#I miss snakes :(

[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded psychopath happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

#seeing some discourse and im not saying lucy grey didnt know #im saying she never dropped the kind of hints that she knew like she did in the movie #or if she did snow isnt worried about them until he very suddenly is consumed by them #snow is not concerned about whether or not she believed him. of course she did! hes snow! #but then shes gone…. for a while…… #and its the sudden immediate drastic unravelling that comes across so clearly in the book #that i knew wouldn’t translate to screen yet still cant help but miss #the hunger games #coriolanus snow #tbosas #lucy gray baird #not a crime or anything just a note that i cannot stop thinking about #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #this is all from memory of reading it quite a while ago. so maybe 3 pages is an exaggeration #but i remember it happening VERY quickly and without much external cause #like we as the reader have no indication as to whether shes nearby or not. #snow has no idea either. he just SUSPECTS. and his suspicion breeds the hatred that has been bubbling inside him all this time #he hates how she undoes him. he hates that he WOULD run away with her if shed let him keep his secrets #and he HATES more than anything that she makes him WANT to tell his secrets #he wants to be vulnerable and reveal the ugly nasty parts about himself and still be loved #but he does not let himself and it is everyone’s downfall #he chooses cruelty bc it is easy and familiar and makes him feel more powerful than the vulnerable give and take that real love requires

[insignificant457]

The scene was powerful in the book, but there was just something about watching reaper collect the bodies of the dead tributes in the arena. The way he removes the weapons from their hands, lays them out nicely, giving them the smallest bit of dignity in death. The contrast to the capitol gasping in shock as he pulls down the flag, not in rebellion, but in mourning. The way mourning in the hunger games IS an act of rebellion. “How are you going to punish me now?” The feed then immediately cutting to the news of the death of one capitol boy, whose death will be avenged upon those who had nothing to do with it. Only certain deaths are allowed to mean anything. God. Suzanne Collins knows what she’s doing.

#the hunger games #ballad of songbirds and snakes #it feels like Suzanne realized that so many people missed the point of the original story so she stripped it of all its polish #and shoved it all in our faces like ‘do you get it now?’ #and maybe it’s just being an adult this time instead of a 13 year old but yeah. I think I do get it now

[v4mpb0t]

Post-MGS4 Otacon reminiscing on his past…

#otacon #otacon fanart #hal emmerich art #hal emmerich #otasune #snotacon #mgs #metal gear solid #metal gear solid meme #metal gear solid fanart #mgs4 #rip old snake #i miss you princess

[jewishregulus]

love how james potter is little shirt big pants and regulus black is big shirt little pants. i love how we have all agreed on this. james is crop tops and baggy jeans where regulus is baggy tees and booty shorts …….. as g-d intended

#snake in the lions den #regulus black #james potter #jegulus #i miss them

[luppiart]

I haven't drawn in ages but Season 2 waiting era is making me go insane again

#i'll draw some more once I get to know how to draw them again #work is taking away all my time but all I think about is EVERY #also this is pre show designs because i missed them #good omens #innefable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #a/c #de bons présages #fanart #otp #snake!crowley #book omens

[trophywifemac]

something something shooting a gun together as a metaphor for our powerful but destructive love, something something you figured out the one thing I wanted more than anything else in the entire world and you got it for me and it's perfect

#and den always says yes #then of course there's the whole thing with the missing rocket #the snake without its teeth and all #ugh I hate them so much they make me sick #just kiss already #macdennis #macden #iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #iasip 1x05 #iasip 12x08 #my stuff #my gif #macden edit #iasip edit

[starrynightsxo]

"What I want is him back, him standing beside me, him laughing at all this. I would settle for even his worst self, his cruellest trickster self, if only he could be here."

- Jude Duarte, The Queen of Nothing

#im crying #she showed sm vulnerbility here it was honestly quite shocking I was so proud of her #what a slay #queen #jude our queen #queen jude #I MISSED HIM TOO #he really went yeah imma be a snake #the cruel prince #books #bookish #booklr #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #cardan #tfota #jude #the folk of the air #the folk of air #jurdan #judecardan #jude x cardan #the cruel prince book #the cruel prince quotes #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #high queen jude #high queen of elfhame #high king of elfhame #high king cardan

[thelvadams]

METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER • KONAMI

#metal gear #gamingedit #mgsedit #dailygaming #metal gear solid #snake eater #metal gear solid 3 #big boss #playstation #xbox #mikaeled #apocalypsekid #userwolfkissed #thelvadams.gifs #i didn't realise how much i missed him

[dokidibi]

No offense, but the new tbosas poster is kinda ugly. It has one redeeming feature tho.

Look at the leaves at the bottom

It's the katniss plant.

