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“Well, there’s no proof that will happen. You can’t count on things happening tomorrow just because they happened in the past. It’s faulty logic.”

How are we holding up? I’m still crying about Lenore Dove and the gumdrops

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i’m so appreciative to suzanne for reframing the rebellion from the original trilogy as a “they saw their moment and took it” type situation and showing us that they’ve been trying, over and over, with so many failed attempts, to break the arena and incite a rebellion for decades. in this current political climate never giving up hope is so essential. haymitch wasn’t the first nor the last, and they kept going even when it seemed completely futile, and that’s what counts, and what ultimately saves them all.

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"isn't it unrealistic that every time some rebellion shit goes on in District 12 it's someone related to or connected to Lucy Gray" no because Snow committed the cardinal sin of dating someone from a big family in a small town

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I adore my district 12 girlies

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although katniss is our protagonist and main character i think there's actually a much more fitting throughline when it comes to the presence of covey girls and their acts of rebellion.

lucy gray

lenore dove

primrose

i don't often see prim mentioned when it comes to covey lineage (most likely because her character is so aligned with their merchant mother in the original trilogy) but all three of these girls actively haunt the narrative.

lucy gray is the ghost whose songs of resistance endure in district 12 long after her name is forgotten. lenore dove paints her posters across the district and its haymitch's promise to her that forces him to keep going, keep fighting back until someone 'just like him but luckier' comes along to do what he couldn't. primrose is reason that katniss volunteers, she inspires a love so great that it defies the odds and brings her sister home.

they all have an immense strength but also an inherent gentleness - their love of animals whether this is lucy gray's snakes or lenore dove's geese or prim's refusal to hunt animals (not to mention lady and buttercup) - they are all drawn to creatures that are not widely seen as valuable or lovable.

they share a deep sense of optimism, each believe in the power of hope to transform one's circumstances. they each believe that a better world is not only possible but they are willing to take action to make it so. lucy gray uses her songs and performances, lenore dove engages in acts of sabotage and vandalises property. prim learns how to heal and chooses to enter a warzone in order to help people - in a world governed by violence, prim is first and foremost a healer.

and ultimately they are all taken from those who love them - they are girls frozen in time, forever filled with colour and light. three generations of covey girls, each doomed by their connection to the games.

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His first real birthday

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finnick is bad at talking to people. are you listening. FINNICK IS BAD AT TALKING TO PEOPLE. the man is socially stunted. he is not good at making friends. he's good at handling a very specific type of very delicate situation. he can walk on eggshells with the best of them. but he is not good at normal conversations.

like. have you seen him trying to ally with katniss in catching fire?? he's just throwing stuff at a wall and desperately hoping something sticks just like. i need to convince this girl to like me. what's likeable about me? um. i'm hot?? maybe?? people like that about me, right? so maybe, if i, like, does she- no? ok. ummm. jokes? hu- does she like humor? jokes?? no?? uhhh fuck um MAGS. mags. people like mags. i will introduce her to mags. mags help me wingman for me please i don't know what to do.

he doesn't know how. he isn't good at it. he's not a hyper-charismatic badass who can charm anyone in an instant, he's just good at bullshitting his way through interviews. that's all. if he wants someone to genuinely like or trust him, he's floundering.

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why do dating apps have like limits this is so homophobic

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my beautiful wife <3

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Haley my beloved 🌻

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the minuscule amount of rizz i have irl completely diminishes over text and i think that's gods way of nerfing me

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It's a Scara comic! just a funny idea I had, so I can practice drawing comics.

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came to a women's history month thing.... whis is it just me and a handful of hip old biddies 😭

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playing fast and loose with my damn tires today

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🗣️ huh?? what do you mean I haven’t posted any Link signing propaganda yet??

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i need the type of relationship where my partner backs me up on everything. like when i say i gave birth to my cat, they're like yeah babe of course you did im the father