#thg thoughts

[hauntedfictionland]

the spark, the ignition, the fire — victors of district twelve

THE HUNGER GAMES: the ballad of songbirds and snakes, sunrise on the reaping and catching fire.

[reapedagain]

This fandom is allergic to happiness

[you-askedforthis]

Just thinking about how in Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Lucy Gray says, “the show’s not over until the mockingjay sings”

And how at the end of Mockingjay Katniss is mute until she talks to Snow and votes yes for another hunger games.

But it’s only after she kills Coin and is imprisoned in her old room in the training center that she starts to sing…

[brynnsasha191]

Am I the only one who, for some reason, can't not constantly think about the memorials Katniss references in the epilogue?

"The arenas have been completely destroyed, the memorials built."

Is there a memorial for all the children who were murdered in the hunger games? All 1,725 of them? Did someone manage to dig up the names of all the past tributes? Can Haymitch go to the capitol and run his fingers over the L in Louella's name? Can Katniss look at Rue's name, engraved in something permanent?

Is there a memorial for all the rebel soldiers who died while fighting the capitol? Does Finnick's name reside right next to Prim's on a big glossy slab of marble or granite?

[annoying-vegan]

The fact that we never see Katniss talking with her family about the fake pregnancy Peeta made up in Catching Fire is so funny to me-like, did they talk about it off page? Did they just assume it was true and she lost the baby? Did they automatically know it was a lie without having to discuss it? There are so many questions and every possible scenario is increasingly ridiculous.

[notsotrashyromancebooks]

Can you imagine that fiddler in Mockingjay playing all the songs. They danced for hours. Every single song he could. Finally playing to his hearts content. Trying to remember each and every song for each and every member of the covey that died that was killed.

[fox1face]

I hate it when THG fans get super defensive when someone say that it's a romance. Because even though romance isn't the main purpose of the book, it is a great love story. If not for the characters feelings, alot of the events wouldn't have happened, and most of the characters actions are fuelled by their love. And I think we should give Suzanne Collins alot more credit for her amazing writing.

[oh-whale13]

Gale walked into military brainwashing with his eyes open. He willingly volunteered himself as a tool for violence. Peeta didn't want the Capitol to make a monster of him. He was unwillingly forced into becoming a tool for violence and even then he eventually healed from and overcame that.

And THAT is where they differ. Gale believes the world is changed through force. Peeta believes the world is changed through radical love. They both want positive change. They are both capable of and guilty of violence. But one believes it acceptable as a means to an end and the other doesn't.

Gale is a necessary part of the story. As a girl, trust, I hate him too. But as a writer, I recognize he adds depth to the story and shows you that there is a wrong way to go about positive change.

There's also an interesting contrast to his one sided pissing contest over Katniss with Peeta. Gale feels a sense of ownership over her and, in doing so, fails to recognize her person hood. Peeta never robs Katniss of her person hood because he recognizes her innate power of autonomy and choice. Peeta makes his opinions and decisions known, to be sure, but he respects Katniss' decisions and ability to come to her own conclusions.