FYA on Mockingjay
I totally agree with Henri’s (the author of the original post) take on Mockingjay, which is why I’m giving my full support to Team Gale. Snippets of the argument will be pasted after the break (but this is mostly for my own sake) and some bits of commentary. :)
I mean I get that rationale that Katniss needs a dandelion or something, but I still think that it’s sort of sad for her that after everything she’s been through she just hangs out back in the Shire making a memory book like she’s Bilbo Baggins or something. She *has* that fire, damn it, and instead of getting to go out and do something else to make the world a better place she’s just hanging out with KIDS THAT SHE NEVER WANTED TO HAVE until that stupid whiny baker talked her into it.
The Lord of the Rings reference killed me. I LAUGHED.
Seriously, is Suzanne Collins a Mormon as well? Or do YA authors just hate women? Because for an author who created a character as awesome as Katniss, she sure did consign her to an old school woman’s role straight out of the Mad Men era. I think it’s safe to say that the best thing the movie studio can do now is cut her off, hand over the entirety of the creative control to Joss Whedon, and let him turn Katniss into the badass that she really needs to be.
Thank you for pointing that out! I must have been in such a crumpled and emotionally wasted state to not have noticed that. (And that is why a life with Gale would have been more meaningful and empowering. TEAM GALE!!! :P)
Also, I still say that the sex would be way better with Gale. But that’s what happens when you pick the one who dotes all the time; that’s all they know how to do. “Are you okay, honey?” “You sure you’re okay? What can I do to help?” “Don’t worry, it’ll be okay as long as we have each other.” GAH.
UNF. GALE IS SO YUMMY IN MY HEAD AND IMAGINATION. HOW CAN KATNISS NOT GET WITH THAT. I know, “Mmm Peeta bread good” but you could cut their sexual tension with a bread knife.
But I am not made of stone, I openly wept at the cheese going on between Peeta and Katniss. Maybe because I’m a goner when it comes to having compassion for the (at first) unrequited lover. <3
However, these “chinks in the armor” still don’t take away from the magic the Hunger Games trilogy has cast on me. I swear, I still cannot get the damn thing off my mind (and I’m supposed to be working on my thesis). And I know I’m not alone on that one. :)
(Source: foreveryoungadult.com)
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