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viisbubble · 5 months

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TBOSAS has made me so obsessed with The Hinger Games and I’ve literally only read the 1st book and that was years ago. But I just need to rant about how amazing this series is (and about Snow) because I’ve read so much about this now. Disclaimer: this is a very disorganized ramble about my thoughts of TBOSAS and the Hunger Games in general as I have collected through various internet analyses. If I’m misinterpreting anything, please please tell me. I just wanted to get this out there because TBOSAS has me in a chokehold.

Honestly I loved Snow as a character. I loved how Collins portrayed him because he was a total psychopath from the beginning, but there were also so many chances for him to change. Like sure he has trauma, but Tigris is living proof that they could’ve been kind.

I think the book portrays how cruel or a person Snow is better than the movie, which paints him in a more sympathetic light, but I think both interpretations are equally valid.

I remember one post I read talking about how Snow is an unreliable narrator due to his inability to understand his own emotions. Snow is portrayed as smart and analytical in the book because that’s how he views himself. It’s also shown in how he, and the reader through snow’s eyes, believes Sejanus to be stupid when he really isn’t. I’d like to think that Coriolanus truly cared, but that he refused to believe that he’d care for people below him like Sejanus and Lucy Gray, due to his upbringing.

Coryo was too obsessed with himself to see the bigger picture, and that is ultimately his downfall. His rush of power when he killed Bobbins (the tribute, idk I might be misremembering the name) makes him believe that all humans are savages that find joy in violence. He’s too self absorbed to realize, despite being proven wrong multiple times throughout his presidency, that he might be the exception and not the rule.

TBOSAS made me cry because Coryo, Sejanus, and Lucy Gray could’ve had a good future, but it was also an impossible dream. They all had dreams they wanted to achieve, it’s just that Coryo’s obsessions won out. But also, I don’t think his and Lucy Gray’s relationship would’ve ever worked. Coryo needed power and to return to the capitol, and Lucy Gray wouldn’t have given up her freedom, her dream, to go to the capitol with him. But it’s so tragic because their all so young. Coryo and Sejanus are barely adults, and Lucy Gray is 16-17. And I can’t help but be sad because I believe that in a world without the hunger games, they all could’ve lived on happily.

Even though Snow made choices that demonstrated his lust for power, I still think he’s ultimately a product of his environment. The pressure of his father, their family’s legacy, and DR.Gaul we’re large parts in him becoming the antagonist he is.

I read in a fanfic (https://archiveofourown.org/works/51604627 please please read it’s so good I cried so much) that the capitol eats their young, making cruel children crueler and killing the kind ones, and I think that summarizes the tragedy of the story beautifully.

Honestly I just want them to be happy.

#tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #the hunger games: the ballad of songbirds and snakes #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth #lucy gray baird #president snow #they’re just children

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critterbitter · 4 months

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How did Elesa get a Blitzle as a starter if she's from Sinnoh? (hang on this is ironic she could've learned about warden ingo in school back there)

Blitzle Elesa backstory under cut!

Blitzle was gifted to Elesa so she has an “easier time” integrating into Nimbasa by her well meaning dad. This is not the greatest move, since the two feel they are more obligated to stick together then, you know, actually choose each other. Blitzle’s meant to be a utility mon— he helps charge elesa’s hearing aid batteries and basically serves as an emotional support when things get rough. He’s… not the biggest fan. (I like to imagine Blitzle was originally part of a battle track, but his IVs aren’t the greatest so they shuffled him out. He’s a bit bitter about that.)

Inciting incident where they actually start taking the proper steps to becoming partners is when Elesa takes a tumble down a hill and Blitzle twists his foreleg going after her. (Local child eats shit! More at 11.)

They’re just kids, and they’re still learning.

(When Elesa decides to challenge the gyms, Blitzle’s so excited he accidentally trips their house’s circuits.)

((As for Elesa hearing about Warden Ingo, well… that’ll be a future issue.))

((DIRECTLY INSPIRED BY THIS ASK!! TY @scarftale-bryan ))

Yes. YES.

