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district 12
wtf, this is so good?!!!!
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Peeta Mellark is an integral member of the four D12 victors. He is literally the sunset on the reaping! How is this not clear? I’ve never wanted to report people for bad literary analysis more and I’m only half joking. It has forced me to commit a cardinal sin: analyze in anger!
1. Him being chosen by absolute accident is the point. Not only does he represent every single other tribute who simply gets chosen because they live in a messed up country but he represents how even with some odds being in your favor (older siblings, merchant family, being white, being popular, etc.) you are still very likely to be victimized by the oppressive structure of Panem.
2. When Haymitch says, “But she was smarter than me, or luckier” - the luck is all the people around Katniss who created the circumstances for her to lead a successful revolution (her father teaching her to hunt, the arena having woods, Rue healing her with leaves, Thresh not killing her, Haymitch consistently giving her support, her mother teaching her aspects of medicine, on and on and on) and Peeta is the number one, most important part of her luck in the first book. She has someone in the games actively putting her life before his… are you kidding? There is legitimately no better luck than that.
3. Even if we take Katniss out of it, Peeta is so impactful as a victor because most of his scenes would not be cut/doctored. What’s there to edit out? Instead, the viewers get a full view of him loving a girl so selflessly, using trickery and strategy instead of violence, keeping himself alive through art, joking on literal death’s door, and sharing so much of himself with the audience it becomes harder for them not to see him as a real human boy. How rare do you think that is for the games? Haymitch and LGB are caricatures of themselves in the games, playing roles that flatten them down. Even Katniss becomes one dimensional on screen without Peeta (and Rue, of course). It is also heavily implied that he does not kill anyone during the games (in a straightforward way) and even if you count Cato or the girl from 8 or even foxface, it’s never him hunting them or seeking out a kill - again how rare do you think that is to see on screen for Games viewers?
4. I didn’t think this needed to be said but: Katniss dies without Peeta in the first games. a) she goes for the bow and dies in the bloodbath; b) she is hunted and killed by Careers; c) she is killed by game makers because there’s no love story angle to keep them from just burning her entirely; d) she dies from tracker jacker stings or Cato because Peeta doesn’t defend her or tell her to run… I could go on…
5. But even if she does win and wins alone - the victory means as much (I would argue less than) any other rebellious victor winning, certainly less than Haymitch’s win. The biggest rebellion for their games is that two of them win! This is legit the only thing that distinguishes them from any other sympathetic, kind child who would have won the games. Like if Haymitch or Finnick or Wiress winning isn’t jarring enough for the Games to end… why do you think Katniss killing Peeta and winning solo would be? It would not.
6. And finally, I cannot stress this enough: There is no peaceful end to the rebellion or the trilogy without Peeta. “Peeta’s a whiz with fires” (HG) for a reason! Collins, over and over, shows us how fire can get out of control and destroy even those who are innocent and who you love (Gale, Beete, Peeta’s family, Haymitch’s family). If everyone really burns, there’s no one to clean the ashes. The reason not everyone burns is because of people like Peeta who can coax the flames in a way that is nurturing and consistent. I mean…. “Peeta fashioned some kind of incubator” is such an obvious detail. Those goslings don’t hatch without Peeta, life does not go on in peace and joy without Peeta.
It is no coincidence that when Maysilee says Lenore Dove got the “jump on us all” (in being a rebel), she is referring to LD using orange paint to make protest art!
We must stop pushing Peeta Mellark out of the narrative! He is literally the sunset on the reaping!
Op will you marry me?
I love that you said this. I love that you felt this. I love that you went back and pulled all these details and points together to their correct conclusion. I love that you used orange font.
It has always been one of my biggest annoyances that people dismiss Peeta like he doesn’t belong in the bigger Rebellion. Like he’s just the oopsies Victor, and he’s not. Yes he’s blond, yes he’s not Seam, but he is just as present in action and symbolism as Katniss, Haymitch, and Lucy Gray. And Maysilee, Sejanus, and Snow.
I am already married but if you can offer financial assistance/healthcare or general mental stability to the relationship, I can talk to my partner about an arrangement.
Thank you for loving my rant. I actually think that Suzanne (probably, hopefully without trying) adds to this erasure by consistently making somewhat excessive connections between Haymitch, Covey and Katniss through the prequels. At some point, you gotta go… ummmm what about that other guy? Anyone friends with his dad maybe? Can someone make cheese buns or something? 😂 I know there’s a shitload of connections to Peeta too and eventually I’ll put them in a different rant but they are much less in your face so I think readers are missing it and erasing my son!
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His first real birthday
I am not mentally stable enough for the kind of fanart this book is going to inspire…
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now that we’ve established that something akin to ghosts can exist in Panem I am doubling down on my emotional support ghost stories about Peeta receiving assistance from the beyond when he’s hijacked and adding Burdock to Lucy Gray’s “protect the small child” squad … laugh all you want but Suzanne said Burdock sang his way into Peeta’s troubled mind so at least one of those Covey-kin are watching over him in some way …
Untold/Unravelled on AO3 (Peeta is visited by Burdock in his cell + Hozier.)
I’m going to drop this here and run away embarrassed
Peeta Mellark is an integral member of the four D12 victors. He is literally the sunset on the reaping! How is this not clear? I’ve never wanted to report people for bad literary analysis more and I’m only half joking. It has forced me to commit a cardinal sin: analyze in anger!
1. Him being chosen by absolute accident is the point. Not only does he represent every single other tribute who simply gets chosen because they live in a messed up country but he represents how even with some odds being in your favor (older siblings, merchant family, being white, being popular, etc.) you are still very likely to be victimized by the oppressive structure of Panem.
