#should be from the hunger games

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

#imagine you're a boy who's going to die. you're in love with the girl you've been watching from afar. you know your fate. #you just want to help her‚ but then there's the announcement and she's here in front of you‚ kissing you‚ risking her life for you and you #think‚ i could live and i could love. you think she loves you when she hands you the berries‚ when she puts them in her mouth. #then you both survive and you go back home and nothing is real anymore. you have nothing. no family. no friends. no love. just an empty #house. a drunk for a neighbor. the love of your life walking into somebody else's arms. you think‚ i survived the games. i could survive #this. and you also think‚ i should've bit down on those berries‚ should've felt the juice burst before i died. #and then the third quarter quell announcement rings in your ears and you think‚ she will live and i will die as i should have in the first #place. the girl you love kisses you on the beach and somewhere you heart stirs and your mind revolts and you savor every touch she has ever #given to you‚ in front of the cameras and off. because you are a tribute and you are always being watched and snow's presence looms and #you think‚ i know she cares. but you get taken. you get drugged. you get tortured‚ your mind altered. the girl is a mutt‚ a murderer. she's #everything you despise‚ your mind stirs. your heart revolts. you gain more awareness but cannot distinguish reality from fiction and you #have never known katniss' love. the war ends. you heal. you come home. you plant primrose for her. years down the line‚ you grow in love #more than you thought possible. but some days‚ you cannot tell fiction from reality so you ask the love of your life‚ you love me. #real or not real? and she says‚ real‚ and kisses you. #and you sigh and kiss her back and revel in this. a home. a life. a love. #lit #the hunger games #everlark #otp: real or not real? #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #text #tais toi lys #thgpost

[charlunday]

I would like to issue this as a formal apology for my last drawing.

#i should really start an art tag #the hunger games #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #everlark #toast babies #now is the perfect time to talk about details #number one #peeta and their son have different colored hair on purpose!! #i think its sweet if he inherited his blond from his moms side #(aka prim's blonde) #back on my peeta is a socks and sandals guy train #and NONE OF YOU CAN STOP ME #if anyone comments he looks like yung gravy #i swear to god #i will come to your house and smother you myself

[felixravinstills]

Clemensia and Coriolanus walking around in Dr. Gaul's Lab

—The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

#I really should gif and/or draw clem more #also rip the 30 frames but I really cannot stop myself from trying to maintain frame consistently now #abyssal stuff #abyssal gifs #gifset #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #thg series #coriolanus snow #president snow #clemensia dovecote #thgedit #tbosasedit #ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosbas #volumnia gaul #dr gaul

[aurithemoon]

Day 5 of the Hunger Games, when Zuko decided he wanted to form an alliance with the tough girl from District 12.

#dont @ me i have no idea what their story is about #zutara #zuko #katara #as usual tumblr messes up the colors :') #the hunger games #hunger games #thg #i literally just felt like drawing them at the hunger games #i didnt think this through AT ALL #and i knooow katara should be from the fishing district #but that would be 4 and thats a rich district #and i didnt want her to be a career tribute cause i just dont see it #so twelve it is because of well katniss #it is what it is #i didnt specify zuko's tho so feel free to headcanon that #@theotterpenguin suggested he was from the capitol but was banned to 12 and the only way to regain his honor is by wining the games #and i LOVE that #it is canon to me #atla #avatar fanart #atla fanart #zutara art #zutara fanart #zuko x katara #zuko fanart #zuko art #katara art #katara fanart #zutara month

[teecupangel]

Hello! I was just wondering if you've gotten any asks yet about Desmond being in the hunger games :0? Like whether he was transported there or something else :v

I don’t think I’ve ever had any asks for a Hunger Games AU. For this one, we can make Desmond be born in one of the other Districts and volunteers himself as tribute to keep one of the younger children safe. In this one, I suggest he be born as an orphan who takes younger orphans under his wings, teaching them to a bit of self defense and anything he can that won’t get the attention of the Capital’s goons.

He knows there’s something deeply wrong in this world he is reborn in and, given any other situations, he would have already started to make plans to rain hell on the people directly oppressing his district but he gets caught up in all the Hunger Games to save one of his fellow orphans.

