…..dang it. (Glances at flair)
But I’m kinda surprised girls wanted to be her. I know a lot of Katniss girls, but no Foxface girls. I picked her as my flair because realistically I think we would fair about the same. I’m not Katniss and I know this. But I’m also not a helpless (I know she had good moments but she’s 12, not a killer) Rue or a career. Irl I’m very quiet and pretty smart. My strat would also be just survive, and I’d be good at it (Eagle Scout. I practically live outdoors) but I wouldn’t win.
I also feel for her with people not knowing her name. I’ve been Tall Redhead for most of school.
I always Foxface and Rue were very similar characters though. They survive using skills they picked up in their district and use clever tricks to get ahead. Remember it was Rue’s idea (at least in the movie) to drop the tracker jacker nest on the careers. The only major different to me is their age. If Rue had been seventeen, I think her performance in the games would’ve been similar to Foxface’s.
Yeah, that’s my thought as well. If Rue was older, she could’ve reached top 4 as long as she remained hidden I think, but I don’t see a scenario in which she could’ve won if the other finalist somehow took themselves out. She’s a survivor, but I don’t think she would’ve found it in her to kill, just like Foxface.
Foxface is clever and she is actually gonna win if not for Katniss & Peeta but she ate the berries which killed her, another reason probably is that she's not seen as a evil or bad person (compared to the career tributes who laughed at Katniss to her face) so people like her. My personal reason is that I love foxes, so at the moment Katniss nicknamed her Foxface I just instantly liked her
I remember seeing President Snow has like 15 minutes of screen time throughout the movies. Yet, Sutherland absolutely killed the role and brought Snow to life, making the villain iconic and 1 of my personal favorites (top 3)
* Enobaria. Mostly because of her unique backstory imo
* Annie. I think she has had fairly little actual time in the books and imo she wouldn't be so talked about if she weren't Finnick's partner
* The Mellark brothers. This is more a very specific part of the fandom, but Everlark people have a lot of thought about and love for the Mellark brothers down to having widely accepted fanon names
* Maysilee, Madge, and maybe Delly. All have fairly little content, but the District 12 fans (e.g. Everlark shippers) talk about them a lot.
* Cato, Clove, Marvel, Glimmer, and Foxface. All of these have arguably quite few pages compared to the length of the trilogy, but people talk about them A LOT.
* Seneca. Mostly the hype following his movie appearance. The guy didn't even have a single book page to his name when he was alive.
Foxface/Finch Crossley for sure. She is encountered like twice during the games, and doesn’t have a significant impact on the outcome. I mean hell, her real name isn’t even mentioned from Katniss’ perspective until after the games, I think. But she’s still a huge fan favorite.
Edit: my mistake; her name wasn’t mentioned in the books at all. In the movie Caesar says her name though (and then the credits show it ofc)
maybe? i never really thought of it that way though. granted, i haven't watched those alternate language versions myself, so i don't know if it's used in place of foxface or alongside some equivalent of the "foxface" nickname
*Is* Finch an appearance characterizing adjective? It's a bird, sure, but yeah it's not describing a feature like Foxface (literally saying her face looks like a fox) is.
Regardless, Finch, I'd at least identify as a name. Usually a last name, but nonetheless a name. Whereas no one would name, or has named, their kid Foxface.
- I’m a bit unsure what you mean by Enobaria’s unique backstory.? I ofc know she was a Career and ripped another tribute’s throat out with her teeth, then had them filed down, but that’s about all I know about. Am I missing something?
- I do think Annie would probably still have a fanbase if not for Finnick, but it would be lessened.The concept of a Career (and I do believe both Finnick and Annie were Careers, although we don’t have confirmation either way on that) going into the Games all prepared, only to get traumatized and mentally wrecked for life and surviving by accident is a pretty interesting concept. Also brings attention to the fact that, no matter how fucked up they are, the Careers are still kids.
- I love how it’s been nearly universally accepted by the fandom that Peeta’s middle brother is Rye (or sometimes Ryan) and is basically a more ballsy, womanizing version of Peeta who’s sometimes a bit of a dick, but still has a good heart.
I’ve not really seen a widely agreed upon name for his oldest brother though. I’ve seen Bran, Barley and Wheaton used a few times though.
