icbiwf

This was originally a fanfiction blog. Still is, from time to time. icbiwf on FFn icbiwf on AO3 tumblr drabbles Demographic Data: (because I don't talk about myself all that much and this has caused confusion in the past): 40s, cis male, white, straight, atheist Jew. He/him/his pronouns. Born, raised, and currently reside in CT, USA.

[thesweetnessofspring]

"The next Hunger Games book should be about-"

WRONG. The series should be done. Fanfiction forever.

[louezem]

[damsel-understresss]

im so sorry i never participated in the reblog game you tagged me in i love you very much im just so tired

[gay-mormon-wizard]

We assume that Katniss doesn't convince everyone in the districts of the authenticity of her love for Peeta because Snow says so. Snow believes that convincing the districts will calm them down. But Snow, as characterized in the prequels, fundamentally does not understand love.

Katniss DOES convince most everyone in the districts. The only district people to question the love story are the other victors, because they alone understand how the Capitol's propaganda works, how stories are controlled and victors are forced to play their part.

But when Katniss visits District 8, everyone seems fully convinced. People assure Katniss that they know Peeta was just speaking under duress. They're so upset about Katniss "losing the baby" that one woman actually weeps over it. The everyday District citizens buy into it fully.

The issue is that Snow doesn't understand how powerful love is. Katniss and Peeta's act fuels the rebellion instead of tamping it because choosing love over violence is rebellious. Like when Katniss and Peeta hold hands and Haymitch calls it the perfect touch of rebellion, or when Katniss covers Rue with flowers, or when all the victors hold hands on interview night. Compassion, love, friendship between competitors, it's all in defiance to the Capitol's agenda.

Snow thought that the districts would hear, "I'm just a silly little harmless teenage girl doing impulsive things because I'm in love! How nice of the Capitol to let me keep my boyfriend!" Instead they heard, "My love gave me the courage to defy the Capitol." They heard, "My love held firm in the face of all the Capitol's power and cruelty. I refuse to kill him or even passively let him die." They heard, "The Capitol is not strong enough to corrupt a steadfast heart." And if the Capitol can't even overcome two teenagers' puppy love, it certainly can't overcome thousands of adults' love for their neighbors, children, and homes, or a unified people's passion for freedom and justice.

Snow underestimated love, and it was his downfall.

[starryslyii]

Types of Fanfic Writers

Angst Dealer: If it doesn’t emotionally destroy their readers, did they even write it?

Slow-Burn Specialist: 100k words and they haven’t even touched hands

Smut Goblin: Plot? What plot?

Chaos Conductor: No one asked for a cross over between The Hunger Games and Divergent, but here we are

Canon Wizard: “What if this one tiny thing changed and everything was different?”

The Procrastinator: Has a playlist, Pinterest board, and outline for their fic but never actually writes

Which one are you?

[icbiwf]

Is there an opposite of the Angst Dealer? The Pollyannist?

[yesterdayiwrote]

The irony of this new breed of self-righteous AI hunters on AO3 is that they're all just copy and pasting peoples fics into AI detectors, which are all operated by AI and therefore THEY are feeding people's work into the algorithm without their consent and in some cases no doubt circumventing the locks people put on to avoid getting scraped...

Don't copy and paste anyone's AO3 work into third party websites, you're not the good guys in this situation?

[zaziki1412]

Reblog cause FACTS

[glintglimmergleam]

you know when you write a line and it just. HITS.

then you're sitting there all smug about it but also like: where the hell did that come from and how do i do it again?

[valdochosamja]

Katniss, i just want you to be happy😔

[justafewberries]

listen to me. hear me when i say this because I hate seeing this take continuously crop up:

sweetheart in the trilogy is not meant to be a term of endearment.

Sweetheart is a sarcastic, condescending, and mocking word used to undermine and tease Katniss. It is not a word of endearment:

By the end of the session, I am no one at all.

Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge has crept into his voice.

