Secretly Scarlett

xxiv ~she/they~INFJ 6w7 https://archiveofourown.org/users/Alyssa_Scarlet/works

[secretlyscar]

Rage is a scarlet flame on the palm of my hand. Although it burns, l can't let it go.

Without that rage, I'm just an empty shell, a burned piece of wood that would turn to ash with a gust of wind.

[mockingjay-sings]

The Reluctant Victor, inspired by The Reluctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche - I just thought that this painting was SO perfect for Katniss and I had to draw it!

[mockingjay-sings]

A lot of people have asked me to talk about Prim holding the crown, so here's a general deep dive into the characters I picked and their placements!

Starting with Prim. She was reaped, which led to Katniss volunteering to save her. It's, of course, very unlikely that Prim would have won the Games like Katniss did. Prim innocently playing with the crown that could have never been hers is also a reference to how excited she was when Katniss' wedding was happening, how she looked at it with children's eyes, impatient for her to try on the dresses. But she's also not as naive or helpless as Katniss believes, which is why her expression is grave and not cheerful.

Asterid is kissing Katniss' forehead in a very motherly gesture. Katniss is unmoved, though she still takes her hand. This is a reference to Katniss' resentment towards her mother when she stopped caring for them after Burdock's death, but also to Katniss' attempts at forgiving her in Catching Fire.

Effie is sitting at Katniss' feet, holding her hand. This represents the sincere -yet sometimes misguided- dedication that Effie has to Katniss. It also felt like an interesting placement, as Victors are often idolized by Capitol citizens.

Katniss, of course, is at the center. She's the reluctant victor, in her fire dress (with a lot of orange in it to reference Peeta, shhh). I hesitated to give her the wedding dress Snow forces her to wear instead, but felt that her fire dress was more recognizable and striking, and better represented how she is seen by the world: the girl on fire.

[superboyprimed]

[capinejghafa]

THE MUMMY (1999) dir. STEPHEN SOMMERS

[thegrimeonline]

ily harm reduction ily sharps disposal containers in public restrooms ily those safe drug use places to help you not od ily planned parenthood ily aftercare guides ily harm reduction

[killxbunnyyy]

sorry i never replied. everyday is blending together and im losing sense of time

[abcdfghjklmpqrobin]

Au where nobody tells 10 year old Damian who Jason is. And the way they talk about him, Damian just assumes Jason is like a raccoon or something.

Damian: Grayson, why does Pennyworth leave food on the counter every night?

Dick, on his phone, not even paying attention: Oh, that's for Jason.

Damian: For 'Jason'?

Dick: Yeah. Sometimes he sneaks into the kitchen at night, so Alfred started leaving food out for him.

Damian, confused: I've never seen anyone here.

Dick: Well he doesn't always come. And last time, Bruce caught him crawling through the window and scared him away so, who knows when he'll show up again.

Damian, definitely thinking of a raccoon: So then Pennyworth is feeding a random stray that crawled out of God knows where?

Dick, annoyed: He's not a 'random stray', Damian, he's family, and he has been living in this house for way longer than you have.

Damian, trying to remember how long do raccoons live for:

Damian: I hope he doesn't die soon.

Dick: ????!!

*Later that night in the Bat-cave*

Tim, typing away in the computer:

Damian: Drake. Have you ever met Jason?

Tim: Uh. Stupid, annoying and looks like a skunk? Yes, why?

Damian, picturing a mix between a racoon and a skunk:

Damian: Is he friendly?

Tim: Well, the first time I met him, he attacked me, so...

Damian: Hmm... What did you do to provoke him?

Tim: What did I do to– Bitch–

Tim: Nothing! He just didn't like me taking 'what was his', or something.

Damian, nodding: You invaded his territory.

*The next day*

Damian: Father, when do you think Jason will visit again? I want to meet him.

Bruce: Um. I don't know, Damian. He doesn't come here often.

Damian: Why?

Bruce: Because he lives somewhere else.

Damian: Why doesn't he just live here with us instead? He would be safer.

Bruce, wincing: I don't think he would like that, Damian. He's not confortable here.

Damian: But, maybe if I befriend him I could convince him to stay.

Bruce, sighing: I don't thinks so, Damian. You have have to respect his wishes.

Damian: Oh...

Damian: I hope he doesn't get rabies

Bruce: ???!!

[i-am-unreasonable]

damian, in the middle of the night, standing in the kitchen doorway half asleep after exhausting patrol, sees a big figure in front of the open fridge, silently prepares for battle:

jason, in the middle of the night, hunched beside the open fridge in the manor's kitchen, locking eyes with tired deadly looking kid in pajamas: ...hi

jason, slowly moving his hands where the kid can see them, taking a second glass: ...want some orange juice?

damian, frowning: speak your name and intentions, intruder.

jason: ...i thought you, you know. knew already.

damian, frowning even more, now slightly confused: knew what?

jason, slightly ashamed: that i sometimes visit manor's kitchen at night because alfred's cooking is godsend and i don't have time for grocery shopping?

damian, going through ten stages of confusion, grief, disappointment and other emotions: you're jason?

jason, slightly indignant now, but still a little ashamed: yes? who else?

damian: i thought you were a raccoon! not some adult-wanna-be.

jason: first of all, what the fuck, second of all, how dare you.

bruce, walking in, haven't yet realised who is swearing and what is happening: language.

bruce: ...wait

jason:

jason: did you tell him i'm a raccoon?

bruce: wha- what are you talking about-

jason: was it dick?

