My Absolute Favorite Trope In LOTR Parodies Is Giving Frodo - Because Of Elijah Wood - The Most Gigantic,

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.

𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

(a bradley bradshaw x reader political au)

One-shot collection following you and the daggers as President Tom Kazansky's senior staff. This is pretty heavily inspired by The West Wing - unless otherwise stated, one-shots are standalone, but I would recommend going chronologically in the order below.

Requests for this AU are open, and please ignore any political inaccuracies

COMPLETED.

teaser/introduction to the au

main series

down bad - you're called into work on your day off for an emergency, and bradley wants to know why you're dressed up

if you're too shy (let me know) - assigned with the gargantuan task of organising paperwork for the state of the union, bradley learns something about you that he didn't know

i wish you would - when bradley's told that he'd be saved in the event of a nuclear war, but none of his friends make the cut, he doesn't know how to feel about it. he also doesn't know how to feel about his feelings for one of said friends.

heartbeats - president tom kazansky drops a bombshell that could destroy his re-election campaign

falling in - jake meets his match on live tv, while you're tasked with thanksgiving celebrations

say don't go - when sickness strikes the west wing, bradley ends up taking care of you

false alarms - a lot can change in a week when it comes to washington - political alliances, work trips, relationships?

sweet nothing - bradley's determined to make your first official date a good one, but the white house has other plans

wildest dreams - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - tragedy forces you to re-evaluate your relationship with bradley

i'm with you - when bradley struggles to readjust to normal life after the shooting, you don't know how to help him

hits different - you turn thirty, bradley and jake try to start a fire, and president kazansky has news

everywhere - when your ex turns up at the white house, bradley does everything in his power to keep him away from you

stop and stare - you get some worrying letters after a controversial speech, and bradley doesn't know how to deal with it

holy ground - you and bradley take an anniversary trip to san diego, and javy has a question for maverick

if i could change your mind - bradley spends some time on javy's campaign, and comes to a decision he's not sure you'll like

my boy only breaks his favorite toys - it feels like you're the last one to learn about bradley's job. the fight that follows is the worst one you've ever had with him.

in the living room - with bradley away on the campaign trail, you can't seem to adjust to life back home

out of the woods - bradley finds himself unable to protect you, and begins to wonder if it's all worth it

everlong - it's the final countdown to the election. four months to make or break america. can the machado campaign do it?

landslide - it's election night! javy machado vs evan pitt, and it's far tighter than any of you expect

revival - the end.

one-shots/drabbles

the very first night - you make the decision to leave tom kazansky's campaign and bradley does not take it well (prequel!)

false alarms (the bonus parts) - after you and bradley finally get together, it feels like the entire universe is conspiring to keep you apart. drabble! doesn't affect plot

an executive decisions christmas

i miss you, i'm sorry - When Bradley takes a job at the other side of the country without consulting you, it breaks your heart that he didn't trust you enough to tell you. Ending things with him is the hardest decision you've ever had to make. But when you run into him three years later, and it's obvious neither of you are doing well, do you have it in you to take him back? Or are you both doomed to the same mistakes that broke you apart the first time? This is an Executive Decisions AU, and takes place instead of In The Living Room, but can be read standalone.

head-canons/extras

dating political staffer!bradley bradshaw would include...

moodboard // two

playlist

The Hunger Games has the FUNNIEST arranged marriage of all time btw. Katniss realizes she'll have to marry Peeta and she's obviously upset so Haymitch tries to comfort her by saying "you could do a lot worse" and Katniss is like "well DUH of course I could do worse than Peeta he's the best & handsomest person on the face of the planet but that's not the POINT I want to be able to choose for MYSELF". Then she goes and chooses Peeta anyway lol. Comedy gold I tell you

haymitch is like "the baker's son is huge. has meaty hands. built like a brick house. big log of a guy. AN ABSOLUTE UNIT. did i mention he's big? a large lad."

like damn we get it 😭

Absolutely hilarious to me that the ton is gonna be speculating on why and how Penelope and Colin ended up engaged and there’s definitely gonna be some entrapment/pity rumours going around but the actual truth of it is that Colin chased a carriage down, fell to his knees and went “please please please please please please please”

A man will die, but not his ideas.

im actually really proud of this art it took me five million years to do 💪

Poorly drawn Gible line

Oh…I didn’t forget about the team star leaders in this game! ;) The fashions on these kids…

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet kids tarot part star! (part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | epilogue | world)

I’m running out of arcana here (that’s 16 of 22 major ones!!) I wonder what I can do with the last 6… ^_^

"Perhaps a lesser-known gift of Kenobi's was his ability to listen."

(AU where post-banishment Ahsoka gets zapped back to TPM, strapped with a fundamental distrust of the Jedi, an apocalyptic vision of the future, and a mandate to help Anakin Skywalker. So, in all this, it's nice to have a confidant.)

edit: link to the fic

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