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"District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, even in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you.

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion.

A kind Peeta Mellark is far more dangerous to me than an unkind one. Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there. And I can't let Peeta do this. Not where we're going.

But then… what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is.

I run for them and surprise even myself when I launch into Haymitch's arms first. When he whispers in my ear, "Nice job, sweetheart," it doesn't sound sarcastic.

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In squad 451 why did Katniss care about dirty looks from the squad if she is not disposed to care about such things, was Katniss feeling bad about something?

I sound like a broken record- Katniss is a teenager-who thinks about these things. A teenager suffering with PTSD!

Teenagers care immensely about what others think about them- it’s why they fall for peer-pressure.

There is a reason we do not let teenagers to drive, drink, or make consequential decisions until they’re mentally capable. (I know a few adults in their 30’s who don’t have their crap together! & I’m like take their adult privileges!).

I digress.

We often look at Katniss from the angle of an adult. But Katniss wasn’t an adult. She was a scared traumatized kid reacting to things - it’s why it took her nearly -15-20 years for her to decide to have a family. She was still processing the trauma she faced.

We need to cut Katniss some slack. I wonder why we don’t pick apart others the way we do Katniss, we canonize them call them hero’s but her - we villainize her. Question her every action!

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Mutual you know I love you and respect your opinions but I just CANNOT get behind you hating on Katniss being related to the covey 😭 what did she do to you????❗️

Look I totally get not wanting everything to be interconnected and like "fate" and stuff because part of the value of THG is that there's no chosen one. So like I understand and appreciate and enjoy that reading of it

But I don't think Katniss being covey ruins that? I think it's more to show the same group of people being routinely oppressed over and over again. Not to mention 12 is a small district, so I guess it just doesn't bother me so much. But I'd love to hear more of your opinion

I don't like it because:

There are NO INDICATIONS of Katniss being Covey from the original trilogy. Maude Ivory and Katniss both being quick to learn new music was put in during TBOSAS, but other than the songs, there is no other definite evidence of the Covey even existing. And because Katniss seemingly knows nothing about the Covey, I genuinely hate the idea that a Covey-Mr. Everdeen never shared his culture with her, other than songs, which don't necessarily have to be limited to the Covey's culture anyway. And before anyone mentions the lake or woods, TBOSAS says other people went there too, Francis is the one who made the movie say only the Covey knew about it but that's not canon. There is a fiddle player from 12 in MJ, so if he were Covey, where are Mr. Everdeen's instruments? Where is a hint of a Covey name for Katniss or Prim (like maybe just a ballad or just a color, something inconspicuous but important)? I can accept a culture being snuffed out/going way underground in 12 without Katniss knowing about it and thus we only get the smallest clues about its existence, but I can't accept that her father was part of that culture and didn't share it with his kids or even leave any clear indication it was part of him. Especially when he works such a dangerous job and his death could mean all memory and knowledge of his people might disappear. And I mean, he was willing to sing The Hanging Tree so it's not like he wasn't willing to risk giving his children forbidden knowledge.

As you mentioned, the whole "fate" thing. Lucy Gray was rigged to be reaped, but Prim was random chance. It shows you can do everything "right" (i.e. not be made a target by the Capitol, not take out tessarae, be the youngest age with the least amount of slips) and random odds don't care. You can be reaped. I see Katniss being Covey making the "it was rigged for Prim to be reaped" theories happen all over again, like Snow knew and wanted to kill off the Everdeen line. Now, in TUC, Suzanne plays with the idea of if something is fate or our own choices, so I can see a similar theme play out in the background here if a reader chooses to explore it. Was there some kind of fate that Lucy Gray used to bring about Katniss and Peeta going into the Games together? But I don't like the idea of it being a bloodline thing. I'd rather it be from Katniss's merit, like Lucy Gray's ghost observed her in the woods and chose her to be the Mockingjay and knew that Peeta would be the one to get her there as he is Snow's foil.

A non-Covey Katniss still shows that the same people are oppressed over and over. D12 is as a whole, even the merchants, though they certainly benefit from certain privileges those in the Seam don't have. But Katniss, who is Seam, is incredibly oppressed as well, as have the generations before her. And again, saying that Prim being reaped and Katniss going into the Games shows that one group (the Covey) is a more oppressed group supports the "Prim's reaping was rigged" theory that is such bullshit.

I don't see anything being gained in terms of the themes. Katniss may be a "chosen one" in a sense, but she was a girl who loved her sister, and Rue, and Peeta, and got caught up in being the Mockingjay. Making her Covey turns her into a traditional "chosen one" and it just does not jive with the theme of THG or Katniss's character at all. If the Capitol is built on the same 15 families having power, then why would that be replicated in the rebellion with the Covey being the "chosen ones" to bring down Snow? As if because Lucy Gray was betrayed by Coriolanus, those of her people are the ones who must take him down as well. Not because Katniss and the districts have been oppressed and so it's something she feels bound to do as a duty to the people, as she realizes in MJ. Katniss was used by some of those powerful families, but she wasn't powerful in that way. Making her Covey gives her extra mythology that goes against this idea and makes her "special" even if she wasn't special until that Reaping Day.

