#{wyatt}

[paperlit]

Thinking about how Wyatt Callow is proof that Dr. Gaul’s and Snow’s assertion that humanity’s essential nature is violent (which is part of their argument for the Capitol’s control being necessary) is false. That “What happened in the arena? That’s humanity undressed… A boy with a club who beats another boy to death. That’s mankind in its natural state.” is false.

I’m sure he had it all calculated. He knew exactly what choices would give him the best odds of survival. He knew that the faster he got out of the initial bloodshed the better his chances would be. He knew that letting other kids die would benefit his odds of survival. He knew exactly what he should’ve done to preserve himself.

And yet, he threw all those statistics and odds, all that reason and logic out the window in the name of protecting Lou Lou, a girl that wasn’t even from his district. He threw it all out the window in the name of helping another human being that was in an unfair situation and had worse odds than him. He knew who the real enemy was; he knew it wasn’t the other kids being taken advantage of by the Capitol just like him.

That is humanity.

[graveheartsgame]

Make em’ 🤏 small

[gaynehollander]

who do you think is gonna become shane's closest friend in the centaurs? and do you think having ilya with him in the locker room makes the process of making new friends easier (ilya already knows everyone and really wants them to get along) or harder (why would shane need to get close to anyone else if he can just talk to ilya)?

I think Wyatt's a strong bet.

I think Shane gets a little overwhelmed with how eager everyone is to have him join the team, they're all slapping his back and being friendly but in a very loud way that makes Shane feel a little uneasy at first, despite how well-intentioned the whole thing is. There's some light ribbing and jokes about Ilya getting his man to trade teams just because he couldn't get a cup on his own and Shane isn't used to people feeling comfortable joking about his relationship with Ilya in that way. It's all a bit overwhelming.

When the hullaballoo finally dies down a little bit and Shane is lacing up his skates he feels someone settle down beside him and there's Wyatt. He gives him a little smile and tells him he's happy to have him join the team. He tells Shane he's actually doing him a favour, since maybe now Wyatt will stop having nightmares about him barrelling down the ice towards him. Shane huffs a laugh and says, "I hate to tell you this but I'm still going to be scoring against you in practice." There's something about Wyatt's demeanour that makes him feel at ease; that makes it easy to joke back.

A large reason why I think they'd get along so well is that I truly hc Wyatt as having ADHD and I think Shane would instinctively finding himself masking less around Wyatt than he does around others. He's also happy enough to let Wyatt go on a rant about some comic book he's never heard of and, in return, Shane gets to break down the game he watched on TV last night in excruciating detail. Wyatt doesn't get the same blank look in his eyes that most people do when he goes on for "too long". Wyatt's also not uncomfortable with long stretches of silence and the way he will then break it, with no warning, to share the most random thought he's currently having makes Shane feel comfortable enough to kind of talk to him about whatever is on his mind too.

[hamartichi]

Wyatt. Wyatt Callow

whose luck just ran out.

In honors of Ben Wang <3

[blushily]

Pretty primarina + delphox fusion (For Dapuffster!)

[darkboydesire]

[azertyrobaz]

It's actually pronounced Wyatt.