#I got more complex thoughts abt lyssie and internalized anti-district prejudice BUT that's for another time

[julietasgf]

hello friend!! today i was thinking about how lysistrata and sejanus could have become really good friends following the hunger games :( do you have any thoughts on what their friendship might be like?

hiii lily!! ty for the ask, and oh god I actually think a lot about this 😭

before the games, I don't think lyssie was mean to sejanus, but I do think they didn't talk much, maybe some polite moments in class. during the games, there's a scene where lyssie puts a hand on sejanus' shoulder and says that hopefully things won't last long, and I like to think that they would've become really close after it, specially bc I feel like lyssie and sejanus share a similar (even if not the same) type of grief over jessup and marcus

I think that maybe it would start with small things (lyssie asking if sejanus have slept in the night, or sejanus bringing her cookies from his ma, or sometimes just then sitting next to each other studying in silence without saying a word), and then it would grow to other things. I feel like they would like to spend hours discussing silly things, and also, that both of them adore cats, so that's something I think they would bond over outside of their experiences on the games! also, lyssie for sure would spend a lot of time in the plinths' apartment because how could she not when ma plinth is so excited over sejanus having a friend, and she's always giving lyssie a lot of sweets and cakes! plus, I imagine that lyssie ended up following her parents to become a doctor as well!

to me they are just the type of duo of wrong timing </3

(actually, I think a lot about how it was all a matter of timing. I wonder what would've happened if, by some chance, it was lysistrata who got the chance to show sejanus a bit of kindness.)