#it just means so much to me

[melandrops]

hollywood could never top the casual but meaningful representation that horror fiction podcasts have

#EVERYONE IS GAY #AND ITS CANON TOO #they take the time to address the issues and the internal dialogue #of queer experience #but at the same time #it just is #it's casual #it understands how to present queer people as People #with problems that are both unique and non unique to their identity #and!!!! #there's so much intersectionality #muslim queer people #disabled queer people #you name it they have it #it just means so much to me #the magnus archives #the silt verses

[ana-cantskywalker]

Something about watching Narnia as a Christian

About how Lucy is always the first to see Aslan because it takes childlike faith

"Nobody else believed me" "Then why did that stop you from coming?"

About how Caspian is accepted and made king despite being a Telmarine, and how Eustace and Edmund are redeemed because it doesn't matter where you come from or what you've done, his grace is still sufficient.

"No matter how hard I tried I couldn't do it myself"

About how Edmund's betrayal is never spoken of again by anyone but himself, and he is never tempted by her again, even when Peter and Caspian are. His sins have been forgotten. How even though he isn't tempted, she still haunts his thought because sometimes even though we are forgiven we can't forgive ourselves.

About how Lucy struggles with trying to be like Susanne, but he has an individual plan for everyone.

 "In your world, I have another name. You must learn to know me by it. That was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there."

Ugly crying because you do know him by his other name.

Just something about Narnia as a Christian

#i usually dont post stuff related to my faith but I cant help it #it just means so much to me #Narnia #the chronicles of narnia #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #prince caspian #the voyage of the dawn treader #the lion the witch and the wardrobe film #prince caspian film #the voyage of the dawn treader film #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #edmund pevensie #lucy pevensie #the pevensies #christianity #faith #christian

[honestlydarkprincess]

whoops i started thinking about canon bi buck again and started tearing up

#IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH TO ME #jess watches 911 #evan buckley #911 #911 abc #911 spoilers #bisexual buck #bi buck

[lineycantdance]

For all the people clamoring for a book/movie/prequel about Haymitch's Games, why is there virtually ZERO fanart of the 2nd Quarter Quell? Young Haymitch who was canonically a baddie? Maysilee Donner, the OG owner of the Mockingjay pin whose death Katniss explicitly compares to Rue's? Where y'all at?

Suzanne dedicates 3-4 pages in ch 14 of CF to describing Haymitch's Games. We know what the arena was like, how most of the tributes died (bloodbath killed 18, volcanic eruption killed 12), we know how Haymitch outlasted 47 other tributes, we know how he won and why the Capitol was unhappy with his victory.

PLEASE the fact that the arena was designed to look picturesque and enticing but every temptation, from the flowers and fruit, to the butterflies and even the water itself, was toxic like some kind of twisted Garden of Eden???? Gotta hand it to the Gamemakers, that's so scrumptiously evil!

Also, I'm sorry to bring this back to my girlie Maysilee, but the fact that she wasn't killed by another tribute but by flamingo mutts minutes after she broke off her alliance with Haymitch and just as soon as he figured out the force field... Ohhh the Gamemakers did her so dirty!

Honestly, for a character with connections to many established characters in the trilogy, (she was Madge's aunt, Katniss's mom's best friend, AND Haymitch's ally) and who is the originator of an object which was both a testament to the intergenerational dynamics in the series and whose symbolic significance is central to the entire HG franchise, we know very little about Maysilee.

Maysilee's family ran a sweet shop, she owned a pet canary (a songbird used to detect poisonous gas in coal mines) which was bequeathed to Katniss's mother after her death, and she had a twin sister who eventually married the Mayor but suffers from chronic pain, presumably because she remains devastated by her sister's death.

These details establish Maysilee as someone distinctly of the well-off merchant class of D12, and they evoke notions of frivolity, excess, and indulgence. Arguably so does the pin which is described as a family heirloom made of solid gold in the book. And yet, these details also speak to the simple joys in life that should be luxuriated.

Katniss's mother receiving the songbird foreshadows her falling in love with Katniss's father as well as his eventual death in the coal mines. Similar to the cakes in the Mellarks' bakery that Prim so admired, sweets represent joy, beauty, and pleasure, even if rare and fleeting.