MASTERLIST FOR POKEMON CONTENT:

#boom you get sketches #elesa and blitzle are like. the exact opposite of emmet-tynamo and ingo-litwick i think #while those two WANTED to make things work elesa and blitzle for the longest time just shared the same space and resented each other for it #they’re BETTER now but like… the beginning week was rough #(slaps blitzle) this mf has so many fun traits to project on him. inferiority complex? caretaker burnout? oh BOY.#pokemon #art #sketchbook #hesitant to tag this submas because no patrat children make an appearance #so i shall simply not #myart #ask #mailbox #elesa #blitzle #pokemon elesa #gym leader elesa #pokemon trainer #pokemon bw

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dragonpyre · 4 months

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Honestly, gotta respect that out of all the bats, literally Jason and Cass are the only ones who don’t have a civilian-sona. They don’t do shit as their legal identities (assuming Jason even has one). They’re job is to look pretty and that’s it.

#Jason has never done his taxes cuz legally he makes less than the minimum required #Cass just gets money from Bruce so she can keep doing Cass things and fight crime #they’re the trophie children of the family #look pretty and do crime #that’s it #dc #batfamily #batfam #Batman #dc comics #Jason Todd #cassandra cain #red hood #black bat #orphan dc #batgirl

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favroitecrime · 7 months

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Palestinian freedom fighters breaking out of Gaza and reclaiming their occupied territories. They’ve taken over israeli tanks and have chased out the settlers that were on that land. They’ve launched rockets everywhere and the iron dome has failed to intercept. This is about to mark a momentous event in history.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

#free palestine #it feels so surreal and so shocking #there’s so much hope but so much fear #you just know they’re about to retaliate with the genocide they’ve been planning for years now #i fear for my palestinian brothers and sisters but this is so fucking huge #they tore down part of the barbed wire fence!!!! the people of Gaza are breaking out!!!!#god there’s so much more on twitter but i beg if you look do NOT look at non-palestinian sources #they’re twisting the narrative as if this isn’t retaliation for 76 years of torture #as if the israeli forces and settlers didn’t kill 4 palestinians yesterday alone #as if they haven’t killed nearly 300 palestinians this year alone #do NOT let the media trick you into thinking anything after will be a retaliation to an attack Palestine started #PALESTINE is the one retaliating #also if you’re gonna come in here with both sides or whatever sincerely block me and lmk so i can blokc you #they’ve already out out statements to leave children and the elderly alone so any middle aged fuckers are free to kill :)#which is fine since they’ve likely killed hundreds if not thousands of their friends and family and neighbors anyway #tag: important #fuck israel #gaza #tag: october 7 2023

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anna-scribbles · 14 days

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was told today by a child that i look like “adrien but if he was a girl” and i WILL be riding that high for the rest of my life

#it was so unexpected. also almost completely just because i am blonde i’m sure #but i was wearing green + my claws out converse so. warranted #have i told you guys about my claws out converse. my #they’re so sick. i love them #was also told by the children that every boy i draw looks like adrien. so. yeah #they were reading me for filth today #ml #anna rambles

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empiireans · 3 months

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i like how mellow musician is short af compared to their bandmates, so i quickly sketched them lol

#designs will prob change but i just wanted to get them out of my head #no but seriously look at how small mellow is compared to cheering spectator in that one cutscene from performance #bro’s a sapling lmfao #they just like me frrrr #anyways i think they’re all neat #mellow musician #cheering spectator #twirling champion #season of performance #sky children of the light #sky cotl #that sky game #sky children of the light fanart #sky cotl fanart #fanart #character sketches

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unluckyprime · 4 months

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assorted crks 💛

#playing this game is just headcanoning a million dynamics between literal cookies #and I love it #me being mad that every one of vampire cookies lines is about juice bc he’s my fave . as if every character isn’t 2 dimensional #in this game for children #they’re just … goofy #cookie run kingdom #cookie run #crk #schwarzwälder #alchemist cookie #vampire cookie #choco werehound brute #poison mushroom cookie #pomegrante cookie

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little-pondhead · 3 months

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I have a simple fascination and joy in the thought that, for the Ghost King AU, most of the time Danny is literally so normal compared to other ghosts.

