‘Girlhood: what it means to me’ [rejected]

A short 8-page collage zine combining 2000’s nostalgic imagery with more current thoughts about being raised a girl.

Finnick had to give up his entire childhood due to the games. As being the youngest victor at 14 he was obviously traumatized for life. And then a few years later he has to sell his body to the Capital. And then he gets in the 75th HG and he sees these two kids, man. These two 17 year olds fresh off the 74th game. So of COURSE he helps Haymitch so he could form an alliance with these kids because these are kids around the same age he had to sell himself to survive. And of COURSE he sticks with them. We even see him and Johanna try to talk to them after the "If it werent for the baby" statement before the peacekeepers held them back. The first time he sees Katniss he immediatly acts all sarcastic and jokey with her.

They're on the beach just him and these kids and they're so scared and traumatized so he acts all goofy and silly so they can atleast laugh a little bit even if there's danger up ahead.

We see Katniss on that beach acting like a child again for a few minutes even if most of her life she had to be the adult. We just see something that a normal 17 year old would do.

And he promises himself to protect them but he couldn't protect Peeta and he's so sorry and he feels so guilty because he couldn't prevent his fate :(