A Kingdom Or This

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how do y’all think haymitch felt when katniss came back to him all “i want wiress, beetee, and mags as allies” in catching fire? hand-picking his two and a half men(tors)!!

“of course you do” as his response now means so much more bc he’s not just exasperated he’s like “you really are me with a braid”

Suzanne Collin’s just said fuck you to everyone who’s ever critiqued the Hunger Games as being a “teen girl saves the day” story. She said oh, Mockingjay didn’t make it clear enough? Here’s a book about how people have been rebelling for decades only to have their efforts suppressed and propagandized. Rebellion takes time and it takes failure and Katniss may have been the spark that ignited the wildfire but she did so standing atop the doused flames of everyone who came before her.

the boy with the fire starter created the sparks for the girl on fire.

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.

ya know, there are a lot of fics about Declan being tragic and twisted up and well-intentioned but ultimately toxic, and that's great because he canonically is those things, but ya know what there's not enough fics about?

Declan just being the most obnoxious big brother on the planet

where are all the fics about Declan calling Ronan a pissant to his face and ending every argument with "because i'm the oldest and i say so"?? because he also canonically does those things

someone who's not me needs to write Jordeclan getting high together and Jordan painting Declan's body, featuring shotgunning

formal request

NOW HOLD ON.. THIS ONE’S GOT A LITTLE KICK TO IT

pssst a friend DID write it for me

Long shots

[ID: fanart of Haymitch, Maysilee, Louella, and Wyatt from Sunrise on the Reaping. they're each shown from the chest up, looking directly at the viewer. Haymitch glares, his head lowered slightly as he looks up. Maysilee looks unimpressed, a slight tilt to her head. Louella stares straight forward, defiant and calm. Wyatt looks nervous, with a furrowed brow. END ID]

effie was the last person he saw before entering the games and the first person he really saw upon getting out. and then he had to see her. on his birthday. as they sent kids to die. every. single. year. how much he must have hated how much he liked her

money can't buy happiness? wait just give it to me and let me try-

how it feels to be in your 20s and getting sent TikTok videos from your friends but you don’t have a TikTok and it just redirects you to the Apple download page for it.

Lou Lou (aka my Lou Shayla💔)

Lou Lou was truly one of my favorite characters from “Sunrise on the Reaping”. I also see her as a nod to the Black girls/women and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)— ppl who usually go missing and no one, especially the government, usually notices.

Haymitch and his ducklings

stiles - my muse, my little bastard

Me while writing: oh hell yes this is such a good sentence I'm the master of poetic imagery

The writing when I go back to edit: