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I can finally unveil this personal project! My comic version of chapter one of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which I finally managed to get to shortly after SOTR came out. This was a unique project for me that I've been working on, on and off, for the past year or so. Lots and lots of fun, although I did mess up in some parts (typesetting :') ) and the limited color pallette was a unique challenge. Rest of the chapter under the cut! Hope you enjoy :)

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Some tributes and their tokens

rest in peace kids of the quarter quell you would have loved summer camp :(

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I really wanted to draw Lou Lou and Maysilee's interview dresses. Effie specifies that the dresses are from the war era, and in the ABOSAS movie, the fashion is very 30s/40s inspired, so I went for similar silhouettes for the dresses.

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

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2012 Leo my beloved

Leo in color before bed

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“As the warmth of the sun leaves my back And these bruise-colored skies turn to black, None of these faces look the same And not a one knows my name. Oh, I am a long way from home.”   -Radical Face, “Names”

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the district 12 tributes for the second quarter quell

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Thinking about them...

~ honey just put your sweet lips on my lips // we could just kiss like real people do ~

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Wall-E (the character) is a great demonstration of how being curious about the world echoes our level of care for it. And that caring can quite literally course-correct humanity His playful fascination with what humans left behind, his ability to find "new" on a dormant planet of waste refuse-- he continues to care and be amazed by and change things in a world that has not effectively changed for about 700 years. Wall-E commemorates artifacts of life by treasuring them on their own special shelves in his home. He lovingly makes sure The Plant is secured in a way that won't crush it as he's going home. He accidentally runs over his cockroach and worries about it. He tries to make an inactive Eve comfortable at his expense, not knowing when or if she will ever wake up again.

Wall-E has such an impact on Eve and other passengers on the Axiom because he invites them to care about small interactions they took for granted. They make meaningful connections and changes in their own directive because-- simply by being interested by them and what they're doing-- he offers a new perspective of looking at themselves. (Remember when he gives the elevator robot that little wave and it's so taken with that gesture it starts to copy it? It was seen and acknowledged when its role has always been to punch numbers.)

The spark that Wall-E shared with Eve, I think, is not only symbolic of his love for Eve (though it is clear he loves Eve more than anyone). It was that care. It has to be that same care. Because if his little acts of wonder and determination inspired every other character to break from their programming, who's to say it can't overcome a factory reset?

Oh, and "curiosity" and "care" have the same etymological root, apparently

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From the edge of the year I lean over to inspect the unknown land

Vast before me

Shading my eyes trying to catch the lay of the place

It’s nooks and crannies

Any hiding places for God.

(It’s a kind of game we’re playing, He and I)

And I think, will I find him there? Where

In all these closets cupboards bends in the road and boards

Seas of faces dense emptinesses and tumbling city blocks

Will I find him, will he be waiting for me?

Laughing a little bit in his sleeve, not too loud

Knowing with what childlike surprise

I’ll catch him

Folded like a pretzel in places I thought

Too small for a God.

He’s good at the game.

I’ll squeal

And when I can’t find him, when I remember to, I’ll laugh, while looking afraid

(Really it’s just the moment of wavering anticipation)

Cause He’ll jump out at me then, enormous with the joy of the play

Arms enfolding, to haul me off home.

I forget sometimes but

It’s a fun game.

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Heyo, for anyone who still follows me for Daryl/reader content, I'm back in the writing swing of things and working on a larger project! It's something new for me, but I'm gonna try and get the whole story written and then release it by chapter. 🤞🏻 Thanks for sticking around. :)

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Putting them in their own post bc they kinda go hard actually

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Adrein Agreste Ella Enchanted Au

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a rare moment of peace

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One more day! Hold onto your butts!