i just remembered way back in chapter 26 (?) or so, Thresher told Auklet after the crab “massacre” that he wanted to lead an group of Enforcers to kill all the Daisys they could find in a single night. That isn’t mentioned again by the next flashback chapter, so i thought I’d ask… did that ever come to pass? Or will we get to see it go down later on? 😬
It hasn't happened yet but it was mentioned in the following thresher chapter. (Chapter 29)
Ch 29 opens with auklet looking at the moon, showing that the new moon hasn't come yet but is approaching soon.
And the whole chapter is Auklet heavy, because it is dwelling on his guilt of the upcoming horror.
and the chapter ends with auklet allowing thresher to eat poisoned food with the hope it kills him before the new moon gets here.
The following thresher chapter will continue to expand on all this.
OBSESSED with your latest chapter @skies-for-eyes-trees-for-knees !! 😍😍🔥🔥🌹🌹 Just had to make a fan sketch of your forked tongue Eris, I love him so much abgdgsg here's the linky yall
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62617405/chapters/205418661 (Who Will Hold Me?)
It gets to me on a delay, like I'm feeling in slow motion. The boy has sprinted down the street by the time it hits me. I watch the back of his head as he bounces up to a woman down the road, repeating his news, and turn to Peeta whose face is glowing with enough optimism for both of us. Bruised and injured but still so clear eyed, so hopeful. My dandelion after a long deadly winter, pushing up through the earth, yellow and nourishing. Free.
He scoops me up before I can cry or say something stupid, and spins me around in his arms while I laugh and cling to his neck. I squeeze my eyes shut and feel the sun on my face, red behind my eyelids, spiraling around me until Peeta puts me back down. He shouldn't be exerting himself. He's still very hurt. But he tells me he's okay and then lets me take him inside and doctor his wounds some more.
If the star crossed lovers from district 12 never went into the games, if they were never pitted against each other, doomed to fight and kill each other, if their stars weren’t crossed at all, what would have happened anyway?
Keeping Katniss's family fed without tesserae is not easy and Peeta's parents are pushing him to marry a merchant girl as soon as possible. The best way to escape starvation and a prison of a marriage is to marry each other, but that would require Katniss to let go of a promise she made to herself a long time ago, to never marry anyone.
Thinking about this great post by @wrydemonandslychild, explaining how Ciel reflects Joker (something also confirmed by Yana), while Sebastian (regularly referred to by Ciel as a "beast") reflects the character actually named Beast.
It is interesting to think about Joker and Beast's interactions this way, by literally reading Joker as "Ciel" (words in blue), and Beast as "Sebastian" (words in red):
"Sebastian" (represented by Beast) wants them to change course. And seems almost desperate about it. "Ciel" (represented by Joker) is surprised and does not seem to take "Sebastian's"/Beast's emotions seriously.
"Sebastian"/Beast no longer wants to see "Ciel"/Joker in pain. But "Ciel"/Joker is stubborn and dismissive, which devastates "Sebastian"/Beast.
After this, "Ciel"/Joker gives "Sebastian"/Beast his scarf, wrapping it around the latter's neck. While it is a kind, affectionate gesture, it is a poor substitute for what "Sebastian"/Beast really wants. (Edited to add: The scarf around the neck could also symbolize the effective "collar" around "Sebastian's"/Beast's neck, leashing them to the will of their respective masters; by doing this, "Ciel"/Joker is reasserting his dominant position under a veil of care.) After giving away his scarf, "Ciel"/Joker shuts the conversation down and walks away, ignoring "Sebastian"/Beast crying out for him. (A foreshadowing of an eventual rift or separation between Sebastian and Ciel?)
When Sebastian shows up to seduce Beast, he uses sympathetic words to make Beast feel seen and understood (while stroking the scarf...), but is he also essentially describing himself in the future? That is, how Sebastian may grow to feel about Ciel: who, like Joker, may show himself to be similarly "cruel", hellbent, and incapable of returning the affections of their companion?
It's interesting that Sebastian himself admits that he doesn't actually understand Beast's (his own?) feelings! But he says that is only "as of yet", indicating that this lack of understanding may change in the future.
Side note: Beast demanding to know what Sebastian could possibly understand about her situation reminds me of an exchange with Undertaker later on (panel at the end of this post.)
Will Sebastian grow to feel similarly trapped and hopeless with Ciel, watching him go down a dark path, unable to convince his stubborn companion to change course? How much, and what kind(s) of emotions will Sebastian be able to tolerate or not? Sebastian speaking of accumulated hurts implies that the suffering will not be due to a "one-time" event, but that the road will be paved with recurrent pain if they continue down this path. (Sebastian, "you poor thing"...)
Beast's physical attributes are like Sebastian's; they are both attractive, wear black, have dark hair and red eyes, and wear dark nails. As Sebastian seduces her, Beast is even shown to wear black stiletto boots that are reminiscent of Sebastian's demon form, as she quite literally likens Sebastian to the devil that he is. And here, Sebastian appears to be removing the scarf given by Joker to Beast - symbolizing a loss of, or rejection of, "Ciel's"/Joker's kind gesture that was nevertheless "not enough" for "Sebastian"/Beast? A mere consolation prize from the "cruel-and-kind" man... (Edited to add: If the scarf (a "collar") represents "Sebastian's"/Beast's subjugation to their masters ("Ciel"/Joker), removal of the scarf may symbolize "Sebastian"/Beast freeing themselves to follow their own will.)
Then there's this devastating line from "Sebastian"/Beast, on the pain of harboring one-sided feelings.
On the surface, Sebastian uses sex to get information from Beast, exploiting her vulnerable, heartbroken emotional state (I kinda hate you for this one, Sebastian...) This scene reinforces the two characters' parallel natures; through sexual union, Sebastian can symbolically "take on" Beast's emotions and pain, foreshadowing the eventual change in Sebastian's own emotional state regarding his relationship with Ciel.
Finally, Beast accusing Sebastian of not understanding her reminded me of Undertaker later telling Sebastian that he could "never understand" why he could not bear to lose another Phantomhive. Undertaker is likely assuming that a demonic "beast" like Sebastian would simply not have the capacity to grasp the deep emotional motivations/attachments that drive Undertaker's actions. (Are you sure about that, Undertaker??)
