i aint got a thing to prove to you

I didn’t expect to come away from a book about Haymitch even more convinced of Peeta Mellark’s crucial role in the rebellion, but I did. Because the book showed that Katniss was not uniquely rebellious. It reminded us that Snow’s worldview hinges on one fact: he is the victor. There is no room in his world for the vulnerability that Lucy Gray caused him. Haymitch recognizes it: Snow will not allow him to die. There must be a singular, selfish victor. Because every lone victor sends the same message to Panem: your will to power must come before any loyalties, any sense of justice. The people around you cannot be trusted. They are your enemies, when the chips are down. It is a a brutal slap in the face of any organized resistance. The idea of two victors is completely and utterly antithetical to Snow’s personal demons, and to his system. He rationalizes his betrayal of Lucy Gray this way. He drives the point home to Haymitch when he kills Ma, Sid, and Lenore Dove: any attempt to sidestep your fate will be met with awful retribution. It probably gave him some personal satisfaction to kill a Covey-girl, but it didn’t matter. She was a dead woman regardless. And Katniss? Okay, she sings some songs. She buries a child in flowers. Beautiful. But if she wins fair and square, she’s less of a threat even than Haymitch, and more of a victory for Snow. Not even Covey-blood are above his rules.

it also is crucial because it’s something the capitol cannot edit out. a lot of the actions haymitch took were far more destructive, but they were easily cut out of footage shown to the citizens of panem (both capitol and district). the only thing that *needed* to be left in for continuity was the axe thing, but that didn’t come off as directly challenging the capitol’s authority.

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door one: you take your own life

door one: you take your own life

yes mike wheeler won't show his emotions if he can help it but if you say he doesn't feel anything you're wrong

"will so got the ick when mike roleplayed in his dnd campaign" tell me you dont know will byers without actually telling me

The look of dudes who got the ick during a D&D game where they were basically flirting the entire time.. apparently

"will so got the ick when mike roleplayed in his dnd campaign" tell me you dont know will byers without actually telling me

The look of dudes who got the ick during a D&D game where they were basically flirting the entire time.. apparently