#Catching Fire

[soapywankenopy]

i collect analog/physical media, like vinyls (not in a pretentious way, i just collect vinyls from artists i love), dvds, cds, and books!

i won't collect just any physical media (i do not have the budget or space for that) it has to be related to something i'm interested in.

current things on the wishlist: any and all hozier albums, preferably on vinyl, any and all harry styles albums, preferably on vinyl, a dvd copy of little women (2019), a dvd copy of bumblebee (2018), a copy of the death cure book but specifically the version released alongside the movie, copies of the original british version of catching fire and mockingjay, the hunger games propaganda cover box set (the bright chaotic street art style covers), a dvd copy of the blues brothers

my holy grail finds would be: a luxury edition of the hunger games (the first book, i have cf and mj) the luxury editions were exclusive to australia to my knowledge and are super hard to find.

my general "rule" is that i can't buy the vinyls online unless it's a good deal, and it's not an official rule, but it's a lot more fun to find the more common stuff at a local store, resell shop or thrift store (like i wouldn't really go on amazon to buy a dvd copy of bumblebee or little women) if i found a dvd or cd at barnes and noble and the price was good, i might consider it.

highlights of my current collection are: the luxury edition copies of catching fire and mockingjay (they are literally so cool), omnibuses 1-4 of space boy, one complete antique collection of william shakespeare, one partial antique collection of william shakespeare, two antique collections of assorted sherlock holmes stories, an mcu character guide signed by hayley atwell and sean gunn (sean is literally so nice, i was bawling my eyes out when i met him and he was so kind and no one was in his line), a copy of the hunger games illustrated edition, and the crown jewel of my current collection, my deluxe edition box set of the hunger games (i don't really care about any of my items' worth but this was at one point selling for over 700 usd and i bought it on pre-release for like 90 usd)

do u guys collect stuff (irl)? tell me what u collect

[atefingersdagger]

Imagine Capitolites have little "I sponsored" stickers like those "I voted stickers." Just to show off that they did and could afford to.

[blood-svckerr]

been rereading catching fire and have some thoughts. I wish that Peeta’s disability was explored more besides being a plot point when they go back in the arena.

I understand that, given everything is from Katniss’ perspective, it’s not an immediate issue to her. But Peeta leaves the arena physically lacking a part of himself, and we know that his integrity was a big part of his mindset going into the games. Wanting to be unchanged. He has a constant physical reminder that Katniss simply doesn’t have, at least, not in the same way.

Sure she has scars and whatnot and the mental effects are the same but Peeta has to think about it in every step he takes. Idk. I wish his adjustment to a newfound, traumatically rooted disability had been explored more

[jpai0508]

one of the funniest parts of catching fire is haymitch’s gaslighting skills.

before the reading of the card, katniss is like let’s start an uprising and he just laughs at her as if he’s not one of the founding members of the rebellion

catching fire, 127-8

“I want to start an uprising,” I say.

Haymitch just laughs. It’s not even a mean laugh, which is more troubling. It shows he can’t even take me seriously. “Well, I want a drink. You let me know how that works for you, though,” he says.

[…]

“Haymitch.” I can hear the pleading creeping into my voice.

“Katniss.” He mimics my tone. “It won’t work.”

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gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss 💅🏻💅🏻

[acekoomboom]

I think this is my favorite scene in all three books. It is so human. So kind. I am overwhelmed at the humanity he displayed in this moment to this dying woman, this addict, this discarded child entertainer.

Peeta sees the person inside of her because he was already kind to her in training, and bc of that he already knew what would mean something to her in her final moment. And he used his skill with words to describe his skill with painting. He gave her joy, support and affection in her last breath of life. Peeta Mellark, the man you are.

This is why he is one of my favorite characters of all time, in all media.

Your honor, I love him more than words can express.

[x-gabrielle-x]

Tides Of Survival Masterlist (Coming Soon)

Pairings: Finnick Odair x Reader.

Warnings: Blood, gore, violence, murder, swearing, major and minor injuries, death, (eventual) smut, mentions of prostitution.

Summary: The white swan of the Capitol; gracious, elegant, and innocent. You catch many of the Capitol's attention in your games, whether that was due to your agility, cleverness, or looks in all, even managing to capture the gaze of your young mentor and old friend, Finnick Odair.

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©x-gabrielle-x. Do not steal, copy or translate my works.

