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Just because I finished Sunrise on the Reaping and I have no one to talk to about it

Sunrise on the Reaping is Shakespeare tragic. It’s Greek tragic. It’s the “I know how you end up but I hope you turn out different” tragic.

We have known Haymitch’s character for about 15 years; he’s the town drunk who has a vice to numb the pain of having to live without his loved ones. He pushes people away because he knows that love is weakness. The tragedy of this story is not just the death of innocents (and innocence), but the tragedy of life. He got to live instead of Woodbine Chance, instead of Louella/Lou Lou, Wyatt, and Maysilee, instead of the rest of the Quarter Quell tributes, instead of his mom and little brother, instead of Lenore Dove. Obviously he has to live because he’s a character in the Hunger Games trilogy proper, but underneath that, he has to live as a punishment. Life in prison, but the prison includes Panem, the Capitol, Victor’s Village, and every Hunger Games onward.

Katniss’ tragedy was she was a fighter forced to perform. Lucy Gray’s tragedy was she was a performer forced to fight. Haymitch’s tragedy was he was a lover forced to fight. He was constantly trying to save everyone he cared about, no matter how slim their odds of survival were. There were people who at first he did not care for, but he learned to love them. In the end, he was outsmarted by Snow, and lost all he loved. He then used alcohol, something he did not care for, to numb the pain of all that loss.

I literally just finished SOTR but I have on my to do list to reread the trilogy with Haymitch’s story in mind. Humans are very emotional creatures, no matter how much we use corporate jargon to minimize emotional reactions or hide behind sarcasm to make everything less serious. Haymitch learned how to love again through Katniss and Peeta, which is a very difficult thing to do. He learned to forgive himself and rightfully lived to see and enjoy peace. The purpose of tragedy is to show that sometimes things don’t turn out alright in the end, but lessons can still be learned, however harsh they are. But for Haymitch’s sake, I’m glad he made it to a happy ending of sorts tending geese in the Meadow. It’s not the happy ending he desired, that we as the audience desire for him knowing what we know, but he can start to rest knowing he can live to live instead of living to suffer.

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Last night my boyfriend said Cazador reminded him of Ezra Miller and I’ve been cackling ever since

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HOLD ON

put your clothes back on were going to talk about how musicals are the best media to adapt books in cause its the only one that allows the characters to express their feelings and internal monologue as they do on page

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Cassian: You're irrationally angry 365 days a year.

Nesta: Well, that's just your personal opinion, I don't have anger issues. Do you guys think I have anger issues?

Azriel: I wouldn't really call it an issue. An issue is something you can fix.

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Huge collection of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and North German folk tales translated into English!! Especially Danish tales because, y'know,, Evald Tang Kristensen