#though I suppose that's more the Cato I've created in my own head

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Top 5 Hunger Games characters?

*cracks knuckles* let’s do this. 

Haymitch Abernathy - I did not even realise this until right now lol. But I feel for Haymitch so much man, like he really had a shit go of it for reasons that were not his fault. And the idea of him being this grouchy old drunk (who REALLY is NOT that old...) who has given up all hope of life getting better being GIVEN that hope by these two teenagers who turn into his family??? I am ABOUT IT

Peeta Mellark - come on, this is the greatest love interest in YA, because he is so much more than that, but still IS Katniss’s love interest in such a beautiful way. I’m putting him at 2 because honestly he is the sort of person I would love to know in real life, who you just know would be a great friend and generally a great person, but still is flawed and complicated and interesting. I love this boy. 

Katniss Everdeen - I mean obviously she’s got to be up there, this girl is the ultimate heroine and the true benchmark for well-written women in YA if you ask me. She is so talented and interesting, but isn’t overblown or obnoxious as a main character, you know? She kicks ass but is so soft and so flawed and beautiful and we are all lucky to have her in our lives. 

Gale Hawthorne - Every day I am sad about the way his and Katniss’s relationship fell apart. EVERY DAY! This boy is great; he has been taking care of his whole family for years now, and even though it takes up basically all his time and energy, when Katniss is in trouble he doesn’t hesitate to promise her he would take care of hers too. And you KNOW he would die before he broke that promise. I love that he’s full of fire and a desire to change the world--even if he’s more force than he is direction, which gets him into trouble. He’s a boy who deserved his own happy ending, and you will pry my Gale-and-Katniss-reunite-and-are-bffs-again headcanons from my cold, dead hands. 

Movie!Cato - I feel like I can’t just leave him off this list, even though I’m not being totally rule-abiding putting him on here, because Book!Cato is not particularly compelling. Book!Cato is an unhinged psychopath who doesn’t really have a personality, but fuck I can remember clear as day sitting in that movie theatre hearing him say “Go on shoot--I’m dead anyway.” Like it was fucking YESTERDAY. I mean it’s no secret I was fascinated by the story of a boy raised for nothing but murder who realises much too late that he’s been lied to and used his whole life--I started writing a fic about it almost immediately. So maybe it’s the concept of this character who’s more compelling than the character himself? Idk. That scene just did things to me dude. 

Thanks so much for the ask! This was fun to think about--and much harder than I thought it would be!