If you want him to be caught up in the Hunger Games that Katniss was in, then I would suggest he be part of any of the District where the tributes died during the initial bloodbath in Cornucopia.

Desmond would probably feel sick about the whole ‘appealing to the audience’ and will be snidely making remarks about how disgusting they all are for watching all of these for entertainment, making him more or less a black sheep of the tributes that even his fellow tribute would try to shy away from.

Honestly? Putting Desmond who has the memories of 3 mentors and 1 grand master in a field filled with children?

Not a good deal.

He would never hurt innocent children and would even try to help them even though most of them (if not all of them) would doubt his sincerity. He would definitely go head to head with the Career pack and kick their asses but he wouldn’t kill them because they’re children and he knows that they were ‘conditioned’ to think of killing as normal but, at the same time, he would definitely make sure they would not be able to harm anybody else.

In all honesty, Desmond’s real enemy in the Hunger Games would be the Gamemakers and he’d definitely get into their bad side. The only reason why he doesn’t fall for their traps is because of his Eagle Vision.

If this does follow Katniss’ Hunger Games then Desmond would probably have a wary truce with Katniss (after saving Rue ofc) and there would be less death this time around with Desmond fucking the Gamemakers’ plan all the time, all the while goading the watchers to see how fucked up this is.

Honestly, at some point, Desmond is probably going to find a weak point in the location they’re in and exploit it, maybe even use the monsters they send out later in the game by having them attack the weak point and essentially jail breaking everyone out.

(Although, there’s probably some tributes who would talk about how this would only punish their districts and Desmond knows that they are holding their districts hostage so it’s really between two hard places)

Sidebar: Desmond would probably understand why District 13 is not ‘acting’ against the Capitol and he would probably side with the rebels but, at the same time, he would definitely not agree with a lot of the plans the rebels. This also has the side effect of the rebellion probably having Desmond as the symbol instead of Katniss (or maybe not, who knows)

#i kinda like the idea that katniss is still the symbol #with desmond being too much of a renegade #katniss symbolizes rebellion #desmond symbolizes chaos #everyone is afraid of desmond because it always looks like he knows more than he should #he has fans from the capitol though #who sees him as very ‘eccentric’ ‘unique’ and ‘rebellious’ #assassin's creed #desmond miles #ask and answer #teecup writes/has a plot #fic idea: assassin's creed #fic idea: hunger games #fic idea: crossover

[animentality]

I know hunger games is good, I just can't put myself through a sad dark dystopian world where things are sad and dark and suck and everyone hates each other and everyone dies.

Like I could watch the news...

#the hunger games #thg #its why ive avoided the books too #like im sure katniss is a grim faced survivor who also happens to be super hot and sexy #but i dont know man #i know government is bad #you are correct #i agree with you already bestie #dont see what else i can learn from hunger games other than heres how we should revolt but wont bc people will only see thg as fiction #with not practical application irl #plus i cant watch two straight people fall in love #sorry #i believe when people say its good #i just dont think itd make me feel anything personally #i already know who dies anyway #its not the sexy love interest #its the non character

[sukibenders]

TBOSAS movie is proving time and time again that as long the character is a handsome white man, he can get away with anything or be babified of any wrongdoing. Like the number of people that I've seen go out of their way to try and justify Snow's actions, not even just young Snow anymore at this point but he's largely where this happens, using the term "he was just misunderstood" and acting as if his trauma was an excuse is mind-blowing. Did he go through traumatic stuff? Yes, but acting as if that excuses many of his actions, specifically for young Snow because there's no way in hell that mindset will work even a fraction with his older self (but people still try), is false and a mindset that needs to be stopped. Like I can't help but think about the way he views the people of the districts already in TBOSAS, seeing them and anything about them as animals rather than people, and how that mindset even falls on to the Covey and Lucy Gray herself. When reading some of their scenes together he comes off so passive aggressive when she talks about her plight, but it's largely because he treats her like an object---no, a PRIZE to be won and owned (thinking back to how, before they were even together romantically and where she didn't owe him shit, he still saw her as "his girl" and would get obsessive over the fact that others gravitated to her in a way he didn't like).

