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the underlying comedy of Catching Fire is that Peeta is rooting hard for Team Gale while Katniss “[chooses] Gale and the rebellion” and then proceeds to be the most unhinged Team Peeta stan to never have internet access

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Katniss and Peeta were feeding each other long before they met!!! Peeta ate Katniss's squirrels and Katniss ate Peeta's bread!!!

Nothing was going to keep them apart not even a death match.

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the fact that people are still arguing over if gale killed prim...when the entire point is that it did not matter if gale killed prim because he openly advocated for the deaths of hundreds of little girls just like prim on the 'other side' and katniss could no longer see those prims as separate from her prim...and the bombs from 13 stole prim from katniss as brutally and absolutely as the sadism of the capitol would have because they were founded in the same desires for revenge and propangada

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katniss feeling guilty for "withholding" kisses from gale I feel is very telling about their entire relationship

everything between them is transactional, it was like that from the start, with their hunting and taking care of each other's families. pre- 74th games katniss didn't think anything romantic about gale, and I'm pretty sure she didn't really feel strong (romantic) feelings for him at all even through mockingjay. even while making out with the man her brain is a mile away. but, I think, subconsciously, she's aware that gale likes her in that way. so she sees showing him romantic affection as a way of repaying him (for what? I mean, taking care of her family, but also lots of her guilt revolves around even remotely caring about peeta at least in my opinion)

so gale was right, katniss only shows him romantic affection when he's in pain, because she does care about him, but she's also distantly aware that kissing him or returning his advances even temporarily is what he wants and is what would make him feel better

gale is also immaturely entitled to katniss and feels threatened by her having any sort of relationship with a man not even necessarily close to her age.

he clearly feels some sort of ownership over her, as can be seen with his aggression towards peeta, finnick, and it's implied he wasn't very friendly towards darius. jealousy can be understood, he is/was a teenage boy after all, but voicing those jealousies and by extension putting pressure on katniss to return his feelings because he did so much for her is the harmful part

in a previous post I pointed out how peeta defended gale after he was whipped without any romance-related comments to katniss at all, regardless of if he felt them or felt jealous (which it's implied he does feel at least sad after katniss wakes up from sleeping beside gale) he didn't voice those thoughts and therefore didn't push any guilt onto katniss for not paying enough attention to him, which is the biggest difference between him and gale.

whether it be consciously or subconsciously, I think gale was pushing guilt onto katniss for her not returning his affections, tying back into that entitlement thing. his hostility towards finnick, and saying he's "back on track" after getting Annie back, which means he probably just wasn't spending as much time with katniss anymore, is a wild thing to say about a man 7 years older than she is, and who was her anchor in the weeks/months before getting peeta back

gale apparently just has an entirely different set of priorities from everyone else, and katniss is at least on some level aware that he wants her affections. she feels guilty for not giving him what she and he think is "owed", and that forms the basis of their relationship post-74th games.

I personally think this type of dynamic would've culminated anyway, since katniss was appalled and apparently had never even considered romance with gale, but he was already thinking about it. it's just a disconnect that I think would have festered with or without the games or peeta.

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just came to the conclusion that if peeta had been called and haymitch volunteered, him and katniss would have been an absolute MENACE of a duo in that arena. i'd be scared of them. as a career, i would run the other way.

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just reread hunger games: catching fire.

how did i forget that katniss and peeta rewatch haymitch's games? the heavily edited version that makes haymitch out to be some jackwagon only out for himself? and they're just like "oh this makes sense" and then haymitch comes in and is like "oh yeah. i did that, i guess." doesn't even try to correct the blatant disrespect of all the work he did to bring it down.

i think it's cause he knew that if katniss were to have a chance at unwittingly going along with the rebel plan to get out and quite possibly destroy something along the way, she had to have no idea how similar they are. how katniss is haymitch but with more people on her side. more resources. another opportunity. another chance for those she loves.

a chance to succeed what haymitch was knocked aside for, to save who haymitch had to watch suffer and die.

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One of the many things that kills me with Sunrise on the Reaping is that Katniss and Peeta saw that heavily edited version of Haymitch's Games that makes him out to be a "jackass."

Haymitch in SOTR is so incredibly compassionate and caring and selfless--he's not trying to win the Games, he's trying to keep his loved ones alive, he's trying to rebel against the Capitol, he's trying to protect Louella and Lou Lou and Ampert and Maysilee and Wellie. Despite his running internal commentary labelling himself as selfish and wretched throughout the story, it's clear that everyone can detect his gentleness--Effie comments on it, it's why Ampert feels safe with him, it's what draws the District 6 doves to him--I mean, he calls them "my doves," doesn't he?! It breaks my heart that he narrates the story with so much self-hatred, and it's even worse when the story is edited by the Capitol to convey exactly that--

And then Katniss and Peeta, the people who know him best and love him best, see that heavily edited story, designed to paint Haymitch as a jackass, a selfish wretch, and they don't question it for a moment. Even they, who know what it is to be loved by Haymitch, don't question the way the Capitol paints him. Absolutely everyone is blind to the gentleness in Haymitch, most of all Haymitch himself.

But I guess that's the power of propaganda.

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I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT FIRE BUT I RECOGNIZE A SPARK?????

