#maydove

„Well, your gal‘s full of surprises. Guess she got the jump on us after all.“ 🧡

Maydove for the soul!! These girlfriends!! So fun to draw I love them and I think they should kiss. Except they‘re both dead so.😭

„She doesn‘t like me, your girlfriend. And it‘s not because of any pin.“ – „But mostly because I know her secret and she hates being at my mercy.“

No, the point of LD's secret isn't the fact that she did anti-capitol/anti-games graffiti. The point isn't even that she didn't tell Haymitch (which btw I really hope I shouldn't have to explain why people keep antifascist activity a secret from everyone, even those they love and trust most).

The point is that Maysilee knew but didn't tell anyone and kept LD's rebellious activities private, even from her boyfriend who agrees with her.

Haymitch isn't surprised when he discovers LD's spraypaint after her death. Because he knows it's a Lenore Dove thing to do. The reason LD didn't tell him is because she wants to keep it private, not because she doesn't trust him, not because it's meant to be a big reveal. No it's because you don't fucking tell ANYONE about stuff like that when you live in a government like that, even if you trust the person entirely. There's ears everywhere in D12, LD not telling him has nothing to do with her trust in him, it has to do with the politics of what she did. Again, I really hope I don't have to explain why someone might keep their anti-dictatorship activities secret, even when it comes to someone they love and who agrees with their beliefs.

I would like to thank @maitaitiu for all of the lovely pride icons!

top left: barb azure and my semi-oc, semi-canon character pearl redding (later donner).

I thought it would be hilarious if maysilee’s grandmother was barb azure’s girlfriend in bosas, so I went with it. it evolved from crackship into seriousship extremely quickly. I personally think they’re both lesbians, though if you hc barb azure as bi/pan, that’s cool, too.

top right: lenore dove and maysilee

tell me they didn’t have something going on. oh wait YOU CAN’T—especially not in my rewrite. lenore dove is pan. I don’t take constructive criticism. additionally, there’s so much meta to support the idea that maysilee is queer. I think she’s a lesbian, but I can see a bi maysilee, too.

bottom left: madge and katniss

the ogs. the ones who started it all. my favorite thg ship. what can I possibly say about them that hasn’t already been said? I think madge is a lesbian. I thought she was canonically a lesbian for a very long time. I think she’s a lesbian, full stop. I cannot see her with a dude. (but again, if you see her as bi, that’s fine.) as for katniss, I think she’s bi, demiromantic, and demisexual. I don’t… really think I need to explain why? There’s a lot of text evidence to support a sapphic and a-spec reading for katniss, authorial intent notwithstanding.

bottom right: aroace tam amber

tam amber being aroace is so so so important to me. this man has no stated romantic interests in either ballad or sunrise, so I have therefore dubbed him aroace. I want to write about all of these hcs, don’t get me wrong, but aroace tam amber ESPECIALLY so. the burnout is just. incredibly potent at the moment, and has been for several months.