My Stardew Valley event posters! Created these over the span of like a year and a bit. Did the Spirit's Eve one in November 2022, and finished off with the Flower Dance one earlier in Feb this year.
If you're interested, you can get prints of these over on Redbubble!
Peeta Mellark is an integral member of the four D12 victors. He is literally the sunset on the reaping! How is this not clear? Iâve never wanted to report people for bad literary analysis more and Iâm only half joking. It has forced me to commit a cardinal sin: analyze in anger!
1. Him being chosen by absolute accident is the point. Not only does he represent every single other tribute who simply gets chosen because they live in a messed up country but he represents how even with some odds being in your favor (older siblings, merchant family, being white, being popular, etc.) you are still very likely to be victimized by the oppressive structure of Panem.
2. When Haymitch says, âBut she was smarter than me, or luckierâ - the luck is all the people around Katniss who created the circumstances for her to lead a successful revolution (her father teaching her to hunt, the arena having woods, Rue healing her with leaves, Thresh not killing her, Haymitch consistently giving her support, her mother teaching her aspects of medicine, on and on and on) and Peeta is the number one, most important part of her luck in the first book. She has someone in the games actively putting her life before his⌠are you kidding? There is legitimately no better luck than that.
3. Even if we take Katniss out of it, Peeta is so impactful as a victor because most of his scenes would not be cut/doctored. Whatâs there to edit out? Instead, the viewers get a full view of him loving a girl so selflessly, using trickery and strategy instead of violence, keeping himself alive through art, joking on literal deathâs door, and sharing so much of himself with the audience it becomes harder for them not to see him as a real human boy. How rare do you think that is for the games? Haymitch and LGB are caricatures of themselves in the games, playing roles that flatten them down. Even Katniss becomes one dimensional on screen without Peeta (and Rue, of course). It is also heavily implied that he does not kill anyone during the games (in a straightforward way) and even if you count Cato or the girl from 8 or even foxface, itâs never him hunting them or seeking out a kill - again how rare do you think that is to see on screen for Games viewers?
4. I didnât think this needed to be said but: Katniss dies without Peeta in the first games. a) she goes for the bow and dies in the bloodbath; b) she is hunted and killed by Careers; c) she is killed by game makers because thereâs no love story angle to keep them from just burning her entirely; d) she dies from tracker jacker stings or Cato because Peeta doesnât defend her or tell her to run⌠I could go onâŚ
5. But even if she does win and wins alone - the victory means as much (I would argue less than) any other rebellious victor winning, certainly less than Haymitchâs win. The biggest rebellion for their games is that two of them win! This is legit the only thing that distinguishes them from any other sympathetic, kind child who would have won the games. Like if Haymitch or Finnick or Wiress winning isnât jarring enough for the Games to end⌠why do you think Katniss killing Peeta and winning solo would be? It would not.
6. And finally, I cannot stress this enough: There is no peaceful end to the rebellion or the trilogy without Peeta. âPeetaâs a whiz with firesâ (HG) for a reason! Collins, over and over, shows us how fire can get out of control and destroy even those who are innocent and who you love (Gale, Beete, Peetaâs family, Haymitchâs family). If everyone really burns, thereâs no one to clean the ashes. The reason not everyone burns is because of people like Peeta who can coax the flames in a way that is nurturing and consistent. I meanâŚ. âPeeta fashioned some kind of incubatorâ is such an obvious detail. Those goslings donât hatch without Peeta, life does not go on in peace and joy without Peeta.
It is no coincidence that when Maysilee says Lenore Dove got the âjump on us allâ (in being a rebel), she is referring to LD using orange paint to make protest art!
We must stop pushing Peeta Mellark out of the narrative! He is literally the sunset on the reaping!
and not just the games does Peeta bring luck and life to the story, he throws Katniss that life saving loaf of bread. without Peetaâs generosity Katniss wouldnt be there to share her rebellious love to Panem.
I look down at our linked fingers as I loosen my grasp, but he regains his grip on me. âNo, donât let go of me,â he says. The firelight flickers off his blue eyes.
âŚ..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like.Â
Thousands and thousands of animated shows, subbed anime and dubbed anime. All for free. I've never gotten a pop-up ad. Think of any animated show you want to watch and it'll probably be one there.