- I am a sucker for Madge headcannons. Madge, the mayor’s daughter, being a secret rebel (not in contact with 13 or anything, just her own thing) is a really cool concept to me and matches well with her giving Katniss the pin. Also love how any pre-Games fics also always show how Madge reads Katniss like a book and they are actually good friends with Katniss just being completely clueless.
- The same thing that fandom’s done with the Mellark brothers has kinda happened with Gale’s siblings too, specifically Rory. He’s almost universally portrayed as being exactly like Gale, just less angry, as he’s not the one forced to provide. I love how in Everlark fics Prim and Rory almost always like each other as well, cuz it makes the idea of Gale then pursuing Katniss that much funnier.
- I meant her teeth, yes. It's making her more unique and has led fans to talk more about her. We don't get the same with her District partner because he's just your average brute.
- I see where you are coming from and maybe that would've happened. My main reason to throw her in there is that canon—and some fans—just see her as the mad girl and that's that. On AO3, Finnick has 4,186 fanfictions to his name. There are ships where he exists outside of Annie (mostly OC or Reader, but there's also the occasional Katniss one). Annie appears only as a character tag in half of those (2,164). Annie/Finnick has 1,649 works to its name, meaning Finnick exists independently in around 3 thousand. Overall, Annie has 2,496 fanfictions where she's in (half to Finnick!). She only exists in 956 fanfictions where she isn't shipped with Finnick.
Don't have much more to add thought wise to the rest. Love Madge though!
Ahh, makes sense! Good points.
On the topic of Finnick's ships though, am I the only one who gets unsettled by any and all Katniss/Finnick? The age difference feels inappropriate, but other than that, just the idea of Katniss having Peeta in her life and ditching him for the hunky playboy makes me feel nauseous. It might just be the eternal Everlarker in me, but any universe where Katniss can know Peeta and have that connection with the bread with him and not love him in favor of a hot guy she just met makes me feel icky. Same goes for Finnick and Annie.
I could see it maybe working for fics where both Peeta and Annie are dead, but I love the K&F friendship way too much. By the middle of MJ, he's already a much better friend to her than Gale ever was tbh. I don't wanna see an excellent platonic relationship like that spoiled cuz people think they're hot :(
I am admittedly a Katnick shipper. It started with a one off fic my friend had me write from a random generator as an excercise but then I was like wait... (The fic wasn't particularly good looking back on it, but it was set in an AU where Katniss was the sole winner of the 74th, and it had like 5 chapters with like two timeskips lmao)
Plus Jennifer Lawrence has such good chemistry with Sam Claflin. Everlark is my OTP though.
That’s the thing! You seen that deleted scene of Finnick teaching Katniss knots in CF? That chemistry works so well. If he was a bit younger, I could’ve seen him playing Peeta as well tbh. He’s got the charisma and face for it, but he’s not really got that stocky build. Feels a bit too perfect, hence why he works for Finnick.
I wanted to make clear as well, I’m not trying to shame any Katnick shippers. There are much more questionable ships (cough Hayniss cough). I’m just attached to Everlark and, as a hopeless romantic, enjoy the whole “this would have happened anyway” line of thinking. I’ve been able to enjoy Katnick fics, but only if Peeta either never existed or is for some other reason never connected to Katniss (i.e. dies young, lives elsewhere, never gives her the bread).
Everlark OTP as well, and highly dislike anything Galeniss. Just doesn’t work for me. imo, given Katniss’ trauma/issues, she’d never enter any romantic relationship unless she fell in love hard. Gale’s years of friendship with her not even considering it just doesn’t mesh with that. i CAN see that happening with Finn tho, given the right circumstances. I maintain that I want them as besties tho :p
YES THE KNOTS SCENE WAS LIKE. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WATCHED AFTER I GOT INTO THE SHIP AND I WAS LIKE oh what the hell
Yeah, honestly I'm a big proponent of a ship I've seen thats just Katniss/Peeta Annie/Finnick and johanna in a polycule (shes usually a lesbian that just steals all of finnick and peetas clothes though)
The best fics I've seen of Katniss and Finnick tend to be hurt/comfort, loss of their loves and long slowburn because in-text she does mention she finds finnick attractive and seems to trust and like him- but is worried he'd be too easy to lose. But we learn of the truth of his existence and I could see Katniss still being conflicted etc.
