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lost-in-beacon-hills · 1 day

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OH MY GOD, I LOVE IT.

Look at them.

two prints. chickens made last month and an osprey made back in March.

i know they're really messy but like whatever

#chickens #i love chickens #art

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 days

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As someone who lives in Kentucky this is fucking TERRIFYING. Most if not everyone I know is one check away from being thrown out at all times. One missed mortgage payment, or rent payment and you're fucked.

It's still legal to pay us for 7.25. I literally do an hour commute to work because Ohio pays me twice that. It's bullshit. Sleeping in your car is often one of the last safe fall backs most people here have. I know people who live with significant others and friends. If one of them should choose to split, the other would be thrown out on their ass.

This isn't for the betterment of Kentucky. This is for free fucking prison labor. One thing we have here is a program where they take people from prison/community service to clean up the highways. It happens multiple times of year because assholes toss stuff on the sides of the highways. They use these people as free labor to do that. Kentucky is being built on the backs of people who have been tossed in jail for petty crimes.

Yeah, not everyone in there is innocent. But there's still a ton of them that don't deserve to be there or exploited like this. The highways are pretty when they're clean but come the fuck on Kentucky. Pay people a living goddamn wage.

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#kentucky #homelessness #terrifying shit #america is a hellscape

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 10 days

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Heavy on the never finding out

writing is cool because the whole time you do it, you're thinking "is this shit? is this a steaming pile of hot garbage? is this the worst thing ever written by anyone?" and then you literally never find out

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 10 days

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And that's why I adore it.

"There's no kingdom to come."

"There's no race to be run."

"There'll be darkness again."

Bold ass lines. What do you mean we get a song that tells us there's no point to anything and why work for it?

People think Take Me To Church is Hozier’s “blasphemous song” Take Me To Church has nothing to do with God.

No Plan is his blasphemous song.

#hozier #no plan #this man writes lines that would make Shakespeare jealous

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 21 days

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This.

bro really said I’ll ruin your life to save you from a dangerous life you can’t control but I love you and believe in you so I’m certain you’ll still do amazingly in your life and when I commit treason in the life I saved you from, you will be the only person I trust. and when I come back from the dead, you will be the only person I want to see. we were once as close as anything, we learnt a fictional language so we could share secrets and never have to share them with anyone else. I will put your life in danger but I would never let anything happen to you. you hate me and you’re my only friend.

#itll really make you cry if you think about it #chuck has him wrapped around his finger and he doesnt even know it #im a sucker for lover boy x oblivious hater #bryce larkin #chuck bartowski #bryce x chuck #barkin

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 1 month

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Adding to my own post again.

District Three does not volunteer, and yet the victors we see win by being smart.

Beetee won by using wire. He electrocuted his enemies. While we don't get much on Wiress and how she won, it's still very clear how smart she is. Even while melting down and practically nonverbal during Catching Fire, she still manages to tell her allies that the entire arena is a giant ticking clock. She's brilliant. She worked it out.

And the trick we see with the boy from Three in Hunger Games astounds me. This child that is no more than 13/14 has managed to dig up and rebury the landmines while allying himself with the Careers. He made himself valuable to them. He was smart enough to do all that without blowing himself up in addition to manipulating trained killers.

Three wins by sheer brilliance. They are the tech makers, the idea men, the brains behind Panem. It's devastating to see how these brilliant people lose to violence. Cato snapping a scared child's neck just puts it into this weird type of view for me. Being smart is good, it helps create a winner. But even the smart ones died a scared and pointless death.

Both Wiress and the unnamed boy die at a careers hand.

I think at this point everyone has different opinions on each of the Districts and honestly I love that. It's so fun to read people's thoughts.

(I'm sure I'm not the first person to think or say this but) I have a theory on why District One/Two win so many of the games beyond just being Volunteers in a game full of people going in blind.

It's something I've thought heavily about and even incorporated into my own fanfics.

But District One, I think, they win by raising their volunteers to be pretty. They train them to fight, yes, but I think they pull sponsors by making their kids "sexy." In both the book and movie, Glimmer is heavily sexualized. In the book, she's in a sheer gown that shows everything. In the movie, they tone it down but still show quite a bit of her body during the interview. Even the two victors we get to hear a little more about (Cashmere and Gloss) are mentioned to be pretty. Despite being a sibling duo, they're incredibly popular within the Capitol.

