Dreaming of Dandelions

My name is Sam and I have been everlarked since 2010. Main blog: booksandchocolatesmears.tumblr.com

[burntblueberrywaffles]

"It’s pretty late so I can’t read this entire 60k fic, I’ll just check out the first chapter 🥰" <- dumb bitch who has never once learned from her mistakes

[belabloomseps]

inspired by zendaya’s dress for the odyssey!

[gazpachoandbooks]

Sometimes I think about Finnick trying to befriend Katniss before the Quell and I lose my shit

The other rebels are like you need to subtly let her know you're on her side, so you go bet and turn your charm up to 11. Which would have maybe worked on anyone else but this is Katniss Everdeen we're talking about.

So now you're stuck doing increasingly ridiculous social gymnastics every time she's around and still by the time the night before the Games arrives the only thing she's convinced of about you is that you are going to try to fucking murder her

So you freak out, seek out Haymitch and basically go "hey what the fuck is wrong with your kid". And Haymitch just stares ahead for a second, nods, takes off his bracelet, says "wear this" and leaves. You fucking hate district 12

So you go okay. Breathing exercises. This is fine. Guess I'll have to save her life during the Games or sth maybe that'll do the trick. And when you see the Arena you cheer up for a sec bc you definitely have the advantage here she'll have to trust you right?

Wrong. She can fucking swim. SHE CAN FUCKING SWIM.

So now you're in the Cornucopia with no cards up your sleeve, no time left, and arguably the other deadliest tribute in that Arena pointing at you with a bow, and so you go "you know what, fuck it, I'm going to die anyways" and you show her the bracelet

AND IT FUCKING WORKS

Bear in mind Finnick had no first-hand experience on Katniss and Haymitch's bitch-to-bitch telepathy this was his first contact with it

Just saying lucky for the Rebellion this was Finnick and not me if I was in his place I would have killed her there and then just out of principle

[gay-mormon-wizard]

We assume that Katniss doesn't convince everyone in the districts of the authenticity of her love for Peeta because Snow says so. Snow believes that convincing the districts will calm them down. But Snow, as characterized in the prequels, fundamentally does not understand love.

Katniss DOES convince most everyone in the districts. The only district people to question the love story are the other victors, because they alone understand how the Capitol's propaganda works, how stories are controlled and victors are forced to play their part.

But when Katniss visits District 8, everyone seems fully convinced. People assure Katniss that they know Peeta was just speaking under duress. They're so upset about Katniss "losing the baby" that one woman actually weeps over it. The everyday District citizens buy into it fully.

The issue is that Snow doesn't understand how powerful love is. Katniss and Peeta's act fuels the rebellion instead of tamping it because choosing love over violence is rebellious. Like when Katniss and Peeta hold hands and Haymitch calls it the perfect touch of rebellion, or when Katniss covers Rue with flowers, or when all the victors hold hands on interview night. Compassion, love, friendship between competitors, it's all in defiance to the Capitol's agenda.

Snow thought that the districts would hear, "I'm just a silly little harmless teenage girl doing impulsive things because I'm in love! How nice of the Capitol to let me keep my boyfriend!" Instead they heard, "My love gave me the courage to defy the Capitol." They heard, "My love held firm in the face of all the Capitol's power and cruelty. I refuse to kill him or even passively let him die." They heard, "The Capitol is not strong enough to corrupt a steadfast heart." And if the Capitol can't even overcome two teenagers' puppy love, it certainly can't overcome thousands of adults' love for their neighbors, children, and homes, or a unified people's passion for freedom and justice.

Snow underestimated love, and it was his downfall.

[peaonfire]

“When the war is over, if we’ve won, Peeta will be pardoned.” Dead silence. I feel Gale’s body tense. I guess I should have told him before, but I wasn’t sure how he’d respond. Not when it involved Peeta.

inspired by this

[moonlit-sunflower-books]

friends to lovers never had a bad track. “scared i’ll ruin what we have” SLAPS. “friendship cuddles while secretly dying inside” BANGER. “teasing each other and holding eye contact for a little too long” KILLS ME. and don’t even get me STARTED on “screaming i love you in the middle of a heated argument.”

[darkcomedies]

reading a “there was only one bed fic” and the characters have decided to share the bed as long as they stay on their sides. i’m really glad they figured that whole mess out and am excited to read about them staying on their sides of the bed until morning^-^

[multiverse-of-multifandoms]

Come on, Haymitch. Nobody decent ever wins the Games. Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games (2012-2015)

[eldritchx]

Katniss: what a FUCKING manipulatior. he thinks he can use his BEAUTIFUL EYES and KIND PERSONALITY and SKILLS and FEMININE EYELASHES to woo people. But IM NOT FALLING FOR IT! he's so despicable. I'm not going to hold back in the games.

Peeta: if she dies I'm literally killing myself

[mindboogling]

[connorwyndham]

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (2013) Directed by Francis Lawrence.

[emmaharwoods]

ZENDAYA attends the New York premiere of The Odyssey — July 14, 2026

[gremlinnddraws]

Some saw the sun

Been rewatching THG movies with my mum🌼

Listened to Atlas by Coldplay on retreat while drawing this

[thg-source]

Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (dir. Francis Lawrence)

requested by anonymous

[86yearoldfoetus]

guys is there a fic anyone is aware of or has written where 13 gets peeta and the capitol get katniss? I can't find one 😞

[mandrake-mistakes]

There's a great one where the capitol gets katniss and then wipes her memory back to the day before the reaping so when 13 rescues her like they did Peeta she doesn't even know who Peeta is. It's SO so so good. It's called I Wake With Your Memory Over Me by @mage-chocolate on ao3

[waitingformydandelion]

I highly recommend the one above! If you are looking for more, @everlarkficquestions has a lot of great lists including this one: Katniss Hijacked/Captured.

[veggiesforpresident]

honestly one of my favorite things about fanfic is when you can see the canon influences come out in really subtle ways. like a canon line thats mentioned once as a throwaway is suddenly the entire premise for a fic or it influences the characterization or something. its just so cool to see how people weave their ideas around a source material, especially if its not a detail i'd thought about before

[thatpollguy]

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[mage-chocolate]

Imagine the pure chaos of being a classmate of Katniss and Peeta’s and then watching them in the games. Delly mentions Katniss was admired and Peeta is said to be popular. So now these nice kids you’ve known for years took two days in each other’s close proximity to act weird.

The reserved girl who doesn’t even smile in town with either of her friends is laughing and kissing the boy. The charming guy is making fun of her scowl and saying he doesn’t mind if she sees him naked. He also airs out some of his family’s dirty laundry. They make a suicide pact. The girl has always tried for a stoic face but now she’s cried hysterically over the boy. They’re volunteering to die for each other. They’ve kissed for at least ten minutes on national television twice.

I’m sure the games have caused tributes to act different from their district impressions but I’m not sure if they ever revealed two people to be so weirdly intense about each other.