I'm not saying that it's wrong to find the bad guy attractive, it's not and Snow is very handsome, I will admit that. But just because he got a face card doesn't mean that should be basis for justifying every horrendous act he's done. And also, he's eighteen years old, why are people acting like he doesn't know his right from his left? He knows exactly what he's doing, from the books where his thoughts are literally laid out for us, to the movie itself. Though not as clear cut sometimes as the books, there are plenty scenes that let you know who he is (I think back to that classroom scene where Gaul is asking them questions, and Sejanus rightfully calls them out on their bs, but Snow uses his outrage and turns it into a way to make the Games better, completely going against Sejanus' original point).

What's even more sinister is some in the fandom going as far as to blame Lucy Gray for all of Snow's problems by saying "oh, but if she had just heard him out then maybe he wouldn't have been so heartbroken", as if she should had further risked her life and wellbeing to adhere to this man's needs when he was out to harm her or the fact that him having his heartbroken is justification for everything else he did before and after. There are many other examples of this, but it set a precedent for a very glaring problem in fandom spaces where the female character, especially if they are woc, is always to blame for the male, usually white, character's bad actions and that if they just listened to them and heard them out then so on and so on. Reminds me very much of the treatment of Alina in both show and books fandom spaces and babifying of the Darkling's actions by putting all the blame on her (never mind the fact that he's the cause for so much of her trauma, he's pretty after all *this was sarcasm*).

It's been a minute since I've seen the movie, so my example may be a little fuzzy, but my point still stands. You can like these characters and find them attractive, that's fine and normal. But where problems arise is when you try to paint over their bad acts because you thirst after them and/or proceed to place blame on the female characters, especially if they are woc, as a scapegoat.

#the hunger games #tbosas #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #alina starkov #the darkling #anti coriolanus snow #thinking back to woc characters being blamed for yte male characters actions another eg. would be kiara from obx #i still remember people saying she was wrong for pushing rafe off the boat and leaving him that she should have heard him out #even tho he was responsible for so much pain towards her and her friends (some of which seemed racial motivated but that's for another time) #snow fans darkling fans or just anyone who can't interact with this post with a level head dni #lucy gray did nothing wrong! leave my girl alone! #she saw them red flags and dipped #and we love that for her

[kald-dal-art]

Reading “That Familiar Sting” is an insane experience, because I’ve known and accepted Maureen’s family and girlfriend have been dead since I read the first chapter, but also, if you kill them in the next chapter I’m gonna throw up. Leave them alone, that poor girl has suffered enough! And then she’s gonna die at the end too? I am unwell.

I’m very sorry for the pain I will inflict in these next chapters, will you accept these drawings of the Lesbians as an apology :’)

Maureen my sweet tragic angel I am so sorry for everything I have put you through in this story.

#thg fic #thg fanfiction #thg #the hunger games #district 6 #maybe I should make proper tags for my fics… #tofs tag #here we go #eva answers stuff #artists on tumblr #fan art #digital art #procreate #guess you can pretend this is from a universe where everything worked out

[tennessoui]

holy shit the level of fucked up hunger games anakin is (and how much obi’s into it) is hurt 😳😳😳👀👀👀

honestly!!!

everyone's like 'omg the district 4 tribute lost his shit and killed even the children at a historic rate without hesitation' and no one knows obi-wan kenobi snapped and rushed him right before he got into the pod to take him to the arena, cupped his face, and said, "you did not convince me to hope for anything more than infinite sadness again just to force me to watch you die, you must come back to me, you must not make me see you fall in that arena, dear one, i will never forgive you for it"

#asks #hunger games au #obi-wan is so into anakin's everything and the surety of it literally is indecent #also tbh i should randomly remember and reblog old ficlets of mine for yall now #this has been great #good ol hunger games au from like a year and a half ago #finally getting her moment and her tag lol

[poorlittleyaoyao]

I forgot the top ships poll was still going because I am far more invested in the JC one, and I am torn! my indifference to Xuanli and genuine fondness for CQL W*ngxi*n vs. my ever-increasing hostility towards Internet W*ngxi*n

#do I genuinely think Xuanli are a better ship? no #do I genuinely enjoy them more? also no #am I filled with spite? yes #remember when the Hunger Games thing happened and WQ beat LWJ in an upset and it messed up the planned ending? that was good stuff #but also indicative of how heavily weighted anything is when you have THEE GUYS from the THEE GUYS SHOW as options #(unless it’s Who Should Date Jiang Cheng. Chengxian vs. Zhancheng final would’ve been superb) #(but they understandably did NOT prevail for that poll since it hinged on their separation)

[polysucks]

Holy shit.

