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The more Dark!Peeta fanfics I read, particularly the ones that were published before the prequel book the more I realize how similar Peeta and Snow are.

Really their defining trait is the only thing that separates them, it’s tie sides of the same coin.

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I have an idea for a Gale fanfic but I know myself well enough that I’ll never finish it. Just look at all my other WIP fics. But I think I have a good idea for him in character growth and eventually happiness.

The story starts 4 years after mockingjay, Gale now 22 is a popular, well liked, decorated officer in the New Penem military. He became famous after the war for being one of the men who tracked and caught dozens of capital loyalists. (Ex. Former government officials, gamemakers, game science, peacekeepers)

He’s being assign to a new special task force. To find the most famous yet allusive gamesmaker. Unlike with the others he’s brought in to justice this particular figure is one part legend, one part ghost.

Because of this the Panem government wants the hunt for the gamemaker is going to be filmed more like a documentary then live footage. The government wants the masses to know this mans evil, who he was and what he did on top of showing that they aren’t letting people like him get away with it.

Because of this job Gale is traveling to other districts for the first time after reconstruction has been in full swing. He’s meeting people, learning more about the day to day life of average Panem citizen. And discovers that life in large parts of Panem have not improved. People still living in rundown homes, technology and medicine rare and food shortages.

Their’s an internal conflict of Gale realizing that the new system he’s stacked everything for, that he’s killed for isn’t helping those liked it promised. He has to come to terms with his own involvement and trauma and eventually bitting the hand that feeds him again.

Now not in a revelation again but creating change. Showing the rest of Panam and pressing the government to enact policy. His popularity and his humble beginnings gives him huge credibility among the masses and eventually a push to get into politics.

Other things I’d try to explore.

-Gales version of seeing the two capital citizens trying to escape. I think Gale would focus more on the boy and how the capital killed him. A young man with no name dead and forgotten.

- A reconnect with Katniss, nothing to grand just the notion that forgiveness is starting.

- Gales feeling about Prims death and others. Gale knew Prim, the guilt, and regret he felt would weigh on him.

- His family life now. How has the war effected his siblings and mother and his place with in the family.

-A romantic relationship with Cressida. They start as friends working on the documentary but learn more about each other and we learn more about why life was like in the capital before the war.

- How the society as a whole is drawn back. People aren’t as flamboyant or extra. Think 1920s vs 1930s

-Tension between capital citizens, district citizens and district 13.

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Am I the only one who thinks Gale’s reason to leave at the end of mockingjay has more to do with his inability to help Katniss.

The core of their relationship is their need to survive. It’s what pushed them to leave the ‘safety’ of the fence, pushed them to hunt and started their relationship. Neither one of them has ever lived with out that drive.

But with Prim’s death Katniss not only loses her need for survival but actively wants death. Gale doesn’t know what to do, to try to survive after everything with someone who doesn’t want to . It’s the exact opposite of how they started.

Mixed with his own guilt and trauma, he uses Katniss’s goodbye as an excuse to let her go. She doesn’t want him around anymore and it’s easier to process his feelings as she sent him away vs. I’m not strong enough to stay.

I imagine after a few years he’s able to confront these emotions and him and Katniss rebuild their friendship and maybe she apologizes for blaming him.

Thoughts?

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This is so true, how the two are able to be so similar but one core difference puts them at two different sides of the spectrum. I also think Gale is similar to Snow in ways but also similar to Sejanus.

So since people liked it, I’ll go a little more in depth about how Peeta is really more like Snow than Sejanus

The first comparison that caught my eye is when in “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Snow says his “only real currency is charm” which feels very much like Peeta- the only reason Peeta, a relatively poor boy from district twelve who never had hot chocolate before the games, was able to survive was because he was able to charm the capital audience with his words.

The difference, is that Snow blatantly feels different than he acts, often motivated by self preservation or for selfish reasons in general, while Peeta, likely motivated through self preservation as well, is fueled by his love for Katniss and his desire to see her survive. And this is what threw Katniss for a loop in the first book, because she’s always doubting if what he’s saying is real, or for the benefit of others to hear so that he can gain a stronger emotional response, never once considering that he’s doing this so she can survive.

