#Peeta as Prometheus

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I really like this but also consider:

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•Caesar Flickerman as Dionysus. Representing the festivities and the almost flamboyance of the Capitol/hunger games culture. Dionysus is the god of festivities, and yes wine. When I think of Dionysus, I think of ecstasy, or ritualistic festivities and almost madness even. Chaotic inebriation. Also I may or may not be suggesting this since Stanley Tucci has literally portrayed Dionysus on screen before.

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•Haymitch as Hades. As much as I love explorations of alcohol x Haymitch (im joking), I think death as a motif is more potent in Haymitch’s character. He lost his family, constantly loses his district’s tributes; he is canonically described as someone who isolates himself. Death plagues him. He also has, even if very marginally, a role in preventing death/extending life. He has to choose whether to put his efforts to Katniss or Peeta. Death is both out of his control and yet within his ability to try and manipulate.

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•^Alternatively, Snow as Hades. He canonically has the most blood on his hands and orchestrates the system that perpetuates constant death. Other similarities include position of power/status. It suits his vibe.

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•^Alternative alternatively (💀) Snow as Zeus. Somewhat obvious, I’d say. Zeus not only has the highest position in the mythology (there’s nuance to this I know!), but he also can be malicious and spiteful. Zeus has done so many batshit insane things LMFAO. Arguably Snow fits Zeus more than Hades, imo. I think the resemblance and similarities can be quite strong.

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•Finnick as Eros. This is the Capitol perspective of him. But he is also the god of love, and that would fall in line with his connection to Annie.

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•Peeta as Prometheus. This one MIGHT seem like a bit of a stretch but my arguments are as follows. Prometheus would represent rebelliousness in this case, as is shown in the story of how he gave humans fire. Prometheus is a trickster; Peeta is notoriously considered a manipulator and can play an audience. The biggest reason I’m connecting the two is because of the story of how Prometheus “molded humanity out of clay.” Peeta is an artist, both in the bakery and with his paintings; again, it might be a stretch, but I see the resemblance in that myth.

As mentioned, Prometheus gave humanity fire, and was then punished for it by Zeus. Peeta was, as we all know, tortured and punished for his actions (yes the narrative implies this was done as a punishment to Katniss, but it still very much is Peeta’s punishment first). Plus, despite Katniss being ‘the girl on fire,’ Peeta also played a role in sparking the events of THG.

I’d even say Prometheus being the god of fire and the myth of him giving humanity (Panem) fire (Katniss) is an even stronger resemblance to Peeta.

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•^Alternatively, Haymitch as Prometheus. This one doesn’t resonate for me as much, but the whole myth about Prometheus being chained to a rock and continuously having his liver eaten (until, he is rescued by Heracles I think??? It’s been awhile and I’m not googling. Sorry 😭)

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•I actually do like the interpretation of Haymitch as Dionysus though. All I’ll say.

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•Peeta as Apollo—HEAR ME OUT. I KNOW APOLLO AND ARTEMIS ARE TWINS AND KATNISS IS UNDENIABLY ARTEMIS 😭 but just for the sake of exploring the concepts. Apollo represents the Sun. Who else can represent the sun other than certified golden (“Orange like the sunset”) boy Peeta Mellark? He was also the god of artsy stuff to my recollection. Probably more music I think but the point still stands I feel.

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These are very surface level suggestions based on a certain/surface level understanding of Greek gods/goddesses, but still fun to think about! I’m curious what other people think.

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Oh my GOSH I had so many...for nostalgia's sake, imma do a breakdown of each book and what it did to me. (Spoilers for each book!) Elementary School:

Harry Potter I owe all my reading intrigue to my dad reading me and my sister Harry Potter every night. When he stopped, I was so invested I learned to read it just to finish it. I didn't know one out of every five words and the style took me a while to get used to, but after that, everything came easy. I was nine, so I deluded myself into thinking I would actually get a letter by owl (I was obsessed with birds at the time, so my excitement was two-fold). I went around with a 'cloak' and fake wand, and tried to sit through the Deathly Hallows movie when it first released (my dad warned me it was Pg-13, and he was right. I left to 'use the bathroom' several times). I re-discovered it when I was in middle-high school and in fandom spaces, so I garnered a new appreciation for its complexity before all the JKR drama hit. That said, it suffers from a lot of odd authorial bias--like the houses supposedly all being equal and unity being the way to defeat Voldemort, yet the final book involves...no Hogwarts or house unity until the final massacre? Someone said the protagonists should've been one from each house--Hermione in Ravenclaw, Ron in Hufflepuff, Harry in Griffindor, and Malfoy in Slytherin. More of the world could've been explored this way too...wasted opportunity. And for such a long series, it made sense to have the character deaths clustered toward the end, but I didn't expect so many in rapid succession. Overall, a very good concept with pretty good execution (even if I disagree with some choices).

