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Just like Jimin rubbing his own head and being shook instantly, we will have many instances where we will be reminded of them... see a photo or a video, hear their voices or a song and instantly be shook that we won't be seeing Jimin and Jungkook much in the next 18 months.
Not gonna lie, it is rough for me to watch Jimin’s live. The level of vulnerability is just too much for me to handle. His uncertainty, his dismay, his level of discomfort and self-consciousness... humiliation(?) over the loss of his beautiful hair, I can't watch it yet. His own disbelief at looking at his own shaved head...
He is facing something unknown and unfamiliar. He's learned a lot over the past year diving into the appearances he had to do alone for his ambassadorships for Dior and Tiffany. I say "alone" but he wasn't alone, he had his manager and staff by his side.
He won't have them when he enters the military base.
I already said in a previous post that Jimin is disappointed that he must, once again, stop doing what he loves and do this instead. He’s just hitting his stride and he has a lot he wants to accomplish. All that, in addition to his habit of self-criticism and his anxiety issues, it is HUGE that he will have someone there who knows this about him and can help him redirect and calm down. He will beat himself up, put himself down and not allow himself to give himself credit for doing as well as he thinks he should. Jungkook will remind him that he's amazing and help him overcome all that noise in his head.
And keep in mind that Jungkook is a level of introvert that requires some amount of "alone time". This "alone time" is when this type of introvert “recharges” or “decompresses” in order to settle or center one’s self. We all see how different he is during group lives versus when he is alone. His introvert thrives by himself. The situation of being with strangers for such long periods is CHALLENGING! Without his fidget spinner lip rings, and again, staff and manager beside him facing something new by himself, he'll be ADHDing all over the place. Knowing that Jungkook has someone he is comfortable with, who understands this about him, is HUGE. He has a habit of tuning out, zoning out and withdrawing and Jimin can help him stay put in the moment.
Besides genuinely missing performing and his fans, it is no wonder that his frame of mind during his last live with us was downhearted.
This is not a situation where one needs the other more... it is a situation where they will both mutually benefit from having the other present.
These guys are not like us. These two have lived the past ten years in a world that is NOTHING like ours. They've grown up and matured living a life that we can't possibly know and understand. Jungkook has several $1000 bottles of whiskey chilling in his refrigerator that he mixes with Cloop soda water and drinks like its kool-aid through a straw. THEY ARE NOT LIKE US.
They've succeeded beyond all expectations, even their own, and had to deal with all the extreme ups and downs of all of that... and now they must put everything they know aside to step into a completely different world with the eyes of the world focused on them. The pressure to not fuck up has to be enormous. Everything they do is amplified. Its not fair, really.
Physically, they will have advantages over their younger fellow soldiers in that strenuous work is not unfamiliar to them, they are accustomed to pushing themselves and they know what it takes to master something that requires a lot of physicality. They are strong and athletic.
And now, emotionally and mentally, they will be fine because they will have each other.
I will miss all of them and be so very excited to count down the days to Jin's discharge... but I will be the most bereft waiting for Jimin and Jungkook.
