#liam hensworth

[artist-issues]

THE END of the Hunger Games is flawless.

The ending paragraph of "The Hunger Games" is so perfect. It so totally wraps up the whole point and takeaway of the books, and every character's journey, and nails it.

First off, the paragraph's context is about what you teach your children. Children, who are seen as the most precious treasure any person can handle in the book--treasures that can be turned into weapons and used against the treasurers. Children, who can bring down corrupt authority or keep it in place. So first off, a paragraph that addresses how important teaching children is is the best context for this perfect paragraph.

Second, Katniss is specifically teaching them what? "how I survive," which is her entire being. She makes every decision based on survival. She volunteers for Prim and doesn't kill Peeta in the first Games and chooses not to be with Gale and chooses to play her part against Snow all because she can't survive in a world where the alternative outcomes happen. Plus, survival is what other characters base their decisions on, too. 13 doesn't nuke the Capitol because it might ruin humanity's chances at survival. Hunger is the central plot device used to give Katniss all her skills, because without food, you don't what? Survive. Even "love" in these books is only another tool for survival; it makes suffering worthwhile, and purpose visible, and loss surmountable, and nightmares endurable, for every character. Finnick, Peeta, Katniss, Katniss' mother, even Buttercup the cat. The point of the book's lesson is "how to survive."

Third, the thing that could ruin love and pleasure's usefulness as a tool for survival is fear. But specific fear--"I'm afraid it could be taken away." It's fear that something you love, which makes survival worthwhile, could be taken away, and with it goes survival itself. The whole Hunger Games demonstrate that--"you rebelled against us? Then we're showing you that we can take away your children, the things that make survival worthwhile." And you know what? That's the dividing line between Katniss and Snow. Both Katniss and Coryo have survival as their ultimate goal, and have fear of the things they love being taken from them. For Katniss, it's the good opinion of the people of 12, it's her life with her sister and mom, it's the freedom from owing anyone anything, it's food and the ability to feed herself. For Coryo? It's his family name and reputation, his cousin and grandmother, his legacy, and his ability to never return to the cannibalism of the war. The fear of losing those things that they love is what could drive them to take no pleasure in them. To be afraid forever--and with fear comes the never-enough desire for control. To hang on to those things long after you've forgotten to take pleasure in them. Katniss almost does this with marrying Peeta or running from 12 or even becoming the Mockingjay. She's so afraid of losing what she loves that she jumps through hoops to control hanging onto them: does what Snow says, then does what Gale says, then does what Coin says. Plays a part in each of their games, to try and control the outcome. Coryo actually does do this, and for a while, has enough power to make that control almost universal. All because of fear of the things that he used to take pleasure in being taken from him.

Fourth, the alternative to focusing on the fear and the very-real danger of losing everything--is "focusing on every act of goodness I've seen someone do." This is just faith. Because it's true that the world of Panem (and the world in general) is full of people who are so afraid of losing control over what they love that they kill children and mutate nature to keep up the game, the illusion that they're in control. What you love could be taken from you. The world's full of that. But. The world also has unconditional love in it. People like Peeta, who saw that Katniss would kill him for her own survival in the first Hunger Games, but still chose to sacrifice for her anyway. People like Finnick, who loses everything including his mind, his body, and the things he loves most, but still gives Katniss the only rope he's got that's holding him together, just because he sees she needs it. Focus on that truth, instead of the simultaneous-truth that the it could all be taken away, and you'll have faith, not fear. You'll give up control and just enjoy what goodness you can. And when you do that, nobody can take it from you--not in spirit. Just like nobody could take Peeta's love for Katniss from him.

Finally, "it's like a game." To make a set of rules for yourself, a set of responses to the darkness of the world like making a list of things to focus on exclusively, is a game. It is a type of control--but it's just control of your own thoughts. Carefully using the game so that, in the arena of your brain, the love-shaped tribute is victor over the fear-shaped tribute. So that that battle stays in your head, instead of breaking out into a war that destroys what made your life worth surviving in the first place. Controlling what is your responsibility to control, instead of playing God and trying to control what's not yours. Drawing a line between what's good and what's bad, and staying firmly on one side of it without justification for crossing it.

