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"What have I done?"

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please laUNCH ME INTO THE SUN

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P.S. I still love you. The Summer I turned Pretty — 3.02

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The Summer I Turned Pretty || 3.02

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018) // The Summer I Turned Pretty (2025)

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I believe in you more than I've ever believed in myself.

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idk it’s like they’re telling me one thing (clairecarmy) but showing me another (sydcarmy) and i’m not really sure what i’m supposed to do with that

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SYD & CARMY THE BEAR 4.10 – Goodbye

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still thinking about the devastated way sydney pleads with carmy. “you’re my partner!” several people fucking died, many more injured

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(Amanda Row on reddit) okay what if I cry forever

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CASPER — 1995, dir. Brad Silberling

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Thanks so much for the tag!! I’ll bring my poetry collection, my brown-butter chocolate chip cookies, and my inability to shut up hahahaha

I tag the same people bc I see there is overlap already and I’m terrible at remembering usernames 😭

Mutual sleepover time!! I’m bringing lemonade 🍋🍋🍋. Everyone yap about all your hyperfixations!!

@magical-sweet-kitty @i-apologize-in-advance @raythepsychic @rayne3636 @evilrobertsmith @dem0lition-lov3r @failed-verification @geewaysgreendayhoodie @gerardksser @handsonpictureframes @chrissyhoffmannwtf @notyourmarshall @noelgruberfr @new-zee-land @mikey-way-stole-my-kidney

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Propaganda and implicit submission are without a doubt two main themes explored within Sunrise on The Reaping. However, undergirding those themes is a motif(s) that is present throughout all of the books in the series: what we owe to each other. Such is tied with the notions of empathy and what it means to be a human being (and perhaps even the idea of special obligations, but that’s for another post). Such is, perhaps, more relevant than ever—especially in the U.S. We are at a point where it has become increasingly common to hear people say “you don’t owe anyone anything” (obviously there’s nuance here). Moreover, we live in a time (and perhaps for some always have) where empathy is considered radical. A capitalistic society thrives on the idea of “every man for himself” and within the world Hunger Games, the capitalistic authoritarian regime the same is true: the danger is in community.

We see this motif appear in Sunrise on The Reaping at various points in the story. In part I, we see Lenore Dove attempt to help Woodbine Chance’s Ma keep possession over her son’s body to prevent a peacekeeper from taking it. This wasn’t just driven by the desire to “paint a poster”, but by sheer empathy and belief that Mrs. Chance was owed a chance to properly say goodbye to her son and that Woodbine himself was owed autonomy even in death—that he was not property which the Capitol could take. That Lenore Dove could be hurt is what prompted Haymitch to intervene. His actions, deemed rebellious and radical, landed him in the Hunger Games. Rebellion can be understood in two ways (at least within this context): intentional acts and/or acts (sometimes spur of the moment) driven by a fundamental empathy. This empathy stems from an understanding of the intrinsic value of human life and belief that by virtue of being a human being we are equals. This entails the question of what owe one another: mutual respect and empathy (I won’t speak more on what else we might owe, but these two to a certain extent are agreed upon in various strands of philosophy).

We see this again in the days leading up to the games and within the arena itself. For example, Haymitch’s alliance with Louella and his desire to give Louella autonomy in death by trying to stall the Capitol taking her body. Empathy fuels the desire and intentional act to make Snow own the death of Louella. Furthermore, empathy and the idea of what we owe to each other is what makes Haymitch, Wyatt, Maysilee, Wiress, and Mags look out for Lou Lou. This girl isn’t Louella, and so one might think that they have every reason not to look out for this body double and ear piece to the Capitol. However, they don’t look at her and only see the “mutt” (although it took a few hours to get over their judgements). They see the little girl from District 11 who has been taken from her home and her family, starved, and stripped of her autonomy by the Capitol. In the arena, Haymitch looks out for Lou Lou, sharing his food and supplies with her, even though one might think he has no reason or obligation too. He does so anyway because he, rightly, sees the humanity in her. We see it in the way that Mags asks Haymitch, Maysilee, and Wyatt what they want, and how each of them, but especially Haymitch, seeks to uphold and respect that in the arena.

We see empathy and mutual respect within the formation of the Newcomers and Maysilee helping with people’s tokens. We see it in the way that Haymitch makes a promise to Beetee to ensure that Ampert does not suffer in death, even though he can’t fulfill this promise. He did not have to make such a promise beyond keeping Ampert alive to carry out the plan to break the arena—once again bringing to the fore the notion of what we owe to each other.

We see it with Maysilee and Haymitch helping their fellow allies. We see it in the way Haymitch seeks to protect and look out for Wellie. Of course there’s other considerations such as the belief that they won’t make it so they might as well help others to do so. There’s also the instance of Haymitch dropping the chocolate ball to Silka as she lay crying at the base of the tree. There are many more, but this is enough to show that this motif is prevalent throughout the entirety of the story and in fact undergirds the main themes the story explores.

Obviously there are complexities and nuance when you add in considerations of coercion, the complexities of living under a totalitarian regime, proportional violence, etc. However, the book shows that even in a system that is constantly trying to drill “every man for himself” and implicit submission, that the notion that we do in fact owe something to one another can transcend. That it defies exactly what the Capitol and Snow are trying to instill (division), is what makes it a radical act even when it shouldn’t be.

Again this question of what we owe to one another is nuanced and complex, especially when we apply it in real life. There are considerations to be made of special obligations, mutual respect, dynamics of oppressor and oppressed, what we are capable of, privileges, etc. What I am hoping to point out is that empathy and human dignity play a key role within this book and the others. It plays a fundamental element of human agency, and highlights a message within the story that no act is really too small.

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RACHEL ZEGLER GET BEHIND ME GIRL!!! WE RIDE AT DAWN!!

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Happy birthday to the best!!! 💖💖💖

My kind, beautiful, amazing friends made collages of my OCs. Truly the greatest gift a girl like me could get. A great gift for all of you too, to have a stronger visual identity of my cast of characters!

Happy birthday to me!🥳🥳🥳