#jimin#jungkook#bts military service#i understand parasocial relationships now#except its not all that one-sided#they will miss us too
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i think the whole big fan accounts. it being a thing is kinda interesting cos they absolutely are a thing just in a different way. To me people like Nora and Bethanie are the phannies on tumblr. I’ve seen asks a few times that Bethanie answered where people have told her they’re parasocial about her, i also remember her posting about how many people recognised her at the wad recording shows. With Nora I see regularly people saying they aren’t even phannies anymore and haven’t been for years but they still follow her cos she’s pseudophan
We’ve shifted away from the fan accounts and the fics etc but the parasocial culture to some blogs is still very much in play
yeah I agree! that’s kinda what I meant when I was saying that well-known blogs still exist but it's not the same as Big Name Fans™ ten years ago. bc like sure there's X blog that everyone in the fandom knows, but there's not the culture there used to be where people would regularly identify themselves as fans of the fans yk? (at least not in a literal way)
#also not to pedantic bc I understand what u mean when u say parasocial relationship but technically interacting w/ someone over Tumblr asks#is not parasocial bc the person answering knows that u exist and is interacting with u. even if they don't know who u are#so in that sense a fan blog for someone is much more parasocial than sending anons to someone#though now im realizing u didn't actually specify that the ppl who told Bethanie they're parasocial abt her said it bc they talk with her o#anon 😭😭 I cba to delete what I wrote but if this was patronizing and I totally misunderstood what u were saying I deeply apologize lmao#ask#anon
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#tw neil gaiman#respectfully how is the conclusion some people are coming to all of this “good or bad doesn't exist”#by all means use that as a comfort that the media you are consuming isn't 'tainted' by the creator#but if not for comfort then how is your main takeaway that you want everyone to know after someone has done horrible things#to be that that person can be good.#it's not an inaccurate statement most of the time but neither do i think it's an appropriate one at this time.#anyway where's that post that said “are people going to stop dickriding neil gaiman now or was the zionism not enough”#because yeah. i get some people are devastated by this news and if this is your first rodeo with liking a celebrity#then i suggest you step away from idolisation or the mindset that what someone shows online is who they are#because i understand objectively why you might feel that way and the inherent connection between art and artist#and i understand feeling like maybe some of that toxicity could have bleed into the creations#but if you're crushed just because you thought he was a good person i hope this is a lesson going forward#because the reaction should not be this intense. you should not be having parasocial relationships with anyone#in the end you don't and will never know them no matter how good you think they are#feel free to disagree. but this is my take and has been my take for a long time#and it has been my take on neil gaiman since i joined the fandom
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i'm not telling anyone else what to do but I am personally forgiving Neil Gaiman for two of his sins and begrudgingly appreciating his commitment to the bit. He identified the funniest thing possible & then he did it. Was it to make people wail on the internet or because he likes it when people say he's good or because his friend Michael Sheen would not shut up or just genuinely sitting down and being like 'the story has evolved'? don't know don't care. The Angel is gay AND homophobic. Literally and then metaphorically. Good for him.
Right like I can’t forgive him for past comments but you really DO have to hand it to him. This world is filled with people who miss every shot they’re are presented with and this guy saw the opportunity to do one of the Most things in the world and knocked it out of the park
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sex is very funny. and i guess it is. i don’t i don’t remember it - martin scorsese
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I don’t like seeing irl beeduo on my tl ahahaha! it’s just really quite awkward because um like move on! sorry… no, I don’t think I am sorry actually eheheh! Maybe I do feel just a little guilty for thinking like this but bro…. reminiscing on a friendship that wasn’t even yours???? Sorry…. !
#this is my hot take sorry guys#may be a little controversial on this one#it’s just oh so so so parasocial and it reminds me of why I stopped watching them all together#makes me a bit embarrassed to still be here if I even count being that these characters are basically ocs now#when I even open a stream the first thing I do is close chat because I absolutly cannot…. it’s so embarrassing grah sorry#I’ve always had a strong opinion on parasocial relationships. ranboo is also very parasocial btw… I don’t think it’s very quite healthy ☺️☺️#I don’t know them and they don’t know me!! and that’s always been that for me#I understand that everyone has different ways of attachment and fixation so I’m sorry if this comes across as mean and attacking
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Me: *reading everyone’s takes on Twitter about the playlists Taylor released on Apple Music*
Me: You’re all so fucking stupid.
