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Now normally, I’m such a sucker for a Little (nickname). Especially one of those that starts derogatory and becomes affectionate. However, Little Osha just making me thing of OSHA compliance 😂

“But this close, I could see that it was, in fact, a sword, buried halfway up to its hilt in the ground.”

What is this, the sword in the stone? Prophesied ruler of the land?

This Kliner kid is a wanker

Omg Strabo sounds so sad 😭 I love him

“He might as well have been peering through paint.”
I like this phrasing. Love a good alliteration

This dragon being called Strabo just makes me think of Strabo Plinth from the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

This book is over using the phrase “the other” a bit to refer to saying something to another person in the room

I keep forgetting that this book came out in the 80s and thinking to myself $1 million is not really all that much to try to set yourself up for life. But back then it sure was

“Waking up inside of her felt right.”
That’s what he said

Alright TARDIS translation circuit in the magical fairy medallion

He keeps talking about the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and I keep singing 🎶 Country Roads, Take me home, to the place, I BELOOOOONG 🎶

“Only seen three Banishments, Tommy. All as nasty as the one you peeped on last night. But every buggin’ time, the Grievers leave the collar on our doorstep. Gives me the willies like nothin’ else.”

How horrifyingly sentient of them

“If anybody touches this girl,” Alby said, “you’re gonna spend the night sleepin’ with the Grievers in the Maze. Banished, no questions.”
It was the first time Thomas had actually liked hearing something come out of Alby’s mouth.

You go Alby. Tell em

The fact that one of the first things said about a girl cropping up in a compound full of boys is “I got dibs!” Is why this is an actual horror scenario for her

These last few chapters got me fucked up 😭😭😭

On screen, a girl in rainbow ruffles sings a familiar tune with unfamiliar words.
What did she do to be erased so completely?
Someone here remembers the Covey. Someone who knows how they name their babies and their love of birds. Intimate, personal knowledge.

The fact that now Snow is pumping footage of Lucy Grey to Haymitch is wild. Love that he is finally putting it together.

“These games will have no victor.”
Oh, there will be a victor…
Killing you both looks bad on them…

As he’s imagining what Snow might say, I can *hear* Donald Sutherland‘s voice

I become intensely aware of the three of us, huddled around this tree, the last trio of human heartbeats in the arena. Sad, desperate, but also a rare moment of district unity in the games.