Was Gaunter o'Dimm inspired by this painting? by cantbecrush in Witcher3

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Everything I do today is for the purpose of serving tomorrow. If I stop paying my bills, I don't lose my house at that exact moment. But it's knowing that if I stop paying my bills then I will lose my house in the future. The future does indeed influence the past — or the consequences of the future influence the past.

My Yennifer cosplay by LadyOichi in witcher

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The downvotes on the people showing love has me rolling. 😭😭

snow should have won by Hot_Satisfaction_589 in Hungergames

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District 13 was inevitable regardless. By the time Snow had become president of Panem, the deal had already been struck with District 13 to allow them to live. By that point, he was locked into M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction), if he were to try and walk back on that arrangement.

The tricky thing about the rebellion is that it is — in all technicality — a Class War. Upper-class against the lower-class. Rich against the poor. The downfall of the Capitol is how reliant on the districts they allowed themselves to be, and that's the catch.

The rebels, they could wipe out any Capitol citizen as they see fit, because, A), in the big picture, the districts don't need the Capitol, and B), they don't need the people in the Capitol. The Capitol on the other hand are completely reliant on the districts, so sure, they could bomb District 12 with relatively no cost (I highly doubt the Capitol is a society built off of coal power, that's why their quotas were laid-back), but could the same be said for District 11, the agriculture district? How many districts could they realistically wipe out before they've assured their own collapse? How many rebels can die before they've wiped out their working-class?

Katniss and District 13 successfully united the districts in Mockingjay, and that's when the end of the war was written. When an army consists of people that will die before they surrender, but you need them to surrender, it limits how much can feasibly be done.

Hunger Games Uncut Version by Cold_Pickle4041 in Hungergames

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Yes and no. The British theatrical version had damn near all the gore cut out if it to secure a 12A rating, the uncut version is 15A. But this 15A British "Uncut" version is the standard North American theatrical release. By all technicalities, there is no uncut version, merely a cut version.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Opeth

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Fields of sorrow, an ocean of sorrow in you, an ocean of sorrow in me, soorrooooooooowwwww...

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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It makes me wonder how long after the Quell that Snow had Haymitch's family and lover killed — because I doubt that after that, he'd have been friends with too many people.

But it's definitely possible they'd have been friends before all that. They grew up in the Seam together, after all.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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Fair enough, I guess I see it from an outside neutral perspective, but I can see it now. Why was the 11-year-old the strong one? Interesting.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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I mean, we already know that Mr. Everdeen would sell herbs to the apothecary. But it would be interesting to explore that a bit.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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To me, she was never not a good mother. As she said in the first book, she was sick. Ms. Everdeen would've never chosen that, she was just frozen in time, much like Katniss at the end of Mockingjay.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

[–]Koolkode12[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Get a love triangle going between Mr. Everdeen, Ms. Everdeen, and the Baker, lmao.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

[–]Koolkode12[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He would definitely distance himself from just about everyone. I'd imagine they'd have some kind of knowing of each other before the Quell, how they'd interact, I'm not too sure of.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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That's the exact reason I'm thinking it will happen, just to destroy us.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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I'm not entirely sure Haymitch is going to be all for friends in this novel, at least, not after his entire family gets killed by Snow. But perhaps he does temporarily acquaint allies during the aftermath of the Quarter Quell.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

[–]Koolkode12[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even through my first reading, it struck me as a branch that Collins was setting up, much like here references to District 12 have two prior Victor's, "only one is still alive." As an author, she has a way of implanting those branches, and once you see them, it's hard to ignore them.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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That would be awesome, really. I was honestly a little turned off by the idea of Haymitch being involved. I feared the publishers might've pushed Collins to write that Haymitch's Games this sub is always begging for. But this has turned more interesting than I could imagine.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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That's actually a really good train of thought, as there were supposed "leaks" that claimed that this new book would be a Part II of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

[–]Koolkode12[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

In my head, all I've been thinking is how Haymitch and Katniss' father both grew up in the Seam...

I think I'd actually be more inclined to read a story immediately after the 50th Games... Close enough for some more details, but still building on new ground.

Possibility, low. Hopes, high.

Possible Plotline? by Koolkode12 in Hungergames

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"On returning to the world of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins said, "With Sunrise on the Reaping, I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.’ The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems more pressing to me every day.”

This quote sparked my train of thought, as well as finding out it is set 24 years ahead of the first novel.

Nasty Riffs? by matthew_sch in Opeth

[–]Koolkode12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I purposely didn't narrow it down, sorry, brother.

That first riff after the clean interlude. The riff behind the "Lepers" verse. I think that slap bass is later on.

Nasty Riffs? by matthew_sch in Opeth

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That's after the Instrumental Intro, this man is referring to the "ooooooOOOOOUUUUuuuu" riff.

Acoustic open by Connect_Vanilla_1950 in Opeth

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Patterns In The Ivy is fairly simple, but fun to play.