The fact that the district is small is why I'm not bothered by Haymitch and Mrs. Everdeen having some kind of history (it's there in CF, so it is an original part of the story) or even if Mr. Everdeen makes an appearance! I'm from a big city but it's wild hearing how some of the older generations in my circle are connected and now that I'm an adult, knowing about the relationships and drama that happened to my older siblings' cohort (especially as their kids are now becoming teens and learning some of that history). Life does connect in interesting ways! My personal favorite theory is that Mr. Everdeen hung around the Covey and learned music from them (maybe Haymitch was even a little intimidated thinking Lenore Dove would prefer Mr. Everdeen to him?) but making Mr. Everdeen's connection a family connection (blood or adopted) really sinks the themes of the original and Katniss's role.

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i fear no other fictional couple will ever beat katniss and peeta’s

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Peeta “If it weren’t for the baby” Mellark

Peeta “are you here to finish me off Sweetheart?” Mellark

Peeta “She has no idea. The effect she can have.” Mellark

Peeta “I remember everything about you, you’re the one who wasn’t paying attention.” Mellark

Peeta “I’m okay once I realize you’re here” Mellark

Peeta “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever” Mellark

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people who say that katniss was just lying to herself (and/or peeta) about loving peeta at the end of the war are so funny to me. because like... katniss could have been doing that the entire time.

she spends the first six months after the games relatively isolated because of the uniqueness of her experience. so much that when she hears peeta's voice, she is filled with longing (cf, 4). longing that follows her as she observes his hair glistening in the sunlight.

but what does she do about this longing? nothing. she continues in her subdued suffering.

partially because she has a small support group that she can cling to as she tries to find a sort of pre-game normalcy in her fundamental change. but mostly because she refuses to lie in her personal life. to herself or peeta.

on the one hand, she has never been particularly good at lying (thg, 117). and on the other hand, she knows it is cruel to lie to someone about something so sacred in a world like panem. to lie about loving someone in a world where selfless, unconditional love is a radical thing (thg, 26).

it's too cruel to lie about that. she wouldn't do that to him. she already feels guilty enough for the lying she did in the first arena (cf, 4).

so, how could she do it after the war? how could she? a person who would rather spend six sad, lonely, and guilt-ridden months than simply continue on in a lie the capitol forced her to spin?

how could she just start back-up? start living a lie after the war?

well, it is simple answer. she is simply not lying.

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if lucy gray’s version of “the hanging tree” had been playing during mockingjay part 2, I would’ve ascended out of my body.

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You know Queen somehow I don’t think Finnick thinks your botoy is the most specialest guy in the whole world. I don’t think that’s what he meant.

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The Canon hospital scene where Peeta called Katniss a peice of work is basically Peeta breaking up with Katniss. It's a literal teenage breakup scene

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STRAWBERRIES 🍓

In The Hunger Games, when we first are introduced to Madge, Katniss says:

Madge may hand Katniss the money, but the strawberries are for her father. He’s the one who likes strawberries.

But then in Catching Fire, Katniss says they sold the strawberries to her, which Haymitch follows up with his signature line and Katniss responds to in her signature Katniss way.

What does this mean, exactly? I don’t know. When did selling the strawberries to Mayor Undersee become selling them to Madge, Katniss? And perhaps more importantly, why?

Off topic, but I still think Haymitch is pulling Katniss’ leg here. I think he’s teasing her about her weird feelings for Gale, because he’s Haymitch and that’s what he does. A father figure teasing his daughter figure about the crush she may or may not have, if you will. The implication he’s making about it Madge and Gale isn’t true, but it’s effective at getting under Katniss’ skin, and perhaps also at making her think about how she feels about Gale.

The reason I’m inclined to say this implication isn’t true (besides the fact that Madge doesn’t call Gale by name when she brings the morphling despite knowing it, giving Katniss a family heirloom when she knows she is likely to never see her again, and having actual positive interactions with Katniss—including when Katniss takes her to the woods, which are very scared to her) is because Peeta—who’s way more social than Katniss and also a Townie like Madge—didn’t know they knew each other. Meaning they aren’t seen together.

Also, also… you also sell Madge those strawberries, Katniss. Who said anything about Madge and Gale? Only you.

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a silly THG x PJO fanart I did recently 😅

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misc. sad doodle and follow up to this . poor cass had to watch her friends kill her dad and wasn’t sure if he’d even come back. oopsie. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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rip phone guy. cass tried her best lol. also here’s sad follow up art

(no one ran the “let’s kill william” plan by charlie)

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Katniss finally deciding to have babies is so soft not only because it proves that the world and Peeta made her feel safe enough to bring new life into it, but also because it means she forgave herself when it comes to Prim’s(who she had a more maternal relationship with during their later life) death.

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