One Thing I Hate The Most Is When I See Ppl Use You Could Live A Hundred Lifetimes And Never Deserve

One thing I hate the most is when I see ppl use “you could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy” from CF as a way to say Katniss isn’t worthy of Peeta, and that he deserved better than her.

I hate it so much and I hate Haymitch a little for saying that to her. If we’re talking about reaction times, it’s not a fair argument to say that Katniss didn’t turn into the Flash and zoom on over to Haymitch’s to strike a deal with him to save Peeta’s life.

She had a PTSD episode. I just never get the fact that ppl hold that against her.

I think ppl forget that Snow came into her home and threatened her. The burden was on her to convince the Districts and Snow of her love for Peeta. So for her to see the consequence of her failure is frightening.

So I’ve just finished this Netflix series called One Day. I saw one tiktok about it and filed it away in the old noggin to watch later. Mainly bc the FMC was a WOC and all WOC deserve to be the main characters in a love story.

I will say, I am absolutely shattered. Actually sick right now. I won’t say what happens, or if it’s good or bad (bc I can be shattered in a good way). I will say you should watch it.

Each episode takes place on the same day which is July 15 starting in 1988 and ending in 2007. It’s 14 episodes long (one of the reasons why I ended up watching it bc everything is 7 episodes long now😒).

Anyway, I could say a lot, but I’ll leave it to you. I highly recommend.

the way ive always interpreted it is that theyve had their lives on display for so long. They deserve to live the rest of their years in privacy. That's why we dont learn the names of everlarks children. we followed katniss from before the Capitol knew of her, to the end where she is able to live a quiet life, which is where we say goodbye to her. We know her backstory as it fuelled the person she became, we have no reason to know her future. She no longer owes anyone anything and I think that is so beautiful.

Let me post this bc Anon put it in better words than my mushy brain could

Just so you know, if you tag things "for exposure" on Ao3 I hate you, specifically.

Ao3 has no algorithm - it is an ARCHIVE; that means it stores works in a completely value-neutral way. Nothing you do will put it in front of eyeballs that did not go specifically looking for it.

So when you tag things "for exposure" - meaning you tag things that are not in the work at all in order to put it in front of people who DON'T WANT IT. If you use a /Reader tag "for exposure" and have NO /Reader in your work, all you're going to get is a bunch of people mad at you because they went looking for /Reader and got whatever you wrote instead. And all the people who would've liked what you wrote are going to skip over it because they don't WANT to read a /Reader fic.

Tags are not advertising, they're the nutrition facts on the back of the cereal box. They tell you what is ACTUALLY IN THE THING so you can make an informed decision about it. But if people LIE about what's in it, then everyone gets rightfully upset because there were nuts in their nut-free granola. And if I was promised nuts in my chocolate bar and didn't get any, I'd be mighty peeved.

So don't tag things "for exposure" it's rude and scummy and most of all, annoying.

I was 7 when the first Hunger Games movie came out and watched it within those two years of its release. Rue had always stuck out to me. Rue and Cinna. One because they were two out of three black characters, and two because of the amount of screen time they got.

At the time I didn’t realize it, but now that I’m older the HG movie was probably one of the first forms of media I consumed as a child where a black character wasn’t a stereotype of their race and culture.

What I love about Suzanne’s writing is that at face value her black characters are rooted in stereotypes. At least Thresh and Reaper. But what makes Suzanne so much better than loads of writers, game makers, directors, etc is that her black characters have so much more depth. Thresh and Reaper come off as aggressive and blood thirsty. They also have a stereotypical ‘strong black man’ body type. But what makes them full of depth is that that is not all they are. Both Thresh and Reaper were aggressive to deter the other Tributes from attacking them. They were gentle, kind, and full of mercy when it came to Rue and Dill (and as we saw Katniss and the other Tributes as well). Reaper especially with how he cared for the dead in during his Games.

The sense of community in District 11 that is shown through just four characters is telling. In the movies when they rebelled. Or in the books when D11 sent their loaf of bread to Katniss in gratitude. When that old man saluted Katniss.

I just love that her characterization of her black characters actually hold depth. Especially as side characters. She could have played into ignorance and say that they only served a purpose through their death, but she didn’t.

District 11 will always be my favorite District.

All of the characters of color in the HG universe hold a special place in my heart.

And although Cinna and Boggs are only black in the movies, they’re black in my heart when I read the books too.

i will say that it is strange that everyone has been like “the hunger games fandom is back” and “oh it was soooo dead”…

acting like the good people (my mutuals) have not been doing the lord’s work (delivering quality thg content) this whole time. LIKE DOGS.

smh.