#the midnight train

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

kdnfb's Ten Years of Fanficion Mania Featuring: The Midnight Train

Summary: Desperation breeds desperate acts. Katniss makes a deal to protect her sister from the reaping, with no idea of how far-reaching the consequences will be.

Originally written for the @everlarkficexchange Spring 2018 Edition based on the prompt -- “I know what you want. You have money, but what I have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a dream come true for people like you.“ Sexually frustrated trophy wife Katniss commissions artist Peeta who immortalizes naked women after giving them the greatest O of their lives. -- I deviated a tiny bit from the prompt.

PLEASE HEED THE WARNINGS

Rating: E for explicit sexual content, explicit language, explicit consent, dubious consent, age difference, implied/referenced underage sex, implied/referenced grooming and sexual manipulation of a minor, canon typical violence, suicidal thoughts, depression, implied/referenced child abuse, domestic abuse, emotional hurt/comfort, incest, step-relation incest, infidelity, dark!(ish?)Peeta.

Relationship tags: Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen/Other(s), Peeta Mellark/Other(s)

A/N: Some readers tell me that the tags on this one make it sound worse than it is, others say the tags are absolutely needed. It's not easy to explain them without giving away too many of the twists. Maybe I should say that the tags are there because awful things happen to Everlark in this story, and they do some things that can potentially be viewed as morally gray. They do not, however, intentionally or deliberately hurt and/or cheat on each other... at least not by my definition... again, hard to explain without too many spoilers. Ultimately, though, The Midnight Train, is an Everlark endgame story.

This story is one of those ones that I tried writing one version, which was significantly lighter in themes and plot, but it just wasn't working. Instead, I just sort of zoned out and started typing on the idea of Katniss as a trophy wife. It took a hard left turn into darkness and then wouldn't stop happening. So yes, this story is not for the faint of heart, but I am also exceptionally proud of what I created here.

There has been talk about a sequel, which as of right now is a disaster of about ten chapters drafted, another fifteen chapters planned, told from Peeta's POV. It would span the events of The Midnight Train, and extend several years into the future. I do not know when, if ever, I will finish it. If you've read The Midnight Train, then you can probably take a wild guess that writing anything from this Peeta's POV, especially something that long, is painful and difficult, and can only be done in small doses.

Anyways, for those of you brave enough to try it or revisit it, I give you...

The Midnight Train on AO3

[classycookiexo]

This is literally so iconic

[iamindifferenttolamp]

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - Ted Raimi

[catastrophicgay]

Journeys end in lovers’ meeting.

2018 // The Haunting of Hill House

1851 // Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

[that1notetaker]

My favourite moment in the whole httyd franchise is when Hiccup is building Toothless's tail. I love when we see him work his projects. I imagine him working late often at the firelight.

[johannesviii]

Inktober 2024 - Day 24 - Expedition

[neytui]

I don’t know what context to give honestly, just spent some time sketching him and this came out hell yeah

Oh btw it was also very weird to give him accurate proportions to his body

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

cardigan // champagne problems // sad beautiful tragic // willow

[dragons-and-magic]

First time drawing the engines and this is what I do.🤣

[page-soobinnie]

Heres a list of movies and shows i recommend

And where to watch the links are my review on them (updated 03/07/24)

All of us are dead (korean) (horror) (TV) (Season 1) (Netflix)

Alice in borderland  (Japanese) (scifi/thriller) (TV) (season 1) (Netflix)

The sound of magic (Korean) (fantasy) (TV) (Netflix)

Midnight  (korean) (horror/thriller) (movie) (Tubi)

Mourning grave (korean) (horror) (movie) (Tubi)

Death bell (korean) (horror) (movie) (YouTube)

Death bell 2 the bloody camp (korean)  (horror) (movie) (YouTube)

Squid game (korean)  (thriller) (TV) (Netflix)

The mimic (korean) (horror) (movie) (Tubi)

Gonjiam haunted asylum (korean) (horror) (movie) (Tubi)

Sweet home (korean) (thriller) (TV) (Netflix)

As the gods will (Japanese) (horror/thriller) (movie) (Crunchy Roll)

The wailing (korean) (horror) (movie) (Tubi)

Extra curricular (Korean)   (thriller) (TV) (Netflix)

Incantation (tai) (horror) (movie) (Netflix)

My name (Korean) (crime/thriller) (TV) (Netflix)

Train to Busan (Korean) (thriller/horror)(movie) (Tubi/YouTube)

