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I’m so sorry this took so long to answer i had it saved as a draft and totally forgot about it 😭

oh my goodness it's so good

Most booktok books aren't worth the hype for me but this series definitely is

I absolutely adore Stephanie Garber's writing style and her worldbuilding!! Definitely one of the best fantasy authors out there—and the characters are so well written and I love the whole whimsy of it so much

LOVED Jacks and Eva’s chemistry, it was adorable but it got really angsty at times(which made me like it better tbh) and the second book distressed me a little 🙏 i thought I didn’t like these types of books but this series made me realize otherwise

I thought the antagonistic characters were also interesting(Apollo, Aurora, etc.) and well written which was fresh

Slowest burn I’ve ever come across but it was worth it lmao I’ll definitely be rereading the whole thing soon

I honestly could fw both so

(This isn’t targeted in any way btw and applies to all fandoms actually, it’s just what I think)

I woke up today to some jaw-droppingly gorgeous SOTR fanart on Instagram and it practically made my day. The illustrations were completely based on the books(as much as I adore the movie cast, I love me some book-based fanworks too) and a lot were similar to how I imagined them in the books. HOWEVER, what ruined my day were the comments. I honestly think I should stop opening comment sections on Instagram atp :D Literally 70% of the comments—instead of praising the skill and effort and amount of time it must have taken for the artist—were “why are they white” and “racist” and “ew.”

And I just had to sit with that for a moment

Number one, basic empathy. The artist took their time to make that work and post it for you to enjoy, and if you didn’t enjoy it, then that’s not on you nor the artist, just look at it and move the fuck on. I don’t know how anyone can lack enough empathy to comment something like “disgusting” with no explanation at all on something that probably means the world to someone else. And I can tell that many of those comments weren’t from artists or creators, because in what world would you want to have a comment like that on something YOU created?

Number two, people interpret things differently. Now I won’t get specific because I don’t want to put the artist in a spot nor the commenters, but if you interpreted a character as black, GREAT. That’s wonderful, you’re not wrong, and you stick to that vision when you read. If you interpreted them as any other race, also GREAT. You’re not wrong, either, unless it was stated obviously in the book. Now, of course if a character’s race extremely implied, and you choose to ignore that to change the character’s race, then that’s would be disrespecting both the character and the author’s choice, and yes, in most cases that would be classified as being racist. Listen, this is all just my opinion, and I honestly think that there was nothing wrong with the way the artist decided to portray the characters, it’s not as if they made LD deathly pale or Burdock blond(honestly in my opinion they weren’t even white in the art but maybe I’m just blind idk apparently I am). But if you think the artist’s interpretation was wrong, that’s also fine, which brings me to

Number three, LEAVE THEM THE FUCK ALONE. It is seriously not that hard to scroll past. “Oh but by posting on social media they subject themselves to both compliments and criticism” yea so that’s actually called basic human decency and look if you want to criticize the art that’s honestly fine just don’t do it in a destructive way that leaves absolutely nothing for the artist. “But it’s racism and needs to be called out” It’s not racism because racism is discriminating by race. How do you know that the artist didn’t draw other races in the past? Did you care to actually look into the artist before labeling them with a terrible accusation? Again, being vague, if we don’t get much about the character, it’s okay to assume their race. What else are we supposed to do? And it’s art. Not saying that it’s completely okay, but if the artist’s interpretation wants to draw characters in a specific race when their ethnicity is not stated in canon, it’s their preference. And if you want to have more representation with those characters, then great make your own fanart and share it. Literally nothing is stopping you.