2. When Haymitch says, “But she was smarter than me, or luckier” - the luck is all the people around Katniss who created the circumstances for her to lead a successful revolution (her father teaching her to hunt, the arena having woods, Rue healing her with leaves, Thresh not killing her, Haymitch consistently giving her support, her mother teaching her aspects of medicine, on and on and on) and Peeta is the number one, most important part of her luck in the first book. She has someone in the games actively putting her life before his… are you kidding? There is legitimately no better luck than that.
3. Even if we take Katniss out of it, Peeta is so impactful as a victor because most of his scenes would not be cut/doctored. What’s there to edit out? Instead, the viewers get a full view of him loving a girl so selflessly, using trickery and strategy instead of violence, keeping himself alive through art, joking on literal death’s door, and sharing so much of himself with the audience it becomes harder for them not to see him as a real human boy. How rare do you think that is for the games? Haymitch and LGB are caricatures of themselves in the games, playing roles that flatten them down. Even Katniss becomes one dimensional on screen without Peeta (and Rue, of course). It is also heavily implied that he does not kill anyone during the games (in a straightforward way) and even if you count Cato or the girl from 8 or even foxface, it’s never him hunting them or seeking out a kill - again how rare do you think that is to see on screen for Games viewers?
4. I didn’t think this needed to be said but: Katniss dies without Peeta in the first games. a) she goes for the bow and dies in the bloodbath; b) she is hunted and killed by Careers; c) she is killed by game makers because there’s no love story angle to keep them from just burning her entirely; d) she dies from tracker jacker stings or Cato because Peeta doesn’t defend her or tell her to run… I could go on…
5. But even if she does win and wins alone - the victory means as much (I would argue less than) any other rebellious victor winning, certainly less than Haymitch’s win. The biggest rebellion for their games is that two of them win! This is legit the only thing that distinguishes them from any other sympathetic, kind child who would have won the games. Like if Haymitch or Finnick or Wiress winning isn’t jarring enough for the Games to end… why do you think Katniss killing Peeta and winning solo would be? It would not.
6. And finally, I cannot stress this enough: There is no peaceful end to the rebellion or the trilogy without Peeta. “Peeta’s a whiz with fires” (HG) for a reason! Collins, over and over, shows us how fire can get out of control and destroy even those who are innocent and who you love (Gale, Beete, Peeta’s family, Haymitch’s family). If everyone really burns, there’s no one to clean the ashes. The reason not everyone burns is because of people like Peeta who can coax the flames in a way that is nurturing and consistent. I mean…. “Peeta fashioned some kind of incubator” is such an obvious detail. Those goslings don’t hatch without Peeta, life does not go on in peace and joy without Peeta.
It is no coincidence that when Maysilee says Lenore Dove got the “jump on us all” (in being a rebel), she is referring to LD using orange paint to make protest art!
We must stop pushing Peeta Mellark out of the narrative! He is literally the sunset on the reaping!
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SPOILERS for Sunrise on the Reaping!
I scrambled to draw this and now my heart hurts. Why Suzanne why
How do you even do this?
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learning burdock is a potato substitute broke me.. in light of this i narrowed down toastbaby names to these two options:
- Carrot and Beetroot
- Potayto and Potahto
Then you are definitely not ready for this:
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Catching Fire book everlark (pre victory tour: district casual vibes)
so pretty ✨✨✨
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Mom and dad
The reluctant guardians of D12's victors, Haymitch and Effie, I especially wanted to draw Haymitch as I picture him before SotR comes out.
absolutely beautiful
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I would die for this drawing
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“you believe me like a god / i’ll destroy you like i am”
— i’m your man, Mitski
mayhaps my favorite?
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Gale: i have no chance with katniss if peeta is hurt she literally only cares about fixing people it's like she doesn't even love me
Peeta: do i like breathing i think i do
Katniss: i need to kill the president
the best mockingjay analysis? i think so
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I’m still really proud of this hunger games cover design I did for practice.
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some everlark + haymitch + buttercup silliness i drew for a friend's bday!
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figured I’d share some assorted hunger games art too, trying to build up my tumblr page a bit, my Instagram is pretty beefed up already but let’s get this train going too xoxo
gosh I love hunger games, anyways. hey siri play Allies Or Enemies by The Crane Wives.
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"So We've Won, Katniss."
beautiful ❤️
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THG character summaries
Book 1
Katniss: I'll do whatever it takes to get home to Prim. I'll kill whoever I have to. I won't let anyone, no matter how sweet or innocent, distract m— is that child over there shaped like my sister? Is that my bread boy dying?? Goddammit
Peeta: guess I'll die but not before I own the Capitol by kissing my crush hell yeah
Gale: I'm about to lose my future wife to a BLOND??
Haymitch: Katniss you idiot
Book 2
Gale: I finally got a win! Katniss chose me, we're gonna start an uprising togeth— aaand now she's back in the arena falling in love with that smooth motherfucker in real time, fml
Peeta: guess I'll die again but not before I own the Capitol by kissing my fake pregnant wife hell yeah
Finnick: I can't believe the fate of the country rests on my ability to babysit two teens. The angry one is having homicidal thoughts about me and the pleasant one is a death magnet. Sigh. At least this arena brings out my eyes
Haymitch: Katniss you idiot
Katniss: what the fuck is going on
Book 3
Haymitch: you can take my booze or my Peeta or my Katniss but you cannot take all three. No I don't have a preference I love them all equally. Wait no I was kidding take Katniss
Finnick: *weeping*
Gale: I FINALLY get to do something. I'm gonna blow up a mountain
Katniss: I'm gonna kill the president and then myself
Peeta: what's my favorite color
this is something I would have laughed at in 2014 and also something I am currently laughing at in 2024
I want this here so I can laugh at it every time I see it.