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Last week they said the doctor is canonically trans. This week they say the doctor is canonically gay. And next week? You’re not gonna believe it but rumor has it they’re gonna say the doctor is canonically black
The problem with doing any kind of retelling of The Little Mermaid is that Starship already exists and is already perfect.
I can’t come up with anything better in a Little Mermaid retelling than a giant evil scorpion muppet in a chorus line with muppet mosquitos singing about how much he wants to eat brains
"Your best sister." The giggle turns into a snort, but Hermione is past caring. She was right, despite Harry's throw away comments and Ginny's insistence that they were just friends—Hermione had seen that from afar.
And, yes, she is also happy for them.
Ron blinks. "Did you know?"
"That Harry was going to come here, Ginny would jump into his arms, and they would snog in front of everyone? Well, no. But that they had feelings for each other... it was obvious."
"It bloody wasn't—a guy has no warning—why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you turn a Welsh Dragon whenever you think someone might fancy your sister."
Ron's ears turn pink. "Well, I'm her big brother, someone needs to—but anyway, it's Harry. He wouldn't, you know—"
"Mistreat Ginny?" She smirks. "I'm pretty sure Harry is treating her very well right now."
"No, stop it, I don't want—seeing once was more than enough—"
"I don't think you only see it once."
"Ugh—why are you being mean?"
She sobers up. "I'm not." She pulls him close to the table with drinks, urging Ron to accept a butterbeer. "I just think you should prepare yourself. And I know Harry, he was nervous around you as it was."
"Me? Why?"
"Ron... you are 'her big brother'. Welsh Dragon? Almost jinxed Dean?"
"It was Dean. He wasn't good enough."
"Oh, keep talking like that and it's Ginny who you should worry about, not Harry."
"Even Ginny agrees that Dean is a git now."
"The only thing Ginny agrees with is that you have no business in her romantic life—right? You are not giving Harry the older brother talk, are you?"
"I will?" His eyes widen. "Oh, Merlin's butt, I should, shouldn't I? It's Harry—"
"Your best friend, exactly! Don't give him a hard time—Harry's had a crush on Ginny for ages now—"
"I won't give him a hard time." Ron frowns. "I may have been blind to Harry crushing on my sister, but I saw how they looked."
"And how it was?"
"Happy," says Ron simply. "Ginny is that bright spot of sunshine when she wants, okay, nothing unusual, but Harry—he was beaming. I never saw him like that, not on his first Quidditch match, nor when Gryffindor won the cup. It was almost weird."
Hermione sighs. "Yeah... After everything—I am so thrilled for them."
"Me too," he agrees, then Ron blinks. "Me too." He coughs. "That's not to say I am not going to have a little talk with Harry—"
I Kissed a Girl being knocked off #1 on the Hot 100 by Disturbia which was knocked off by Live Your Life which was knocked off by So What which was knocked off by Womanizer which was knocked off by Single Ladies which was knocked off by Just Dance which was knocked off by My Life Would Suck Without You which was knocked off by Right Round which was knocked off by Poker Face is an insane run of HITS. We really said the Global Recession needs the cuntiest soundtrack.
As The Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds lingers in my head, I have grown to really understand that the 10th games are as much of a tipping point for the continuation of the games as 74/75 are the tipping point of their destruction. Highbottom, the creator of the games clearly does not want them to continue. No one even watches the games and tributes die before even entering the arena. Dr. Cual is the only one who seems to love that games but she’s too vicious to know how to expand the necessity of games “correctly”.
The tenth games are a mess and could have been framed as a mistake to continue with, as Highbottom seemed to be pushing for. Dr. Gual was pro- killing the 24 tributes in whatever way, not fully playing into the killing sport of it all. She was willing to have the snakes kill all of the tributes in one go, essentially ending the spectacle with all the blood on the capitals hands. Snow combines the essence of humanity, the notion of punishment and need for entertainment to build out the continuation of the games.
All the lessons Snow learns from District 12 are weaponized to full effect by the time we read about the 74th games. Adding tvs and holograms to every district, betting on the winner, having the districts route against each other, heroizing the winner and marching them around as a prop. The victors not being able to return to normal lives and being pimped out by the capital screams like a greater punishment for Lucy’s escape attempt. Snow knows how to add stakes and, in turn, flex the power the capital holds over its citizens.
Snow road the middle for so long that he could see the cracks in the foundation and smooth them over to continue the process for years to come. Without Snow’s experiences, the games would never be as brutal and brilliantly propagandized as we see in the future, and most likely would have ended far sooner.
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