#mr everdeen

[little-lynx]

‘Because when he sings . . . even the birds stop to listen.’

Hello, it’s Lynx and her endless obsession with Second Quarter Quell generation 🫡

[wisebeth]

Currently losing my mind at how much Katniss’ parents parallel Everlark.

Mr. Everdeen/Katniss — From Seam. Olive skin. Black hair. Grey eyes. Hunter. Excellent at archery. Singing. Have a voice which could make the Mockingjay stop singing and listen to their voice.

Mrs. Everdeen/Peeta – Merchant's children. Blond(e). Blue eyes. Looked past status and financial differences and fell in love with Mr. Everdeen/Katniss anyways. Especially in love with their singing. Interested in feminine things (healing/baking and painting) in contrast to their spouses’ hunting skills.

Bonus :

Mrs. Everdeen when Mr. Everdeen died :

“Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother’s face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died.”

— The Hunger Games

Katniss when Peeta was captured :

“I give up. Stop speaking, responding, refuse food and water. They can pump whatever they want into my arm, but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she’s lost the will to live.”

— Catching Fire

Peeta elaborating on his childhood crush on Katniss :

“No, It happened. And right when your song ended, I knew – just like your mother – I was a goner.”

— The Hunger Games

Screaming. Crying. Throwing up.

[lovepersevering13]

I hate people saying that Mrs Everdeen was a neglectful mother before Mr Everdeen died like… I may be missing something but I don’t remember any mention of her being absent before he died???

Also I HATE Mrs Everdeen slander all together like you’re clearly missing a big point that was being made about grief, depression and love. Even Katniss knows by the second book that it wasn’t her mothers fault and by the end of mockingjay she has experienced it herself.

[nassly94]

Speaking of a headcanon, which according to a fan said that Katniss would not like to wear Peeta's wedding ring. which contradicts everything that happened in the book. twice she loved, and appreciated everything that had to do with her loved one. from his father's bow, his leather jacket, the plant book, Peeta's Pearl and his sister's pet cat. Why according to someone else, wouldn't she love to wear the ring of the love of her life?! 🤔💖🤷‍♀️

[darknesspervades]

I think something that truly shows Katniss’s character growth is her reaction to death

She says in THG that she used to double over in pain, wondering where her father has gone. In mockingjay, she collapses with Buttercup because she knows where Prim is.

Her father’s death gave her the ability to kill - it gives her the strength to hunt, both animals and people. Prim’s death gives her empathy for life as she cares for the cat she once tried to drown.

I think Prim’s death also shows what she is at her core - a caregiver. Prim kept her going after her father died since she had someone to look after - she only starts to properly process her feelings once she has Buttercup (named after another small yellow flower) to care for.

And that is Katniss’s problem. All throughout the series, she never lives for herself, only to care for others. And if that keeps her going, it’s enough. But I like to imagine that perhaps she learns to care and live for herself after the war.

[caesarflickermans]

The destruction of family is a common theme within the trilogy. Katniss’ life is shaped markedly by the death of her father, a man who she often comes to admire and idolise throughout the books. Her father is strongly tied to nature—Katniss learned to survive and hunt from him, and finds comfort in his woods (HG, 1). In contrast, she struggles to emphasise with her mother, who is haunted by her husband’s death and thus incapable to care for her two children (HG, 1).

Notably, there are similar parallels between Mr. Everdeen and Finnick as well as Mrs. Everdeen and Annie.

Outside of the individual deaths, both couples appear as a romantic story in a world where love seems impossible. Mrs. Everdeen leaves her family and social standing behind to be with Mr. Everdeen. Finnick protects Annie at all costs, and “no one seeing them could doubt their love” (MJ, 12). The Everdeen parents are the love Katniss grew up with, Finnick and Annie are the love Katniss seems to envy.

Like Mr. Everdeen, Finnick, too, is strongly tied to nature. Katniss remarks how it seems he had spent his childhood by the sea (CF, 16). Finnick’s proximity to water is reflected in his dress, such as his parade outfit (CF, 15) as well as his general appearance, namely his “sea green eyes” (CF, 15). More strongly than the other District 4 victors Annie and Mags, Finnick embodies nature. Where Finnick learned how to swim because of his District, Katniss learned how to swim because of her father (CF, 3).

In the same manner that Mr. Everdeen has become idolised by Katniss, “Finnick Odair is something of a living legend in Panem” (CF, 15). Panem, and especially the Capitol, have come to idolise Finnick to such an extent that his inherent character is no longer evident. Meeting the ‘real’ Finnick in Mockingjay is a pivotal change of perception that humanises Finnick and contrasts the myth-like victor persona (MJ, 1).

While there are several characters who are shaped by trauma, Mrs. Everdeen and Annie stand out in a parallel manner, too. Both Mrs. Everdeen and Annie had a significant life altering event that changed their mental health for the worse. Katniss follows a similar journey with each character; initially feeling only anger toward her mother until she returns from the 74th arena, where she begins wanting to mend this relationship and become more forgiving around her mother (CF, 3). Annie, too, is only seen as the ‘mad girl’ (CF, 24) until Katniss interacts more with her (MJ, 16) and begins to describe her in more kinder terms. Following each of their husband’s deaths, Mrs. Everdeen and Annie are tasked to take care of their child(ren).

As a war story, the circle closes itself: The story began and ended with a child whose father figure had died.

[katnissmellarkkk]

The parallels between Katniss and her mother are quite apparent when it comes to their reactions to grief (as displayed when Mrs. Everdeen lost Katniss’ father and when Katniss lost Peeta and Prim). There’s been posts made about that on here many times before.

But we never really explore the opposition in their choice of man. What I mean is, we’re led to believe (granted, based on very little hints in the first book) that Mrs. Everdeen was with Mr. Mellark in some fashion, at the very least. Enough that he felt it was not only plausible that he could marry her but seemed to be still holding a candle for her all those years later. Mr. Mellark was a merchant, someone from her side of the district, part of the well-to-do class of Twelve. But she instead chose Mr. Everdeen, a poor, coal miner who couldn’t only give her a simple life in the Seam. A life that is much more difficult objectively and in a place that even her own daughter claims she sticks out like a sore thumb in (appearance wise).

Katniss, her daughter, on the other hand, chose Peeta in the end. Even before Mockingjay, it was obvious to anyone really paying attention (in the story or as a reader) who’d she fallen in love with. Gale was a strong, attractive guy from the Seam, who’d lived a pretty parallel life to hers, who was her partner in crime — literally — and her best friend. Everyone expected them to get together. Even the reporters who came from the Capitol took one look at him and thought he seemed like a threat to the idea of the Star-Crossed-Lovers being portrayed on the television screens. And yet, Katniss chose Peeta, not Gale. Peeta, who at the start, she seems to have nothing in common with. Not in terms of their upbringings (she was super poor and starving, he was popular and more comfortable but implied to suffer from heavy child abuse) and not in terms of their mindsets either. But there was an inexplicable attraction between the two, an instinctive pull bringing her back to him no matter how much she tried to fight it. And I suspect her mother had the same feeling, for Mr. Everdeen. That feeling is what led Katniss to choose Peeta over Gale, despite the fact that Gale may have seemed from an outside, detached perspective, like her natural choice of romantic partner. And that feeling is probably what also led her mother to make the same choice all those years before.

Idk I just think it’s interesting that Katniss chose Peeta but her mother — in a lot of ways — chose her Gale. Although there’s a strong argument to be made that her mother was actually choosing her version of Peeta by choosing Katniss’ father but my brain’s not there quite yet.

This post also could have been written and summed up a lot quicker if I’d just said, the love triangle between Katniss, Peeta and Gale and the love triangle between Mrs. Everdeen, Mr. Everdeen and Mr. Mellark are actually parallel love triangles that ended with the woman choosing the opposite type of man.

[winters-rose-daughterofcain]

I make the joke that Katniss and Peeta both have insane mommy issues a lot.... because it's true. But like genuinely the relationship with your parents plays such an important role in how you form relationships and how you view love and it's so obvious the ways it's affected them and their relationship and how they interact like I can actually talk for hours and one day when it's not 2 AM I will lol

Edit: I did it lol part one with Katniss here if you're interested and part two with Peeta here.

[le-beda]

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[oakfarmer]

I’m so excited to share these!! I commissioned @andretries for this big project inspired by Paperwork. These are the three paintings Gale sees above Katniss and Peeta’s mantle in Chapter 3. It was so much fun discussing head canons and watching Andrea develop her version of each of the families. Thank you so much!!

[antigerrymanderingspiderman]

i am fully convinced that katniss’s father is a descendent of covey

the singing, a voice that made the birds stop and listen, living in the seam, the house by the lake, the hanging tree being passed down

[lasthaysileeshipper]

Imagine;

The TBOSAS movie is over and the credits are rolling. You are in shock, wondering if Lucy Gray died in the woods or made it to safety. You are still crying over Sejanus’ death. Then, the credits end and a post-credits scene begins. A voice asks “Does anyone know The Valley Song?” and a little girl eagerly raises her hand. When she starts to sing, everyone stares at her in awe, especially a little blond boy…

I know this probably won’t happen, but I can dream, can’t I?