They de-yassified the hunger games.

#I saw it finally #oh my god it was so good #they made it hard to watch #AS IT SHOULD BE #I have so so so much to say #incoming hyperfixation #*my hunger games obsession actively rising from the grave* #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #ballad of songbirds and snakes #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #hunger games #katniss everdeen

[felixravinstills]

The announcement of Felix Ravinstill's death

—The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

#okay! aside from really pixelated background shots and shots where its just a small bit of his head or shoulder. i think i've gifed a few #frames of every shot Felix's in. #i guess it's fitting that it ends with his death lol... #maybe i should make a masterpost #felix ravinstill #volumnia gaul #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #thgedit #tbosasedit #tbosbas #abyssal stuff #abyssal gifs #gifs #gifset #gifpanem #thg #thg series #the hunger games #aamer husain #tw death #?

[hypodermicfroggy]

I wished for a Bioshock movie for Y E A R S

but now that we're finally getting one I don't want it

I do not have faith this is going to be a good adaption, I'm sorry, maybe 10 years ago this could have been a great passion project (especially if Gore Verbinski had been involved like originally planned) but I just know it's going to be an over-actioned, improperly funded (since it's a Netflix production they're absolutely going to either dump too much or not enough money in it then write it off as a failure if it doesn't 'perform' well enough), CGI-laden slop fest that doesn't even acknowledge or properly handle half the themes present in the series.

#Bioshock #Bioshock Movie #bonus points if it only focuses on the first game and doesn't include ANYTHING from the tie-in novel or BS2 #they're going to cut Sophia Lamb's role from the plot I just fucking KNOW IT #like she was fucking important! she was the one who actually STARTED the class war! Fontaine literally just took advantage of it! #hell half the problems with BURIAL AT FUCKING SEA could have been fixed if Levine wasn't a shit and hadn't refused to use ANYTHING from BS2 #like is BS2 as good as the first? no but it's still fucking better than that shitshow you call Infinite! #and the tie-in novel actually quite skillfully blended both games together to help account for certain plot errors between the two #(a novel that Levine also REFUSED TO READ) #like you could tell it was written by someone who wanted to do the series justice which is more than I can say for most tie-ins #if this movie ends up actually being good I'll fucking eat my words but considering this director's body of work includes #the Will Smith I AM LEGEND and the last three* Hunger Games films #we are not batting 1000 for quality here #I say this as someone who likes the Hunger Games movies #but they are not really the best adaptions of the novels and really downplay a lot of the more horrifying aspects for action scenes #and I fear the same will be true for Bioshock's film as well. #like the Little Sisters alone should elicit nothing short of visceral disgust and pity but I just know they're going to be so boring #they're just going to be like pale girls with glowing eyes instead of proper blood-guzzling corpse-looting parasite hosts calling it now #croak.txt #reblog.wank

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

The issue of power is so interesting (or something) to see because yes, from an economic perspective Taylor undoubtedly has more sway -- she's one of the most famous people on the planet, she's a billionaire, her every move is followed, etc. So I can almost sort of understand the concern, in another scenario, where some people may expect that she could crush her detractors (For instance, I'm thinking about how Harvey W. silenced his victims as a Hollywood mogul, or how corporate titans silence whistleblowers which I feel are analogies some people may turn to. Or maybe we've all just watched too much of the Roys on Succession.)

I said this in the tags of a post the other day I think, but I think some of the discourse is kind of conflating power with platform. And yes, Taylor undoubtedly has a bigger platform, again by virtue of her fame and position in the media/industry. But part of that is that she's visible in these areas, and her presumed subjects aren't, of their own choice. If any of these subjects ever chose to spoke out, or make art based on their experiences, or pursue opportunities in the media/public eye, they would absolutely be given a platform for it. (Going way back, think of how JM used the media to give his side of the story through his music and his interviews after their split. And I'd argue he was probably way more public/direct about it than she ever was.)

