#lucy collin

[hoval]

My first of many (🤞) Lucy Collin patterns, a goomba stormtrooper ( ＾皿＾)

#crochet #stormtrooper #lucy collin #star wars

[cant-find-anyone-elseeee]

there was a moment when the people in the movie theatre and the capitol audience in the stands were laughing at the same things, having the same reactions to the games, to the deaths, to flickermans jokes, to the doctor's announcement...i wonder aren't we watching it for entertainment too

suzanne collins' books may exist in popular culture as "dystopian", but they have always been a meticulous and startlingly close social critique of our world. at what point does our own idolization of the movies and the books repeat that story? we watch just as the capitol audience does.

all dystopia eventually crosses a line from realistic futurism to current relevancy. how long will it take us to realize we've already crossed that line with these books? and the very people who need to realize this are the ones in that audience...real or fake, we're the same: consuming and consuming.

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #hunger games #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #connor jessup #reaper #suzanne collins #katniss everdeen #the hunger games peeta #peeta mellark #snowbaird #mockingjay #sejanus plinth #quotes #thg #thg katniss #tbosas #dystopia #futurism

[fromevertonow]

Suzanne Collins is one of the few contemporary writers who realizes the importance of names in her stories and the significance they bear. They add so many layers to the story, additional meanings that otherwise would not have existed.

The original trilogy:

Katniss: named after a plant of which you can eat the roots. Her father taught her where to find it and told her that “as long as you can find yourself, you’ll survive” (quote may be a little bit off, but it’s from one of the early chapters in THG). Additionally, the leaves are in the shape of an arrowhead, referencing her skills with the bow which her father also taught her how to use.

Peeta: literally bread lmao. But bread is one of the basic nutritions humans need, a little bit goes a long way to keep you alive. Peeta’s presence in Katniss’s life also kept her alive, literally and figuratively—the burned bread he threw her in the flashback and their complicated relationship.

Primrose: a plant with medicinal purposes, even more significant in light of her work as a medic in Mockingjay.

Gale: literally means “strong wind” and considering that in every encounter with Katniss he’s caused some reaction, he pulls her into directions she maybe initially doesn’t want to go in. Additionally, his name also represents his determination and steadfastness in his beliefs.

TBOSAS

Lucy Gray: named after William Wordsworth’s poem “Lucy Gray” which is about the titular character of the poem who got lost during a blizzard. She literally got lost in snow. Rachel Zegler sang this poem in two parts on the original soundtrack of the movie. When Snow asked who the girl in the song is, Lucy answers that she’s a mystery, just like her.

Snow: aside from the obvious snow references, I think his name is most significant in relation to Lucy and the poem. The only one who knows what caused her disappearance is Snow. He is the reason that Lucy is gone. But her traces in the snow are still visible. He will always remember her because the memory of Lucy has manifested itself in every part of his life.

Coriolanus: named after the Roman general (and also the titular character of Shakespeare’s play), Coriolanus wanted to attack Rome and become its ruler. He was scorned and celebrated by the people, only to be later exiled from the city by them. In TBOSAS, Coriolanus is the star pupil at the Capitol’s academy but sent into exile to the districts after he won the Games with Lucy through cheating.

Volumnia: Coriolanus mother who played a part in his ascent to power. In TBOSAS, she almost serves like a mentor to Coriolanus, teaching him how to think in terms of power.

(Edit) Sejanus: a roman soldier who was betrayed by the roman emperor Tiberius, just like the future president betrayed him.

(Edit) Plinth: got this info from here, but it was too good not to include here. A plinth is a base for a statue or vase to stand on. After Sejanus’s death, all of the Plinth fortune was given to Snow for being such a good to friend him. It was this money that skyrocketed the Snow family from poverty to filthy rich. The Plinth money was the foundation upon which Snow built his power.

There are so many other names that have historical (mostly Roman and Greek) connotations—Plutarch, Seneca, Cinna—but also regular names like Trinket and Beetee bear meanings that represent the character beautifully.

