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Re reading the original hunger games is so funny bcus katniss can literally read haymitch's mind like what. I'm dying of thirst but haymitch hasn't sent me water, that must mean that there's some nearby!! And one kiss is one pot of broth!! Like she even acknowledges that it's strange when she's like oh to peeta this would just be a pot of broth. Haymitch will give her one look and katniss knows immediately what he means and she's right every time

Meanwhile peeta is like your dress really suits you and you look nice :) and katniss is like he's trying to kill me

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Hardison & Parker + lock and key

LEVERAGE (2008—2012) LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (2021—)

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idk just something about percy holding annabeth while dangling off the ledge above the abyss of tartarus, both of them thinking “a one way trip, a very hard fall” and thinking that they’ll just go splat at the bottom and die together - percy letting go of the ledge rather than annabeth showing that he was more than willing to die with her rather than let her die alone while he lived a life without her, but even then he can’t stand the thought of her dying so while they’re falling he TWISTS THEM TO BE BENEATH HER TO CUSHION AND BREAK HER FALL IN THE HOPES THAT SHE COULD MAKE IT OUT ALIVE WITHOUT HIM

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Peggy Carter + her smile

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Person in my gas station talking to someone on the phone: ...We're in Ohio...

Me, knowing we're in Utah: ????

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@lgbtqcreators creator bingo - typography, colour, free choice

Was it hazing for a cruel fraternity? I pledged and I still mean it Old habits die screaming ↳ haymitch abernathy + "the black dog" by taylor swift

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I know that in the year of our lord and savior 2025, most of thg tumblr is pro-Peeta, but one thing that irks me is his frequent fandom portrayal as intensely vulnerable or essentially helpless. yes this man wears his heart on his sleeve, but he still tells half-truths about his upbringing and omits things he’d rather not say. He lies and manipulates and twists reality—for the greater good, perhaps—but charisma is his weapon as much as Katniss’s is a bow and arrow. what makes him a good man and such a likable character is his ability to admit weakness, accept help, not be prideful, and to ultimately and endlessly value humanity. sure, he’s patient, but he’s not a doormat. he’s not physically incompetent. he’s not a perfect goody-two-shoes soft boy. he’s a real human being with flaws and a heart bigger than the sea.

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FRINGE || “A Short Story About Love” 4.15

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i can’t explain how every scene with shmi makes me feel. pernilla august’s performance is so underrated and enigmatic. you already feel like she’s preemptively mourning her son’s future

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meanwhile on Twitter

you could make the argument that it’s foolish that everyone in the world should know what the Odyssey is but if you’re from a western country that literally has Greek history stolen away in your museum then well, really a child left behind.

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PATRICK JANE & TERESA LISBON

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katniss, entering the tribute center for the quarter quell: we’re not here to make friends

peeta, nervously hiding the friendship bracelets behind his back: yeah… not here for friends

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katniss’s first memory of Peeta happens with baby clothes:

She tries to sell the last things she can to survive. When no one buys, she drops Prim’s old clothing in a muddle puddle and leaves them there. She’s too weak to survive, too weak to kneel down and pick them up. She gave up. She was going to let the community home take them— give in to the one thing she had fought so hard to prevent:

Then, Peeta tosses her the bread. She doesn’t tell us if she goes back for the threadbare clothing, she instead runs home to Prim.

He didn’t just save her life, he saved Katniss’s reason to live: preventing Prim from getting taken to the community home.

If we examine this more generally as a metaphor:

Katniss had given up on kids. She dropped the last hope she had about having children in that mud puddle. She spent all day in front of adults, none of whom spared her any food or help. She realized she could not care for herself, never mind a child. The only person who helped her reclaim her position as protector was Peeta.

She was forced to leave the dream of caring for the child behind until Peeta arrived. Until the bread.

So it makes sense he would ask for a child and ensure the safety to care for them in the epilogue. It’s her going back for the baby clothes. Only now, she’s not too weak to pick them back up.

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after arouind 9pm all music sounds better and all fanfic reads better BUT all thoughts become 97% less reliable. trust me im science

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me when the fanservice doesn’t hit: actually kind of sad to see writers lack courage in their narratives and paper over interesting ambiguity or characterization because of online opinions… this is why we need a firm wall between fandom and creators….

me when the fanservice does hit: haha fuck yes love being catered to and pressuring writers into doing what i want #cyberbullyingworks 👏👏👏👏

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Sketch Week!

Inspired in spirit by @husborth’s painfully satisfying AU Mustard Gas and Roses, which is a sheer delight to chew on and still surprises me with new details I didn’t notice every time I re-chew through it.

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Fanfiction is so silly. I am playing with my dolls and people are coming over to watch. Some of them even clap and give me compliments. And when I'm done playing, I can go and watch other people play with their dolls.