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Katniss hunts. Peeta bakes. Haymitch drinks. I blog.
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hugsandnoregrets

Rereading The Hunger Games and realizing that Peeta is the first person outside of her family to show Katniss intentional kindness in her life and she was so used to being left to suffer and kindness being an accident that she literally didn’t even contemplate until the next morning that he may have intentionally burnt the bread, knowing he would be physically punished, because he cared for and loved this girl he barely knew - she couldn’t comprehend anyone showing her that kindness, but that’s WHO PEETA IS AND

#peeta is always the gold standard
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evilphrog

One of my favorite parts of the Hunger Games was how, in the beginning, Katniss was jealous amd resentful of the townies for not having to work in the coal mines. Then, over time, she realizes they aren't the true enemy. Then she sees the other district kids as so much better off than she is, because at least they don't come from district 12. But then she realizes they aren't the enemy either. And then she hates the other victors, before realizing they have all been exploited just as much as she has. So the enemy must be the Capitol citizens, who benefit from the exploitation of the districts, right? Wrong again. They are just uninformed and pampered people who have been kept in the dark about the true horrors faced by the rest of the country. Most of them, when push comes to shove, are perfectly willing to help the war efforts.

And slowly, over the three books, all theses separate factions of downtrodden people start to see each other as allies instead of enemies, and that is what propells them to eventual victory over the true enemy, the government that tried to pit them against each other. Just fun, totally fictional things to think about that have nothing whatsoever to do with our current life.

#I’ll be the unpopular opinion and say yeah but also no#depending on which side of the political divide you’re on#you’ll see the message of thg as anti government anti socialism#coz panem authoritarianism & economic system is closer to socialism than capitalism#but in 2021 most of y’all are still not ready for that conversation#or you’ll see the message of thg mainly as government sanctioned class warfare in order for elites to maintain power#still not completely accurate coz thg had a very simplistic argument about economic divide#or you don’t fully agree with either takes coz I don’t#thg is not a critique of our government or war tbh (pro or anti) it’s a critique on our humanity#individually or collectively#it’s not wrong to have become more politically active or socially aware from reading thg even tho not everything is a direct parallel irl#but i am wary of any political take on thg that nitpicks on what the books said or did or didn’t#coz even in the end katniss also realized snow wasn’t the real enemy which is partly why she ended up killing coin#it still all went back to how they saw each other and whose children had more value#& why after everything it’s fucked up that the solution is another hunger games for Capitol children#sure let’s on work on making the government work for the people#but we still live a system where the people have different ideas on how the gov should function for the ppl#and yes voter suppression & big money & Gerrymadering#but the last five years esp the last year showed the extent people can be indifferent & individualistic that they will act#and voted against your rights your safety your liberty etc#not saying those in power are off the hook but who was the gop trying to please when they voted Liz Cheney out#trump who is no longer in office or is it the people who voted for him & need thier voted for midterms#who was hoarding gas this week like they hoarded to last year but refuse to wear mask or get vaccinated#maybe before trying to take down the government talk to your family first
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rosenacree

commission for @oakfarmer12  💗 

From that scene where Peeta prevents Katniss from taking the nightlock pill… and the dialogue we deserved but didn’t get from the movie 😤

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Why don't people get that everything Katniss did was for survival.

Just plain, old survival. Not for love, not for marriage, not for power; just to survive the things that were happening around her, and save her family along the road.

She volunteered when Prim's life was threatened in a game to the death, acted like she was in love with Peeta, played along with Snow, agreed to marry someone she barely knew, teamed up with tributes, and so many other things just because she wanted to keep herself and her family safe.

So please don't just waddle in here and go “The Hunger Games is a great love story!” because it isn't.

It's a fight for survival, with so so many gruesome things along the way.

Please think about this before you talk to me about the series again.

Getting real tired of the love story take.

Sincerely, one fed up bookworm

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Yeah write in all bold large letters all you want but Katniss didn’t do everything for survival. If she did, she would have turned out to be a very different character and made a lot of very selfish choices, like not volunteering for her sister, letting peeta die, and not becoming the mockingjay.

Does she have survival instincts? Yes. But a lot of things she did, she did out of love and goes against those said survival instincts, even if at that time she rationalize it as something else: her duty to protect Prim, a debt to be paid to peeta, guilt from people who had died coz of her.

