#Peeta Mellark

[foxdoodles]

some everlark + haymitch + buttercup silliness i drew for a friend's bday!

[highly-flammable]

The Hunger Games, Chapter 22

Mockingjay, Chapter 13

Suzanne Collins, this was nasty work.

[beautyofattolia]

Boy is smooth as HELL!

[charlunday]

Getting ready for a shift at the bakery! Look under the cut to see him after ❤️

commissions open!

[crazyaboutto]

I wanted to make a proper post about Katniss' crush on Peeta before, during and after the games after reblogging that post. So getting my screenshots from there and adding some more

Had to divide thg and sequels for how long the post had become.

Before starting, I must say I love how Suzanne Collins writes the teen characters as teens instead of being mature for their ages or acting like they are in their mid 20s/30s. This is how I'd imagine a teenager, who had to grow up in dystopian AU and has only survival in her mind, deal with emotions.

Evidence for Katniss' crush on Peeta in The Hunger Games

Let's start with Katniss' reaction to Peeta being reaped:

Katniss associating Peeta with spring and dandelion:

Katniss noticing things about him in the past Part 1

Katniss noticing things about him in present Part 2:

Katniss getting immediately defensive when Haymitch strikes Peeta:

She finds comfort in Peeta and more importantly, he feels safe for her Part 1:

Katniss blushes upon receiving compliment from Peeta:

Katniss hasn't been talking to Peeta for a long time, yet she feel he's safe enough to reveal a secret like this Part 2:

Katniss noticing Peeta and keeping track of him part 3

Katniss getting very defensive about Peeta suggesting she has a boyfriend:

Katniss blushing when she hears Peeta having a crush on her even though she quickly thinks he was lying:

Katniss finding comfort and safety with Peeta once again:

Katniss feels stirring in her when they kiss whilst being fully aware, and wants another kiss:

He makes her feel safe Part 3:

She kisses him for herself, not for audience:

The implication of Peeta dying has Katniss shook:

Even though they haven't been talking for a long time and she had had doubts about him, Katniss trusts Peeta with her life. Their backs turned each other, no way they can know if the other will actually go through with the plan. Yet they still trust each other. We know how hard it is for Katniss to open up and trust someone, but she does for Peeta for her own life:

[transgender-daemon-faerie]

“I have kept tabs on the boy with the bread” - Katniss herself realizing she knows this boys whole life story for no reason

I believe Katniss had a pre-reaping crush on Peeta because girl went from THIS....

....... to knowing his name, how many siblings he has, how much he can bench, how he does in school competitions (and exactly who he loses to), the color of his eyes, etc.

[helloimamistake]

Katniss.. My girl

Katniss to Gale: "i mean.. Yeah gale is handsome.."

Katniss to Peeta: *can make a poem about his bootiful eyelashes and his expressions if she wants to*

Also katniss: "im in love with gale"

...

𝘒𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘐𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴..

[petrerpkr]

Katniss & peeta

[persephoneprice]

district 12 victors as little bubby child memes

[beautyofattolia]

[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

[peetamellarkenjoyer1]

this line KILLS me. his rizz is unmatched.

Anjayyyyyyy

[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

[seasonn]

peeta tried to save him and katniss by saying she had a baby, because he knew that would pull at the capitals heart strings. In a dystopian society, peeta mellark knew the capital would care more about a fetus than the real dying children . this sounds oddly familiar

[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.

[notsocooljess]

thinking about this again and with a new light on why katniss does it. yes, i still thinks it’s because they were not close, but also that peeta and him helping her with the bread are so asynchronous with anything that’s ever happened in her life that when she’s telling the story about the bread, she is almost reconvincing herself that yes this did happen and yes it was peeta mellark who saved her

wait also i think it’s funny how often in chapters 2&3 katniss full government names peeta. i don’t think she shortens his name from a full “peeta mellark” to “peeta” until their first conversation on the train. this just feels very real like when you’re talking about someone with friends that you’re not close with so you need to drop their full name each time they’re mentioned so you can keep up with who you’re talking about lol