I will say, I’m pretty sure when Peeta “if it weren’t for the baby” Mellark dropped his iconic line in book two, Snow probably saw right through it, and was likely reminded of his own interview where he spun Lucy Gray as Capital instead of district, that he was so angry he couldn’t breathe

The second, very strong comparison, I saw was with Coriolanus having to go in to the arena to fetch Sejanus. Now, while the most direct comparison comes from Coriolanus/Katniss, where he’s forced to go in (with no little choice), whereas Katniss volunteers to save her sister. There’s a good comparison to be made here with Peeta too. Primarily in how Peeta joins the career pack.

Make absolutely no mistake that Snow’s first move, has he been in the games, would be to impress and join the career pack. This is different from Peeta who, more or less, was forced to. Now we don’t ever see it, but what you can infer from the playback at the end of book 1 while Katniss see’s the replay is that everything Peeta did, he did for her, so I imagine what happened is the opportunity arose for him to join, because he’s strong and good with a knife and he knows Katniss best right? And Peeta knowing that Cato, and maybe the rest of them, have it out for her since she got that 11 in her assessment- and this is the only way he can protect her, agrees to join, because there’s really no other choice, especially if he’s injured and unable to put up much of a fight (he has a slight limp when Katniss saw him again) once again, Peeta’s primary drive is love, while Snow’s would have been self preservation/reputation

Another comparison with Peeta joining the career pack, is when Snow agrees to ride along in the cage with the other tributes on the way to the zoo. He does this to earn Lucy’s trust, with the long term goal of self preservation/ambition in mind. Peeta joins the career pack knowing this will look like he’s betrayed her, and maybe partially for short term self-preservation, but with the longer goal of helping Katniss survive as long as possible in mind. Once again the actions mirror each other but what separates them is motivation, for Snow it’s self preservation/ambition, and for Peeta it’s love

Oh and you can bet your ass Snow was feeling pretty smug that this boy, who’s probably so much like a younger version of himself and is quite literally haunting him, decides to join the career pack, thinking ‘ah well there goes all that love nonsense you were spouting the second it comes to your own life’ thinking the audience is going to be reminded that all humans are inherently bad and reinforcing his ideology on the capital and the districts, only to fume when he realizes Peeta is doing this all for Katniss.

I think the main thing that deviates Peeta and Snow is that Peeta’s motivation has always been love. And that it’s his love for others, and his ability to make a genuine connection through his words, are his greatest strength. Where snow see’s it as a weakness, something that makes him act in a way not like himself.

I really do think if Snow was someone who was driven for his love for others instead of his love control and power, he would be just like (if not maybe a little more privileged) Peeta.

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In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Snow slips up and admits to killing 3 people. Now he covers by saying the third person he kills is his old self but this does become true by the end.

While Snow isn’t a good person at the start he’s also not a evil person either. He’s pretentious, snotty and entitled. And the fingerprint of nature vs. nurture are all over him. He had the potential to be good, to change to put his friends first to realize the corruption of the capital.

If this had been any other story the ‘Dream Girl’ would pull back the curtain and show the protagonist the underbelly of the world he lives in and he would start the journey to fix the problems.

Snow doesn’t do that. Instead he attacks Lucy and kills the part of him that ever love her/wanted her. He kills the part that feels guilty for betraying Sejanus. The old him that could have changed, that could have seen the oppression of his government. The part of him that could have been happy with Lucy.

He alines himself with the capital and his father version of the Snow name. Disregards his mother’s powder and family pictures. Makes himself believe that Lucy was a malicious and callous person,string him and Billy Taupe along.

In the epilogue we see that this Snow is a far worse person then the Snow at the beginning of the novel. His disgust for love and friendship, his ability to leech off the plinth and no longer confiding in Tigris. He kill the boy in the beginning and like the many deaths to come doesn’t care.

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TBOSAS Song

Hey guys! I’ve created this small song piece! Let me know what you would like me to create so i’ll know what your would like me to post! I’m currently working the music and vocals with my friend! ——

There once were two lovers

With death looming over,

Both murdered three…

And one was a mayor's daughter

They fled to the woods

Thought to never be heard again

None knows what happened

But only he came back that day

No one will know what happened.

He was the Snake

She was a Songbird

A killer and the mutt

Maybe he did kill her

As he did to his brother

She’ll always haunt the woods

And he’ll always murder innocent

If you ever find where they parted

They say you’ll hear the songbird

A songbird singing her song

A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes… ——

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I read A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and my interpretation of the end is a bit different then others.

