Interactions between Haymitch and Effie in the original trilogy (Katniss POV)
Before to read:
This is a repost of an old reply I made to a post that said that Effie would never wish Haymitch a happy birthday and that Hayffie wouldn't work, while using passages from the book to twist their narrative. So, in response, I made an OBJECTIVE compilation of all the interactions without expressing an opinion on their relationship.
I'm posting this because I'd like people to stop believing the propaganda that Effie and Haymitch hate each other in the books.
We don't know anything except what Katniss thinks and observes, all we can do is infer.
These are Haymitch and Effie's interactions throughout the saga, as Katniss knows (or lets us know):
July, 4th.: Haymitch is drunk and tries to hug Effie at reaping, she barely manages to fend off. After dinner, when Katniss, Peeta, and Effie watch the transmition of the reaping, Effie is irritated by Haymitch's behavior on television (because they're now a laughing stock and he ruined her wig, and reputation is very important to sponsors). But when the tributes start laughing at Haymitch, she stops them and explains his importance as a mentor in the games.
July, 5th.: At morning, Katniss goes to breakfast and meets Effie who's muttering obscenities, Haymitch is chuckling and Peeta looks embarrassed. (We don't know what happened there) After parade, Effie says Haymitch has not told her about the strategy but she has tried to sweet talk the sponsors and will do everything to get Haymitch to sign the sponsorships. She takes them to dinner with Haymitch, Cinna and Portia joining them. (Katniss thinks a meal presided over by just Effie and Haymitch is bound to be a disaster, but we didn't see them eating together: in reaping day, Haymitch was too drunk to eat, and this day Effie was not at breakfast or did not interact with Haymitch; Katniss had lunch with Cinna. Dinner is the first time where the team are together in a meal, and they're polite as each other)
During the three days of training, Effie and Haymitch spend their time giving advice and asking about everything they've done. Katniss mentions that they don't fight anymore and seem to be of one mind. (We didn't see them "fight")
After the evaluation Effie and Haymitch try to talk to Katniss but she doesn't allow it and prefers to stay in her room. The rest of the book they don't fight and are a team preparing Katniss and Peeta for the games.
At the beginning of the tour, when Effie gets upset that the train breakdown will ruin the schedule, Katniss gets angry and yells at her. Katniss is baffled that Haymitch doesn't support her. Then she expects Haymitch to scold her for it.
After the party at the Capitol, the attendants bring in a drunken Haymitch. Effie says "There you are!," but the tone in which she says it is not mentioned.
Haymitch mentions that Effie fixed his phone and that they talked about the wedding and that he would be the one to give Katniss away. (We don't know how or when the conversation was)
After the reaping, Effie talks about her plan to look as a team, Haymitch agrees is clearly affected by the desire to drink. Effie asks for her wine to be taken away. When they watch the replay of the reaping, Haymitch is silent while Effie laments and sighs.
After parade, Katniss and Peeta meet up with Haymitch and Effie who come out of the elevator looking pleased about something (we don't know why)
We finally see Haymitch with the bracelet that Effie talked about (we don't know if she gave it to him or sent it to someone to give it to him or if he chose it or anything)
Effie shows up a bit early to take Katniss and Peeta down, but Haymitch tells her he doesn't want her taking them down because it's important to look self-reliant. So she takes them to the elevator fussing over their hair and pushing the button for them.
After hearing what Peeta did, Effie says that thinking like that is forbidden and dangerous. Haymitch says he agrees with her on this one.
Effie sends a note to Katniss saying that she and Haymitch have decided to cancel coaching sessions.
No interaction between Haymitch and Effie in this book 😃 All we know is that Effie disappeared during the war. We later learn that she was imprisoned and Plutarch and Haymitch had a hard time keeping her alive. She still wears her golden wig and has a vacant look in her eyes.
Something that has always amused me is that we never get to know Effie and Haymitch's relationship outside of the games, all we know is that they don't argue often and they treat each other politely when Katniss is around.
Hayffie may or may not work, that's your prerogative, but manipulating parts of the book to make it seem like they're always arguing doesn't seem very nice to me.
Especially knowing that Katniss is not a reliable narrator due to her lack of interpersonal interaction skills and her bias towards others.
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