Candy as both a source of temptation and pleasure, the canary as both a melodious songbird and detector of poison, plus the fact that the 2nd QQ arena was a poisonous paradise, I feel like these dualities had to be intentional! Maysilee's weapon of choice was poisonous darts. She was both beautiful and lethal.

I would like to imagine that Maysilee had something of a rebellious streak as the original owner of the Mockingjay pin. I would like to imagine that she probably had some important things to say given that the last thing the Gamemakers did to her was rob her of her voice.

Maysilee stuck her neck out for Haymitch and rescued him from a Career tribute before their alliance was formed. I would also like to imagine that, even though she died in the arena, her legacy lives on in the little and big acts of defiance exhibited by the other characters around her.

Her spirit lives on in Katniss's mom who moved from the merchant sector to the Seam to be with Katniss's father. In Madge who brings Gale her mother's medicine after he's whipped for hunting illegally. In Haymitch who becomes a key figure in the rebellion. And obviously in Katniss who risks her life for Prim, Rue, and Peeta.

We're all familiar with the origin story of the Mockingjay as a crossbreed between the mockingbird and a Capitol muttation—the Jabberjay which was intended to gather rebel intelligence but backfired. The Mockingjay thrived outside of the Capitol's control and thus became a symbol of anti-Capitol resistance.

It's called a MOCKINGjay because it made a mockery of the Capitol's failings. Sometimes mockingbirds are called nightingales but Suzanne intentionally used the former in the portmanteau of her fictional bird species because she literally spells things out with her naming conventions!

Thus, any character who acts in defiance of the Capitol's expectations or designs is akin to a Mockingjay. It's Haymitch avoiding other tributes as much as possible and only winning by exploiting the arena's forcefield—the D1 girl's axe backfires, and she's taken out by her own weapon. It's Katniss holding out the berries and refusing to win on the Gamemakers' terms, forcing their hand to let both her and Peeta live. It's Reaper using the Capitol flag for his makeshift morgue.

It's all the tributes who gave solace, comfort, dignity, and respect to other tributes in their deaths (this happens A LOT but notice that all the D12 Victors do this). It's Thresh sparing Katniss for taking care of Rue. It's Peeta playing with the intent of helping Katniss win. It's Mags volunteering for Annie, it's Finnick resuscitating Peeta, etc. It's anyone risking their life or livelihood for someone else's sake. It's care, compassion, and even love persisting in the most brutal of circumstances.

For me, taking risks to care for others is what flies in the face of the Capitol ideology that people are inherently prone to war, violence, and destruction. This is especially true when it happens in the Games which are premised upon an "every man for himself" and "kill or be killed" mentality.

For me, taking risks to care for other people is the power of the Mockingjay symbol. It's also the meaning of the Hanging Tree song; risking everything for the chance of love and true freedom, even unto death. And that kind of hope is what rebellions are built on.

I just think that the Mockingjay pin means so much!!! I didn't even mention how, when Katniss pins it on her green shirt, she associates it with the freedom of being in the woods. It reminds her of her father whose singing voice was so beautiful that the mockingjays stopped to listen. The pin grounds her and makes her feel like she's taking a piece of home, a piece of her father into the arena.

Also, the pin is what makes Rue want to trust Katniss! For Rue, music is the one thing she can't live without, and back in D11 she sings to mockingjays to communicate that the working day is done. Katniss offers to give the pin to Rue, but Rue says she likes seeing it on Katniss better.

Also, let's not forget that the pin is a parting gift from Madge, Katniss's friend who truly cherishes her. As with the crowd who offers her the three fingered salute which she attributes to D12's respect for her father or Prim's loveableness, Katniss has difficulty recognizing that people like Madge already respect, admire, and care for her in her own right for her tenacity and bravery.

Madge is very insistent about informing Katniss that she's allowed a district token and implores her to wear the pin into the arena. This is likely a way of honoring her aunt who presumably also wore the pin as her district token. If so, then it's likely that Haymitch would have recognized the pin which may have given him an extra push to do his utmost to save Katniss because it reminded him of the girl he couldn't save.

Anyway, I feel like the intricacies of the mockingjay pin, its original owner, and its connection to the 2nd QQ are a little underappreciated. Like, this isn't even getting into the everlark parallels that write themselves... Please, Haymitch and Maysilee paved the way. They were the blueprint.