I genuinely believe that Lucy loved Snow. And while she is a flirt I think that’s her personality and she was never trying to manipulate anyone. (Aside from making her ex jealous/guilty)

So when she goes to get katniss she is simply doing an errand. Its only when Snow comes out hostile with the gun does she realize she’s in danger.

And everything that happens during the chase is accidental and more in Snows mind. He has to convince himself that she’s a lair and cheat, trying to kill him. Because that’s what he’s doing to her and he can’t imagine her love being better than his because he can’t imagine her being better than him.

She didn’t actually figured out what happened to Sejanus but he tells himself that as to why she’s avoiding him, not that He’s chasing her down with a gun. Basically in these moments he’s going through a paranoid hysterical state finding any justification for his actions in the same way he justified killing the three others before Lucy.

If he’s willing to betray her, then she’s willing to betray him.

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did the wolves deserve better? if yes- you’re in

Yes! By Meyer and fans both.

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Tumblr showed me some gifs of shirtless Jacob Black yesterday.

Ok, got it.

It’s time for Twilight fan art 😂

#TeamJacob ALWAYS

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Strange fanfic reviews

Another weird review left on one of my fanfics. This one was left on a twilight story which seems to be where they all come from.

21. And the Egyptian who bought him said to his wife: Give him an honorable abode, maybe he will be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son. And thus did We establish Yusuf in the land and that We might teach him the interpretation of sayings; and Allah is the master of His affair, but most people do not know. 22. And when he had attained his maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge: and thus do We reward those who do good. 23. And she in whose house he was sought to make himself yield (to her), and she made fast the doors and said: Come forward. He said: I seek Allah’s refuge, surely my Lord made good my abode: Surely the unjust do not prosper. 24. And certainly she made for him, and he would have made for her, were it not that he had seen the manifest evidence of his Lord; thus (it was) that We might turn away from him evil and indecency, surely he was one of Our sincere servants. 25. And they both hastened to the door, and she rent his shirt from behind and they met her husband at the door. She said: What is the punishment of him who intends evil to your wife except imprisonment or a painful chastisement? 26. He said: She sought to make me yield (to her); and a witness of her own family bore witness: If his shirt is rent from front, she speaks the truth and he is one of the liars: 27. And if his shirt is rent from behind, she tells a lie and he is one of the truthful. 28. So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said: Surely it is a guile of you women; surely your guile is great: 29. O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask forgiveness for your fault, surely you are one of the wrong-doers. 30. And women in the city said: The chiefs wife seeks her slave to yield himself (to her), surely he has affected her deeply with (his) love; most surely we see her in manifest error. 31. So when she heard of their sly talk she sent for them and prepared for them a repast, and gave each of them a knife, and said (to Yusuf): Come forth to them. So when they saw him, they deemed him great, and cut their hands (in amazement), and said: Remote is Allah (from imperfection); this is not a mortal; this is but a noble angel. 32. She said: This is he with respect to whom you blamed me, and certainly I sought his yielding himself (to me), but he abstained, and if he does not do what I bid him, he shall certainly be imprisoned, and he shall certainly be of those who are in a state of ignominy. 33. He said: My Lord! the prison house is dearer to me than that to which they invite me; and if Thou turn not away their device from me, I will yearn towards them and become (one) of the ignorant. 34. Thereupon his Lord accepted his prayer and turned away their guile from him; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. 35. Then it occurred to them after they had seen the signs that they should imprison him till a time. 36. Two youth entered the prison with him. One of them said, “I see myself pressing wine.” The other said, “I see myself carrying bread on my head, from which the birds are eating. Tell us their interpretation—we see that you are one of the righteous.” 37. He said, “No food is served to you, but I have informed you about it before you have received it. That is some of what my Lord has taught me. I have forsaken the tradition of people who do not believe in God; and regarding the Hereafter, they are deniers.” 38. “And I have followed the faith of my forefathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. It is not for us to associate anything with God. This is by virtue of God’s grace upon us and upon the people, but most people do not give thanks. 39. “O My fellow inmates, are diverse lords better, or God, the One, the Supreme?” 40. “You do not worship, besides Him, except names you have named, you and your ancestors, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment belongs to none but God. He has commanded that you worship none but Him. This is the right religion, but most people do not know. 41. “O my fellow inmates! One of you will serve his master wine; while the other will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Thus the matter you are inquiring about is settled.” 42. And he said to the one he thought would be released, “Mention me to your master.” But Satan caused him to forget mentioning him to his master, so he remained in prison for several years. 43. The king said, “I see seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green spikes, and others dried up. O elders, explain to me my vision, if you are able to interpret visions.” 44. They said, “Jumbles of dreams, and we know nothing of the interpretation of dreams.” 45. The one who was released said, having remembered after a time, “I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me out.” 46. “Joseph, O man of truth, inform us concerning seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green spikes, and others dried up, so that I may return to the people, so that they may know.” 47. He said, “You will farm for seven consecutive years. But whatever you harvest, leave it in its spikes, except for the little that you eat.” 48. Then after that will come seven difficult ones, which will consume what you have stored for them, except for the little that you have preserved. 49. Then after that will come a year that brings relief to the people, and during which they will press. 50. The king said, “Bring him to me.” And when the envoy came to him, he said, “Go back to your master, and ask him about the intentions of the women who cut their hands; my Lord is well aware of their schemes.” 51. He said, “What was the matter with you, women, when you tried to seduce Joseph?” They said, “God forbid! We knew of no evil committed by him.” The governor’s wife then said, “Now the truth is out. It was I who tried to seduce him, and he is telling the truth.” 52. “This is that he may know that I did not betray him in secret, and that God does not guide the scheming of the betrayers.” 53. “Yet I do not claim to be innocent. The soul commands evil, except those on whom my Lord has mercy. Truly my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.” 54. The king said, “Bring him to me, and I will reserve him for myself.” And when he spoke to him, he said, “This day you are with us established and secure.” 55. He said, “Put me in charge of the storehouses of the land; I am honest and knowledgeable.” 56. And thus We established Joseph in the land, to live therein wherever he wished. We touch with Our mercy whomever We will, and We never waste the reward of the righteous. 57. But the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believe and observed piety.