That's why The Hunger Games is so good. Not because it has interesting dystopian settings, or because Gale and Peeta are hot and the romantic tension of the love triangle lets us self-insert ourselves. (Like other, worse YA fiction.)

No, The Hunger Games is so good because every part of it, from the characters to the setting to the symbolism to the names to the pacing to the development to the mood to the twists in the narrative, is used to uphold that main point. The main point that's so succinctly, cleanly, beautifully made in the last paragraph of the book.

#The hunger games #The Hunger Games #THG #Suzanne Collin's #mockingjay #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #ballad of songbirds and snakes #bosas #lucy gray baird #coryo #Coriolanus snow #Tom Blyth #jennifer lawrence #josh hutcherson #liam hensworth #Catching Fire #Katniss Everdeen #Katniss #Snow #Finnick Odair #Peeta Mellark #Effie Trinket #story #writing #writing tips #YA novels #dystopian literature #literature #lit

[lauryn-order]

Not me just trying not to scream because Henry Cavill is being replaced with Liam Hensworth as Geralt.

#I’m so pissed #I wanna cry #because I’m tired and emotional

[murfeelee]

Witcher Season 3 (AKA The "Final" Season 🤣😂)

Alright y'all, back at it again with my 3rd Witcher tv show "review" or whatever. S1 | S2

Disclosure: I already told y'all that I've made peace with this being the Yennefer Show, and that I'll keep watching when Liam Hensworth plays Geralt in S4, because this show ain't been about Geralt or witchers anyway--it's about the mages, obviously. Like, I don't blame Cavill for leaving, cuz if I had to play second fiddle to Yenn when I'M the titular MC, but I don't have ANY scenes, ZERO speaking lines, and NOTHING to do in my own show, then yeah I'd quit too! So I'm not gonna complain about what I WISH this show was--it will NEVER be the books or the games (definitely not Game of Thrones). Missed opportunity.

All that being said, unpopular opinion, but IMO Season 3 kinda slapped? The 2nd "volume"/part was the best BY FAR, but I genuinely liked the vast majority of the episodes. I give S3 a 9.5/10, because I actually have very few complaints about this season overall, I'm shocked. (EDIT: I have DEEProoted suspicions about a lot of naysayers/hatewatchers who say the show's "unwatchable," just because it's got a multicultural cast/"agenda"--sounds like racism to me.)

THE GOOD

The MAIN PLOT actually went somewhere!!!! A wild Vilgefortz appears! ^0^ He beat the DOG SNOT outta Geralt, YIKES! XD

One of my biggest gripes about S1 was that the show didn't focus nearly enough on THE BIG BAD, Vilgefortz. Cahir got SO MUCH screentime doing literally NOTHING for 2 whole seasons, meanwhile the rest of Geralt's Hanse was NOWHERE to be seen, and Vilgefortz was just sitting in the cut looking pretty, like wtf?

And Season 2 was barely any better!

But yeah, S3 FINALLY gave us Vilgefortz's dastardly behavior I'd been waiting for. He effed everybody up at Thanned, as I expected--that's my special evil boy! <3 (Now that Ciri jacked half his face up I'm very sad--that man is absolutely splendid to look at. A moment of silence for the eye candy, it will be missed. U_U)

THANNED. ^0^ Hoooooooly god this was great, even better than Sodden in S1. Episode 6 is the best episode in S3--such a great battle; people were dying left and right. And MAMA TISS!!!!! She went OFF! O_O

It was so sad, but ofc this was all gonna happen--they had Tissaia allllll the way up Vilgefortz's butt, so OF COURSE she was going to be crushed when he INEVITABLY betrayed her. (I don't blame you though, girl, cuz he's SO DANG PRETTY! I'd be crushed, too!) But at least Mama Tissaia got that body count up during the battle--SLAY! The way Filavandrel was just.... 🤯

Speaking of the elves, Francesca and Fringilla were put on the backburner (after dang near dominating S2); but I like the way their arcs ended, even though I felt bad for them. Very good scenes; the mages & their arcs are the very best parts of the show, as usual.