If any of these people decided they wanted their side of the story out there, it would be and it would absolutely be turned into a story. (And arguably that may already be starting but that's a whole other thing.) And this is just my opinion, but given that the subjects of these topics are often privileged white men, I'd argue that their sides tend to carry (more) weight regardless of their economic status in relation to her. If JM or JG or JA or HS wrote a book or a song or a script about their experiences, even only insinuating about her, it'd be the conversation. And not to be a cupcake about it, but the media seems to always want to find something to knock her down a peg about (which, sure, journalism's job is to hold people accountable, but that's not what always happens here and we know it), so they would absolutely give this the time of day, if they chose to put anything out there.

The thing is, I do see in a superficial way that there is there is a clear difference in their socioeconomic/celebrity status, and perhaps that's perceived as a power imbalance, but that's implying that she's dictating a whole host of entities out of her control, and I just don't think she holds the sway of those that some feel she does. Don't get me wrong, she's absurdly wealthy and has influence, but so do so many other people around her, including those who don't support her. (That's the wrong word for it, but I just mean, people who aren't in her circle/sympathetic to her.) And as I've posted about so so so many times before, THESE OTHER PEOPLE (men) ARE WEALTHY AND IN THE PUBLIC EYE TOO. They are all in careers that entail celebrity and involve their own influence in the media. These are not shrinking violets in private civil life who are like, grocery store checkout clerks. They're actors and musicians and media personalities who play the same game. And even the "poorest" of these subjects for the most part are millionaires who are far, far wealthier than any of us will ever be in our lifetimes. They may choose to stay off of social media or the press when it suits them, but they could absolutely make art or give interviews about their experiences and they would command their own kind of influence. (I'd also argue that they would be given a platform thanks to Taylor's platform, but that's another thing.)

I don't want to dismiss the influence of her wealth and stature in the entertainment industry, and I feel like that's kind of where the perceived "imbalance" comes from, but to be frank, I feel like if any of these other subjects spoke out, the media would be so quick to raise their stature in the press for the sake of clicks/controversy/what have you. Critics claim that Taylor can crush any story or person who goes against her, but I think given the breadth of stories out there about her at any given time (the NYT op ed, the jet stuff, the DM stuff, etc.) I don't think that's true; I think the publicity/clicks outlets get for covering stuff, even if salacious, outweighs any concerns over upsetting her or burning bridges. (Not saying that may have not happened, but... I think it would be more obvious if it were a regular occurrence these days.) If anything, 2016 through rep kinda proves that she doesn't have the "control" of the media that some claim she does.

But most importantly, THE ALBUM ISN'T OUT YET. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LYRICS ARE. Taylor gets accused of writing diss tracks, but she rarely does, and I don't think she's written an outright callout song since her Fearless/Speak Now days when she was a teenager/very young adult. Just about everything since Red on has been about her own feelings, experiences, etc. and not a literal "you did x and y and z and you're stupid and i hate you" song. She's not calling people out by name, and truly only chronically online fans are going to deduce who songs are about; five years from now, people discovering the music will just know they're bops (or depressingly sad breakup songs, as the case may be).

I don't know where I'm going with this, i'm talking in circles, it's just interesting how things are being interpreted or assumed so far. I fully acknowledge I'm a cupcake so I'm generally not going to jump to the worst conclusion about Taylor, but there's also curious sociological/gender stuff happening in these conversations. I absolutely think that if the roles were reversed and her exes were billionaire household names and she was an indie artist, nobody would ever talk about power dynamics. I think it's all moot because like so many people have said, I don't think the album is going to be what some think it's going to be, and I think it's going to be way more introspective/vulnerable/dark than what they assume a breakup album is going to be, though obviously I don't know anymore than they do. It's just funny because you never hear about this with other people. (Like, was there a big fuss when Kelly Clarkson wrote a breakup album about her ex-husband? I know she's not as wealthy as Taylor and her ex was probably wealthier than Taylor's exes, but she's someone with sway in the industry and is on TV everyday, but everyone kind of said "lol her ex was a jackass wow she writes sad banger ballads" and moved on.)

