Just thinking about the fact that every victor is supposed to be free of the games once they win, but not only will they never be free from the trauma, but they get thrown back every single year to mentor… to watch at least one of those kids die, to watch those kids go through the same horrors they did. To try and get these kids mentors and save their lives, roping them into the very game that they were trying to escape when they won. Part of me wonders if some of the mentors just let the kids die so they won’t have to just be another cog in the machine the way that they are now… they may be a victor but there’s really only one winner of the hunger games, and that’s the Capitol.
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one of my favourite scenes from tbosas book was when Reaper had ripped the capitol flag off of the wall, and after he had made his little memorial he wrapped the flag around him like a cape and started running around ☹️ i really wish this was in the film because again it just shows how he, like the rest of them, were still kids, and no mask that they were forced to wear could hide that 💔
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I really like the idea that Lucy Gray and Snow are both a snake and a songbird. This also got me thinking about their connection to these animals and what that says about them. Especially regarding snakes.
Lucy Gray likes songbirds. She and the covey admire them, and almost see themselves as one of them. She is empathetic towards them, wishing for their freedom, as well as hers.
Lucy Gray also likes snakes. She is friends with one. She may not trust them entirely, but she is not afraid of them. She can even interact with venomous snakes, although we only see this with Gaul's mutts which wouldn't hurt her in the first place. The point is, she doesn't have anything against them. She accepts them as they are. And this is interesting because snakes are usually associated with evil, especially in the original trilogy. But they also have other connotations, such as transformation, rebirth, protection and healing.
Coriolanus hates songbirds. Well, he hates Mockingjays. And it's such a visceral hate that he wants them to dissapear, to kill them all as soon as possible. Even after admitting that they aren't particularly dangerous, he feels threatened by their existence. They weren't planned, they can't be controlled, and he doesn’t accept that. But even knowing this, he constantly associates them with the covey, and therefore with Lucy Gray.
Now, it's not clear how Coriolanus feels about snakes. He doesn’t like them as Lucy Gray or Gaul do, but he doesn’t hate them either. When he first sees the rainbow snakes, he doesn’t know if they scare him. Then Clemensia got bitten, which led him to question his trust in Gaul and the Capitol. Later, the same snakes would have killed Lucy Gray, if he hadn’t cheated. Lastly, he was bitten by a snake, which, contrary to his initial thoughts, wasn’t venomous. Whether it was planted by Lucy Gray or not, we’ll never know. He thinks she did, though. And that’s the thing, he assumes the worst. He thinks she’s a traitor and a manipulator, looking innocent only to attack when he least expects it. Because of this, he swears he’ll never leave his guard down again. He’ll strike first, every time. And for that, he uses venom.
So then, what can we get from this?
Snakes transformed Clemensia, both inside and outside. This affected Coryo too.
Coriolanus was reborn after being bitten by a snake. After all, he did say his old self was dead, lie or not.
Snakes never hurt Lucy Gray, even when they were designed to kill her. In fact, they protected her at times.
And, although venom can be used to heal, Snow chooses to use it as a weapon.
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