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Thinking about how incredibly brave it was of Suzanne to make the main love interest a kind, sensitive, emotionally intelligent, disabled, stocky blond in 2008 when the trend at the time was skinny, tall, lanky, sarcastic, hates-everyone-but-main character, rageboy. And how absolutely genius it was to have BOTH of those types in the same series and have Katniss choose Peeta. Groundbreaking.

Savannah Brown, from Closer Baby Closer; “What you realize after the fight”

let her cook

I love that every victor from District 12 won by breaking the rules.

Katniss was proficient with a bow and in a forest because she went past the fence and hunted game illegally; Peeta survived because Katniss threatened for the games to not have a victor after the promised rule (presumably influenced by Haymitch?) if he wasn’t saved; Haymitch won because he used the capitol forcefield against his opponent, bringing their weapon into his game; Lucy won because of rat poison brought into the arena and Snow feeding her scent to the snakes.

There was not a victor from twelve that didn’t backhand the Capitol with their survival. lmao.

nothing brings me more peace than knowing that katniss everdeen spends the rest of her life eating warm cheese buns and being held every night by a man who loves her more than life itself. she deserves everything

Suzanne Collins is one of the few contemporary writers who realizes the importance of names in her stories and the significance they bear. They add so many layers to the story, additional meanings that otherwise would not have existed.

The original trilogy:

TBOSAS

There are so many other names that have historical (mostly Roman and Greek) connotations—Plutarch, Seneca, Cinna—but also regular names like Trinket and Beetee bear meanings that represent the character beautifully.

Names are important. For any lover of literature or (aspiring) writers, please look closely at them. They can shape your story into something unique.

Feel free to correct me if I’ve said something wrong. I know there are many names missing, but I can only add so many examples ✊🏻😔

Despite the fact that Gale looks like he's from the Seam, was also a coal miner and a hunter, Katniss almost never associates him with her father, her most favorite person in the world. The few times she does its usually in reference to the significant loss they shared. The one exception to this is the lake, her last place of refuge.

The person she most often associates with her father (and her mother for that matter) is Peeta. Peeta is the person that always brings up her father's beautiful voice, his squirrel trading and the Plant book that kept Katniss alive. The shared memory of her father's singing voice is one of the things that helps Peeta start to recover his memories. Her father's Hanging Tree song is so closely associated with the tragedy of Peeta and Katniss's relationship. A lot of their physical affection reminds Katniss of her parents.

(Katniss basically takes all her softer emotions and locks them away and usually Peeta is the only person who can help her access them)

((sometimes daddy issues are chic)

I didn’t expect the Louella story line. I really didn’t. And then when it happened, I couldn’t stop thinking about Peeta’s storyline. They both came back changed. Only, Haymitch knew that Louella wasn’t even Louella. Did he think the same about Peeta? At least in the beginning, was he doubting which Peeta came back? Who came back? Can you imagine how terrified he’d have been with the sheer idea of having to tell Katniss that it wasn’t really him?

What gets to me is that as similar as Haymitch is to Katniss and Peeta, he’s still so much himself in how much more open he is relative to them ? None of the abandonment issues of Katniss from physical and emotional neglect. None of the defensive self-esteem issues of Peeta from abuse. His issues with himself are normal for a 16 year old in Panem. He’s just a boy with a family he trusts, with a friend he’s open with not because of survival, and a girl he loves. It’s such a tragic fall. Katniss and Peeta came in with so much self-loathing, we see the trigger for Haymitch’s.

president snow is literally THE incel. had a failed situationship ONCE and decided that no woman could ever love a man and that women cannot be trusted

warned haymitch about lenore dove

was convinced katniss didn’t love peeta

64 years later and he was still bitter

the flint striker. the picturesque landscape. the sweet, disorienting spring smell. the ripe berries and apples. the glittering stream. the berms of flowers concealing hatches. the volcano that didn't actually spew lava. the tokens that concealed bomb components.

the heavily ommited footage. the card stacking. the reaction shots. the 5 minute delay. the early cut-off. louella's body double. the editing to make it seamless. the propos they shot.

“Well, you know I like my pretty with a purpose,” - Lenore Dove

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

still haven't seen this version

thinking about how haymitch and lenore dove found it so important to keep their relationship THEIRS. how they didn’t want their love used as part of the game.

thinking about how katniss and peeta never had that choice. :(

I always laugh when people paint Peeta as a soft, innocent, almost a push over type of guy. Like this boy was eating Katniss up in arguments, making innuendos while on his deathbed, and beating up guys if they threaten his girl. Like come on now.

botany lore drop time w ur local biologist: burdock root is a medicinal plant with anti inflammatory and antibacterial properties. it’s family? asteraceae. order? asterales. clade? asterid.

suzanne i’m in ur fucking walls