But even after they get 'popular' they don't turn down their attractiveness. She still dresses pretty with make up and smiles like she's been taught to do. He's still beefy and hot. You would think if they had any bodily autonomy they would start to tone themselves down in order to get away from the sex slavery.

I think sex appeal is what makes them a victor. Literally. People 'sponsor' them in the hopes of getting to fuck them. They get told that these people are who they're indebted to and most likely are forced into sex as a way to 'repay' them. Everyone says if Glimmer had won she would become the next Cashmere. Which is true. But no one points out how this is planned and a tactic that one consistently uses. Once they win they realize how fucked they are. They don't know they shouldn't want to win until it's over. It's too late to back out. Part of why Cashmeres life is devastating is because Gloss knew what was coming and he wanted better for her. But it happened away. And now they're stuck repaying the Capitol with their bodies.

In Two I think they raise fighters. They put all their effort into skill, endurance and survival. Out of all of the districts I think they do the best at giving them a chance. They make sure they send the best trained, the most skilled and the smartest. Clove is such a good example of this. She never missed her target. (Except for when Katniss moved the backpack making her miss). She was brilliant. Cato too. He was strong and a fantastic fighter. They only lost because the story demanded Katniss win. Hell there's so many moments where Katniss almost dies at their hands only to **magically** get away. (Thresh owing her, tracker jacker nest, not seeing her a few feet away) all of it. They weren't stupid meat heads. They were warriors. Children raised to kill.

I think they delbrately send plain victors. They don't want want to send "pretty" kids. They tone down any sort of beauty their tributes have. One of my favorite examples is Enobaria. She's pretty. And I think that's her downfall. It's mentioned in the series that she wins by ripping another tributes throat out with her teeth. (A popular theory is she was raped and used the very last thing she had in order to get away.) But she ends up getting her teeth filed down. While a lot of people think it was the Capitol, I believe it was her mentors. They filed them down, knowing she wouldn't be able to be raped again. I mean, who would have sex with her knowing one wrong move and you could be dead? She can bite your dick off in seconds if she wanted to. (Not to say she doesn't get booked) It would sway a lot of people away. I think much like Haymitch fighting against Katniss's breast implants, her mentors fought to get her teeth sharpened.

If they're able to I believe Two will alter the victors in order to make them less desirable. One plays it up, Two tones it down winning off skill and merit alone. Any sponsors they get isn't driven by sex.

It's why they win so much, and why the other districts have such a hard time getting sponsors.

I also think that District Four, the last of the career pack, has it's own way of creating victors. They send tributes like the rest but I think they do something different from the rest. My own headcanon is that they send orphans. It's fucked up but if I remember correctly they never mention Finnick having family.

I think they take the kids with nowhere else to go and put them in a training center. Whoever scores the best goes that year. Unluckily for Finnick, he was picked at 14. He was attractive, and part of me thinks Mags played into that to give him the advantage, thinking he didn't have family to leverage. It would have been fine, but then Annie happened. They use her as a control tactic.

I also think Finnick is the reason it was a one and done on leaning into the sex appeal. It fucked him over. Annie was pretty too but she wasn't used. (No one has ever said ah yes she's crazy let's just not rape her, fuckwads do it anyways.) But I think Mags learned from her mistake and played Annie down. Made her less pretty like they do in Two.

It's fucked. The entire system is fucked. But I think each 'career' district creates winners any way they can. No one in Four would volunteer they're disillusioned unlike one and two. So why not send the kids who have nothing, no one to come back to? In Two why not train them and maim them after to keep them safer? In One why not make them fuckable to win? They won't understand until its too late?

Maybe I've overthought this. Probably have. Idk. Just a thought.

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 1 month

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Devotion and obsession.

That's it. That's everything I look for in a ship. I'm astounded it's taken me this long to put it into words.

Wanted to find out what Tumblr thinks are the most important ingredients for a satisfying fictional relationship. Think about your favourite ship, your own OCs, books or movies you've experienced lately. What drives you crazy about them?

P.s. I'm well aware that most fictional relationships have multiple or all of these, but you have to pick the most important one mwahahahah

If you think I've missed something put it in the tags, but first check what I mean by each of the terms below.

