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it’s 1980s Italy and ancient history masters student stewy hosseini is sent to stay with professor logan roy to help him with his studies and spend the summer with his family

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saw a theory that the SmokeStack twins were posing as one man in Chicago, which helped them get away with stealing from both sides. i'm poised to believe that because visually their clothing was very clearly of the two mobs. smoke was full irish— tweed, bowler hat. while stack had the full mafia look. yk italian leather shoes, fedora etc etc . like the details!!

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but it Is funny how stewy is hedonism #crazy but kendall outcrazies him by a thousand miles by being genuinely unstable. like stewys crazy is all #cantbetamed nipples pierced ‘i know drug dealers in europe’ dating models who host underground sex parties but kendalls crazy is cocaine on his kids ipads doing meth in new mexico backwoods literally killing a man on the night of his sisters wedding.

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This post was inspired by lucky lefties district deep dive, so please go watch. I left a similar post in a comment under her video but I wanted to expand on it since I spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the career districts.

I’ve seen people online with the opinion that 4 is different from the other Career districts somehow. That they either aren’t prone to sending up volunteers or that their tributes aren’t as cut throat.

I personally hate this theory however I can see why people have come to such a conclusion.

In the books the two district 4 tributes are never named and both die very early on despite having supposedly trained their whole lives to survive this sort of thing. Also I doubt the movie helps as in the films the male district 4 tribute is extremely young and is killed by Cato during the bloodbath.

The girl dies later to the tracker jackers along with Glimmer and I think the impression people form because of that is something must be different about 4. Why else would their tributes be so young and die so early?

In the books Katniss does however, mention that it is strange that the district 4 male died so early on and we know he’s 18 unlike in the films, and it’s not hard to imagine that the girl from 4 was simply unprepared when the nest fell on her like Glimmer.

However, I also think the district 4 Victors we end up meeting only serve to confuse people further. We don’t meet many of the district 4 victors but the ones we do see aren’t exactly what you would expect from a career district. Mags who is extremely old, fragile and kind by the time we come to meet her in catching fire and Annie who is described frequently to have suffered a complete mental collapse during her own games.

They’re not exactly the paragon of strength, intimidation and glory that we associate with Careers like Gloss or Enobaria.

Finnick is definitely the most stereotypical career out of all of them, at least in appearances and stature, but throughout the books we learn that he is incredibly kind and gentle despite what we’re lead to believe spending most of the first few days in the games caring for Mags and ensuring Katniss’ safety by playing up her pregnancy for the Capitol.

It’s hard for us as the audience to really reconcile the fact that 4 is like 1 and 2 because we actually get to know the tributes from their and we learn that they aren’t as one dimensional as we’re lead to believe with the others.

So yes I do believe all 3 were careers. I think Mags probably formed a pack similar to the one we see Coral forming in Tbosas she was probably an earlier example of a career. Meanwhile Annie I believe suffered a similar breakdown to Cato after Clove died.

I don’t like how people assume that just because she was well trained and prepared that she somehow wasn’t still susceptible to trauma. If she was a career then we can assume she grew up close with her partner and like how Cato and Clove had a close relationship. Watching him die so brutally would’ve had an affect on any teenager career or not.

Finnick is definitely the hardest to see being a career ironically enough and that’s simply by virtue of the fact that he was 14 years old when he was reaped.

If the whole point of career tributes is to ensure your district wins and is granted the food and wealth that the Capitol gifts to the victors as a reward then why let a 14 year old child volunteer?

The only reasons I can think of is

1. Either he was some sort of prodigy (though I still find this confusing as wouldn’t waiting for him to turn 18 and sending him up with assurance that he might win not be better than sending a half trained 14 year old and hoping he’ll be the first?)

2. He got unlucky. Maybe the reaping system is employed some years or they don’t always manage to get volunteers, though I find this unlikely it is definitely a possibility.

3. Or (and this is more of a personal theory btw) like 1, 4 tries to play the social game with the Capitol and figured sending an attractive, prodigy 14 year old would stir up interest (and provide Finnick with a good storyline for interviews) while also ensuring lots of sponsorships based on his looks.

I personally believe the third theory though there’s not much evidence so I would take it with several grains of salt.

