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Mags: We call that a traumatic experience.

Mags, turning to Wyatt: Not a "bruh moment".

Mags, turning to Maysilee: Not "a major L".

Mags, turning to Haymitch: And DEFINITELY not an "oof LMAO"

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I present to you the tributes of district 12

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Sotr is so hard to read because you'll meet a new character and laugh at their jokes and enjoy their page time and then all of a sudden I remember that these are literally children being carted off to their deaths. Like ok all these kind sweet funny characters and then five chapters later they're dead

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“A sister is someone you fight with and fight for.”

Hello hi twelve years old me would be so happy to know I’m twenty five and back into The Hunger Games. SOTR devoured me whole, I blacked out after finishing it and just woke up from it bon appetit.

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the longer i sit with it, the more i think that the saddest (not without some tough fucking competition, obviously) realization about sotr to me is that almost all the tributes really, truly, did not treat the games like they had a chance.

in the original trilogy—and even in The Ballad—the tributes felt like they were genuinely scheming and training and vying to win. with every other games, it seemed like the kids held onto this hope that they would be The One to make it, the one to become victor, even if they didn’t always say it aloud. despite the odds, they clawed as close as they could to victory, even if it meant playing into the capitol’s game and sacrificing their honor or morality.

but in this one? they come into the training rooms expecting to die. even the careers, though they swagger about and act like hot shit, feel younger than the careers have ever felt to me before. they collectively seem more resigned and bitter than in past/future tributes. their motives were all so unified against the capitol in a way that was reminiscent of the 75th games—where half the tributes were already a part of an organized rebellion to begin with.

while the theme of ‘i want to choose how i die, i don’t want the capitol to use me’ is prevalent in every book, this quell felt especially grim and determined. i kept expecting suzanne collins to undermine the camaraderie she gave the Newcomers. i kept expecting someone to decide ‘fuck it, i’m going for it on my own and i’ll backstab whoever i need to to do it.’ i kept expecting betrayal and desperation and a true competition.

but no—like wyatt, knowing his odds and choosing to protect the weaker—like ampert, knowing he’s charming and smart enough to make a decent bid for victor, yet rebelling anyways—like maysilee, knowing she’s near powerless, but spitting in the capitol’s face anytime she can—like all the newcomers, knowing they hardly have a shot, but absolutely refusing to betray one another—

they remained steadfast in their hope to die dignified and honorable, to die fighting against the true enemy, and that makes it so much more heartbreaking.

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in another life, she was auntie maysilee

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We as a fandom moved way too fast past this:

And this:

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No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created

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Livia: Why are you suspicious?

Coriolanus: Because it's either that or accept the fact that you've done something nice. And then I have to deal with the horsemen and the rain of fire and the end of days.

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Coriolanus: I get it - you don't like me because maybe I'm a little bit competitive.

Festus: Manipulative.

Vipsania: "Cutthroat Bitch" is your official title.

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Effie: How would you feel if I interfered in your personal life?

Haymitch: I'd hate it. That's why I cleverly have no personal life.

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some fandom disagreements are like "I see your point but I think this other aspect of the narrative is more significant," and some are like "I don't think you can read."

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It's so interesting seeing how Snow treats the victors in SOTR vs. the original trilogy. In Catching Fire, it's clear the victors have become a threat - importantly, a long-term one. Yes, killing the victors' people can break their spirit, but it also turns them into someone with a huge vendetta and with nothing to lose. That can make someone very dangerous. So it's no surprise that many of the victors are key players in the revolution.

I think by Katniss' time, he's learnt to think more long term. He doesn't kill Katniss' family or Peeta because he thinks he can control her better when she still has her family to lose. Though it does also help that she has Haymitch as a mentor, to help steer her away from his own fate.

Like my friend said, Snow is even more calculating when he's older. His behaviour seems even more cold, compared to the barely contained anger and bitterness we see in his conversation with Haymitch about Lenore Dove. I don't know which is worse.

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If Maysilee would’ve died during the carriage scene instead of Louella, do you think they would’ve forced Merrilee to take her place?

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Something that I think is important about Wyatt as a character is how he highlights the stupidity of the district system. I know that the human love of sorting ourselves into categories meant that every YA series for a while had a bunch of different groups with associated traits that tweens could take uquizzes about, but The Hunger Games isn't like Divergent or Harry Potter where young adults get grouped based on their personalities. Sure, the districts all have industries they're known for and the tributes are clearly shaped by wherever they grew up, but being born into District Four doesn't actually mean that you'll like fish. Wyatt is brilliant when it comes to numbers, but in District Twelve he can only channel that into gambling. Imagine if he'd been born into District Three with a father like Beetee, what he could have done with his mathematical talents. There's mention of it with Maysilee too, how she doesn't want to run the candy store but her options are that or the mines.

I guess what I'm saying is that the district system is great for keeping people oppressed because they see their fellows as "other," which is why it is a tool of fascism and not a practical way to run a society. It doesn't matter who is in what group, it matters that they internalize their group identity to the point that they ignore the similarities between them.

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“A sister is someone you fight with and fight for.”

Hello hi twelve years old me would be so happy to know I’m twenty five and back into The Hunger Games. SOTR devoured me whole, I blacked out after finishing it and just woke up from it bon appetit.