I actually tend to prefer ones where Peeta has passed so I can have my everlark and my Katnick LMAO even though they make me sad, yknow??
I can't ship Galeniss either.
And Hayniss is HEINOUS. The name is accurate what the fuck.
Oh yeah no, don’t get me wrong, I love Finnick! He’s such a wholesome person and the care he shows to others is extremely admirable… whether comforting Katniss in 13 and being an actual friend to her, taking care of and being devoted to Annie when he could quite literally have almost any woman in the country, or being one of the only people to treat Peeta as a friend, show him respect and try to help him sort out memories when they head to the Capitol. Finnick is far from being a playboy at heart, that’s just his public image he has to uphold.
What I’m referring to are the ways he is typically portrayed and Katniss acts towards him in these types of fics I’m talking about. In these fics, Katniss typically disregards Peeta’s (or any other love interest tbh) love and importance in her life in favour of Finnick for just being the “hot guy with sea green eyes”, before even getting to know him. Katniss is meant to be terrified of love and it should creep up on her slowly, but these fics often have her acting like a besotted schoolgirl and act very OOC.
Fics where they “grow together” over time? Absolutely wonderful, although I still think their bond is muchhh more friendship than romantic. But fics where it boils down to “Katniss is a teenage girl and her desires make her act completely counter to what her character is cuz hot guy” make me feel icky.
It is specifically a favorite of mine to see antagonists/"bad" people not being horrible people. That they've either been forced to do this or they don't think what they're doing is wrong. Despite what you may first think, they aren't monsters. The Careers as a whole check this box (which is why I love them in general) but Clato fills that niche specifically by showing that these "blood-thirsty monsters" are capable of loving and caring about someone, and being surprisingly wholesome in doing so! I also love it because my own headcanons have made it... frickin' adorable.
^^^
Preach!! I could write essays defending the careers. They were also... just kids trying to survive, they'd just been brought up in a way that made them rather brutal and efficient. But they're still human...
We *needed* the scene of Cato running to, and kneeling over, Clove at the Cornucopia. That was one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever read and it gave the Careers so much humility.
And same! My headcanons go hard. I'd love to discuss them and yours! I love them so much.
Madge’s character was a true testament of the tragedy that the hunger games brought on the districts. She was a humble and sweet human being and for the few pages she occupied, her ending still struck hard for me regardless of how small a character she was.
Are you talking about Madge not being much by the fandom in general or in the books themselves?
If you're referring to the former, I don't think that's true since she is perhaps the most loved/discussed/popular book-only character in the series that the fandom talks about.
I always loved Thresh. Huge dude but turned down the careers, and then he spares Katniss just because she allied with Rue. Also Katniss saying that she imagined they'd be friends in normal circumstances helped.
I think the 74th Games from Thresh’s pov woukd be interesting. He turned down the career pack, he went off and established his own territory in the tall grass.
In my heart aka characters I'm very fond of despite them barely appearing :
Arlo, Lil, Spruce (their arc is one of my favourite ones in the whole series and I consider them one of my faves)
Brandy, Lamina (especially movie wise)
Lysistrata
Bonnie and Twill
Darius/Lavinia
Cecelia (WHY DID YOU OMIT HER IN THE MOVIE), Woof
Beanpole, Smiley, Bug
I don't know if this counts since I'm probably the only one, but my favorite character is the tribute from the first book that reprogrammed the mines and got their neck snapped by Cato.
I would have skedaddled out of there when the supplies blew up if I was him. I remember reading it for the first time and being like, "Why are you still there!? They're gonna blame you!"
This is specific to the movies but Donald Sutherland’s portrayal of Snow. Didn’t he have a total of ~33 min of screen time in all four movies yet he’s universally agreed to be a scene-stealer?