LODGE OF SORCERESSES RISE! ^0^ Dijikstra & Philippa. 😍

These freaks--I LOVE them, your honor! 😅 I was so hyped to see Geralt break Djikstra's leg, but Philippa had me ROLLING when she was like "well, it's a good thing you like pain"--I DIED! XD These kinky mofos! They're hands down one of the best parts of the whole show--I LOVE how sinister Philippa is (her bird feathers are such a great touch--whoever was in charge of her costumes & HAIR 👌), and what a simp Dijkstra is for her. It makes me so sad to know how things go for them in the video game--I sided with Dijikstra to kill Radovid, and was so hurt when he went after Thaler & Roche. But....yeah, I did pick the option to break his other leg, so....oops? XD

So yes, I'm excited to see where this show goes with Philippa and Vilgefortz; how their schemes line up (or not) with Emhyr and the Fake Ciri; and how that effects the REAL Ciri and how she eventually ends up under Avallach (I hope we get to see him on the show!).

Speaking of Ciri, we FIIIIINALLY got to see some domestic Geralt, Yenn & Ciri--even if they are on the run from assassins; and Geralt's iced Yenn out cuz she tried to sacrifice Ciri to Voleth Mier back in S2. A lot of the fandom HATED that they made S2 Yenn betray them, but I think S3 did an alright job of not retconning her, per se, but patching things up. Cuz it's NOT a good look to have your (REAL) main character (LOL) hated by the fandom for betraying her own "daughter." So was the domesticity hamfisted? YES. But was it necessary? GOD yes, otherwise what's the point of showing The Last Wish? They're supposed to be a FAMILY, so for god's sake start giving them scenes to actually SHOW us that--stfu about "destiny"!

Probably another unpopular opinion, but I liked Episode 7 with the unicorn. These are the kinds of adventures Ciri NEEDED in S1, running around some stupid empty forests doing NOTHING is different from learning how to survive on her own in a strange wilderness, encountering strange creatures, and tapping into the good AND bad sides of her magic.

And oooooh my god, the GOAT has returned.

A lot of...hrm...interesting conversations were had as Ciri was hallucinating in the desert, with love of my life Grandmama Calanthe, as well as Pavetta & Falka. It's a shame that Ciri didn't get this kind of development MUCH earlier in the series. Too little too late? We'll have to see where Ciri's plot goes with the Rats in S4 to find out if her new whole Chaos/Fire magic arc is worth it.

AT LONG EFFING LAST, we're getting some HANSE ACTION!!!

I've been SO EFFING SICK of Cahir. I'm glad Ciri finally got closure with him from SEASON ONE, and that he's FINALLY in the Hanse now--took y'all long enough, ffs! And Milva's interesting so far, so I'm glad to see her around, giving Geralt & Dandelion grief. So in S4 all we need now is Angie, and YA BOI!!! ^0^

THE BAD

I wish Mistle and the Rats were better established--the whole Wyvern thing wasn't done very well or made much sense, and Mistle & Ciri should've had WAY more scenes. I wasn't feeling any chemistry between them, which is annoying, since Ciri's a lesbian in my TW3 game--is the show gonna go with hetero Ciri instead? Or is her love of Mistle gonna be what pulls Ciri out of the Fire/Chaos dark arc they're teasing for S4? 👀

What's annoying is that we already had a Dark!Ciri arc in S2 though, and EVERYONE hated it. We see Yenn reconcile betraying Ciri, but where's Ciri reconciliation for slaughtering all those witchers at Kaer Morhen? 😡 First she's possessed by Voleth Mier, now she's possessed by Falka? This show's great at focusing on Yenn & the mages, but leaves Ciri in the same ditch over & over--it's irritating.

Ep5 was a LAME way to end the first half/"volume," I hated that episode. The whole ball just bored me, with the dancing and singing--I get it--"all is not *clap clap* as it seems," stfu already. I didn't care. It was OBVIOUS Stregebor was being framed; WTF was that mop on Istredd's head; WHY was Triss the only one with a braincell who cared that students were going missing when apparently the school's SO strict; why don't these mages start TELEPORTING for once, and stop running around SLOW AF; how the HECK did y'all let HUMAN Dijkstra jump a WHOLE SCHOOL OF MAGES--this is an utter embarrassment. Usually the mages are the only thing this show gets RIGHT, so to see them all faceplant like this was just baffling & frustrating.

