rin//thg//22//dist 4

Nothing you could take from me was ever worth keeping

[kissmeandimight-dropdead]

buttercups being found in the meadows... just like primroses and rues....

[princesspufflesposts]

katniss habitually listening to peeta’s heartbeat and missing its tempo when his heart stopped was a very romantic horrifying detail. ms. collins cooked with that one.

[fourquartertoast]

the ballad of songbirds and snakes vs sunrise on the reaping

[ill-crawl-home-to-her]

you are so correct!!

and then there's the combination:

which I would argue is the original trilogy but maybe I'm reaching here

[theconcealedweapon]

[singt0me]

the generational curse the hanging tree song put on the chance family needs to be studied because what do you mean THE hanging tree guy's name was arlo chance and the boy who ran on reaping day was woodbine chance what

and while we're on the subject, THE hanging tree song guy's love who he told to run so they'd both be free was a girl named lil with a brother named spruce who was involved with D12's underground rebellion. and what is a spruce? a tree. not just any tree, no, a fuckin evergreen tree. so while im beating my head against this wall im going to assume lil is short for lily. lily and spruce everdeen

are we deadass right now

[tryingssss]

they could never make me think sejanus was an idiot for wanting change and trusting snow. they could never make me think wyatt was an idiot for giving his life for someone with zero chances of winning. they're both good people and were willing to die for it. no matter what you say i respect and love characters who are like that

[wolfish-chan]

It’s all fun and games laughing about Haymitch over sharing and Katniss under sharing in comparison until you realize Haymitch is trying to remember all the fine details of everyone he will never see again and Katniss is trying to protect her remaining autonomy by keeping those details private

The difference in their trauma responses being shown from the very start of their narratives guts me

[doodlebugdpj]

😭😭

[floworence]

I need to get this off my chest before I go INSANE.

"You are not immune to propaganda"

This is the main thought I have when people are talking about Effie.

Effie is a clear example of that and people are kinda missing the point.

Suzanne take time to establish that not all Capitol citizens are pure evil, even if they're not rebels. We see it in Katniss' stylists, the girl in the lemon coat, countless kids that died in that bombing, people who died at the hands of both Peacekeepers and rebels alike.

We see it in Effie.

Over the course of the series, Katniss learns that capitol citizens are humans, ones that were put under years upon years of propaganda, with no knowledge on how to behave differently.

The whole message of the series is "remember who the real enemy is". It's the higher powers oppressing people, not common people living privileged life. That is why Katniss shoots Coin, that is why Games, of any kind, had to stop.

Some people focus too much on Effie being typical capitolite, and miss the crucial element of what she is representing. She is a picture of a person who lived their whole life under propaganda and could only break away from it when faced with real facts that contradicted it. Katniss and Peeta being reaped again, shattered Effie's view on Games, making her see through the propaganda.

It doesn't make Effie evil to change only after that.

Sotr also established that Trinkets are an ostracized family, one that is least likely to rebel since they'd be the first ones to go. They need to keep being in the system to survive, they need to comply or they die.

The difference between propaganda in Captiol and Districts is simple.

Districts are confronted with harsh reality daily, Capitol isn't.

That's why propaganda in the Capitol is more effective and why it's harder to break away from it. We cannot judge those characters as if they have access to all the information we have, since it's simply not true.

Effie is a woman in a situation where it's hard to break from the hold of Capitol, from the information that's being fed to her, you have to remember that.

[drooland]

I'm gonna tell my kids this was Sunrise On the Reaping

[lenoredovesbairds]

Lenore Dove is so misunderstood and mischaracterized by the fandom it makes me sad to see.

She is not this manic, dream pixie girl. Her character very much shaped, flawed and real. Haymitch is able to oversee and ignore her “flaws” because he’s a 16 year old teenage boy who is madly in love with her, but it is not hard for us readers, to look between those lines and see how fleshed her character really is.

She is seen to act before thinking, making rash decisions which aren’t the best for her wellbeing. She is way too emotional, feels too many feelings and has too many thoughts and she doesn’t know how to articulate them into words because she’s an introvert and she fears her words being lost in translation.

She only reveals her unfiltered, (sometimes) dark thoughts to her loved ones, and often enough she does it by using metaphors so she can still backtrack incase she gets misunderstood because she still feels like her thoughts could be a burden to the people around her.

She is not a “Lucy Gray Rip-Off”.

Lucy Gray was a born performer. She loved to be on stage, she loved performing for her people and knew how to get the crowd on her side, how to keep them entertained.

Lenore Dove doesn’t sing in front of people. It makes her uncomfortable. She’s not a “Born Performer” nor does she know how to control a crowd, at least not in the way Lucy Gray did.

