#peeta thoughts

[st0nesnglitter]

Hunger Games blurbs

smut is marked with 18+, suggestive is marked with *

Coriolanus Snow

Arranged marriage | 18+

Experiment | 18+

Breathe | 18+

Punishments | 18+

Coryos history | 18+

Ice | 18+

Photoshoot | 18+

Facefucking | 18+

Possessive

Sejanus Plinth

Losing virginity | 18+

Creampie | 18+

Munchies *

Ticklish, giggly Sej *

Snowjanus

Eiffel tower | 18+

Buzzcuts | 18+

Peeta Mellark

Cafe owner!Peeta

Finnick Odair

Cockdrunk | 18+

Mornings | 18+

Eating out | 18+

Smug Finn | 18+

Aftercare *

Soft showers

random thoughts about different characters are marked with the tag “characters name thoughts”

[mscresta]

What if Coin banned Katniss from training for the battle of the capitol, she is stuck in 13 with hijacked Peeta, how do you see this scenario playing out

Based on the movies (since I haven’t finished the final book), I think at first Katniss would try to avoid Peeta as much as possible, not out of hatred, but out of fear. She would be terrified of what he might do because of the hijacking, and the emotional distance between them would only grow as she struggles to reconcile the Peeta she knew with the person who now seems so broken and unpredictable. At first, she might keep her distance, torn between wanting to protect herself and wanting to help him.

However, over time, I believe Katniss would begin to engage with him more. She might bring him food or find herself asking the nurses about his progress, even if she doesn’t fully understand what’s happening to him. She’d start looking for small, quiet moments to connect, sitting with him without saying much—just offering her presence, something familiar to him, even if she’s unsure whether it helps.

As she spends more time with him, I think her natural instinct to protect would kick in. She’d feel an overwhelming need to try to help him heal, even if it feels like an impossible task. She might even try talking to him, not expecting him to recognize her immediately, but hoping that somehow her voice, her touch, could reach him. Over time, her fear would start to give way to a deeper understanding of what Peeta is going through, and she would see the small signs of the Peeta she loves underneath the trauma.

Whether or not Katniss is allowed to go on missions, I think their relationship would slowly begin to rebuild. The trauma and distance would still be there, but so would the unspoken bond they’ve shared from the beginning. Their connection might start small—shared moments, fleeting glances, the quiet understanding that they’ve both endured so much—but slowly, they’d find their way back to each other, even if it’s not the same as before. The journey would be long and painful, but their relationship would heal, one small step at a time.

[eeverlark]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[livingfandomly]

This is something I’ve seen a lot and I’ve also joked about a lot but after SotR I just need to clarify my actual thoughts on this topic: Snow’s “twink death” and his inability to let go of, what was essentially, a month long relationship.

The thing is, it’s not Lucy Gray that he’s holding a grudge against… it’s her lifestyle. He got to experience first hand, the freedom and self-assurance that groups like the Covey generated for themselves. He saw Lucy Gray run off into the woods, swim in a lake, sing and dance with her peers, all after a game that should’ve destroyed her spirits - because that is the point of the Games. To have a sole surviving reminder of why the Capitol is in control. To send back one “victor” who every district hates because the person standing in front of them is taking their friend/child/sibling/cousin/partner’s spot. To completely dismantle that person’s ability to cope with the world the way they used to and to have them beholden to the Capitol for “awarding” them with riches. They’re supposed to serve only as a reminder, a threat, a shell of a person who is visibly hollow and tarnished, hated by many, feared by some and pitied by few.

Lucy Gray is not that shell. Lucy Gray, therefore, serves as a constant reminder to Snow of what should not be happening to those who get to leave the arena. The more he takes command of the Capitol and the Games, the more the “mistakes” of the Games stand out to him because his benchmark for measuring them is Lucy Gray.

