#mockingjay thg

Hayffie is canon.

Sure, it’s only movie-canon but it’s still canon, it’s still been kept in the movie, the movie where the AUTHOR had a say in. I get it when sb says that they like the books more but you can’t just ignore the films. Sure, it’s also just a kiss and we don’t see them be together, but it’s still a kiss.

sunrise on the reaping headers

We need to talk about how much Snow and GALE mirror one another, and are two sides of the same coin just cast into different ponds. Gale doesn’t have a compassion for anyone outside of his direct line of sight (i.e. the way he so quickly casts off the other CHILDREN being thrown into the games with Katniss, taking their humanity and minimizing it to an animalistic nature, while KATNISS the one actually in the games reminds him that they are people.) I see similarities in the way snow and gale treat people in power over them - hating what they have but being so fast to take advantage the kindness they show for their own gain (Madge and Sejanus) Both Snow and Gale could only focus on the RELATIONSHIPS of the girls they knew going into the games, feeling angry and possessive as they are fighting for their lives through whatever means necessary (LG with her song about Billy Taupe, and Katniss with Peeta in the arena) I firmly believe that if given the chance, Gale would sit next to snow, cheering at the table as a man is poisoned and feasting regardless.

Let’s also dive into the fact that Katniss and Tigris hold so many similarities - both raised in the same condition as Gale and Snow, but responding in love and kindness. Katniss holds a horror at the death she sees, and Tigris is quick to remind Snow that Lucy Gray and the tributes are PEOPLE. Gale isn’t sorry he killed the children, hes only sorry he lost Katniss as a result - the same way snow isnt sorry he killed sejanus but sorry he lost Lucy Gray in turn. Katniss offering Rue food in the arena, remembering the boy who gave her bread when she had nothing, Tigris making bread pudding for Lucy Gray even when she knew they didn’t have food. Both taking on the maternal role at the age of 11. Both used tesserae to give their siblings a chance in the world (tigris with the busttons, Katniss taking the rations).

And to bring it all to a head - Snow riding on a gust of wind, or a gale, will always impact the direction of an arrow.

Saturno by Pablo Alborán

You have the same guilt that I have

Even if it’s hard for you to admit

That you feel like I feel

The pillow usually doesn’t lie

I didn’t want to love you

You taught me to hate you

All the kisses that I imagined

Return to the place where I saw them grow

On Saturn

Live the children we never had

On Pluto

Cries of love are still heard

And on the Moon

Your voice and my voice scream alone

Asking for forgiveness