#and the hunger games too? id be furious

[hella1975]

I'm watching the hunger games with people who's opinions I don't agree with HELP they literally don't get the implications of children murdering eachother like I do

(hella I've been reminded of you all day lol this is my 2nd ask about my day kfmsks)

that's genuinely so sweet i dont think you realise how much i appreciate things like this

oh bleugh i hate it when people just dont get a piece of media and ur just kinda sat there trying not to rant like 'you're all missing the fucking POINT'

[meekmedea]

i was thinking about aut viam invendiam aut and how clemmie wakes up in the hospital thinking the scales have returned - but what if that’s exactly what happened?

she goes back from post second rebellion back to eighteen, but it’s after the snake bites. she finds herself back in the section where they kept her hidden away from the other students, where no one visited her. the hunger games haven’t started yet, but the tributes are already in the capitol. but first things first, clemmie is getting the heck out of there - she’s not sick with the flu, and she’s lived for too long to simply take what gaul is doing lying down.

maybe she goes to felix and nia? they don’t need to know about the time travel - the scales marring her skin are more than enough to make them furious on her behalf. and she has a chance to do things better with reaper, even if she’s been sent back too late to save arachne or avoid the rainbow snakes.

or maybe she goes to her parents - endymion is not going to be happy about being told what had happened to her. and how does she interact with coriolanus?

Ahhh!!!! This is like super cool!! I love it so much. I feel like both ideas have so, so much potential :)

Oh, I agree, she definitely wouldn't be hanging around the hospital any longer than she has to.

For plot reasons, maybe she comes back the day she'd snuck out to find Coriolanus. I imagine security must have been more lax that day with the Arena having exploded and all.

This time, she definitely doesn't make the mistake of stopping by Coriolanus' room.

Scenario 1: Felix & Nia

Even if they aren't as close as they once were, that doesn't really matter when your friend shows you the scales that are now growing on her.

It's not the flu, that much they agree on.

It's an unanimous decision to smuggle her out. Even if they haven't heard the story. All they know is their friend is in danger and someone has lied to them about her being 'sick'.

I think the situation would be rather bit similar to The Ides of March - definitely not letting Clemmie out of their sight. Agreement that the snake bite is a major punishment for a white lie. Possible Gaul confrontation with Felix using his name to turn the doctor away.

Clemmie might be a lot more open to using what happened to her to her advantage - rather than just keeping it under wraps between Felix & Nia.

Unsure if she'd tell her parents.

Definitely a meeting between Coriolanus and Clemmie of some sort.

2 possible ways their confrontation could go:

Clemmie plays the long game. She 'understands' he tried to visit - they remain friends (in Coriolanus' mind). All the while, she's plotting something, anything to get the tributes out. She's seen the future, she knows the games cannot go on. If she cannot stop this one, at the very least she'll try to save Reaper.

Clemmie calls him out - we're told she's well-liked by faculty, staff, students. She uses that against him. Clemmie has known him long enough to know what makes him tick, and once he does, she twists the situation in a sympathetic light to her. (She doesn't necessarily even have to mention the snake bite. It can be a lie that she makes up.) Nobody is feeling bad for Coriolanus. Not even the tributes (then again, most don't like him to start.) This one has more potential to save the other tributes.

Knowing the trio they probably manage to stir up some sort of chaos (simply by existing as a trio) to get the tributes to live (+ possibly ending the games) - this is the reason why their friendship drifted apart over the years. It was TOO much chaos haha

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ALT: If the games still go on and she hasn't been able to get the tributes out yet, a possible (but very crazy) way she attempts to help Reaper survive -> Remember the snakes? Assuming it's the same snake tank that she put her hand in, they know her scent. Reaper doesn't understand why she gives him her scarf and makes him swear he'll wear it at all times - he does so anyway.

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Scenario 2: Endymion Dovecote

More scheming in this one + perhaps an explanation as to why Coriolanus didn't want Clemmie as an enemy.

Clemmie doesn't bother with her classmates and directly runs out of the hospital. Assuming she's got her book bag with her + uniform, she changes. Otherwise, she might steal a change of clothes from somewhere (scrubs?)