(I also think it’d be really cute if Katniss’ father joined in and then, later on, Mr. Mellark told Peeta about how he was in love with Mrs. Everdeen, but she chose to marry Mr. Everdeen over him “because when he sang, even the mockingjays stopped to listen”.)

[adsosfraser]

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Peeta beamed through the back doorway, rocking back and forth on his heels. Six bright yellow flowers sat crushed between his chubby hands. He wore his Daddy’s big fancy shoes and the fancy blue shirt tucked into his tan trousers that he wore on the first day of school.

“Mama, will you go to the harvest festival with me?”

Daddy said she’d been grumpy lately but it wasn’t her fault. Peeta didn’t want any of them sad and he knew how Mommies in town brightened when Daddies gave them flowers. So he slipped out the back door in his finest clothes and surprised her with a knock at the door.

“Peeta, I don’t have time for this nonsense. Go throw out those weeds.” Mrs. Mellark looked down her nose at him.

His chest stung, like his knee did when he fell and scraped it with Rye’s old ratty rollerblades that were ten sizes too big. Where was it coming from? He didn’t fall.

The yellow flowers drooped in his hands.

“Sorry Mama I meant to add please, I really did. I won’t forget next time.”

His voice wobbled and he held in the sniffle inching its way up his nose. Mommy didn’t like it when people cried.

Mrs. Mellark hitched the laundry basket up further on her hip, readjusting her grip.

“Go bother your father, I’m busy.”

Her back turned and she marched back inside to the heat of the ovens. Peeta followed up the steps, but tripped on the last one, his shoelace untied. He stumbled onto the top of the landing and his nose smacked into the door with a sting as it slammed shut behind his Mommy.

Peeta rocked back onto his bum, finally letting the wail of pain free. His nose hurt along with his chest. But he didn’t know which one to focus on.

Katniss watched everything unfold from her perch on her Daddy’s shoulders. They had come to hopefully trade three big fat squirrels for some bread or flour. She clung to his ears as he rushed forward towards the injured boy. He gently set her down off to the side as he slowly approached the howling boy. Peeta leaned into Mr. Everdeen immediately and crawled into his lap. Wrapping his arms around the shaking child, Sage would have liked nothing more than to throw verbal blows at that woman. But now he had to hold the baby she hurt in his arms.

“Shh, shh. Where does it hurt Peeta?”

Peeta pointed to his chest with a whimper. Only after a minute of rocking in Sage’s arms did he remember his other pain. He pointed to his nose.

“Daddy, kiss him all better.” Katniss observed, hovering right over Peeta.

She addressed Peeta directly with a solemn nod. “Daddy’s kisses are magical. They heal everything. Just like Mommy’s hands.”

Katniss leaned closer and smacked the sunshine boy’s nose with a sloppy and overexaggerated “mwah” with her lips.

Peeta blushed crimson red. His pain completely forgotten.

“Like that Daddy!”

“So I see little sparrow.” Mr. Everdeen chuckled and ruffled the top of her hair. She preened under his attention and offered her hand to the boy, lifting him up to his feet.

“You should ask Daddy to go to the harvest festival with you. Or Mommy, she’d love to go!”

***

Peeta beams through the back doorway, rocking back and forth on his heels. Six bright yellow flowers sit gently between his large hands. He wears his father’s old hand-me-down shoes that a lifetime ago would be considered fancy and a green shirt tucked into his tan trousers that he wore on the first day of high school.

“Katniss, will you go to the harvest festival with me?”

His face slides open with a lopsided grin as Katniss accepts the bouquet with a blush and a timid smile.

“Please?”

[nomattertheoceans]

The Sound of Wildflowers - A Hunger Games story

“Do you hunt them a lot? Does?”

He looks surprised at her question but still answers.

“When I can, yes. They fetch a good price at the Hobb, that is, when the butcher isn’t interested.”

“The Hobb? You mean the old warehouse?”

“Yeah, it’s kind of, I guess you'd call it a black market.”

Read chapter 9 on AO3

[little-lynx]

“Just like your father”

Out of context Mr. Everdeen sketch because I’m in my Second Quarter Quell generation mood.

[winters-rose-daughterofcain]

Okay It's no long 2AM so Everlark and their mommy issue lets go lol and how their parents have impacted them and their relationship but the first one has a better ring. (This is actually part one it got too long so this is just Katniss sorry Peeta)

First, Katniss. Now I'm not here to just shit on Mrs Everdeen, I think my final opinion of her falls in the 'good person but bad parent' category. She was never malicious or cruel and would never do anything to intentionally hurt her children, she feels awful about how she reacted after Mr Everdeen's death and actively makes strides to improve and work on her and Katniss's relationship. Depression and grief are not pretty and as Katniss says, sometimes things happen to people and they're not quipped to deal with them. She even grows to empathise with and understand her mother eventually.

