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ohhh early 2000s protagonists save me

when katniss reflects on her relationship with peeta after he returns to her hijacked, she describes it as a "hollow of dead brush where flowers used to bloom" (mj, 187).

and this is especially heartbreaking to katniss when she thinks of her peeta.

her dandelion in the spring. who would paint tiger lilies on cookies (cf, 6). and yellow flowers in plant books (mj, 13).

the boy who reminded her that spring always comes, no matter how cruel the winter before was.

and now he is gone. and he is never coming back.

except that isn't true. because he did come back (mj, 324). and with his return, he planted flowers (mj, 324).

and that hollow dead brush... well, began to bloom. just as they grew back together (mj, 329).

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(warning, this ended up being way longer than originally planned from originally thinking the quote was really pretty lol. even the pearl found its way into this analysis)

to add on to this flowers are deeply embedded and part of Katniss' family history. her mom was from the merchant apothecary, some of her most important memories of her dad are associated with flowers, the family plant book. flowers are so significant in her family that both her and Prim are named after flowers. heck, even their cat is named after a flower. Peeta, however, comes from an environment where there doesn't need to be an emphasis of floral motifs in his character. he does have significant flower symbolism throughout the text though because it shows how he is a part of Katniss' family and that she loves him with the same devotion and significance as her family. that moment with the bread was one of the most important moments of her life hence the boy with the bread is forever connected with the dandelion. Peeta's association with flowers even exceeds his relationship with just Katniss and extends to her family as well. the tiger lily cookies weren't solely for Katniss and were more likely made for and handed off to Prim or her mom, since they weren't on speaking terms at the moment. Prim used to admire the intricate floral icing on the cakes at the bakery growing up. working on the family plant book has sentimental significance to her parents' history. Peeta planting primroses to honor Prim herself. even the dandelion is associated to what gave Katniss the hope that her family would survive, with his bread and the flower itself, and we know Katniss' character revolves around the survival of her family. he eventually becomes her dandelion in the spring as their relationship blooms. it first starts off in a meadow of flitting looks and dandelions. it then continues to bloom in places that are meant to destroy it. and despite the cruelty that the winter of Snow brings, they are able to grow together again in the rebirth of spring. the flower association shows how entwined he is with her life and her family.

floral imagery and symbolism is an important part of Katniss' character as she travels and experiences the facets of the capital and war because it reminds her of family and ultimately what she's surviving for. in the first games eating honeysuckle reminds her of home and in mockingjay we get a significant family anecdote with hiding in a honeysuckle meadow that contributes to the rebellion. despite these connections with flowers, district 12, and her family, to have characters be explicitly associated with flowers is highly exclusive in Katniss' narrative. to compare we see characters like Gale who have been part of Katniss' life and integral to her family for a significant period of time, however he has very minimal flower association. there's a few tidbits with Posy and the flowers of the woods associated with him, but nothing as significant or explicit as Peeta's symbolism. in fact when we get to the end of mockingjay he is seen in direct opposition to flowers. he's seen as the fire that was a part of the destruction that destroyed the flowers of her life (Prim). but another person who does have explicit flower symbolism is Rue. not only is Rue the name of a flower but Rue is someone who Katniss cared for because of how much she reminded her of Prim in a survival based environment. she's someone who Katniss sang for the first time in years about valleys and meadows of flowers. and when Rue dies she honors her in a bed of flowers and a promise to survive the games for her. the parallels between Prim and Rue are so apparent that Katniss even directly projects Prim on Rue, which is why she is designated with floral significance by Katniss.

the only exception to this is the strong association of roses to the capital and Snow. of course this is championed by the capital with roses being the unofficial symbol of Panem and of personal significance to Snow himself. the symbolism of roses serves to portray the thorny facade of the capital and how it hides behind a glamourous front. but other than this we can compare roses to the flowers Katniss associates with her loved ones. even though roses and primroses aren't from the same plant family and are entirely different plants, it's interesting how the two extremes of Katniss' love and hate are loosely verbally related. since primrose means "first rose" in latin the similarity could be purposely intentional to emphasize how things that have been distorted by the capital can have different and powerful meanings from the heart of the districts, and its from this love that the districts can recontextualize the capitals distortions (it's almost like the districts breaking the manipulation and control of the capital due to the love of two kids from 12 is the plot of the series lol). an example of recontextualization of capital imagery is with pearls. at first the pearls from the capital and her wedding dress represent Katniss' entrapment by the capital and the control it has on her life. but the organic pearl Peeta finds and gives to her represents his love of her. and when he's physically and mentally taken from her she fiercely holds onto the pearl as it's a physical token of him and comforts her as she becomes the mockingjay, representing her own love and how that motivates her to fight in the rebellion after her consuming grief.

#hopefully this works for a floral analysis #even though i know there's still probably a lot more stuff from the books that i missed #katniss is just the ultimate literature girlie #she likes her pretty metaphors like her blonde flowers->#dandelion and primrose #thg analysis #the hunger games #everlark

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now comes the most important part of rewatching an anime, memeing it to death (sims patch note style)

the one that inspired this whole post

death created this dumbass and immediately lost his reproduction liscence

I had to look up the manga for this one

if you wish to defeat me, train for another hundred years

other dsmp members: tommy, ghostbur

#technoblade #pokemon au #c!techno #technoblade fanart #dsmp #dsmp fanart #pokemon #i didn't forget about carl #don't worry #i just don't think techno would use him in battle after the butcher army confrontation #i'm thinking that carl is a shiny rapidash #so even tho he isn't the fastest of techno's rapidash he is the most special:)

Animated Text for Spy School Characters

Erica:

Alexander:

Ben:

Mike:

Warren:

Ashely:

Zoe:

Nefarious:

Murray:

#spy school #animated text #erica hale #ben ripley #alexander hale #warren reeves #mike brezinski #ashely sparks #zoe zibbell #nefarious jones #murray hill #source: @animatedtext

bluekoreansparrowarcadecarpet

all MCC 16 competitors who wore a ribbon for techno (sorry if i missed any other competitors who wore a ribbon)

c!tommy pokemon au

other dsmp members: techno, ghostbur

#tommyinnit #c!tommy #dsmp #dsmp fanart #pokemon au #pokemon #tommyinnit fanart #myct #myct fanart #quackity #racoon boy and his zigzagoon

awesomedude standing in for sam nook while tommy and foolish create real estate

bonus tubbo and his turnips beetroots

#dream smp #tommyinnit #awesomedude #foolishg #tubbo #animal crossing new horizons #dsmp art

Part 2: Incorrect spy school quotes for Father's Day

Trixie: Can we get ice cream?

Alexander: Did you ask mom?

Trixie: She said no…

Alexander: Then why did you ask me?

Trixie: She’s not the boss of you!

Alexander, internally: It’s a trap, it’s a trap, it’s a trap, it’s a tr-

Erica: Your existence is confusing.

Alexander: How so?

Erica: Your presence is annoying, but the thought of anything bad happening to you upsets me.

Cyrus: The coming fight will determine the fate of the world. History has come to a crucial tipping point.

Alexander: So you're saying, things could go either way.

Cyrus: Precisely.

Alexander: Like a see-saw!

Cyrus: ...Yes. History is like... a see-saw.

Alexander: Erica gave me a get better soon card.

Catherine: That's sweet.

Alexander: I wasn't sick, she just thought I could do better.

[Cyrus teaching Alexander how to drive]

Cyrus: Now are you familiar with the gear shift?

Alexander: You mean....the PRNDL?

Cyrus: The what?

Alexander: The PRNDL.

Cyrus: Are you referring to the shift lever that says P-R-N-D-L

Alexander: I’m not a child, Dad, I know how to spell Prndl.

Cyrus: If you have 10 cookies and I ask for 5, how many would you have left?

Trixie: None.

Cyrus: ... Trixie this is basic math-

Trixie: I would give them all to you because I love you.

Cyrus:

Cyrus, visibly holding back tears: Disgusting. Absolutely repulsive. Get out of my house.

Alexander: I’m... grounded?!

Cyrus: Yes, you’re grounded.

Alexander: You can’t ground me! I’m an adult.

Cyrus: You disobeyed an order!

Erica, holding a shovel: And now, we’re gonna bury you until you’ve learned your lesson!

Catherine: That’s not how grounding works!

#spy school #spy school incorrect quotes #father's day #hale family shenanigans

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The Akira bike slide and every animation ever made since the 1988/1990 film releases

This should be on every tumblr blog.

#gravity falls #shmebulock

Ranboo during MCC 14:

#ranboo #mcc 14 #mc championship #liveblogging

Learn the alphabet with Spy Camp

A: "...and the locals are far less inbred than the royal family."

B: "Bear cocked her head at Erica, curious, then seemed to bow in respect."

C: "Correspondence from the enemy was always an excellent conversation starter."

D: "Dude, drop the whole canibal thing."

E: "'Eat the dead people!' Warren suggested, a bit too enthusiastically."

F: "Frankly, I woud have preferred finding a bomb in my room. I knew how to deal with a bomb. The principal, on the other hand, was far more unpredictable."

G: "Geneva. Talk about a city that's safe. They haven't had a murder there in five years."

H: "however I wasn't about to turn my back to turn my back on Murray Hill. I found myself wishing the guns in my hands were real."

I: "I think you just enjoy ambushing me."

J: "Jawa's a freak of nature, you're just a freak."

K: "...knocking over a few fake druids, then I cut around a large plastic object that was probably supposed to be a dragon, although it looked more like a dyspeptic stegosaurus."

L: "Last week, he froze my chemistry textbook in liquid nitrogen. I didn't realize he'd done it until I dropped it in the mess hall and it shattered."

M: "...might seem surprising that the principal of the CIA's academy for future intelligence agents wasn't intelligent himself- but then, both the CIA and the academy are run by the government."

N: "Nobody needs a mobile phone. There just shackles to civilization."

O: "Only a moron would play a pratical joke with highly classified data- and this institution doesn't accept morons. It has a few delinquents, scoundrels, and reprobates, but no morons."

P: "People managed to survive a long time in the wilderness without GPS. They used these things called 'maps'."

Q: "Q-tip for a elephant."

R: "Rather than looking bedraggled and half drowned, she appeared refreshed, as if she'd just had a dip in the pool."

S: "SPYDER shall retaliate in a matter such as, but not limited to, the following: removal of Ripley's head by force from the rest of his body, extraction of Ripley's cerebellum via his nasal passages, excessive bludgeoning, or defenestration."

T: "They did, however, seem taken aback by Erica. They stared at her in confusion, apparently trying to deduce whether she was a legitimate threat or a harmless lunatic."

U: "Up to that point, I'd been having a good day."

V: West "Virgina? I thought that was all strip mines and inbred hillbillies."

W: "When you get a potentially life-threatening message from an organization that has previously sent an assassin after you, it makes sense to inform someone other than a fifteen-year-old girl.

Like an eighteen-year-old girl."

Y: "Y'know, when most people want to talk with someone else, they call them on the phone. Maybe drop be their room. They don't ambush them in the middle of the woods."

Z: "Zoe had named Warren "Chameleon" because he was a master at camouflaging himself, although when she wasn't around, the rest of us called him "Stalker"."