#agenteverdeen

[johannas-motivational-insults]

@houndpitspub said: I feel so touched you haven’t forgotten about me :,)

Only for a moment, dear Abby, and that mostly because you have changed your url a few times and I got confused. :P

[johannas-motivational-insults]

the answer to your question is yes

Thanks doll, I appreciate it. :)

[blackcarany]

agenteverdeen replied to your post “well guess what I’m going to gif :)))))))))))))))))))”

i love you

I love you too

[beholdingslut]

dude dude, your post made me realize there's an interesting parallel between the rex and the raptors. the raptors from the beginning are being sought out for the purpose of being used as killing machines when in fact they're just animals and shouldn't be exploited as such, and then you've got the rex who has been genetically mortified to the point she is killing machine but wants to be exploited for the purpose of being another animal in the attraction.

Oh, that’s a brilliant comparison. Like, this movie has so many damn layers; the meta-satire of the series & its place in our contemporary world is so incredible, like if you replace “dinosaurs” with “cgi”, it reflects the evolution of film & how back in the 90′s, just having the dinosaurs exist / cgi present was enough of a “wow” factor, but now they have to do so much more to evoke the same reaction.

[beholdingslut]

I noticed that from the beginning, Claire referred to the Indominus Rex as either an “asset” or “it,” something that was obviously deliberate, whereas when Owen was first introduced to the I. Rex, he referred to the dinosaur as “her,” or “she,” using the pronouns for her gender. Likely this comes from the difference of viewing the dinosaurs as animals versus attractions. 

However, what was interesting is that about half-way through the film & facing off against the I. Rex, after Owen has discovered the various modifications done & essentially that it’s a killing machine, he begins to refer to the I. Rex as “it” as well, to distance himself from the idea that the I. Rex is an animal as his velociraptors are animals. 

It didn’t even seem like a conscious switch in language, just something that happened naturally as the situation evolved but it made such a difference from how he’d previously referred to the dinosaurs in the park that it was instantly obvious, & I just liked the inclusion of it.

[beholdingslut]

[bursts into askbox] I NOTICED YOU HAVE SEEN JURASSIC WORLD!!!

[punches the sky] I’M ON THE TV TROPES PAGE. JURASSIC WORLD AF. RAPTORS AF (ESPECIALLY BLUE). CLAIRE DEARING AF. OWEN GRADY AF. 

[brontes]

agenteverdeen replied to your chat “What she says: I'm fine What she means: who the hell approved...”

same dude who thought t rex and a bunch of raptors where a good idea (the original book has pterodactyls so they were part of the original idea for the park)

yeah like that was a bad idea, and okay I haven’t read the book so i don’t know but the thing that kills me is that they have wings. like everything else is totally contained by the fact that it’s on a island, except them, because they have wings.

[johannas-motivational-insults]

I've been meaning to tell you this but I finally got around to reading Lifeblood (i'm getting around to your other works) and you write Katniss and Johanna so wonderfully with the right amount of angst. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, Abby!