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I like how Beetee is very considerate of Mags's height and age and then there's Finnick

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snow’s “I hate mockingjays because they exist despite the capitol’s intent” and maysilee’s “I hate mockingjays because they’re part mutt and I dont want anything that has to do with the capitol” and haymich’s “I think they’re resilient and stand for surviving against all odds” and katniss’s “mockingjays remind me of my father and the other district 12 tributes before me and though they mean resistance to others, nobody can take that away from me” which brings us back to lucy gray’s “nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping”

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The funniest possible scenario for a crossover between all the riordanverse first person perspective protagonists would be a meeting where everyone just assumes they’re the sole main character for this newest installation to the series.

Everyone is making fourth wall breaking narration thinking that they’re the only one with this ability, and halfway through a monologue someone catches on and is like “wait.. you can see the audience too?”

And this is after forty minutes of genre flipping between Percy staring at the camera sarcastically like he’s in The Office, Carter and Sadie spectating scenes like sports commentators off screen somewhere, an omniscient Magnus popping into the right hand corner like a twitch streamer every five minutes with an active Valhalla chat taking up the other half of the screen, and hard cuts to Lester in a reality tv confessional booth straight up gossiping entirely unfiltered.

It would be completely unwatchable and I need it to happen so very badly.

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She would eat us all alive online for ever suggesting he was wrong.

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Got inspired by a tweet to draw something that, so enjoy some Everlark from yours truly

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once I get my thoughts in order you will all be receiving an essay about katniss's guilt over everything and how that came out the most obviously through gale and what she feels is her obligation to him

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Three is a magic number

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am i too old for the zombies / descendants worlds collide tour?

yes.

did i score pretty great tickets to the zombies / descendants worlds collide tour?

you bet.

will i be going to the zombies / descendants worlds collide tour?

absolutely!

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reblogging my own post because I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT DREAM COME TRUE???

someone fire me i'm really bad at my job 😭

anyways, i was and continue to be blown away from this song. i've listened to it SEVERAL times and freya's voice never ceases to amaze me. malachi's voice pleasantly surprised me! and them together?! don't even get me started. i loved the lyrics, i loved the production of the song, i loved the performance - sure, it was goofy and so disney, but it's also two kids figuring out their place in this. and i'm glad they scrapped that whole "nova is actually a vampire" because this song would make a lot less sense if they'd gone with that. i don't know how i'd compare this to someday - that will always have a special place in my heart - but i'd say it's on the way to becoming something new and special for this next generation.

can i just say... i quite enjoyed zombies 4: dawn of the vampires? i was a bit hesitant at first (i'm not the biggest fan of change, thanks, hate to see the og's go) and to be honest after rise of red i was not feeling the continuation. but i was pleasantly surprised! here are some thoughts nobody asked for:

malachi and freya had some INSANE chemistry. i was cheering for a kiss by the end. we did not get it. fine. zombies 5?

i was worried about meg and milo's chemistry for absolutely no reason. they're too cute. zeddison 5ever and i need the wedding milo has promised us. i could watch them hold hands and look at each other on a loop. (meglo forever!) (mostly platonically) (but a little romantically) (but obviously meg has a boyfriend and they're adorable)

i wish eliza and willa could have done a bit more, but i get that a big plot point was to "pass the torch" as they say. i did enjoy their "core 4" friendship vibes, though i missed wynter and wyatt and bonzo and bree and even bucky, whom i adore. willa is just honestly one of my favorite characters and watching chandler on dwts this past season (ROBBED, btw) made me love her even more.

vargas had my entire heart from beginning to end. he's legit so cool. i want to be him.

ray? could have done without him. he made me mad.

vera? same. i came around towards the end but why she gotta be eavesdropping and not listening to the whole conversation? do it right please.

i'll admit the trailer had me SO confused as to what the entire plot of the movie was. don't know what i expected but the first thirty minutes of the movie i was at a loss for how anything seen in the trailer was going to fit in. don't worry, it's fine, it all worked out, but i was lost for a bit.

the songs were... actually fire???? the "someday" and "ain't no doubt about it" reprises made me cry like a little baby. i LOVED nova's solo song (that girl can SING, holy) and "place to be" was not as over hyped as i thought it would be. i'm glad i avoided listening to it as much as possible so i had fresh ears when hearing it!

costuming was flawless, I loved nova and addison's outfits... though why did they have addison go back to white hair? that confused me. and zed had a couple questionable styling choices, now that i think about it, but other than that, amazing

the dance breaks were SO COOL. i don't remember what song it is (sue me) but it's when zed's with the daywalkers and addison's with the vampires and they're on the beach going to the tunnels - cinematography was on point

hated nova's dad, hated victor's aunt. enough said.

the plot both made sense but also had some weird pacing issues? maybe there was more detail that got cut along the way?? I just wanted more, I think

can we talk about the way my heart stopped when zed was DYING??????????? if they had killed him off- I would have- unacceptable. then they just started partying?? I was like, okay...

i'm pretty sure that's all I have to say. a bit incoherent, really unnecessary, just wanted to swoon over zed/addison and victor/freya. all in all, would watch again (probably will sometime soon tbh), recommend! as a whole, i'd give this movie a... 7. or an 8. somewhere in there.