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brazilian/american | minor | i read a lot | i am nothing in my soul if not obsessive

[laraspearl]

who said you can only make vision boards during new years? get uppp!!!

[laraspearl]

"how are your studies going?"

no idea but i am rereading my favorite books to see if i can ever feel like i did back then

[laraspearl]

hi

okay guys im going to try to use this more often (who am i kidding im always on this app BUT i never post) because i keep seeing ads and videos for the perfectly imperfect site and i just felt the urge to make an account but then i remembered this amazing, beautiful, PERFECT site (guys I LOOVEEE TUMBLR) so here we are.

obviously im still going to ramble about the hunger games (my precious) but im also goijng to branch out to my other interests in books, tv, architecture (hopefully my soon-to-be college major), and also bits and pieces of my life. im also using this to build courage to post more on insta (or maybe not IDK) we will see. its so much better doing this with ppl who dont know me so ENJOY!!

[laraspearl]

ik this is a rlly far reach but i know we all collectively mostly agree that toast babies are willow and rye but what if after haymitch told them his story and katniss found out she had covey blood she pulled out of of those really sweet things she does but acts nonchalant about it and gave her children covey names to keep her heritage alive and also to honor the lost Lenore Dove.

“wow katniss that was so thoughtful and beautiful thing to do”

“no like it was wasn’t even me like it was totally peeta” (it was her)

[fromevertonow]

I hate how people are still asking for more books in the Hunger Games world… if you’re asking it for entertainment, get out, I don’t even wanna talk to you. You completely missed the point of literally everything. If you’re asking it to find out more about how brainwashed the Careers were, how the rebellion was planned out in between the Quarter Quells, etc., YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!!!!!

Suzanne doesn’t write books without them being written from a theoretical or philosophical viewpoint. THG was inspired by Juvenal’s Satires, TBOSAS by the nature/nurture debate and lots of Enlightenment thinkers, and SOTR by the influence of propaganda on the masses (specifically David Hume’s works).

I’m not saying there aren’t more critically engaging angles to approach this world from (it’s a dystopian story, I mean, the list is basically endless), but what would be the point? THG is above all about defying totalitarian regimes and fighting for freedom. We have seen how the districts succeeded from a district 12 perspective. Why does it matter SO much what the thought process of a Career tribute was (because you can find the answer you’re looking for in propaganda and a pure will to survive, something Suzanne already explored in both TBOSAS and SOTR). Why does it matter what the details were of Plutarch’s plans while organizing a rebellion (he explained it all in his conversation with Haymitch at the end of SOTR, use your imagination to fill in the blanks, God put you on this earth with a brain, use it).

Consider WHY we only got a District 12 perspective (*something something* the lower classes rise up first against oppression ) before you ask for another book about Finnick’s Games (he was literally forced into prostitution at 14 years old, why THE FUCK do you want to read about that??).

The fact that we were given TWO more books WELL after the trilogy ended so we would maybe start thinking about how we as a human species are attracted to violence and so desensitized to it, AND WE STILL CRAVE MORE!! Isn’t that deeply and embarrassingly ironic?? Suzanne Collins saw y’all salivating like the Capitol citizens and wanted to teach you something with these two books, but you chose to overlook the message and only care for the entertainment. Something about Bread and Circuses, right?

[laraspearl]

same goes for the people that complain about TBOSAS "not having enough coverage of what was going on during the games" what more is there to know. children were killing other children why do you wish for MORE DETAILS on that??????

[laraspearl]

something people never seem to mention is how aware Snow knew he was the villain. in the end of TBOSAS before he even becomes president, he states “he’d continue the Games, of course, when he ruled Panem. People would call him a tyrant, ironfisted and cruel” really shows how he wasn’t really trying to convince anyone about how good and perfect he was. he knew what he did was horrible. but he felt that it was for “the greater good”

[sherwood-scribblings]

Thought this was a necessary measure because we all know that surge of clueless thirsty tiktok fans is gonna happen.

[woah this post blew up how,,,,, psa that i have indepth analysis + theories on my feed if you crave more sotr content]

[laraspearl]

i know Livia Cardew made every day of his marriage to Snow a living hell and was finally relieved to rant abt his ex girlfriend from 40 years back even if it was to a confused 16 old who was dating a girl who just so happens to be her niece

[laraspearl]

can we talk about the haymitch x reaper parallel of publicly holding the capitol/snow accountable for the children’s death. chills literal chills.

[agentmilayawithshield]

“No, [...] we need someone exactly like you.”

"Just luckier?"

[ghostinwinterfell]

lucy gray taking a bow after her reaping song. haymitch applauding snow while presenting him with louella’s corpse. katniss twirling around in a flaming dress in front of the entire country. peeta painting a portrait of rue for the gamemakers.

district twelve really said, “you want a show? we’ll give you a show.”

[everdeensmellark]

haymitch says himself katniss is like him, but luckier.

katniss realized the berries were nightlock before peeta ate them.

[laraspearl]

put the phone down

[lettersfrompanem]

the "I'm not a drinker myself" to gradually becoming an alcoholic to numb out the pain pipeline

the "I don't want them to change me. turn me into something I'm not" to being turned into a mutt version of himself pipeline

the "I do everything in my power to protect my sister" to losing her anyway pipeline

[laraspearl]

AGHHHHHHHH

[eggsyfired]

The beef between Haymitch and Snow is so funny. The way Haymitch drank an entire pitcher of milk just so Snow wouldn't get any, so Snow kept supplying him milk throughout his entire stay in the Capitol after his victory... bro what are you doing you're the president of Panem😭

[laraspearl]

bro has a government to run and he’s out here beefing with 16 year olds

[crazyness-overpowers]

the way haymitch must have seen it as all his ghosts coming back to haunt him at once when katniss walked onto the train with the face of burdock and asterid, the pin of maysilee, the voice of lenore dove, and a background so devastatingly similar to his own. of course sweetheart slipped out. and of course he did everything he could to keep her alive

[laraspearl]

the post button was optional 💔

[laraspearl]

genuinely hate living outside the US/EU because why is the book that i PREORDERED MONNNNTHHSSS AGO only getting here April 9th.

and it’s not even available at books stores yet so i can’t even get it there if i wanted 💔

[laraspearl]

not opening tumblr until my book gets here because i swear i preordered this in like early february and i don’t even got a delivery date yet 💔💔