Money Heist Korea (Korean) (crime/thriller) (TV) (Netflix)

#ALIVE (Korean) (thriller/horror) (movie) (Netflix)

Ju-on origins (Japanese) (horror) (TV) (Netflix)

The divine fury 1 (Korean) (paranormal horror) (movie) (Tubi)

The con artists (Korean) (thriller) (movie) (Tubi)

Monster (Korean) (horror/thriller) (movie) (Tubi)

The Silent Sea (Korean) (Sci-fi) (TV) (Netflix)

Our love story (Korean) (LGBTQ+(gxg)/slice of life) (Movie) (Tubi)

Hellbound (Korean) (Dark Fantasy) (TV) (Netflix)

Re/member (Japanese) (supernatural horror) (Movie) (Netflix)

The raincoat killer (Korean) (Crime TV/Crime documentary) (TV) (Netflix)

Cinderella (Korean) (movie) (horror) (Youtube)

The doll master (Korean) (Movie) (Horror) (YouTube)

I saw the devil (Korean) (Horror) (Movie) (Tubi)

Silenced (Korean) (Drama) (Movie) (Netflix)

Hansel and Gretel (Korean) (Horror) (Movie) (Tubi)

Zom 100: bucket list of the dead (Japanese) (comedy/thriller) (movie) (Netflix)

Strangers from hell (Korean) (horror/thriller/crime) (TV) (Roku channel)

Steel Rain: Summit (Korean) (action/thriller) (movie) (Roku Channel/Tubi)

Unlocked (movie) (Korean) (thriller/crime) (Netflix)

A Killer Paradox (Show) (Korean) (Thriller/crime) (Netflix)

[dblsoul]

why don't you go ride the magical train made of joy and whimsy and maybe you'll calm down

[merpmonde]

60 Years of the Tokaido Shinkansen!

On 1 October 1964, a railway line like no other opened. Connecting Tôkyô and Ôsaka, paralleling an existing main line, the Tôkaidô New Trunk Line had minimal curves, lots of bridges, zero level crossings. Striking white and blue electric multiple units, with noses shaped like bullets some would say, started zooming between the two cities as at the unheard-of speed of 210 km/h.

This was the start of the Shinkansen, inaugurating the age of high-speed rail.

The trains, with noses actually inspired by the aircraft of the time, originally didn't have a name, they were just "Shinkansen trains", as they couldn't mingle with other types anyway due to the difference in gauge between the Shinkansen (standard gauge, 1435 mm between rails) and the rest of the network (3'6" gauge, or 1067 mm between rails). The class would officially become the "0 Series" when new trains appeared in the 1980s, first the very similar 200 Series for the second new line, the Tôhoku Shinkansen, then the jet-age 100 Series. Yes, the 200 came first, as it was decided that trains heading North-East from Tôkyô would be given even first numbers, and trains heading West would have odd first numbers (0 is even, but never mind).

Hence the next new type to appear on the Tôkaidô Shinkansen was the 300 Series (second from left), designed by the privatised JR Tôkai to overcome some shortcomings of the line. Indeed, the curves on the Tôkaidô were still too pronounced to allow speeds to be increased, while all other new lines had been built ready for 300 km/h operations. But a revolution in train design allowed speeds to be raised from 220 km/h in the 80s to 285 km/h today, with lightweight construction (on the 300), active suspension (introduced on the 700 Series, left) and slight tilting (standard on the current N700 types).

Examples of five generations of train used on the Tôkaidô Shinkansen are preserved at JR Tôkai's museum, the SCMaglev & Railway Park, in Nagoya, with the N700 prototype lead car outdoors. It's striking to see how far high-speed train technology has come in Japan in 60 years. The network itself covers the country almost end-to-end, with a nearly continuous line from Kyûshû to Hokkaidô along the Pacific coast (no through trains at Tôkyô), and four branch lines inland and to the North coast, one of which recently got extended.

東海道新幹線、お誕生日おめでおう！

[thereweredragonshere]

He looks like someone has just shown him a picture of their crush and he’s like “Girl what the fuck is that creature,”

[bonyassfish]

in the house md fandom we do not discuss often enough how foreman, chase, and house once performed a choreographed rendition of midnight train to georgia

they clearly rehearsed this. they came up with dance moves. this is insane. also the context of this is wilson setting house up on friend dates so house doesn't get jealous of wilson getting back together with his first ex-wife. this is the same episode where thirteen takes house to a lesbian bar.

[fanofspooky]

Horror movies of 2008