I had a marvelous time ruining everything

sunrise on the reaping does not recontextualize the rebellion that we see in catching fire and mockingjay. y’all are just too used to “chosen one” hero narratives and don’t understand history.

what SOTR does do is give personal background on some of the specific rebels we meet through Katniss. but it does not all of a sudden tell us that the rebellion existed before Katniss gave Peeta the berries, or before she sang to Rue. too many of y’all thought that and so Suzanne Collins had to shove it in our faces this time.

y’all read too many percy jacksons and harry potters and “here’s a special person destined to save us all!” that’s not how movements work in real life.

the reality is there are many many names involved in rebellions and revolutions that are lost to history. part of that is because they are killed and no one is there to tell their story. part of that is because anonymity was required to be an effective part of the movement. and part of that is because sometimes there are things that are more important than an individual.

MLK Jr and Malcolm X didn’t spark the Civil Rights movement. Nelson Mandela didn’t spark anti-apartheid movements. Susan B Anthony didn’t spark the suffragette movement, Rosa Parks wasn’t the first to be denied seating on the bus, and the list goes on. It’s not that these people didn’t do things for these revolutions or that they were puppets, but my point is they’re the names most people attribute to them.

Katniss is just in the right place at the right time with similar enough ideals and actions for the rebellion to uphold as a symbol.

and think of the war effort we see in Mockingjay. it takes years to train soldiers. it takes years to manufacture that many weapons. it takes years to even get Plutarch where he is in SOTR, let alone as a gamemaker in THG. and of most of the rebels Katniss meets who die for her to protect the cause— they aren’t young kids roped along into it. they’re middle aged and older.

none of it magically happened in the span of a year after the 74th games. nor do revolutions necessarily wait for the right person to come along to bandwagon on. sometimes it happens, like with Katniss. other times it’s planned (off of a real event, just recreated under better conditions i.e. Rosa Parks).

anyways. hope that gives y’all something to think about bc i’m really tired of seeing this take elsewhere

The picture:

I’ve been hung up on how Maude Ivory sings “Oh My Darling Clementine”, a real folk song from even well before OUR time. The fact that the Covey are able to remember and bring back culture from before the Districts existed is extremely powerful and dangerous to the Capitol, as it suggests knowledge of a world without the district system.

Very few other characters mention this, one being Plutarch (MJ 74 “We’re going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.”)

the cover and a selection of pages from the fabric book I just finished, This summer I spent a lot of time sleeping with my head in a pool of moonlight.

Of lost chances, forbidden love and remorse.

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

The joy of hiding your face in a warm embrace

soulmates (derogatory)