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Holla at my THG peeps! I rise from obscurity to celebrate and ask a question.

Since joining the fandom, I have 1. gone back to college and finished my English degree, inspired by the opportunity to edit or beta read for some of you as well as write myself. 2. Worked as a daily substitute in my local public schools with the goal of eventually working full-time as an English teacher. And 3. Been finally hired as a FULL TIME ENGLISH TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!

My request, you will not believe it BUT...

I NEED HUNGER GAMES BOOKS!!!! HAAAALLLLPPP

If you would like some proof the universe has orchestrated this perfect moment to help out....

1. The first day I worked as a substitute at my now assigned school was May 8. KATNISS'S BDAY FOLKS. I was not even halfway home before I was sent an email offering for me to interview for a full time position there (I had applications in at all the schools with openings, they were the only ones that gave me a shot.)

2. My job interview was on my BFF's birthday and I met my BFF through the THG fandom.

3. I was HIRED to teach English 10! All the Eng 10 teachers are coordinating lesson plans and shit. you. not. the FIRST NOVEL they want to read is

THE HUNGER GAAAAAMES

OH MY GOD!!!

Literally the universe could not be more explicit that I belong exactly where I am.

But when we looked for the class sets of Hunger Games we realized we only have Catching Fire. We've asked for copies from other schools with no response, yet (its still the chaotic beginning of the year).

Soooo if you're willing to contribute a book or two....Used is fine as long as not extremely marked up. That would be amazing!

DM me for address to send books.

I think we need around 130 to have enough for each classroom. 4 classes and between 22 and 27-ish students per class plus some extras.

It would be freaking amazing for it to be raining THG books in my school.

Think about it.

DM me.

I cannot wait to see what my students have to say about Hunger Games.

Whether you are able to help or not, reblog the heck outta this so we can get some traction.

Thanks so so so much guys!

#thg #thg series #rethg #hunger games #suzanne collins #send help #bless my students #i get books you get updates on my student reactions to the books #thg transformed my life #now thg can transform my students lives #hook a girl up #desperate not desperate #man vs society #i forgot to private my account #first student to find this gets hot chips of their choice

tomcruisingthroughlife

You wanna volunteer?

tsunamiwavesurfing

adulthoodisokay

please unmute this

awed-frog

So if I’m understanding it right, this is basically the equivalent of stopping by a coworker’s house to pick up something and next they disappear and their toddler comes out of some room with a sticky toy phone and hands it to you and you’re just left there like an idiot like UHHHM THAT’S NICE and THANK YOU? and also ANYWAY IS YOUR DAD AWAKE YET? HELLO? ANYONE? and walking into a door as you try to get away.

Also the whole thing is super interesting?

Some cold, wet mornings, you’ll find the hornbill, sitting atop the termite mound that the Mongoose have taken refuge in over night, waiting for it’s band of companions to rouse. A little impatiently it seems, it sometimes taps on the mound, quite insistently. Before long, the band of mongoose start to emerge from the warm interior, ready to start searching for a morsel or two.

As they forage through the shrubs and grass, the hornbill perches on branches above, snapping up any unfortunate insects, disturbed by the mongoose. What does the mongoose get out of this, apart from a rude awakening? Well, since the hornbill gets an easy meal, the mongoose gets in return, greater safety that the hornbill’s higher vantage point gives them. Should the hornbill spot something dangerous, an eagle or another ground predator, it will utter an alarm calls, sending the mongoose scurrying to the nearest shelter.

This is known as mutualism. Both species are benefiting from the other with neither being negatively affected.

anti-heroism

the way pedro has played a cowboy, a space cowboy, an apocalypse cowboy and an old western cowboy

raviposting

New favorite media niche: sometimes…kids can be older than their dads

reginasphalanges

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7.07 | Ding Dong

pedrropascal

THEY’RE A FAMILY

reginaldqueribundus

Din Djarin is insane. this guy takes his magic 50 year old baby to fifth grade fight club like “my baby wants to fight” and this 11 yr old kid goes uhhhhh dude im not gonna fight a baby he's the size of a rotisserie chicken and Din is like ohhhh ho ho, I just decided my baby's gonna kick your ass extra hard now. and then the baby does a double somersault and completely annihilates him at paintball. funniest shit I've ever seen

nixpunk

i love you. you made a mistake? i dont care i love you. you made a wrong choice? love you. you don’t think you’re good for anything? guess what you’re good for loving i love you

nixpunk

i was 15 when i made this post and i’m 25 now, and still seeing people reblog and tag this with things about their lovers or their friends or characters or themselves or that they really needed this today. i dunno it just feels really special to me. thank you, keep loving each other, i still love you.

8teddy-bear8

There is something so …??? I don’t even know the word for it. About Ed and Al’s refusal to take a life

Because there are so many characters in fiction who refuse to kill, which makes sense, killing is a very difficult thing even in situations where it is life or death. There is hardly ever more justification needed than, it’s wrong

But I can’t help but wonder if the Elric’s refusal to kill also comes back in part to the failed resurrection of their mother

The Elric brothers are alchemists, first and foremost. It defines them even outside of alchemy itself. And if their failed human transmutation departed any lesson, it was that there is nothing a precious as a human life, human life is irreplaceable, worth more than anything else could hope to match

And if they cannot bring the dead back to life, how are they supposed to make the living dead? How are they supposed to snuff a human life when there is nothing they can do to balance the scales? Where is the equivalent exchange in that?

There are very rarely justifications given for characters who refuse to kill besides it’s wrong, and there does not need to be. But if you asked Edward and Alphonse Elric why they do not kill, I think they’d give you a reason and that is so …