She’s a rebel. She’ll only use her voice when she realizes she absolutely HAS to. She’ll use it when she’s mad, and sad, and in despair.

She’ll go against the rules at any given time, especially when it comes to protecting her loved ones. She doesn’t realize nor care about any consequences at the time, she only acts because she’s in pain and wants to avenge her people.

She’s a sixteen year old girl who dreamt big in a world where dreaming was a luxury and not something many people can afford.

In spite of her dark, burdened thoughts, she had still kept her innocence and was able to dream of a world without the reaping, she had hopes that one day that dream could become a reality, no matter how crazy it sounded to others.

She also had dreams of growing up, having a loving family and living peacefully with her loved ones and her boy who she loved more than anyone and she was willing to die for him.

[slaymitchabernathy]

all i fucking do is cry on tiktok. just saw ANOTHER video talking abt how the meadow song is actually the covey’s map to their graves.

Deep in the meadow, under the willow A bed of grass, a soft green pillow Lay down your head, and close your eyes And when they open, the sun will rise Here it’s safe, here it's warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm Here your dreams are sweet, and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you

a safe place away from the capitol GOODBYE SUZANNE HOW COULD YOU?!

[gurl-i-just-want-none-to-find-me]

Not Haymitch being the legal guardian of Katniss in Capitol and District 13.

In mockingjay,

Haymitch is annoyed about Katniss ripping off her earpiece, and he is showing her different PERMANENT earpiece option as a threat.

He specifically says, " I will AUTHORIZE them to surgically implant this transmitter into your ear".

Authorize, not ask them or tell them but AUTHORIZE.

That imples he has had to NOT authorize previous District 13 demands. Just like in the Capitol with breast enhancement surgery.

Few pages back, Asterid says how she didn't know Katniss was going to 8 till she was already gone. And Katniss goes, I'm sorry I'll ask them to clear everything with you.

And asterid replies, "Katniss no one clears anything from me".

Asterid is not Katniss' Legal Guardian anymore, Haymitch is. He has been running around for god knows how long keeping her safe and sane.

The I wonder is he the reason Katniss got discharged from the hospital while Finnick stays in a drug haze?

Is he the reason they leave her be when she doesn't follow schedule?

Is he the reason they let her hide in pipes and closets?

And I'm reminded of lil Haymitch taking care of even littler children during his games. Wondering why they all come to him. And he's fails to keep any one of them alive.

Except Katniss. That's a daughter thrusted to him. And he's trying so fucking hard to not let her die too.

I'm gonna go cry now

#why do all the little ones stick to me

[lieujones]

Guys.

GUYS.

Haymitch ate the candies.

After all that happened.

Lenore Dove.

He trusted Katniss.

And ate. the. candies.

[eeriethacus]

Haymitch Abernathy..my shayla..weeps

[rainymyx]

It’s just like a lovergirl to swear off love. You’re not fooling anyone Katniss

[rosegardeninwinter]

there’s this quote from a SC interview @katnissmellarkkk pointed out to me earlier

“She's not that interested in romance. She equates love with marriage and kids, who could be sent to the games.”

which just makes me laugh a little because I’ve seen people take this sort of statement from SC to mean the usual “Katniss should be alone” interpretation but this is what I and Katniss have been saying for over a decade now

she takes love so, so seriously; this is why she isn’t going to settle into a little “romance” with Peeta … if she loves him, she’s going all the way, because that’s how she is, and that’s terrifying for her, and it’s why she’s so intense about the whole thing

so yeah it’s very lovergirl of her

[incorrectquoteshungergames]

I’m simply living for the announcement of other actors in sotr

[katniss-gray]

and its so good because they're literally announcing it like the games. ladies first, 2 at a time, and the entire fandom is SAT. do you think the capitol also said "god i hope it's marvel from district 1!!!!!" "no wait clove is looking SO good this year" and you cant help it!!!!! by engaging with the work, you're partaking in the heinous cruelty of the capitol. you can't wait to see which actor is going to die as your favorite character and im LIVING for this.

[incorrectquoteshungergames]

It’s a good strategy, though I think they only announced 2 at a time when it was Haymitch and Lenore. Maysilee and Plutarch were announced on different days

[katniss-gray]

maysilee and plutarch were only announced a day apart, maysilee first. I think my point would be a little more iffy if they continued to announce after plutarch (like 1 a day after that) but since they haven't, they're still very obviously a set imo.

[brynnsasha191]

When Snow first meets Maude Ivory in tbosbas he gives her a bag of candy as a kind gesture, then forty years later, Snow uses a bag of poisoned candy to murder Maude Ivory's one and only daughter and one of the last covey women. im unwell.