#i love it when they do ballads

[absolutebl]

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A - Amnesia by VIXX

B - Back to Me by The Rose

S - She's the One by Monsta X

O - On My Way by Epik High +

L - Lonely Street by Stray Kids

U - Unfamiliar by H&D (BAE173)

T - Trap by Henry +

E - Eoeo by Uniq

B - Bad Love by Hynn

L - Love Poem the Kingdom Cover (BTOB, Ateez, Stray Kids)

#memes gonna meme #asked and answered #kpop #lots of b sides and lesser known ones this time #VIXX #that MV is killer living up to their kings of concept monikers until the last breath #the rose #she's the one #monsta x #i love it when they do ballads #epik high #talk about kings still kinging #Lonely Street #stray kids #JYP gotta lay of the damn autotune with these boys it's a fucking crime #Trap by henry #still one of the greatest bops to ever bop #hynn #love poem #possibly the greatest cover ever #K-pop

[manderleyfire]

“Myself. I killed the old me so I could come with you.” She plucked the splinter free. “There. Well, I hope old you doesn’t haunt new you. We’ve already got enough ghosts us.”

"Haunt Me" from There Is No Death, There Are No Dead by Gemma Files // "Killing the Love" from The Divorce Papers by Anne Sexton // "The Valley Song (Zoo Lullaby)" from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Lucy Gray Baird Suzanne Collins // "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë // "Herakles" by Euripides (Anne Carson's translation) // "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins // "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin // "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

#thgedit #tbosasedit #snowbaird #coriolanus x lucy gray #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #shitty things i do for love #in closing i need to write down two more quotes because they're matchless #*but they didn't quite match THE haunting x doomed theme unfortunately* #when zamyatin said 'she is like a bee: both a sting and honey are inside her' #and when margaret atwood said 'both dark and light like snow' #i mean??????? whaaaat????? that's exactly my lucy gray and that's exactly my coryo #last but not least: god bless maiah wynne for recording every single lg's song #tbosas movie had let me down when i needed it most *the valley song* #and god bless marg for not leaving me alone in this world of suffering #uwuwuwuwwuwu

[laniidae-passerine]

I made my post about Dean Highbottom and then as I was writing my tags realised that his Hunger Games counterpart is Haymitch. and now my head is in my hands and I don’t think I’ll ever recover

#IM GOING TO CRY. I am part of the system I never wanted anything to do with it #I killed so many people without laying a hand on them. I never ever asked for this. I tried to say no. my hands are still bloody. #both turned to drugs to cope. both had a mentee who reminded them of someone they hated so much #(snow reminded the dean of his old friend. katniss reminded haymitch of himself) #both knew exactly how the games worked and all of its consequences because one made it and the other lived it #both lived in the shadows of the past and never really got out from it #but in the end one of them chose to be cruel to the children who they were asked to mentor #and the other loved even when it was killing him #god. twenty three years and they never managed to drown the fire out of him. his heart broke again and again #but he held onto those shards even as they made his hands bleed. and then one day two children appeared and pieced it back together #and some of it was missing and always would be. you can’t undo twenty three years of alcoholism and pain and grief and self loathing #but a lot of it was still there. far more than he ever even believed could have survived #Haymitch I love youuuuuuuuu I will always love you #and Dean Highbottom you were kinda cringe and lame. guynobody ass bitch. do better #haymitch abernathy #dean highbottom #thg #the hunger games #a ballad of songbirds and snakes #abosas

[allthethoughtsandstuff]

LOOK NO FURTHER YALL THIS IS THE BEST LINE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK AHAHHDHSJWKWKENK

#it’s the implication that sejanus has an edge on coriolanus because he’s noticed him noticing when he thinks no one notices #it’s the ‘don’t forget that I know who you were before this’ #it’s the coriolanus calculating his every move and sejanus watching him do the math their whole lives #ahhhhh I just love the characterization of watching other people and sitting silently back until the opportune moment to weigh in #and it’s like inception of that it’s watching within watching ahhh I’m screaming #and I guess we just don’t ask ourselves why sejanus has been watching him???? (bc he’s in love obviously) #ITS THE TENSION AHHHHHH #ITS THE FACT THAT SEJANUS IS LOW KEY KINDA SCARY IN THIS MOMENT #HE DO BE WATCHING #screaming crying throwing up etc #the hunger games the ballad of songbirds & snakes #thg #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth

[katnissandpeetamellark]

Me reading people’s posts about Sejanus but it’s so clear they’ve only seen the movie

#IM SORRY BUT YOU DONT GET HIM LIKE I DO LMAO #THE MOVIE INFURIATES ME WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY DID TO SEJANUS #YOU LOVE SNOW BUT HATE SEJANUS IT IS W I L D #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #thg #hunger games #sejanus plinth #bosas

[cxanthos]

*ahem* For the love of GOD The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is not a love story.

People who interpret it as one...why? Did we read the same story?

#coming back to this blog with some spice #even though this shouldn't be a controversial opinion #argue with a wall #seeing all these edits like 🥺 poor coryo lost his love #do not infantilize him #he is a villian #and i love him for it #and you can ship him and Lucy #im not hating on that #but when it comes to the canon material ... i just lose my mind a little #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosbas #tbosas #thg #the hunger games #sam is losing their sanity

[no-0ne-0f-consequence]

After reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I just want to say how happy I am to know that after the apocalypse we will still have bluegrass music. When all other traces of our lives have been washed away in the violent fall of civilization, the fiddle and the banjo will not be defeated yes I know there is no banjo in the book. Our societies may be temporary but bluegrass is eternal.

#this is partly sarcasm I'm not much of a bluegrass fan #I do love instrumental bluegrass and a lot of bluegrass adjacent music #also it's going to be interesting to see how they are going to portray the music in the movies #whether it will be bluegrass inspired or not #also also I don't mean to imply that when SC wrote the book she intended the covey to preform bluegrass music #this is just a joke after all #but you can't deny the similarities down to the song repertoire #on a different topic that book had a LOT of songs #even as a lord of the rings fan I was not ready #am I misrembering the lack of a banjo? #it's possible but I hope not #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thg #tbosas #the covey #lucy gray baird #no post of consequence

[faraige]

I know when Cooper finds frozen Janey or whatever happened to her it's going to be incredibly emotional and Walton Goggins is gonna obliterate our hearts with his performance, but if when our tears dry no one does something funny with the Ghoul and The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy by Tom Cardy I'm gonna lose a bit of hope in humanity

#fallout show #the ghouls #cooper howard #janey howard #the ballad of smokin joe rudeboy #tom cardy #when fandoms collide #'why don't YOU do it then??' I hear you ask and the answer is because I'm not funny enough #but to be honest an edit of the ghoul using the soiong could be used right now #if you see this post and feel tempted please know this idea has been freed into the world and I'd love you forever if you did something wit #it and tagged me pls pls pls pls #shut up faraige

[liu-yu-xin]

i keep forgetting to do this but my top 6 albums currently or of all time (tagged by @28reas0ns 🫶)

Tagging @chunghalita @duovxq @theboytatu @neonsbian @muteddaydreams @1-800-wenjunhui and if youve done it already uhh do the next six down the list ?

#it was very difficult to not put two carly rae jepsen albums #but emotion and dedicated are neck and neck and i cant have THREE crj albums so i just eliminated them both #and same w mao buyi albums cos 平凡的一天 has some of the most well known chinese folk ballads of the past decade #and i talk a lot about take me home and up all night bc they are IMPORTANT but my personal fav 1d album is midnight memories 🫶 #and wayv of course i am not kidding about loving omy #and 薛之谦 bc i was obsessed w that album when i was 19 #and in a perfect world is just special to me in a way idk how to articulate #doing this now bc it has been a slow two days at work #sidney talks shit

