Oh I adore characters that could've been friends if not for their circumstances, but can I raise you: characters who were friends in spite of their circumstances?
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Oh I adore characters that could've been friends if not for their circumstances, but can I raise you: characters who were friends in spite of their circumstances?

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another thing i will say about my intro rome class is that we learned about how one aspect of the culture of war and violence was the tradition of a soldier wearing the armor of his conquered enemy as a trophy, displaying it as a sort of prize. famous examples of this include romulus (i believe he was the earliest one to do this and kind of establised this as a practice), and turnus wearing the armor of aeneas's war buddy pallas (which sent aeneas over the edge/gave him the motivation to kill turnus).
it made me think of how cato and clove got body armor as their sponsor gift but obviously with her gone, cato would have had to find her armor in her bag and know she could never use it. now based on their movie actors they are obviously very different sizes and i'm not sure what use cato would've had for her armor, it probably made more sense to discard it (because it was both 1. essentially useless and 2. a painful reminder of his fallen ally), but i do wonder if he might've kept the bag the armor came in to carry a piece of her around with him similar to what the romans did - except with the opposite intentions, as a sign of friendship towards her and not as a way to celebrate her death.
a thought that just occurred to me is the fact that thresh literally carried off the body armor of his fallen foe that he killed - not on purpose of course/with the intentions that the romans had (he would've had no idea what was in the bag and also it isn't his style to flaunt his "victory" over clove). and it is heavily implied that cato killed him both to claim his sponsor gift back and perhaps to avenge her. you know, the same way aeneas goes mad when he sees turnus wearing pallas's war belt and kills him in a fit of rage.
The hunger games were created to show what a "beast" humanity is, to show that, in our most desperate circumstances, we will put our survival above all else.
So, every time a tribute decides to put their own survival at risk for someone else's, it's a form of rebellion against the games.
And we see it constantly during the games:
Lamina mercy killing Marcus and putting herself at risk because no one deserves that kind of agony, Reaper making sure the tributes get some dignity in theirs deaths and Lucy Gray staying out in the open with Jessup as he dies.
It's Haymitch running towards Maysilee to save her regardless of the fact that theirs alliance is broken and it could be a trap and staying with her as she died.
And it's especially there in the 74th hunger games. It start with Katniss volunteering for Prim but it's not just her, she is the first spark but she is not the only one in the game to do it.
It's Rue deciding to heal Katniss when that couldn't be that safe for her on the ground, it's Peeta, who understands what the hunger games are for since the beginning and decided to put all of his skill in favor of Katniss's survival, not his. It's Thresh too, sparing Katniss, a very dangerous opponent for Rue.
Cato: *to Thresh* don’t you dare try to hurt Clove!
Thresh: what? She your girlfriend or something?
Clove and Cato: GIRLFRIEND?!?!
Clove: EW NO. NO NO NO NO. He’s like a brother to me!!
Cato: *pretending to gag*
Thresh: oh. Ok… My bad
The Hunger Games, Ch. 21 Sketch Dump
Basically how I pictured the 74th Games' Final Six during the feast. Katniss is a literal bloody mess. I gave Clove an on-the-nose cat-like design, because why not? She doesn't have whiskers, just hair strands sticking out next to her ears. I made sure to make her look bigger than movie!Clove (no offense to Isabelle Fuhrman, I still imagined her PERFORMANCE while reading the chapter). Added goofy doodles of Rue, Peeta and Cato to lighten the new sketchbook's mood.
P. S. That's not a sand worm, that's the Cornucopia. 😅

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THG District Eleven Names
Link to list of Hunger Games Inspired Names (all districts + Capitol)
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Apple Autumn Aloe Adair Ambrosia Aurora Azalea Alden Abilene Acra Asher Áine
Briony Bean Basil Bea Bramble Bran Blossom Bushel Bracken Berry Balthar Bale Bud Beau Brussel
Chaff Caritta Cane Clementine Culler Cornflower Clement Cherry Crassula Celia Ceres Carnation Chicory Chloe Clover Camellia Carme Cora Cuttler Celia Caroline
Durian Dill Daisy Demeter Demetrius Dahlia Dortha
Eden Everest Elwood Erie
Flora Fauna Frey Forrest
Guava Glen
Huckle Harv Husker Hazel Honey Huck Harvest Hilla Hull Huller Heath Holly Helia Hilly
Ivy Iris Indigo Ida
Jenkin Jack Jasmine Jasper
Koring Kernel Kore Kalle
Logan Lavender Luna Lily Leaf
Martin Misty Mirabella Mill Mace Moss Marigold Melia Mansi May
Nectarine
Olive Orin Omar Oleander Oliver
Pepper Peara Perry Posey Poppy Petunia Pauline Prunner Persimmon
Quagmire Quince
Rue Reaper Reed Rosemary Rush Rosa/Rose Rural Robin Rake
Soya Sirco Spud Spring Springer Seeder Seed Summer Stark Silas Sorrel Susie
Thresh Trail Trails Till Thorn/Thorne Tilly Tulip Tile
Vitex Vale Violet Valerian
Willow Whent Winter Wells
Zinna
Thinking of them.
thresh - “Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl. You and me, we're even then. No more owed. You understand?”