[shinynewmemories]

No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created

[stephsycamore]

I think the most radical thing the hunger games does is tell young people that the most revolutionary thing you can do is have unconditional love for humanity. Katniss throughout the entire series is guided by a deep sense of compassion for the people around her. It is what causes her to volunteer, to bury rue, to mercy kill cato, its why she tries to save peeta, why finnick telling her to remember who the real enemy is works, and even though her compassion for the larger world falters when peeta is kidnapped, it comes back when she visits hospitals and asks for mercy for other victors and ultimately, it is love and belief in a better humanity that makes her kill coin. Through it all, she maintains an unfaltering belief in the fundemental goodness of humanity, which is diametrically opposed to dr gaul's and snow's worldview. Peeta is even more unwaveringly compassionate

So the series tells young people that the most revolutionary thing you can be is compassionate. Let compassion drive your politics. Let yourself believe in the fundemental goodness of people. And i think that's deeply important in a world that touts the superiority of pure reason or logic, to allow yourself to be guided by something as emotional as compassion. Katniss everdeen tells us that your politics should be rooted in compassion in a world that thinks detatchment or cynicism is intelligence and i think thats v cool

[underratedalpaca]

Soooo, this is one of my favorite scenes.

We have Katniss, who's internal monologue is (as often in the books):

- confused af

- completely wrong

- perfectly logical

Like, she isn't getting at all what's going on, she believes Peeta is planning how to kill her (from when he cryes at the station, and she think about how it probability won't give him the public's empathy due to his being big and tall and perceived as strong and dangerous). She doesn't belive at his love profession, during the interview. She doesn't trust him, she doesn't even belive that his compliment, his smile, are true. And she's wrong, we know it.

But. If you follow her train of thoughts, they all make sense. She's confused because she makes deductions but the reality is different, her thoughts are wrong. But they're logical. They make sense. She may seem cinical (she is, sometimes), but for the most part, and I will never get tired of repeating this, her thoughts follow a logic.

That's why I like Katniss. Maybe she doesn't get what's going on, but she isn't stupid, or irrational. She is intelligent, she follows a logic. She doesn't have enough information, so her deductions are wrong, but her thoughts make sense. People (President Coin, readers) perceive her as driven by her feeling, but she isn't. She thinks, and if she had enough information she would make the correct deductions. Like we see with the food of the careers and how foxface steals from them: she saw what was going on and arrived at a logical (and, in this case, right) solution.

To sum it up, I took a perfectly good everlack post and gave it ansiety.

Sorry.

I ship them, they're cute, but this scene made me think of this.

they are literally made for each other wtf

[timelesslords]

thinking about how the hunger games were designed to prove that without society, order, government, someone to rule, we devolve into little more than animals, and how the games themselves prove over and over again that this is not true. We see it in every single game we witness.

Katniss placing flowers around Rue's body in the arena. Thresh sparing Katniss because she was kind to Rue, even though he was making it that much harder for himself to win.

Haymitch going back for Maysilee after hearing her scream even though their alliance had been broken. Haymitch holding her as she dies the same way Katniss did Rue.

Coral's "I can't have killed them all for nothing" when she realizes she's not going home. Lamina cutting down Marcus at great personal risk. And, my favorite moment in tbosas, Reaper collecting the bodies of his fellow tributes, his peers, even the ones who tried to kill him, into a pile. Taking the weapons from their hands. Closing their eyes and crossing their arms in the best approximation of a proper burial he can manage, covering them with the Capitol flag as a makeshift shroud.

The Games bring out the worst in people, yes. But despite the extreme circumstances, despite the exterior pressure of the Capitol, despite the fact that it could mean pain and heartbreak and death, it also shows that people have an enormous capacity for goodness. That even in a situation purposefully designed to make empathy impossible, people can't help but have it anyway.

Snow looks at the Games and all he can see is what's inside himself-- this pure animalistic drive to conquer and defeat. He kills and it feels good and he thinks that everyone else must feel that way too. He doesn't realize (maybe can't realize) that he is the exception, not the rule. He cannot see outside himself, outside his own warped perspective, to realize that the fact that people do show humanity in the games proves his entire worldview wrong.

