#reread thoughts

[mellarked-katnisseverdeen]

Rereading Thoughts, Rue Focused.

So. Today I'm under the weather, in bed and got (and probabbly am not done getting) a ton of reading done. Decided before we get to Peeta that I'm gonna spend a whole post talking about Rue, her relationship to Katniss and such things.

A thing I forgot was that Rue behaves A LOT like a little girl. Not just a girl, as Katniss does occasonally, but her age. Collins has such a good understanding her character emotonally development, taking into account both their age, AND their expereinces. Rue is a very young girl, but also one whose had to get smart with a lot put on her shoulders not unlike ALL the characters here. But she still is 12.

I also forgot how much she and Katniss share information. Entirely forgot that they talked about their districts with one another almost the entire time they were allied with one another. It hits home just how much division the Capitols put into everything.

Rue making friends with the Mockingjay literally brought me close to tears. Katniss saying something to comfort the baby Mockingjay is...just Collins why do you do this I don't need to cry.

Secondly, Katniss's entire attitude changeing with her. I don't lie when I say Kat on some level emotonally adopted Rue in the arena. She says it herself- that she is all that Rue has, and being their for her is all that matters. She can't even think for more than a single thought what would happen if it came down to the two of them. She is happy and encouraging with her, it is notable she is ALWAYS building Rue up in every conversation. Giving her confindence in the skills she sees she has, and tries as much as she can to make this little girl feel safe.

And this part also shows in honestly...some of the most angry moments I think Katniss has in the entire series as well. Just her anger, her want to bring those to justice who've hurt someone so harmless and good, so young is palpable even after she thinks about the boy from 1, and begins to kind of walk back some of that . And that is notable cause Katniss ISN'T vengeful naturally. It is never her wish to get revenge, naturally. But Rue was killed, and you can feel how deep her sorrow is by how much that anger, for a time, morphs her view on things.

She also sings her a song she notes spesifically is for babies, for parents to sing to their children (a song she sings to Prim, to her own children far into the future).

My thing is how much Katniss wanted people to remember Rue, and honestly that pushes her to want to win. She even admits it does this MORE tha her vow to Prim! That took thinking about to sink in. But that is just how powerful Rue was.

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[smol-warrior-1258]

So I'm listening to the Red, White, and Royal Blue audiobook again (highly recommend if you've not listened to it) and I am struck by how there's not even a mention of Halloween. Like obviously there's a lot going on but I somehow feel robbed of White House Halloween content in this timeline.

Just imagine it.

[valtsv]

are we still doing this because i have a late submission

[nothatsmi]

The foxhole court, chapter five

First books monsters were something really.

On an aftg reread, which is very useful to survive school these days. Currently into the raven king, i'll make more fanart cause this brings me so much joy (which - idk what it tells about my mental state). If you have suggestions on what I should draw next I'm taking em.

[c-tepx]

okay since it's not a spoiler anymore

it's hilarious that izutsumi went: "come on no one would be excited over beastkin" and the whole party went: "oh no. laios"

like, zero hesitation. marcille doesn't even look at him she just rushes to cover izutsumi. senshi immediately blocks laios sight and chilchuck kicks him (as usual)

and the funniest part is... laios doesn't even understand what happened. he's so confused but accepts it???

"woah it's sure strange that I'm the only one with the blindfold. oh, whatever, I'm just gonna let senshi spoon feed me and won't ask any questions"

[heritageposts]

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006)

Just a reminder that Israel was built, by design, on ethnic cleansing.

[dumblr]

Me? cheat? I reread our favorite messages when i miss you. In fact all messages.

[casually-eat-my-soul]

Erica and Issac after stumbling upon two bodies in the woods:

Erica: sweet, we’re lucky

Issac: in what way?

Erica: Stiles birthday is next week, and I was having a hard time getting him a gift.

Issac: So you’re going to get him two dead bodies??

Erica: Oh please, he loves to solve mysteries.

Issac: …

Issac: Can we say one is from me?”

Dialogue is roughly from Dark Currents by Lindsay Broker’s.

