holy shit this is so articulate and so very spot on

Katniss is like Lucy Gray this, Katniss is like Sejanus that, and yes fine that's all good and true and lovely but Katniss Everdeen is also a direct parallel to Coriolanus Snow and people NEED to start talking about this because it's driving me crazy.

Think about it: they both grew up poor and deeply vulnerable, losing parents at a very young age, with a matriarchal adult (Katniss' mother and Coriolanus' Grandma'am) who fails to provide for them emotionally and physically. They intimately understand the threat of starvation, even developing with stunted growth because of it, and their narrations in the books share a fixation on food. Throughout their childhoods, both experienced constant fear and suffered a fundamental lack of control over their circumstances. Because of this, they're inherently suspicious of the people around them. They resent feeling indebted to others, especially those who have saved their lives. They're motivated almost entirely by family and deeply connected to their communities. Both are used and manipulated by the Capitol, both are forced to perform to survive and despise every inch of it, both are thrown into the Arena and made to kill. Both have a self-sacrificial, genuinely sweet sister figure acting as their conscience. Peeta and Lucy Gray - performers and love interests with a fundamental kindness and sense of hope about them - fulfill markedly similar roles in their narrative. Both contribute to the development of the future Hunger Games, Snow throughout tbosas and Katniss towards the end of Mockingjay.

It's easy to ignore these similarities because, as mirrors of each other, they are exact opposites. Katniss is from District 12, viewed and treated as less than human; Snow is the cream of the Capitol crop, given the privilege of a name with social weight, an ancestral home, and the opportunity of the Academy despite having no more money than a miner from 12. Katniss has no agency over her life, and responds by being kind whenever she's able, while Snow justifies horrendous evils in order to continue his quest for complete control. Katniss does everything she can to protect her family; Snow does everything he can to protect his family's image as an extension of his own ego. Katniss loves her District and connects with its inhabitants on a meaningful level, but Snow is indifferent at best to his peers - the apparent "superior people" - and only engages with his community for personal gain. Katniss emerges from the Arena horrified at herself and the system, but Snow takes his trauma and turns it into an excuse to perpetuate the violence with himself at the top. Katniss cares for Prim until her death and then snaps at the loss of her little sister, while Snow survives on Tigris' blood, sweat, and tears and then torments and abandons her, presumably because she calls him out on his insanity. Snow actively adds to and popularizes the Hunger Games because of his vendetta against the Districts following his childhood wartime trauma - Katniss briefly agrees to a new Hunger Games in the pursuit of vengeance, but later stops them from happening by killing Coin and choosing a life of peace and privacy. Snow is obsessed with revenge, but Katniss empathizes with the Capitolites and does what she can to keep them from suffering. He exists in a cruel system and selfishly upholds it; she exists in a cruel system and works to dismantle it for the good of her family and community, at great personal cost. And Peeta and Lucy Gray are incredibly similar, but Katniss and Peeta forge a relationship of genuine love and understanding that shines in comparison to Coriolanus' obsessive projection onto Lucy Gray.

So, yeah, Katniss is Lucy Gray haunting Coriolanus. But I bet you anything that eighty-something year old President Snow looks at her, the girl on fire, bright and young and brilliant, emerging from a childhood of starvation with a relentless hunger for success, a talented and charming performer helping her win the Games, and he sees the ghost of his own past. And that's why he's so afraid of her! Because if he sees himself in her, then he's up against his own cunning, his own talent for manipulation, his own charisma, his own genius. He's up against the version of himself that he once wished to be, with the nightmare army of his childhood at her back and her star-crossed lover at her side, spewing Sejanus' truths in his own voice. This isn't to say that Katniss ever achieved the level of power and agency that Coriolanus did during her time with the rebellion, but it is to say that Snow was taken down by what truly terrified him - his own morality, come to finish the job.

ya’ll,,,,,,,, in a tbosas drought plz just send me pics of mr snow

now wait a minute…

Seeing other people who are active in the fandom and wanting to ask them if they’re interested in joining the discord so so badly bc let’s be friend and talk about Snowbaird!!!! But being scared that’s just pushy and annoying 😭😭😭

Anyways if you like Snowbaird and want to talk with other shippers, please send me a DM! 🥺 we’re always so happy meeting new people and having them join our insanity corner very normal and well adjusted discord server 💖

For more convincing, over there we have: insanely cool Snowbaird themed emojis (thank you Maysrinn hehehe), book club 😌 (aka fanfic discussions channels where we sit in a circle and freak out about our faves), movie watching parties and a whole lot of chaos!

i’m sorry his smiling?? her laugh when she sees him smiling?!?!?! for gods sakes wtf

#Book!Lucy Gray singing 'Pure As The Driven Snow' AFTER Coriolanus kills Mayfair

“I know you killed Mayfair to protect me. Me and the rest of the Covey.” She rested her forehead on his chest. “I'll never be able to thank you for that.” He stroked her hair. “Well, she's gone for good now. You're safe.”

bruh just kiss her man!!!!

Progression of the Snowbaird chin touch

plz someone ! i desperately need some good, excellently written & angsty af snowbaird fic recs i’m running outttttt!

tom blyth as coriolanus snow in the hunger games: the ballad of songbirds & snakes

new thg era consists of me fancying coriolanus snow and i’m pretty happy about it

Coriolanus Snow ± his slutty little walk

Edvin via actorsinsweden on instagram

edvin (and felicia) via @/zaharahotpants instagram stories

um this is so iconic oh my GOD the most perfect image😭 bless your heart! thank you for your kind words💜 i very much agree with your intuition ;)

hey kai! feeling like i need an assigned pic so i’m saying my vibe today is dancing with some old rock music while simultaneously ignoring all my chores🕺🏼🪩😎 ps i’m excited

Hi Bee! I love your blog aesthetic, it's so soft and pretty, and I LOVE your art! You're amazing 💜 Love those vibes, you get the wilmon silhouette moment because idk I just think it'd fit your vibes for some reason. Call it intuition or whatever 💜

Apparently I actually am assigning people screenshots based on random asks and vibes now so send them in

drew my fave omar selfie because it’s raining and he is the sun. ☀

wille every time he sees simon in class

simon & wilhelm🧡

the kindest!!!!!

hello hello! what are your favorite pieces of YRs art you've seen on the Tumblr?

hello friend!! ooooh, this is hard. i genuinely love everything that gets posted on here. basically anything by @purplehoodiesimon whose art masterlist can be found here.

i also really love this by @ireneaesthetic, the shoulder rainbow is so goddamn cute i cannot get over it. i love this simon by @fatousfishes, the style of colouring is SO pretty. this piece by @beeisgro0vy is so SOFT i love it.

this little selfie @whatintheeverlovingfucketh makes me so happy look how cute they ARE

and last but certainly not least, @of-stars-and-royalty recent mermaid au piece has all of the vibes and i love it so very much. i hope that helped you find some art!!

about to add colour to piece, wish me luck, i’m a graphite kinda girl🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