"I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them." (THG)

And if that’s not enough, what about arguably the meanest scene in the whole trilogy:

Haymitch belches, filling the air with white liquor fumes. "What is it, sweetheart? More boy trouble?" I don't know why, but this hurts me in a way Haymitch rarely can. It must show on my face, because even in his drunken state, he tries to take it back. "Okay, not funny." (Mockingjay)

It’s not Katniss being an “unreliable narrator” and not picking up on his tone. She understands Haymitch better than she understands herself. Sweetheart needs to be a nasty, condescending name to make the development of haymitch’s warmth more impactful. Over the arc of the first book, sweetheart develops from a rude name to a sweeter one. Having it start nice, always be nice, deprives Haymitch of that character change.

[jtt-033-1613]

- David Duchovny

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

No one understood the shipper psyche better than 90s Duchovny

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #4207:

if someone tells you your book isn't relatable, scream at them until they go away

[stealingpotatoes]

Random question but what's your opinion on Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from the hunger games?

they make me start frothing at the mouth and punching drywall thanks for asking <3

(links // tip jar!)

[aroace-ryland-grace]

I NEED to write fanfiction <- guy who is not writing fanfiction

[millennium-queen]

I suddenly want to tell Peeta everything about who he is, and who I am, and how we ended up here. But I don’t know where to start. Worthless. I’m worthless - Mockingjay p.316

Finally finished this piece based originally off a text post by @thesweetnessofspring but it kinda spiralled into its own very big thing oops

[hanleialuke]

5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.

[phrux]

Choked is not meant to be taken literally, an obstruction in the throat. It means they’re having difficultly speaking, they’re forcing the words out with difficulty. Often used when the character is convulsed in tears or laughter.

Hiss is a low, threatening whisper. Raw, guttural, vicious. It is NOT a literal hiss like an animal, it is a tone of voice that serves the same function. Someone will hiss that they’re going to cut your throat- a message from one person to the other.

Snarl is the same kind of thing. Not literal, it’s a tone of voice that serves the same function. It’s raw and gutteral like a hiss, but more savage than vicious. It’s loud, it’s showy, it’s intimidating. It’s very alpha male, big man, look at how fucking dangerous I am. I’ll take ALL of you on. Even if they’re snarling at one person in particular, nobody better back them up or they’re gonna get fucked up too.

Shriek. Come on, seriously? We’ve all heard people shriek either in fear or outrage. High pitched, loud, out of control, feminine. Men can shriek, but it’s funny and emasculating. Think angry italian women throwing pots and pans or ladies on tables who just saw a mouse.

Sneering is contempt whether it’s a facial expression or a tone of voice or both. There are a hundred different ways to sneer with your voice, but it all adds up to the same thing.

[carnivoredeer]

How descriptive words work 101

[susspirria]

Op radiating cinema sins energy with that list lol

[neopet-euthanization]

OP tagging this as “reasons they stop reading a book in ch 1” yet not grasping like the most basic form of figurative language is… something

[flipocrite]

[katnissmellarkkk]

katniss with her moments of “brief, delicious feelings of happiness that are somehow connected to peeta” 🥹

[gazpachoandbooks]

*Before the Third Quarter Quell, during the first co-conspirators Victors meeting*

Johanna: fine we'll keep the girl alive how hard can it be

Haymitch: oh honey you think I drink for fun?

Finnick: listen it's just one tribute and half of us are in on it we can do it

Haymitch: uh no actually you need to keep both my tributes alive

Chaff: Haymitch I get you want to protect the boy but this is about something bigger we need to focus on the Mockingjay

Haymitch: oh no you're not getting it. If Peeta dies Katniss will kill everyone in that Arena and then herself

Finnick: come on Haymitch we know the whole romance thing is just an act

Haymitch:

Haymitch: you know what I'mma just let you guys figure out this one

*Later, five minutes into the Games, the second Finnick resuscitates Peeta while Katniss loses her marbles*

Finnick, softly but with feeling: fuck

[katnissmellarkkk]

Katniss - Core 😭