#sotr wellie

[sunfloweraroace]

50th Hunger Games mentors watching their tribute

[catastrophic29]

Ampert, gesturing to Haymitch: Lou Lou, look what you did! You made Mom upset!

Wellie: Mom, please don’t cry, we’re sorry!

Lou Lou: I’m sorry Mom... :(

Haymitch, near tears: I DON’T REMEMBER GIVING BIRTH TO ANY OF YOU

[thecoffeelorian]

Newcomers.

Like if you agree.

[river-of-wine]

I finished Sunrise on The Reaping yesterday… I had to draw something about it

[batcavescolony]

I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.

The Hunger Games, Chapter 15, pg 281

Then he'd be a hypocrite, he teamed up with Louella, Lou Lou, Ampert, Maysilee, and Wellie. He followed bunnies and adopted district 6 cus they were dove grey. If anything he's going:

Haymitch: *from the control room* SWEETHEART! PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE ME! DO BETTER.

[lambf4rm]

How I envisioned some of the SOTR characters while reading

[tenaciousmoneymuffinzine]

I cannot be the only one who read SOTR and imagined 16yo Haymitch as Woody Harrelson the whole time. Right? Just me?

Listen, I SWEAR I tried to imagine him differently. Unfortunately, 42yo, blond Haymitch was thrown into the arena alongside 47 12-18yo kids.

[district3autism-moved]

did anyone else get the impression that wellie from sotr was a victim of child abuse? of course, the behaviour of a child facing imminent death and suffering would probably be pretty similar to the behaviour of a child who had been abused, but a few things made me think that suzanne wrote her that way on purpose.

first of all, wellie "recoils" as haymitch approaches her to give her his lunchbox after hers was taken by the careers. again, very normal for any child in her circumstances, but more indicative of something deeper when read with other evidence.

she immediately apologizes for the district 6 chariot hurting louella, which was obviously not their fault. she also thanks haymitch for not blaming them. apologizing needlessly and assuming that they will be blamed are both noted behaviours in child abuse victims, especially the latter.

before haymitch goes on for his interview, he promises wellie despite what he might say in the interview, he would never betray the newcomers. he specifically says, "i will never hurt you, okay?" this phrasing is very deliberate, especially since during his interview he never even implies that he would attack or betray the newcomers. wellie claims that she knows, and her eyes are "full of trust". through the lens of my interpretation, this can be taken as wellie clinging to a kind protector that she's never had before.

while her behaviour in the arena can't be taken as any indicator of how she is outside the arena, because she's literally starving to death, her extreme insistence that haymitch doesn't leave her could line up with the rest of my evidence. has she been abandoned, neglected, or left alone before? her immediate assumption is that maysilee abandoned the newcomers, not that she got separated from them by accident. wellie is smart enough to realize this and seems to be a good judge of character; perhaps her assumption was influenced by past neglect.

finally, a couple comparisons can be drawn between wellie and lou lou, who we know was tortured and abused at the hands of the capitol. they are both very thin, prone to intensity, and quiet. while none of these things actually indicate that wellie was abused, the comparison itself matters. it reinforces the idea that these little girls share similarities, and have potentially suffered in similar ways.

also: wellie comes from district 6, which is implied to be suffering from a morphling/opiate epidemic. it is not a far reach to say that her guardian could have been an addict, and consequently an unstable, neglectful, or abusive caregiver.

[derangedchameleon]

I find it so interesting that Silka felt the need to justify killing Wellie to Haymitch.

Like… this girl has been training for her entire life to go into a child murdering competition. She‘s a highly trained killer. This is what she does. What she‘s supposed to do.

Yet when Haymitch finds her with Wellie‘s head and screams „What did you do?“ her knee jerk response is „She tried to kill me!“

Maybe… when Haymitch dropped her that chocolate… for just a second, she too realised who the real enemy is.

But that thought was way too terrifying to actually let grow.

There‘s a reason she shouts that she will win these games for the glory of the capitol. She‘s trying to correct her previous „betrayal“ of the hand that has fed her her entire life.

[kald-dal-art]

More Sunrise on the Reaping art because I am listening to the audiobook while working so feeling inspired

[jicklet]

The way Haymitch is such a big brother, seemingly not being able to help adopting every possible sibling he comes across. Being forced to be a mentor really must have been a special kind of hell for him.

[sunfloweraroace]

took me three days but I finally finished this!

Close ups of all the pictures under the cut

The only one not here is a stock image of a goose

[catastrophic29]

Haymitch: WHOEVER CAUSED THIS MESS IS GOING TO-

Wellie: It was me...

Haymitch: ...Is going to be forgiven because everyone deserves a second chance.

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

haymitch is binx the kitten

[kaybaeisgay]

i haven’t seen people really talk about it, so idk if i’m the only one who was affected by it so deeply…but when haymitch and wellie are in the tree together, huddled around their little potato light, and silka comes to the base of their tree (not to hunt or kill, but just to be near someone again)—

i actually don’t think i’ve cried so hard at a book in a long time. maybe in another couple days i’ll be able to put my finger on exactly why it was so impactful, but for now, i just find the image heartbreaking for what it is: three kids terrified of the world, terrified of each other, and terrified of being alone, most of all.

[sirnica]

Wellie's death in Sunrise on the Reaping haunts me.

Was it Haymich's biggest mistake?

Maybe.

She could have been his Rue. Even better, he could have helped her win. She was so close. We don't know much about her, but him actually sacrificing himself to save her would have been an act of rebellion Capitol couldn't delete.

Instead, he was too focused on "Painting his poster" that no one ever got to see. He leaves her even if she begs him not to and she's gone while his plan fails once again.

Poor little girl. She deserved better.