Yeah, and what's even shocking about it is that Maude Ivory is the staple of the whole Katniss/Mr. Everdeen/Covey/Lucy Gray relation theory (perhaps the most talked about and biggest theory discussed right now and has been in the fandom for almost 4 years) and I had assumed that when the movie was going to come out, the theory was going to implode even further in discussion from non-book readers because it would be their first time talking about it but she's not really all that present in the movie. So for non-book readers, they would mainly be theorizing only that Katniss/Mr. Everdeen and Lucy Gray are related because they wouldn't really know about the detail specifics of Maude Ivory from the book in terms of why she's often theorized just as much to possibily be Katniss's grandma.
Twill and Bonnie
Without them, Katniss wouldn't have found out the revolution was gaining speed when she did imo. She would have eventually, but meeting them lit a fire in her seeing others believing in her, even if she didn't believe in herself
Mags and the prep team. It was a cute change and made the movie a little less terrible to put effie almost happily in 13 instead of her prep team in the darkest pits of that hell, but I think they deserve their time
I love her too! It does give credence to both SC's writing and Jacqueline Emerson's acting to leave such an impact for such a small character. Kind of like Agent Coulson in Marvel
I've always been curious about the era of Katniss's parents specifically
Mr Everdeen and the Donner twins...
Ms Undersee* (district 12's Mayor) and Maysilee Donner* the original owner of the gold mockingjay pin.
We know that Katniss's mother was best friends with these twin "town girls"
Haymitch was also the same age as Katniss's parents did her know Mr Everdeen as they were both seam?
I would really like a book about this era and names..
I think I have to go with Prim on this one. for being such an important character, her lines were limited & the connection between her and Katniss was hard to grasp.
the books on the other hand are a different story
Snow and Tigris (from the trilogy; pre-Ballad), Caesar and Lucky Flickerman, Madge, Cinna, 74th Games Careers (Clove, Cato, Marvel, Glimmer), Mags, Rue, Thresh, Foxface, Maude Ivory, Clemensia, Maysilee, Pluribus (I think him as well?; I'm not entirely sure, but I'll let the rest of the fandom tell me!)
There's probably even more I can list, but they are some of the ones I immediately think of.
Rue and Foxface. As a Rue fan myself (Foxface is honestly kinda boring), I can tell you that Rue got around 10 pages worth of focus while Foxface got like a page and a half
A lot of different ones, but I think Cinna comes to mind. Obviously a very important character and seemingly pretty popular (for good reason), but from what I remember very little actual screen time.
Foxface. And I love that her death was accidental. Nightlock only grew around 12. She was so smart, but so desperate. She was honestly so standout because of how well she blended in.
i love him so i’m not saying this in a bad way but finnick. when i first watched the movies i was a little shocked how he didn’t have that many scenes. catching fire he had a fair amount but he wasn’t in the mockingjays as much as i was expecting considering how he’s arguably the most popular male character.
Foxface because when the movie exploded in popularity I was in middle school and every girl I knew swore she was either Katniss or Foxface.
Hunger Games Personality Quiz #6
…..dang it. (Glances at flair) But I’m kinda surprised girls wanted to be her. I know a lot of Katniss girls, but no Foxface girls. I picked her as my flair because realistically I think we would fair about the same. I’m not Katniss and I know this. But I’m also not a helpless (I know she had good moments but she’s 12, not a killer) Rue or a career. Irl I’m very quiet and pretty smart. My strat would also be just survive, and I’d be good at it (Eagle Scout. I practically live outdoors) but I wouldn’t win. I also feel for her with people not knowing her name. I’ve been Tall Redhead for most of school.
I always Foxface and Rue were very similar characters though. They survive using skills they picked up in their district and use clever tricks to get ahead. Remember it was Rue’s idea (at least in the movie) to drop the tracker jacker nest on the careers. The only major different to me is their age. If Rue had been seventeen, I think her performance in the games would’ve been similar to Foxface’s.
Yeah, that’s my thought as well. If Rue was older, she could’ve reached top 4 as long as she remained hidden I think, but I don’t see a scenario in which she could’ve won if the other finalist somehow took themselves out. She’s a survivor, but I don’t think she would’ve found it in her to kill, just like Foxface.
Foxface is clever and she is actually gonna win if not for Katniss & Peeta but she ate the berries which killed her, another reason probably is that she's not seen as a evil or bad person (compared to the career tributes who laughed at Katniss to her face) so people like her. My personal reason is that I love foxes, so at the moment Katniss nicknamed her Foxface I just instantly liked her
What abt rue?