#I’m going back to bed now#imagine thinking every single on those playlists was written for those exact reasons#lads#she’s just making playlists here#she’s not rewriting the narrative about certain songs like yall are saying#this is just how she sees the songs now#ffs soon you’ll get better is on there and that’s not about Joe#these songs just relate to how she’s feeling#the same way we all make playlists#there’s songs from 1989 on there too#and red#you’re going to tell me those were written for Joe as well#if you actually look at the songs on the playlists#it’s p clear they’re about the specific stages of grief alone#not about those stages in their relationship#NOT TO MENTION#oh my god let that goooo#she’s not your bestie#she’s not blorbo#stop dissecting her last relationship#stop talking about it like that#I didn’t understand how bad parasocial relationships between fans and celebrities were until I got on Twitter a couple months ago#personal#tswift#fucking banger playlists tho
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The homoerotic rivalry between the only two authors in the tag on AO3 (it's entirely one-sided)
#parasocial relationship but it's a kismesis#god bless SunSnake for carrying the Yuusha Yamemasu tag on their own before I got there#my ambition is to write more and better fics than them. They have four fics so far and I've got two. Unacceptable#They are a formidable and worthy rival with a fantastic writing style#i have NEVER written so much in such a short span of time as when inspired to surpass them#i understand now that it is only with a worthy rival that one can reach their fullest potential - Technoblade. Potato War 3#yuusha yamemasu#i'm quitting heroing#ao3 writers be like#ao3#writing#fanfiction
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how it feels to chew five stickmen. stimulate your senses
#avm#read this if you dare#this doesnt even come CLOSE to explaining everything goin on inside my head#but i guess i can note some stuff#firstly blue is such a little hater because he REALLY isnt cool with people who have hurt his friends#its like they get all older brother about it so thats why they still hate mango's guts#two a lot of the color gang consider red as a younger brother/just a sibling#and three the romantic relationships; purple might've sorta developed a crush on green but he doesnt know that#so he thinks of them as a friend and they dont wanna mess things up so to the friendzone they go#next endie and red have a thing for each other but endie is so dense about it and they dont see each other enough to go anywhere#so they stay friends for now but the others all know endie has a massive crush on red#and lastly vic has given mango the tittle of hot guy i wont shut up about except he doesnt know them so its a bit weird and parasocial#you know the drill#and all of these. arent fully canon in my mind it depends#im not one to genuinely believe in ships in canon unless stated otherwise by the media#maybe purple is the exception cus i see him doing that thing where someone your age shows you a pixel of kindness and you're head over heels#animation vs Minecraft#i actually reccomend doing this even if its not understandable too#its fun to think about#OH and green has a complicated relationship with mango because he isnt sure he's good for purple yet he has to prove himself#but he wont tell him that#on the other hand mango respects him as purple's friend#im not tagging all of these#avm ships#i guess
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temporarily back with one post. i am not ready to fully come back.
all the stuff you need to know about the future of this blog are in the tags.
#sunrise thoughts#after i thought a lot i made multiple choices#i am still going to post about dsmp#i am still going to post about cwilbur#dsmp has been my biggest special interest ever#and i cannot move on from cwilbur in a day or week#i obviously won't talk about the cc anymore duh and to me the cc and c are extremely disconnected from each other#i will do all my screaming and kicking and nasty emotional stuff in private#i got fucking blasted by the consequences of forming a parasocial relationship!! ouagh!!!!#if you're uncomfortable following me for my dsmp posting you can obviously unfollow me i completely understand<3#i will be tagging everything with my usual tags and you can filter them all you want if you decide to stay for other things! and uh—#i am so proud of shelby for speaking about something so terrifying and painful and i wish them the absolute best#i hope they will find a wonderful support system and get all the help they need and want and recover in a good safe environment.#(now back to blog related things haha!!)#i will try to be more multi fandom#you will still see from me a lot of minecraft smp silliness!!!#uhhh i'm talking qsmp life series and hermitcraft stuff!! (i'm gonna check season 10 very soon!)#as for non related minecraft things uhhh idk yet!!!#(btw don't expect me to reblog posts about the situation because the subject itself is so fucking uncomfortable for me)#(i am myself a victim of abuse [very different type but yeagh] + i am a mess atm for many different reasons)#(remember to always believe victims and such. [you probably heard the whole talk from people who are so much better at words than me#so i won't repeat things in a badly worded way]#anyway#(i am so sorry that this whole thing is messily written and in a bad order i am writing everything at like past 4 am)#(and i really really don't want to go back and rewrite tags in the right order)#(but yeah. erm.)#this is all you will hear from me for a while#take care everyone
