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Katniss: I can't believe I'm being forced to marry Peeta. I have no interest in boys or a relationship. I never want to get married. I'm so fUrIoUSsSSs!!! Shut up Effie no OnE CarEs!!!!!

*2 hours later*

Katniss: WOW I can't wait for Peeta to see me wearing his favorite color.

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This along with the yelling when Katniss is in and out of consciousness recovering from the Games, makes me believe that Snow intended to sell her and Peeta regardless of being the Star Crossed Lovers.

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Thank you all, for the bread by Street-Angel

I turn to Rue's family. "But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mind. I see her in the yellow flowers that grow in the Meadow by my house. I see her in the mockinjays that sing in the trees. But most of all, I see her in my sister, Prim." My voice is undependable, but I am almost finished. "Thank you for your children." I raise my chin to address the crowd. "And thank you all for the bread." I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me. There's a long pause. Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue's four-note mockingjay tune. The one that signalled the end of the workday in the orchards. The one that meant safety in the arena. By the end of the tune, I have found the whistler, a wizened old man in a faded red shirt and overalls. His eyes meet mine. What happens next is not an accident. It is too well executed to be spontaneous, because it happens in complete unison. Every person in the crowd pressed the three middle fingers of their left hand against their lips and extends them to me. It's our sign from District 12, the last goodbye I gave Rue in the arena. P. 75 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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"At this moment, it's impossible to imagine how I could do any better. The gift...it is perfect. So when I rise up on tiptoe to kiss him, it doesn't seem forced at all."

Katniss Everdeen, Catching Fire pg 59

This is such a good example of how Katniss is an unreliable narrator. She often uses tricky wording when she describes her feelings. I think it goes back to her defense mechanism of shutting everyone out. It's not really that she's out of touch with emotion but that she hasn't experienced these types of feelings before and she's spent years constructing a wall between herself and romantic notions. She knows what romance looks like because of her parents and overhearing other girls talk but she has no context for the actual feelings and bodily reactions. She clearly experiences a rush of affection here but because we are in her mind we get the diluted version. The very first time I read THG this was the moment I knew without a doubt that she would be with Peeta. How bout you? What was your moment?

Drabble Challenge: reimagine this quote, and as much of the surrounding text as you like, in third person.

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"It's hard for me to talk about [Rue and Thresh] without getting emotional."

Katniss Everdeen, Catching Fire pg 57

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"In the hallway outside my door, Haymitch gives my shoulder a pat and says, 'You could do a lot worse, you know.'"

Catching Fire pg 45

I really feel like this moment was distorted by fanon and the movie. This is supposed to be a tender (Haymitch's version of tender) moment. This is not biting, sarcastic, or confrontational. He is not big on physical contact or really any contact at all and yet he pats her on the shoulder. He is trying to reassure and encourage her. This is Haymitch comforting Katniss. Is it enough or the best? No. But he's still trying. If he didn't care about her he wouldn't bother to try at all.

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Peeta’s Paintings by iheartart121

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"As long as we live, they will not hunger."

Katniss Everdeen, Catching Fire pg 59