Like, he’s a kid. He looks like a kid. Going by canon appearances, he is the most human looking ghost we see (aside from Ellie). Even Plasmius is more inhuman, which is where all the vampire jokes come from. Every single one of this enemies is off even in a human disguise. They’re not human, and people don’t expect them to be.

So aside from the implications of Danny looking like a child ghost, I wonder what other characters would think if they summon the Ghost King, expecting this huge monstrosity worse than anything they’ve ever seen, and getting a totally normal human-looking kid.

I’d be terrified. Because if horror movies have taught us anything, it’s that the most innocent and normal looking people are the worst monsters you’ve ever seen.

Like, what is he hiding??

#danny phantom #pondhead rambles #just a thought #if I tried summoning the ghost king I’d be ready to face an eldritch god not a teenager #and let’s just imagine he’s doesn’t have a creepy form at all #literally just looks the same as canon all the time #if a kid showed up in place of a monster? hell no #I’m outta there #something is wrong and I’m not dealing with it #Danny doesn’t set off the uncanny valley feeling at all but because people THINK that the feeling should be there #the lack of it is making people’s nerves worse #no ‘oh shit we fucked up why is there a kid he can’t possibly be the ghost king’#more like ‘oh shit we fucked up what kind of ghost king looks like a human teen we are way out of our depths’#these thoughts come from me playing video games and immediately being on guard when a lone child is in a place they should not be #like I’m ready to fight monsters and bad guys #children? fuck that they’re obviously going to kill me in the worst way possible

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the-bad-batch-baroness · 2 months

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Crying, screaming, and throwing up over baby clones that got abandoned by their brothers 😭

#IT MAKES ME SO SAD #all of those cadets killed... and for what???#there was a lot of sad stuff to unpack but THAT was the breaking point for me #they may be clones but they’re still CHILDREN #will the cruelty ever end?#*sigh*#😮‍💨#i just had to get that off my chest #tbbb speaks #tbbb rants #the bad batch #bad batch #tbb #tbb season 3 #tbb spoilers #tbb stak #tbb deke #tbb mox #clone cadets

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spirit-of-the-hollow · 1 month

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My ass has recently been dying over Sky so

I made a silly

She’s also now somehow my sona

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puppetmaster13u · 3 months

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Prompt 182

Danny and Wes find themselves in the DC world after a portal incident. No they aren’t speaking about it, why would they need to? The issue is that they’re younger than they should be and it’s a lot harder to do things to try and get back home when people try to get them to go with them or go to the police or whatever.

It’s not like they’re actually five year olds- they were almost graduating! One more week of school! ONE! So maybe they’re salty about it and maybe they both have latched onto each other as the literal only familiar thing in this situation. They don’t have co-dependence, really!

But still, they have things to do! So if people could stop trying to stop them in concern that would be great! Aren’t big cities supposed to be horrible or something?!

#Dcxdp #Dpxdc #Prompts #Danny is his universe version of Superman #Wes is their universe version of Lex Luthor #Fun fact Lex did in fact used to have red hair lol #This WILL lead to misunderstandings #They just want to get home #Danny is only stopped from being a feral badger by the fact Wes is holding his hand #They’re a little co-dependent but they’re sure it’s FINE #It’ll all be fine once they get home #... they can get home again… right….?#Why yes people close to the DC world's versions of them mistake the two for secret love children #Or clones #Or even secret love children from another timeline #There are many misunderstandings

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heroesriseandfall · 1 year

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Fanon mischaracterization of the Drakes is how I end up making a post defending Tim’s parents from baseless fanon bashing only to immediately after make a post complaining about their canon parenting.

#they’re pretty terrible parents most of the time but not like THAT #jack drake did not literally call on the U.S. government to save tim from a war zone only for 1000 fanfics to claim he didn’t care abt tim #neglectful and abusive parents can in fact also love their children! they are not devoid of emotion! they just don’t know how to parent #ALSO. they CLEARLY cared about Tim more than about status! they were just way too caught up in their work to pay enough attention to him!#/end complaint #not really done complaining I’m just gonna stop myself before I keep going #tim drake #jack drake #janet drake #drake parenting #heroesriseandfall #canon vs fanon

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mantimae · 5 months

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