#with Haymitch now being the confirmed protagonist

[hungergameshyperfixation]

I am so looking forward to SotR basically being a Pyrrhic Victory Narrative.

[hungergameshyperfixation]

Another thing I’m interested in speculation-wise is how Haymitch’s character will be handled. I like to think THG series has great and well-written characters because they have flaws.

I think fandom and our own biases kind of form rose-colored glasses of certain characters, which is understandable.

And Haymitch is arguably more of the (book) fandom’s golden boy than canon-golden-boy Peeta.

But like, I’ve seen a lot of posts during my time being really into THG, and something that’s stuck with me is the idea that Katniss is not very likable. This was before Tbosas came out but this is even more so true for Coriolanus!

They’re both from a limited perspective, so we get to read all the messy thoughts, the unpleasant and angry ones. They do fucked up things and it’s so great to read.

But now with Haymitch being the confirmed protagonist (💖💖💖), it makes me think of what we’ll see him do. The thoughts he’ll have.

I jokingly typed somewhere “what if she [Suzanne Collins] makes him [Haymitch] a cheater or smth 😭” (idk if this was to a friend, a tumblr draft I never posted, or like just somewhere on my phone or smth) and I wasn’t being serious but the initial worry was still there: “what if my favorite character does something that makes me think differently/more negatively about them?” I’m not actually “worried” about this for SotR, but it’s still something I think about.

This also applies to Maysilee and every other character we know of in SotR. It also ties into the unfortunate reality of SotR being the headcanon destroyer 💀

There are so many what-if’s that come to mind with Sunrise on the Reaping,

Again, I’m not actually too concerned (at least I’m trying not to be?) that SotR will ruin Haymitch or the entire way I view Panem, but I’m interested to hear what others have to say. Because I’ve pretty much seen this sentiment before ever since SotR was announced.

[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