COMMENTARY In the Qur’an:

1. The man who bought Joseph hoped that a new slave would bring prosperity into his house.

2. Allah brought Joseph to Egypt in order to make him an interpreter of dreams.

3. One day when the Egyptian’s wife asked Joseph to be with her, he refused and they both ran to the door where they met. the master of the house.

4. Joseph called for a witness of one of his household who offered to examine the manner in which his shirt had been ripped off. The master of the house examined the evidence and saw that Joseph was telling the truth and his wife was lying.

5. The man’s wife asked other ladies in town to see for themselves that Joseph’s handsomeness was a good reason for her desire to him and that she was innocent in her lust. The women testified in agreement.

6. The man’s wife asked Joseph again to lie down with her and threatened him with imprisonment. Joseph chose prison. Somehow she managed to get him imprisoned, in spite of her husband’s conviction of Joseph’s innocence.

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Twilight Theory

We know that Bella is a blood singer, meaning her blood is appealing to vampires mainly Edward but James and Aro too. We also know that according to James that Alice when she was a human had appealing blood too.

 Now both these characters end up with very powerful gifts so what if blood singers are really a way to let vampires know that this human will be gifted once turned. Maybe that’s how Aro is able to find gifted vampires, maybe Jane and Alec where blood singers in their human life? What do you all think?

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How come none of the Cullens ever learned how to do costume makeup. I’ve seen women do amazing things with makeup and tuning them self into old women is one. They don’t sweat or scratch their face so you don’t have to worry about it rubbing off, maybe you might need to do a little upkeep to it thought out the day.

 So since none in the family thought of this I headcannon that Nessie introduced the idea and will do Carlisle's makeup making him look older, she’ll do it for Esme too to keep up appearances and allowing them to say at a place longer. Eventually all the Cullens have her do exaggerated make up look on them just to see what they would look like older. 

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Twilight Disney Aestheitcs 

Rosalie as Elsa

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Twilight Disney Aesthetic 

Seth as Peter Pan

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Twilight Disney Characters

Renesmee as Ariel 

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Does anyone have any theories or headcanons about the hybrids in Twilight? (Nessie, Nahuel and his sisters) I find their introduction to the series so interesting and am really curious about them.