HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤🎉 soooooooorry! i'm a slow editor, but the video is finally up! 01:55 - mockingjay part 1 30:58 - mockingjay part 2 question for the comments: what is your ranking of the series movies? thanks for the love on my last video
Babes, the heads up for why Katniss doesn’t believe in herself is because Gale always tore her down. Gale gives Narc like Coin & Snow. You see it in his disgusting mind games w her.
Mockingjay is actually my second favorite book. Katniss and Peeta are so broken and lost that I find coming back together extremely rewarding. While Coin had hoped Peeta would kill Katniss in the capital it was the exposure to each other in an arena setting that allowed them to find each other again. Had Coin not sent Peeta to the Capital Katniss would have died in the tunnel. At one point Peeta picks her up as a mutt grabs to throw her into a ladder and tells her to climb. Katniss starts to let Peeta back in and Peeta starts to let Katniss touch him. A lot of people are upset Katniss becomes a mother, but to me it was obvious the children would happen. Katniss talks about not wanting children for fear they would be reaped, but when it comes to Katniss thinking about Peeta it assumed they capital will make them have children, Peeta being someone who should bring a parent and dreaming of a world where Peeta’s child could be safe. *** You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive. *** It's only now that he's been corrupted that I can fully appreciate the real Peeta. Even more than I would've if he'd died. The kindness, the steadiness, the warmth that had an unexpected heat behind it. Outside of Prim, my mother and Gale, how many people in the world love me unconditionally? I think in my case, the answer may be none. Sometimes, when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. To make myself put a name to the thing I've lost. But what's the use? It's gone. He's gone. Whatever existed between us is gone. All that's left is my promise to kill Snow. I tell myself this ten times a day. *** My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna's outfit, but there's the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta's pearl. I knot the pearl into the corner of the parachute, bury it deep in the recesses of the bag, as if it's Peeta's life and no one can take it away as long as I guard it. *** It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I know that everything I say will be directly taken out on Peeta. Result in his torture. But not his death, no, nothing so merciful as that. Snow will ensure that his life is much more worse than death. "Cut," I hear Cressida say quietly. "What's wrong with her?" Plutarch says under his breath. "She's figured out how Snow's using Peeta," says Finnick. There's something like a collective sigh of regret from that semicircle of people spread out before me. Because I know this now. Because there will never be a way for me to not know this again. Because, beyond the military disadvantage losing a entails, I am broken. Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. I reach out for him and say something like his name and he's there, holding me and patting my back. "It's okay. It'll be okay, sweetheart." He sits me on a length of broken marble pillar and keeps an arm around me while I sob. "I can't do this anymore," I say. "I know," he says. *** Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling creation with blue-green, white-tipped icing waves swimming with fish and sailboats, seals and sea flowers. But I push my way through the crowd to confirm what I knew at first sight. As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie's gown were done by Cinna's hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta's. *** And here, finally here in this place, in these circumstances, I will really have to kill him. And Snow will win. Hot, bitter hatred courses through me. Snow has won too much already today. It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. "Don't let him take you from me." Peeta's panting hard as he fights the nightmares raging in his head. "No. I don't want to..." I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs. *** I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever. *** I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says. *** Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.
this is all very interesting! reading a lot of your insightful comments has actually made me add this series to my tbr. i mean, i already looooove peeta and katniss and the story overall, but it seems like there is so much character building and dynamic building too that you miss when watching the movies. what you mentioned about katniss appreciating peeta more after being corrupted vs dead is weirdly exactly how i felt put into words! if i watched this entire series again except peeta dies at the end of mockingjay pt 1, i think it would feel very different and honestly less impactful.
@@rubyrambless i honestly recommend reading the books there is so much missing from the movies, but Peeta’s diminished capacity in Katniss’s survival is the thing that is missing most. I get it was hard because a lot of the explanation of his importance is through her thoughts. But they could have kept things like his training him Katniss and Haymitch like careers for the Quarter Quell, lifting her away from the mutts in the Capital Tunnel making her climb, telling her to hold out the berries so everyone could see them, stepping between her and the peacekeepers to force the guns away from her in 11 or his ripping off the tourniquet to bleed out forcing her to be the victor.