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#if you were to tell me at the beginning of the year that i would develop an actual parasocial relationship with a 26 year old korean man#like if you told me i would spend three straight months of my life reading real person fanfic of two kpop idols#i would have laughed in your face#i would have told you you were silly and that i would never have real life emotional attachment to fucking jungkook of bts#because thats Insane and i know better than to project Actual Fondness onto a person i have never met whose job is to make you love him#like bro i did not understand it#i did not get it like the whole idea of it skeeved me out i still don't get it and yet here i am#three years ago i was like 'that jimin is pretty and i like the one with the eyebrows'#and now i watch taekook videos on youtube and analyze new tik toks like i'm trying to solve a fucking murder#what am i going to do when they go do their military service#anyway this brought to you by having an existential crisis after watching that man dance shirtless as a 32 year old asexual queer#i am going to have to tell people that my book is inspired by fucking abo taekook fanfiction#like real people i will have to tell#never stop taking your meds kids or you'll develop an unhealthy obsession with a kpop boy#learn from my mistakes
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its like. i am crazy about this music yes. but its also like imagine if you started a band and it was fun and weird . and what if you and your band started your last album together with a song about how you were still in fact the same band and then you broke up. and then you eventually disappeared forever. and then you had a gaggle of weird lesbians holding on to what they thought you were when they were teens asking you when you would come back.
#i am too tired and tipsy to articulate this in a better way. but you understand.#my point is. listen to ryan ross im down on youtube right now before i exlplode something with my mind#my other point is that were so starving is a sick joke. and no one involved is seeing heaven. and also. the parasocial relationships#// patd
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to all of my mutuals that know jack shit about marvel and associated fancasts i desperately need you all to check out gratiela brancusi cause not only is she a great wanda fancast shes also just amazing like wtf
#i understand why yall develop parasocial relationships now !#jk jk but seriously shes so cool#one of the few ppl ive seen who deserves to be famous i truly hope she starts getting more roles#also hope wendy dies a horrible death and we get a recast with gratiela god bless
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Here's the thing. I appreciate all the social awareness that's going on, but y'all need to stop turning it into extreme individualism (not sure if it's the correct word, not my first language).
Let alone the fact that that you shouldn't burden your friends or people close to you or shitty stuff like that, because guess what? Friendships are exactly that, people who in honour of the love they hold to each other chose to share the burden with and for you. I want your burden and I want to be your burden. And if you drop your friends as soon as they say or do something not perfect you're a shitty friend.
But also all the stuff like "don't offer food because that person could be allergic or go against their religion and shit". If I knew I wouldn't, but given that I don't know them that well as to know those things I am going to offer. It's up to them to decline, I'm not holding a knife at their throat, I'm in a position of abundance and I'm offering to share it. It's up to you to set and respect your boundaries, if you can't do that I can't do it for you, I can just respect those you give me.
And people are gonna fuck up, we are humans, that's what we do, and you should allow people to fuck up in order to become a better person. And throw your fucking puritanism out of the window because if somebody said something controversial 10 years ago it's their fucking business.
#also stop giving the shits to religious people who wish you well through their beliefs#they come from a good place and wish you well#you can appreciate their will and still tell them to not pray for you or whatever#without going on a war against everything#I'm the first to shit on Christianity because history is fucked up and i think i would autocombust as soon as i step in a church#but i can still use my fuckung brain to understand when something is not being weaponized against me#and stop it with the parasocial relationship they're a fucked up thing that benefits nobody#ok I'm done with the rant#now go and love your neighbor#nobody is perfect#and oftentimes it just comes from a place of missing information#and if you can go to therapy#life update#rant
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ੈ✩‧₊˚ CRASH LANDING (LN4)
pairing: lando norris x f!reader
summary: lando accidentally hits a stranger with his car — the internet can’t stop referring to it as a meet cute. (un)fortunately for lando, mclaren agree.
genre: comedy, fluffy
authors note: a continuation of the ending to beached! you don’t need to have read that to understand this, however it will give some insight to the mclaren matchmaker jokes <3 also in light of that, this is set a few races in the future! *oscarsgf user refers to the character in beached!