And again with the monoliths--how do y'all NOT KNOW these things are here!? Same with the one hidden in Kaer Morhen, like REALLY? NO ONE's medallion is going off? Omg. Istredd! You STUDY these things! Start TEACHING these drunk AF mages a thing or two--this is why Vilgefortz and Dijikstra wiped the floor with y'all on your own turf! 🤦

THE UGLY

The pacing was SLOW AF. Episodes 3-5 particularly dragged.

Everything with Cahir I wish was in S2 instead. That elf was GORGEOUS and I hated to see him go, but what was the point of all that again? I almost expected him & Cahir to start banging! (My perv brain; I need help, y'all. U_U)

Speaking of!

ALLLLLLL this mess about Dandelion & Radovid.

What "ripple effects"? XD It was UNNECESSARY. We all know Radovid's a disgusting genocidal racist psychopath and Dandelion's a womanizing old man--I'm not interested in seeing Radovid going through all this effort to seduce Dandelion, just to DOUBLE CROSS him to get to Ciri, like wtF? TBH, I feel like we were queerbaited, yeah I said it. 😤

And it's SO unfair how we have alllll these sex scenes with naked women's vajayjays & boobs all over the place--even Philippa got in on the action, hey hey hey! ;) --but we never get to see man-on-man action!? Wow, they kissed, SO WHAT!? Men never get full frontal nudity and it ticks me off, cuz naked women are just all over TV, meanwhile the dudes don't show SQUAT, and it's happened AGAIN.

Anyways, those are my only real complaints; otherwise I liked S3, it was much better than S2 IMO. Just don't expect too much--turn your brain off, and accept that this show doesn't gaf about Geralt (or even Ciri really) whatsoever. I'm here for Yennefer, Vilgefortz, and to see the Lodge of Sorceresses make themselves an absolute menace under Philippa so that Radovid literally flips his wig (that horrible weave MUST go in S4) and effs everything up for mages & non-humans.

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #nonsims #mini rant #video games

[starrose17]

They really missed the opportunity for Geralt to be so badly beaten up, especially around the face, that he could have healed outside of the end of season 3 and emerged as Liam Hensworth in season 4.

#I can't decide if that would be good or hilarious #the witcher

[only-one-brain-cell]

The latest season of The Witcher looks so good it makes me want to rewatch it only for Liam Hensworth (????) to take over next season. Which I’m sorry sounds like the longest running joke I’ve ever herd in my life. When I first heard the news I had to make sure Netflix wasn’t pulling a April Fools.

#the witcher #i watch for the plot #Henry Cavil is the plot #also Jaskier I love that hes living his bi life

[pallas-cat]

now im sure there were better replacements than Liam Hensworth 😭

[lgspears]

Since Liam Hensworth is replacing Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia for The Witcher Season 4, I did an Reface of Liam as Geralt.

#Liam Hemsworth #The Witcher #Reface #Henry Cavill #Geralt of Rivia

[ariminiria]

At first I thought the news outlet said CHRIS Hensworth and not Liam to replace Henry Cavill as Geralt...

I mean, neither of them are right for the role lol 😂

#hollywood hate

[fans-of-emory-cohen]

#liam hensworth #emory cohen #killerman

[maledollmaker]

Sex dolls

#joe jonas #nick jonas #chris hensworth #liam hemsworth #male asfr #shawn mendez #jason statham #dylan o’brien #henry cavill #lucas till

[fireflylaneflyaway]

Love me or hate me, both are in my favor...

#i hate you i love you #boyfriend #the beatles #book #books #basketball #black and white #blogger #beauty #television #tv #friends t.v. show #liam hemsworth #chris hensworth #chris o'dowd #chris pine #chris evans #ryan gosling #ryan reynolds #puppy #puppies #photography #im in love #im in tears #im in a mood #childhood #classic #speak the gospel truth #preaching the truth

[hermosahq-blog]

AUSTIN HENDRIX is TWENTY-THREE and is a SENIOR at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HERMOSA BEACH. He is OPEN.