The hospital being bombed scene came to mind immediately when I heard what happened in Palestine, I always cried at that scene anyway but now it absolutely destroys me I can't believe in only a few years this DYSTOPIAN movie aged to reflect what's currently going on in the real world
Not sure which are the "seven districts" that had rebellions that Coin mentions. In the books, District 11 (Rue's people) took control of transportation during the events of Catching Fire. 7, 8, and 10 all had uprisings. And it's mentioned 11 and 3 were fully liberated just after Katniss's first "propo" (which was shot in District 8). Seven districts were part of the plot in "Catching Fire" (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 ... and 12--if you count Haymitch since Peeta and Katniss didn't know) so the movie might be suggesting they all had uprisings planned to coincide with the breakout. The Avoxes (people with their tongues cut out) are a throughline in the books. That is what happens to Capitol people who commit "treason." The people who serve the food in the earlier movies (every now and again a reaction video will notice the weird people standing in the background and ask what is going on with their faces) and they are supposed to be the Avoxes. In book one, Katniss knows the girl who is assigned to her and Peeta. She ran away from the Capitol and was caught in the woods near District 12, while Katniss and Gale watched. In book 2, a Peacekeeper named Darius tries to stop Gale's whipping and ends up as an Avox in the Capitol once Peeta and Katniss are reaped. But they only really mention it in passing in the films. Poor Katniss is 17 at the time of "Mockingjay." Poor thing. I don't think Peeta did anything wrong either. He asked for peace. And he was not capable of speaking freely. He was being tortured. The fact that he was able to warn them at all is, like, amazing. District 13 should be cheering him. I don't know if you have seen "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" (the one that just came out) but it's interesting what "Snow says" about Katniss in light of that movie. Katniss Everdeen does become a mother! She states, repeatedly, in the books that she doesn't want to have kids because they could be reaped for the Hunger Games. So the ending, though it felt a bit rushed here, is nice. She doesn't have to worry about that anymore. (And Finnick Odair did become a mother! Annie had a baby! ... I mean he didn't experience it, but it happened.)
ahaaaa. i was wondering. typically, in movies like this, there's the inevitable breakdown of how the societal groups are divided. i guess my constant asking for an explanation stemmed from other movies in this genre that chose to break it down. some are briefly mentioned in the movies, but not in great detail. the thought of the avoxes haunts me!!! that's wild. 17 is NUTS. i could barely get myself through a day, let alone mobilizing thousands with such high stakes. I'D CRUMBLE. i agree with you on the peeta point. granted, while i was watching, i assumed that he was being threatened with his life rather than BEING TURNED INTO A MUTT TO KILL KATNISS??????? (still not over it. never will be. 😭 WILD!!!!! ) but yes, to expect him to speak freely or criticize his choice of words under these conditions is SO unfair to me. HE DOES BECOME A MOTHER! YOU'RE SO RIGHT. 😭🥳 thanks for your comment!
