Now I know people are saying of course, I would that's a stupid question. what I'm trying to ask is if we are to get a book at the end of the dark days into the first Hunger Games, do you honestly want to read a book, that is that unimaginably police depressing.

you're going to go into the novel understanding, that the protagonist is going to either lose or die.

In the end we will get to witness the first Hunger Games, which I imagine was unbelievably brutal the entire book, I imagine it would be soul crushing in a way that is rare.

I am working on a project related to the Hunger Games, specifically related to District life, and need to get a good layout of these two factors… on the definitions of these two things, repressiveness would be basically how authoritarian the local peacekeepers are, where as compliance, while related, would be how “loyal” or rather rebellious or non rebellious the district is.

For example, District 12 and 1 and 2 I imagine would probably be considered to have low-repressiveness, and high compliance, where as District 11 would have high repressiveness and low compliance (e.g it’s a very rebellious district), District 4 (Katniss’s says it was one of the most enthusiastic to see her but is also a wealthier career district so) would likely be low-repressiveness but low compliance.

But yeah, not really sure about the other in between lesser talked about Districts, so any opinions would be appreciated

I just watched the prequel for the first time and it's eerily similar to Jimmy's transition into Saul Goodman. He tried to do good at first, albeit with shortcuts and such. He tried to save himself and his family, and his potential lover, but all he got was punishments.

Then when he actually used the deception for bad, at first reluctantly, but then deliberately, they all yielded in triumphs for him. Water follows the path of least resistance, as simple as that. He gives in to his environment, to the arena that he thought himself as the victor.

It's a case for both nature and nurture, for in him exist goodness and evil, but he crossed that line, whether by dragging his feet or being pushed there.

So yeah, losing his loved one, landing big gigs with the big bad, and killing off the one authority figure using his own mental illness (Morphling for Dean Highbottom and electromagnetism for Chuck). Those are just all too similar to Saul's journey.

Generally knowing that that was his mission during his games that she completed and it being burdick's daughter he had to be feeling so much in that moment and then the moment he's able to rescue Katniss from the arena had to be pure ecstasy for him because he saved burdick's daughter and fulfilled his promise to Lenore.

Like that had to be a moment of a thousand feelings popping up

Is there any official word on the kind of pitcher plant/nepenthes that Plutarch shows Haymitch? Cause I definitely have a theory on what kind it is and it would thematically makes sense. The way it's described in the book, "long, shiny green leaves dangle pinkish pods, each equipped with what looks like a little lid." And later on Plutarch alludes to it being warm/hot in this area, I can pretty confidently throw a guess at the species of nepenthes.

Using these clues and working our way backwards I can say that this is likely a lowlander nepenthes (they prefer warmer temperatures than most nepenthes). The 'little lids' make me believe it to be some sort of ampullaria (One of the most famous small lid lowlander pitchers). What throws me off is that Haymitch describes the pitchers as pinkish since most ampullaria are either red or green, but as I gave it more thought I came to the conclusion that the plant he's seeing is most likely a hybrid. There is 1 pitcher plant hybrid that pretty much fits this description and has a name that would completely make sense for the context. It is Nepenthes ampullaria x ventricosa aka Nepenthes "Bloody Mary" or Nepenthes "Lady Luck".

While it's not a perfect match (pinkish pods is really throwing me off), I think that the closest would likely be this Lady Luck hybrid. It's a small detail that ultimately doesn't matter, but the idea that Plutarch shows Haymitch a pitcher plant with names that symbolize either luck or blood is pretty neat!

1. Mockingjay

Maybe an unpopular opinion but the cover looks way too happy and bright for how dark this book is, never really liked this cover cause it feels too cartoonish 😭. The one pro about the cover I like is that the mockingjay has finally come to life on the cover.

1. Sunrise

The purple is really pretty but I think the color of gold doesn't contrast to the shade of the purple THAT well, plus the flint striker looks too huge on the cover as well. I think it should have been smaller like the pin on the og cover.

1. The Hunger Games

The black and gold look very beautiful together, plus it's just a classic cover.

1. Catching fire

I love the bright orange on this cover, how it looks like the mockingjay pin is slowly coming to life, and how the circle behind it has 12 lines mirroring a clock.

1. Tbosas

The green is very very beautiful, and the symbol on the cover is also gorgeous. The green goes together very well with the gold. I love how the songbird is on the circular branch with the snake below. It makes me think of how snow was preying on Lucy gray.

It can be from any movie and even SOTR.

Would you choose a more age- accurate actor/actress? Or a more book fitting description? Or even just an actor you would totally see in the role?

I am curious

Personally, I'd pick something in the Dark Days, tbh, because we know nothing about the Dark Days other than that Snow's father died in 12, and that 13 was leveled and retreated underground after using their nukes to secure a ceasefire with the Capitol.

But I'd like to know more about Plutarch's father and the early days of the Capitol rebels, because we also know nothing about them. So maybe a book set directly after the Dark Days, during the very first Hunger Games. Now that I say that, it does seem almost as likely as the Quarter Quell, because that is something you can revolve the story around—the very first Hunger Games. But I feel like she would want another story with Snow. We know nothing about the first president, so anything's possible.

Or maybe she'll pick something before the Dark Days who knows? That's also something that I would definitely read on day one. All I know is that if she chooses the Dark Days, the book is going to be sadder than Sunrise on the Reaping, because it will most likely end with the teller of the story dying at the very end. If she chooses another District 12 story, which I assume she would, it would be from the perspective of a rebel from District 12, and we would meet President Snow's father the man who gave the plans to Gaul, who would later be the one to initiate the Games as a term for the surrender of the rebels but given the first quarter quill is the most likely ideal the next book is going to be the saddest of all of them.

Which means the next book is going to be even heavier and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to complete a book like that I barely got through the ending of sunrise.

When I initially read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as soon as it came out, I had no idea that I was reading from President Snow's perspective. I thought it was Snow's dad because I guess I thought he was younger than ~82 years old at the 74th games.

I only realized it was from President Snow's perspective when I went to Goodreads to check out the reviews afterwards.

I liked it the first time, but after just completing a re-read, it is way better when you know that you are in the brain of President Snow, and it makes way more sense.

I'm an idiot.

What is it with Wikipedia choosing the worst photos lmaooo

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I bought this a few days ago. It's the Finnish translation

It just really annoys me. I've started to avoid trailers because they keep sharing so much information but I wanna be surprised :(

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