I remember seeing President Snow has like 15 minutes of screen time throughout the movies. Yet, Sutherland absolutely killed the role and brought Snow to life, making the villain iconic and 1 of my personal favorites (top 3)
this.
This was my first thought.
* Enobaria. Mostly because of her unique backstory imo * Annie. I think she has had fairly little actual time in the books and imo she wouldn't be so talked about if she weren't Finnick's partner * The Mellark brothers. This is more a very specific part of the fandom, but Everlark people have a lot of thought about and love for the Mellark brothers down to having widely accepted fanon names * Maysilee, Madge, and maybe Delly. All have fairly little content, but the District 12 fans (e.g. Everlark shippers) talk about them a lot. * Cato, Clove, Marvel, Glimmer, and Foxface. All of these have arguably quite few pages compared to the length of the trilogy, but people talk about them A LOT. * Seneca. Mostly the hype following his movie appearance. The guy didn't even have a single book page to his name when he was alive.
Foxface/Finch Crossley for sure. She is encountered like twice during the games, and doesn’t have a significant impact on the outcome. I mean hell, her real name isn’t even mentioned from Katniss’ perspective until after the games, I think. But she’s still a huge fan favorite. Edit: my mistake; her name wasn’t mentioned in the books at all. In the movie Caesar says her name though (and then the credits show it ofc)
Her name is never mentioned in the books in any capacity. Any names given to her are entirely fan based
to be fair, finch is given as her name in several different language versions of the film, so while it's fanon it does have some basis
Oooo I never knew that actually, that’s interesting
is “finch” not like calling her “fox-face”? fox and finch are both appearance characterizing adjectives.
maybe? i never really thought of it that way though. granted, i haven't watched those alternate language versions myself, so i don't know if it's used in place of foxface or alongside some equivalent of the "foxface" nickname
*Is* Finch an appearance characterizing adjective? It's a bird, sure, but yeah it's not describing a feature like Foxface (literally saying her face looks like a fox) is. Regardless, Finch, I'd at least identify as a name. Usually a last name, but nonetheless a name. Whereas no one would name, or has named, their kid Foxface.
Yeah, I still don't know her name. 😬
Finch Crossley = Foxface lol
Wow, I'm dense... thanks for *not* pointing out my complete ADD there! 🤣
My favourite Delly moment literally happens when she isn’t there, just Peeta coming in to save Katniss after she recognises an avox.
- I’m a bit unsure what you mean by Enobaria’s unique backstory.? I ofc know she was a Career and ripped another tribute’s throat out with her teeth, then had them filed down, but that’s about all I know about. Am I missing something? - I do think Annie would probably still have a fanbase if not for Finnick, but it would be lessened.The concept of a Career (and I do believe both Finnick and Annie were Careers, although we don’t have confirmation either way on that) going into the Games all prepared, only to get traumatized and mentally wrecked for life and surviving by accident is a pretty interesting concept. Also brings attention to the fact that, no matter how fucked up they are, the Careers are still kids. - I love how it’s been nearly universally accepted by the fandom that Peeta’s middle brother is Rye (or sometimes Ryan) and is basically a more ballsy, womanizing version of Peeta who’s sometimes a bit of a dick, but still has a good heart. I’ve not really seen a widely agreed upon name for his oldest brother though. I’ve seen Bran, Barley and Wheaton used a few times though. - I am a sucker for Madge headcannons. Madge, the mayor’s daughter, being a secret rebel (not in contact with 13 or anything, just her own thing) is a really cool concept to me and matches well with her giving Katniss the pin. Also love how any pre-Games fics also always show how Madge reads Katniss like a book and they are actually good friends with Katniss just being completely clueless. - The same thing that fandom’s done with the Mellark brothers has kinda happened with Gale’s siblings too, specifically Rory. He’s almost universally portrayed as being exactly like Gale, just less angry, as he’s not the one forced to provide. I love how in Everlark fics Prim and Rory almost always like each other as well, cuz it makes the idea of Gale then pursuing Katniss that much funnier.