♫ Marchin’ On - OneRepublic ♫

FOR THOSE DAYS WE FELT LIKE A MISTAKE

Austin Hendrix grew up in a wealthy family with his helicopter parents insisting that he and his twin brother Aaron do absolutely everything together. They were the middle children of four sons, but their parents loved to show off their twins. When he started college Austin rebelled. Girls, parties, and all the less-then-perfectly-safe adventuring his parents had never allowed. However, that all came crashing down around him when the boyfriend of a girl Austin had slept with came after him with a few friends. Austin took a pretty severe beating, but it was his brother Aaron who paid the real price for it when he tried to protect him. Aaron was arrested along with Austin’s attackers and spent moths in jail. His twin just hasn’t been the same since his release and Austin knows it’s all his fault.

FOR THOSE NIGHTS THAT I COULDN’T BE THERE

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PERSONALITY

✔ Intelligent, Determined, Protective

✘ Arrogant, Sarcastic, Stubborn

LAST TEXTS

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PUZZLE PIECE

➳ Robin confided in Austin about a break in her roommate reported two weeks into the school year, and how nothing seemed to be missing even through it looked like all their belongings had been rifled through.

CONNECTIONS

❤ Aaron Hendrix - Aaron is Austin’s twin brother, but he’s always been a little more reserved. Austin’s used to being the one to protect him .The fact that his own stupid actions led to Aaron ending up in jail is something he’s not sure he can forgive himself for.

❤ Peter Hendrix - Peter is Austin’s older brother, and Austin usually enjoys playing obnoxious younger brother with him. However, as if things weren’t bad enough already, Peter went and got himself into a serious car accident just after Aaron’s release that he’s still recovering from.

❤ Danielle Hendrix - Austin adores his sister-in-law, but he also deeply enjoys being the mildly-exasperating fun uncle that takes the kids for the afternoon and brings them back on a sugar high. That’s just his job, right? With Peter still recovering though, he’s attempting to tone down a little and actually help her out.

❤ Cole Hendrix - Cole is his baby brother, and in Austin’s opinion, he’s way more serious then any eighteen year old kid should be. Unfortunately, Austin also knows how badly he disappointed Cole when the younger boy learned about the reason for the fight that landed Aaron in jail and he’s not sure he’s in any position to offer his brother advice.

❤ Ryan Barnes - Ryan has been a good friend of Austin’s for years, but since the death of his fiance, the other boy has been very different and Austin’s still trying to figure out how to handle that.

SUGGESTED FACECLAIMS

★ Liam Hensworth

★ Aaron Taylor-Johnson

★ Lucas Till

#Liam Hensworth #Aaron Taylor Johnson #Lucas Till #new rp #original rp #Austin Hendrix #open #male #o:m

[vorepred223311]

pred or prey-Liam Hensworth

and alpha pred like his brother only with more control and is more of an ass pred

[voreworlcronicles]

Wrath

Chris H; i fucking END HIM

Liam;brother you need to calm down....

Hensworth puches liam

Chris h;who asked you? IM the ALPHA here im sick of you telling me what to do!

Liam:you keep eating our pack mates!!!!!

Chris h grabs liam by the neck and pins him to the wall and begins to dry hump him

Chris;i could eat you you know....

Chris licks liams face

Liam;dont....

Chris h; then get down on your nees

liam obeys but Jensen walks in

Jensen;alpha? Taylor is here to ask for an allience

Chris h: bring him in...

[kittenshift-17]

So if Chris Hemsworth is your facecast for Thorfinn Rowle, in Bend or Break, does his brother Bjarke look like Liam Hensworth?

Not really. I kind of like Bobby Lockwood for Bjarke.

[ultimavoce]

The Dressmaker: un cult australiano mancato

Su #Netflix è disponibile la commedia #TheDressmaker di #Jocelyn Moorhouse.

L’outback australiano ammalia con quelle sue atmosfere in bilico tra Africa e deserto americano del Western: come scenario da film pochissimi altri luoghi possono eguagliarlo. Lo sanno bene i locali o la neozelandese come Jane Campion che ambientò il suo eccentrico Holy Smoke (1999) nella natura selvaggia del continente.

Kate Winslet, già protagonista di questo film, ritorna nel 2015in quegli…

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#commedia #film #judy davis #Kate Winslet #liam hensworth #the dressmaker