can we talk about the katniss/lucy gray parallels (or lack thereof) for a sec?

they're superficially the same, because of the things we talk about all the time: they're both female victors from 12. there are things that come with that culture and background -- the mockingjay, the plants, the songs. those similarities aren't so much between them as people, as individuals -- they're born of coming from the same culture. the most significant thing they share is their resilience; their spirit of resistance and rebellion. their defiance.

but really, all those things they share, only serve to demonstrate just how different they are as individuals (because personality is different from upbringing or values).

we parallel their sarcastic bows, but they're so so different. lucy gray is a performer mockingly curtseying and saying "kiss my ass", where katniss is a hunter who doesn't have time for this society bullcrap.

they both sing the hanging tree, but as i've ranted about, their renditions show how different they are: lucy gray, again, a performer with a spirit unbroken, loud and charming and sassing right to the capitol's face, daring them to defy her, daring them to look away. katniss, again, a hunter, quiet but unyielding, sparking rebellion under the capitol's nose.

they both won their games, but in such different ways. lucy gray charmed the snakes (both literal and in the form of one coriolanus snow), while katniss threw down with weaponry.

lucy gray said look at me, care about me. katniss said fight for me, fight with me.

and so what we see is that they are not at all the same person, but that's what's so important. because it's not just one person or one type of person that puts their foot down and rebels. we don't need a specific kind of Chosen One to light the spark -- anyone can.

ALSO

🎵 familiar... why is this so familiar 🎵

🎵 familiar like someone i used to know 🎵

🎵 FAMILIAR, STARING UP AT THE CEILING... 🎵

🎵 FAMILIAR... I SWEAR THAT I KNOW THIS FEELING 🎵

(i am not knocking either piece of media, i love this dynamic. it is so tasty. i eat it for breakfast.)

ramuda in rise of dead mentions ai art being hollow compared to real art and the ship of theseus jakurai’s mentioning is a philosophical question that asks, if the original object has been slowly replaced with new parts, can we really say it’s still the original?? jakurai is of the opinion it’s not

and with kikoku utilising ai to recreate akira and satoru, i feel these lyrics are purposefully aimed at him lol

should I drink tonight yes or no

I think what I dislike most about a lot of jason recovery fics/meta, especially where there’s a reform of his vigilante life, is that it frames jason as being the only victim of a vigilante life. like “jason theres smth deeply unhealthy with your mental state and you need to make changes, the rest of us however are handling a vigilante lifestyle completely fine and none of it ever stemmed from traumatic events either. we are doing a great job at this.”

its the inability to take what jason represents as a character and leave it at that, but being fine with bruce continuing to be batman as if he isn’t also stuck in a defining traumatic moment of his life. just because jason chooses a lethal method does NOT mean that what he’s doing is any more unhealthy to him as a person than the rest of the batfam.

not voting is not moral absolution btw

Hey Dani! So do Helvings do other work then killing Helspawn? like hunting bandits, finding lost puppies, huting animals?

On paper, helvlings are only employed to protect against or hunt other helspawn. However, it's not rare that people attempt to hire them to do other (mostly dangerous) jobs as well, if there are no other capable folk such as sellswords, rangers or knights around. Accepting such a job is entirely up to a Keeper's discretion.

you knwo the first time i came across this account i thought you were me ‘cause i had a turing icon for awhile! rooting for them to sweep the whole contest but in my heart i know theyll lose v-v its OK im getting ice cream with them afterwards

LOL yes i do like turing they are so peak robo to me, so far on twitter they are not performing so hot but i'm hoping tumblr has different tastes, there are some differences between here and there so far in terms of the competition so maybe!!!!

Fandom: Back to the Future || Rating: T || Genre: Whump, Angst, Some Humor || Summary: In which Marty finds himself living an outlaw’s life alongside Buford Tannen in the Old West, where danger, death, and disease abound.

whumpril 2024 || day 04 - swaying

CW: seasickness/ motion sickness

Buford doesn’t do boats.   Marty doesn’t have the greatest set of sea legs himself, but ten minutes into their escape to Baja California, Buford’s retching violently into the ocean. Cold sweat and sea spray soak Buford’s shirt as his eyes swivel helplessly for a fixed point. He gags on the salt in the air when it hits his raw stomach, and he heaves long after there’s nothing left, draped over the rail with wet noodles for knees and a concerning, waxy pallor.  Marty winces. Unfortunately for Buford, they won’t sail into the storm until tomorrow. “Maybe you should lie down.”

it's so crazy and isolating hearing my friends talk about how they want kids u__u

Hello!! IM SO EXCITED TO READ THE NEW FIC!! I'm also drowning in my spiderverse intrests so literally anything to do with spiderverse i will eat up when you get back. Good luck on tests!!