The reason I despise Gale is not what happened Prim. He did not know it would be used to kill children. I despise him because he is a toxic pick me tool. Rather than supporting someone you supposedly love who is grieving and a shell of themselves your kissing the bruises left by the man she just admitted she wasn’t going to be able to let go. Even worse you know she is using you and thinking of the other man so he responds “now kiss me”. Seriously! This is how the kiss goes down in the book. ***Gale offered to come with me to 2, but I could see I was tearing him away from his work with Beetee. I told him to sit tight and stay where he was most needed. I didn't tell him his presence would make it even more difficult for me to mourn Peeta. Gale finds me when they arrive late one afternoon. I'm sitting on a log at the edge of my current village, plucking a goose. A dozen or so of the birds are piled at my feet Great flocks of them have been migrating through here since I've arrived, and the pickings are easy. Without a word, Gale settles beside me and begins to relieve a bird of its feathers. We're through about half when he says, “Any chance we'll get to eat these?” “Yeah. Most go to the camp kitchen, but they expect me to give a couple to whoever I'm staying with tonight,” I say. “For keeping me.” “Isn't the honor of the thing enough?” he says. “You'd think,” I reply. “But word's gotten out that mockingjays are hazardous to your health.” We pluck in silence for a while longer. Then he says, “I saw Peeta yesterday Through the glass.” “What'd you think?” I ask. “Something selfish,” says Gale. “That you don't have to be jealous of him anymore?” My fingers give a yank, and a cloud of feathers floats down around us. “No. Just the opposite.” Gale pulls a feather out of my hair. “I thought…I'll never compete with that. No matter how much pain I'm in.” He spins the feather between his thumb and forefinger “I don't stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.” “The way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,” I say. Gale holds my gaze. “If I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.” “It is true,” I admit. “But so is what you said about Peeta.” Gale makes a sound of exasperation. Nonetheless, after we've dropped off the birds and volunteered to go back to the woods to gather kindling for the evening fire, I find myself wrapped in his arms His lips brushing the faded bruises on my neck, working their way to my mouth. Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or I'll never go back to him. I'll stay in 2 until it falls, go to the Capitol and kill Snow, and then die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me. So in the fading light I shut my eyes and kiss Gale to make up for all the kisses I've withheld, and because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. Gale's touch and taste and heat remind me that at least my body's still alive, and for the moment it's a welcome feeling. I empty my mind and let the sensations run through my flesh, happy to lose myself. When Gale pulls away slightly, I move forward to close the gap, but I feel his hand under my chin. “Katniss,” he says The instant I open my eyes, the world seems disjointed. This is not our woods or our mountains or our way. My hand automatically goes to the scar on my left temple, which I associate with confusion. “Now kiss me.” Bewildered, unblinking, I stand there while he leans in and presses his lips to mine briefly. He examines my face closely. “What's going on in your head?” “I don't know,” I whisper back. “Then it's like kissing someone who's drunk. It doesn't count,” he says with a weak attempt at a laugh. He scoops up a pile of kindling and drops it in my empty arms, returning me to myself***
HEAVY ON THE PICK ME TOOL!!!!!!!! 🙄🙄 i struggled to understand why in moments of grief, instead of supporting katniss, he is WHINING about why she should pick him. felt very insensitive. i agree about the prim point. he didn't know. but there were a couple points where he was pushing for a plan or idea that could potentially harm civilians without a care in the world. that rubbed me the wrong way, too. 🤷🏾♀️
Do you need a break from this world because I’d love to see you react to the prequel, Battle of Songbirds & Snakes. (Only 1 movie/installment for that)
Girl I’m going to be real with you here: I need you to react to Heartstopper if you haven’t seen it (I’ll check your channel after I’m done watching) I feel like you would be an absolute riot in the commentary. I’ve seen, no exaggeration, hundreds of HS reactions so you can take that to the bank. If you haven’t seen it or don’t know, HS is a gay coming of age story with better authenticity and representation than I have ever seen in mass media. The plot is certainly idealized for the sake of its audience (10-16) and that level of inclusivity but suspending your disbelief on that score leaves you with a very authentic experience.
ive got news for youuuu! 🥳 ive have a playlist of all my heartstopper related videos on my channel! I did 2 reactions for season 2 and one ranking video for season 1. probably one of my all time favorite shows. 🥹❤️❤️
@@rubyrambless if Peeta doesn't say what they want him too they kill Joanna and Annie he also doesn't know his family is dead so they probably threaten them as well
@smdownh9 OH NO! yeah, speaking for myself. i would say anything to protect Joanna. ANYTHING 💅🏾🫶🏾 and thanks for letting me know about the hospital scene!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤🎉
soooooooorry! i'm a slow editor, but the video is finally up!
01:55 - mockingjay part 1
30:58 - mockingjay part 2
question for the comments:
what is your ranking of the series movies?
thanks for the love on my last video
Babes, the heads up for why Katniss doesn’t believe in herself is because Gale always tore her down. Gale gives Narc like Coin & Snow. You see it in his disgusting mind games w her.
the mental image of peeta and katniss in a boxing ring is making me wheeze
hope it's on streaming soon 🙏🏾😂
Mockingjay is actually my second favorite book. Katniss and Peeta are so broken and lost that I find coming back together extremely rewarding. While Coin had hoped Peeta would kill Katniss in the capital it was the exposure to each other in an arena setting that allowed them to find each other again. Had Coin not sent Peeta to the Capital Katniss would have died in the tunnel. At one point Peeta picks her up as a mutt grabs to throw her into a ladder and tells her to climb. Katniss starts to let Peeta back in and Peeta starts to let Katniss touch him.
