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she/her | 20s | Whatever I‘m most interested in at the moment, which currently is [Dispatch]! | Sunrise on the Reaping is also a big one tho! | If you scroll down far enough you will also find Lord of the Rings and CriticalRole (no C3 spoilers pls) | Even older obsessions include Owlhouse and Undertale | Star Wars reoccurs

[uncle-cricket]

tma full series spoilers

martin is such an important and personal character to me. i dont even kin him, but he IS personal. like. i get him. and people misunderstand him so easily, they chalk him up to tropes and stereotypes and it kills me. he is a manipulative, angry man. he grew up in an environment where manipulation was his best case of "survival", hes had rage festering within him ALL HIS LIFE because of his quite costant mistreatment. people call him whiney, especially in s4-s5, and i truly dont understand how he can be watered down like that. especially when itsthe other way and hes just watered down to be sweet, nervous, and shy. because oh, does that happen so much more. because he isnt really sweet is he. no, hes actually quite opinionated and can be QUITE difficult. because after years of being a people pleaser hes callous. hes tougher. fuck even in s1 he wasnt THAT much of a push over. he literally got on jons ass about being a skeptic only after a few episodes of meeting him. and people dont acknowledge that aspect of him so much!! hes opinionated!! hes fucking annoying with his opinions!! and more often than not, he probably thinks hes right!! hes an arrogant, rude little shithead!!!!!!! but he covers that up, because he views that part of himself as INHERITLY DISLIKABLE!!!! im rambling and theres no damn point to this post but martin is a character thats misunderstood the most and it drives me insane because he is so, so personal to me. i really, really get him. and it frustrates me!!!!! RAAGGGG MARTIN BLACKWOOD THEY DONT AGKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR THE COMPLEX CHARACTER YOU ARE

[electrikworm]

Me and @derangedchameleon are cooking up a Magnus Archive PHM au and this is our eridian Jonathan

Chameleon came up with the design and I drew him :)

[lesbiandartagnan]

yes, the portrayal of healthy platonic male friendships in lord of the rings is extremely important in showing not only healthy masculinity, but healthy complex and deep non-romantic same sex relationships. however, that doesn't stop frodo and sam from being gay as fuck

[pearl-in-vinegar]

i made this a while ago and forgot it existed. here you go

[derangedchameleon]

Tim: The question is. Who here does the best impression of head archivist Jonathan Sims? You will be judged by voice, body language and overall lack of flare. Everyone will be performing the same scenario. Jonathan Sims eating a marshmallow, for the very first time. LET THE SIMS-OFF BEGIN!!!

Elias: What is this glutenous monstrosity before me??

Rosie: The sugar in this is quite sweet

Martin: Ooooh. OHOOHOHOHOOOOOHO!

Tim: That's your Jon impression...?

Martin: I can hear him doing that!

Sasha: Looks like a sticky pillow...

Tim: I don't care for it. Classical music.

Jon: What's going on here? What are you doing?

Tim: Oh hey boss. Nothing, just eating some marshmallows care for one?

Jon: marshed mallow...

Jon: ooh. OhohOHOhohoH. HohoohOOHohOHOh

Martin: I KNEW IT!!!

[asneakyfox]

one of my favorite bits in lord of the rings is something the movies didn't really try to do because it's entirely internal, but sam's carrying the ring and it starts trying to do its work on him, so he's having these intrusive visions of himself marching at the head of a vast and terrible army, and he just starts laughing because, me? samwise gamgee? sam gamgee the general sam gamgee the dark lord are you for real? man i just want to go home and do some gardening. and the ring gets frustrated and it starts trying to figure out other stuff that would actually tempt sam and it's finally like, okay, but hear me out: imagine if you could have...A REALLY REALLY BIG GARDEN

[jays-therapist]

There's something so meaningful about Katniss associating Peeta with dandelions, especially when you take into account the way Peeta is viewed by others throughout the trilogy and how dandelions are viewed in real life.

Dandelions are considered by many people to be weeds. They're not toxic, but they're eyesores in any perfect garden or lawn; they spread fast due to the way they seed, so they're considered invasive; their one use—attracting pollenators—is negated by the fact that their pollen is low in nutrients.

In other words, they're useless. They're pests.

Peeta throughout canon is treated similarly. It's a repeated theme that he is always brushed aside and disregarded in some way, second best to someone or something else. He's the third son. His mother deems him inadequate, he loses to his brother in wrestling, his father always wanted a daughter. Haymitch saves Katniss over him in the first games, the rebellion saves Katniss over him in the Quell. Peeta, in the eyes of others, inculding himself, has very little value. It's partially why in Catching Fire he says on the beach, "Nobody needs me."

And yet, we see how Katniss views dandelions, just as she views Peeta. To Katniss, dandelions are a sign of spring, the first bit of food bees get after winter, a sign of cultivation and new life on the horizon. They mean being sustained, for every bit of a dandelion is edible. They represent hope. To Katniss, dandelions are beautiful.

Peeta is her dandelion. He takes a beating to feed her when she's starving. The bread he gives her is enough to keep her alive for when spring comes, and she can forage in the woods. At her lowest, most cynical, and most suicidal, Peeta returns to her and plants a garden outside her window so that she can mourn in peace, and bakes her bread for breakfast the next morning so that she can eat. So she can live.

There is so much in the text that shows us how valuable Katniss finds Peeta. To her, Peeta is incredibly kind, talented, and intelligent. He's a wordsmith. He's her hope. He's beautiful.

But I think it's best expressed in Catching Fire, in response to Peeta's assessment of his worth: "It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

'I do,' I say. 'I need you.'"

To Katniss, Peeta is everything but a weed.

[derangedchameleon]

Rereading Ballad and came to the final Lucy Gray and Snow scene.