A facemask to hide her condition – there are plenty around. If she's wearing scrubs, people likely don't give her a second glance.

Ends up home without being caught and scare her parents with her appearance & her explanation.

There might be a few twists to the story of why she exactly agreed to lie about writing it, but who's going to know? It's really Coryo's words against hers. And needless to say, her parents will take her side over his.

Having come back from post-2nd rebellion to 18 - Clemmie needs immediate change, not something gradual like if she went back age 8.

Her parents are beyond pissed that this happened under Gaul's watch.

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You don't survive a rebellion with your family intact without a few secrets / tricks up your sleeve... I wouldn't be surprised if Endymion has a few favours owed to him.

Endymion doesn't even bother with Gaul, he goes straight to President Ravinstill about this matter.

A similar conversation to the one in between Felix & Pres. Ravinstill fallaces sunt rerum species but with Endymion instead of Felix- Pres. Ravinstill agrees that this 'incident' was definitely a step too far (esp. for a white lie) but his hands are sort of tied. Gaul is too important of an ally for him to just let go.

Endymion remains frustrated and angry at this. "An apology will not make my daughter whole." - Endymion

Depending on Hector Dovecote's existence and importance to him, Pres. Ravinstill's frustration with Gaul varies. Dealing with the Capitol elite is ALWAYS a political headache. Don't even get him started on the Arena explosion and dead/hurt mentor count so far.

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Casca Highbottom may or may not have gained an ally in despising Coriolanus.

Endymion may or may not be a vindictive man when his child is the one in harm. Very cutthroat.

Coriolanus is NOT going to be having a good time.

Casca is probably itching to use this to get Coriolanus expelled, but then he'd have to explain things to colleagues and Endymion doesn't want his daughter's matter aired out. So Casca goes with the next best thing, he finds some vague excuse to give yet another demerit to Coriolanus.

Probably like: "Another demerit due to your failure in reporting what happened and putting your classmate in danger."

(Just one more and this kid will be expelled! - Casca is just waiting for the next slip up)

And if the faculty asks about the demerit, he explains it in a way that paints Coriolanus in an unflattering light, it's toeing the truth and just enough that nobody speaks in defence of Coriolanus. 

Doesn't even matter if the games continue or not. Do you guys remember the bills and notice of eviction that the Snows had in TBOSAS? I can see Endymion speeding up the whole process so they get evicted a lot quicker.

Of course, you can't trace anything back to Endymion. All he's doing is nudging things along. Speed up the bureaucratic process.

The Snow name is an old one, but all there is left nowadays is an aging Grandma'am who's not always in touch with reality, Tigris and Snow. Not much political power to worry about.

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And because you know me...

Reaper - a blurb that could take place before Clemmie escapes + finds Endymion

There's only two peacekeepers around. And one of them is too nervous to shoot. But as tempting it is to run, it would mean leaving Dill behind and he can't. Reaper's considering the merits of running with Dill when he makes eye contact with a girl huddled in the shadows. She looks familiar, but from where? Then it hits him. It's his mentor, the one who hadn't shown up today. Probably for the best considering the explosion, but now that he's really looking at her, Reaper is wondering if that's still the case. It's the way she presses herself into the shadows, the fear in her eyes that has him pretending that he can't see her. He shifts ever so slightly so nobody else can see her either. As he and the others are herded into van and back into he enclosure, he can only pray that she remains undiscovered.

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Oh dear this got a little long...but I hope you enjoyed!

[ladysophiebeckett]

I’m living for your thg/tbosas comments. They were so wrong about the disability erasure on the previous films, I was so shocked to learn about this 😪

And also about the casting, J*Law is a great actress, but she did not look the part at all. I 100% agree.

