#arrow aro

spade ace - ace with exceptions. arrow aro - aro with exceptions. diamond aplatonic - aplatonic with exceptions.

club aroace - aroace with exceptions. heart aqueerplatonic - aqueerplatonic with exceptions. star afamilial - afamilial with exceptions.

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Pride palettes (accepting!)

The general idea is to view the games as an analogy for heteronormativity (forcing Katniss to pretend to love a boy in order to survive).

This is not a question for counter arguments or for you to argue your ship. It’s cool if you do ship things, this is just my take on it.

Also, I still am spiritually a boomer (while physically a 21-year-old), who has no idea how this app works. So I have no idea if this will work (structurally). Excuse the chaos. (Help!)

Page numbers are from the hardcover edition.

“Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.” (Page 4.) it’s just to the cat but still.

“I watch Gale as (…) He could be my brother. (…) But we’re not related, at least not closely.” (Page 8.) this is the first description of Gale we get. Are you telling me we are supposed to ship them?

“There’s never been anything romantic between Gale and me. (…) He’s good looking, (…). You can tell by the way the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find.” (Page 18.)

“Medium height, sticky build, ashy blond hair that falls in waves over his forehead.” (Page 25). This is the first description of Peeta we get. And I just find it to be very factual. She has no feelings or opinions about his looks. She just observes them.

“…Peeta and me to shake hands.His are as solid and warm as those loaves of bread. Peeta looks me right in the eye and gives my hand what I think is meant to be a reassuring squeeze. Maybe it’s just a nervous spasm.” (Page 33.) Lol to this quote specifically. We learn about Peeta and Katniss’s previous interaction in childhood and Katniss talks about how she frequently caught him staring at her. She does not acknowledge this as him being interested in her, she only mentions that she feels like she owes him something.

“Finally, Gale is here and maybe there is nothing romantic between us, but when he opens his arms I don’t hesitate to go into them.” (Page 38.)