#which makes sense with katniss's circumstances and everything and she even says like she doesn't want to get married etc

[cmonangel]

okay so i finally read a ballad of songbirds and snakes which led to me rereading the hunger games trilogy over the past week (SO GOOD i could make a whole other post) but then i thought it would be a good idea to watch the movies but then literally started sobbing from the beginning and started again every time single time they showed rue before the games even started or anything

#as a standalone book abosas is like ok but i actually thought it was fascinating like just how the games developed #like seeing how the media and sponsors started and then rereading the original books its SO interesting #im really tired but the relationship between the districts and capitol and tributes and audience and everything... suzanne is a genius #also i briefly went into the tags on here and my one thing is why are people not talking about tigris more?? #she could have a whole other book #i wish i could talk to suzanne collins and ask her why she chose tigris of all people to become a stylist and then what happened #did she think she could help the tributes like her cousin and then they had a disagreement of some kind? #no one is doing it like her #and im just blown away like rereading the books bc yeah theyre incredibly violent and there's the stuff with that peacekeeper #and then finnick in the capitol which is real and painful but it's so different from popular ya currently #idk what middle schoolers are reading these days but im just thinking about how acotar is marketed as ya #i just appreciated how katniss loves people and you can tell by her/their actions words etc instead of everything being some crazy #physical attraction all the time #which makes sense with katniss's circumstances and everything and she even says like she doesn't want to get married etc #because of the world they live in and thg isn't a romance obviously while the popular newer books im thinking of are marketed as romance so #maybe im just mad bc i gave in and read fourth wing and it was so garbage #idk i have a lot of thoughts but i dont think these are making sense

[heavensbeehall]

"Catching Fire", Chapter 13

Part 2: The Quell

Chapter 13: Katniss has un pocito mental breakdown after the announcement of the Quarter Quell. She rouses herself when she remembers about Peeta and Haymitch, one of whom will be going into the Arena with her. She goes to Haymitch... to drink. Gale suggests they run again but Katniss has made up her mind to protect Peeta. She tries to "be strong" for her mother and Prim but ultimately allows them to comfort her instead. Peeta also has a mission. He's gotten rid of all of the liquour and wants Haymitch, Katniss and him to train like Careers. The Reaping comes quickly and Katniss is not allowed to say goodbye to Gale, Prim or her Mother like she had planned.

Thoughts

-- Katniss seems to feel really bad for allowing herself to feel her emotions (when she runs and hides in the other house, and also when she cries in front of Prim and her mother). You don't always have to be selfless, baby.

-- But then later she is actually defending Haymitch's coping mechanism of drinking to Peeta, which is an interesting turn.

-- It's interesting how short the Reaping ceremony is in this book. The one in the previous book took like two chapters. Here, it's like two paragraphs. I suppose it's because there was no question as to what would happen. I do wonder if the drawings were rigged to get rid of "troublesome" or possibly "uppity" or maybe just victors Snow doesn't like. And if that is the case, people like Peeta and Mags is the only thing they can do to thwart the Capitol's will. (At least until we can Rebel for real!)

Quotes:

"You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," says Haymitch.

Katniss readily agrees with this, but it's kind of a mean thing to say to someone who just found out they are probably going to die soon. And I feel like Haymitch is saying it to himself as much as he is saying it to her.

Over his shoulder, I see my mother and Prim clutching each other in the doorway. We run. They die. And now I've got Peeta to protect.

I appreciate that Gale puts Katniss's life above everything here, by suggesting they could still run. But Katniss operates best when she is protecting someone (Prim, Rue, and Peeta were all her reasons to keep going in the previous Arena). So now she's got her mission, I guess.

But after a few days, we agree to act like Careers, because this is the best way to get Peeta ready as well.

Though Katniss detested the Careers in the previous games, I feel like this is an admission that training for the games does actually make sense. But it means treating children like soldiers, and training them for combat.

Where would I be with my pretend cousin who wouldn't be my cousin if it weren't for Peeta? Would he have still kissed me and would I have kissed him back had I been free to do so? Would I have let myself open up to him, lulled by the security of money and food and the illusion of safety being a victor could bring under different circumstances? But there would still always be the reaping looming over us, over our children. No matter what I wanted …

Even with the financial security of being a Victor, Katniss would not have allowed herself to be with Gale romantically, because it might lead to children. So they would just be hunting, as friends.

#thg reread #quarter quell #i volunteer as tribute