Did you like the new movie? I was thinking about watching it. Haven’t read the book yet, but I guess it’s better that way, I will probably complain less hahaha

i remember watching thg movie in theaters with my sister ( who did read the books) and she turned to me, whispered 'they're supposed to cut off his leg. why aren't they cutting off his leg?? wtf??'. like, legit furious they cut that, among other disabilities.

it doesnt make sense in catching fire movie, when katniss is begging haymitch to take peeta's place. why? peeta looks fine and healthy for hunger games allstars. why the concern? they didnt fuck him up in the first movie. which is weird bc collins is one of the three writers credited in the first movies script. regular hollywood erasure i suppose.

i understand why they cast jlaw, fresh off winter's bone. she had the makings of a movie star and then became one. but when you see the movies, she looks out of place. idk how to explain it. costume has to do with it too. the clothes she's wearing before the reaping look too new and modern. like, no thought to distress the leather jacket. would have been good to idk, have made parts of the first costume be her dad's old jacket, too big and old. sorry, it just really bothered me.

as a movie watcher (and not a book reader), yeah i enjoyed the new movie. im not anti reading but like you, i know i'll complain more if i read the books and then compare them to the movies. its too much time off my hands and id much rather ask my hunger games mutual questions about it. its much easier to take in the information that way. (like gossiping).

[yuulina-vre]

Gifting you a new life

Trouble

Pairing: Steve x Bucky, Reader insert

Warnings: Mild angst

word count: 2388 words

Part: Five

Summery: Y/N get’s a letter that is upsetting and bringing up some part of her life she rather forget. Steve get’s to know Bucky.

Masterlist

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Y/N stands in the kitchen, envelops and newspaper in hand, sorting them. Steve’s looking through the shelves, probably hunting for some snack before Bucky will arrive in two hours or so. It’s quiet, content. A truly normal, but peaceful Saturday evening. It takes her a minute until she has sorted the envelopes for bills, Steve’s, and her own letters. Then she dins it. The envelope in her hand is yellow, not the ordinary white. The address is scribbled per hand with crooked and smeared lines. Handwritten. She can’t shake the feeling of knowing this handwriting but there’s no picture to it. She just knows that it’s familiar. And it's not the first this week. She rips it open and reads it over, stopping shortly and frowning before reading it again and again. Suddenly she feels confused, unsure, and maybe a little bit angry. It only makes her angrier the longer she reads the words, sees the handwriting and the name on the end. She makes a noise between a sigh and a grunt which makes Steve turn away from the cereals and faces her. “What are you looking at?” She startles, looks up at him, and folds the paper to shove it back in the envelope. “Just a letter from my Mom. Nothing important.” It’s a lie. The letters not from her mom or dad, not from any of her friends. But if she tells Steve who’s letter it is then he will get worried. She doesn’t want him to worry, not today. Never if possible. Especially not when he’s going to finally get to know a potential love interest, maybe even getting himself a ate and something from his dad back. Steve frowns at her and comes closer. “And that makes you sigh like you want to punch the wall and cry at the same time.” Y/N cringes a bit and quickly searches for a new excuse. “Wasn’t a really good letter.”

“Is your dad okay? He was sick, right?”

“Yeah, he’s fine. Out of hospital and refusing to rest like always.” She smiles at him and stuffs the envelope in her bag. “What are you doing here anyway? We're supposed to eat dinner in two hours.” Steve raises his eyebrows and looks at the clock on the wall. “It’s half-past four. I’m starving now and Bucky won’t be here before six.” Bucky and Steve had texted on and off yesterday after the grocery store. Steve finally able to talk to him after having met him properly. Bucky had told him when he’s going to come over and that he will bring beer for the game. Also asking a lot of questions relating to dinner, bringing something else and all that. Y/N found it endearing but slightly annoying the Steve didn’t even listen to her rambling about Tony’s plans for the next school year. “Right.” Steve shrugs at her but studies her face. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah.” She curses herself lightly. The answer was way too rushed, maybe even a bit too fast. “I mean… I – I didn’t decide on what to make for dessert, yet. And I have to call Tony because of next year’s schedule and my classes. We didn’t get everything finished yesterday.”

“Can’t it wait until Monday?”

“I- I rather have it sorted out today. I’ll be quick, I promise.” It’s not all true but true enough. He had met Tony yesterday between classes, talked to him about peter and some of her classes for the next year, and listened to his ideas. She had some lingering questions but nothing that can’t wait until Monday. She somehow feels pressured to lie to Steve, when in reality there’s no real reason to do so. “Okay.” Steve stretches the last letter, not quite believing her, his eyes falling on the letter in her hand again. It’s clear to see that Steve wants to say something else but holds himself back, probably sensing that she won’t answer him anyway. Y/N sighs and puts the letter down, looking at Steve. “I’m alright. I promise. How about, instead of filling your stomach with things that won’t do anything for your hunger, you go upstairs and find something to wear?”