A lot of people are upset Katniss becomes a mother, but to me it was obvious the children would happen. Katniss talks about not wanting children for fear they would be reaped, but when it comes to Katniss thinking about Peeta it assumed they capital will make them have children, Peeta being someone who should bring a parent and dreaming of a world where Peeta’s child could be safe.
*** You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.
*** It's only now that he's been corrupted that I can fully appreciate the real Peeta. Even more than I would've if he'd died. The kindness, the steadiness, the warmth that had an unexpected heat behind it. Outside of Prim, my mother and Gale, how many people in the world love me unconditionally? I think in my case, the answer may be none.
Sometimes, when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. To make myself put a name to the thing I've lost. But what's the use? It's gone. He's gone. Whatever existed between us is gone. All that's left is my promise to kill Snow. I tell myself this ten times a day.
*** My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna's outfit, but there's the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta's pearl. I knot the pearl into the corner of the parachute, bury it deep in the recesses of the bag, as if it's Peeta's life and no one can take it away as long as I guard it.
*** It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I know that everything I say will be directly taken out on Peeta. Result in his torture. But not his death, no, nothing so merciful as that. Snow will ensure that his life is much more worse than death.
"Cut," I hear Cressida say quietly.
"What's wrong with her?" Plutarch says under his breath.
"She's figured out how Snow's using Peeta," says Finnick.
There's something like a collective sigh of regret from that semicircle of people spread out before me. Because I know this now. Because there will never be a way for me to not know this again. Because, beyond the military disadvantage losing a entails, I am broken.
Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. I reach out for him and say something like his name and he's there, holding me and patting my back. "It's okay. It'll be okay, sweetheart." He sits me on a length of broken marble pillar and keeps an arm around me while I sob.
"I can't do this anymore," I say.
"I know," he says.
*** Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling creation with blue-green, white-tipped icing waves swimming with fish and sailboats, seals and sea flowers. But I push my way through the crowd to confirm what I knew at first sight. As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie's gown were done by Cinna's hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta's.
*** And here, finally here in this place, in these circumstances, I will really have to kill him. And Snow will win. Hot, bitter hatred courses through me. Snow has won too much already today. It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. "Don't let him take you from me." Peeta's panting hard as he fights the nightmares raging in his head. "No. I don't want to..." I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.
*** I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever.
*** I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock.
“Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp.
“I can’t,” he says.
*** Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.
this is all very interesting! reading a lot of your insightful comments has actually made me add this series to my tbr. i mean, i already looooove peeta and katniss and the story overall, but it seems like there is so much character building and dynamic building too that you miss when watching the movies. what you mentioned about katniss appreciating peeta more after being corrupted vs dead is weirdly exactly how i felt put into words! if i watched this entire series again except peeta dies at the end of mockingjay pt 1, i think it would feel very different and honestly less impactful.
@@rubyrambless i honestly recommend reading the books there is so much missing from the movies, but Peeta’s diminished capacity in Katniss’s survival is the thing that is missing most. I get it was hard because a lot of the explanation of his importance is through her thoughts. But they could have kept things like his training him Katniss and Haymitch like careers for the Quarter Quell, lifting her away from the mutts in the Capital Tunnel making her climb, telling her to hold out the berries so everyone could see them, stepping between her and the peacekeepers to force the guns away from her in 11 or his ripping off the tourniquet to bleed out forcing her to be the victor.
You singing the cup song TOOK ME OUT😭😭😭
I GOT MY TICKET- 😂
@@rubyrambless Peeta is a saint thanks for never slandering him
@@smdownh9 INCAPABLE of doing any wrong in my books!
The hospital being bombed scene came to mind immediately when I heard what happened in Palestine, I always cried at that scene anyway but now it absolutely destroys me I can't believe in only a few years this DYSTOPIAN movie aged to reflect what's currently going on in the real world
i had the exact same experience but reversed. watching that scene felt like I was watching the news. it's just really sad.