Keep in mind that the 10th Games were also the first time he got to see from the inside out. He saw what pissed off the tributes. He saw how they were transported. He also saw how the public reacted at the home district. Lucy Gray had nightmares, sure, but her ability to re-mingle with her friends was a failure of the Capitol. He saw the need to maintain a constant difference between “victor” and “friend”. He saw the need to put them on tours so that the divide and distance grows. He saw the need to be able to broadcast every aspect of the Games without having to constantly be frantically cutting the feed or very obviously fixing the narrative, because that was yet another failure of the system the Capitol was trying to enforce.

This becomes so clear in SotR when he has his talk with Haymitch and realises that the Lucy Gray spirit he has been trying to squash is still alive. Not only that, it’s infectious. It can take someone like Haymitch, someone who is very well pressed under the Capitol thumb, and spark a fire inside him. The colours of the Covey, the singing, it doesn’t just represent Lucy Gray, it represents aspects of freedom that shouldn’t exist. Even him saying:

“You love her. And oh, how she seems to love you. Except sometimes you wonder because her plans don’t seem to include you at all.”

Is so telling because he can’t fathom that a person in the districts could have the independence of thought to do whatever they want. To him, she should be desperate to go back to the Capitol with Snow to get a chance to live the dream that they’re trying so hard to sell, but obviously failing.

So no, Lucy Gray isn’t just the girl he couldn’t get over. She’s the girl that serves as a warning, as an abomination of the purpose of the Capitol. As his personal blueprint of what should not be repeated ever again.

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

The first real conversation Katniss has with Peeta is when he tells her that he wants to die as himself, that he doesn't want the games to change him into something he's not, and that he wants to keep his identity and prove he's more than just a piece in their games because that's the only thing he has left to care about.

The first time we see Lucy Gray she sings a song that basically says that nothing they could take from her was worth keeping. "Can't take my past. Can't take my history... You can't take my charm. You can't take my health."

The capitol has taken everything from them both, but at the same time, they could never take away who they are.

They are both likeable charismatic and funny, with the kindest hearts, and incredibly loyal to the people they care about.

At the same time, everything they do before the games, and during is calculated. Lucy Gray singing a love song and winning the hearts of the capitol. Peeta confesses he's in love with his district partner, therefore cementing her identity as desirable. Both of them know how to sway people with words, how to charm people, and how to manipulate crowds. Neither of them has any problem doing so to keep themselves, and the people they love safe.

Lucy Gray's song The Old Therebefore, about learning how to love and live her life to the fullest before death, a final and calculated stroke in a last-ditch effort to save herself from the arena. This evokes enough emotion in the watchers to get them to rise to their feet and plead for her life alongside Snow.

Snow, watching the 74th and preparing for the 75th Hunger Games sees Lucy Gray in Katniss. A young girl, from the 12th district. Unafraid at the reaping. Selling a false love story, manipulating a boy who loves her in order to get out and supporting the revolution with the mockingjay as her symbol.

He threatens her family to get her to sell that she and Peeta are in love, to prevent the revolution, because obviously, she's pretending. He's had experience with a girl just like her before. He has no doubt that she has the acting ability to sell this story because clearly, she manipulated the first Hunger Games in her favor, the same way Lucy Gray manipulated him.

Watching the interviews for the 75th Hunger Games he realizes-

Katniss is just an impulsive girl, in a Mockingjay dress she didn't know about, made by someone who supports the revolution.

Peeta is a boy who has the ability to move people with just his words. He made Katniss desirable, he was the one who sold the love story, and he was the one to make their romance seem real. Katniss only started the revolution because she would rather risk dying with him than live without him. A concept President Snow was completely unfamiliar with. And it is with all these realizations crashing around him Peeta drops the baby bomb. He knows the baby's not real, and so does Snow. But it evokes enough emotion in the watchers to get them to rise to their feet and plead for the lives of the tributes.

Is it Lucy Gray or Peeta?

By the time Snow realizes he's made a mistake, it's too late.

Peeta is still charming and manipulating the capitol. Katniss is in love.

He goes up against a kindhearted boy expecting to beat Sejanus again, only to find out that it's Lucy Gray he's fighting; knowing he will never be able to escape their ghosts.

-from a conversation i had with @grandtyphoonpoetry breaking down every character in the hunger games.