However even with all that sorted I believe that district 4 does train their tributes in a slightly different way then 1 and 2 however I think this comes more from a place of culture and propaganda than anything else.

Since district 4 runs the fishing industry they obviously have access to the ocean. They’re one of the only districts to do so barring maybe 5 and even then 4 has access on a much larger scale. This is bad for the Capitol.

Of course it’s said that Panem is the only surviving nation from after the world changed but they could easily be lying and either way, having a whole district with the potential to utilise the only bit of the world the Capitol doesn’t and cannot have complete control over if they ever decide to rebel means that district 4 is a threat.

I think that the Capitol places a lot of emphasis on inter personal relationships in the district, I also believe that like 11 they are probably heavily monitored, especially on the ocean and that whippings, beatings and executions are probably commonplace as the Capitol wants to discourage any attempts at escape.

I think district 4 has a very close knit community, and that the Captiol does everything it can to tie them to their homeland, establishing roots and connections that mean many people in district 4 don’t want to leave their home.

However I think this is also a double entendre because the close sense of community between district 4 citizens means that they get especially frustrated when their children die in the games and while I’m not saying that the other districts don’t care about their kids as much, something we see, at least in district 12, is a very defeatist attitude towards the games. The kids reaped there have given up before they’ve even made it into the arena and I imagine it’s similar with a lot of the other poorer districts, just accepting their grim reality and not bothering to try and fight. It’s implied in catching fire that 4 outright rebels and on Katniss’ victory tour she describes them as one of the districts angry at the Capitol. I believe this is because the strong emphasis on community bonds and connections means that the citizens in district 4 don’t take the abuse lying down so much as other districts like 12.

This is why I also believe the district 4 focuses primarily on survival when training volunteers. And I don’t mean survival techniques like how to start a fire or stop an infection because I don’t think the Capitol would allow those types of skills to be taught, but I think district 4 basically teaches their tributes to do anything they can to make it home.

We see it with Coral in Tbosas movie where she breaks down sobbing about how all her kills couldn’t have been for nothing. I think this feeling of doing what you have to to make it home ends up being a driving factor behind their teachings.

They’re taught to put morals aside and that even if they’re in an alliance the only one safe to trust is their own partner. Maybe they’re also taught to use whatever they can to endear them to the Capitol, whether that be their looks or their skills in the arena.

So while they’re equally as indoctrinated as 1 and 2 I believe that a lot of their training is focused on doing whatever they need to in order to live.

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A Day In The Life (1967)

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OK but:

I will never get tired of listening to this memory.

How sweet is it that he immediately reaches for Ringo’s hand to demonstrate and continues to hold it while reminiscing.

Just the visualization of the last time he was with George, stroking and holding each other’s hands like that for hours, enjoying each other’s company…really beautiful.

LOL at Ringo’s comment, why did he have to do Paul like that.

“Favourite memory of mine.”

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countdown for season 3 -> 2 days

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its so fascinating to me how all norms in yellowjackets are gone. gender roles? nope, your gender doesn't matter, what matters is how you contribute to the groups survival. time? they went back to only seeing the seasons and morning/afternoon/night. privacy? nuh uh, they're basically all connected, they saw each other at their worst points. because why would the norms matter at this point. if anything jackie was the only one keeping them alive, so as she fell they did too

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Soft, fluffy charthur is weak as hell. Give me dysfunctional uncles charthur. Give me a “I’m gonna get this wasp nest off the porch” “I swear to god if those wasps get in this house I’m packing my shit and leaving” dynamic. Give me charthur that argues over dumb shit and then don’t talk to each other for hours. I don’t need “Arthur learns to braid to braid Charles’s hair.” I NEED MESSY CHARTHUR.

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i forget to mention, chapter two of my modern grooming au fic is also up now! a rare productive weekend for me what can i say. unfortunately christmas is coming for me like a speeding train, but i have this to offer:

arthur and john backstory, charles and arthur have a conversation (!), dutch continues to be the worst person alive.

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i am finally back in my fic writing headspace, so here is the latest. i have been working on a modern charthur au for a while and the first chapter is now up.

keep in mind, this is a pretty dark story about arthur as an adult reckoning with being groomed by dutch as a minor, so if that is not your thing, get out now!

but there will be a happy ending, and charthur is endgame so don't worry <3

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What does your post tb domestic Arthur look like? And same for domestic Charles?