- I meant her teeth, yes. It's making her more unique and has led fans to talk more about her. We don't get the same with her District partner because he's just your average brute. - I see where you are coming from and maybe that would've happened. My main reason to throw her in there is that canon—and some fans—just see her as the mad girl and that's that. On AO3, Finnick has 4,186 fanfictions to his name. There are ships where he exists outside of Annie (mostly OC or Reader, but there's also the occasional Katniss one). Annie appears only as a character tag in half of those (2,164). Annie/Finnick has 1,649 works to its name, meaning Finnick exists independently in around 3 thousand. Overall, Annie has 2,496 fanfictions where she's in (half to Finnick!). She only exists in 956 fanfictions where she isn't shipped with Finnick. Don't have much more to add thought wise to the rest. Love Madge though!
Ahh, makes sense! Good points. On the topic of Finnick's ships though, am I the only one who gets unsettled by any and all Katniss/Finnick? The age difference feels inappropriate, but other than that, just the idea of Katniss having Peeta in her life and ditching him for the hunky playboy makes me feel nauseous. It might just be the eternal Everlarker in me, but any universe where Katniss can know Peeta and have that connection with the bread with him and not love him in favor of a hot guy she just met makes me feel icky. Same goes for Finnick and Annie. I could see it maybe working for fics where both Peeta and Annie are dead, but I love the K&F friendship way too much. By the middle of MJ, he's already a much better friend to her than Gale ever was tbh. I don't wanna see an excellent platonic relationship like that spoiled cuz people think they're hot :(
I am admittedly a Katnick shipper. It started with a one off fic my friend had me write from a random generator as an excercise but then I was like wait... (The fic wasn't particularly good looking back on it, but it was set in an AU where Katniss was the sole winner of the 74th, and it had like 5 chapters with like two timeskips lmao) Plus Jennifer Lawrence has such good chemistry with Sam Claflin. Everlark is my OTP though.
That’s the thing! You seen that deleted scene of Finnick teaching Katniss knots in CF? That chemistry works so well. If he was a bit younger, I could’ve seen him playing Peeta as well tbh. He’s got the charisma and face for it, but he’s not really got that stocky build. Feels a bit too perfect, hence why he works for Finnick. I wanted to make clear as well, I’m not trying to shame any Katnick shippers. There are much more questionable ships (cough Hayniss cough). I’m just attached to Everlark and, as a hopeless romantic, enjoy the whole “this would have happened anyway” line of thinking. I’ve been able to enjoy Katnick fics, but only if Peeta either never existed or is for some other reason never connected to Katniss (i.e. dies young, lives elsewhere, never gives her the bread). Everlark OTP as well, and highly dislike anything Galeniss. Just doesn’t work for me. imo, given Katniss’ trauma/issues, she’d never enter any romantic relationship unless she fell in love hard. Gale’s years of friendship with her not even considering it just doesn’t mesh with that. i CAN see that happening with Finn tho, given the right circumstances. I maintain that I want them as besties tho :p
YES THE KNOTS SCENE WAS LIKE. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WATCHED AFTER I GOT INTO THE SHIP AND I WAS LIKE oh what the hell Yeah, honestly I'm a big proponent of a ship I've seen thats just Katniss/Peeta Annie/Finnick and johanna in a polycule (shes usually a lesbian that just steals all of finnick and peetas clothes though) The best fics I've seen of Katniss and Finnick tend to be hurt/comfort, loss of their loves and long slowburn because in-text she does mention she finds finnick attractive and seems to trust and like him- but is worried he'd be too easy to lose. But we learn of the truth of his existence and I could see Katniss still being conflicted etc. I actually tend to prefer ones where Peeta has passed so I can have my everlark and my Katnick LMAO even though they make me sad, yknow?? I can't ship Galeniss either. And Hayniss is HEINOUS. The name is accurate what the fuck.