Names are important. For any lover of literature or (aspiring) writers, please look closely at them. They can shape your story into something unique.

Feel free to correct me if I’ve said something wrong. I know there are many names missing, but I can only add so many examples ✊🏻😔

#tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thg #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #gale hawthorne #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #suzanne collins #literature

[cowboyslikedean]

stolen from my sister

#911 #911 abc #buddie #evan buckley #oliver stark #misha collins #spn #lucys ramblings

[thequeenofuselessinformation]

"Not all men" you're absolutely right, Sejanus Plinth would never treat me like this

#the hunger games ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thg #thg memes #tbosas #tbosas memes #sejanus plinth #sejanus x reader #sejanus plinth x reader #sejanus plinth imagine #coriolanus x sejanus #sejanus deserved better #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #suzanne collins #incorrect quotes thg #sejanus plinth meme #not all men #feminism #lgbtq #incorrect quotes tbosas

[xplore-the-unknwn]

"Who needed wealth and success and power when they had love? Didn't it conquer all?" -Coriolanus Snow

Yup. That's it. That's the end of their story. No need to turn the other pages that's the end of the book. Coriolanus Snow finally learned all the right lessons. They lived happily ever after. (in denial)

After watching this franchise and reading the books- I just love that Katniss and Peeta at the last scene of the series are in the meadow living their lives peacefully, the very SAME meadow where Snow once considered "Didn't Love conquer all?".

It did.

#the hunger games #Coriolanus Snow #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #Lucy Gray Baird #tbosas #Lucy Gray #thg #Katniss Everdeen #Peeta Mellark #Everlark #Snowbaird #suzanne collins #mockingjay #thg meta

[agir1ukn0w]

I’m sorry but if this paragraph doesn’t fuck you up Idk what will:

“Coriolanus felt his anxieties melt away. Full of fresh food, shaded by the trees, Lucy Gray singing softly beside him, he began to appreciate nature. It really was beautiful out here. The crystal clean air. The lush colors. He felt so relaxed and free. What if this was his life: rising whenever, catching his food for the day, and hanging out with Lucy Gray by the lake? Who needed wealth and success and power when they had love? Didn’t it conquer all?

- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (pg. 438)

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thg series #thg #tbosas spoilers #coriolanus snow #snow #president snow #snowbaird #coriolanus x lucy gray #lucy gray baird #lucy gray x coriolanus #lucy gray #suzanne collins

[polartss]

thinking you're so fineeee thinking you can have mineeee thinking you're in controlllll

I sure was stompin my boots 🐍

#my art #digital illustration #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #lucy gray baird #lucy gray #suzanne collins #the hunger games katniss #catching fire #mockingjay #rachel zegler

[nadjaofstatenisland]

Props to Suzanne Collins for having some throw away line in one of the first chapters of The Hunger Games about there only ever having been two victors from district 12 and then never mentioning who the one was besides Haymitch and then writing a book ten years later all about who that first victor was with leaving us with just enough doubt about her fate... now that is good writing

#the hunger games #thg #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the ballad of songbirds & snakes #tbosbas #suzanne collins #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #haymitch abernathy #lucy gray baird

[anna-scribbles]

katniss & lucy gray

#how I picture them anyway #suzanne collins ur girls haunt me. btw #thg #the hunger games #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #katniss #katniss everdeen #lucy gray #lucy gray baird #my art

[mockingjaysnakes]

I'D PAY ANYTHING TO SEE THE EXTENDED 3HOUR AND 37 MINUTE CUT OF THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES.

— rob wayne through the x app (twitter) who confirmed that it exists and was watching the extended cut of the film that got it by his best friend who works in the distribution of films. here post! some of the questions he was kindly answering to tbosas fans about the extended cut.