Personally, although I'm just as intrigued about the 2nd QQ as the rest of y'all, I'm fine with it being left up to the readers' imagination. There have been some great fan interpretations both in the form of fanfiction as well as the fan film by mainstay pro: https://youtu.be/7mUjssn86h4?si=PNH1rblPBp1Us5pg

I just find it kind of strange that, given how much interest there seems to be around Haymitch's Games, there isn't that much fan content, discussion, or analyses about them. Please feel free to contribute any thoughts, corrections, or reactions to this post!

#the hunger games #thg #the hunger games renaissance #thg meta #2nd quarter quell #50th hunger games #haymitch's games #mockingjay pin #haymitch abernathy #maysilee donner #maysilee donner appreciation post #it just means so much to me #but so much of this context was excised from the films lol #they completely shafted madge #thg ramble

[clockworkbee]

I just love how Stephanie Garber cared enough to show that Tella was just an obsession for Jacks, the Prince of Hearts desperately looking for his true love, so much that he forgot about love and cared only about finding that girl who wouldn't die from his kiss, to then show how Evangeline was his love, the one he chose, the one who made him feel once again as a human would; as Jacks of the Hollow.

#it just means so much to me #even though i do wish #their curse/spell breaking was elaborated more #at least the lovers are together now #and tella is left in peace with her grandma's lover aka. her lover *now* #win win #🙈 #dantella #tella dragna #evangeline fox #prince of hearts #jacks #ouabh #once upon a broken heart #tbona #the ballad of never after #acftl #a curse for true love #stephanie garber #evajacks #foxhearts

[captainbfresh]

I'm never going to recover from that episode. I will never be normal again. My baby. My brother in bisexuality. I have wanted this for 7 seasons.

#911 abc #spoilers #it just means so much to me #i always related to Buck so fucking much anyway and now we finally have confirmation and i feel so seen #i love him so much i love oliver i love the writers #thank you #i was crying in the dog park yesterday because i was super depressed and well im still depressed but this is so healing

[felizusnavidad]

i finished second season of his dark materials!!!

and it's such a good show! i love the writing, love the actors, love the story! and obviously, what you're probably most interested about, i absolutely love lin in it! he's playing so good and his character is so interesting and diverse! also in my opinion it's a story about bad parents, but he's an exception - he's such a good father figure for lyra! i cried so much during this last episode and it was mostly because of lin, because this scene was... a lot. LOVE IT. thank you for being so loud about it and recommending it!

BSHDUDUDIJSJSBB 😭

i still to this day have tears in my eyes every time i look at those gifs from the last episode... not lin dying on my little screen, like you said, it was A LOT.

but i agree! the way he cared about lyra, their relationship was probably my favourite part of the whole show... i knew what was going to happen to him because there were spoilers everywhere & it still broke my heart... i actually really want to rewatch it now because of you! (but first i need to finish crazy ex girlfriend, i'm almost at the end of s2) 🤣 it makes me so happy that you decided to watch it & that you actually love it! like, i can't believe someone actually cares about my silly chaotic recommendations 🥺 this is the nicest thing ever!

#and also thank you so much for saying nice things about lin #it's like i once said: i feel obligated to say thank you every time someone says ANYTHING good about him hshsgsh #it just means so much to me #❤️ #his dark materials #lin manuel miranda #lmm #i saved every letter you wrote me*

[candyheartedchy]

“Chy Baby”

#sorry but I’m gonna get emotional rn #so every once in awhile I watch the cameo from Dana and i gets so overcome with joy y’all have no idea #and whenever my anxiety gets bad or my depression starts to kick in watching it is such a mood booster and helps calms me down #like right at the beginning where he starts doing a little song at the beginning I just immediately start smiling #and I still can’t get over how sweet and sincere Dana was #like there’s been so many times im out doing something and get nervous until I replay the pep talk in my head as a reminder #his voice is just a huge comfort for me #and the fact that there’s folks who remembers and still call me ‘chy baby’ is so nice 🥺 #like it may be silly but the cameo is my most treasured thing #it just means so much to me #so yeah I’m just a little emotional rn and had to gush a little #and if you got this far reading this I just want to say I hope you have a lovely day 💕 and thank you for reading my silly emotional post #💬 chy chatter 💬