*faceclaim: keeahwah on ig (but please imagine her as you see fit!)
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user you are so unserious sir
user SOOOO IS THAT THE GIRL HE HIT BC
user no clue but she’s CUTE
oscarpiastri @/fia look here
landonorris i will literally remind your girlfriend of your murder attempts when you first met
user it’s giving meet cute
user i’d read a fic on it
yourusername you literally drove off BEFORE I WAS EVEN IN THE CAR
landonorris IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I WAS DISTRACTED
user ASSUMING THIS IS HER???
user @/user CLICKING ON HER ACCOUNT IT DEFINITELY IS
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yourusername monaco recap🇲🇨 successfully didn’t get hit by too many cars!
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user AS IF LANDO HIT THE HOTTEST PERSON IVE EVER SEEN
user nah this is actually a full meet cute i’m sorry this is the shit you see in romcoms
bestfriend still can’t believe you didn’t take compensation but accepted a lunch date instead
yourusername can you blame me
user @/yourusername oh girl no one can you are so real for that
friend1 wait till everyone finds out you’re only there for another 4 days
user WHAT. i can’t have them separated already😶
user parasocial relationship with lando ended y/n is my new idol now
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yourusername final days in heaven. i’ll miss so much about this place
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user wait she doesn’t live in monaco?? she’s leaving??? just after i’ve gotten attached to her and lando???
bestfriend please come back to visit asap i cannot go too long without my y/n cuddles
landonorris seconded
user um lando sir,,, seconded the whole thing? cuddles included?
user this cannot be the end of the meet cute i refuse to
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landonorris safe to say i’ve had a pretty good break between races
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user a whole post dedicated to her with THAT caption? oh yep they’re whipped
user please tell me y’all are going to stay in contact?
user my heart is shattering already
mclaren 🧡
user MCLAREN PLEASE YOU’VE DONE IT ONCE BEFORE
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o: safe to say you’ve had a pretty interesting break before this race
l: hey let me remind you what happened for you over winter break!
o: okay but i didn’t literally hit my girlfriend with my car!
l: oh so you finally asked her out officially?
o: stop deflecting!
l: okay okay! yeah safe to say i had a nice time. always need a bit of a change in life!
o: so how are things going now?
l: (awkwardly) well you know how it’s… yeah
o: ah i get it. quite literally been there done that got the t shirt. but hey you did say all that when i got my big moment about mclaren—
l: no no no don’t give them any ideas! they’re listening!]
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mclaren the boys are back! don’t forget to check out the new interview on our channel where lando and oscar talk all things hopes for the second half of the season, workouts and… girls?
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user mclaren. mclaren look at me. you know what you have to do
mclaren 👀
user when oscar asked him about y/n… i wanted to cry he looked so sad are things over between them?
oscarsgf @/oscarpiastri you’re such a gossip
oscarpiastri you love me for it
oscarsgf @/oscarpiastri you know what i’m thinking?
oscarpiastri @/oscarsgf plotting?
oscarsgf @/oscarpiastri plotting!
user what on earth is going on…
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user you are so ! gorgeous !
user i can see why lando is obsessed
user speaking of… where is our favorite brit in the likes☹️
oscarsgf pretty girl!!!
yourusername oh?!? thank u cutie!!!
user ^ oh their plotting is in progress???
mclaren you’d look good in orange👀🧡
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user WHO IS THE GIRL
user IS THAT WHO I THINK IT IS
user PLEASE TELL ME THATS Y/N
user LOOK AT HER STORIES ITS DEFINITELY HER
user SOMEONE WHO IS THERE KEEP US UPDATED PLEASE
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yourusername i don’t know guys, do you think he’s cute?