[fadedflora]

i have not listened to hamilton in like a week why is he STILL HERE

read the tags if you want to see me talk about musicals for a little TOO long

#this is no hate to you mr leslie odom jr #but i have most certainly listened to other musicians/bands more #anyways i'd say the rest is accurate #my bff and i have been doing a musical binge #started with wicked -> ride the cyclone -> shrek -> legally blonde -> falsettos #i cried twice at falsettos btw it's so fucked up (i loved it sm) #i've listened to wicked before but haven't actually *seen* it so that was nice #i've also heard a couple songs from ride the cyclone & falsettos b4 so i already knew they'd be good #and i've seen shrek the musical like 3 times bc i unironically love it #overall opinions: ride the cyclone might have my favorite cast of characters and i think falsettos might be my favorite musical now #fav songs (for funsies): #ride the cyclone: noel's lament / the ballad of jane doe / jawbreaker / space age bachelor man (insane song btw) #wicked: no good deed / popular #shrek: i know it's today / don't let me go / i think i got you beat / this is our story / what's up duloc? #falsettos: this had better come to a stop / i'm breaking down / four jews in a room bitching / a tight-knit family/love is blind #falsettos cont.: everyone hates his parents / falsettoland/about time #legally blonde: blood in the water / positive / ireland / chip on my shoulder / so much better / whipped into shape / take it like a man #legally blonde cont.: bend and snap / there! right there! / legally blonde / legally blonde - remix / find my way/finale #SORRY I OPENED A PANDORA'S BOX WHEN I STARTED TALKING ABOUT MUSICALS #i really should've posted this on my other acc oh well #okay i'm gonna shut up now im so sorry LMAO #falsettos #legally blonde musical #legally blonde the musical #shrek the musical #shrek musical #wicked #wicked musical #ride the cyclone

[foxy-knowledgeseeker]

Ok so I'm not saying Ballad is above criticism or anything, but I will say that the part of the fanbase that's like:

"I can't believe for THG prequel we got a stupid villain story instead of [Finnick/Haymitch/Johanna/Annie/etc.'s] hunger games story like we all wanted"

Are really saying what they didn't want was an expanded discussion on the political, philosophical, and social commentaries of the original series, and what they really wanted was to ignore all that to instead ogle at violence and suffering for entertainment, and it's really giving

✨️ the Capitol ✨️

#like don't you see??? #where is the media literacy? #suzanne collins is too smart for her fanbase i stg #also a haymitch book would be so redundant #do they not remember when suzanne spent multiple pages summarizing his games in catching fire? #anyway #all this to say #i love ballad #and believe it was absolutely the correct direction for a prequel to add even more substance to an already substantial series #a ballad of songbirds and snakes #aboss #the hunger games #thg #fandom frustrations

[manderleyfire]

They created a strange tableau: rabid boy, trapped girl, bombed-out building. It suggested a tale that could only end in tragedy. Star-crossed lovers meeting their fate. A revenge story turned in on itself. A war saga that took no prisoners.

#coriolanus x lucy gray #snowbaird #tbosasedit #tbosas #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #exactly a five min edit to express my undying devotion to a book!version of them #because you know what?? tbosas movie was a properly made thg prequel but it was HOSTILE to coryo x lg shippers #it wasn't wuthering heights enough it wasn't hozier enough it wasn't hadestown enough!!!!!!! #but above all it wasn't BRAVE enough #2k23 cinema is so hesitant when it comes to love stories it's almost revolting #tom blyth worked his heart off for what????? for one tiny kiss where rachel isn't even an active participant????? #where are you 'he kissed her until his lip started to bleed'????? #i hate the erasure of many defining moments and dialogues #i hate they didn't make 'pure as the driven snow' lucy gray's love confession to her murderous bf #i hate their first kiss was ruined i hate we didn't get the reunion they deserved 'YOU FOUND ME' 'YOU KNEW I WOULD' #heartfelt and dubios innocent and calculated meant to be and meant to be apart MY SNAKES AND SONGBIRDS BOTH OF THEM #this film had almost succeeded in wiping out the whole meaning of their dynamics and I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT #shitty things i do for love

[yandere-daydreams]

