just thought about rue 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 she was just a baby omg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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just thought about rue 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 she was just a baby omg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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I mean this so seriously you get 0 opinion on Peeta Mellark unless you read the books. Every single dog shit opinion on my man that I have seen is coming from someone who has never read the books. “Peeta doesn’t know the first thing about Katniss” Tell me you’ve only seen the movies without telling me,,,,, omggggg
I like Gale when he's not bothering Katniss about a relationship or trying to create death traps
My most precious quote of all in Sunrise on the Reaping is “I didn't want to let them in, her and Peeta, but the walls of a person's heart are not impregnable, not if they have ever known love.”
BECAUSE love truly saves. I'm sick of people trying to devalue love as one of the main plots of The Hunger Games, when it constantly shows us that love builds, heals, and saves the characters. Haymitch, Katniss, and Peeta build their lives after trauma, pain, and loss with love as their foundation. Yes, love doesn't solve everything, but it's strong enough to give us hope every day if, and only if, we're brave enough to choose it, even if it means losing it at some point.
the thing about everlark is that it’s the best love story in ya fiction and you wouldn’t know that with just the movies. in fact, the movies make you wonder how something so bland was the focal love story.
I hate the hunger games movies (not the prequel ones, haven't watched, seem cool though)
the reason the story works is because you're experiencing it all THROUGH THE EYES of katniss
barely anything happens in the first book
SO little happens in the first book, but it thrives through her narration, the fact that we're seeing everything happen through the eyes of this teenager and the way she sees herself and the world around her
she thinks Peeta isn't trustworthy, she think's she's subpar in skills and nothing compared to the other contestants, she thinks her district hates her
you lose EVERYTHING that makes the story work when you force it to leave the formatting of a first person book which it was specifically BUILT AROUND and instead put it into a movie with third person camera objectivity and detachment from the protagonist
that first book is entertaining because despite barely anything actually happening, Katniss is constantly thinking and reflecting and that is INTERESTING
without katniss' inner monologues you have two hours of just girl in trees sometimes getting chased and barely speaking
and it SUCKS
I really adore the moment in Catching Fire where Katniss and Finnick prank Peeta while he's sleeping. Not only because it's a moment of Katniss being goofy and pranking her crush like the kid she forgets she is but because Finnick is twenty four and acting like the kid he never got to be.
this song is everlark coded
whenever I listen to a song more times than not my mind goes 'omg this reminds me of the hunger games' ... I cannot get it out of my head help help help
me vs every thought I have being about thg
What if hijacked Peeta regained his kindness (including to Katniss)?
i haven't read mockingjay in a hot minute so my memory is rusty But I think if hijacked peeta wasn't so hostile, the trajectory of mockingjay would be wayy different
if he still had his kindness from when he was first brought to d13, I doubt he'd attack katniss, I feel like he'd just be terrified instead if that makes sense.. if that happened I feel like katniss wouldn't have been as driven to be sent to d2, since he wouldn't have vehemently and aggressively called katniss a killer mutt to delly. that would mean katniss wouldn't have gotten shot, and she wouldn't be in the hospital room with johanna, and so on
HOWEVER, if peeta only regained his kindness a bit later in d13, I feel like he wouldn't have been so insulting during their meeting after odesta's wedding, and he mightve been able to actually be there. this would've reminded katniss of peeta's old self, and I feel like she would've been more inclined to help in his recovery more if she saw that tidbit of hope in him
also, if peeta was more agreeable and less hostile, coin definitely would've used him in more propos, especially propos with katniss. it wouldn't have been perfect and I feel like it would be reminiscent of the period in catching fire post-74th but also pre-victory tour where it's awkward and a bit tense. he also couldn't have been used as a weapon by coin to try take out katniss if he was less hostile..
sorry if this didn't answer the question or was incorrect, I haven't read mockingjay in a while 😭
the movies get me so bad cause how are 20 year old josh hutcherson and 20 year old jennifer lawrence supposed to be playing 12 year olds in that one scene where he throws her the bread.. cmon now
Here’s the thing with Peeta. Because he's viewed exclusively through the pov of someone in love with him and because at first glance a lot of his flaws are more palatable or easy to brush off they often are. However, low self-esteem, self-worth, and self-image dose not a perfect person make. The devaluing of your own life and impact on others is a flaw, especially when it leads to underestimating how much people need you and abandoning them even if in little ways. Projecting your own low opinion of yourself onto others actions towards you and assigning them motives that indicate an insult is understandable, especially when you’ve grown up in an environment where you were under regular verbal abuse and the intent and motive was negative and demeaning, but it’s still a flaw. Bottling up/repressing anger and withdrawing when hurt until it comes out in long stretches of cool distance and bad communication or uncharacteristic outbursts is a flaw. Going along with demeaning and inappropriate social behaviours towards the girl you love because you can understand there is a joke you’re not in on and are trying to adapt socially and blend in the midst of an unfamiliar and scary situation is shitty, insensitive teen boy behaviour. Understandable, and apologised for, but a flaw. Using an ability with words and charm to deflect moments of vulnerability isn’t exactly a flaw but it’s not open or honest.
He’s stubborn and logical and can be quit ruthless when he needs to be. He’s perfectionistic and overly self critical and doesn’t seem to like being praised even as being seen as stupid, weak, and lesser are clearly a sore spot and will assign those ideas about himself onto others even with little to no evidence that’s what their thinking. He avoids violence yet can lash out in anger when finally pushed too far. He gets frustrated and stubborn and closes himself off. He’s lonely and isolated and scared and seventeen and every flaw is so completely understandable. But ignoring them diminishes just how wonderful everything else about him is!
How kind and generous and thoughtful and intelligent he is, how precise and purposeful he is, how respectful and patient. He is hope and gentleness and the calm of the sunset on something better, he’s artistic and creative and nurturing. It wouldn’t matter as much if it didn’t come with negative sides. His kindness wouldn’t be as impactful if he didn’t have to choose it and work for it, kindness is a skill in a lot of ways it’s something that can be practised, kindness is something you choose and he chooses it over and over and over again, he chooses it over anger. His moments of vulnerability and openness wouldn’t mean anything if he was always like that, if it wasn’t earned and if he didn’t try and avoid it. The moments he thaws and comforts wouldn’t mean as much if it was constant, if he didn’t also withdraw and shutdown, if he’s not choosing this. Choosing the right thing over and over again.
Because yeah, Peeta’s baseline philosophy and nature is kindness, but you don’t get as good at it as he is, especially not in the environment and world he was raised in, without making the choice to reach for. And stripping him of his flaws not only makes him a far less interesting and realistic character but also takes away a lot of his agency and a lot of what makes his brilliant moments so good. He’s a scared traumatised seventeen year old trying his best, trying over and over again to choose the right thing, and sometimes he doesn’t, sometimes he missteps or his plans don’t work or an insecurity manifests in a way unfair to both him and those around him. But he tries so hard to do the right thing and goddam it he deserves a few flaws.
honestly Im not too mad about any of the sotr castings even though some are different to how I imagined cause I see the movies as wayy different to the books anyways
whenever I read the og trilogy I don't imagine the movie actors as the characters at all 😭
glad you all enjoyed auntie maysilee! here's grunkle haymitch
just thought too hard about haymitch and lenore dove and now I'm distraught
the fact that I can't compare the ballad of songbirds and snakes to the handmaid's tale for my literature coursework is so heartbreaking ugggghhhh
there's so many comparisons guys I swear it doesn't matter that tbosas is technically a YA novel guys please