#especially before sotr was announced

[hungergameshyperfixation]

Day five since SotR was announced

How we feeling everyone

[annabethandpercylove]

“So it’s starting again?” she says. “Like before?”

I’d like to see Sunrise of the Reaping focus on the “before” Mrs. Everdeen and Haymitch are alluding to when they talk after Gale’s whipping.

Haymitch was a significant player in the Games’ history. He used the arena to win (the second act of survival by a District 12 victor that would have sparked rebellion; he was the first victor (at least that’s what I interpreted from the text in Mockingjay) that was propositioned by Snow; and he was likely the reason for the “before” I mentioned. I’m sure propaganda and manipulating the history of the past increased after his Games, which would go along with what Collins has said about the theme of SOTR.

I never post here and I am not an experienced theorist on this platform, but I figured I would try my hand and share some possibilities that have come to my mind about how this story might play out.

THEORIES

Multiple POVs: I’ve seen a lot of people suggesting that SOTR won’t be from Haymitch’s POV and I agree… to a certain extent. I am not the biggest fan of books with multiple POVs (I feel like the stories are often stretched out too far and can be a disservice to the story) and I know we haven’t seen Collins do this with a THG book, but I think it would be a useful tool to show the effect of propaganda. So here are the people I think we should hear from and why: 1. Caesar Flickerman — propaganda from the source 2. Mrs. Everdeen — propaganda witnessed by an audience member 3. Haymitch Abernathy — victor that caused a new influx of propaganda and government control

The Plot Now that I’ve introduced the POV idea, I’ll do a play-by-play for how I might make the story go: We start from Caesar’s POV. It’s Reaping Day, the first big moment for the Games. Through Caesar, we would see all (or at least ones that are most relevant to the themes of the book) the districts’ ceremonies. There would be a range in the style of the ceremonies and the audience reactions especially between Career and non-Career districts. (I don’t want to make things too cluttered so I don’t think I would do an audience perspective for the Reaping, too. If there was, I’d want Mrs. Everdeen to see her reaction to Maysilee Donner being chosen, but that’s a personal hope to see her and it may not be a service to the theme really.) Still with Caesar, we cut to the beginning of the Games. I don’t think it’s necessary to see the trains, training, or interviews, necessarily. I think things would’ve transitioned from what we saw in TBSOAS to something more akin to how things work with these things in THG. So Caesar is prepping for another Games. Maybe we hear some conversations he has with Gamemakers and sponsors in addition to his own personal dialogue. Is he still becoming the charismatic host that we know in THG? Does he have any moments where he questions what he’s doing? But he gets to work. The announcements are made, the bombs go off, and the Games begin. Disclaimer: I’ve been debating this POV since the announcement for SOTR came out. Like I said before about multiple POVs, this might stretch things too far (unless we’re lucky to get a book that’s 1,000+ pages!!), but I thought I’d put it out there. Mrs. Everdeen lives in horror watching her best friend fight for her life in a death arena. While she’s watching we could see Capitol commercials promoting sponsors, bets, and special promotions for different companies that are themed on the Games (like seeing commercials that are themed for the Super Bowl or Christmas). We would witness what an audience member would be seeing (not just the glimpses we get of Snow watching out for his tribute for his own selfish reasons). Now this might be a distraction from the plot, but I’d love to see some Mrs. Everdeen/Mr. Everdeen/Mr. Mellark moments. From what we’ve heard and seen, they’re all against the Games. But I think it would be interesting to see Mr. Everdeen’s little acts of musical rebellion, Mrs. Everdeen’s fear of his being caught and her fear for Maysilee, and maybe show a contrast between Mr. Everdeen’s behavior and Mr. Mellark’s. I think there’s a multigenerational theme that could be explored here with Katniss/Peeta/Gale and the parents. We could see how Mr. Everdeen was Seam like Gale but compassionate like Peeta; Mrs. Everdeen didn’t see a way to change things like Katniss; Mr. Mellark was content to settle with Town life and endure the Capitol’s threats but maybe lacked Peeta’s passion for the preservation of personal morality. Different responses to the earlier mentioned commercials, etc? (I’m Team Everlark/Peeta all the way, BTW!) This would happen after Mrs. Everdeen’s POV (or maybe another audience members POV from a Career district) or right after Caesar’s. Cut to Haymitch’s POV. It’s his final fight in the Games. We see him bleeding out, throwing the axe, and becoming the victor. He goes home and has to face Snow’s propositions, the deaths due to his refusals, and the resulting depression and the beginning of the jaded drunk man we meet in THG. Witness what “like before” entailed, an erasure of Haymitch’s “act of rebellion”, radical people on the Victory Tour if we go that far, etc.

I know that was a bit long-winded and not necessarily the clearest plot, but those are some thoughts I’ve had. I’m no author, just a passionate fan of The Hunger Games series and the lessons it seeks to teach its readers. Suzanne Collins will create an amazing story that will be profound and special and I can’t wait to witness it.

[hungergameshyperfixation]

There are so many things I want to do before (and after) sunrise on the reaping comes out, so here’s a non-exhaustive list.

(Note: I know some of these have probably been done before, so it’s not like I’m trying to copy or steal someone else’s ideas, just that I want to do these on my own. I wrote a whole ass paragraph about it in my drafts but it’s basically just a worry of mine, and I overthink lol)

•Sunrise on the Reaping protagonist speculation.

•^Also, mock up SotR covers. I can see the bird on the cover being a canary or a mockingjay, OR it being purposefully vague.

•Just Sunrise on the Reaping speculation and theorizing in general. Especially because THG could just release the blurb or a confirmation at any moment LMAO

•Thg tier lists.

•The shipping polls—I actually originally planned for that to be a starting off poll for me to follow up and explain MY own personal thoughts on “every” Haymitch ship (I still ‘hardcore’ ship him and “his girl.”

•AU posts. Specifically pre-SotR “AUs.” Like rn I have this idea of exploring concepts if Haymitch’s “girl” was the protagonist of SotR. Or Mr. Everdeen (if the “Maude Ivory is Katniss’s grandma” theory follows true, or if that’s established in an AU, then Mr. Everdeen being the protagonist or a central character might connect the whole family narratively LMAO)

•Fanfiction posts…perhaps.

•Wiress and Beetee. Just them. Anything related to them.

•Sharing fandom related resources. I kinda wanted to make my own wikis at one point, but since the SotR announcement I’ve decided to focus on other projects. But the wiki idea is still in my heart. I wanted to make it personalized, or maybe two versions—one canon compliant/only using canon or confirmed information, and one that’s like my own little personalized information.

•Hunger Games OCs; kinda related to the Fanfiction bullet point but it would be fun to like actually craft a couple of canon compliant OCs. Or non-canon compliant OCs too. But I should probably do that before SotR comes out too💀 I’m just now realizing what a time constraint SotR is putting on me (jk it is literally all self-enforced)

•Book annotating “series.” I’m gonna annotate a thrifted copy of THG, CF, and MJ. I’d like to maybe share or document that process.

•Fanart. Specifically fanart of book-exclusive characters and scenes.

•Cosplay!! I kinda wanna do a Maysilee one and an Effie one, since I’m a lot more femme and I think those would come out well. Ish. Also before we (likely…?) see Maysilee on screen I want to get a chance to depict her while nothing is confirmed.

Etc etc. I feel like there are so many more