And if anyone is thinking “oh you’re saying that just because you’re white” or some shit—I’m Asian, and(not trying to put down other ethnicities or creators I’m just providing an example) I think we don’t get much representation in this fandom(which is no one’s fault btw) and I totally see why. My point is that I’m not being bigoted, this is a completely just opinion from my perspective but ofc I’d love to hear yours if you’re being respectful about it

Thanks @writes-too-much for the tag!! It’s my first time doing this lol

🎵last song I listened to: unironically Pure as the Driven Snow it’s so good

📺last series: I got nostalgic and started watching Anne With an E on Netflix, my favorite show at 13 I swear

🎬last movie: oof it’s been a while since I watched a movie but probably a hunger games movie

🥇best thing about the last month: I’ve had more time to read and study my languages!!

📚currently reading: I just finished rereading Merited Partiality(not hunger games but gosh it makes me cry) and I actually started reading an Odesta fic, forgot the name but I should probably look for that

🎮currently playing: I’m not really a video games person 😔 sometimes I play Nintendo with my brother but that’s it really

👾currently working on: uh I have like twenty five WIPs, I guess all of em, and attempting silly debut novel 🥲

🌶️sweet/spicy/savoy? I’ll eat anything if it’s free

🎨favorite color: simple answer is yellow or purple, complicated annoying answer is vermillion, periwinkle blue, and lavender but honestly I fuck with all colors they’re all pretty if used correctly in my opinion

🤩current obsession: the hunger games, obviously(clato my babies) and been getting into amrev lately, and history in general

☕️tea or coffe? Oof might be an unpopular opinion but tea 😔

🌐last internet search: “how do open wounds behave” this was like at one am last night i was writing fanfiction don’t ask

Rightttt so I’ll do Panache first since I think I have less things to say about him

I liked the idea of his character, especially because he was such a great example of Victors/tributes being related with his relation to Palladium, but I disliked how he was portrayed as this dumb, incapable character when I feel like he had so much potential. I feel bad for him like all the other Careers, but his character on how it was written made it harder to sympathize with him since we really did not get to see much positive or complex things about him. But looking past that I like him, and I pray they fix him a little in the movie.

Okay now for Silka:

Hehe always happy to recommend fics

The first two are longfics and the other two are oneshots

Always Remember We’re Burned For Better by grifterandthief(although you most likely already know that one) this one was one of the only longfics I could sit through and finish, the story and characterizations were awesome and on point, and it’s one of my comfort fics

Star-Crossed Killers by steelcyberangel I read this one quite some time ago and I remember it having a nice buildup. Not sure if it’ll suit your tastes but I definitely recommend giving it a try and sticking out until the end(also I just love the title sm)

rip to my youth (and you could call this the funeral) by AndHerFlowers especially the first oneshot I remember reading it for the first time at 13 and absolutely being soul-crushed and it’s still my favorite to this day I don’t remember the others much but I’m pretty sure they were still great

(This isn’t really clato but I feel like it went so underappreciated) Could’ve Been You (and it is) by accurst_writer it only has like a few sentences of implied clato BUT it’s heartbreaking in my opinion and honestly just deals with such an unlikely yet clever idea

ooooh I was hoping somebody would ask this

I mean i suppose it depends on whether we're talking about the content or the fandom itself since there are so many toxic ones especially outside of tumblr

Hamilton is def one of my favorites, in fact it's my favorite thing in the world second only to THG. I love every single song and I want to see it live so bad. I'm not sure about the fandom itself, the fanworks are great but ig it can be toxic sometimes so I try to keep to myself lol PLUS Hamilton's what got me into amrev and then history in general so I owe it a lot :3 and it's also the only big non-THG fandom 've ever made fanwork for

I love other musicals too, like EPIC and the Greatest Showman to name my favs. I'm a huge fan of Greek Mythology and the Odyssey so I love EPIC(the songs and animatics are fire too) and the Greatest Showman was one of my first fixations however I unfortunately cannot sing so 😔

Gosh other than that I don't really have any other fandoms I actively keep track of, I have a bunch of movies and shows I like and sometimes look for fanworks(Titanic, Now You See Me, some Ghibli movies, BBC Sherlock, Anne with an E, the Rookie, etc.) and a whole lot of books that don't really have huge fandoms