Pandora Gets... [Jealous, Vain, Angry, etc] The cover art on these had no right going so hard. That's what drew me in, but I stayed for the plot: "Pandy", the teenage demigod daughter of Prometheus (who inhierited his fire powers) brings the box to school for show and tell, and her bullies unleash the seven evils trapped inside. So Pandy and her friends must travel the world to recapture them within a years time, seeing the damage they've caused and gaining skills along the way. The gods are bitchy (accurate) and the characters have good chemistry, clear stakes, and plenty of action. Took a turn when Alcie flippin' DIED (I cried, I was in utter disbelief) and ended up getting to see the Underworld. She even got given control over her life string by the Fates, which was sick. Really good series--I might read the final books now that it's complete. For old time's sake.

The Hunger Games The genius was mostly lost on me (I had to beg my parents to let me read it because everyone else in fifth grade was) and I sobbed during Rue's death, but it aged very well. Katniss was refreshingly awkward, and even the required YV love triangle had symbolic purpose and buildup (Gale representing War, and Peeta, Peace). Rue's death gutted me, as did Cinna's, and freaking Prim's... And it has fantastic movie adaptations, too. You can tell Suzanne Collins only writes when she has a clear story in mind, not as a cash grab. The prequel movie Songbirds and Snakes is coming out soon, and I'm pumped.

Divergent Considerably less well-developed and politically/psychologically nuanced than the above. Would've been more resonant as just one novel that ended openly. Then it fell apart. They randomly added Tobias's pov into the third book because of Tris's contrived death (after the whole series' Faction premise is revealed as an experiment). I always thought their relationship was...too intense and weird? Mentor/mentee ships often weird me out bc they don't feel like equals. And Divergents are literally just chosen ones...we never find out what makes them dangerous. It can't be 'questioning the system', because everyone fights back at some point. "Do factionless kids get to choose their faction?" <- someone commented this, and I agree that this would've made a MUCH cooler protagonist than Tris. And the movies got downright incoherent by the third one.

Emily Windsnap I was entranced by the iridescent mermaid-tale, watercolor cover, and this ushered in my mermaid phase (which only intensified with H2O and Mako Mermaids). In book one, the lighthouse keeper drugging Emily's mom via daily doughnuts so she forgets her mermaid husband while he rots in jail for loving a human, and then Emily visits him, and eventually gets Poseidon to let them live together. I loved the semi-mer ideal (human on land, mermaid in the water), and the simple, imaginative world was well-described. Fond memories! Even though they shoehorned a love interest in for Emily, adventure was first and foremost.

Dork Diaries Loved the art for this one, but Nikki was always as big a brat as her bullies--just in retaliation. She complains her life sucks even when she wins thousands of dollars in art competitions, gets record deals, and has a scholarship to a private school. Weirdest book was a literal fever dream where Nikki got beaned in the head with a dodgeball so hard, she hallucinated an entire fairy tale.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Aged better than dork diaries, for its vaguely dark humor and deadpan absurdity.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole Warrior Cats but for bird nerds--like me, so this was a hit. I had to read the books out of order and missed most of them, but in the end, the main character gets his wing ripped off and dies. But hey--we got the prettiest movie adaptation EVER! Each shot is a painting and ultra-detailed in a beautiful way (not hyper-realism for the hell of it (*cough Lion King cough* ).

Animorphs How K.A.Applegate managed to tell a cohesive, unnerving war story about shapeshifting kids, aliens, and mind-controlling slugs over hundreds of novels, I'll never know. Each book had clear, high stakes and was entertaining. Some got weird, but that's par for the course. And apparently, we get a somewhat tragic ending, which is pretty ballsy. Hoping the show goes well--second time's a charm!

Warriors Enjoyed this one a lot, even if I didn't read all of them. Basic knowledge of clan structure and the premise has served me well, as this and Harry Potter remain the most well-known fandoms out of any on this list.

Molly Moon An english orphan learns how to hypnotize people, and uses it to defeat various weird adults and get rich, alongside her best friend and pug. What's not to love? Got a bit out-of-hand with the power creep after they introduced time travel and future selves, but it was always a quirky series at heart, so I can't blame it. They were also the only books in english in the Swedish library when I lived there for a year, so...there's that.

Inkheart Are all the original premises for YA books taken? Get meta, and make reading a superpower! A book for book nerds, and I love it dearly for that. Kinda conventional medieval European fantasy world meets VERY conventional modern world, but it's not about the scale, but the magic; read beautifully and with conviction, and the people around you are replaced by the characters you're reading about. Villain gets to meet the author who made him, and the author gets to travel inside his own book and reap the consequences of what he made. Movies are good, but this premise was literally built for books, so it's no great loss. Fantastic characters, though. Very iconic. I'm surprised Tumblr hasn't discovered this series yet--it's right up their alley.

A Year without Autumn Not a series nor an obsession, just a fever-dream novel I read (same author as Emily Windsnap) where a girl is on vacation with her friend Autumn, and rides an elevator to the future, where Autumn is in a coma from an accident that happened that summer. Main character travels 'up' another year, to where they're pulling Autunm's life support. Mc returns to save her. Lowkey horrific, but memorable. I'll reblog w/ a part 2!

Nobody understands the bond between a girl and the mediocre book she read when she was 13 years old.