the scene in endgame where steve and bucky hug before steve leaves kills me every time because. bucky knew steve wasnt coming back. when he said goodbye, that wasnt a “see you later” it was a “youre leaving and i hope you get everything youve ever wanted even if its without me”
and peeta was the song for the mockingjay to sing
This YouTube comment has been on my mind since I finished SOTR so this is what I came up with:
Lucy Gray was the mockingbird, living on the outskirts of district 12 and was there at the wrong time when they were forced to stay there after the Dark Days. They were subjected to the Capitol’s politics despite not being a part of Panem, technically speaking. Lucy Gray became part of the Games and, likewise, the mockingbird became affiliated with the Capitol through the jabberjay’s release into the woods, but it still continued to sing its own song.
Haymitch was the jabberjay, a Capitol tool that did what it had to in order to survive. The Capitol thought they could control them, but they retaliated in the form of rebellion. Haymitch refused to be a piece in their game and tried to end it, and the jabberjay, in the eyes of the Capitol, created a freak of nature that showed the Capitol’s lack of complete control.
Katniss was the mockingjay, a slap in the face of the Capitol, something that was never meant to exist. Together, the song of the mockingbird that lived on for generations and the stubbornness of the jabberjay that refused to die, the mockingjay had the best of both worlds. It was a symbol of rebellion and unity.
The beef between Haymitch and Snow is so funny. The way Haymitch drank an entire pitcher of milk just so Snow wouldn't get any, so Snow kept supplying him milk throughout his entire stay in the Capitol after his victory... bro what are you doing you're the president of Panem😭
HAYMITCH’S BIRTHDAY IS THE SAME DAY AS THE REAPING. THIS MEANS HE SPENT THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF HIS LIFE WATCHING KIDS BE SENT AWAY TO DIE, HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY BEING LITERALLY REAPED, AND THE NEXT 23. 2-3. TWENTY THREE!!! YEARS SENDING KIDS OFF TO THEIR DEATHS. AND THEN, KATNISS CAME, AND SHE AND PEETA LIVED!!!! AND THEN THE 75TH GAMES ARRIVED AND HAYMITCH WAS READY TO SPEND ANOTHER BIRTHDAY BEING REAPED, BUT INSTEAD WATCHED THE ONLY TWO KIDS FROM D12 WHO SURVIVED NEARLY (and temporarily) DIE AGAIN. STFU BRO
im so normal abt sibling relationships in media i swear
"undoing this character's death would take away his sacrifice and character arc" girl I don't give a shit. I'm bringing him back through the power of ao3 fix-it fics and there's nothing you can do to stop me x
To Snow, Lucy Gray is forever the same 16-year-old girl who ~betrayed~ him, and she haunts him accordingly. But Lenore Dove ages and grows gray alongside Haymitch, like she’s walking next to him through the years instead of lying in her grave. If you even care.
movies by conan gray: peter quill/gamora (post-infinity war)
francesca by hozier: tony stark (endgame) (it could honestly be anyone alive during endgame but it mostly reminds me of tony)
nostalgia by suki waterhouse: yelena belova & natasha romanoff (this is obviously a love song but my favorite thing is ignoring anything about love in songs and making it platonic)
savior complex by phoebe bridgers: steve rogers/bucky barnes (i mostly interpret it as steve to bucky but it could be either way tbh)
merry christmas, please don’t call by the bleachers: natasha romanoff & yelena belova (i actually made an edit of this on my old tiktok account… i wonder if i can find it saved on my phone)
the way i loved you by taylor swift: pepper potts/tony stark (its obvi pepper talking about tony and it fits SO well)
orange juice by noah kahan: tony stark (the mcu doesnt really have that much about his addictions but it still does show him hella drunk)
i know the end by phoebe bridgers: tony stark (“a haunted house with a picket fence to float around and ghost my friends. no, i’m not afraid to disappear” for endgame ohhhh im evil)
holidays by conan gray: peter parker (especially in no way home when he begins an entirely new life)
twenty one by the cranberries: natasha romanoff
john hughes movie by maisie peters: steve rogers/bucky barnes (bro bucky was so gay for him 😔)
firearm by lizzy mcalpine: yelena belova & natasha romanoff (once again this is a romantic song but this is soooo yelena talking to nat)