Spread it far and wide for sample size!

Definitions/interpretations below cut:

Chemistry: These people get on so well it'd be a crime if they didn't hook up. They are basically already fucking with their words. Think Mulder/Scully

Attraction: these characters are unreasonably hot for each other, to the point where they ignore all sense

Narrative symmetry: covers everything from being narrative foils, contrasting archetypes (e.g. grumpy/sunshine) - think Ineffable Husbands (deep down spark of goodness/"just enough of a bastard to be worth liking") (ps yes this one is Mulder/Scully too)

Obsession/devotion: enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, I'd-go-the-ends-of-the-earth-for-you, I'd-die-for-you. Think Orpheus/Eurydice from Greek myth, or Wuthering Heights

Tragedy: the love story is beautiful because you know it has to end. The world will be cruel to you but you fell in love anyway. This one is Orpheus/Eurydice in Hadestown. (Also, the potential for this kind of tragedy - the threat of a happy ending ripped away)

Something forbidden: we're not allowed to be together/we have to be together despite the odds/our families would never approve - e.g. First Prince

Fate: star-crossed lovers, soulmates, destined to be together, exes who find they need each other. "I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition"

#hunger games #catoniss #everlark #destiel #dean x cas #drarry #draco x harry #spideypool #peter x wade #stydia #stiles x lydia #marichat #marinette x chat noir

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 1 month

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I've started looking at it this way:

Even the best books, the ones that I will never forget and forever cherish, have one-star reviews. There are people that will look at The Hunger Games, one of the best Dystopian ya novels, and say, 'This is the worst thing I've ever read'. And on the opposite side of the spectrum, you see people write the worst published fiction you've ever seen.

It's not a matter of how good or bad you are at writing. It's about writing the story and making it too delicious to put down. Find your audience and write only for them. Don't worry about the people that it doesn't apply to.

So, fanfic writers, just write what you want. Even if you only have one person in your comment section, yelling about this being exactly what they wanted to find. Take that one person as motivation to continue. Your story is interesting, and maybe you'll become a better writer along the way.

The way you become better is to actually write. You can't edit nothing. So, just ease up on yourself. You'll always be your worst critic.

#rambles #i will forever say the hunger games is a 5 star book #fanfic can be better than actual books #small authors have my heart #i love and appreciate those of you that write for small ships and fandoms #you are the backbone of ao3 #writing

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 2 months

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When your characters just start revealing lore you didn't know about them, as you're writing them

#everytime i write the careers i always end up super sad because theyre just children who learned to fight but are actually sweethearts #with truma responses obviously #glimmer is the worst about this #ive come to adore her shes so sweet but has such a rough start #plus she just made herself a lesbian iconic #dandelions ao3 #hunger games #hg fanfic #glimmer #katniss #cato #peeta #haymitch too hes so feral

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 2 months

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THIS.

Repeat after me kids: Katniss being aroace does not diminish her relationship with Peeta in any way.

Katniss being aroace does not diminish her relationship with Peeta in any way.

Just because it makes her love for him different doesn't make it less.

#ive always hc Katniss as aroace even before knowing the words #she has no interest or drive for it #but her 'love' is still there #not even inherently romantic love #just a deep connection that she will never shake #shes latched onto him for so long because of his goodness #she goes on about caring for him #honestly i feel like her and him ending up together is perfect #he was always willing to love her in the way she needs #and she gives him as much as she is willing to give #it works #peeta is the type of guy who doesn't need the sexual intimacy to feel satisfied with their relationship #she still loves him but in the way she loves a friend that save her life and gave everything up to help her family #hes a ride or die #and honestly non romantic types of love can be some of the deepest most rewarding kinds of love #but take everything i say with a grain of salt #my sexuality and romantic orientation is a giant question mark #also we see Katniss does love very deeply #Prim is the perfect example #she literally would rather die that see her sister hurt #peeta worked his way into her circle

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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You know I just realized, the only people effected by payphones being removed is the homeless/poor working class.

Yeah cellphones are common place but not everyone can afford a plan.

It's just another thing keeping the system broken and working against us.