[ringtoned]

suzanne collins is such a genius... the cultural phenomenon of her series leading to the hanging tree house remixes, mockingjay being milked for two (bad) movies, the capitol-inspired makeup palettes, the halloween costumes, the explosion of the market for dystopia, the butchering of her characters and removal of disabilities, disfiguration, and racial tension + representation to sell more tickets, the extra gale scenes to fuel discourse, and the audience showing up to cinemas to watch what was pretty honestly marketed to them (the jacob vs edwardification of the symbolic love story and also to watch children fight to the death) it's just so ridiculously ironic i would say you can't write this shit, but she did write about it... in The Hunger Games published 2008

[logicalbrina]

what makes Snow such a formidable villain within THG universe is that nothing he does was set in stone. there was no sense of inevitability about his actions and his brutality. Snow had enough perspective of poverty, capital cruelty, district hunger and not to mention his own arena experience’ and yet he actively chose at every moment to stray from natural goodness. its even more terrifying in the sense that he had the ability to care. Snow is not a mindless sociopath, he displays feelings to others such as sejanus, lucy grey and tigris but ultimately he will always choose himself. his ability to betray those he cared about in order yo advance himself makes him so much more than the stereotypical villain who is forced into his actions.

[flodaya]

#katniss is a victim of the sassy men apocalypse

[atefingersdagger]

Finnick is always serving

[sherwood-scribblings]

Thought this was a necessary measure because we all know that surge of clueless thirsty tiktok fans is gonna happen.

[woah this post blew up how,,,,, psa that i have indepth analysis + theories on my feed if you crave more sotr content]

[daydreamer-in-reverie]

Started rereading the Hunger Games series and I feel like it’s so overlooked how in 74th and 75th Hunger Games, we don’t know every Tribute’s names, with Katniss only referring to them by their District numbers but in TBOSAS, we knew every single Tribute by name. We associated them with the clothes they wore on the Reaping Day and Suzanne even goes so far as to describe how they looked, however briefly. We see these Tributes and we’re familiarized with them by the little tidbits provided to the mentors and to Snow and Lucy Gray. But we never get this in the original trilogy.

In two generations, President Snow alienated the Districts from each other so much that Katniss didn’t even care to know all the names of the Tributes sent into the Arena with her, with the exception being those who posed great risk against her safety and those she felt great compassion for (e.g. Cato, Thresh, Rue, Mags, Betee, Wiress etc.). Katniss even went so far as to call the D6 Tributes in the 75th Hunger Games morphlings, for their affinity to imbibe in the drugs that help them forget their own traumas (an incredibly hurtful description, in my own opinion, to be known by the qualities you hate the most about yourself). We never know the real name of the 74th D5 girl, with Katniss only referring to her as Foxface and we don’t even know Marvel’s name until we get to the second book and he was Katniss’ first personal kill. Katniss even kills the D4 girl in the books with the same tracker jacker venom that killed Glimmer and yet still, we don’t know her name. We are so removed from the identity of the other Tributes that we don’t even know what some of them looked like beyond brief descriptions of mangled bodies and dead Tributes in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia.

And, the thing is, Suzanne established the importance of names in the series. Even in real life, we recognize the importance of being named. It is a fundamental aspect of being human. If you’re ever in a perilous situation where a person might be placing your life in danger, we’re told to remind the person that you’re human. “Keep saying your name, how old you are, where you came from. Remind them you are a human being just like them.” Before any propaganda can work against a group of people, refusing to recognize a person’s name is the first step to dehumanization. And just like the people of the Districts, we don’t care enough about the other Tributes to even want to know their names. Their propaganda worked on us, the readers.

In two generations, President Snow completely wiped out any sense of familiarity and camaraderie the Districts may have shared with the other. In two generations, Snow sowed the seeds of distrust and division into the Districts so deeply that even we, the readers, were affected by the effects of Capitol propaganda. In two generations, the Districts ceased to genuinely care about the others beyond the vague sense of injustice they feel for their shared plight. It’s why Career Districts don’t seem to care about killing the other Tributes. How can you care, to show your compassion and humanity, when you can barely see them as people? Yes, they may have been in the Arena with you. Yes, they may have been starved and beaten and forced into labor like you were. Yes, they might be children just like you. Yes, they might be subjected to the same deplorable system that turned you into virtual slaves. But they are not your friends. They are not your allies. They are strange, with different customs and traditions that you have. You do not share the same values. They do not care about you. At the first chance they get, they will kill you with your bare hands and they will do it with alacrity if it meant their survival. There can only be one Victor and it can’t be them. It has to be you.