[haitani-trash]

not me ugly crying at the new pjo trailer bc seeing chb feels like home lol

#totally not my childhood disability trauma talking #but fr tho PJO was the first time I ever related to fictional characters #and the first fictional world I really felt like i could belong in #it is quite literally the entire reason I’m an archaeologist #like that series decided my fucking CAREER #it just means so much to me #my 27 year old ass will be ugly sobbing just you wait #I will not be remotely ok #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #percy Jackson #pjo tv #camp half blood #l speaks

[saintxgerard]

A new Frank pic and new opportunity for me to beg to discuss the fact that he growing his hair out and it’s looking so pretty and curly…

#it just means so much to me #i am a long haired frank supremacist I’m sorry #frank iero #mcr #my chemical romance #my chem #mcr frank #my chem frank

[beesandviolets]

Baby queer me from 10 years ago is crying their eyes out rn 💚

#bumbleby #it just means so much to me #rwby9 #rwby spoilers

[matchingbatbites]

Ordered 7 new Funko Pops and had to move the collection around a little, which means the boys are all together INCLUDING space for the Steve YouTooz that is currently stuck in China <3

#listen i literally couldnt say no to the gilligans island collection #tried to get my sister to tell me no #and even she was like #yeah man you gotta get them #it just means so much to me #joey speaks

[katiefratie]

I cannot overstate the importance of Liam saying "I'm asexual but I'm not aromantic" to me it's so important to say those words, to make that distinction, no one is doing it!

#dimension 20 #crown of candy #im literally crying about it #it just means so much to me #like weve known before this moment he literally says im not interested in sex but id like to be held #but to make the distinction important and clear #its the 1 acknowledging its there #and 2 they aren't the same #being ace isnt being aro and vice versa #i just i really love it a lot

[thatonequeeraunt]

I'm really trying to hold on to hope that the Netflix's avatar doesn't go in the direction of a shyamalan

I hope it's not majority dark and gloomy I really hope a lot of it's charm with its comedy is still in there it doesn't seem like it, also the few clips of the night scenes just looks so dark visually it's reminding me of game of thrones and how they kind of mess that up its night scenes

I've remember loving atla when I was 8 years old at the moment I can't really imagine an 8 year old would be that interested in Netflix's version

I really wanted to be good but I feel like a lot of live action adaptations of animation something gets lost in translation

Also small complaint why does Sokka always get aged up, can live action not handle his goofy early stages of puberty teenage self and instead just make him a young adult

Honestly I'm a lot more excited for the new projects the avatar studios are going to be coming out with, I've literally waited nearly a decade for those

#just some thoughts and feelings #it just means so much to me #and Netflix likes not giving the best adaptations of good material #funnily enough some of the CGI just reminds me of James Cameron's avatar #which is impressive in a way that you need to be on psychedelics for #atla #avater the last airbender

[dumbassfatherreigenarataka]

I don’t think I could love another show, hell, another piece of media as much as I love Mob Psycho 100. Both the manga and the anime. It means so much to me. I love so much about it. I love that it’s core is literally kindness. I love that it’s a story about an autistic boy learning to love and accept himself and grow into his own. I love that it’s a story about how much people can affect each other. I love that it’s a story that tells us that people can always change if they choose to. I love the characters. I love the way that we get just enough of most characters to paint a picture of them without knowing every thing about them or even a lot about them in some cases. I feel like if I went on more I could never stop. This story means so much to me. It’s the kind of story that makes you stop after you’ve finished, and just think. About how everything came together. About what the end means to you. About how you can take this story and hold it with you in your life and use what it’s had to say to you.

#Mob Psycho 100 #MP100 #I hope this was somewhat coherent #It just means so much to me #and has affected my life so much #and it inspires me so

[sundrownsthehouse]

kinda can't believe that this happened

thanks to everyone who's read my fic, and so much love to the people who've commented such kind things. i was so incredibly nervous to share my writing, but i've been welcomed here with open arms and i really appreciate it ♥️

#the 1975 fic #sorry im high and just feeling so sappy about all this #i'm literally going to see the 1975 with someone i met through writing #whos honestly one of my closest friends #it just means so much to me