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been rambling about effie for days because i think sotr!effie is pretty consistent with og trilogy!effie and she remains to be a compelling character to me so #yay… but i actually do have many problems with sotr and what it does to haymitch’s character 😹😹

saw fan speculations that effie's real name could be persephone since her sister's name is proserpina aka persephone but roman, and while i didnt see the vision at first i kinda do now?? you can even read some meaning into it: persephone, the goddess who lives a split life - half the year in the underworld, half the year on earth; effie, who gradually develops split loyalties - to her home the capitol and to the district victors she has grown to care for.

suzanne collins talked about effie briefly in an interview for the sotr special edition and well i know it was already there in the text since the og trilogy, but hearing her explicitly talk about effie becoming jaded and desperate for "reassurance of humanity's decency" as she toils within the games machine for years felt soooo validating as a long-time effie truther

i grew up on stress outlet fuckbuddyship turned tortured situationship turned love-in-middle-age, second-lease-on-life hayffie fanfiction since i was 13 so that shit is still real to me idgaf what suzanne collins says