Yeah I’ve Always Thought It Was Wild That So Many People Base A Large Part Of Their Interpretation

Yeah I’ve always thought it was wild that so many people base a large part of their interpretation of Katniss on a single line said at one of her lowest points in the series

Too Often I See People Take That Final Line As Gospel: Katniss Is A Survivor, A Strong Independent Woman

too often I see people take that final line as gospel: Katniss is a survivor, a strong independent woman who doesn’t need a man; these things are technically true, but they are not what Katniss wants; she does not affirm Gale’s assessment of her, though many readers completely take it at face value that he’s correct; she is offended (she says it’s a horrible thing for Gale to say) that he doesn’t think love or passion will sway her decision; she’s so affronted by it that she wants Peeta to defend her, because Peeta would know (again, subconsciously, she is aware she loves him in a way that could, if he was more sure of her feelings, allow him to defend her approach to relationship), not really considering that Peeta hardly knows his own favorite color, let alone how to psychoanalyze his kind-of-girlfriend in this state

TLDR: Katniss isn’t unfeeling and her choice of Peeta isn’t just because he was the only one there; in fact, ironically, she is explicitly repulsed by that characterization of her

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1 year ago

thinking about how the hunger games were designed to prove that without society, order, government, someone to rule, we devolve into little more than animals, and how the games themselves prove over and over again that this is not true. We see it in every single game we witness.

Katniss placing flowers around Rue's body in the arena. Thresh sparing Katniss because she was kind to Rue, even though he was making it that much harder for himself to win.

Haymitch going back for Maysilee after hearing her scream even though their alliance had been broken. Haymitch holding her as she dies the same way Katniss did Rue.

Coral's "I can't have killed them all for nothing" when she realizes she's not going home. Lamina cutting down Marcus at great personal risk. And, my favorite moment in tbosas, Reaper collecting the bodies of his fellow tributes, his peers, even the ones who tried to kill him, into a pile. Taking the weapons from their hands. Closing their eyes and crossing their arms in the best approximation of a proper burial he can manage, covering them with the Capitol flag as a makeshift shroud.

The Games bring out the worst in people, yes. But despite the extreme circumstances, despite the exterior pressure of the Capitol, despite the fact that it could mean pain and heartbreak and death, it also shows that people have an enormous capacity for goodness. That even in a situation purposefully designed to make empathy impossible, people can't help but have it anyway.

Snow looks at the Games and all he can see is what's inside himself-- this pure animalistic drive to conquer and defeat. He kills and it feels good and he thinks that everyone else must feel that way too. He doesn't realize (maybe can't realize) that he is the exception, not the rule. He cannot see outside himself, outside his own warped perspective, to realize that the fact that people do show humanity in the games proves his entire worldview wrong.


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10 months ago

Getting sick around the fourth is hell. I just wanted some fresh air in my own backyard and instead I get second hand smoke from the sky


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10 months ago
Part 1 of a comic done in brownish red pencil. It shows a woman wearing a dark hijab, a doctor's coat and a stethoscope over her shoulder, holding a baby in blankets and smiling softly, her face seen in profile. Her nose has a slight bump. The baby is looking a bit to the side and smiling. She has a small amount of hair. The text above says "I am Dr. Huda Abu Khater". The text below says "I worked at Nasser Medical Hospital".
Part 2 of a comic done in brownish red pencil. With explosions and a building in the background, a tank enters the area. Closest to the viewer, a scared man is running, seen from the front and chest up. Behind, in front of the tank, the shape of a hijabi woman is clutching a baby, running away to the right. Some ways behind her, another figure is running in the same direction. The text above says "My daughter Soma was born there". The text below says "Two days later, we were bombed".
Part 3 of a comic done in brownish red pencil. With an explosion shape in the background, Dr Huda is running with Soma in her arms, both squeezing their eyes shut in fear and distress. The text above says "I carried her as I ran". The text below says "She nearly fell from my arms more than once".
Part 4 of a comic done in brownish red pencil. Soma, in her mouth a pacifier with three stars on it, is looking out from between blankets. She looks tired. The text above says "Now, she suffers from vomiting and blood in her stool". The text below says "The dirty water has given us both severe gastroenteritis".

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A photo of Dr. Huda holding her baby, Soma. Dr. Huda wears a dark blue hijab, a doctor's coat and a stethoscope. She has pale skin, dark eyes and dark brows. Soma, clutched to her mother's side in a white blanket, has a small amount of light hair and chubby cheeks, smiling in the photo. Behind them, two blue-beige rugs and a pink sheet are seen making up part of the structure of a tent. Below and to the left is a dark-colored basket or baby carrier, either way lined with blankets.
A photo of Dr. Huda holding her baby, Soma. Dr. huda wears a dark blue hijab, a doctor's coat and a stethoscope. She has pale skin, dark eyes, dark brows and a nose with a slight bump, seen in profile as she looks at Soma. Soma, clutched to her mother's side in a white blanket, has a small amount of light hair, and her eyes are wide, her mouth slightly open, making her look surprised in that way babies often are. Behind them, two blue-beige rugs and a pink sheet are seen making up part of the structure of a tent. Below and to the left is the top of a dark-colored basket or baby carrier, either way lined with blankets.

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3 months ago

You've heard of Katniss and Lucy Gray having Appalachian accents. You've heard of the Capitol having Mormon accents. Now get ready for: President Coin and 13 having New York accents


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1 year ago

Finished the game and I’m gonna be so real- I stand by what I said.

I’m watching my sister play Little Nightmares and I would die for this little girl I just want her to be SAFE


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