“Why?”

“Are you really going to meet Bucky in your paint speckled shirt and dirty sweatpants?” She scoffs a little, looking him up and down with a frown. Steve looks down on himself. “Right, Not really… nice.”

“Not really, no.”

“Okay, okay. I’m going to shower and redress. Call me if you need help.”

“With what? I can’t really have the kitchen burning because you tried to boil water.”

“That was one time and the kitchen didn’t burn!”

“It almost did!” She laughs at Steve’s red face and watches him grumbling leave the kitchen. She looks after Steve for a moment longer before her gaze switches back to the letter on the table. “When will you finally leave me alone?” She walks into the living room and to her smartphone on the coffee table, picking it up and looking through her contact until she finds the Stark-Potts contact and pressing on the calling button. It rings a few times, time enough for Y/N to get a little lost on her thoughts. Her nerves are almost frayed with fear. She doesn’t want to think back at her relationship with Rumlow. It was one of her worst mistakes she ever made and apparently, he has not forgotten about her. He keeps popping up in her life, mostly when she believes she finally left him behind her. In her old life. As if he wants to remind her that he’s still there and still waiting for her to realize that she belongs to him and forever will.

“Stark-Potts. Here is Pepper.” Pepper's words rip her out of her memories of an old life, almost making her flinch. “Oh Pepper, here’s Y/N. Is Tony there? And right now?” Who knows which business the rich man tends to in his free time. “He has a video conference in ten minutes, when you make it wick then I can fetch him for you.”

“Please.” She nods despite Pepper not being able to see it and sits down on the couch, fussing with her free hand on one of the pillows Steve brought in a thrift shop. She hates the thing and still suspects that Steve brought it to annoy her. But he seems to genuinely like it so she allowed the ugly piece of brown fabric to stay. “Are you okay? You sound upset.” She can hear Pepper walking through their house. “He’s back, Pepper.” Her voice is dry, hoarse. Empty. “Who?”

“Brock.”

“Oh my god. Alright. I make sure you two have time talking.” Y/N nods and turns around to make sure Steve’s still upstairs and won’t catch a word of what she’s going to discuss with Tony. She doesn’t have to wait long. She hears some muffled voices, some rustling, and then there’s Tony’s voice, playful and quirky as always. “Y/N! My favorite person in the whole world, after Pepper, of course. You’re saving me from one of the most boring calls I have to witness this week.” She can practically see the grin plastered on his face and if she wouldn’t feel so bad it would infect her just right now and she would laugh or snort, send a remark back and make a joke or something. But right now, it just makes her feel sick. “Tony.” Her throat feels dry. She has the feeling that a lump has embedded itself in her windpipe, catching the air she needs and forcing it back out. The letter, still lying on the dining table seems to bore itself in her head. Would it be a person, its eyes would send glares at her, boring her with deep red and evil eyes, a devilish grin on its lips, and a mocking look all over its face. “What’s wrong? Fighting with Steve?” Y/N takes a deep breath. Her eyes gliding back to the offending piece of paper on the table in the kitchen. She can see the writing in her inner eye, doesn’t even need to look at it. It’s as if it burned the words in her brain. “Y/N? Pepper’s looking worried so I assume she knows what’s up. Do we need to come over?” 

“No! No. I…” She sighs, frustrated with herself for letting a letter, or several over the past week, get herself lose control “I got a letter.”

“Okay.”

“From… him.” There’s silence for a second before she hears a sound that could be a groan, a scoff, or something entirely different. “Brock Rumlow again. I didn’t expect him to come back so soon.” Knowing that several expressions run over his face right now she sighs and falls back on the couch. Anger is probably the most dominant emotion for tony right now and she knows, if Steve knew, he would be furious right now. Not at her for hiding it but for Brock to even trying to get back in contact with her. “What do I do now?” Y/N’s voice is filled with fear and she knows it trembles. “What if he comes?” 