For example I watched .hack//sign over a decade ago and I want to rewatch it soon. They have the dub for every .hack// anime on there!
sobbing over the humanity of the robots in Stray. they listen to music. they play dungeons & dragons. they have barber shops and bars and play the guitar and write poetry. they get heart eyes when a cat purrs against their legs. there are robot children! robot grandparents! they like comfy pillows and candles and warm blankets and they grow plants in a city that has never seen sunlight! theyâre human and theyâre not and thereâs no humans left and theyâre alive. ahhhhhhh
dear usamerican high schoolers looking for a way to resist fascism: sit through the pledge of allegiance.
no getting up. no looking at the flag.
everyone will be looking at you. you'll be sweating like a fucking hippopotamus. your teacher will sternly tell you to get up. you'll feel stupid and that maybe its not worth it because you're just a kid in a classroom. but I'm here to remind you that there are no real life consequences to detention. there are however real life consequences to resisting a thoughtless performance of nationalism.
musk is going to die in a Tesla explosion in 6 months after sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and we will never get a conclusive answer on whether it was a CIA car bomb or just a normal Tesla malfunction
a/n. currently watching single's inferno s4 and this is how it's going. inspired by that exchange between dong ho and a rin. specifically, dong ho's smile during. what the hell am i talking about. (0.9k)
âyou really didnât have to drive me all the way here, you know.â
you plop down on the spot right next to bakugou, who wordlessly takes the mug of tea youâre offering with a half-hearted glare.
âthen decline the next time,â is his snarky retort.
you playfully roll your eyes, burrowing further into the plush cushion of your sofa beneath you, hands cupping your own beverage. âyou say that as if youâll let me commute this late.â
a tsk. âitâs called having a heart of gold, you idiot.â
you hum noncommittally, gaze fixed on the tv in front of you. âcamie sure does think you have one, huh?â
when he doesnât say anything for a beat, you chance a peek at the man, and sure enough, heâs looking at you like you just shat yourself. âhah?â
âcamie?â you repeat, hoping the creeping embarrassment isnât showing on your face. âthe girl whoââ
âi know who she is,â he spews defensively, before raising an eyebrow. âwhat about her?â
âyou seem to go way back, based on how she regarded you tonight,â you quickly explain.
he stares at you for a second, as if trying to figure out why the hell youâre talking about utsushimi camie of all people, ultimately settling with a lazy shrug. âi guess? we ran into each other a few times back in ua.â
and when you donât immediately respond: âwhy?â
ânothing,â you supply, before: âi mean, i could tell sheâs generally a bubbly and outgoing person just from dinner, but the way she behaved around you wasâŚhow should i sayâdifferent, i guess?â
the pro-hero lets out a grunt, which is bakugou katsuki for keep going.
so you do. âfor one, she seemed eager to sit beside you, even though yoarashi-san was the one to arrange the hangout, and i think you mentioned in passing once that she thinks shoutoâs attractive.â
unsurprisingly, that grants you a side-eye. you backtrack.
ânot that a girl wanting to sit beside you is unfathomable, butââ
âthe fuck are you getting at, dumbass?â
you huff. âiâll get there if you just let me talk!â
he shoots you another glare, before tossing you a curt nod. âfine.â
you fight back the urge to punch his arm. âas i was saying,â you enunciate, âthere was somethingâŚremarkable about how she was acting.â
âhow so?â
you ponder for a moment, not minding how the question just now was too sarcastic for your taste. âwell, i didnât really see her arrive because i was at the restroom, but she seemed to deflate when i came back and took my seat beside you. almost as if she was eyeing the spot.â
âyouâre fucking imagining things.â
âokay, gaslighter. anyway, it wasnât just that. her mood went back up a notch when you introduced meâso reluctantly it was embarrassing, by the wayâas your best friend.â
he scoffs. âyouâre the one who tagged along.â
âshouto invited me, you dickhead.â you frown, âwhen he called you this afternoon and i said hi, remember? he said you could bring me with you.â
âhe was just being polite, that pretty boy.â
âand youâre being a fucking downer,â you quip, before crossing your arms in front of your chest like a petulant child. âi donât know what camie sees in you.â
âhah?â
âsee?â you exclaim, flinging your arms in frustration, âyouâre not getting it because youâre not letting me finish. i have no idea how you didnât notice, but her body was facing you the entire evening! she kept redirecting the conversation to you, too, asking you all sorts of questions.â
youâre not looking at him anymore, eyes darting all over the place as you continue. âand her giggles, man, you werenât even being funny, but she was laughing like you had keke palmerâs humor, or something.â
âi donât know if youâre feigning ignorance or just flat-out oblivious, which i doubt you are, but seriously, man,â you rasp, âi canât believe iâm the one who has to do this, but open your eyes. the girl likes you. andâare you smiling?â
you cut yourself off, the jarring sight of bakugou grinning at you erasing every viable thought in your brain.
if you didnât know any better, youâd think the guy is fucking amused.
you scowl at him. âthe fuck are you smiling about?â
ânothinâ,â he claims, although his lips are still pulled taut to the sides.
you shoot him a deadpan look, which causes him to let out a soft chuckle.
he shakes his head, shifting in his seat. âitâs justâi donât knowâŚâ
âdonât know what?â you ask, brows furrowed.
âdonât know how you picked up on all this shit.â
your response is instantaneous. âitâs called having eyes, you idiot.â
if heâs even marginally annoyed at your semi-quoting him, he doesnât let it show. instead, you can only watch in bewilderment as a faint tinge of pink starts to color his cheeks.
âyeah, well, i didnât even notice any of that.â
âhow?â
a glower.
âbecause i was just looking at you, dipshit.â
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