somewhere who loves frosting cakes who is gonna steal your girl right from under your nose.

#peeta mellark supremacy is a real thing

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pinned post

my bf just made one so now i feel obligated to make one (biggest/j)

anyways

HIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sammy (they/it) and welcome to the trashpile i call my tumblr blog

here you'll find posts of various kinds from fandoms all across the planescape (yes i snuck a dnd reference in here sue me, but like please don't I'm broke and hasbro might send the pinkertons on me)

im 19 and taken by the lovely @the-rainbow-flavored-university

18+ only unless you're the one mutual i know irl who doesnt fit the criteria (you know who you are)

basic dni + mcyt, adbl/ddlg/ddlb etc

if we're mutuals, we should talk more!!! if we're not mutuals, wtf is wrong with you/j

current fandoms I'm in and will reblog posts on: young justice, marvel comics, dc comics, invincible, dungeons and dragons, pathfinder/starfinder, power rangers, transformers, percy jackson/riordanverse, kingdom keepers, hunger games, aurora (the webcomic made by osp red), atla, critical role, dimension 20

i will try to keep everything organized by tags from here on out but i wont make promises i can't keep

any post tagged, sammy speaks sometimes is just me rambling

but that's me, hope you enjoy your stay just please remember wipe your feet on the welcome mat or ill feed you to my beholder

#sammy speaks sometimes #about me

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My apologies for the oversight. Here's the corrected list of references in alphabetical order according to ALA citation style:

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Collins, S. (2008). The Hunger Games. Scholastic Press.

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Gerwig, G., & Baumbach, N. (Writers). (2023). The Barbie Movie. Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment, NBGG Pictures, Mattel Film.

Greene, D. (2017, October 30). In 'Long Way Down,' The Ghosts Of Gun Violence Chill A Plan For Revenge. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560816933/in-long-way-down-the-ghosts-of-gun-violence-chill-a-plan-for-revenge

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InsidePulse. (2018, November 5). Titan / BBC Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #1 Spoilers – The New Era Begins with Big Changes, 13 Variant Covers & More Via Preview. By John Babos. https://insidepulse.com/2018/11/05/titan-bbc-doctor-who-the-thirteenth-doctor-1-spoilers-the-new-era-begins-with-big-changes-13-variant-covers-more-via-preview/

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Kazuki, M. (2013). Ascendance of a Bookworm. Shōsetsuka ni Narō.

Kristen C. (2023). Taylor Swift 1989 Taylor's Version [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwQFXduKsg

Kristen C. (2023). The Silent Patient [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/w8yGIMWnZtk

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Max. (2023, January). America Ferrera's Iconic Barbie Speech | Barbie [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqlDWHkdHk

McCurdy, J. (2022). I'm Glad My Mom Died. Simon & Schuster.

McCurdy, J. (2022, September 14). Discussing "I'm Glad My Mom Died" [Television series episode]. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TopEod2SdxQ

Michaelides, A. (2019). The Silent Patient. Celadon Books.

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Silvera, A. (2017). They Both Die at the End. HarperTeen.

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Simon & Schuster. (2022). Cover of "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy. Simon & Schuster.

Simon & Schuster. (2021). Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel [Paperback]. Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Down-Graphic-Novel/dp/1534444963

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