I'm thinking about how Katniss describes the rock that Thresh uses to kill Clove. She compares its size to "a small loaf of bread." This is what I mean when I say I could talk about the bread symbolism for hours. It's actually insane that Thresh is saving her life here, but in Katniss' mind, it echoes Peeta. The first person who saved her. Peeta will always be the epitome of safety to her. God, it's just so—
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favorite thing from the latest rewatch is how genuinely furious hunter is at luz in eclipse lake. for an ep where they don't interact at all there's SO much mileage god he's SO MAD it's SO CHARMING. you all know i love grumpy bitch hunter the most. after eda's "bad but sad boy" comment he's like "ugh, if i EVER see that human again >:(((((" and amity's like "Watch It" i can't stop thinking about it. hunter like luz and i were friends for like two hours and then she TRICKED me with her WILES by being NICE TO ME in a way that NOBODY ELSE EVER HAS BEEN and i am so so so mad at her because i'm projecting my anger at myself onto her but will never admit it. i hate her so bad i'll never trust her Again she Ruined My Lifeeeee she's so annoying and i didn't like her at all the whole time!! i had a moment of weakness!! i'm gonna threaten her life a bunch to amity and actually mean it bc i'm that desperate. fuck luz noceda foreever for Real she's the Worst Thing That Ever Happened To Me >:(((((
and then when they meet again in hollow mind, his response to luz full-on tackling him is just. to yell at her.
and then stomp around grumpily kicking rocks about it.
harmlessly.
mad wet cat style.
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i will be the first to admit that this might be reaching a bit. also discussions of religious concepts in lgts ahead
so catholicism in lgts is explored through the struggles of living in a small catholic town like kieferberg, and literally everything about walpurga, the forest deity turned saint. but imo there's also something to be said about how elise obtains the tender flesh: this might be a reflection of the sacrament of the eucharist as understood during the medieval era.
but what is the eucharist anyway?
in catholic doctrine the eucharist is supposed to be the body of christ manifested through transubstantiation: the transformation of bread and wine into his flesh and blood respectively. this is based on the events of the last supper in the bible, wherein before his death jesus offers his body to his disciples through the bread and wine that they share. thing is, current understanding of transubstantiation is moreso in a metaphysical sense: catholics who do believe in it don’t actually think that they’re eating jesus’ physical body.
that wasn't always the case with medieval catholicism, however. there were theorists like st aquinas and berengar who argued for a metaphysical transubstantiation, but powerful church officials like cardinal humbert (who actually forced berengar to recount his claims) also believed that the faithful partaking in the eucharist were actually eating the literal, physical flesh and blood of jesus. there was quite a bit of concern too because of this: the body of christ, torn apart and chewed on by not just the faithful, but potential sinners?
the average catholic of that time probably didn't care much for the specifics of how transubstantiation worked (either way, the bread is/represents jesus, whether or not that was physical or not), but the point is there was an ongoing debate—if only among high-ranking church officials and theologians—about what the eucharist really was. now keep in mind that aforementioned literal physicality of the eucharist, and how similarly that plays out to the relevant witching hour segments in lgts.
i want to first highlight the scene where the crows in murim's domain rip out parts of elise's hair for the wheat testament:
and the aftermath:
they sure are hungry, huh? and the way they get at elise is pretty violent, judging by her screams and the sounds of tearing flesh. their carnal hunger, expressed through their lines and the violence in how they form the wheat testament from her hair, brings to mind similar fears of an animalistic, near sacrilegious ingestion of a certain sacred body turned bread, only this time realized in a demonic trial. in other words, the entire trial subverts christ's supposed physical presence in the bread. besides, it's stated outright that elise is meant to physically combine a piece of her body—her hair—into that wheat.
she does just that in the windmill:
her hair baked into the (apparently unleavened) bread is the tender flesh that the crows hungered for, that would eventually find its way onto ozzy's table.
so the process of acquiring the tender flesh seems to imitate that transubstantiation in the celebration of the eucharist. if that's the case, i wonder why ozzy and his minions would design them this way…
btw here's my sources for medieval transubstantiation (despite my unhinged rambling i did do a bit of research):
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23964057 (Ego Berengarius by Chadwick, H., 1989)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/some-later-medieval-theories-of-the-eucharist-9780199658169 (Some Later Medieval Theories of the Eucharist by Adams, M. M., 2010)
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ok rewatched the hunger games & catching fire and they totally failed on building katniss and peeta’s relationship. i don’t understand how people who didn’t read the book get it and become fan tbh because like they are nothing to each other? where’s their private moments, deep conversations? these two literally couldn’t do it without each other in the books because even though peeta wasn’t aware of that he became a symbol of hope and resistance for katniss when he gave that bread to her. she stood up and fought after that. and katniss was already someone he had crush on. movies literally ripped off this and stepped on it. it’s painful to watch because it’s really meaningful in the books
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THE FAKE DATING WIP LIVES AGAIN. also I can’t with these two. screaming. these btches r so funny. I love their dynamic so fcking much. I love writing them so much. I loveeee writing them so much I LOVE WRITING THEM SO MUCH also han sooyoung!!!!! I love u so fcking muchhhh SHES SO <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 TO ME
“Stop laughing,” He says, irritably, holding the ice to his bump.
“No,” Han Sooyoung says as she continues to laugh and makes a sandwich with his bread, using his butter knife and his groceries that he brought. He has never known another ungrateful person. No, that’s wrong. He knows Yoo Joonghyuk.
He has never known another pair of ungrateful people, Kim Dokja rephrases.
At least, she makes a sandwich for him too. Though she stuffs it in his mouth instead of giving it to him like a normal person.
“So what’s the plan?” Kim Dokja asks as he eats it. It’s mediocre.
“We date.” Han Sooyoung says.
“Yeah I got that but what’s the plan.”
She looks at him. “Have you not dated before — sorry wrong question — do not know what dating is — sorry wrong —”
“I know what dating is,” He interrupts.
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hello lovely! do you have favorite bread drawer takes i just like sometimes thing about it and totally lose it
Well I'm not quite sure if you mean takes I have seen or just thoughts about it, but my take is thus:
On the ninth it's cold enough that if you leave food out it probably stays good quite a while. Not sure what the pest situation is but it's safe to say harrow doesn't know what happens when you leave food out in a warm coastal climate (ants at BEST)
harrow prefers bread to all of the other foods at canaan house. To her that's the best food. she also knows Gideon isn't picky about food and will pretty much eat whatever
harrow isn't sure what condition Gideon will be in when she wakes up but is obviously upset and guilty about the trial and probably doesn't think Gideon will want to see her first thing. so instead of getting food for her she leaves a meal she thinks is good and sends cam who has more medical expertise to check in
Basically I read it as a genuine gesture on harrow's part. she's just bad at genuine gestures
Gideon would probably have preferred harrow and a full meal but alas. she got drawer bread instead and then decided to die for the weirdo who gave it to her
when you think about it drawer bread is a reminder to all of us that although we may be atrocious at figuring out how to show our affection there is probably at least one person in the world who will eat our drawer bread with only a little bit of eye rolling
Maybe try asking that person what they'd like to eat?
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