the archivist

hi my name is star + i am here 24.

[scullee]

here’s some project hail mary studies i did recently in heavypaint

[parhelion-studio]

Rocky: Patron Saint of ~🎶🎵 🎶🎵 🎶~

[calamitychi]

so started to re-read catching fire and had a thought when gale's mother, hazelle appeared.

she's a widow and her husband died in a coal mining "accident." she works her fingers to the bone as a washwoman. you know who else was? haymitch's mom, willamae.

eventually, hazelle becomes one of the few people other than katniss and peeta allowed into his life as the caretaker of his home. wonder if she reminded him of someone?

[crazyness-overpowers]

the way haymitch must have seen it as all his ghosts coming back to haunt him at once when katniss walked onto the train with the face of burdock and asterid, the pin of maysilee, the voice of lenore dove, and a background so devastatingly similar to his own. of course sweetheart slipped out. and of course he did everything he could to keep her alive

[kaybaeisgay]

the longer i sit with it, the more i think that the saddest (not without some tough fucking competition, obviously) realization about sotr to me is that almost all the tributes really, truly, did not treat the games like they had a chance.

in the original trilogy—and even in The Ballad—the tributes felt like they were genuinely scheming and training and vying to win. with every other games, it seemed like the kids held onto this hope that they would be The One to make it, the one to become victor, even if they didn’t always say it aloud. despite the odds, they clawed as close as they could to victory, even if it meant playing into the capitol’s game and sacrificing their honor or morality.

but in this one? they come into the training rooms expecting to die. even the careers, though they swagger about and act like hot shit, feel younger than the careers have ever felt to me before. they collectively seem more resigned and bitter than in past/future tributes. their motives were all so unified against the capitol in a way that was reminiscent of the 75th games—where half the tributes were already a part of an organized rebellion to begin with.

while the theme of ‘i want to choose how i die, i don’t want the capitol to use me’ is prevalent in every book, this quell felt especially grim and determined. i kept expecting suzanne collins to undermine the camaraderie she gave the Newcomers. i kept expecting someone to decide ‘fuck it, i’m going for it on my own and i’ll backstab whoever i need to to do it.’ i kept expecting betrayal and desperation and a true competition.

but no—like wyatt, knowing his odds and choosing to protect the weaker—like ampert, knowing he’s charming and smart enough to make a decent bid for victor, yet rebelling anyways—like maysilee, knowing she’s near powerless, but spitting in the capitol’s face anytime she can—like all the newcomers, knowing they hardly have a shot, but absolutely refusing to betray one another—

they remained steadfast in their hope to die dignified and honorable, to die fighting against the true enemy, and that makes it so much more heartbreaking.

[mysteriouseggsbenedict]

Thinking about Maysilee Donner. A girl who refused to let the Capitol dehumanize her. A girl who wanted to die with dignity, without begging for her life, because that mattered to her. Who set up a place setting with napkins and forks in the middle of the arena because she is a human being. Who loved jewelry and fashion and believed that her appearance sends a message about who she is, and who wanted that message to be respectable, dignified, worth something.

Thinking about Maysilee Donner who was unafraid to slap the woman who pulled her name in the reaping and who threw clever insults towards anyone who provoked her, no matter who they were. Maysilee Donner who believed human dignity is inherent but respect is earned and who refused to give respect to those who did not deserve it.

Maysilee Donner whose father threw money at the reaping stage as if that could save her, and the money floated to the ground just like the confetti, meaningless paper that signified nothing when placed against the power of the Capitol. Whose privilege could not save her. Who recognized that reality and faced it with more fortitude than any person should ever have to display. Maysilee Donner.

[snowfallingfirecatching]

Comments on tiktoks that had me balling all over again:

(Above: Talking about Mags, Beetee, and Wiress who aligned with Katniss)

(Below: I think it's been said before I need people to be reminded of it:)

Just. Diabolical 😭

[kennico]

I love you like all-fire

[beesintreezz]

here’s a little meme I made

[1/?]

[beesintreezz]

here’s a little meme I made

[1/?]

[calamitychi]

we're back friends

[kotwkawie]

the white streak >>>

"sexy gentleman" damn straight!! look at my boy!!!

[womankisservermouth]

[cheesy-cryptid]

So the barbie movie happened 😭😭😭😭

[rylandsgrace]

Barbie (2023) // The Good Place (2016-2020)

[strangerthingscast]

i just thought of the fact they played the song “we could be heroes” in season 1 after finding Will’s body when they all believed he was dead and mike went to hug his mom (and then later of course, discovered he was stuck in the upside down), and they played it in season 3 after thinking hopper died and mirrored the scene of mike hugging his mom.. this could mean nothing or something

[macden]

lesbian rights!