[strongermonster]

now that i’m older and understand how absolutely fucked the housing market is, all those horror movies that take place in nice houses where the family refuses to leave make sense. if i had a 4,000sqft vintage home you’d need to kill me before i ever moved out as well. fuck the ghost. charge it rent.

[rainydayssj]

Ok maybe I just have niche fandom opinions but the point of weyler to me isn’t a perfect pairing of dark impulses or questionable power dynamics, it’s a haunting. It’s a sweet coffee shop au turned lovers-to-enemies tragedy where their brief moment of genuine connection refuses to stay buried, no matter how many punches they throw.

They continue to threaten each other because to stop would be to risk recognizing the true depth of their feelings towards one another - a love that just won’t stay dead.

Besides, how often do we get to see a character like Tyler live on? Think back to other characters of this flavor of morally-gray love interest archetype. The most recent one that comes to my mind is Jinu from Kpop Demon Hunters.

Jinu and Rumi meet and bond through mutual desire to be free, but are torn apart when Jinu betrays her as part of his master’s plan he is being coerced to help achieve (sound familiar?) There is a beautiful moment of tension between the two as Jinu gives up on ever being human, but then he simply sacrifices himself for her, is quickly redeemed, and the curtains fall. (Boring!!!)

Tyler and Wednesday follow a very similar plot, but this time, the morally-grey love interest lives on. He doesn’t get the easy way out, a simple redemption paid by a single action, a clean dismissal. Tyler has to live with the messy consequences, drown in them, actually feel the pain of regret and shame of his betrayal. (Fun!!!)

Tyler is a rare case in which a younger-audience-oriented show braved a more complicated route for its antagonists. It’s more mature and realistic: the people who hurt you in life aren’t one-dimensional threats or tragic puppets in another’s scheme. They have their own trauma, their own hopes and dreams. Tyler isn’t a perfect victim, he realistically lashes out, acts out of fear and a desperate attempt at control. He’s angry at Wednesday, angry at himself, angry with everyone who let him down.

But life goes on. There is no master left to kill, no parent left to save, no friends left to forgive his sins. So what’s next?

Wednesday and Tyler clearly still cling to their feelings towards one another on some level, whether they want to or not. I only hope season 3 makes good on the potential for growth that is so rarely earned by characters like Tyler. Whether or not that growth leads him on his own path, or inevitably back to Wednesday, that’s the fun of it.

[just-lurking-in-the-shadows]

How I imagine Tyler's therapy sessions went

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"She spends months obsessing over the monster in the woods and talking to me about her investigation, but when she finds out who it is -"

"We came this close to slow dancing at the Rave'n until Lucas and his stupid prank ruined it; they didn't even use real blood. She would have looked even more beautiful covered in blood"

"She attempts to kill her school's water polo team and says she'd do it again, which is super hot, but I kill people and say how I like the smell of their fear she ghosts me for months"

"Spend hours planning our date, getting her a black flower, buying black and white popcorn buckets, hanging fairy lights, setting up the projector, picking a movie I knew she'd find scary and afterwards right when we're about to kiss, my dad and his deputies barge in"

"I killed Rowan because he was strangling her. I saved her life, but what does she do when she finds out I'm a hyde? Tortures me"

"She walks nearly a half hour to the Weathervane at night to tell me we can finally date and to kiss me. We kiss twice. Then she runs out after she has a vision of me killing our therapist that she didn't even like"

"I called her a cockroach, and she said, 'Please, flattery will get you nowhere' it was so hot"

"I lie to her, so she tortures me, so I try to kill her, but I could have sworn I heard her parents say that trying to kill each other is foreplay in their family"

"Let's talk about your childhood, Tyler"

"No"

[my-random--thoughts-deactivated]

[evaconly]

every time this post comes across my page on a new platform i smile because we’re all just enjoying her adorable joy

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

“She matches her new blankie” is an official joy and whimsy post

[vexheart]

[rodrickheffeley]

that is her baby. lois lane the lover girl you are

[spinningpesto]

i love this movie so dang much

[secretlyscar]

I may or may not be writing a fic?one-shot?something.. but I need help.

If Wednesday's characters were in Camp Half-Blood, I'm thinking this:

Wednesday as a child of Hekate

Enid as a child of Aphrodite

Xavier would be a child of Apollo

Ajax is probably a child of Hermes

Bianca as a Hunter (and/or a sea nymph)

Would Tyler even be a demigod? Maybe a roman. Or a monster, I'm thinking of him being in Luke's side during the Last Olympian war.

I need ideas

[ftl-faster-than-life]

Kind of funny how when you're obsessed with a certain character their mere presence on your screen can lift your mood. Like yeah I have probably like 10 diagnosed and undiagnosed ways my brain works atypically but one of those quirks makes it possible for The Character to salvage my whole day.

[rylandsgrace]

Mamma Mia! (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd