As A Somewhat New Fan Who Should Probably Read More Of The Canon At Some Point, (the Intro Via WFA And

As a somewhat new fan who should probably read more of the Canon at some point, (the intro via WFA and tumblr headcannons is more fun tho) this feels right.

I live for the bats not realizing how intimidating they are out of costume.

Like, they know how they come across while suited up, but they have no idea how scary they are as civilians.

Like, Bruce has an inkling, that's why the Brucie persona is so extremely stupid.

Dickie has no idea

Jason has trouble imagining himself as anything other than a malnourished preteen

Tim isn't physically imposing, but he sets people on edge

Steph has the musculature to break every single bone in your body

Cass seems to read your mind

Duke is kinda uncanny

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Damian THINKS he's intimidating while actually just being adorable

Kate is very aware of how scary she is at all times. It's intentional

Don't take my brain vomit too seriously

reblog if you're completely okay with me asking stuff about your wip in your inbox! <3

The urge to create art and write the stories trapped in my head VS the slow ache of doing nothing at all because starting is hard sometimes.

This is an awesome take. The district that never quite played the capital's games by the rules, and seeing the whole progression of changes their actions caused due to the capital deing unable to predict what they'd do.

Lucy gray brought the entertainment elements to win people over.

Haymitch brought the rebellion by using their own weapons (the forcefield and whatever else we find out from his story) against them.

Katniss and Petta combined both of these elements and that is what finally brought it all down.

It makes sense to chose the previous district 12 victors when their stories add more context to why Katniss and Petta's games were so revolutionary.

I’m actually compelled by this prequel announcement because it makes a lot of sense to me to finish the stories of all four District 12 victors.

Agreed.

She has plenty of other options to switch things up if she wants. But Haymitch is right in the middle of it all and familiar to readers even if we don't know him super well.

I feel like it makes sense to have him narrate.

everyone's theorising about who will narrate the new thg book but i honestly can't imagine it would be anyone other than haymitch, 1st person or 3rd person alike

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.