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What do you look for in a relationship?
Well,
1. Someone who looks at me like I’m the most amazing thing they’ve ever seen,
2. Will fight every battle alongside me, knowing that we are equals who make each other stronger and better,
3. Will go to the ends of the earth to ensure each other’s safety and well-being,
4. Goes the extra mile to make their love known in the simplest of manners,
5. And brings light and love to a genuine friendship built on trust.
Whether through my Hunger Games, Anne With An E, or Lockwood & Co era, that’s what I’ve grown up dreaming of in every stage of my life.
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The Hunger Games (2012) | Catching Fire (2013)
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Haymitch caring for Peeta and Katniss.
The Hunger Games (2012) Catching Fire (2013) Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
– requested by @panemgif
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Katniss and Peeta both thinking the other would be a great parent is what made their ending of having kids together so beautiful.
When they both thought they were going to die for the other, the thought that brought them comfort was the other person would live on and have kids with someone else, so much so Katniss couldn't help but have a happy dream about Peeta's kids in the middle of a deadly game.
They both got their wishes of the other living and having kids AND helped complete each other's dream. That's freaking beautiful. People who don't understand it need literacy classes, I mean it. GET HELP!
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Katniss pacing around: This is bad. This is really bad!
Jo: What the fuck happened?
Katniss: I kissed Peeta.
Jo just confirming: You initiated it?
Katniss extremely shy nod: (///◕//_//◕///)
Jo disappointed: I owe fish boy SO much money.
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it's amazing to think and remember how kind and gentle peeta and katniss's relationship is in comparison to snow and lucy gray
to think that snow only believed so deaply that katniss didn't love peeta even thou at every turn she was ready to give ger life for that boy, the boy she loved even if at that time she didn't know, the one who saved her life so many times without even knowing.
snow did not undertand that, a love so deep and profound one was willing to die for, he had people die for him, but he was not gonna die for anyone, not for his family, his only friend, not even for the girl he loved and saved his life.
he only saw everlark as a performance because he never saw love for what it really is, sacrifice, the act to sacrifice for someone else that means so much to you, snow only used it as way of manipulation and to hold power against others.
if he never had to sacrifice anything, then he lets others do it for him.
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Oh no
And can you tell me was it worth it?
Baby, I don't want to know
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Suzanne Collins is one of the few contemporary writers who realizes the importance of names in her stories and the significance they bear. They add so many layers to the story, additional meanings that otherwise would not have existed.
The original trilogy:
- Katniss: named after a plant of which you can eat the roots. Her father taught her where to find it and told her that “as long as you can find yourself, you’ll survive” (quote may be a little bit off, but it’s from one of the early chapters in THG). Additionally, the leaves are in the shape of an arrowhead, referencing her skills with the bow which her father also taught her how to use.
- Peeta: literally bread lmao. But bread is one of the basic nutritions humans need, a little bit goes a long way to keep you alive. Peeta’s presence in Katniss’s life also kept her alive, literally and figuratively—the burned bread he threw her in the flashback and their complicated relationship.
- Primrose: a plant with medicinal purposes, even more significant in light of her work as a medic in Mockingjay.
- Gale: literally means “strong wind” and considering that in every encounter with Katniss he’s caused some reaction, he pulls her into directions she maybe initially doesn’t want to go in. Additionally, his name also represents his determination and steadfastness in his beliefs.
TBOSAS
- Lucy Gray: named after William Wordsworth’s poem “Lucy Gray” which is about the titular character of the poem who got lost during a blizzard. She literally got lost in snow. Rachel Zegler sang this poem in two parts on the original soundtrack of the movie. When Snow asked who the girl in the song is, Lucy answers that she’s a mystery, just like her.
- Snow: aside from the obvious snow references, I think his name is most significant in relation to Lucy and the poem. The only one who knows what caused her disappearance is Snow. He is the reason that Lucy is gone. But her traces in the snow are still visible. He will always remember her because the memory of Lucy has manifested itself in every part of his life.
- Coriolanus: named after the Roman general (and also the titular character of Shakespeare’s play), Coriolanus wanted to attack Rome and become its ruler. He was scorned and celebrated by the people, only to be later exiled from the city by them. In TBOSAS, Coriolanus is the star pupil at the Capitol’s academy but sent into exile to the districts after he won the Games with Lucy through cheating.
- Volumnia: Coriolanus mother who played a part in his ascent to power. In TBOSAS, she almost serves like a mentor to Coriolanus, teaching him how to think in terms of power.
- (Edit) Sejanus: a roman soldier who was betrayed by the roman emperor Tiberius, just like the future president betrayed him.
- (Edit) Plinth: got this info from here, but it was too good not to include here. A plinth is a base for a statue or vase to stand on. After Sejanus’s death, all of the Plinth fortune was given to Snow for being such a good to friend him. It was this money that skyrocketed the Snow family from poverty to filthy rich. The Plinth money was the foundation upon which Snow built his power.
There are so many other names that have historical (mostly Roman and Greek) connotations—Plutarch, Seneca, Cinna—but also regular names like Trinket and Beetee bear meanings that represent the character beautifully.
Names are important. For any lover of literature or (aspiring) writers, please look closely at them. They can shape your story into something unique.
Feel free to correct me if I’ve said something wrong. I know there are many names missing, but I can only add so many examples ✊🏻😔
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snow saying “it’s the thing we love the most that destroy us” like katniss didnt just take the song that holds his fondest memories with the one girl he loved and turned it into the soundtrack of his downfall 😭😭 gurl
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With District 12's history, I'm shocked they were allowed to continue participating in the games (rather than just face some kind of execution). They have few victors, but every single one of them has been nothing but trouble.
#katniss everdeen#peeta mallark#haymitch abernathy#lucy grey baird#lucy grey THEY ARE ALL NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND WE LOVE THEM!
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This is the funniest take on "what if Snow chose to be a good person" because instead of imagining young Snow being this sweet kind person, it's just Donald Sutherland playing a senile old uncle who constantly beefs with birds.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjw94p3q/
@whimsywisp on Tiktok (not on Tumblr)
Plus my favorite comments
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Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023) dir. Francis Lawrence
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I love that we’re all collectively reentering our hunger games era
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just thinking about the moment the everdeen sisters see each other for the last time
primrose thought katniss was dead until then she looks up and sees her sister alive
katniss thought prim was safe in district 13 until she sees her sister die right before her eyes