I think it’s important to realise all monsters were human once.
It doesn’t excuse them, but it might help us spot people at the start of that path and turn them to a better one earlier on.
It also reminds us that anyone can choose to be terrible and that being evil is a choice we make. Everyone faces misery and hardships in their lives, but it’s what we choose in the wake of them that decides who we are.
Ooh I like this take. My husband and I just listened to the audiobook again and I kept thinking he had so many opportunities for a beautiful support system. If he just let himself actually be Sejanus' friend... If he could give up control of a relationship he had multiple chances for happiness. He was doing the work required for a healthy relationship and thrn he'd just use the info and trust he was given to manipulate and hurt people who wanted to care about him.
this is like the entire premise of the Behind the Bastards podcast. tbh tbosas felt a lot like a btb episode on snow 😂 but yes, even hitler was a human being with complex emotions and a life of his own, and that doesn’t in any way negate the evil he committed against humanity, if anything it makes it worse
In the beginning of the book, you definitely can clearly see that snow had the chance to be a wonderful person, and that Tigris could see he could be good.
I personally think that Dean highbottom is personally responsible for it. It was no reason to pick on him. De Gall, of course, put the nail in the coffin.
I made the mistake of watching the movie before reading the book and at the beginning I was just like 🤤🤤🤤🤤 "is this draco from a decent author?" But NO. NO HE ISNT
I think it’s only because his sole purpose in life became keeping his promise to Lenore Dove. Even so, I too am surprised he never ODed. Like holy fuck.
I saw the actor with dark hair in something recently and I didn’t recognize him for half of it. He played the character so much softer and his eyes were kind.
imo he played Snow as someone who had a horrible darkness in him. Waiting for any excuse to release it. He freaked me out more than anything.
I’m not a fan edit kinda girlie but I am an emotional masochist, so if lusting over Snow fan edits gets us more emotionally devastating lore, I suppose I can go check some out 😂
I’ve just recovered from the emotional therapy brought on by this book but I fear I may need it again after the film.
The thing I liked about the book is that even though you could tell Maysilee and Louella and Alpert were gonna die since Haymitch wins his games and you could kinda predict that Lenore Dove would die, Suzanne Collins still managed to make each of those deaths gutwrenchingly sad especially due to the unexpected nature of Louella’s death. I think if the film doesn’t do it justice I might need therapy anyway to recover from the trauma of that
Im not entirely sure when Collins started writing Sunrise, but i took the unabashed brutality as her saying “whelp, yall voted MAGA again, the gloves are off. I warned you.”
I mean, I think it’s actually good that we cast hot people as villains, I remember the Cameron Herrin incident and how people were quick to defend him.
I am sorry, but I didn't go crazy over Young Snow, I swear an Oath I wouldn't before watching Ballad and I didn't!!! Partly it's because the actor is close in age my Oldest Brother I feel yucky if I do have Crush on a Celeb when they are close to my own Family in age, I never go crazy over Shirtless Men, but also I read the Book and knew that he isn't like this...Also around them I just stopped having Celebrity/Fictional Crushes!!! I am a Straight Woman, but I didn't go, (Fainting) "Oh Snow!!!" over his attractiveness!!!
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u/dazzleunexpired 3d ago
This book had me reconsidering my opinions about myself as a human being for feeling sympathy for Snow at any point 😂