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the basics ~ charlie, 22, queer, any pronouns, sagittarius, writer, cat parent 18+ only mdni
the fun stuff ~ lesbian sevika truther, iced drink enjoyer, chappell roan listener, trinket and figure collector, video game player, lover of fictional blond men and buff women, farcille enthusiast
the important stuff ~ masterlist | rules | ao3 | ko-fi | commissions
suzanne collins is such a genius... the cultural phenomenon of her series leading to the hanging tree house remixes, mockingjay being milked for two (bad) movies, the capitol-inspired makeup palettes, the halloween costumes, the explosion of the market for dystopia, the butchering of her characters and removal of disabilities, disfiguration, and racial tension + representation to sell more tickets, the extra gale scenes to fuel discourse, and the audience showing up to cinemas to watch what was pretty honestly marketed to them (the jacob vs edwardification of the symbolic love story and also to watch children fight to the death) it's just so ridiculously ironic i would say you can't write this shit, but she did write about it... in The Hunger Games published 2008
i am going to shout this from the rooftops:
Katniss, Haymitch, and the Seam inhabitants are all described as olive-skinned, brown-eyed (edit: and gray-eyed), and dark-haired.
Peeta, Maysilee, Katniss’ mother and the Merchants are largely described as blond haired, blue eyed, light-skinned.
The Hunger Games adaptations have a huge weakness to their casting because they allowed their white audience to overlook this very important fact, that the Mockingjay is a brown girl, that her mother was disowned for having a mixed-race and mixed-class marriage, that Katniss and Haymitch were long shots not just because they’re Seam but because they are brown… because the only brown characters in the movies (i.e. Rue, Thresh, 11 in general) were there to be tragic, not to be saviors.
Katniss Everdeen is brown, and I won’t forgive or forget the movies for erasing that part of her character.
this has been another tea time with hawk ☕️🦅
me, screaming: pre-fall of elturel rolan was a WHORE! a dyed-in-the-wool SLUT!!!! his confidence is not a mask for insecurity it's REAL because he FUCKS!!! that's why he's so devastated when he FAILS to keep his siblings safe he--
(my family finally pulls life support, they experience the purest relief)
don’t let the horny blogging fool you i’m gut wrenchingly sad
