The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, 1st Anniversary!

This is so relatable.

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

Snowbaird edit for Valentine's Event Day 4 - Hands

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.•◇° I feel like this, right here, was such a highlight moment for Coriolanus. For both him as a person and in his relationship with Lucy Gray. In this moment, he put aside his needs for hers. He really empathized with her.

That's what I love about this book though. He isn't all villain. It takes time for him to get there. He makes a few decent choices, like he does here. In small ways. Not all of his thoughts were self-centered or manipulative. He really was capable of becoming someone different. Someone better. •◇°.

These books for an Autumn reading mood °.🍁.•🍂

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ᴀꜱ ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ’ᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴜʀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ.

“ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ ᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜱᴏ ꜱᴀꜰᴇ.”

ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ʟᴜᴄʏ ɢʀᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.

“ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀꜱ.”

ʜɪꜱ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀʀɪɴɢ.

ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ɪᴛ? ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ʜɪꜱ ʟᴜᴄʏ ɢʀᴀʏ? ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ʟɪꜰᴇʟᴇꜱꜱ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ɪꜰ ʜᴇ’ᴅ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ? ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ? - The Rhythm of Order and Chaos, chpt. 12

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Something struck me as I was reading Catching Fire again...in spite of everything else Snow learned through his experiences in Ballad, I do feel that one positive lesson he learned was that the people in the districts were not actually inferior to him or the rest of the Capitol. Reading this scene, I appreciate how polite he is towards Katniss and her mother.

Of course, he's a charmer by nature (and he was playing it up in this scene, I'm sure) and very much has an "us vs. them" mentality, but Gaul's lesson equalized everyone in his mind. They were all players in the game he considered life to be. He changed the entire way the people of the districts were treated. He humanized them to the Capitol.

Now, in Catching Fire, I'm sure one reason he's being so gracious towards Katniss and her mother is because he wants to stay on good terms and avoid a rebellion, but I also liked how he didn't seem to be flaunting any superiority with them, ruthless though he is.

lucy gray: “…are you serious?” 🥀

🤍 Can't wait!!!

It is officially February… which means only two weeks before the start of our Valentine event!

We are so excited to see what you come up with! 💕

Beautiful art piece of what could've been 🤍 This is what we crazy Snowbaird shippers live for.

This is totally what happened in canon right? 🤨

please reblog if you like my art it helps a lot! 🫶

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.°•. * I'm not unhinged or unhappy, I'm just wild .°*•.

I'm on the run with you, my sweet love