#lucy gray baird

[katnissandpeetamellark]

I bet Maude Ivory wore parts of Lucy Gray’s rainbow dress in her clothes after she went missing.

I bet that’s why the shreds of fabric are Lenore Dove’s now

[runninlikewaterr]

No shade but the ppl losing their minds learning that the Old Therebefore is a funeral song and that Lucy Gray was singing it bc she thought she was gonna die….like….yeah.jpg didn’t you read the first line of the song? Lucy Gray didn’t know about the snakes or that Snow put the handkerchief in there, no duh she thought she was gonna die. The thing that gets me though (and this is why I love Rachel Zegler’s performance of this scene) is that once she realizes the snakes aren’t attacking her, the song is no longer a funeral song; it becomes a big ol’ middle finger to the Capitol. Girly looked straight into that camera and said you hear that, motherfuckers? I’m staying right the fuck here

[siminiecricketart]

I adore my district 12 girlies

[jubilly]

haymitch seeing a bunny: "how could I possibly kill a creature that brings to mind my girl?" 🥺

snow seeing mockingjays:

[schrodingersjigsaw]

No bc I see that argument a lot (her not loving him) and I just don’t buy it! This is a woman who BIT HER EX!!! She would’ve never in a million years agreed to run away with him, or be as consistently happy as she was to see him, or bring him around her family if she didn’t love him.

Hate when ppl are like 'we dont know if Lucy Gray really loved Snow, she was a mysterious character and we dont know her thoughts'

Like our homegirl wrote 'Pure as the driven Snow' about him AFTER seeing him kill a man, she was in love with him

[justafewberries]

the acceptance of the ai editing trend on hunger games tiktok is baffling. what do you mean you were supposed to use ai because “it’s a trend tho”. Why is it trending? Why does it being a trend make it okay? Who perpetuates a trend? What is a trend but a willful compliance to conform to one idea? Break free. Enjoy media that people make. There is no warmth behind the eyes that stare back through the mirror. You arrive to find the hearth empty and the fireplace swept. There is no one behind this door but the shadows of stories. No soul no passion no light no warmth. and yet you seek it out like a brethren. God help you. You know not warmth but deception.

[daisydood]

snow saying Haymitch is better off DYING then dating a covey girl is killing me GOODBYE DRAMA QUEEN 😭😭

[fablehaven-rulez]

omg I love her

lenore dove doodle ♥️

[theballadofthesunandthestars]

After reading SOTR, it was so refreshing and heartbreaking to read from the point of view of a character who loves so openly. Haymitch bleeds love everywhere he goes; not just for the obvious people like Lenore Dove, or Sid and Ma, but for everyone.

His complete and utter adoration of Lenore Dove? How her flaws, her recklessness and impulsiveness just makes him love her all the more. How he can’t always keep up with her, but he doesn’t resent her for it, just tries his best to and loves her when he can’t understand. The contrast between Snow wanting to control Lucy Gray, even going so far as to say that he wishes she was back in the Arena so he could know where she was, and Haymitch wanting nothing more for Lenore Dove than to be free, even trying to tell Lenore Dove to move on from him when he dies in the Arena.

The way Haymitch expresses such adoration for Hattie, how he admires her hard work and hugs her when she gives him his birthday gift. How he tries to protect her during the Interviews.

Haymitch’s love for his family; how he finds them annoying sometimes, but he loves them. He ruffles Sid’s hair and takes on the role of his father, how he lets Sid drag him out on a clear night to look up at the stars. He hugs his Ma and speaks of her with admiration for her work, even as he’s just as annoyed by her work ethic.

Louella McCoy, who crushed on Haymitch for a week, and it just endeared her to him, made him fiercely protective of her. He never looked down on her for being childish, and he did everything in his power to get justice for her.

Lou Lou, whom he despised at first, only to love her anyways. He didn’t even know her real name, didn’t know anything about her except that she was from Eleven and that she was recording what they were saying, but he loved her anyways because he can’t help it. It spills out of him. He protected her and tried to make her death quick, tried to get justice for what happened to her just as much as he did Louella.