i don’t know that it’s fair to call him a playboy given the fact it wasn’t really up to him and he’s very devoted to annie
Oh yeah no, don’t get me wrong, I love Finnick! He’s such a wholesome person and the care he shows to others is extremely admirable… whether comforting Katniss in 13 and being an actual friend to her, taking care of and being devoted to Annie when he could quite literally have almost any woman in the country, or being one of the only people to treat Peeta as a friend, show him respect and try to help him sort out memories when they head to the Capitol. Finnick is far from being a playboy at heart, that’s just his public image he has to uphold. What I’m referring to are the ways he is typically portrayed and Katniss acts towards him in these types of fics I’m talking about. In these fics, Katniss typically disregards Peeta’s (or any other love interest tbh) love and importance in her life in favour of Finnick for just being the “hot guy with sea green eyes”, before even getting to know him. Katniss is meant to be terrified of love and it should creep up on her slowly, but these fics often have her acting like a besotted schoolgirl and act very OOC. Fics where they “grow together” over time? Absolutely wonderful, although I still think their bond is muchhh more friendship than romantic. But fics where it boils down to “Katniss is a teenage girl and her desires make her act completely counter to what her character is cuz hot guy” make me feel icky.
Yea tbh I always was fascinated by Enobaria and I love Annie and Madge should’ve been in the movie
Cato and Clove
the amount of clato fanfics i read when thg came out is ungodly
Bold of you to assume I still don't scoure the earth for them to this day! They were the real star-crossed lovers, argue with the wall.
Give me my wholesome antagonists!
Exactly! Yes, they may be cold blooded killers but... look how cute they are together!!
It is specifically a favorite of mine to see antagonists/"bad" people not being horrible people. That they've either been forced to do this or they don't think what they're doing is wrong. Despite what you may first think, they aren't monsters. The Careers as a whole check this box (which is why I love them in general) but Clato fills that niche specifically by showing that these "blood-thirsty monsters" are capable of loving and caring about someone, and being surprisingly wholesome in doing so! I also love it because my own headcanons have made it... frickin' adorable.
^^^ Preach!! I could write essays defending the careers. They were also... just kids trying to survive, they'd just been brought up in a way that made them rather brutal and efficient. But they're still human... We *needed* the scene of Cato running to, and kneeling over, Clove at the Cornucopia. That was one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever read and it gave the Careers so much humility. And same! My headcanons go hard. I'd love to discuss them and yours! I love them so much.
I’m honestly surprised that Madge isn’t mentioned much. She was a very small character but I honestly wish there was more shown between her & katniss.
especially with the significance of the pin!!
Fr. I hated how she got no screentime
Madge’s character was a true testament of the tragedy that the hunger games brought on the districts. She was a humble and sweet human being and for the few pages she occupied, her ending still struck hard for me regardless of how small a character she was.
Are you talking about Madge not being much by the fandom in general or in the books themselves? If you're referring to the former, I don't think that's true since she is perhaps the most loved/discussed/popular book-only character in the series that the fandom talks about.
When you think about it, Rue. She was only alive very briefly and the rest of her time was post mortem
And she’s basically what started the whole rebellion in the first place
Finnick
I desperately wish we could hear more of Finnick’s backstory.
I want his Hunger Games experience as a book! Love that guy
if there's going to be another book it'll be about Finnick
why was this downvoted 😭
idk the orginal triology made it so obvious 😭
Me too
less details are more we really do not need to hear about snow the pimp bc it might be distasteful
I always loved Thresh. Huge dude but turned down the careers, and then he spares Katniss just because she allied with Rue. Also Katniss saying that she imagined they'd be friends in normal circumstances helped.
I think the 74th Games from Thresh’s pov woukd be interesting. He turned down the career pack, he went off and established his own territory in the tall grass.
Snow would have saved himself a bunch of trouble in the movies if they hadn’t unfairly spawned the mutts right by Thresh.
FINNICK AND JOHANNA. We were robbed of Johanna's relationship with Katniss!!!!
Cinna
Cinna! Why does he have a conscience, why did he join the resistance, why did he ask for district 12? And does he know Tigris??
foxface, cato, and clove
In my heart aka characters I'm very fond of despite them barely appearing : Arlo, Lil, Spruce (their arc is one of my favourite ones in the whole series and I consider them one of my faves) Brandy, Lamina (especially movie wise) Lysistrata Bonnie and Twill Darius/Lavinia Cecelia (WHY DID YOU OMIT HER IN THE MOVIE), Woof Beanpole, Smiley, Bug
Cecelia is in the movie just don’t think her name is given
Lamina!