For the ace/yuu/malleus love triangle theory imagine how jealous ace will feel after finding out that yuu danced with malleus and DEUCE lmao

he wasn't allowed to be in the masquerade event because it would have literally killed him. just absolutely put him in the ground. first Malleus and Yuu essentially just go on a date in a scenic campus wearing fancy clothes. okay, nothing he can compete with, but nothing out of the norm, either. then, there's a crisis and some weirdo with a bowl-cut threatens to kill you all. still not totally out of the ordinary, but it somehow ties into Malleus hyper-specific personal trauma which is a little unfair but not that weird considering how stuff tends to go down in this game. then, it somehow devolves into a party again and Malleus not only dances with Yuu, but also performs an entire pre-rehearsed song with romantic subtext before pulling you into a walz, which he knows how to do because he's literally a prince. how is Ace, a chronic Normal Dude, supposed to compete with that. what is he supposed to do. the Deuce thing almost seems like a blessing in disguise because at least you're still, like, touching other guys. he wouldn't be if he was in your situation but he's glad that you are.

#admittedly i have not played the masquerade event #*sobs in english translation* #but i think i got the highlights down pretty well #love it when Malleus is allowed to be a weird little guy #he seems so imposing and serious in the main story #and then in every event the writers just make him do shit like get too starstruck to talk to a gargoyle statue who wants to be his friend #OR PREFORM A FUCKING BALLAD FUCKING HELL #i know i mentioned that already but i really can't get over it #prince of fae more like prince of simps am i right #personal #anon ask

[jackstheprinceofhearts]

i would like to remind everyone of the great selection of emojis in the magnificent north server that me and @missroller15 own 😏

if you haven't yet, this should motivate you to join purely because of these gems 😍

#we also have events #we're gonna do a read along #when acftl comes out! #we also have a fanart channel where i pin fanarts you guys make AND post some from instagram in there #and more fun stuff!! #we already have over 100 members! #please join if you enjoy theorizing and just talking to others about books! #the link is pinned on my blog :) #ouabh #caraval #jacks prince of hearts #tbona #evajacks #evangeline fox #jacks x evangeline #the ballad of never after #books #acftl #a curse for true love #the magnificent north discord #discord #discord server #book discord #book #jackstheprinceofhearts blog

[chiropteracupola]

for interested parties, Here is the song about which I was rambling in the previous post.

#em is posting about sharpe #ballads and things #this is both a fascinating variation to me and a fascinating album as a whole... #there is music that is Not in the show in here. the version of the theme is full orchestra but contains Screams and Ouches still. #back on point which is about this particular version of johnny has gone for a soldier. #One I love any version of a folk song that doesn't change the pronouns to maintain the heterosexuality. thank you mr tams. #Two I'm Interested in the position of the song in the Show as a thing that Hagman sings of course. #new and ponderable context given that hagman is himself a soldier! and also that about half of the gendered lines are left out! #and as fond of I am of crossdressing ballads I do enjoy a gentle Hmm at leaving out the 'dye my petticoats' verse #and leaving in 'I'll even sell my spinning wheel / to buy my love a coat of steel'... I Am Thinking Thoughts. You Know I Am Thinking. #and Three I am thinking about how the chorus is going to be so tricky for me because I'll want to slant 'his nets and creel are laid away' #to rhyme with 'siúil siúil siúil a grá' and not 'til he comes back I'll rue the day' because I'm so used to having to slant things to rhyme #for when I'm singing my preferred version of sheath and knife even though that's not how I'd Say them in my natural accent #Youtube

[agent217]

Someone help me my old hyperfixation on hunger games came back HARD but i don't know anyone with knowledge of it so i'm just sitting here alone with my THOUGHTS

#two talks #anyone who's read the book. do you wanna be besties #i have so many ocs i need to talk about #but no friends who understand #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #tbosas #i used to be super hyperfixated on thg back when i was 12 and it just came back full force #it's been 13 years what do i even do now #i need interaction #strongly considering making a sideblog specifically to scream about it #is anyone here. is anyone willing to share thoughts and feelings #(no antis. get away from me if you support harassment i'll say it up front BEFORE anyone thinks i'm up for that shit. #we spread only love here sir)