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maria 22 vancouver

[madgundersee]

hey um uh do people still read/write gadge because i am feeling sort of inspired?

[madgundersee]

i’m still crying goodbye

[madgundersee]

i haven’t felt such sadness over a character death in some time... goddamnit, libba bray, i am in pain

my girl mabel

sweet sweet mabel, who only wants to do good and make the world a better place

who died trying to save the people, who died with a man who loved her but was her ruin

i’m so sad

on another note, i am so so happy that sam/evie kinda got it together but now sam is gone and THERE ARE STILL SO MANY OTHER REASONS TO BE SAD FHSUFHSIGHS UGHGHGHGHH

[dreammetheworld]

Here she was, trying to figure out what was right—or the least wrong. If there was one lesson Mabel’s parents had drilled, it was this: Never stoop to violence. But how did you fight an enemy who never fought fair? Didn’t you have to break the rules to win against the Devil? Mabel’s head was spinning. They were trying to keep Jake Marlowe from hurting the workers. That was good, wasn’t it? They were destroying property. That was bad. Wasn’t it? If you did the wrong things for the right reasons, did that make the wrong things right? Or did that just mean you had turned your back on finding a more right way? And once you justified violence, did that make it easier the next time and the next, until you’d become the villain of your own story?

                                                                                    What was  g o o d ?

[porchwood]

Six Months to Strawberry Time, Chapter 2: The Counsel of Spirits

In which Madge interacts with all the side characters you never knew you wanted to read about and Mejhiren alludes to all her favorite side-pairings while A Christmas Carol nods sneak in every now and again…

“I’m going to be Gale’s new hunting partner,” I answer at last. Not eagerly, nor with embarrassment or uncertainty, but I feel a great weight drop from my chest as the words leave my lips.

After all, this is the only person whose approval truly matters.

It’s belatedly occurred to me that I should have sought Prim’s permission before speaking to Gale, taking over Katniss’s role as I am, or maybe I should apologize for not having done so – but she only smiles at me once more, unbothered and utterly unsurprised. “Of course you are,” she says. “You’ve had the woods in your eyes for a while now. If Katniss hadn’t left with Peeta, she could have taken you out herself,” she observes. “The pair of you could have hunted and foraged together, and never mind Gale Hawthorne.“

“There’s a lovely thought,” I chuckle dryly. “And really, I may not even pass muster. I’m going out with him on Sunday – on trial, I think. It may not last any longer than that.”

Prim gives a short, strange laugh. “He’ll never give you up,” she assures me.

“Is he that desperate?” I wonder, nonplussed.

She hesitates a moment. “Not in the way you think,” she replies. “But yes, I think he is. Just…maybe you should tell him,” she suggests, “before things get too far along.”

I shake my head, now thoroughly confused. “Tell him what?” I ask.

“That you’re in love with him,” she says plainly. “It would be nice to have someone be open about it for a change.”

Chapter is posted on FF.net and AO3 (which now has a proper “series” for my WtMiverse fics). Also, shout-out to @prisspanem (you precious creature, whom I haven’t spoken to in unforgivable ages!), who was the direct inspiration for Mrs. Undersee’s term of endearment for her daughter. ❤

[tamarrud]

ok but normalise going to coffee shops alone, eating dinner alone, going to the cinema alone. i’m okay & i’m not particularly sad or lonely. i feel bad that you’re feeling bad because i just happened to enjoy the company of myself today.

[madgundersee]

hey friends!!

as you can tell, i am not super active around here anymore. life is taking me places, and i am Doing Things. so that leaves less time (and, frankly, less interest) for fandom.

however: i wanted to share my new ‘blog’ of sorts with you. this is not fanfiction; it’s more of a personal place, but i’m feeling pretty fired up about writing these days and, interestingly and strangely, wanting to share it. so you can find me at miserella, if you are into that sort of thing.

i also want to let you know you can find me on instagram under the same name (miserella). hope to see you around!

[thefilmstage]

The first look at Netflix’s new Black Mirror episodes, arriving on October 21st after a TIFF premiere.

Black Mirror created by Charlie Brooker, United Kingdom/South Africa, World Premiere directed by Owen Harris and Joe Wright Charlie Brooker’s anthology series continues to tap into the collective unease within the modern world, each stand-alone episode a sharp and suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of people’s lives; in every home, on every desk, in every palm there is a plasma screen, a monitor, a smartphone — a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mackenzie Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Alice Eve. The Festival presents two Black Mirror episodes: San Junipero and Nosedive.

[doduria]

† 이걸로도, 충분해, 커피소년 coffee boy

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Riz Ahmed for Italian Vogue, August 2012

[allthecanadianpolitics]

City of Vancouver to add 400 affordable new homes

Rents will range from $375 to $2000 and will be geared toward seniors and families

The City of Vancouver is adding 400 affordable new homes worth $50 million to its rental stock over the next two years.

They will be the first affordable housing units to be built under the city of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA).

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson made the announcement today at 2221 Main Street — a site that’s currently a parking lot but is one of the proposed properties on which it wants to build 130 rental units for families.

“We’re making sure these four sites address a number of different people and demographics who are struggling to find housing in the Vancouver market,” said Roberston.

The move comes as the city’s vacancy rate hovers at 0.6 per cent — one of the lowest in the country.

Chief housing officer Mukhtar Latif says rents will range from as low as $375 in the Downtown Eastside, to as high as $2,000 in one of the family-oriented units

Continue Reading.

[thefilmstage]

The first poster for the NASA drama Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe.

See the trailer.

[wordsnquotes]

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

Leo Rosten (via yesdarlingido)

[mobrienorwhatever]

Michael Brown Jr. (May 20, 1996 – August 9, 2014)

[madgundersee]

people: so what do you want to be after college?

me: a sultry 1930s bar singer with a smoky voice, a troubled past, a dark secret, and a heart of gold, trying her luck in the big city

[20aliens-deactivated20200625]

pink to purple sunsets