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President Snow's obsession with Katniss, being like "go on you lying liar, convince me you LOVE HIM because I know you don't. You don't! You don't love him and you're just pretending for personal gain you lying LIAR PANTS" is so much funnier after knowing his backstory.

Like, damn Corio, someone sure did a number on you, huh?

Katniss: I love Peeta

President Snow, watching from his office:

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In the epilogue of Mockingjay, Katniss only refers to her children as 'the boy' and 'the girl'. We never learn their real names. Throughout her life, Katniss has never really been allowed privacy or the ability to make many of her own decisions. Whether this was caused by the living conditions of the Seam and having to constantly provide for Prim and their mother, or by the fact that she was forced into the scrutiny of the public eye when she was reaped/volunteered and became the face of the rebellion- The Mockingjay.

So then all of this passes, she and Peeta are living together in District 12 in the Victor's Village, and they are finally allowed to choose how they want to live. After 15 years, she decides that she's ready to have kids. They can be raised in a safe environment with no Games, no threats. So the one choice she makes at the end is to keep their names from us, the audience. The one thing that gives us our identity before anything else. The one thing that, essentially, makes us who we are (also Suzanne is so meticulous with picking names throughout the series, so it would be special to Katniss and Peeta). She decides that that's only for her and her family to know.

We, who have literally seen every inch of her life from the reaping up until now, are being told that no, we don't get to see parts of her life without her permission anymore. And it always makes me so emotional. Like yes! Take back your life! Rest. Live. Love. But on YOUR terms and no one elses.

(I posted this on my TikTok acc @narniachrons as well. It wasn't stolen, I swear!)

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thinking about how the hunger games were designed to prove that without society, order, government, someone to rule, we devolve into little more than animals, and how the games themselves prove over and over again that this is not true. We see it in every single game we witness.

Katniss placing flowers around Rue's body in the arena. Thresh sparing Katniss because she was kind to Rue, even though he was making it that much harder for himself to win.

Haymitch going back for Maysilee after hearing her scream even though their alliance had been broken. Haymitch holding her as she dies the same way Katniss did Rue.

Coral's "I can't have killed them all for nothing" when she realizes she's not going home. Lamina cutting down Marcus at great personal risk. And, my favorite moment in tbosas, Reaper collecting the bodies of his fellow tributes, his peers, even the ones who tried to kill him, into a pile. Taking the weapons from their hands. Closing their eyes and crossing their arms in the best approximation of a proper burial he can manage, covering them with the Capitol flag as a makeshift shroud.

The Games bring out the worst in people, yes. But despite the extreme circumstances, despite the exterior pressure of the Capitol, despite the fact that it could mean pain and heartbreak and death, it also shows that people have an enormous capacity for goodness. That even in a situation purposefully designed to make empathy impossible, people can't help but have it anyway.

Snow looks at the Games and all he can see is what's inside himself-- this pure animalistic drive to conquer and defeat. He kills and it feels good and he thinks that everyone else must feel that way too. He doesn't realize (maybe can't realize) that he is the exception, not the rule. He cannot see outside himself, outside his own warped perspective, to realize that the fact that people do show humanity in the games proves his entire worldview wrong.

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The covey having a secret graveyard outside of district 12 in the forest is actually so special to me because they finally get to be free in death

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TBOSAS if it was from his pov

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snow lands on top

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Writer Beware makes posts on which publishing houses to avoid at all costs, which words to look for and which words to watch out for in contracts, and several other things that will keep you in control and knowledgeable about the publishing process.  I’d suggest reading through the website if you want to avoid getting ripped off, cheated, or scammed.

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As per folks asking, have the Joltik plush pattern on a DIN A 4 sheet!

First I sewed everything together from 1. - 3. and stuffed it. Next up come the 4 legs (I like to sew paw and leg parts together (4. + 5.) first before sewing both mirrored parts). 

Joltik love to crawl all around your room, preferably in high places , so adding small magnets inside the paws gives the Joltik a lot of potential hiding places! A round magnet with 10 mm x 1 - 2 mm might work best. A short furred Joltik might also need fringes like in 11. to stay warm… (The longer furred Joltik is able to hide any edges and weird proportions more efficiently as I noticed! Though both are nice to touch, so go with whatever you prefer or have on hand.)

They love th play with you, so help them out by only sewing the tips of the legs to the lowest part of the body. That way the Joltik has as much mobility as possible! More spidery that way, too!

Sewing the face is the most fickle part. I sewed extra backsides for the larger spikes and plan to add small ones on the short furred Joltik. (Small spikes didn’t really work with the long fur unfortunately…) Add a bit of wadding and a few stitches to get them into shape as well!

The eyes are done with cutting out felt! Cut a hole for the pupil and press the smaller felt inside. (I love to add a small gradient with a copic marker). The white hightlights can be glued on top and the whole eye can be glued and sewed on the face. 

For the finishing touches I trimmed some of the long hair on the long furred Joltik and glued the fur on the teeth together since that’s no place for long fur and pulled out any fur caught in between the seams.

For the short furred Joltik I plan to add more custom small spikes to the face and back (a feature the long haired Joltik doesn’t need). 

That’s all! And without further ado:

Feeding time~!

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Another Simpsons project done! Pattern by HappySlothPatterns on Etsy by not_suspicious

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Free Plushy Patterns

This is a list of free plushy patterns so I can find them later

Jiji Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2019/12/13/jiji-plush/

Bat Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2016/09/16/free-pattern-friday-bat-plush/

Hedgehog Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2020/03/06/hedgehog-plush/

Cow Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2021/02/12/cow-plush/

Frog Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2021/04/09/frog-plush/

Seal Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2021/06/11/seal-plush/

T-Rex Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2019/07/05/t-rex-plush/

Manta-Ray Plush:

https://cholyknight.com/2021/05/14/manta-ray-plush/

Whale Plush:

https://www.allfreesewing.com/Sewn-Toys/Wallace-the-Whale-from-Camelot-Fabrics

Nessie Plush:

https://welivedhappilyeverafter.com/lochnessmonsterstuffedanimal/

Whale Plush:

https://www.allfreesewing.com/Sewn-Toys/Wallace-the-Whale-from-Camelot-Fabrics

Flying Squirrel Plush:

https://wildolive.blogspot.com/2014/09/guest-project-abby-glassenbergs-flying.html

Bumble Bee Plush:

https://www.sewmag.co.uk/free-sewing-patterns/bumblebee-toy

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Got the idea for this one from @wheredafandomat 😉

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#Oh no, someone has hired the cutest black widow assassin

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Tom by Charlie Gray for Entertainment Weekly 2021

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Hey hey hey I'm working on a google drive with free PDF versions of every Dungeons & Dragons book I can find for anyone who wants them! Right now there's close to 100 different ones including the trusty Player Handbook, Volo's Monster Guide, 100 Plosions & Their Effects & Explorers Guide to Wildmount (cough Critical Role cough)

There's also the official d&d cook book & some character creation guides & a whole bunch of adventure modules for one shots or to spice up any campaign!

The link is here

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High-Rise (2015)

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