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new thing

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“let’s meet again in 2025.” ♡ (jin ver.) (hobi ver.)

#bts #suga #kookie

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

1.01 "Steven Sees a Ghost"

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endless favorites ♡ luke & nell (the haunting of hill house)

“i was born 90 seconds before nell, but she was always my big sister.”

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Haunting of Hill House, 1x10

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drops these off at your feet and scurries away like a small feral creature

#hogwarts legacy

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I don't blame poppy. I would be just as amazed if I studied with ominis😭

#hogwarts legacy #that would be so cute

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The Haunting of Hill House, 2018, dir. Mike Flanagan

S01E05 The Bent-Neck Lady

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“I was right here. I didn’t go anywhere. I was right here. I was right here the whole time. None of you could see me. Nobody could see me.”

Victoria Pedretti as Eleanor Crain THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) dir. Mike Flanagan

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) Dir. Mike Flanagan

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Actually no I’m so not done talking about how rigged the quell was. Because I’ve seen people referring to it as “hunger games all stars.” That was 1000% intentional. Not only is it these weirdly coincidental duos that are reaped together (even from districts with tons of victors). For instance, a brother and sister duo, and two different known couples- it’s ALSO people who won their own games by extraordinary means. It IS the all stars, anyone who poses the biggest threat to the capitol. To eliminate all but one would be to eliminate any threat of the capitol’s fall. All of them arguably have the most reason for rebellion as well- it was a truly genius move that probably would’ve worked if it weren’t for Plutarch’s plan.

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I think the saddest character in the Hunger Games franchise is Mags Flanagan. She is as almost as old as the Games themselves. She won the 11th Hunger Games. Then, for the entirety of her life, for over 60 years, she was forced to relieve that same trauma year after year, trying to train kids, save kids, just like herself. Over time Mags watched the Games get more brutal, more “entertaining”. She watched her community sacrifice two children over and over again. There is nothing Mags can do but bare it. She desensitizes herself. She reaches her 80s. She is old and almost free of the pain; the trauma has formed a callous. But Mags will continue to work until she dies. This is all she has ever known. 

Then, the 75th Quarter Quell is announced and Mags is back on the stage for the first time in 60 years. A reaping outfit. Her name in a glass bowl. The tension, the dread, the silence before the reading of the name – Annie Cresta. But to Mags, it never mattered the name that was picked. She knew her hand was going up. And for the first time since she was a child, she is back in the Games. 

During her the 11th Hunger Games, Mags was caged in the zoo with the other tributes. This time, she is presented with a gorgeous suite, the best food the Capitol has to offer, and the finest clothes. The 11th Hunger Games were televised on a blurry screen; now, all of Panem is going to watch her every move. Mags knows she isn’t going to win. But, as she spends the last weeks of her life walking in the shoes of every child she couldn’t save, as the trauma of her own Games is as alive and present as it has ever been, she knows that, for the first time in her long life, she was able to truly save at least one person from this fate. 

Hope is a funny thing. Mags picked apart the Capitol’s logic and the heart of the Games long ago. She knows why they allow one victor, and how every tribute goes into the arena hoping its them. She knows this is unrealistic; all of Panem knows that only one will come out alive. But even as she rises into the ticking clock of the arena, that stubborn feeling flutters in her chest. Maybe she will get out of there with the rest of the rebels. But if not –

Mags looks to Johanna. To Katniss and Peeta. To Finnick. Her hope for them is stronger, steadier, than the hope for her own self-preservation. She looks into the cornucopia of weapons, the familiar ring of twenty-four tributes, and allows herself to dream that maybe, maybe, this is it. This will be the last one. 

For the first time in over half a century, Mags won’t be watching the Games from the comfort and safety of a faraway room. This time, she has the chance to help directly. To be able to protect others with more than just a parachute full of supplies. To have the ability to save another life. To save multiple lives. To save all the future children of Panem. 

The gong sounds.

Mags smiles. 

She dives into the water. 

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And when again they open, the sun will rise.

THE HUNGER GAMES — 2012, dir. Gary Ross

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I'm certain I'm not the first to think/realise this, but during my hunger games reread I noticed that the announcement that there can be two victors if they are from the same district comes when the only pairs left are Katniss/Peeta and Clove/Cato. Plus, when Thresh gets ahold of Clove, she calls for Cato. The book states he cradles her, begging her to stay with him. I reckon the rule change was not just for the Katniss/Peeta romance drama angle, but because unbeknownst to our otherwise occupied narrator, Clove and Cato had formed a romance in the arena that was being televised. So the capitol was like,,, let's add a couple V couple love island element

#the hunger games #love island elements omg

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the pure rizz that emanates from peeta when katniss is patching him up in the first book is unholy and not shown enough in the movies

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everlark had EVERYTHING: strangers to lovers. friends to lovers. strangers to friends to strangers again to lovers. rivals to lovers. enemies to lovers. little bit of childhood friends to lovers. emotional x stoic. fell first x fell harder. hurt and comfort. hurt and no comfort. fake dating. fake marriage. a little of oh-my-god-they-were-roommates.

thankfully the only thing missing was major character death

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So I’m pretty firmly against the idea that Madge was associated with any sort of organized rebel force in 12—though I would agree she and her family have anti-Capitol sentiments—because of the books’ emphasis in highlighting that Madge’s strength was a silent strength.

I think the main reason Madge gave Katniss the pin was because she cared about Katniss and wanted Katniss to know that, in the event of her death, she really cared about her and valued their relationship. I also wonder, though, if maybe Madge had a double motive. I wonder if part of the reason she insisted on giving Katniss the pin was because she knew Haymitch would recognize it.

Obviously, the books don’t say Haymitch and Madge know each other, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that they do. But even if they don’t know each other on a personal level, Madge knew he would see the pin and know that someone in Maysilee’s family gave it to Katniss. Katniss matters to them, enough for them to give her this object that holds such a profound amount of emotional weight. Perhaps Madge hoped this would embolden him to try and get Katniss home; to save the girl with the pin this time when he couldn’t before.

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