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rereading the hunger games
PART 3 I PART 1 I PART 2
‘Katniss’, he says. I go over and brush the hair back from his eyes. ‘Thanks for finding me.’
‘You would have found me if you could’, I say. His forehead’s burning up. Like the medicine’s having no effect at all. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I’m scared he’s going to die.
‘Yes. Look, if I don’t make it back—’, he begins
‘Don’t talk like that…No, Peeta, I don’t even want to discuss it’, I say, placing my finger on his lips to quiet him.
‘But I—’, he insists.
Impulsively, I lean forward and kiss him, stopping his words…
y’all cannot tell me that katniss has not had feelings for this kid the entire time.
note how tactile she is with him. this is not a girl who gets close to many people—especially this fast! it means something. in contrast, it took her 6 months to warm up to gale…just sayin
and yes, peeta jokingly (?) suggested they kiss earlier in the scene but! katniss is the one who impulsively initiates their first kiss.
plus she’s been worried about his survival this whole damn time not just after they allied together. girl is lying to herself lol
peeta is 75% sarcasm and i am loving it
i felt like the films portrayed him as overly meek? and soft? but that’s just not who he is??
the idea of debts is another recurring theme—katniss feeling indebted to peeta for the bread, the two saving each other over and over again, thresh saving katniss’ life in repayment for how she honored rue, etc.
it kills me whenever katniss convinces herself that peeta is lying about being in love with her. it’s not an act :(
here comes cato crashing through the woods in full body armor. jesus
the tribute-mutts seem unnecessarily cruel. katniss/peeta and cato were already heading to the cornucopia to battle it out. it’s like the gamemakers hoped the mutts would kill off peeta, adding to the tragedy of the ~star crossed lovers~
the added element of the killer muttations resembling their fallen tributes? brutal. also can you imagine the tributes’ families watching this play out?? watching their loved one’s likeness be turned into a killing machine??
im going to say it—cato might have the all time worst death in this trilogy. hours pass before he finally dies. h o u r s.
plus the added element of katniss and peeta listening to the mutts tear him apart?? hearing him cry and beg and scream?? knowing that helping him would result in their own deaths?? these are teenagers
i just love the fake romeo and juliet stunt
totally forgot that the gamemakers wanted to give katniss a boob job?? props to haymitch for fighting it. in retrospect maybe he was trying to save her from a finnick/johanna fate…
He’s kissing me…After about ten minutes of this, Caesar Flickerman taps on his shoulder to continue the show, and Peeta just pushes him aside without even glancing at him. The audience goes berserk.
I’m sorry but this moment still gives me the most second hand embarrassment
‘It was all for the Games,’ Peeta says. ‘How you acted.’
‘Not all of it,’ I say, tightly holding my flowers.
‘Then how much? No, forget that. I guess the real question is what’s going to be left when we get home?’ he says.
‘I don’t know. The closer we get to District Twelve, the more confused I get…’
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Peeta extend his hand. I look at him, unsure. ‘One more time? For the audience?’ he says. His voice isn’t angry. It’s hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand…dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.
this does not sound like a girl who is pretending to be in love
katniss says it herself—she’s confused. it’s not like she ever expected to fall in love during the hunger games!
loving peeta was never an act for her. pretending to pretend to be in love was easier for her than admitting her true feelings
i dont blame peeta at all—he’s understandably hurt beyond measure—but his reaction here kind of pushes her further away
but she doesn’t want to let go—of the flowers peeta gave her, of peeta’s hand, of peeta.
why? because she loves him. she’s loved him since the beginning