#a homeless person asked me during my job to lead them my phone #im not allowed and even if i was i run the risk of my property being stolen #which is sad because i dont want to be a jaded and bitter person #but here we are #all hating each other because the govermemt sets this shit up to fail #and giving strangers the benefit of the doubt is dangerous #anti homeless #its the small things that make it unlivable at times

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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I live in the Appalachia. People are notably poorer and stores are much father away. Even in the middle of "town" you're lucky to have a sidewalk.

If you walk to a store, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes (that's if you live a 5 minute drive from it) or almost a full 3 hours (30-minute drive)

When I say store, I mean a dollar general or Walmart. There's basically nothing else where I am. Even gas stations are pretty spread out. You miss one, and it's another 10-20 minutes before you see another.

But on the off chance you need to get somewhere and don't have a car, you have to walk on the highway. There's no way around it. You have to own some type of automobile to get around. Golf carts, 4 wheelers, and side by sides are pretty common. Hell, even tractors have to drive on the highway, which poses another level of risk to everyone involved. You won't see them until it's too late and you have to hard break. (If you go too slow, people will pass you aggressively).

There's one sidewalk in all of my county. And that's in front of the courthouse/library combo where they hold any celebration. This shit sounds made up, but you can't walk here. If you do, there's a chance you will be hit. I've known far too many people to end up in the hospital because they were walking on the highway and the driver didn't see them. There's one specific route that always seems to have someone walking it or trying to ride a bike. They either go in the ditch or pray the driver avoids them. I myself have had to come to a complete stop on the middle of the road because I could not swerve and they were on the actual road. (This road does not have a shoulder to pull over. There's barely half an inch margin over the white line) And this is putting everyone in danger. The person on the road can easily get hit. If you break hard with people behind you, you risk being slammed into, especially if they tailgate you. Most of us slow and go around, but that doesn't even work when the other lane is being used.

The town that borders mine in another state (which is an hour away by car) actually has sidewalks. But even that is only for about 60 percent of it. There's a college in it, so they had to have alternatives for the people that come from different countries. Walking there is rough at times but still accessible.

I can only think of three people who actively walk my county, and pretty much everyone knows them by name. (All men, of course) They wave, and one even wears a vest for visibility. He's actually a pretty cool guy. Even got an award for something awhile back.

We aren't an incredibly small town despite being spaced out. And only three people dare to walk it. If that doesn't say something, I don't know what does. Literally, everyone else who has walked end up saving for a car or an alternative like a motorcycle because they can't survive here.

I really hate it. Even walking that 30 minute walk to a store 5 minutes away leaves you walking on a highway with people driving 65mph.

#i rambled #but i also really fucking hate how hard it is to get around #so many dead ends #no sidewalks even in places they should be #it really is a way to punish the poor #no one leaves them space #and they die because they cant afford to buy a car and ruin the plqnet #america is one big fuck you to anyone qorking class or below #appalachia #Appalachia is cool despite all this shit

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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Hoziers songs bring out things I never knew I felt.

Mitski and hozier are writing the lyrics that taylor swift stans think that she's writing

#anti taylor swift #sorry swiftie peeps #i still love you #but i just can't back her #hozier on the other hand has spoken to my soul #eat your young #cherry wine #work song #that man can write

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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It's a double sided coin.

One gave the man away in a selfless act to choose her sister's happiness over her own.

The other chose to do a selfish act in the hopes of finally letting herself be happy.

I just keep thinking about Alexander Hamilton X angelica = Anthony X Kate - someone make pls make parallels of them

#bridgerton #hamilton #kate x anthony #Alexander x angelica #not saying Kate had it right buttttt #poor eliza was likely his second choice and she never even knew it #the road not traveled i guess

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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I thought shipping Katniss x Cato was depressing, I've now come to realize there is all of 13 fics for Peeta x Clove on ao3. Of those, only 7 aren't Katniss x Peeta endgame.

I'm so sad. That's not even going into them being the secondary tag.

#i just love them #peeta x clove #why is there such a lack of non canon ships in this fandom?#like theres so much potential and material #a huge fanbase as well #makes me wanna write oneshots for small pairings

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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Shhhhhh

#writing #writing memes

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lost-in-beacon-hills · 3 months

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It has been written

Anyone wanna beta read a Cato x Katniss explicit one-shot? Regency Era. I've never written porn before. 😐

#hunger games #katniss everdeen #cato hadley #catoniss #cato x katniss

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