[valerieofavonlea]

Listen Katniss properly fell in love with Peeta somewhere around the eyelash fixation and realized it on the beach ("only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me") so you cannot convince me that if they had both been rescued or if Peeta had come back not hijacked that we wouldn't have seen a romcom in d13

[moon-mirage]

🌱+🍞=👶

[whenthewallfell]

Clementine (or Emmy when she's being especially adorable) used to be Ryen's horse, but he gave her to Peeta because she was just too much of 'a borin' dozy mare' and he wanted something more exciting. Peeta bonded with her immediately and under his care she's grown into a happy, perky little thing who's always up for a challenge. She's also a bit of a bin on legs and constantly snuffling pockets for treats - her favourites are peppermints, but she will eat absolutely anything she can get a hold of.

Though friendly with everyone, Clementine adores Peeta most of all. He dotes on her constantly and the two are rarely seen apart.

Katniss and Buttercup think it's a bit weird tbh

[jjadmanii]

i wake up thanking god every day that a tweet calling peeta motherrr went viral🧎‍♀️

[madeofjules]

Hot take maybe but Katniss aiming her bow at Peeta when he grabbed his knife after the rule change was revoked was a natural human response that most people would have in those circumstances, and it was Peeta's actions (immediately throwing his knife into the lake and telling her to kill him) that weren't normal

[disgurrr]

Maysilee Donner reminds me so much of Johanna Mason. Both cruelly nickname people, both full of rage and hatred. But, my gosh whenever they open their mouth, you can’t help but listen and applaud them. They are fearless, but tragic and layered.

[st0nesnglitter]

Peeta Mellark who moans like he’s the one receiving when he goes down on you 🙏🏻

[morningdawnbreaks]

“You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know.” Catching Fire pg. 178

Because Peeta comes over everyday to give Haymitch fresh bread, and despite how bad the house smells, he stays and sometimes he talks to Haymitch while he eats, while other times both are content to just sit in silence.

Because they have chess tournaments. Haymitch beats Peeta everytime, but Peeta never refuses a game.

Because after 24 years, Haymitch finally has a real friend again.

[notsotrashyromancebooks]

Can you imagine that fiddler in Mockingjay playing all the songs. They danced for hours. Every single song he could. Finally playing to his hearts content. Trying to remember each and every song for each and every member of the covey that died that was killed.

[happybookshistoryhero]

currently crying over Haymitch and his kids. Katniss is his niece from another life yet she is so much like him how could he not love her like a daughter. Katniss is his righteous fury, his gruff protectiveness but Peeta is who he wanted to be. He wanted to grow old with his girl. He wanted marriage and a family. He was a lover boy forced to fight. But in Peeta he sees what his life could have been.

[retrowitchy]

okay haven't seen anyone bring this up but this was one of my favorite devastating little sotr details

"I am so desperate to forget. To escape the grief, the aching loneliness, the loss of those I love. There are no mementos of them; all burned or buried. I work on forgetting their voices, their faces, their laughs. Even in my head, my language becomes dull and flat, stripped of the color and the music of yesterday." (SOTR, pg. 380)

so through his grief, in his effort to shove out every memory of everyone he's ever loved from his home in the mountains, he starts to lose the folksy sayings of the people in the seam, and more importantly, the covey. lenore dove and her uncles use quaint little expressions and musical, joyful words. he's erasing that. in other words: no more folk slang.

this is a neat catch because it explains why he talks so differently in the original trilogy; but it's also horribly, horrifically sad because it's just another example of all the color and beauty fading out of his existence.

BUT in the epilogue

"Sometimes they just graze on the green, but on fine days, we've been known to wander on over to the Meadow." (SOTR, pg. 382)

and of course

"And I reply, "I love you like all-fire, too."" (SOTR, pg. 382)

the first line there is so folksy you can hear the appalachian drawl. it's definitely something he never would have said in the trilogy. and of course the second line is directly a covey expression.

after mockingjay, after moving back to 12, after making peace with lenore dove and his ghosts- his language is coming back.