“Gale thinks Katniss owes him her love” well yes he views relationships as transactional… because that is how all of his relationships have ever functioned. That’s how district 12 works. Katniss teaches him to hunt, he teaches her how to trap. She takes care of his family, he takes care of hers. Katniss functions in the same way except she’s always worrying about paying back her debts rather than cashing them in

Katniss is constantly thinking about paying Peeta back for acts of love or kindness. It goes back to the bread, even. She feels like she owes him and the Mellarks as a whole because he saved her life, it’s a debt she doesn’t feel like she can ever pay back

Love has only been given to both of them when they give something in return. Katniss feels constantly indebted to Peeta for this reason, and Gale thinks him and Katniss are inevitable because if he’s giving her love, her “duty” is to give it back

It is an entitled attitude to have, but Katniss would think the exact same way if she were in Gale’s position and I don’t think people realize that

Katniss grows out of this mindset while Gale never never does and that is their key difference to me