Love This! I've Also Imagined Her Having A Braid Like This!

maysilee and haymitch’s reaping outfits

Me: *mentions favorite tv show*

Friend: “I’ve never seen that befo-“

Me: 

appreciation of death note's official art: gothic influence, biblical / religious imagery, intricate backgrounds, abstract but thoughtful compositions, influence of vkei, gothic lolita and other alternative fashions, dramatic - reminds me of classical baroque paintings, death imagery (obviously).

for a story centered around abstract mental battles, it was remarkable how the artist anchored it in a tangible, recognizable aesthetic, giving it a sense of materiality

also people need to realise that 'the hunger games' is not about a 16-year old starting a revolution, it is about adults in power using children for their political games! both for better or worse!

okay, so I've finished "sunrise on the reaping" and omg

this book kills me. even though I knew the ending, I didn't know how exactly it was going to end. now that's really devastating. haymitch really went through it all.

the book had a couple of slips here and there, but overall, it was good. i loved making connections to the rest of the series. i'm also really invested in this generation now. i'd love to read at least a short story about Katniss's parents. i would also love to read a little bit of the og trilogy from haymitch's and peeta's perspective. the epilogue moved me.

4.75/5

some Blues (feat. her messy hair)

absolutely no other fictional character will EVER top ronan lynch in yearning. in devotion. "a combination that focused most of the objects of Ronan's worship into one downtown block" oh. "his feelings for Adam were like an oil spill" oh!!! "it was a choice between death and hurting adam, and that wasn't much of a choice at all" OH. he was on a whole other level

Im rereading The Hunger Games because I apparently want to retraumatize myself after SOTR, and I got to Katniss and Gale selling strawberries to Madge.

I've seen people talk about the strawberries and how they relate to Maysilee because of the ice cream. But, the scene mentions Madge is wearing a white dress, the Mockingjay pin, and a pink ribbon in her hair.

Her mom, Merilee, wore a pink dress with matching ribbons on the day of her sister's reaping 💔 Maysilee's purple ribbons never made it home and Merilee lost her hummingbird pin, so Madge wears the things her mom and aunt had that no longer have their twin 😭

Suzanne Collin’s just said fuck you to everyone who’s ever critiqued the Hunger Games as being a “teen girl saves the day” story. She said oh, Mockingjay didn’t make it clear enough? Here’s a book about how people have been rebelling for decades only to have their efforts suppressed and propagandized. Rebellion takes time and it takes failure and Katniss may have been the spark that ignited the wildfire but she did so standing atop the doused flames of everyone who came before her.