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ozzieinspacetime · 4 months

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Thinking about the INSANE moral grey area of the thg victors at the minute,, these scared, small children killed 23 (or 47) other equally scared, small children in order to make it out alive. Every year afterwards the wound that is the games gets ripped open and they have to go about closing it up all over again. They can never escape the blood of the other scared little kids on their hands. They are being punished by the Capitol, made to watch other kids do what they did, for something the Capitol made them do in the first place. If they want the kids to die because they don't want them suffering the way a victor does for the rest of their lives, then they're uncaring & complicit in the tributes death. If they get the kids out, they're signing the tribute up for a life of misery. No winning. No moral high ground. Just a train ride that never stops.

#actually shocking that only 16 victors were dead/missing by the 3rd quarter quell. thats an insane amount of trauma to cope with #parcel day is probably the best example of how the games play on victors morals even when its over #because the entire district gets fed. for a whole year. of COURSE you'd want to give that to the people back home #but it means putting this kid up for literally anything Snow wants. You are complicit in their trauma from then on. you let them live #but if you dont mentor them then your district suffers and you're two more kids deep into this grave you keep digging for yourself #and NONE of it is the mentors fault btw im not saying that because there's no way to mantain a moral highground in this situation #but. jesus christ. its an impossible game because no matter what parents loose their children and someone looses their freedom #sickening. suzanne collins you have a brillant mind #thg #the hunger games #cw: death mention #<- multiple times #this isn't even starting on beetee/wiress and their inventions or the careers that live but if i talk abt them I'll never stop. alas

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