#sotr thoughts

[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.

[sprnklersplashes]

idk man there's just something about the capitol doing everything in their power to erase haymitch's humanity and love for his allies and crafting a purely selfish, callous image of him to send back to the districts only for him to still be greeted with support and care when he returns to district 12, even from louella's family. I don't know if I can even articulate it but yeah... the capitol tried but they couldn't erase the love and the community that already existed in the districts.

[happybookshistoryhero]

currently crying over Haymitch and his kids. Katniss is his niece from another life yet she is so much like him how could he not love her like a daughter. Katniss is his righteous fury, his gruff protectiveness but Peeta is who he wanted to be. He wanted to grow old with his girl. He wanted marriage and a family. He was a lover boy forced to fight. But in Peeta he sees what his life could have been.

[msmoony7]

whenever the movie comes out i just want everyone to know that i was a fan of wyatt callow before everyone else

[notsotrashyromancebooks]

Katniss survived because she did not rebel , until the last second of the games. When she refused to kill Peeta. Until that moment , she just wanted to win and get back to Prim. Sure, she hated the capital and would have loved to do something to take them down, but she did not have what it took to take action. Haymitch rebelled too early , before he went into the games , when Snow still held all the power.

Katniss survived because she rebelled when Snow needed a winner.

Katniss never wanted to be the Mockingjay , but it was the right time.

Haymitch was the Mockinjay , he was THE rebel, just at the wrong time.

Katniss was luckier.

[guinejpg]

20 pages of Maysilee versus the Capitol and 380 pages of the Newcomers trying to take the gun back

[lenoredovehq]

the take that haydove would eventually grow apart had lenore dove survived is so tone-deaf and has no ground it’s like people didn’t even read the book.

if lenore dove was alive, the whole trilogy would’ve changed.

that’s the whole point. her survival would’ve changed MANY things.

for a start, haymitch wouldn’t had been able to keep away from her for long. he only starts pushing everyone away after she dies.

lenore dove would’ve been the only person he had left. he would’ve become dependent on her, on the reassurance that she’s alive and breathing, right next to him.

he would’ve craved her comfort and she would’ve been the only one who could offer him a small sense of peace within all those ghosts and nightmares haunting his house.

haymitch was the man of the house. he was a caretaker, and ever since his pa died, all he thought about was how to protect his family. he knew people were depending on him for their survival.

he had never been on the other side of it.

lenore dove, on the other hand, had always been free to run as wild as the wind. no one depended on her for their livelihood.

with her suvrival, those roles would’ve changed.

their love would’ve caused both of them to be on the other side for the very first time.

haymitch would have to learn how to accept the help; how to let someone else take care of him for a change.

lenore dove would’ve understood how important her life and survival is to haymitch, because she would’ve seen a side of him she’s never seen before.

she would’ve seen his scar—the reminder of everything he endured during his time in the capitol—and she would’ve watched, year after year, as the capitol continued to break her boy down. she would’ve known of what the capitol did to ma and sid.

this would’ve changed lenore dove and the character that we know in many different ways. she would’ve been shaped by the different experiences and new information that she had to process, all because someone she deeply loves was directly affected by the games.

haymitch had always been a rebel himself. he has been raised in a rebellious household, and the idea that he wouldn’t be able to handle lenore dove’s rebellion is also very diminishing to both their characters.

lenore dove would NEVER get herself into danger while knowing that her boy’s peace of mind is hanging by the thread of her survival.

she would’ve encouraged his willingness to participate in the revolution, and would’ve involve herself too, offering help in whichever way she could.

i don’t think they would’ve had any children, not after everything they’ve gone through, but i do know with certainty they would’ve been partners for life. their ideals and beliefs beautifully compliment each other and they would’ve only developed and grown side-by-side, if she had survived.

she would’ve undoubtedly been there, helping haymitch in ways no one else could, and she would’ve played a critical part in the revolution too.

[bunnyshideawayy]

c @ heartsforeffie on tiktok

okay WAIT!!!! i haven’t read the og HG trilogy since i was in middle school so im running off memory but while reading sotr i just couldn’t help but feel like we see/know of effie’s sister from the first three books too. this theory/headcanon is heartbreaking and we all know SC doesn’t do coincidence!