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user OH MY GOD FINALLY
landonorris i will hit you with my car again
yourusername is that a challenge mr. norris?
landonorris @/yourusername oh you better run fast
yourusername @/landonorris well duh cause you don’t know how to do the speed limit
user i love them. i love them so much.
oscarsgf omg can we force the boys to do mclaren double dates
landonorris leave this comment section now
yourusername @/landonorris too late we’re already texting
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landonorris we are successful victims of mclarens matchmaking services
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user THEYVE DONE IT AGAINNN
user new fav couple fr
oscarpiastri oh how quickly you all forget me
user @/oscarpiastri WE COULD NEVER
user clearly i need to work for mclaren to get a cute gf
oscarpiastri @/oscarsgf is the second photo giving you flashbacks as well
oscarsgf they’re stealing our thing
yourusername thank you for posting the nice park date photo of me
landonorris well in all the others you’re mid cartwheel
mclaren glad to be of service🧡 anyone else? @/patriciooward how are you doing?
landonorris i’m gonna stop you right there
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a/n: WELL. hello friends. i said i wasn’t gonna post a one shot for a while, then this happened. i just hope its up to standard! i’m a little rusty in my writing considering everything!
in regards to new works, gonna be working on getting my wips out soon, and maybe popping some new smaus out at the same time as they’re easy and quick-ish for me to work on considering everything going on! do forgive me if i do some random family orientated stuff — pregnancy hormones are giving me baby fever for everything (is it still baby fever if you’re having a baby?)
let me know your thoughts in the comments/reblogs/asks — i’ve missed talking to you all sm! i have anon emojis available if people wanna chat too🤍
for the first time in a very long time,,, love, giselle xx
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i've been reading catching fire for the first time this year and i don't, personally, think that the quarter quell was a "smart move" for snow and the capitol even if things went the way that he wanted them to and katniss and peeta and all the rest died and he got a victor he could control. sure, it would have taken out katniss. but taking out katniss wasn't actually going to be the quick fix he wanted it to be.
because even the capitol citizens were upset about all of this. the capitol citizens, who had grown so used to having pretty victors to smush together like dolls and gush over and show that people from the districts CAN do something and make their lives better. it's the american bootstraps ideal made hideously manifest.
yes, they've been fed this propaganda diet that the games are proper retribution for a crime that happened a lifetime ago, but they're also supposed to bring out these Ideals TM the capitol claims to hold to and then the Beautiful Shiny Model Minority winner gets fame and fortune and safety and a promotion into capitol society. because they beat the odds and they won all these things! they *deserve* this!
now all of the privileged masses have these strong parasocial relationships where they thought they'd see their favorite athletes become safe and glamorous and happy. the social contract says that the capitol citizens get to have these lovely dolls to play with and now he's taking their toys away in a way that shows the propaganda never held any truth in the first place. if we don't actually value these people and what they represent, then why do we actually do it? (it's the cruelty. but the average capitol citizen doesn't understand that the cruelty is the point, because it took snow years and years and years of building up that Capacity for Cruelty, and most people never get to that point. there has to be a pretty facade over this for it to run smoothly for those average citizens like the prep team. and now it's not there anymore.)
and that's not even mentioning the different sort of horror this becomes for the districts, as the idea that's been sold to the wealthier districts is that if these children win they get fame and fortune and protection for life. but you're dragging them back into the horror that was supposed to buy their eternal glory? the careers aging out this year don't even have their "chance" in the arena to make their mark and gain their fortune. they'll just be losing some of their mentors in a pointless rehash.
in the poorer districts, perhaps there is some relief because their kids are safe this year but that means their only victors are being shipped off to die instead. and then their kids who won't have a chance in hell next year! because the hunger games are a perpetual motion exploitation machine, and the only way people were able to be numbed to it was figuring out the rules and then gritting their teeth and living their lives. but the rules are out the window, now. those rules that were supposed to make this terrible system something they could navigate and grit their teeth and suffering through are being blown to bits because snow tried to stomp out the tiniest embers instead of letting them burn out.
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