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Given that by her own admission Katniss was keeping track of Peeta and perked up in the interview when Caesar asked him about a girlfriend, is it safe to assume that Peeta never had a serious/public relationship? Because no way would Katniss have not noticed him kissing some other girl in the hallway and not have made a snarky remark about it at some point.

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“5 amazon products you NEED” “pov: you bought a straw that ✨prevents wrinkles✨ (link in bio!)” “how i stay skinny as a working mom of 3 [straight up eating disorder behavior]” “refill my emotional support stanley cup with me” “POV: you’re a 23 year old tradwife boy mom😍” “i spent 2,800 dollars on a top! let’s style it!” “does anyone else’s husband do this😂😂😂 [the most insane example of weaponized incompetence anyone has ever seen]” What the fuck are you people talking about😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

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Y'all ever just suddenly have the overwhelming urge to swim??? Like not actively but you just wanna,,, be in the water and have some Peace

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This week marked the 12th anniversary of The Hunger Games movie release.

What do you think about THG as a movie adapatation?

Do you think THG influence other movie (/book) in the genre? Yes/No? Why?

Is there any difference in your opinion about it between when you first saw the movie (/read the book) and now?

Thank you :)

@curiousthg

I actually watched the movies first, then read the books. My intitial impression of them was good enough - I found the story interesting and the characters intriguing. That being said, I was motivated to read the books after people mentioning things about them that are missing from the movie series, like Peeta's disability, the districts having distinct cultural characteristics, a lot more worldbuilding and background, the bread story (I hadn't understood what had happened there at all, going in with no previous knowledge). And after reading the books, a lot of these things I find sorely missing from the movies.

I still don't think they are too bad. I like the settings, a lot of casting choices, and a few select screenwriting ones. I also find the music scores very fitting. The movies' success did prompt for a number of imitations, as has happened with the book series earlier, with dystopian adventures full of teenage characters, often confined or grouped arbitrarily and put against each other dominating the early-to-mid 2010s. I agree with many people here that THG would be better adapted in a series format.

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The idea of Peeta calling Katniss "woman" or "my woman" is really icky to me. I've only ever heard those terms used disrespectfully or possessively and that is just NOT Peeta's character at all! Is there some sort of cultural context I'm missing about why this would be cute?

And your experience is 1000% valid, first off. Not for the same reasons but like, I can’t see him calling her “babe” or anything like that. So I get it. For me, it’s so a cultural thing, specifically a backwoodsy thing, and in my mind is always said with a playfulness that belies no disrespect or control, and only an affectionate sense of belonging to each other. Trust, she would not let him get away with ~any~ bullshit, and nor would he want her to. Like, think of them calling each other “husband” or “wife” as nicknames (“husband, I need help with this box” “of course, wife”) and that’s sort of the … *vibe* I’m envisioning.

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As a fandom, I think we need to talk more about the "you could live a thousand lives and not deserve him" and the "you're not very big or particularly pretty" scenes a bit more.

Like that has got to have messed Katniss up more than we are led to belive. Her romantic relationship with Peeta is already shaky BEFORE the hijacking; so after (hehe) when they're trying to get back to each other, they each have their own mountains of insecurities that have been building over time. And I so rarely see these two addressed in fics, or when they are they're barely brushed over and quickly dismissed.

If that was me, those comments would've destroyed me, especially the more time that passed without them being acknowledged.

Katniss already believes that she's one of the worst people to ever live, and that she doesn't deserve Peeta's love and attraction. Despite her quick dismissal to both comments in the moment, I know they must haunt her afterwards.

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i appreciate suzanne collins so much for her takes on so many important society issues, from glorification of violence against children, oppressive government systems and their relationships to labor and food security, excessive use of lip filler,

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Mr. Mellark: Parental Failures in a Totalitarian Structure

I was talking with @vasilissadragomir last night about my opinions on Mr. Mellark. (Basically saying that while I would absolutely throw hands with Mrs. Mellark I still need to have some WORDS with Mr. Mellark because I have some SHIT to say to him.)

Consequently, someone on Reddit said something similar about Mr. Mellark so I took the opportunity to really dive into my thoughts about him.

I can understand and empathize with a man stuck in an unideal marriage in a district where, very likely, divorce wasn't possible. I can understand the situations that would have led to him feeling stuck, incapable of confrontation, incapable of changing his circumstances.

