#there is not a lot of levity in mockinjay and specifically the end so he is a bright spot truly

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shoutout to the therapist dr aurelius guy from the end of mockingjay btw. like on a slightly depressing note i think part of the point of him on a thematic level is how talk therapy is not necessarily built for everyone or to deal with every problem. like katniss is traumatized in ways she probably will always be struggling with, and some people (and i have been guilt of this in the past!) use therapy as a bandaid for every bad thing a character goes through when people are just simply more complex than that. so katniss can grow and find love and solidarity and comfort but that doesn’t mean she’s like, Over It or ever will be because who would be honestly!!! katniss notably likes him because he doesn’t offer any hollow assurances like “it will all be fine” or “you are perfectly” safe. he just offers to be a listening ear but doesn’t press that much.

on a much less depressing note i think he is SO funny. doc clearly knows all this and comes to her room just to take naps (because i imagine his workload has increased a Lot) and doesn’t try make her talk because he knows she won’t anyway. and then when katniss goes back to district twelve he SENDS A MESSAGE WITH PEETA like “girl you have GOT to stop screening my calls, i can’t keep lying for you” because i’m pretty sure katniss literally says they let her leave with the stipulation that she had to continue treatment with him lmao. such a small character but he’s so funny to me.