there are a lot of things that happen in sunrise on the reaping i can accept individually. like, on their own, i can accept that:
haymitch wasn’t actually reaped for his games
haymitch was best friends with katniss’s dad
haymitch is dating a covey girl
katniss’s dad is related to the covey
plutarch runs the media for district 12
plutarch identifies haymitch as a potential rebel
haymitch’s mentors were wiress and mags
beetee was forced to mentor his son in the 50th games
beetee quickly trusts haymitch to run a rebel plot
effie’s sister and effie are present during haymitch’s games
the tributes in the 50th games were trying to collude against the capitol
haymitch had his own interactions with snow before his games began
haymitch’s plot to destroy the arena fails, and they still let him live
haymitch called katniss sweetheart because she reminded him of louella
i just really struggle with accepting all of this. how everyone was already so interconnected and yet it took another 25 years and a girl who was kept entirely out of the loop to bring down the system.