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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. THIS IS TEN TIMES WORST THAN JAPAN. THIS IS SOME HONEYMOON SHIT. THIS IS THE MOST COUPLEY THEY HAVE EVER BEEN.

this is literally fanart someone would make for the fic exchange because the reference fic was an overly fluffy honeymoon one shot with zero conflict and a lot of introspection about being in love and changing and growing together NOT THEIR REAL FUCKING LIFE

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i know them calling themselves gay in itself means nothing because yes those two individuals sure are gay, but i do love the use of gay puns as a caption on Top Fifteen Couple Photos That Will Make You Want To Kill Yourself

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matching <3

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BBC MERLIN + tumblr’s terms of endearment (insp.)

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Dan and Phil are not married but they sure as hell do keep going on honeymoons!!

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I don’t know how to embed a video on here, but this quote so poetically explained a concept I couldn’t put into words.

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i just want to sit in front of the ocean for a little while

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infinity (taylor's version)

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✌️✌️✌️

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“they kissed” about their golf balls touching literally strangle me it would hurt less

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I need a day between every day to recover from the day before

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the longer i sit with it, the more i think that the saddest (not without some tough fucking competition, obviously) realization about sotr to me is that almost all the tributes really, truly, did not treat the games like they had a chance.

in the original trilogy—and even in The Ballad—the tributes felt like they were genuinely scheming and training and vying to win. with every other games, it seemed like the kids held onto this hope that they would be The One to make it, the one to become victor, even if they didn’t always say it aloud. despite the odds, they clawed as close as they could to victory, even if it meant playing into the capitol’s game and sacrificing their honor or morality.

but in this one? they come into the training rooms expecting to die. even the careers, though they swagger about and act like hot shit, feel younger than the careers have ever felt to me before. they collectively seem more resigned and bitter than in past/future tributes. their motives were all so unified against the capitol in a way that was reminiscent of the 75th games—where half the tributes were already a part of an organized rebellion to begin with.

while the theme of ‘i want to choose how i die, i don��t want the capitol to use me’ is prevalent in every book, this quell felt especially grim and determined. i kept expecting suzanne collins to undermine the camaraderie she gave the Newcomers. i kept expecting someone to decide ‘fuck it, i’m going for it on my own and i’ll backstab whoever i need to to do it.’ i kept expecting betrayal and desperation and a true competition.

but no—like wyatt, knowing his odds and choosing to protect the weaker—like ampert, knowing he’s charming and smart enough to make a decent bid for victor, yet rebelling anyways—like maysilee, knowing she’s near powerless, but spitting in the capitol’s face anytime she can—like all the newcomers, knowing they hardly have a shot, but absolutely refusing to betray one another—

they remained steadfast in their hope to die dignified and honorable, to die fighting against the true enemy, and that makes it so much more heartbreaking.

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This YouTube comment has been on my mind since I finished SOTR so this is what I came up with:

Lucy Gray was the mockingbird, living on the outskirts of district 12 and was there at the wrong time when they were forced to stay there after the Dark Days. They were subjected to the Capitol’s politics despite not being a part of Panem, technically speaking. Lucy Gray became part of the Games and, likewise, the mockingbird became affiliated with the Capitol through the jabberjay’s release into the woods, but it still continued to sing its own song.

Haymitch was the jabberjay, a Capitol tool that did what it had to in order to survive. The Capitol thought they could control them, but they retaliated in the form of rebellion. Haymitch refused to be a piece in their game and tried to end it, and the jabberjay, in the eyes of the Capitol, created a freak of nature that showed the Capitol’s lack of complete control.

Katniss was the mockingjay, a slap in the face of the Capitol, something that was never meant to exist. Together, the song of the mockingbird that lived on for generations and the stubbornness of the jabberjay that refused to die, the mockingjay had the best of both worlds. It was a symbol of rebellion and unity.

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The mockingbird, the jabberjay and the mockingjay 🕊️ inspired by this post by @fromevertonow

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king lester as todays warmup (ft swatches)