Danni Lin

they/them | mixed | mediocre at writing | 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚑'𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 💚

[frolics-dannilions]

Since I'm rebranding and would probably post again, i should introduce myself since i haven't done that before.

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𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒 𝙻𝚒𝚗 (𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖) 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒 𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.

𝚊𝚘3

𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎:

𝙴𝚡 𝙺𝚊𝚣𝚞𝚑𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗

𝙲0𝚁1 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎

𝙰𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚝 (𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚎)

𝙸 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚘

𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖

𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝙹𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚡 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎

𝙿𝚊𝚗-𝚊𝚛𝚘

𝙼𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜

𝙼𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚜 (𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎):

𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝

𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚒: 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚕

𝙷𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚢𝚊

𝙿𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗

𝙶𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝𝚊

𝙵𝚞𝚓𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜

𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑

𝚃𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝙱𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚘-𝚔𝚞𝚗

𝙷𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚢𝚞𝚞

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜

𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍

𝙼𝚢 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚊

𝙹𝚞𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚞 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚗

𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎

𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜:

𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚜

𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜:

𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚍𝚎

𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗

𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎d

𝙽𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑

𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜

𝙽𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚊

𝙽𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚊

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕! 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.

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[frolics-dannilions]

something i like from genshin is—even with their gooner designs—the chibis or children characters are never sexualized.

They're just cute.

[frolics-dannilions]

A rarepair that i have my eyes on... Amber x Lohen.

[frolics-dannilions]

A lil hot take (and hopefully i can write my thoughts well since adhd is a bitch sometimes)

Natlan wasn't as bad as people say. Sure missed opportunities, wasted potential... But I miss the lively atmosphere that most regions have. Mondstatd and Natlan had the best atmosphere IMO. I could be biased.

I love how colorful each tribe is and how distinct it is. Mixing of multiple cultures is bad—look at Sumeru—but having them turn into something so beautiful and fun was the best outcome. And on another note, it reminded me of my childhood. Some people thought nation of war means it was gonna be a wasteland of lava, volcanoes. As someone from one of the countries Natlan based its music from, war and suffering is buried underneath the colors and festivals.

I do have critiques about the skin tone, story, representation, and Chasca's whole design. All of those don't dominate my opinion on how Natlan was great at the aesthetic.

Safe to say i prefer Natlan over Nod Krai.

[frolics-dannilions]

As an ex potterhead, if Snape is black then the other marauders (except for James since Harry is white) should be minorities. Not all three but at least one like Padfoot or Moony.

[frolics-dannilions]

Hi I'm alive.

Dunno if I'll be writing again since I'm employed now. And well, weird news, genshin is currently too big for my devices. HSR too. Have I quit hyv? No, since I still have friends who interact with it.

I—hopefully—can update the remaining chapters I drafted. And might continue with this AU. I'm into other stuff now so it is quite complicated to balance my hyperfixations.

All right, that is all for now.

Happy year of the horse everyone! 恭喜发财 新年快乐

(Side note: might change this account's theme cuz I changed my main)

[frolics-dannilions]

A weird take but: i wished saurians were alebrijes than normal dino dragons

[kitkaloid]

the world's most beloved boy

[sviteer]

If i just wait...a little longer...

[seveninchesfrominsanity]

now that Wanderer/Scaramouche is returning to prominence in discussions about Genshin right now due to the trailer..

Let me once again reiterate how important and powerful a story it is for him to reject his origins and cut off ties with his mother and his place of birth.

Like, listen. Wanderer is Inazuman, which is based on Japanese culture. Filial piety is a heck of an obligation in Asian cultures. Those of you who do not come from collectivist cultures where the family is above the individual do NOT understand how much gravity a decision like cutting off and going no contact with your birth family carries.

In my culture, for example, I don't have a SINGLE friend or acquaintance who's ever disowned a family member, and I'm sure many people from similar cultures will have similar observations.

There is enough romanticisation of motherly love in most books, movies, and games. The idea that a mother's love can change or save a person is a very persistent idea across cultures and times. To be fair, there's a lot of good mothers out there, selfless people who have genuinely only wanted the best for their children.

But that's not always the case. Not every mother is kind or selfless. And even then, the deification of motherly love in the media means that so many of these stories about toxic mothers end in forced reconciliation. As if the child is supposed to forgive and move past the fact that their most important caregiver failed to show up for them meaningfully in their formative years. As if it's a personality flaw to hotly resent the neglect. The abuse. As if hugging it out makes it okay. As if being neglected in your youth doesn't permanently rewire your brain. As if the trauma doesn't settle in the DNA of your bones.

Among a flock of stories about abused/neglected children forgiving their mothers.. Please. From one Wanderer fan to another. Let him move on. Let them never reconcile. He is allowed to want to remain no-contact with her for the rest of his life if he wants. It does NOT matter if Ei repents, if she becomes a better person, if she realises what she did wrong, if she wants a relationship with him.

Wanderer's voice line says it best: she abandoned her own creation. That's all the closure he needs.

His story is all the more powerful for it. Please let it remain that way.

[ibajo256]

[frolics-dannilions]

Thought I'd be desensitized by rereading the deaths in sotr.

Wyatt and Ampert hit me again like a chainsaw.

[katnissmellarkkk]

i just realized “embrace the probability of your imminent death” is a wyatt callow reference

[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.

[eskzerek]

Do you think Wyatt Callow died early protecting Lou Lou so that people back home made no money on his death. He knew his odds, he knew he wasn't supposed to die protecting someone, that he wasn't supposed to die in the bloodbath, and that's why he did it. One last fuck you to the people trying to make money on his death.

[tiredandoptimistic]

Something that I think is important about Wyatt as a character is how he highlights the stupidity of the district system. I know that the human love of sorting ourselves into categories meant that every YA series for a while had a bunch of different groups with associated traits that tweens could take uquizzes about, but The Hunger Games isn't like Divergent or Harry Potter where young adults get grouped based on their personalities. Sure, the districts all have industries they're known for and the tributes are clearly shaped by wherever they grew up, but being born into District Four doesn't actually mean that you'll like fish. Wyatt is brilliant when it comes to numbers, but in District Twelve he can only channel that into gambling. Imagine if he'd been born into District Three with a father like Beetee, what he could have done with his mathematical talents. There's mention of it with Maysilee too, how she doesn't want to run the candy store but her options are that or the mines.

I guess what I'm saying is that the district system is great for keeping people oppressed because they see their fellows as "other," which is why it is a tool of fascism and not a practical way to run a society. It doesn't matter who is in what group, it matters that they internalize their group identity to the point that they ignore the similarities between them.

[nefarious-vex]

can’t believe Suzanne Collins had Wyatt Callow, who knew the odds of all the tributes’ deaths better than his own name, die protecting Lou Lou, who he statistically knew wouldn’t make it anyway. had Louella McCoy, who was immediately ready to try and stick it to the capital any way she could in the games, die before she even reached the arena. had Maysilee Donner, who constantly talked back, who wanted to die with her head up, who didn’t want to be treated like an animal by the capital, die mangled on the ground after having her vocal chords ripped out by a capital-manufactured bird. had Haymitch Abernathy, who from the moment he learned of Beetee’s plan, knew he was ready and willing to give up his life so that his friends and family could live, be forced to live without them, knowing all he did in the arena was for nothing. that everyone died anyway. sick and twisted.