“Does he know where you work?”

“I-I don’t know. But Tony! He knows where I live. I move d four times and he still found me. How difficult can it be to find out where I work?” Y/N shakes her head. “He never went to this house with me. If he didn’t follow me then he shouldn’t know about it and now that he does…. I don’t feel safe, Tony.”

“Does Steve know?”

“No! Dear god, Tony. I can’t tell him. He’s finally getting on his feet, even found someone to flirt with. I-I can’t bring him up. Not now.”

“Okay.” Y/N can hear Tony pace around his office. He’s mumbling some things she can understand. Then she hears him talking silently to someone. “Happy. Take Jarvis and Pietro on Monday and secure the gate. No strangers are allowed to enter coming next week. No, that’s not a joke. Students have to show their Student ID, otherwise, they won’t enter… Who? When?” Y/N starts nibbling on her lower lip and startle a little as she hears the stairs behind her creak. She turns around to see Steve enter the living room with a smile, turning to show off his beige khakis and his light blue button-up. He raises an eyebrow as if to ask if he looks better and Y/N just nods. The Steve mouths ‘Still Tony?’ And she nods again while Steve rolls his eyes and walks into the kitchen. “Y/N? You still there?” She twitches a little and stumbles over her own words. “Y-yeah. I-I’m here.”

“Do you know a brunette man with long hair and silver hand?”

“I-I don’t think so. Why?”

“There was someone in school on Thursday, asking for Steve.” A silent ‘o’ forms on her mouth, thinking of the only person that might have been asking for the blonde. Wait, he has a metal arm? “That- That could have been James Barnes. Pepper might remember him. He’s from the military. He has something from Steve’s dad.” She hears Tony asking pepper and her answering, though, she can’t really make out any words. “He was okay, Happy. Though, don’t let anyone in without informing me. I send you a picture of a man who’s not even allowed to be near the school. Make sure we don’t even catch a glimpse of him.” Steve comes back in, toast in his mouth and crackers in hand, flopping down beside her and holding the crackers up. Y/N shakes her head at the offer, watching him shrug. There’s an itch in her body to lean over, lie her head on his shoulder and cry for the rest of the day, bathing in her misery. “Okay, Y/N, Happy’s taking care of the school. Do you need something else?”

“No, I-I guess not.” There’s silence in the line for a moment before she hears Tony sigh. “Y/N. You know I would never let him near you. Not at school anyway. I will do everything I can. I can’t protect you at home but you know you can call me if somethings up, no matter how late. And you have Steve there, too. Think about telling him. It might be good to have him know. Rumlow is an asshole and Steve hates him more than I do. You should tell him because we both know he would want to know.” Y/N shakes her head with a deep breath. “Alright.” The air leaves her body and she finally leans over to Steve, resting her head on his shoulder with closed eyes. She can feel the man shift a little, draping his arm around her shoulders, planting a kiss to her temple before going back to his toast and crackers. “Pep’s getting pepper spray for you. Though, I could give her to you. She’s better than any spray available.” Y/N snorts a small smile before she shakes her head. “No, I think I’m good for the moment. Thank you, Tony.”

“No problem, but remember to tell me if somethings up. And better don’t go home alone. Let Steve drive you or something.”

“I will.” She smiles again and then says goodbye, putting the phone down in her lap and listening to Steve’s munching. She’s not sure if she will be alright, though. She really doesn’t want to see Brock again and certainly not at her workplace. She doesn’t really pay attention to what’s going on and just as Steve moves does she look over to him. He has turned a little to face her. His face is filled with concern, maybe shock, too, and his hands are hovering over her, crackers abandoned on the coffee table. “Everything good? You’re crying.” Startled she lifts her hand to her cheek, making a surprised noise. Is brock already making her that out of her mind that she doesn’t even notice when she’s crying?

“Y-yeah, don’t know why.” She laughs a little, feeling like crying even more now. “Let’s get this dinner ready, yeah?” She whips her eyes once more and lifts herself from the couch, matching into the kitchen, successfully ending the conversation and escaping any questions that would come for the moment.

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