Sci-fi And Fantasy Need To Be Combined More Often, And Here's What I Want To See More Of:

"Something's Wrong" is a banger song. Am I going to try and make a silly music video? Yes. Will it actually get done? No idea, but the idea has been in my head for weeks now.

I have finally read and watched through the Hunger Games (and am currently reading Ballad) so here are some of my thoughts because this series has me in a chokehold:

had never heard how detailed the PTSD is in this series??? the amount of description and panic written into not only what Katniss is feeling but also what Peeta and other background characters are feeling is incredible. we need more PTSD representation in literature, but this was a perfect way to do it

Finnick. like hands down one of the best characters in the series and then him just dying I am unwell

on the same topic of favorite characters, Haymitch. no, I haven't read Sunrise yet (and I'm terrified) but man. I love how the books have Katniss's snarky opinion of him at first, but the movies show how genuinely concerned he was for both her and Peeta. Best man, I will never turn down a father/daughter duo

Katniss's mother. I will go on a whole rant about her because she's so fascinating to me.

Katniss not being the actual rebel leader, rather just a girl being dragged along in something she can't control

the similarities between the Capital and 12 - they are the same in a way: both using Katniss to achieve their political goals

the amount of despair in Prim's death, knowing from the very beginning it didn't matter. she was always going to die, and Katniss wasn't able to save her. The reality of war is heavy

the worldbuilding: from the districts to the mutts, I love how subtle and yet how crucial everything is. just enough detail to satisfy, but just enough room to expound upon

Katniss.

Peeta.

the fact that, just like the actual Hunger Games, the Hunger Games series was simplified to a love triangle and not the political commentary that it was meant to be. the fact that the Hunger Games are happening now, in our own country, and only we can decide how we will face it

Collins knows what she's doing and I wish I could be half the author she is

#literature is a conversation and a connection to our world and it's such a pleasure to be able to dip your toes into it

i love reading, i love thinking about what i am currently reading, i love thinking about what i am going to read next, i love being privileged enough to be able to read, read, read, and read so much that i never tire of it

Thursday, June 12th 2025 2:09 a.m.

sometimes you just need to go to the beach and then everything’s ok

The only problem with watching good media is realizing that your story now has to make as much sense as it does—

Aka I’m plotting books rn and it’s hard

oh this is gorgeous and I need it in my life

bought this gem secondhand and can’t get over how stunning it is 🪐 reblog is okay, don’t repost/use

I watch where the moon soars across the sky and kiss the trails it leaves behind.

thoughts on watching

would you still love me again?

Tolkien is seen as this great inventory of worldbuilding, and my man was literally just taking mythology from other places and slapping new names on it.

I'm reading a Tolkien encyclopedia (yes, I am that type of nerd), and half of his mythology is just revised Norse myth and I am here for it.

In short, don't be afraid to take the stories that have been told for centuries and revise it into something new and fresh. That is what literature is all about.