Not sure which are the "seven districts" that had rebellions that Coin mentions. In the books, District 11 (Rue's people) took control of transportation during the events of Catching Fire. 7, 8, and 10 all had uprisings. And it's mentioned 11 and 3 were fully liberated just after Katniss's first "propo" (which was shot in District 8). Seven districts were part of the plot in "Catching Fire" (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 ... and 12--if you count Haymitch since Peeta and Katniss didn't know) so the movie might be suggesting they all had uprisings planned to coincide with the breakout.
The Avoxes (people with their tongues cut out) are a throughline in the books. That is what happens to Capitol people who commit "treason." The people who serve the food in the earlier movies (every now and again a reaction video will notice the weird people standing in the background and ask what is going on with their faces) and they are supposed to be the Avoxes. In book one, Katniss knows the girl who is assigned to her and Peeta. She ran away from the Capitol and was caught in the woods near District 12, while Katniss and Gale watched. In book 2, a Peacekeeper named Darius tries to stop Gale's whipping and ends up as an Avox in the Capitol once Peeta and Katniss are reaped. But they only really mention it in passing in the films. Poor
Katniss is 17 at the time of "Mockingjay." Poor thing.
I don't think Peeta did anything wrong either. He asked for peace. And he was not capable of speaking freely. He was being tortured. The fact that he was able to warn them at all is, like, amazing. District 13 should be cheering him. I don't know if you have seen "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" (the one that just came out) but it's interesting what "Snow says" about Katniss in light of that movie.
Katniss Everdeen does become a mother! She states, repeatedly, in the books that she doesn't want to have kids because they could be reaped for the Hunger Games. So the ending, though it felt a bit rushed here, is nice. She doesn't have to worry about that anymore. (And Finnick Odair did become a mother! Annie had a baby! ... I mean he didn't experience it, but it happened.)
ahaaaa. i was wondering. typically, in movies like this, there's the inevitable breakdown of how the societal groups are divided. i guess my constant asking for an explanation stemmed from other movies in this genre that chose to break it down. some are briefly mentioned in the movies, but not in great detail.
the thought of the avoxes haunts me!!! that's wild.
17 is NUTS. i could barely get myself through a day, let alone mobilizing thousands with such high stakes. I'D CRUMBLE.
i agree with you on the peeta point. granted, while i was watching, i assumed that he was being threatened with his life rather than BEING TURNED INTO A MUTT TO KILL KATNISS??????? (still not over it. never will be. 😭 WILD!!!!! ) but yes, to expect him to speak freely or criticize his choice of words under these conditions is SO unfair to me.
HE DOES BECOME A MOTHER! YOU'RE SO RIGHT. 😭🥳
thanks for your comment!
13:05 she's actually 16 in the first movie, and 17 in the rest, and same goes for Peeta. Gale is 18 and 19.
The reason I despise Gale is not what happened Prim. He did not know it would be used to kill children. I despise him because he is a toxic pick me tool. Rather than supporting someone you supposedly love who is grieving and a shell of themselves your kissing the bruises left by the man she just admitted she wasn’t going to be able to let go. Even worse you know she is using you and thinking of the other man so he responds “now kiss me”. Seriously! This is how the kiss goes down in the book.
***Gale offered to come with me to 2, but I could see I was tearing him away from his work with Beetee. I told him to sit tight and stay where he was most needed. I didn't tell him his presence would make it even more difficult for me to mourn Peeta. Gale finds me when they arrive late one afternoon. I'm sitting on a log at the edge of my current village, plucking a goose. A dozen or so of the birds are piled at my feet Great flocks of them have been migrating through here since I've arrived, and the pickings are easy. Without a word, Gale settles beside me and begins to relieve a bird of its feathers. We're through about half when he says, “Any chance we'll get to eat these?” “Yeah. Most go to the camp kitchen, but they expect me to give a couple to whoever I'm staying with tonight,” I say. “For keeping me.”
“Isn't the honor of the thing enough?” he says. “You'd think,” I reply. “But word's gotten out that mockingjays are hazardous to your health.” We pluck in silence for a while longer. Then he says, “I saw Peeta yesterday Through the glass.”