But, at the end of the day, we are beholden to the safety of the children brought into this world that have even less of a choice in their circumstances. Peeta (and likely his brothers) all deserved better. That is a point that cannot be refuted. And, in some ways, Mr. Mellark absolutely shares responsibility with his wife in the abuse that his children suffered. Silence is the strongest tool given to an oppressor.

And that's really a HUGE takeaway from the series. In the face of total oppression, the most vulnerable, our children, CANNOT be adequately protected.

Parents of the districts love their children, and yet are forced to watch them march off, year after year to be selected for slaughter, they are forced to watch their children starve, forced to offer up their children's names for slightly more food, forced to watch their children grow to break their bodies in dangerous work conditions, forced to watch them have more children and perpetuate the cycle. There is no such thing as familial protection in this world.

It's why Prim, arguably the most protected person in the COUNTRY died alongside the other most protected children of the country. The Capitol's children. There is no protecting the vulnerable in a state of war and violent oppression.

And here we have Mr. Mellark. Clearly a kind, gentle man. I can't imagine he is content to watch his children suffer. I can't imagine that he is okay with the abuse his wife puts on them. But he CANNOT AND WILL NOT protect them. And, in the world of the Hunger Games, that is BY DESIGN. Even the most loving and devoted parents cannot truly fight their own oppression.

He, and all of his circumstances, failed his sons.

Mr. Mellark failed his children. But I'd go one step further and say that he was specifically designed to fail his children.

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When Katniss says “I know this would have happened anyway…what I need is the dandelion in the spring,” do you think this is her admitting that she was crushing on Peeta before the games? Like why do you think she specifically uses ‘dandelion in the spring’? The one connection they had before the games.

To me, she was able to sort out her feelings for Peeta, even the ones before the games. like not only is she saying why she had fallen for Peeta, why she needs him, but she's going “Yeah I felt something before the games.” like not romantic love, but something. Or am I just thinking too much of it, and I'm going off the rails LOL thoughts?

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Imagine Gale being interviewed during thg and he makes some lowkey flirtatious comment about Katniss while the subheading under his name just says “cousin” and all the viewers in other districts just worriedly side eyeing each other

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What's your favorite character from all across THG trilogy & TBOSAS?

Why do you like this character?

Favorite quote or moment from them?

Please state one (or more) thing which you don't like from them.

Thank you 😊

@curiousthg

Hi anon!

So here I am going to be basic and say that to me, it's a tie between Katniss and Peeta.

There's plenty of characters across the books I like, and also several I find fascinating, but I love these two in particular. I love how Katniss, for all her skill and bravery and the heroic colours she's being painted with, is first and foremost a realistic 16 year old girl, who kids herself, has insecurities and fears, and feels like a real person and not a stereotype. It isn't a particular thing I like about her, but rather how the combination of her traits creates something ordinary in its extraordinariness, without treating her characterisation and development as an either-or. I love how she is hesitant and scared of romantic relationships, how she can be grumpy and lets-get-it-over-with and at the same time endlessly caring, how her emotions are complicated and her interests across the board. As for Peeta, a lot of the same things apply to him also - lets give a round of applause for Suzanne's characterisation - but some specific things that stand out to me is his steadiness and resillience and his quick mind that presents in a way that is more sweet than biting. I love kind characters who aren't naive.

I think a favourite moment of mine that includes both of them is the compliment battle in THG. Also the cheese buns-training period in CF. I love to read their bantering together. Katniss' narration throughout the book has a lot of moments that have me rolling, and I think I'd really enjoy anything from Peeta's POV if Suzanne had written it, what with his humour and way with words and all.

As for things I don't like about them, this is a rare case where I don't really want to say anything about that. Do they have flaws as people? Absolutely, and there's several points where I disagree with their actions, but I feel all of them are neccessary for them to be good characters. So I'll let those pass.

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Here’s a video so you can hear the water and the thrushes. I took it for you because you couldn’t be there. <3

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the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck

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Looking through old author interviews and I’m so interested in this question:

When you’re pushing the limits of character or situation, what ineffable traits of Katniss and Peeta/Everlark do you keep intact to preserve their characters?

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Children are precious to 13, or so it has always seemed. Well, not me, maybe. Once I had outlived my usefulness, I was expendable. Although I think it’s been a long time since I’ve been considered a child in this war.

this line from the end of mockingjay has always made me unnecessarily sad.

something something about how katniss never got to be a child, how no one ever considered her a child or someone deserving of protection really. she was protected only because she was useful and when she stopped being that, she was tossed aside and expected to just evaporate.

anyways. sad sad sad.

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