we all know the obvious foreshadowing in ABOSAS about coriolanus hating mockingjays. but i thought about it more and i think it pertains to more than just katniss.
he calls mockingjays “unnatural” and that’s part of the reason he hates them so much. but that got me thinking…
it’s referenced a few times that katniss’ parents were an unlikely marriage. a seam kid and a merchant kid. that parallels birds, too.
burdock is the mockingbirds- covey, musical, a songbird. but also 100% district too.
asterid is the jabberjay. meant to belong to the capitol because of her higher status being a merchant kid, slightly less scummy than seam kids. but like the jabberjays mating with the mockingbirds, she broke off from capitol expectations and married a seam kid, and had their little mockingjay.















