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The history of the mockingjay pin is so vital and idk why the movies changed it:

.Tam Amber (known by Lucy gray) and raised Lenore Dove made it for Maysilee Donner

.Maysilee Donner was the daughter of the mayor and best friend of katniss' mom, and would become a tribute of the 50th games - Haymitch's games

.Maysilee said if she ever made it out of the capitol maybe shed start wearing it

.Maysilee never got the chance but years later her twin sister (Merilee) gave it to her daughter Madge who gave it to Katniss because they were best friends

.So even after Maysilee died a part of her was the LITERAL face of the rebellion, she will never be silenced

And i just feel like that should be in the movies SO let me talk

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you think the mockingjay pin has real good luck?? i mean maysilee didn’t wear it and we all know what happens to her. but madge wears it at LEAST for the 74th (perhaps a bit of a morbid gift to her on the year where she’s the same age as her aunt was) if not years prior and she is never reaped

then katniss is gifted it and is protected in the games and after

#idk just thoughts #the hunger games #thg #katniss everdeen #the mockingjay #the mockingjay pin #madge undersee #maysilee donner #speaks #tam amber put some good luck into that thing #also thinking about how the mockingjay and humminbird pins would have been perfect for lucy gray and maude ivory

Okay but a piece of Maysilee Donner's jewelry becomes a symbol of the rebellion.

Even if she ignored it and thought it was ugly, I think she'd still love that

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How Grievers Love: What We Leave Behind

i was thinking about Maysilee (as I do at least once a day since SOTR). Specifically about how she didn't care for the mockingjay pin. About how it was something that became cherished because the people who loved her needed something to hold onto. how hilarious she would have found it to learn that this pin became a symbol for a revolution. (ESPECIALLY knowing how much it fucking HAUNTED Snow. Anyways, on a totally personal note, this reminded me of a story about my late fiance. When they died, the funeral services were in their home state of Indiana.

I'd been in a state of catatonic shock for days at this point that nothing could break me out of.

as i'm sitting in the front row watching the services, i hear music start up from the volunteer orchestra. (all friends of my late partner)

Now, my late partner was a musician. And a wonderful one at that, even dabbling in composing. They played the piano, the mandolin, the freaking MELODICA, and the cello (the cello being their favorite instrument) I immediately recognize the music that the orchestra has chosen to play as Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in D)

and, for the first time in 8 of the most horrific, gray, blurry days of my entire life - i managed to smile. see, the thing is....as a cellist, my partner fucking HATED that song. hated it with every part of their being. "look, it's nice. like it sounds really nice. it's a NICE sounding song... BUT IT'S THE SAME 8 FUCKING NOTES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. it's so fucking BORING to play"

so, hearing it playing at their funeral. how much it meant to the family, how lovely the service was - and how much they would have hated THAT exact song being played... i'd never wanted to laugh so badly in my entire life.

side side note... at the celebration of life that i had for them in Washington State, with all of their college friends and Seattle friends - i chose to start the service by playing this video. i feel it set the tone and i think (hope) that they would have really appreciated the joke.

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Just a girl gifting the most precious thing she has on her to show her friend how much she’s loved.

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The mockingjay pin

It feels so underwhelming to me that Maysilee just treated the mockingjay pin like a piece of junk that she thought was ugly, when in the original series it becomes such a big symbol.

The fact that Madge is so insistent for Katniss to wear it made it seem like it would be more important in Maysilee’s story than it ended up being.

Maysilee was rebellious, but she didn’t need a pin to signify it.

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Also the Mockingjay Pin is pure gold, and Katniss literally comments on how it could feed a family for months. so the idea that Katniss finds it in a random bin the black market and the old lady gives it to her for free is really funny to me.

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Boggs, who came to 2 when I did, told me that even with all the plotting, it was a little too easy to rescue Peeta. He believes if 13 hadn’t made the effort, Peeta would’ve been delivered to me anyway. Dropped off in an actively warring district or perhaps 13 itself. Tied up with ribbons and tagged with my name. Programmed to murder me.

Something about gifts within The Hunger Games series being double edged swords…