#it’s 2021 it’s time to retire your cynical hot takes on katniss and what motivates her#like the whole series is about not having apathy and being indifferent to survive#the hunger games#katniss everdeen
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Maysilee: Canary in the Coal Mine
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by WildcatPacer

“Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the winner of the 50th annual Hunger Games…. Maysilee Donner! I give you… the blonde beauty from District 12!” What if the drunk was never the mentor? What if the Mockingjay had a mother bird to turn to for guidance? What if the Boy with the Bread had a happier childhood? What if Maysilee Donner was Twelve’s second Victor of the Hunger Games?

Words: 131196, Chapters: 33/33, Language: English

#thg fanfic#I read the first chapter and I loved it#and I was going to be like#pls read this fic and support it so the writer will finish it#but all chapters are posted already?#idk#they said it’s only 9 chapters but then there’s 48#chapters and the fic is marked completed#anyways I haven’t been excited about a thg fic in a long time so go check out this one
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Reasons The Hunger Games Works and None of the Knock-Offs Do:

I just reread The Hunger Games Trilogy, and I have some thoughts about why they work so well and so many others just don’t.

  • Katniss Is Lucky: At every turn Katniss gets lucky. This isn’t a “anyone could have done this but no one’s tried before” or “main characters is special in some way” story. If Katniss’s name had been called instead of Prim’s, she probably wouldn’t have won. If anyone other then Peeta had been called she wouldn’t have won. If Cinna had picked any other year to become a stylist she wouldn’t have won. If her father hadn’t been a hunter she wouldn’t have won. If Madge didn’t give her the pin (how Rue decided to trust her) she wouldn’t have won. I can’t really explain why this is so important to me, but it is. Katniss isn’t special or super powered. She’s lucky.
  • Katniss Is A Symbol and 13 Has an Army: Katniss is not a rebel leader. There isn’t a group of ragtag teenagers who follow her and take on a corrupt government all on their own. She’s a symbol to inspire the people in the districts to fight, but no one ever puts her in charge of an army. Why should they? She’s a 17 year old, traumatized, child. The only time we do see Katniss lead is at the end of Mockingjay, and then it’s a group of about ten people, most of who end up dead and the mission doesn’t succeed. More importantly, 13 beats the capital because they have a fully functioning, highly trained, military ready to go.
  • These Are CHILDREN: Yes, every young adult story focuses on a teenager, but so many of these stories seem to forge they’re talking about teenagers. They act as if they are twenty somethings, or in the society set up you are considered an adult at 16. The Hunger Games hammers you over the head with the fact that these are kids. Katniss goes to school. I do not know a single hunger games rip off where the main character goes to completely normal every day school.
  • The Death’s Aren’t Shock Value: Yes, Prim’s death is shocking. It’s heartbreaking. I knew it was coming and still cried. That’s not why it’s there though. The point is how far Coin is willing to go to make sure Katniss is on her side. Everyone else’s deaths also have a point. Finnick and the others on Katniss’s team show the sacrifice people are willing to make for the cause and for Katniss. Cinna to show Katniss what happens when she resists. Rue is the cruelty of the game. Madge, the cruelness of the capital.
  • The Goal Is Clear: Mazerunner comes to mind with this one. What was the actual goal after the first book? Hell if I know. In The Hunger Games series there’s no fancy plan or convoluted thing they need to do. The plan is simple. Hunger Games and Catching Fire: “Don’t die”. Mockingjay there’s a lot of background stuff happening, but for Katniss the goal is always one thing: kill Snow. Everything she does is a straightforward line to that goal for almost the entire book.
  • Gale and Peeta: Both Gale and Peeta are totally realistic and reasonable love interests for Katniss. Neither of them are always nice or always perfect, but it easy to see why Katniss struggles to balance the two of them. There is no clear choice between the two. More importantly, the choice is representative of a larger concept. Katniss herself makes the comparison, saying Gale is rage and Peeta is calm. It’s not just between two guys, it’s between two ways of life and what Katniss needs in her life.
  • She Picks Peeta: I can not stress enough how important this is. In any of the knock offs I guarantee you that she would have picked Gale. Or, more accurately what would have happened is they would have switched Gale and Peeta’s personalities. Peeta would have been the angry, tortured, mysterious guy, and Gale would have been the kind, artistic, best friend. In this case, she would have still picked Peeta, but the whole point would have been lost. For all intents and purposes it would have been picking Gale. But no. Katniss picks Peeta. She picks calm and peace rather then giving in to Gale’s anger.
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@literatureladies mission 07 : archetypes — Katniss Everdeen as The Amazon

“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”