“What'd you think?” I ask. “Something selfish,” says Gale.
“That you don't have to be jealous of him anymore?” My fingers give a yank, and a cloud of feathers floats down around us. “No. Just the opposite.” Gale pulls a feather out of my hair. “I thought…I'll never compete with that. No matter how much pain I'm in.” He spins the feather between his thumb and forefinger “I don't stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.” “The way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,” I say.
Gale holds my gaze. “If I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.”
“It is true,” I admit. “But so is what you said about Peeta.”
Gale makes a sound of exasperation. Nonetheless, after we've dropped off the birds and volunteered to go back to the woods to gather kindling for the evening fire, I find myself wrapped in his arms His lips brushing the faded bruises on my neck, working their way to my mouth. Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or I'll never go back to him. I'll stay in 2 until it falls, go to the Capitol and kill Snow, and then die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me. So in the fading light I shut my eyes and kiss Gale to make up for all the kisses I've withheld, and because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it. Gale's touch and taste and heat remind me that at least my body's still alive, and for the moment it's a welcome feeling. I empty my mind and let the sensations run through my flesh, happy to lose myself. When Gale pulls away slightly, I move forward to close the gap, but I feel his hand under my chin. “Katniss,” he says The instant I open my eyes, the world seems disjointed. This is not our woods or our mountains or our way. My hand automatically goes to the scar on my left temple, which I associate with confusion. “Now kiss me.” Bewildered, unblinking, I stand there while he leans in and presses his lips to mine briefly. He examines my face closely. “What's going on in your head?” “I don't know,” I whisper back. “Then it's like kissing someone who's drunk. It doesn't count,” he says with a weak attempt at a laugh. He scoops up a pile of kindling and drops it in my empty arms, returning me to myself***
HEAVY ON THE PICK ME TOOL!!!!!!!! 🙄🙄 i struggled to understand why in moments of grief, instead of supporting katniss, he is WHINING about why she should pick him. felt very insensitive.
i agree about the prim point. he didn't know. but there were a couple points where he was pushing for a plan or idea that could potentially harm civilians without a care in the world. that rubbed me the wrong way, too. 🤷🏾♀️
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!
IT'S HERE!! 🥳❤️ thanks for watching!!
Do you need a break from this world because I’d love to see you react to the prequel, Battle of Songbirds & Snakes. (Only 1 movie/installment for that)
oh, it's definitely in the queue! i think i'm gonna pick one or two other videos and circle back asap. just know that video is coming
DRAG GALE. Draaaaaaaag himmmmmmmmm
coudl you watch the maze runner? it has similar aspects to the hunger games and its one of my fav dystopian trilogys!!
Thank you for spreading awareness about palastine
#freepalastine
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Girl I’m going to be real with you here: I need you to react to Heartstopper if you haven’t seen it (I’ll check your channel after I’m done watching) I feel like you would be an absolute riot in the commentary. I’ve seen, no exaggeration, hundreds of HS reactions so you can take that to the bank.
If you haven’t seen it or don’t know, HS is a gay coming of age story with better authenticity and representation than I have ever seen in mass media. The plot is certainly idealized for the sake of its audience (10-16) and that level of inclusivity but suspending your disbelief on that score leaves you with a very authentic experience.
ive got news for youuuu! 🥳 ive have a playlist of all my heartstopper related videos on my channel! I did 2 reactions for season 2 and one ranking video for season 1. probably one of my all time favorite shows. 🥹❤️❤️
@@rubyrambless now I’m wondering if I’ve already come across it and forgotten. Lmao
loved your awareness and your reactions!! 💌 free palestine!
thank you! 🍉🤍
@@rubyrambless if Peeta doesn't say what they want him too they kill Joanna and Annie he also doesn't know his family is dead so they probably threaten them as well
@@rubyrambless the Hospital was shoot down by the ships before Katniss shoot the ships down it is just poorly shoot
@smdownh9 OH NO! yeah, speaking for myself. i would say anything to protect Joanna. ANYTHING 💅🏾🫶🏾
and thanks for letting me know about the hospital scene!!
Hi ruby
Free Palastine. Free Congo. Free Sudan. ❤️💛💚🩵🖤🤍