Wyatt, Maysilee, and Effie are my favorite examples of how Haymitch sees the flaws in people, but loves them anyways, embraces them even. Wyatt Callow, who he started by resenting him for his father’s gambling practices, only to grow to love Wyatt for his quick wit, then to mourn him when he was killed on the first day. Maysilee Donner who was spoiled and mean in his eyes, yet he could still see her rebellious and determined nature, her kindness for the other Tributes as she wove their tokens, and he held her hand as she died, cementing her in his mind as his sister. Effie Trinket, who despite her Capitol upbringing, despite her parroting Capitol propaganda lines, Haymitch can’t help but notice her empathy and kindness, and she becomes the only one who can seem to care for him after his Games.

Every single Tribute that he adopted as his own, his flock of doves. He never once thought about winning over any of them, choosing instead to do everything in his power to protect them. He kept the fire running and made nightlights for the young Tributes who feared the dark. He tried to play it cool when meeting with Amphert, but when Amphert hugs him, he just drops the act and hugs him right back. He stayed with Wellie and helped to feed her the best he could, reassuring her the whole time and strategizing how he was going to make her the Victor. He blamed himself for every one of their deaths.

Fuck, even the rabbits in the Arena he becomes fond of. He viewed them as allies and felt guilty when he had to use them to determine what was poisoned.

Haymitch Abernathy loves hard and fast. And that’s what Snow took; his ability to love. He trapped Haymitch into the rascal persona he had put on for the Games. The message he sent with Lenore Dove and Ma and Sid and every single Tribute who Haymitch couldn’t save, was that he would kill anyone Haymitch loved. So he drove people away from him. Forced distance between him and the District Twelve tributes. I think that didn’t even stop him from loving them too, only to watch them killed in the Arena. A yearly reminder of that message.

I hope after the revolution, Haymitch felt free to love without fear again.

[everdeensmellark]

sunrise on the reaping raises an incredibly important ethical question: how many generations does it take to erase history, to the point of blind, unquestioning acceptance?

i fear the answer is far fewer than any of us are comfortable with.

[jabberbaird]

if Haymitch doesn't mockingly bow at some point in the movie I QUIT

[afolksongs]

[catastrophic29]

Lenore Dove and Haymitch are NOT parallels of Lucy Gray and Snow

Yes, Lenore dove represents the last of Lucy Gray to Snow, but her rebellious and impulsive behaviour definitely reminded him of a certain brown haired boy who tried to share his gumdrops on the first day of school.

Likewise, while Snow obviously saw himself in Haymitch, he (like peeta) is a performer, charismatic, cunning and resourceful, knows how to play the audience. He wasn’t meant to be reaped but was because of the cruelty of other people. A direct parallel to Lucy Gray.

Lenore dove, while covey, dislikes singing in and public and uses her music to rally and complete rebel acts. Her uncles Clerk carmine and Tam Amber are a bit more wealthy than the majority of district twelve and can reliably bribe the peacekeepers so she doesn’t get in trouble (sound familiar).

She, like sejanus, is an outcast due to her outspoken nature and her being a (technical) outsider (Covey).

And Snow saw this too as represented by their ends in the book, with Lenore Dove indirectly killed by snow using poisoned gumdrops, and Haymitch being locked in a golden birdcage, a manifestation of him being caged by the capital as a victor, just as he wished Lucy Gray was.

Snow, you will never get away from the sound of the girl (and the boy) who love[d] you.

[slaymitchabernathy]

haymitch with all his other tributes: “not my monkeys, not my circus”

haymitch with katniss & peeta: “fuck those are in fact my monkeys & my circus”

[dramaticallychill]

a thing that i particularly love about the hunger games prequels is how it shows that people have been fighting against the games since their inception

when i was younger and read the original trilogy for the first time i was so bothered how it was 74 years of games, i remember thinking how could it have gone on so long without anyone doing anything

these prequels highlight that people have been fighting from the get-go: lucy gray's defiance, reaper ripping down panem's flags to cover the fallen tributes, haymitch's games and how many others shared his ideologies - the capitol just drowns them out, they rewrite their stories so their efforts are forgotten

liberation takes time and it's built upon the actions of those in the past