At first I was confused by how I remembered it, since Snow was actually being quite reasonable at first. He would tell her he‘d go back and she could go on, and she would never talk so it wouldn‘t be a problem. Plain and simple. Were the Lucy Gray haters right when they said that Lucy Gray pretty much baited him into trying to kill her?

But no. Snow‘s thoughts took a dark turn even before he realised she was missing. „She said she wouldn’t be able to stay away from district 12 if she was alone… What if she goes back, they arrest her and torture the truth out of her?“

Before exiting the little house he checks if the gun is loaded. Why would he do that if he wasn‘t already subconsciously planning what he couldn‘t even admit to himself at that point?

Lucy Gray read him much better here than he could even read himself.

[derangedchameleon]

The choice on Suzanne Collins‘ part to have Coriolanus manage to kill three mockingjays after the peacekeepers were cleared to use them for target practice. At the hanging tree. After having murdered three (Bobbin, Mayfair, Sejanus).

[derangedchameleon]

I need to ramble about Clerk Carmine now. Little Clerk Carmine is so adorable and sweet. Yes there is some of the gruffness we see in sotr there, in the way he shuts down Maude Ivory‘s bird interpretation of Lucy Gray‘s ballad in favor of his ghost theory. But that‘s just a kid being a kid and believing steadfastly that his interpretation is the right one.

The way he just… brings people little gifts he finds. How he brings Lucy Gray the katniss and the blue feather for Maude Ivory, insisting no one tell her that he was the one that got it for her. Even as a kid, he loved deeply but nono, you weren‘t allowed to see it. I love him so much.

I headcanon that he did this for all the covey. Lenore Dove grew up with flowers and cool rocks and nicely shaped pinecones just appearing at her bedside. Would have taken her a while to figure out where they came from.

Honestly though no wonder he wanted nothing to do with Haymitch. It appears every single man that got involved with a covey girl previously caused misery. Literally. We start with Billy Taupe, his own brother, landing Lucy Gray in the games. As if that wasn‘t enough to give the kid trust issues, Lucy Gray‘s other boyfriend, the one she supposedly ran away with, shows up on the news as a new gamemaker and later becomes president of the system that almost killed his big sister. And then whoever got Lenore Dove‘s mother (who I assume is Maude Ivory) pregnant disappears without a trace, and Maude Ivory dies in childbirth. We don‘t know what happened to Barb Azure but some people theorise she‘s the covey connection to the Everdeens. So an Everdeen man showed up and took her away. Lovely. There‘s no mention of her in sotr at all, so we can assume she died too.

And the worst part is that Clerk Carmine was right about Haymitch. No, Haymitch didn‘t mean to hurt Lenore Dove. But she would not have been poisoned that day had it not been for him. Wonder if Clerk Carmine started just believing in a curse after that point. I mean there were no more covey girls left to test the theory on but seriously.

And then Tam Amber dies and he‘s all alone and at like 85+ years old has to run from his burning home clutching nothing but his fiddle. Can someone give this man a hug please?

[radioactive-earthshine]

Not sure why it's a new trend among fic readers to assume if the fic has not been posted within the week it's inappropriate to comment on it, like the fic has to be hot out of the oven to give feedback for.

I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.

Just comment on the fic. Doesn't matter how old it is.

[mysteryteacup]

Fandom is not social media.

Fandom is not trends.

Fandom is a cross between a library and having a slumber party with your friends.

"Old" means nothing to fic.

[wootwona]

since the old version of this post was flagged for ‘adult content’…

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the nb spectrum!

[drax-the-vampire-king]

All kind people are safe here.

[drax-the-vampire-king]

Rebloging again because the world sucks and I want to spread a little positivity

[polartss]

the mockingjay

[fabledfeathers]

caleb wittebane hai

[derangedchameleon]

Love this artstyle :)

[gothhabiba]

“If a society puts half its children into short skirts and warns them not to move in ways that reveal their panties, while putting the other half into jeans and overalls and encouraging them to climb trees, play ball, and participate in other vigorous outdoor games; if later, during adolescence, the children who have been wearing trousers are urged to “eat like growing boys,” while the children in skirts are warned to watch their weight and not get fat; if the half in jeans runs around in sneakers or boots, while the half in skirts totters about on spike heels, then these two groups of people will be biologically as well as socially different. Their muscles will be different, as will their reflexes, posture, arms, legs and feet, hand-eye coordination, and so on. Similarly, people who spend eight hours a day in an office working at a typewriter or a visual display terminal will be biologically different from those who work on construction jobs. There is no way to sort the biological and social components that produce these differences. We cannot sort nature from nurture when we confront group differences in societies in which people from different races, classes, and sexes do not have equal access to resources and power, and therefore live in different environments. Sex-typed generalizations, such as that men are heavier, taller, or stronger than women, obscure the diversity among women and among men and the extensive overlaps between them… Most women and men fall within the same range of heights, weights, and strengths, three variables that depend a great deal on how we have grown up and live. We all know that first-generation Americans, on average, are taller than their immigrant parents and that men who do physical labor, on average, are stronger than male college professors. But we forget to look for the obvious reasons for differences when confronted with assertions like ‘Men are stronger than women.’ We should be asking: ‘Which men?’ and ‘What do they do?’ There may be biologically based average differences between women and men, but these are interwoven with a host of social differences from which we cannot disentangle them.”

— Ruth Hubbard, “The Political Nature of ‘Human Nature’“

[donniehaspronouns]

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

[prokopetz]

You are an unreliable narrator because your coping mechanisms for your deep-seated trauma forbid you from acknowledging the reality of the situation. I am an unreliable narrator because I sincerely have no idea what the fuck is going on.

[lochnestfarm]

," Katniss snarled at President Snow.