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I finally rewatched Brave New World now that's on Disney+, and watching it after Thunderbolts hits different 😭

Something that got my attention was Sam saying that he knows and has been working with Joaquin for 3 years... EXCUSE ME???? what happened in these 3 years??!! I really really need to know and I need details!!!

My initial guess is that he focused on helping the expatriates after the whole flagsmasher thing, a job which I assume involved less ass whooping and more public appearances and speeches, not much different from Steve's job at the beginning as a patriotic symbol and icon, but I like to believe that Sam had more agency and that it was actually this moment of his life that changed his opinion about the government which is very different to the way he used to think in civil war (needless to say that doesn't mean he's the government lap dog who will abide with everything, the whole movie is him going against the president orders to prove Isaiah's innocence).

I'd go as far as to say that this period where Sam was essentially a politician was what inspired Bucky to become a congressman, Bucky himself told Sam at the hospital how Sam gives people people something to aspire to, who's to say that he's not talking about himself as well???

Ok, now I want to talk more in depth about their relationship.

Sam's first scene is at a bar where the bartender clearly not only knows who he is but knows him, and giving with how comfortable Sam is about the beers being on the house I'd say he's probably in Delacroix. And let's not forget how Sam bought TWO beers but we never got to see to whom was the second one (seriously, why??),it could be literally anyone like Sarah or Joaquin but since for some reason they decided to omit the person's identity I choose to believe it's Bucky. 😁

All that to say that, considering this first scene happens 5 months prior to the main events in the movie, for me it's clear that during these 3 years Sam and Bucky only got closer, and since we never got to see where Sam is living I don't think is too much of a stretch to say that they live together.

Now let's grab eachothers hands and be strong because the next topic is gonna hurt 💔

I know lots of other sambucky shippers have pointed out how the fact that Sam gave no additional context regarding Sterns shows how Sam kept Bucky updated about the mission, but that also means that Sam deliberately chose to not talk about Ross asking him to rebuild the Avengers until he could do it in person, showing just how important and sensitive was this topic to him.

So imagine Sam finding out that Bucky is in a new avengers group not by Bucky telling him in person, not by him even texting or calling him, but through the news on TV, just like he found out about the government chosing Walker to be the new Captain America. Oh, and guess what? Walker is on the team as well. 🫠

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I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out

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'I pull his hand up and lean my cheek against the back of it, taking in the scent of cinnamon and dill'

Inspired by @mage-chocolate post

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my 32 year old aunt, who is a big Hunger Games fan, wants to start reading Katniss/Peeta fanfics that are post-canon based but before having children (?) like, something about their relationship growing & healing after canon (idk i'm not a hunger games fan lol) does anyone have any good fics recommendations for her?

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when Haymitch tells Katniss “you never get off this train”, she realizes that her star-crossed lovers act for the Hunger Games propaganda sealed her fate as a love struck teenaged girl for the rest of her life. And this news is devastating because it goes against everything she stands for; she has no time for relationships while providing for her family, and has no desire to marry and consequently give birth to more cannon fodder for the Hunger Games.

What’s really interesting about this, though, is that Katniss then goes over all the reaped tributes for the 75th Games and believes a lot of what she’s told about them, from a Capitol controlled narrative. Katniss assumed the worst of Finnick right from the beginning cuz of his charisma and popularity in the Capitol. Annie and Wiress went crazy from their games. Enobaria filed all her teeth into fangs to represent how she won her games. She never even learns the names of the Morphling-addicted Victors. And even with Haymitch, it takes quite some effort to see past the personas they forced on him.

That’s why SOTR was so important because it shows just how casual propaganda can become and that nobody’s immune to it. That nothing we knew was real because the Capitol genuinely controlled everything. To think about everything that could’ve been a lie or a cover up of something bigger is overwhelming; it’s supposed to be.

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Now I have a headcanon, that Peeta draws Katniss and her family (Asterid, Burdock and Prim) with the plants associated with their names and when he offers it to Katniss, she says it's missing his portrait. You know, because he IS her family. To which Peeta responds he doesn't have a plant/flower name...

So then Katniss draws something quickly and when Peetas sees it, he asks "What's that ?" (cause Katniss isn't as good as him with a pencil) and she answers : "A dandelion".

