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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, 1st Anniversary!

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It's still got its grip on me...this story just hit so different. I was totally wrecked after the book, and it got me again three years later! I walked out of that theatre haunted.

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"For a moment he laughed, forgetting where they were, how depressing the backdrop. For a moment there was just her smile, the musical cadence of her voice, and the hint of flirtation."

- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, chpt. 9

🔸Even in Arcadia *. 🪷𓂃. Dedication to Emperor Geta {+ Caracalla}

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

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

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOU

When I hold a rose, I see the soft, velvety petals

and smile, because tucked between those precious petals is a special gift - the one of a fragrance, pure and sweet. ❁⋆｡˚ .

❁⋆｡˚ . When you hold a rose, you see the thorns along the stem, and you frown because those thorns can bring you pain and cause you to bleed.

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I see the gift.

You see the tragedy.

- Lisa Schroeder

Reading through the first book again, and came across an interesting parallel to Ballad...

After Peeta "betrays" Katniss' trust and teams up with the Careers, she considers him an enemy who will try to kill her. I imagined Snow watching this and comparing it to his own situation in the woods with Lucy Gray.

He betrayed her trust with the lie he told and she determined he was an enemy whom she then had to flee from.

And (from his perspective) she intended to kill him with the snake bite in nearly the same way Katniss intended to kill Peeta with the hive of Tracker Jackers.

But where this inspired vengeance in Snow and made him fully turn against Lucy Gray, Peeta's determination to keep Katniss alive doesn't change. It doesn't change his feelings for her at all.

I sort of just love imagining Snow's reaction to that and how, even from the beginning, these two seem to defy his expectations.

This is so relatable.

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

Have to get!!! 🤍

I have finished with the main designs and ordered some of the keychains!!!!! I will make a post when I make a shop and upload the keychains they will be 10-11 dollars depending on my sister's and mother's advice cus I have no idea what I am doing. Thank you for being interested and helping me fulfill my silly dream of making money off my art!! Let me know if any of you guys would be interested in Lucilla, Ravi, etc. as added options later on!

Big city boy moves to small town where he reunites with the love of his life and...

°. • TBOSAS Part III is a Hallmark movie gone horribly wrong. .•.°

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Moodboard for my story on ao3! A post-canon redemption fic 𓏲ִ 𓂃 .🤍