I’m SO glad you asked! Arthur was pretty weak for a while, Baptized by fire is set a few years after the events of rdr2. Arthur had to give up smoking, his lungs were too damaged. Everytime he would light up a smoke he’d be coughing and gasping for breath. It terrified Charles, and he made him quit. Which was REALLY hard at first. Like he was so irritable, just itching for a smoke. He took to toothpicks, it was the only thing that helped. Charles had to hide when he’d smoke his pipe, since Arthur would stare at him longingly like a dog looking at a piece of meat. Since Arthur was so weak at first, Charles did most of the dirty work. Arthur went pretty stir crazy and they had a lot of fights over it. This led to them getting a routine that would help Arthur get out his… frustration. I headcannon Arthur as a pleasure dom. He needs to feel in charge, but he doesn’t want the pleasure. He wants to give the pleasure.

Arthur never got his full strength back, and during the warmer months he helps out as best he can. He can’t build his full muscle mass back, and can’t move like he used to. He’s out of breath from a short jog across the property, the dull ache returning to his chest.

He gets tired more often too, just fatigued all the time. But he’s stubborn and fights through it most days. He loves a good bath, when Charles will drag in the tub and they can just soak in the warm water.

They love to wash each other, especially Charles’ hair. Arthur will take such good care of it, knowing how important it is to Charles’ heritage. Charles had to teach Arthur how to braid, and he’s proud to say he’s gotten pretty good at it. Grooming each other is a big deal in their relationship. They’re big on acts of service.

I think Charles worries for Arthur more than he shows it. One he knows that Arthur is stubborn as hell, so he doesn’t make a big deal out of it.

I think Charles struggles with staying in one place. Not that he doesn’t love the cabin and love that he doesn’t have to be on the run anymore. But he still finds himself thinking about what he would take if they suddenly had to leave. Because of this, he has very few things that mean something to him. Charles does have a few wooden figures that he has whittled, that’s about the closet he gets to knick knacks. Arthur is more sentimental, especially .

There’s a lot that’s said without words. They understand each other on a deeper level. It comes in handy when they’re hunting together, one of the few times Arthur gets out of the cabin for more than doing chores.

I have one last chapter in the works for this arc, but don’t worry there will be more to come with these three

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also yes i am reading my dark vanessa so the inspiration is inspiring.

writing a grooming fic about my poor baby arthur with good dad hosea and feral brother john sprinkled in. guess the villain?

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writing a grooming fic about my poor baby arthur with good dad hosea and feral brother john sprinkled in. guess the villain?

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rdr2 except no side characters died, dutch didnt go crazy cornwall and the pinkertons werent looking for them and micah completely mellowed out to nothing more than a mouthy shit BUT arthur still got tb…

imagine if it was properly acknowledged, but they try to continue as normal in the hopes he recovers with the amount of extra rest hes started to have. and the extra rest starts to become longer and more constant as he worsens. the hope fades into worry, into either acceptance or grief.

eventually…they start to look for somewhere warmer to camp, nicer and quieter. john gives arthur his tent, and hosea gets him a better bed. dutch makes the tent look more cosy and arthur-like. for three days, the women or dutch, john and hosea are constantly with him. other members come to speak to him during the day, saying their goodbyes in a way. on the third night, hosea tells miss grimshaw to fetch john and dutch.

they sit with him, dutch holding his head and hosea stroking his hair. john sits with them, not knowing what to do with himself. for an hour, dutch and hosea tell some stories about when arthur was young, all his best ones. the ones that made him happy. arthur barely responds, but he looks right at them and makes no effort to move away or stop listening. then, hosea whispers that he can go to sleep now. theyll see him again soon.

and he does.

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I love when I see posts like "I would ship Vandermatthews if it didn't involve Dutch." like...surely that's an oxymoron, if you just wanna enjoy Hosea in a happy, wholesome ship then Bessie is right there (just take her out the fridge), as for the rest of us we're here for the pain and the beauty in tragedy, that wouldn't exist if Dutch wasn't the messy bitch he is.