Anyway I don't want to start shit or anything, but I'm just giving my two cents about my observations of the whole media landscape stuff.

#my personal bug bear is some faction painting J*e as a poor street urchin who was plucked from obscurity hunger games-style #yes his life undoubtedly changed from associating with her but HE'S AN ACTOR WHO'S BEEN IN OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS #HIS FIRST MOVIE WAS WITH AN OSCAR-NOMINATED (winning?) DIRECTOR!! #I'm not shitting on him or anything in this case -- I'm saying he was pursuing a career in a very high profile industry himself! #it may not have panned out for him like he'd hoped or planned but as far as we know it's still what he's pursuing #he comes from a privileged background that i'd argue mirrors taylor's own pre-fame #and even now (thanks to royalties) will be financially secure for life #he's not the most famous man in the world but if he decided he wanted to speak out he would be for 15 minutes #and the media would absolutely eat it up and i'd even argue give his side more weight than his 'power' would indicate #i'm not saying he should or needs to but i'm just saying he's not powerless in this situation #also putting this in tags but it seems in private there was often a power imbalance in her relationships & not in her favour iykwim

[enixamyram]

As much as I would have loved to see Madge in the films, I do accept why she was cut. Her role in the books was minimal compared to others and since films always have to cut a bit, it didn't bother me as much as some other changes made.

However, I do not like how Katniss got the mockingjay pin. I feel like her originally trying to buy it undermines the kind of person Katniss was and the lifestyle she was forced to live. Book Katniss wouldn't dream of wasting money on such an expensive and random trinket. Even when she treated Prim for her birthday, it was with something that could also be useful (aka, her goat) and the closest she came to wasting money was to buy a ribbon to tie around the goat. That was her idea of splurging for the sake of it: a ribbon. So it really kind of undermines Katniss struggle and the reality of poverty to have her even consider buying it.

Then again, I notice American shows/movies has this problem a lot. How often do we see people who are apparently desperately poor, barely getting buy, yet their house is quite big and full not just of furnture but no end of knick-knacks sat on the side.

#The Hunger Games #Katniss Everdeen #Madge Undersee #It would have worked better if they had Katniss look at the pin #but quickly go to move on and then Greasy Sae insist she have it for free. #Of course even that somewhat undermines the struggles of everyone else. #Like Greasey Sae (along with almost everyone in District 12) were barely getting by #and selling that pin (even for less than it's worth) would have fed them for a while. #They should have just had the pin be an heirloom from Katniss' father that she held on to #or have her find it randomly and decide to keep it. #Or even mention Madge without showing her.

[catoscloves]

you know in my ap us history/ap government classes something that comes up in the videos they have us watch as homework assignments is how governments & especially fascist regimes will use children's education as a tool to mass-brainwash the impressionable youth into believing in their ideology while cutting off their access to outside information & resources that would contradict and completely disintegrate that line of thinking, and being the thg girlie that i am i immediately thought "hey that sounds familiar, pretty much what happened to the career tributes" and after that i was like "oh. that's literally suzanne's entire point!! right."

#even the US did this during wwi and literally took away their beloved constitutional freedom of speech when it didn't benefit the war effort #the constitution: yeah people should be say what they wish (within reason) because that is literally the founding principle of liberty #the US during a war when people disagreed with the draft: yeah how about no #i wouldn't goso far as to call it fascist that is not the correct word (i don't think I'd be able to publish this post online if the US was #but like ??? 'freedom of speech but not when it's inconvenient for us' 💀💀💀 #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the career tributes #listen no matter how you feel about them as characters (even katniss saw them as jerks which they kind of were) #if you were raised from literal infancy/toddlerhood to think that murder was super cool and great #and had no reliable resources or education telling you otherwise #I mean. anybody in that situation would have turned out just as bad as cato was according to katniss #they weren't going to grow a moral conscience they deadass had no frame of reference to be like 'wait maybe the ideas we grew up believing #in our whole life are actually?? wrong and oppressive????? #cato hadley #clove kentwell #district 1 #district 2 #anna speaks