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*SUNRISE ON THE REAPING SPOILERS*

Reading through the SoTR tag and honestly, I fully disagree with a big criticism point, which is that the prequel is turning Katniss into some Chosen One.

I fully read it as the reverse! That Katniss’ life and role and victories are the sum of not only her parts, but every single person who has owed someone else, something that could not be repaid.

Haymitch being friends with Katniss’ dad is not some shoehorn??? District 12 has 10,000 people at the time of the 75th games! They had one school! Everybody knew everybody, so it’s not a surprise that two Seam boys knew each other or could be friends!

Beetee and Wiress and Mags being there wasn’t some “Avengers Assemble” moment, it was 3 Victors being punished like all Victors were (except Beetee had an even worse go of it, proving something Katniss observed in CF, which is that Victors’ children had a higher odds of being chosen or outright rigged).

Even younger Effie and Plutarch??? They were career Hunger Games staff canonically??? It made sense for them to be there??

Idk people have been talking about this book as a cash grab and not talking about the poignancy of how every action Katniss Everdeen took was influenced by the character and love of those before and around her.

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i cannot adequately describe the emotion i feel watching people miss the VERY OBVIOUS message of sunrise on the reaping in favor of calling the book fan service

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SotR is a realisation. A realisation that the rebellion didn’t start with Katniss. That all the people we see supporting her or helping her have all been wanting to fight but they’ve been failing. That there weren’t merely “rumours” of a revolution but there were many active plans playing out and failing.

It’s a reminder that the perfect Hunger Games we saw in the first hg book was an illusion because we had Katniss as our narrator. We didn’t have Haymitch, hell, we didn’t even have someone like Peeta because these people played the games. Katniss didn’t.

Katniss was introduced to us as a mad, simple, naive girl who literally only survived because of others. She didn’t know how much her taking Prim’s place mattered because she didn’t realise what it meant to everyone who came before her. To everyone who had heard rumours of how the last District 12 victor actually fought his games. No, Katniss had just kept her head down, hunting and providing for her family.

See, she grew up way before the Games got to her. She’d already lived through her dad’s death and watched it destroy her once lively mom. Haymitch didn’t have to go through that. Lucy Gray didn’t have to go through that. They were both angry, yes, but at the Capitol. Katniss? She was first and foremost angry at her mom. At her dad. She knew who was to blame but she had too much to do and deal with to think about that. She was already jaded in a way that the Games couldn’t touch.

Peeta? He was Haymitch. He knew what he was getting into and realised he was just on a chess board with no control. So, he adapted. He played the knight, the rook, the king, the pawn. Katniss? She just… did. Changing directions, not playing the piece she was assigned because she didn’t realise that’s what was going on. Remember her surprise at the crown twisting into two after the Games?? She was so oblivious. Until Catching Fire where everything caught up to her. Where everything so many other people had been waiting and working for caught up to her.

SotR is a history book. Rewritten and edited and published as a piece of fact. SotR is a mirror and it’s a reflection of what actually happens vs what ends up being shown. SotR is the playbook of those in control of any and every kind of media that we come in touch with. SotR is a wake up call and I truly don’t know how many will see it as such.

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Reading Sunrise on the Reaping right now… Suzanne you genius

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JUST HAD MY VERY FIRST ??? MOMENT AFTER NOT NOTICING THE MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH TAG ON AN ANDREIL FIC thought it was gonna be a cute retired Andreil I was WRONG

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Went back to read the short stories from the rainbow crate aftg books and I still have no idea what Nora meant when she wrote “Nicky wasn’t the only one so easily swayed, but if Nicky and Kevin were both too blind to figure that out David wasn’t going to put it together for them.”

Like???

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Every time I’m sad I just remember that the airplanes sequel hasn’t been updated since 2019 and then I get sadder

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THIS WAS ABOIT DEREK AND DERRICK AHH I LOVE THEM SM

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Oh.

When Jean said Kevin didn't know the truth about what happened their freshman year, I had assumed Riko had twisted the level of consent involved.

But Kevin always knew Jean was being punished for being attracted to men — He just didn't know which man Jean wanted.

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Did not get any work done today, but I did finish the golden raven and I’ve got to say Nora really outdid herself with this one. I loved it so much I can’t explain. Jeremy lore drop?? Kevin/Neil/Andrew/Renee cameos??? JABBERWOCKY MOREAU?? Jeremy and Laila?? Cat and Jean?? Grayson dying?? Jean and Cody?? Jean and Tanner?? Jean having friends and accepting he deserves to get better?? 372 annotations on my kindle later and it was 5/5 for me.

Gonna go read a bunch of kerejean fics now ty

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Using the fact that tgr is releasing tomorrow as motivation to get my work done. Unfortunately the IB waites for no man... even if those men are Jeremy Knox and Jean Moreau.

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Anyone have any fic recs dealing specifically with Wymack and Kevin?? Literally any kind. AUs where Wymack found Kevin when he was young, fics dealing with their evolving relationship, Wymack pov of finding out about Kevin, literally anything I just love them sm

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What do you mean my sister’s not a baby anymore? She hasn’t been for a while and she will never be again? It was just yesterday I was teaching her how to braid her hair, how to tie it in a ponytail to get it out of her face. How to sit on her chair correctly and eat without spilling and remember to say please and thank you. Me and my brother sat side by side, holding her tiny hand as she took her first steps.

What do you mean my brother is an adult? Has been for a while and will continue to be forever? It was just yesterday he was arguing with my parents on my behalf and letting me play video games with him and showing me how to tie my shoes. Helping me with math and living in the room down the hall from mine, one yell away.

What do you mean time continues to pass even when I’m not ready to grow up? And now I’m eighteen and leaving for university and I’ll never live with my family again, not in the same way, never in the same way again.

We haven’t been four, eight, and eleven for some time now, but it’s only just hit me how we’ll never be the little kids in those sun bleached photos ever again.

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I loveeee some good sibling angst in my media. Black brother’s angst?? Absolutely! black SISTERS angst?? Dare I say even better?! Azula and Zuko?? Don’t mind if I do! The Hargreeves siblings?? Ow!!! Jean and Elodie?? That one hurt but I’ll take it!! Even in fanfics for media I haven’t watched (Bridgerton) and even if the character was an only child in canon and you gave them a sibling just for the angst… hell yeah!!

There’s nothing quite like the love and bond between siblings. Nothing quite like being raised by the same parents in the same home. No one quite like the kid who held you when you were born. Or the baby you held when they were born. Idk gets me emotional

(If anyone’s got any fic recs I’m all ears)

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I need Kandreil fic recs more than I need to study.

I’ve already done my mandatory “it takes three, you and him and me” and “apples and oranges” reread

Anyone have a nice Kandreil fic please 🤲

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Read a fic the other day where Evan and James fake dated and my life has been changed forever I fear

Every day that passes in the Marauders fandom I become more and more of a multishipper