#it's ridiculous how exited i got bc of some plant leaves #but i miss my girl so much i'll take even this little “cameo” #the hunger games #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #katniss everdeen #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #thg

[nynazenik]

Lucy Gray Baird, Coriolanus Snow and Sejanus Plinth as the three different social contracts of the philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #thgedit #tbosasedit #tbosas #thg #lucy gray baird #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth #suzanne collins #this is probably gonna flop but i NEED IT in my blog #anyway everyone say thank you miss collins!!! #mine

[klaxonsynth]

spreading my propaganda. otacon is taller than snake (plus other fun stuff)

(the “i know what you are” drawing was referenced from a drawing by @lemon-wedges)

#mgs #metal gear solid #metal gear solid 2 #solid snake #hal emmerich #otacon #raiden #2024 #digital art #doodle dump #fanart #this also serves as a raiden appreciation post #when i played mgs2 and got to the part where you play as raiden i was like who is this twink where is snake. #but he grew on me so quickly and now i’m playing mgs1 and i miss raiden

[mockingjaysnakes]

#tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #the hunger games #tom blyth #rachel zegler #hunter schafer #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #tigris snow #sejanus plinth #tom blyth x josh rivera #tweets #rachel always being the third wheel between tom and josh #movies #hunter schafer x rachel zegler #friends #premiere #i miss them #josh andres rivera #celebs #actors

[cenpede]

Biden blasts you with VKaz/Mkaz

#good afternoon mg nation I’m back with something incoherent 😎 #metal gear solid #mgsv #Venom Snake #Kazuhira Miller #vkaz #mkaz #yes I’m normal wtf do u want huh HUH #I missed drawing them and I miss mg but man I sure do like cowboys rn

[unfathomable-mortal]

moments in the TBOSAS book where Snow was a good guy

When he waited at the station all day to meet Lucy Gray before everyone else.

When he held Arachne's slit open throat at the zoo and yelled for a medic to help her

Whenever he tried to uplift Sejanus during the mentoring.

When he told Lucy Gray that she mattered to him. And not just as his tribute.

When he put both his and Clemensia's name on the paper he wrote to Dr Gaul.

When he held onto Clemensia when she saw the snakes in the arena and later when he apologised to her for not visiting her at the hospital.

When he apologises to Tigris before leaving to district 12 for leaving all of the responsibilities on her.

How he always went to see the Coveys with a gift even when he had next to nothing.

When he offered to carry Maude Ivory back from the lake.

#forgive me if I've missed anything #lowkey thinking about adding the fact that he sent the money he stole from sejanus to tigris #nah what am i thinking #coriolanus snow #tbosas #lucy gray baird #thg #president snow #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #hunger games #snowbaird

[luonnonvalinnat]

Wolfsnake fam but they're older 🥺

#Also I'm late to the party but uh #Bad guys sequel #first of all I love yall who left messages about it to my inbox and I'm sorry I haven't responded to any of those #I just didn't have any energy to comment about it when it was announced ToT #honestly I don't have much of an opinion about the whole thing yet. mostly cause sequels are always such a hit or miss #especially if it's for a movie I like a lot #Soo fingers crossed it'll turn out good ! #cathy wolfsnake #mr. wolf #mr. snake #fluffyvenom #wolfsnake #mr. wolf x mr. snake #tbg #the bad guys #dreamworks #dreamworks the bad guys #my art

[whatevvvs]

Guys I am absolutely frothing at the mouth

I just finished my copy of shakespeare’s coriolanus and this is going to sound insane but i am completely convinced that the role that sejanus fills in the story of tbosas (whether intentionally written by suzanne collins or not) is that of virgilia (coriolanus’ wife).

They have so many parallels i'm not even joking

Virgilia is uniquely the only Roman character in the entire play that dislikes violence

Virgilia is constantly seen as pathetic by the other characters because of her refusal to engage or rejoice in the spectacle of war ei: She never views corionlanus’ wounds as something to glorify or marvel at the way menenius and volumnia do.

They also see her as pathetic because she's deeply loyal and devoted to coriolanus even though coriolanus never returns the same level of affection and only ever chooses to protect his pride and only reserves his respect and admiration for another person (aufidius/lucy gray)

Virgilia’s influence on coriolanus is extremely minimal compared to volumnia (dr. Gaul) and she's always treated as an afterthought compared to the other people in his life. He also readily condemns her and their child just to achieve his own means

In conclusion SEJANUS IS VIRGILIA CODED

#the hunger games #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #snowjanus #snowplinth #coriojanus #I AM HAVING THOUGHTS NONE OF YOU COULD EVEN TRY TO COMPREHEND #MISS COLLINS I JUST WANT TO TALK- #lucy gray baird #this means that sejanus is quite literally wife coded