guys aren't comically getting their red heart covered boxers exposed after they get their pants pulled down anymore. Due to wokeness

To Kill a Mockingjay: The Loss of Innocence in The Hunger Games (focusing on Snow and Gale Hawthorne)

In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, the mockingbird (and ancestor to the mockingjay) symbolizes innocence. It's a sin, it explains, to kill something innocent:

In the Hunger Games, the same can be said of the mockingjay (though it has many layers of symbolism, including resilience and defiance against the capitol). The bird doesn't harm anyone, they don't do anything but sing. Which is why it's telling when young Coriolanus Snow first encounters the mockingjays in District 12, and he immediately decides that they should die.

This is symbolic of Coriolanus's descent into President Snow and the loss of his innocence. That he would kill something innocent is also foreshadowing that he would kill innocent people (this is before he killed Mayfair/Sejanus/Lucy).

Gale Hawthorne has a similar moment in Mockingjay where Beetee shows him and Katniss a hummingbird:

While Katniss recoils at the idea of killing a hummingbird as Beetee points out, she doesn't kill for sport, she doesn't find joy in harming animals, she only ever killed them to feed herself/her family. Hummingbirds, like mockingbirds and mockingjays, don't harm anyone either.

Gale, meanwhile, finds it as an interesting challenge, thinking of how he could kill the hummingbird. This is a precursor to the inventions that he and Beetee later create together that prey on human sensibilities and vulnerabilities and it starts with imagining killing an innocent bird.

Like Snow, this moment is symbolic of Gale's descent. When discussing the issue of the hummingbird, he has never killed a person before, but later reacts to killing people without regret:

Both Snow and Gale have these pivotal moments of animal cruelty that showcase their loss of innocence and coming cruelty toward humans. It's also notable that they're around the same age at these moments as well with Snow 18 and Gale 19, leaving childhood behind and becoming adults whose words and actions have real life consequences.

do you ever think gale would be on twitter liking those “the most beautiful woc you know will be with the most average looking white man” tweets mad as hell. tears running down his face

writing fanfiction is just. i’m being so creative and original. i’m plagiarizing everyone by accident. i’m a genius. i’m cringe. i’m too angsty. i’m too cheesy. this is not in character. it doesn’t matter that it’s not in character because these are my characters now. i love my hobby. this is the worst possible use of my time. i’m seeking validation. i’m projecting my own personal problems onto this story and i’m barely hiding it. i know so many words and i’m using all of them wrong. im on tumblr posting about it instead of writing it.

#and then you do all that and you STILL have to think of a title

babe wake up new fic trope just dropped

@thesweetnessofspring

I'm not saying you should but i AM saying that i would READ THE SHIT OUT OF IT

Like, Peeta being like, "what, i get to propose all over again???? woo you all over again???? date you all over again?????? what a GIFT honestly! Katniss is like: Bold of you to assume i'd say yes again. Peeta: 🥺Well, maybe now YOU need to woo ME.

me 250 words into a chapter: Gosh, how am I gonna make this at least 2500 words?

me at 6193 words on accident: Uh

this quote is very seldomly mentioned but to me it’s one of the most significant of the whole series. in my opinion, this right here is katniss’ overall takeaway of the whole series.

i am. so sorry if i have ever used the phrase “i have an au where—” and led you to believe that there is an actual fic out there for you to read rather than, at best, a post where i explain the concept, and at worst it is simply something that lives in my brain

if it helps i also wish there was a fic

Added bonus if all the effort I spent typing out a 1k+ detailed explanation of the AU could have gone into just making a short fic.

Doctors could name a disorder "Whiny Bitch Disorder" and I assure you that the reaction in the ND community at large would not be "what the fuck is wrong with the psychiatric field and how they think of mentally ill people, we should not allow that name and diagnosis", but rather "PSA: Please don't use 'whiny' and 'bitch' as insults, that's ableist against people with Whiny Bitch Disorder!"

some pre-reaping Katniss and etccccc

Rock My Heart releases today!

(Rock My Heart is a Rock Star Romance Anthology)

Worth The Wait by J.T. Silver

...Some love songs take a lifetime to write.

Joe Davis, the charismatic frontman of Wyld Tyger, finds himself fighting a losing battle with the emptiness and superficiality that fame brings. To heal from a blow-out with his bandmates, he finds himself stranded in the unforgiving terrain of the California mountains.

Allie Parker leads a quiet life taking care of her mother. When their paths converge unexpectedly, Joe and Allie are drawn together by circumstance and an unexpected spark.

Joe and Allie find solace in each other's company as they each confront their own vulnerabilities. Despite their starkly different worlds, they discover a shared longing for authenticity and companionship. Amidst the whispers of the wind and the echoes of their pasts, Joe and Allie's unexpected encounter ignites a love that transcends fame, defies expectations, and might just make rock and roll history.

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me, quietly whispering to the ao3 page of an author who doesn’t even know I exist: I am obsessed with you

me, whispering to the ao3 page of an author who hasn’t updated anything in four years: I think about you often and I hope you’re alright

me, whispering to the ao3 page of an author who wrote one life altering banger and nothing else: I hope your pillow is cool and your skin is clear and you find money in a forgotten jeans pocket

me, whispering to every single person on this post: please leave one singular comment saying literally any of that

Gale: He just wants to get in you pants!

Katniss, flattered: you really think so?

(Meanwhile Peeta’s just minding his business. He DOES want in her pants, but he was literally just saying hi, there was no secret machination)

I write for myself

*checks AO3 every few hours to see if I got any new kudos, comments or subscriptions*

"Just because you're screaming into the void doesn't mean your heart isn't aching for an answer."

#just because you just said it aloud so that you can hear it#doesnt mean you don't also want to know that someone heard

dude...T^T

Peeta: So, I heard you like bad boys?

Katniss: Not really.

Peeta: Oh, thank god.