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Peeta Mellark is an integral member of the four D12 victors. He is literally the sunset on the reaping! How is this not clear? I’ve never wanted to report people for bad literary analysis more and I’m only half joking. It has forced me to commit a cardinal sin: analyze in anger!

1. Him being chosen by absolute accident is the point. Not only does he represent every single other tribute who simply gets chosen because they live in a messed up country but he represents how even with some odds being in your favor (older siblings, merchant family, being white, being popular, etc.) you are still very likely to be victimized by the oppressive structure of Panem.

2. When Haymitch says, “But she was smarter than me, or luckier” - the luck is all the people around Katniss who created the circumstances for her to lead a successful revolution (her father teaching her to hunt, the arena having woods, Rue healing her with leaves, Thresh not killing her, Haymitch consistently giving her support, her mother teaching her aspects of medicine, on and on and on) and Peeta is the number one, most important part of her luck in the first book. She has someone in the games actively putting her life before his… are you kidding? There is legitimately no better luck than that.

3. Even if we take Katniss out of it, Peeta is so impactful as a victor because most of his scenes would not be cut/doctored. What’s there to edit out? Instead, the viewers get a full view of him loving a girl so selflessly, using trickery and strategy instead of violence, keeping himself alive through art, joking on literal death’s door, and sharing so much of himself with the audience it becomes harder for them not to see him as a real human boy. How rare do you think that is for the games? Haymitch and LGB are caricatures of themselves in the games, playing roles that flatten them down. Even Katniss becomes one dimensional on screen without Peeta (and Rue, of course). It is also heavily implied that he does not kill anyone during the games (in a straightforward way) and even if you count Cato or the girl from 8 or even foxface, it’s never him hunting them or seeking out a kill - again how rare do you think that is to see on screen for Games viewers?

4. I didn’t think this needed to be said but: Katniss dies without Peeta in the first games. a) she goes for the bow and dies in the bloodbath; b) she is hunted and killed by Careers; c) she is killed by game makers because there’s no love story angle to keep them from just burning her entirely; d) she dies from tracker jacker stings or Cato because Peeta doesn’t defend her or tell her to run… I could go on…

5. But even if she does win and wins alone - the victory means as much (I would argue less than) any other rebellious victor winning, certainly less than Haymitch’s win. The biggest rebellion for their games is that two of them win! This is legit the only thing that distinguishes them from any other sympathetic, kind child who would have won the games. Like if Haymitch or Finnick or Wiress winning isn’t jarring enough for the Games to end… why do you think Katniss killing Peeta and winning solo would be? It would not.

6. And finally, I cannot stress this enough: There is no peaceful end to the rebellion or the trilogy without Peeta. “Peeta’s a whiz with fires” (HG) for a reason! Collins, over and over, shows us how fire can get out of control and destroy even those who are innocent and who you love (Gale, Beete, Peeta’s family, Haymitch’s family). If everyone really burns, there’s no one to clean the ashes. The reason not everyone burns is because of people like Peeta who can coax the flames in a way that is nurturing and consistent. I mean…. “Peeta fashioned some kind of incubator” is such an obvious detail. Those goslings don’t hatch without Peeta, life does not go on in peace and joy without Peeta.

It is no coincidence that when Maysilee says Lenore Dove got the “jump on us all” (in being a rebel), she is referring to LD using orange paint to make protest art!

We must stop pushing Peeta Mellark out of the narrative! He is literally the sunset on the reaping!

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the "I'm not a drinker myself" to gradually becoming an alcoholic to numb out the pain pipeline

the "I don't want them to change me. turn me into something I'm not" to being turned into a mutt version of himself pipeline

the "I do everything in my power to protect my sister" to losing her anyway pipeline

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His first real birthday

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Started from the bottom

Now we're here

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posted this LATE happy valentines day from my goats

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Reblog if you're asexual and tired

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Reblog if you're asexual and tired

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Resented (part1/?)

Part 2

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viva o sus

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

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"I wanted to forget him, and yet it seemed I thought of him always. It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there." - Interview with the Vampire, 1976 Interview with the Vampire (2022) | Season 1 - Season 2