okay but do you ever cry because Haymitch Abernathy
like do you ever just stop and think what it must have been like for him to have to mentor kids and watch them die, year after year, like the first year he was probably like “I survived, kids from 12 can survive, so maybe these two can” and he throws his whole heart and soul into it only to watch them die within the first couple hours
and the second year he’s like “that won’t happen again, no way” so he tries even harder and he coaches them and teaches them and then watches them die
and it goes on year after year, and sometimes he thinks “I know what my mistake was last year, I emphasized strength too much and cunning not enough” and then next year it’s vice versa and he tries different tactics but no matter what he does, the kids he’s trying to save always, always die
one year there’s a really smart girl who does really well and for the first time in years he has a glimmer of hope, and he teaches her everything he can think of and spends as much time with her to prepare her as physically possible, and she does well, so well, she makes it all the way to the last three Tributes only to die in some really stupid, bad luck, sort of way
so he starts refusing to go, but of course the Capitol won’t let him, they drag him out onto the stage and force him to go along with it and no matter how much he drinks to numb the pain it’s never enough
they can make him go but they can’t make him try, so eventually he stops trying
and the worst part is, he doesn’t even notice a difference, the kids still die whether he tries or not
this goes on for twenty-four years
and then Katniss and Peeta show up and he’s just like “lol nope” but then
then he realizes they actually have a chance, and he’s thought that before, there are other kids who have had a chance but still died, but Haymitch still picks himself back up, puts himself back together, starts approaching sponsors and trying to help them in the arena even though he knows they’re probably both going to die
but they actually win, and now they’re alive, but they’re stuck as mentors like him, and he’s honestly not sure which would be worse, because they’re alive but now they’re going to be broken down just as systematically and terribly as he was
IDK, I have a lot of feels, do you ever just cry because Haymitch Abernathy
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People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see
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WHILE I'M HERE STREAM A RARE SAMENESS AND BECAUSE I'M OKAY TOO AND THIS NEW THING BY @lamorenareina ON AO3 OMG
btw stream baby, we'll be fine by ashcrashed on ao3 for towl era richonne and post towl grimes family excellence 👌
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Please keep posting about this Taylor Swift situation. it's so entertaining and hilarious to me. It's not the drama it's the absurdity and ridiculousness of it all that has me hooked.
god theres sooooo many shenanigans that have happened over the years but if we’re talking right now, then uh, here is a story in pictures involving a (justified) bad review for her album
the extremely normal fandom is trying to doxx and harass literally every member of staff they can find at this publication. they were also tweeting gifs of exploding buildings at them and saying “this will be ur hq” and yeah, its likely jokes, but they’re flying pretty close to an investigation there lmao
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I love the implication that Rick probably asked Michonne how she met Nat/Bailey/Aiden and she told him about her not leaving people behind and that's why he said that when they were pillow-strategizing 🥰
well YES but I also like to think he just Knows this about her. like in that early season 6 episode where he tells her and glenn to help the alexandrian's get home safe if they can but to NOT risk their own lives for them and michonne was like 🤨 he knew she (and glenn) would both endanger themselves for other people and he was (futilely) trying to talk them out of it. but either way YEAH so true anon! he loves that about her! it's part of why he recognizes her as such a great leader. you know, alongside literally everything else about her lol
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