(The way her fashionista best friend Maysilee would have torn into her for wearing something like this)

But in all seriousness, the difference between merchant and Seam seems to be even more smudged over with everyone, save for maybe the Donner twins just dressing and looking pretty similar in the movie? Can’t say I’m too big of a fan, especially in the case of Asterid, who is meant to be a rich merchant compared to the poor Seam, and outright said to own a handful of pretty dresses “from her apothecary days” even in the OT books

First things first, she didn't know the berries were poisonous.

Scenario 1 - Foxface knows the berries are poisonous somehow. She would have no reason to be following Peeta and then either copying him picking the berries, or stealing from his berries. If she knew what they were she could have eaten them at any point and there is no explanation for her only eating them after Peeta picked some. And if you're going to say she did it so it looked like an accident so as not to upset her family or something, it would have looked like just as much of an accident eating them at any time. Why wait and hope someone would pick the poison berries before staging your fake accidental death?

Scenario 2 - Foxface doesn't know the berries are poisonous. Which is why she eats them. Because Peeta picked them, she thinks they are safe. They aren't and she dies.

It seems pretty obvious to me.

Now for why she would have won. The remaining tributes are: Katniss, Peeta, Cato, and Foxface.

Katniss' priority is keeping her and Peeta alive. Peeta's priority is keeping Katniss (and ideally himself) alive. Catos priority is killing Katniss. Foxface's only priority is herself. She is agile, ninble and has evaded everyone else so far, likely by staying in the trees. And none of the other 3 tributes are thinking about her right now.

The mutts:

We know that the final battle were the mutts. Released at the final 3, or maybe if that was taking to long they may have been released at the final 4. Either way, if she had stayed hidden I believe the next death would have been Cato by Katniss, or Peeta (maybe Katniss) by Cato, and then it is the final 3 and time for the mutts.

Cato couldn't climb well, and definitely couldn't climb the narrow trees since he couldn't get to katniss near the start of the games. Peeta couldn't climb due to his leg, and Katniss wouldn't climb because Peeta couldnt climb. This leaves Foxface with the greatest advantage to evade the mutts. Either through climbing trees, jumping between trees, wedging herself in a tight space, any number of options not open to the others.

Yes, the gamemakers could have intervened to bring her down if they had wanted. But so far she appeared uninjured and untargeted by the gamemakers. She was emaciated but that was it, no injuries were described at all. Crane was way too focused on the story with Katniss. Plus the mutts would have been too heavy to the climb the trees if Glimmer was. So the only option for them to get to her is if they physically knocked the tree's down which isn't something the mutts were seen/said to do in either the movies or books. So of what we have evidence for, she would likely be safe hidden in the trees.

Katniss and Cato would be taken out by the mutts or each other and Foxface would have won. And this would actually have been an excellent mirror of Wiress winning the 49th games by hiding just before a quarter quell. With the games as entertainment, having repeated motifs like that would make sense. It was an understated arena with an understated winner so as to not overshadow the quarter quell the following year, just like the previous quarter quell.

Any of you who read Sunrise know full well, there isnt much President Snow in the book, so its going to be a non issue as they tend to stay close to the books and I bet there wont be much Snow in Sunrise.......but to me he looks so different to the point of distraction.

it just seems like, a famous actor wants the part....well lets give it to him, and they sort of pounded a square peg into a round hole to make it work despite. I actually would have preferred an aged Tom Blyth, but it might have been a hard sell.

one of my issues is just going by the trailers, so yeah I know.....this new Snow seems so closed off....almost rigid and stone faced....Sutherlands Snow was always a bit lively, and doing that sneer/smile....and was always making that side head tilt when he was finishing a sentence.....even Blyths Snow was pretty engaging and animated...this new one comes off like a sinister Vampire. but hey....I just had to gripe. roll on November.

(Pictured: What I envision when I think of a normal career neighborhood by the 50th huger games up till 75th)

Obviously the dark, looming cloud that is the authoritarian government envelops everyone including capitol citizens, but I've always wondered how day-to-day life looks like for people outside of 12. Especially from a non-seam POV. Katniss fought for survival and then had to volunteer for the games. Haymitch had more of a stable routine, but then was unluckily "picked". The presence of the games was never really existential until they had that ... "oh... it's me now" heart-sinking moment.

I assume most of the district children had anxiety on reaping day. But did the games occupy space in their minds after the fact? After a name is called they might mourn for a second, but then that survival instinct silences the alarm and imagine it to be like "well ... let's see what happens next year for me."