[astrowarr]

grian is really embracing his watcher side, huh... he is hungry. he's spending so much of his time recklessly lining up dominoes, only for all of them to collapse on top of him. all three of his lives were lost setting up traps for someone else but it would be a lie to say they weren't for him, too; he said it himself. he doesn't care who the reds kill, so long as they do it. so long as he watches. because he needs it. he doesn't even truly care if he dies in the process anymore.

and this is proof that he's losing himself in it— bloodlust, that is, and his need to be its catalyst— because the lack of regard he's showing for his own life is spectacularly uncharacteristic of him. his need for control has just overwhelmed him. he's so desperate this season that it's actually dripping from him and it's driving me CRAZY. with all of this pent up murderous rage he's going to be HORRIFYING once he's red and can lash out with no holds barred

but that's exactly why he can never just watch anymore, isn't it? he dies and immediately vows to kill jimmy and scar until they're nothing. he feeds on control so much that it isn't enough to pull the strings of fate from above; he has to take care of it all himself, squeeze the beating heart of it in his warm, blood-soaked hands.

i don't know, this is all over the place. I really just can't wait until he's on his final life, frantic and maniacal as he perfectly enacts all these brilliant plans of his that everyone around him keeps butchering <3

[1am-s0-veryt1red]

"bkg should be higher than 15" bkg debuted at no. 4 and dropped to 15 because he can't stop yelling at people HAUSHDHS

[wanderer-clarisse]

... and he was eager moreover to discover all that he could concerning Mankind. He it was that first met Men in Beleriand and befriended them; and for this reason he was often called by the Eldar Edennil, 'the Friend of Men'. (Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth)

(partially inspired by this)

[fumiko-matsubara]

The reason why I haven't been active lately lol 🩷

[hamletthedane]

I know I’m joking about how Wicked Part 2 is going to be insane compared to Part 1, but it actually is so interesting when viewed as separate second part of the story -

Because hear me out - imo, the end of Act 1 sets up where the lines in the sand are for the three key characters:

Elphaba chooses to follow her morals and reject the system, even to her own isolation and destruction. Her line is her dedication to “making good.”

Glinda, her foil, openly admits that she cannot turn down the allure of the system’s power and stability, even at the sacrifice of her morals and her closest friendship. Her line is her power and popularity.

Fiyero, further foiling Glinda, is the person who would have blindly said yes to Elphaba’s offer. He is completely, unquestioningly devoted to Elphaba - even to a fault - believing that she will always be good and choose the right thing (as she “doesn’t care what others think”).* His line is his unwavering loyalty to Elphaba.

*admittedly, this is less evident at the end of Act 1, but it’s made VERY clear within the first 5min of Act 2 so I’m counting it as an Act 1 arc

But then Act 2 forces them to respect the line they’ve decided to draw in increasingly devastating ways, and eventually forces them to violate their lines or have the lines destroy them:

Elphaba’s sacrifices turn her into a complete pariah, forcing her to lose everything she had and worked for in an instant. She fights every day for what she believes in, even though she sees it’s fruitless and only leading to the destruction of everything she loves. But Elphaba stands strong even against the Wizard’s temptation of leaving behind her failing cause. However, she’s finally pushed over her edge when one of the two people who still believed in her “goodness” dies for that belief. And it drives her to throw away every good intention and dive head-first into a pursuit of power and control. She must ultimately be influenced by Glinda to once again choose self-sacrifice for the greater good, giving up her power and dreams of normality in Oz. “Now it’s up to you, for both of us”

Glinda builds great political capital and becomes one of the most important, beloved characters in the nation. But nothing is real: she’s engaged to a man who clearly doesn’t love her, she’s openly decrying a woman who she clearly still loves herself, and the system she operates in troubles her even as she benefits from it. Elphaba again tempts her to leave, and Fiyero’s clear willingness to jump ship should be an even greater temptation, but she can’t leave it behind. Not until the very end of the story does she finally recreate the Ozdust dance: acting against her own self-interest to save Elphaba and take up the fire of her cause

Fiyero, to his credit, is the only person who cannot be pushed from his line. The very first chance he gets, he follows Elphaba blindly, despite hearing all these terrible things about her. Then he willingly sacrifices himself for her and her cause, and they torture him to (a fate worse than) death for it. And even when Elphaba really does go evil, he still believes that she will ultimately choose good. His loyalty to her is not well rewarded (see: fate worse than death), but he makes his sacrifice willingly. His belief destroyed him.

What I really like about the play’s story is that from all these different starting goals and motivations, every character is forced to give up everything that is dear to them - including their fundamental selves - by the end of the story. Yet, they all three still continue to overlap and influence each other in ways that lead them all to a choice of “making good” in the end. SO excited to see that played out on screen.

[theriverbeyond]

bouncing on it in a way that honors the bond unbroken between necromancer and cavalier in acknowledgement of the equality granted to us by God

[c-kiddo]

thinking abt this .. the panic :( the way he just holds onto himself :( just tells himself theres work to do : (

also look at the little beetle carapace belle left for him :(((((