AHHH THANK U I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!! omg omg me too AHHH. i’m thinkingggg…. perhaps found family. or father figure. or BOTH???? there r so many options. i could jump on the miguel o’hara train we all know how much i love tortured older male characters who r secretly just dad material.

IDK IDK BUT IM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WRITING FOR THE CHARACTERS OF THE SPIDERVERSE. who knows. you guys let me know if that’s something you want fr fr.

alongside joel ofc bc i adore him and he IS father.

Also shout-out to the Nu Sensuelle representative who showed us how to use one of the vibrators as a neck/ shoulder massager. You understand your target audience so well girl

kissing prompts @osteus requested: a possessive kiss that is meant to stake a claim.

ㅤIt was done deliberately. Entirely on purpose, and also shamelessly so. Because he could, and that ought to be reason good enough; because there were few sights as enticing [as arousing] as the fire that shimmered along his lover's emerald-green irises whenever overwhelmed by a sense of pure possessiveness. Uchihas were born to play with fire, after all; to flirt with flames whilst ever-ready to accept/welcome/indulge burns in the process. The heart wanted what it wanted and, sometimes, it wanted to provoke and to test patience till well-deserved punishment was to ensue.

ㅤLong story sort, it wasn't Itachi's first time using his genjutsu talents for less orthodox purposes, and certainly it wouldn't be the last. Whether Kimimaro remained blissfully unaware or had figured out the trick but chose to play along for mutual benefit, it was up for debate and didn't truly matter. The poor unfortunate soul chosen for the occasion, whose only sin had been to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, approached and, credit where it was due, did their best to struck up a conversation rich in sultry looks and flirtatious little giggles - ah, if only Itachi was interested.

But there was no need to wait much longer.

ㅤKeeping his pace deliberately slow as he made way through the semi-hectic farmer's market of this modest town, human puppet playing to the role and following him from very close, it was a matter of minutes. Suddenly there was no other person to be found anymore and, just as suddenly, there was a tight grip on the side of his arm directing him to the much less crowded alleyway nearby. That and his back practically thrown against the dirty wall of one of the buildings, with lips clashing against his own with such fury that one might think Kimimaro was trying to suck his soul through the mouth; should he truly wish to, Itachi would have gladly let him. Eventually granted a moment to breathe again, own lips now swollen from the delicious abuse, he brought a hand up to cup his lover's cheek while leaning in to press their foreheads together - words to be spoken next in a tone as husky as it was teasing.

«What's wrong, hummingbird? You seem agitated.»

i have no clue how many people in the aa fandom listen to prog rock but i need to post this

i headcanon that miles listens to a lot of prog rock, gregory used to love it and he had a bunch of cds. miles grew up listening to bands like gentle giant and the mothers of invention. when his father died miles was allowed to keep a couple cds, those were moving pictures by rush, drama by yes, and selling england by the pound by genesis (exact albums he keeps are up for debate in my head but i like these 3 rn). you don't have to know what those albums sound like (but you should they are beautiful albums). after a couple years in germany miles found krautrock (which is related to prog rock but not quite a subgenre that started in germany) and eventually zeuhl (a rather obscure subgenre coined by one band called magma who are one of the greatest prog bands EVER). he starts to collect all the albums he can remember his father having after 1-4 resolves. i imagine him seeing a copy of a gentle giant album in some english store after he flees, which would spark that collecting

everyday i wake up and i still don’t know what i should take in university. envsci or indigenous envsci or agriculture or anthropology or canadian studies. how’s a guy to choose only two majors or a major and two minors because that’s not enough for me!! i want to do it allll

{ ooc. Head empty, thinking about how Serena is the narrative foil to Lysandre and their mentor-mentee dynamic makes his lines about testing the depths of the player's convictions hit so much harder

And you know, that he's the only villain in the series who tries to recruit the player. And he tries that shit twice-- once before the reveal, and then he has the audacity to try again when shit is hitting the fan

And idk it just. It makes me think about Lysandre also seeing the sort of hope and strength to protect that the xy protag embodies but thinking it's only going to be useful and not trampled into oblivion if it's on his side. }