However her children were still starving, an eleven year old Katniss was still forced as her families main provider with no resources and no help, she was still parentified at a very young age and that had had a great effect on how she forms relationships and how she trusts people. The main way being that she doesn't, not without work. It takes her and Gale months to years of mutually beneficial back and forth and a foundation of a transactional relationship for her to allow him in, and even then never in a way in which she was relying on him for something she couldn't do herself. Mrs Everdeens kindness was a detriment in some ways, as Katniss has now internalised that people still have to capacity to hurt and leaver her no matter how much kindness and softness they show. Kind people are still a weakness to her she says it herself, but I think subconsciously she's a little wary of them. It takes work for Katniss to trust someone, they need to prove themself to be dependable and consistent, and I think that is a core value she looks for in a partner.

And with Mr Everdeen, Katniss has nothing less then positive memories of him, obviously coloured by her losing him as a child and that loss potentially erasing certain flaws in her memory, but regardless it's clear they had a very positive relationship. He taught her to hunt, to provide for the ones she loved and to keep herself alive, he was kind and strong and a man not unfamiliar with sacrifice, but he still retained the fundamental joy of music. He still retained this creative, useless to survival skill because he wanted to, because he valued it as something important to him and even if Katniss dismisses music in the beginning, it clearly holds great value to her as well.

The relationship between her parents before her father's death was honestly quite a good example for her. She grew up in a home where people loved each other, in a house of poverty yes, but a home where her mother lit up whenever she called her farther name, a home where her parents clearly adored each other and her and Prim and made no pretence of hiding or dimming it. The story of her mother's abandonment by her own family showing her early on however that this has not come without sacrifice. I think, due to her limited interactions with other people she internalised this version of love and relationships as the only true one, further confusing her later on when the messy situations she finds herself in and feeling love for do not match this image exactly, even if she's drawing similarities.

We as people are drawn to familiarity, it's the reason why a lot of people from abusive homes end up in abusive relationships, a burnt child loves the fire and all that. When we love, we intrinsically seek out things that feel familiar, because with familiarity comes a sense of safety whether or not that is actually the case. Katniss is drawn to Peeta partially because of the ways in which he reminds her of her father, she draws the connections constantly this isn't even speculation. She describes her father as strong, as kind, as a person who left her feeling safe, a feelings no ones arms have ever given her again until Peeta, again something she explicitly says. He also has the softer, more creative side that her father did, with art and painting instead of music yes, but he still holds room and importance on something seemingly useless and impractical at first glance.

With her mother I think is where Peeta's dependability come into play. Katniss longs for stability, she was never given it with her parents, and while not their fault or something they could control was damaging to her. She wants something unmoving something stable and dependable and reliable, someone who, while she's busy taking care of everyone else will take care of her, the role her mother should have taken. And who fills that for her? Peeta. His love for her, she admits in Mockingjay, was something she had as a given, as something unmovable, dependable. He is stability for her, he's strength and reliability because from the moment she stopped second guessing his intentions him and his love for her has been a constant.

She also draws parallels between her relationship with him and her parents relationship with each other a lot and narratively they parallel each other a lot, but other people have already talked at length about that. Their love may not be as uncomplicated as she remembers her parents being, but the similarities are there regardless. When Peeta is taken by the Capital Katniss loses it. She finally understands her mother. She doesn't say it explicitly, never actually says 'I love him' but it's excruciatingly obvious she does. The Katniss in Mockingjay in a girl in mourning. This also comes with her understanding her mother more, the comparison between Peeta and her father are not for lack of want, but Katniss resents the similarities between her and her mother at first, many girls do especially when their mother has let them down in some fundamental way. The wretched mirror of mother and daughter a curse as old as time. But the more Katniss lives, the more she understands her mother's life, the less she resents being similar to her, the more she grows to forgive her, allowing certain comparisons to come thought even more.

Her parent's and upbringing have played a big role in how she loves and who she loves, and it's so obvious in the progression of her and Peeta's relationship. Her initial distrust, her wanting to like him inspire of herself, their slow growing together, the absolute certainty she has of her care for him, how utterly destroyed she becomes after almost losing him, the fact that after everything, they were able to grow back together and find something worth having. Katniss choses Peeta for a lot of reasons, honestly there was never even a choice, but I think her upbringing and the ways in which she saw or didn't see her parents and their love in him definitely played a role.