#the hunger games #thg #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #movies #books #suzanne collins #tom blyth #rachel zegler #josh andres rivera #snowbaird #snowjanus #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #sejanus plinth #coriolanus x sejanus #coriolanus x lucy gray

[feluart]

Coriolanus and Lucy Gray 🫶🏻

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #snowbaird #the hunger games #thg #suzanne collins

[hrrystylesbookclub]

i don’t just want a book about each hunger games, i want to know the entire history of panem: the fall of north america and how it became panem, how long they existed as a capitol and thirteen districts, what led to the dark days, how panem changed in the time between the 10th and 74th games, if they have contact with other countries, what happened to the other countries, how far into the future this is

the brilliance of suzanne collins is that she created such a rich world where i’m genuinely interested in any sort of story set within panem, not just in context of the games but their entire history books

#the hunger games #suzanne collins #panem #she could honestly write a full textbook about panem and i would read every word #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[yeriyes]

Rip to "Poor Sejanus. Poor sensitive, foolish, dead Sejanus." "Can you imagine naming your child Reaper and them ending up in the reaping?" "Poor Lucy Gray. Poor ghost girl singing away with her birds." and "Well, you know what they say. The show’s not over until the mockingjay sings." We deserved you in the movie....

#hunger games #suzanne collins #the hunger games #thg #tbosas #coriolanus snow #catching fire #mockingjay #lucy gray baird #katniss everdeen #sejanus plinth #sejanus deserved better #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games series #the hunger games trilogy #clemensia dovecote #Reaper

[xplore-the-unknwn]

This also reminded me of how she said that Katniss wasn’t quite ready to harvest yet. Saying like “Katniss will take some time but eventually it’ll have you dealt with.” and it did! Fate sent him a Karma in the form of Katniss Everdeen.

Katniss who was a reminder of Lucy Gray, of his loved ones, of everything Sejanus stood for. Katniss who was a reminder of his PAST SELF- of a time where he could’ve done the right choices (with Lucy Gray, Tigris, correcting his father's sins with Highbottom etc.) of a time where everything could’ve been different.

Snow mentioned Lucy Gray strongly believed in fate when she said “You’re mine and Im yours. It’s written in the stars.” Of course he didn’t believe it. So when she was gone and Coriolanus Snow chose to cross that line of evil never turning back, the stars made sure that he will be haunted of it to his death.

A masterclass of storytelling right there. Suzanne you icon, you legend.

#Guess the odds werent in his favor after all #All I want now is to read Snow’s POV in the trilogy did he think about them in his dying breath #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #coriolanus snow #lucy gray #katniss everdeen #thg #tbobas #tbobas spoiler #Katniss #lucy gray baird #tom blyth #rachel zegler #suzanne collins #President snow #thg series #snowbaird

[elsaqueenofstress]

I'LL FACE JUDGMENT BY THE HOUNDS.

“i’m your man,” mitski / the ballad of songbirds and snakes (2023) / suzanne collins

#saw coriolanus snow at the mitski songs about self-destructive god complexes store (likely place for him to be) #hope this makes sense. if it doesn't ummm. my b #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thg #coriolanus snow #lucy gray #lucy gray baird #snowbaird #coriolucy #suzanne collins #mitski #i'm your man #tom blyth #rachel zegler #web weaving #parallels #notes #it’s about the difference between angel/dog (saving grace/brutal killer) vs dog/man (submissive to/responsible for) #a god has the same brutality of a dog but it’s a gift bestowed to them not a flaw - snow feels he has divine permission to destroy lg #she saved him + asked him to see her as an equal / he saved her + thought he had ownership over her #im not usually a dark romance bitch but suzanne collins had the juice when she created them idc #she saved him while he’s violent and weak so he owes her…well no actually HE saved HER so she’s a pet he’s allowed to control #he thinks she trusts him bc of his greatness (not his humanity) so when she ‘betrays’ him he’s allowed to take retribution #(bojack voice) get it? do you get it? do you get my post about mitski lyrics and president snow’s failed situationship? #ERM someone rb’d this pointing out the ‘lg was no lamb line’ w lambs being a symbol for Jesus and i am in love w you now