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[lineycantdance]

For all the people clamoring for a book/movie/prequel about Haymitch's Games, why is there virtually ZERO fanart of the 2nd Quarter Quell? Young Haymitch who was canonically a baddie? Maysilee Donner, the OG owner of the Mockingjay pin whose death Katniss explicitly compares to Rue's? Where y'all at?

Suzanne dedicates 3-4 pages in ch 14 of CF to describing Haymitch's Games. We know what the arena was like, how most of the tributes died (bloodbath killed 18, volcanic eruption killed 12), we know how Haymitch outlasted 47 other tributes, we know how he won and why the Capitol was unhappy with his victory.

PLEASE the fact that the arena was designed to look picturesque and enticing but every temptation, from the flowers and fruit, to the butterflies and even the water itself, was toxic like some kind of twisted Garden of Eden???? Gotta hand it to the Gamemakers, that's so scrumptiously evil!

Also, I'm sorry to bring this back to my girlie Maysilee, but the fact that she wasn't killed by another tribute but by flamingo mutts minutes after she broke off her alliance with Haymitch and just as soon as he figured out the force field... Ohhh the Gamemakers did her so dirty!

Honestly, for a character with connections to many established characters in the trilogy, (she was Madge's aunt, Katniss's mom's best friend, AND Haymitch's ally) and who is the originator of an object which was both a testament to the intergenerational dynamics in the series and whose symbolic significance is central to the entire HG franchise, we know very little about Maysilee.

Maysilee's family ran a sweet shop, she owned a pet canary (a songbird used to detect poisonous gas in coal mines) which was bequeathed to Katniss's mother after her death, and she had a twin sister who eventually married the Mayor but suffers from chronic pain, presumably because she remains devastated by her sister's death.

These details establish Maysilee as someone distinctly of the well-off merchant class of D12, and they evoke notions of frivolity, excess, and indulgence. Arguably so does the pin which is described as a family heirloom made of solid gold in the book. And yet, these details also speak to the simple joys in life that should be luxuriated.

Katniss's mother receiving the songbird foreshadows her falling in love with Katniss's father as well as his eventual death in the coal mines. Similar to the cakes in the Mellarks' bakery that Prim so admired, sweets represent joy, beauty, and pleasure, even if rare and fleeting.

Candy as both a source of temptation and pleasure, the canary as both a melodious songbird and detector of poison, plus the fact that the 2nd QQ arena was a poisonous paradise, I feel like these dualities had to be intentional! Maysilee's weapon of choice was poisonous darts. She was both beautiful and lethal.

I would like to imagine that Maysilee had something of a rebellious streak as the original owner of the Mockingjay pin. I would like to imagine that she probably had some important things to say given that the last thing the Gamemakers did to her was rob her of her voice.

Maysilee stuck her neck out for Haymitch and rescued him from a Career tribute before their alliance was formed. I would also like to imagine that, even though she died in the arena, her legacy lives on in the little and big acts of defiance exhibited by the other characters around her.

Her spirit lives on in Katniss's mom who moved from the merchant sector to the Seam to be with Katniss's father. In Madge who brings Gale her mother's medicine after he's whipped for hunting illegally. In Haymitch who becomes a key figure in the rebellion. And obviously in Katniss who risks her life for Prim, Rue, and Peeta.

We're all familiar with the origin story of the Mockingjay as a crossbreed between the mockingbird and a Capitol muttation—the Jabberjay which was intended to gather rebel intelligence but backfired. The Mockingjay thrived outside of the Capitol's control and thus became a symbol of anti-Capitol resistance.

It's called a MOCKINGjay because it made a mockery of the Capitol's failings. Sometimes mockingbirds are called nightingales but Suzanne intentionally used the former in the portmanteau of her fictional bird species because she literally spells things out with her naming conventions!

Thus, any character who acts in defiance of the Capitol's expectations or designs is akin to a Mockingjay. It's Haymitch avoiding other tributes as much as possible and only winning by exploiting the arena's forcefield—the D1 girl's axe backfires, and she's taken out by her own weapon. It's Katniss holding out the berries and refusing to win on the Gamemakers' terms, forcing their hand to let both her and Peeta live. It's Reaper using the Capitol flag for his makeshift morgue.

It's all the tributes who gave solace, comfort, dignity, and respect to other tributes in their deaths (this happens A LOT but notice that all the D12 Victors do this). It's Thresh sparing Katniss for taking care of Rue. It's Peeta playing with the intent of helping Katniss win. It's Mags volunteering for Annie, it's Finnick resuscitating Peeta, etc. It's anyone risking their life or livelihood for someone else's sake. It's care, compassion, and even love persisting in the most brutal of circumstances.