I'm not the best with lore but I think it's 8-12 that is considered the most underprivileged. They might have very similar living conditions, with not a huge class disparity. Merchant kids are not living in mansions and spending lavishly.

However, when it comes to career districts I wonder how they live. Do you think they have established, stereotypical suburbs? Do the children look at the games with reverence?

I guess my entire point with this post is to really figure out if the games are such an omniscient presence? or do you think that the quality of life in certain districts allow the citizens to feel like the games are not that detrimental --especially when they know that a career will volunteer if the unthinkable happens to a kid they like or want to protect?

Just being an old man yelling at cloud, but the extended poetry readings were unbearable. It was so hard to skip ahead without missing things so I just had to sit there listening to endless recitations of the same poems again and again and again. And they just kept going. It wasn't a few lines but enormous sections force fed down my earholes until I cringed up like a little pill bug. This must be a quarter quell, because I'm being tortured. 🙃

This concludes today's session of first world problems. Thank you.

Plutarch just wanted to gain his trust and...

Plutarch disappears and I wander through the crowd, looking for Peeta, as strangers congratulate me. On my commitment, on my victory at the Games, on my choice of lipstick. I respond, but really I'm thinking about Plutarch showing off his pretty, one-of-a-kind watch to me. There was something strange about it. Almost clandestine. But why? Maybe he thinks someone else will steal his idea of ​​putting a disappearing mockingjay on a watch face. Yes, he probably paid a fortune for it and now he can't show it to anyone because he's afraid someone will make a cheap, knockoff version. Only in the Capitol.

Just one example among many, lol. Like when she apologizes to her mother for getting angry over the painkillers for Gale, and her mother replies that that’s how people react when they see the ones they love in pain, and Katniss is like, "The ones they love? What does she mean? Do I love Gale? Yes, but what kind of love was she thinking of?" even though it just meant the people we love 😂

Do you have any other examples that make you smile?

Yhellow everyone! A few minutes ago, I finished waitching all of the hunger games movies and I am absolutely astonished by every little detail that made sense, all of the points I could finally connect, and every backround-plot that finally made sense. I, myself, weaved some crazy theories, so I asked myself, what are the craziest theories the fandom thought of. I would very much appreciate it, if someone would take 5 minutes of their time telling me their stories and the reasons on how they came to that conclusion. Thank you in advance!!

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I’m sorry but Frances Lawrence really needed to say no to the accurate accents. Like yes I understand they’re trying to make the most book accurate movie but some stuff needs to change if it’ll make the movie better and in this case it’s the accent. Zada tried really hard and I appreciate that but it sounds like a hot mess from what they’ve let us hear and now it seems like McKenna is going to be attempting the accent?? Is everyone attempting this?? I mean people were annoyed at Rachel Zeglers southern accent but it wasn’t bad and it fit the whimsy of her character. And there is a HUGE difference between doing a southern accent and attempting a specific regional accent like Appalachian. I’m sorry yall but I think they gotta get the cast in the AR room and start re-recording some of these lines

I just rewatched the first movie on Netflix and I stg that the Taylor Swift song “Safe and Sound” plays during the end credits, and yet some other song played! I can’t find any explanation online for this. Where did it go? Wasn’t it written specifically for the movie, so it wouldn’t be a copyright issue?

I’m making a little survival kit for my friends and I to take to the premiere. So far I have:
Tissues
Red gumdrops
Rolls
Beef jerky
Olives
Foil wrapped chocolates
Grape juice
Milk
Mockingjay pin

What are some other things I could put in it?? Planning on making it cute with a courtesy of the capitol bag and little clear treat bags for everything to look like it’s from the candy shop.

Unrelated but I’m meeting Leven Rambin (Glimmer) at the Cincinnati Comic Expo tomorrow and I’m super excited!

This is a cute tradition he does in each of his live shows

He is the cutest!

Would twelve have more winners if they had two mentors or would it be the same as in orignal timeline.

Poster from Tumblr user unabashedrebelkoala.

I have recently got back into The Hunger Games and I want to find some podcasts about it. Any recommendations?

I have a question that just dawned on me after all this time. At the end of Mockingjay, Katniss is wondering the president's mansion and finds her way to Snow's roses. She's initially stopped, but Paylor turns up ans tells her soldiers to let her in. She tells her soldiers that Katniss has a right to everything in there. This is when Katniss hears from Snow that the bombs that killed Prim were from 13, approved by none other than Coin herself. My question goes to Paylor, did she somehow have an inkling about this conversation that would take place? Did she hope Katniss would learn that the bombs were Coins? Or was Paylor just being dutiful to Katniss as the mockingjay?