For me, taking risks to care for others is what flies in the face of the Capitol ideology that people are inherently prone to war, violence, and destruction. This is especially true when it happens in the Games which are premised upon an "every man for himself" and "kill or be killed" mentality.

For me, taking risks to care for other people is the power of the Mockingjay symbol. It's also the meaning of the Hanging Tree song; risking everything for the chance of love and true freedom, even unto death. And that kind of hope is what rebellions are built on.

I just think that the Mockingjay pin means so much!!! I didn't even mention how, when Katniss pins it on her green shirt, she associates it with the freedom of being in the woods. It reminds her of her father whose singing voice was so beautiful that the mockingjays stopped to listen. The pin grounds her and makes her feel like she's taking a piece of home, a piece of her father into the arena.

Also, the pin is what makes Rue want to trust Katniss! For Rue, music is the one thing she can't live without, and back in D11 she sings to mockingjays to communicate that the working day is done. Katniss offers to give the pin to Rue, but Rue says she likes seeing it on Katniss better.

Also, let's not forget that the pin is a parting gift from Madge, Katniss's friend who truly cherishes her. As with the crowd who offers her the three fingered salute which she attributes to D12's respect for her father or Prim's loveableness, Katniss has difficulty recognizing that people like Madge already respect, admire, and care for her in her own right for her tenacity and bravery.

Madge is very insistent about informing Katniss that she's allowed a district token and implores her to wear the pin into the arena. This is likely a way of honoring her aunt who presumably also wore the pin as her district token. If so, then it's likely that Haymitch would have recognized the pin which may have given him an extra push to do his utmost to save Katniss because it reminded him of the girl he couldn't save.

Anyway, I feel like the intricacies of the mockingjay pin, its original owner, and its connection to the 2nd QQ are a little underappreciated. Like, this isn't even getting into the everlark parallels that write themselves... Please, Haymitch and Maysilee paved the way. They were the blueprint.

Personally, although I'm just as intrigued about the 2nd QQ as the rest of y'all, I'm fine with it being left up to the readers' imagination. There have been some great fan interpretations both in the form of fanfiction as well as the fan film by mainstay pro: https://youtu.be/7mUjssn86h4?si=PNH1rblPBp1Us5pg

I just find it kind of strange that, given how much interest there seems to be around Haymitch's Games, there isn't that much fan content, discussion, or analyses about them. Please feel free to contribute any thoughts, corrections, or reactions to this post!

#the hunger games #thg #the hunger games renaissance #thg meta #2nd quarter quell #50th hunger games #haymitch's games #mockingjay pin #haymitch abernathy #maysilee donner #maysilee donner appreciation post #it just means so much to me #but so much of this context was excised from the films lol #they completely shafted madge #thg ramble

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And friendly reminder that as long as you like what you do, people can keep talking #hatersgonnahate💋 #girlimusic

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[whoresofolympus]

HoO as DC/Marvel Characters (Personality-based)

*i had this in my drafts for like eight months lmao i might add on to it but no promises😔

Hazel as Storm (Marvel):

now this is a PERFECT match. here are some characteristics they both have: 

- strong

- both RLLY RLLLLLYYYY powerful

- intelligent

- caring

- loyal

- brave

to those of you who don’t know who storm is, she is a member of the x-men team. she had lead the team for a majority of its time and is shown to be a strong and compassionate leader, often setting aside her own problems to deal with others. much like hazel, she is sensitive and empathetic towards other’s emotions and will try anything in her power to help them feel better. storm is extremely powerful, her powers include controlling the weather, flying, and immunity to harsh heat and cold, another similarity she has to hazel is her powers are stronger when she is under an intense emotion such as sadness or anger. storm will do anything and everything to protect her friends. if this doesn’t scream hazel levesque to y’all, idk to what will! (fanart @viria)

Jason as Captain America (Marvel):

although this may be obvious to some of y’all, i’m still going discuss. starting with the characteristics they both share:

- fairness

- seriousness

- honorable

- humble

- compassionate

- selfless

- loyal

now, we all know that jason is shown to be a natural leader having to be in the spotlight his entire life because of the fact that he is a child of Jupiter, but because of this experience, jason has learned the hard trials of having to lead a team, this shaped him into a strong young man. he is constantly fighting for justice and fairness for all demigods and EVEN minor Gods (as shown in his actions after the Second Giant War). and much like captain america, he cares a lot about his family and friends, and is willing to risk anything, including his own life in order to keep them safe (which he had in the b*rning maze). jason is also shown to be on the cautious side due to his fear of letting people down which is similar to captain america’s weakness which is being easily morally wounded. also they’re both hot. (fanart @aapplebluee)

Piper as Starfire (DC):

starfire and piper are so alike im genuinely surprised the connection hasn’t been made sooner. similar characteristics:

- rebellious

- calm

- protective

- expressive

- aggressive

- humble

- sweet

starfire is a member of the teen titans, she is a caring friend and a ferocious fighter. and although piper and starfire’s powers are very different, their personalities are EXTREMELY similar. starfire has never been one to follow rules, having been from a different planet, the customs of earth are still new to her. piper shares this same rebellious take on life by the way she shuns Aphrodite-esque things (denying makeup/fashionable clothes, ‘girly’ things, refusing to partake in the shallowness of the Aphrodite cabin, not gossiping). another similarity these two share is the action of doing whatever it takes to protect their friends, they are both fearless fighters. starfire especially is known to fight fiercly for what she believes in and much like piper, starfire has always followed her gut and always does the right thing. another big thing piper and starfire share is an insecurity in their identities, starfire being from another planet and piper feeling useless w/o her friends and a ‘strong’ power as exhibited throughout HoO (fanart @cindersart)

#percy jackson #annabeth chase #jason grace #frank zhang #hazel levesque #heroes of olympus #leo valdez #piper mclean #percy jackon and the olympians #nico di angelo

[staghunters]

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#lewis also didn't strike me as the guy who would simply write of one of his main characters for exhibiting girly behaviour

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Getting back into csp after a laptop breakdown with some fanart of @numinousnic ‘s fic The Plague Upon The House, which is a nice read after the tma finale.

Thought it would be fun to make a comic style cover thing for the first chapter so here ya goooooo

18 notes • Posted 2021-04-11 21:31:02 GMT

#4

BIG NEWS

The dutch organization "Milieudefensie" has won a court case against Shell, demanding that they will reduce their greenhouse gas emission between 2019 and 2030.

The case was won on the basis that Shell is knowingly violating human rights by not doing enough against climate change

18 notes • Posted 2021-05-26 13:33:47 GMT

#3

Hahaha Here She Is!! TMA Avatar OC!! (Background needs some polishing but here’s some bullet points under the cut). Might make more doodles in the future but we’ll see.

Kaja Eriksson/appears early to mid 20s/She-They/pretty gay.

Avatar of The End with some Dark elements, a title would be Oblivion.

Gave a statement in 1998 about seeing holes in the world after experiencing growing existential dread and then just vanished at some point shortly after.

When appearing to others creates a pocket void dimension (like distortion door/hallways) that stands outside of space-time. (Does not necessarily apply to End-touched people)

Likes to listen to The Cure!

Doesn’t actually kill people, but has a tendency to be ominous.

Is comparable to Michael/Helen in terms of being helpful, doesn’t see the point in getting involved much.

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#1

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[johns-prince]

Anon is right though. Liste, I used to go on your blog every day until you started to take Paul for a girl. He's a man and I'm not sure he would appreciate it if he sees the fanarts of him in lingerie or wearing makeup like a girl... Yes he's effeminate but he people around him said he's insecure he's not masculine enough. You make it worse. Imagine if he sees all those things? I feel sorry for him.

Who's worse here, anon?

Me, who enjoys seeing Paul in pretty feminine clothing, or you who is acting like the depiction of a man enjoying wearing effeminate clothing, and embracing his effeminate features and behavior, as shameful?

Also why is it y'all think I don't know Paul is a man. I know he's a man. It's blatantly obvious he's a man-- the deep voice, the hairy forearms and legs, the noticeable happy trail, his persistent five o'clock shadow, his fucking cock and balls hanging from between his thighs.

I know Paul is a man. I'm not as stupid as you might think I am.

I also know there are effeminate men, gnc men-- men who are 'girly', submissive men. And there's nothing wrong with them, there's nothing wrong with men exhibiting feminine traits and characteristics. There's also nothing wrong with not being masculine, or not being masculine enough! That doesn't make them any less of a bloody man. You're the one insinuating that it does.

Look if somehow, the Paul McCartney found my shitty little blog in the farthest corners of tumblr dot com, then him seeing me partially-jokingly calling him a girl or gushing over how gorgeous and pretty and effeminate he is-- would be the least of my fucking problems.

But Paul isn't concerned about nobodies online, he's off living his best life, preparing to cry and reminisce over John with Sean, Julian, and Elton John; creating music and spending time with his family and making the whole world happy twice over.

How horrible is it that I love seeing portrayals of Paul being confident in his effeminate looks and mannerisms, embracing it. Not ashamed and trying to overcompensate for it. How absolutely awful am I.

Well, the great thing about the internet is you can stop visiting websites you don't like and you can unfollow and block blogs you aren't fond of or find reprehensible, like mine.

#questionsquestionsquestions #anyway paul is a femboy let gnc men live #we love our femboy in this house