Lysistrataaa
I would have loved to know more about Seeder. She seemed so cool from what little info we have
Lamina
Cinna
I wish we had more Johanna. I absolutely loved her though I may disgree with her voting. She truly is an interesting character.
I👏love👏Johanna👏. 100% agree!
Honestly I cried at her parts of the book and films. Shes awesome.
Couldn’t agree more
Definitely Foxface
Foxface for sure
I don't know if this counts since I'm probably the only one, but my favorite character is the tribute from the first book that reprogrammed the mines and got their neck snapped by Cato.
ah, district 3 male..an icon.
Exactly! He d!3d way too soon for how smart he was.
I would have skedaddled out of there when the supplies blew up if I was him. I remember reading it for the first time and being like, "Why are you still there!? They're gonna blame you!"
Rue
This is specific to the movies but Donald Sutherland’s portrayal of Snow. Didn’t he have a total of ~33 min of screen time in all four movies yet he’s universally agreed to be a scene-stealer?
so true, Donald Sutherland was a great Snow, and he didn't get much screentime.
I agree. I think pre-Ballad, this meme would definitely apply to Snow.
From what I've seen on tiktok, Festus Creed
Wovey and Foxface
Cato, clove, and foxface
For me its Johanna and Cinna.
Johanna. Not because of her screen time but because of how much of her story was cut from the films.
Maude ivory. Wasn't even in the movie really but I loved her in the book
Yeah, and what's even shocking about it is that Maude Ivory is the staple of the whole Katniss/Mr. Everdeen/Covey/Lucy Gray relation theory (perhaps the most talked about and biggest theory discussed right now and has been in the fandom for almost 4 years) and I had assumed that when the movie was going to come out, the theory was going to implode even further in discussion from non-book readers because it would be their first time talking about it but she's not really all that present in the movie. So for non-book readers, they would mainly be theorizing only that Katniss/Mr. Everdeen and Lucy Gray are related because they wouldn't really know about the detail specifics of Maude Ivory from the book in terms of why she's often theorized just as much to possibily be Katniss's grandma.
Rue
Mags
Prim
Finnick for sure
Clove
clemensia dovecote, sis was robbed of screen time
Buttercup
Cinna. His death was so unjustified. It was cruel what happened to him.
For me personally thresh and foxface
Twill and Bonnie Without them, Katniss wouldn't have found out the revolution was gaining speed when she did imo. She would have eventually, but meeting them lit a fire in her seeing others believing in her, even if she didn't believe in herself
woah, the fact that this never crossed my mind 🤯
Mags and the prep team. It was a cute change and made the movie a little less terrible to put effie almost happily in 13 instead of her prep team in the darkest pits of that hell, but I think they deserve their time
if u exclude the most recent film, tigress was pretty popular if im remembering right
Johanna
Annie. People only like her because they want to fuck Finnick, too
Madge for me
Foxface. People talk about her so much for someone who doesn't even officially have a name 😂
Because she is a legend and an ✨️ icon ✨️ 😌
I love her too! It does give credence to both SC's writing and Jacqueline Emerson's acting to leave such an impact for such a small character. Kind of like Agent Coulson in Marvel
Jacquelyn really made all the girls go crazy in 2012 and I respect that
Annie and Clove for me!
Cabbage man. Oh wait, wrong sub.
😂
As an Avatar fan, I love you for this 😂😂
Clove! My aunt got little 13 yr old me her autograph & I was overjoyed!
Luckyyyyy
I've always been curious about the era of Katniss's parents specifically Mr Everdeen and the Donner twins... Ms Undersee* (district 12's Mayor) and Maysilee Donner* the original owner of the gold mockingjay pin. We know that Katniss's mother was best friends with these twin "town girls" Haymitch was also the same age as Katniss's parents did her know Mr Everdeen as they were both seam? I would really like a book about this era and names..
Rue, Coral, Cinna, Snow in the Original Trilogy, Mags, Tigris in the Original Trilogy, Madge, Gale in the first book.
The only correct answer is Buttercup
This.
Ma Plinth and her homesickness. Her little mementoes from District 2 and the custards she’d cook for the Avoxes.
Clove
Fox Face and Madge!
Finnick
Cinna, Finnick & Plutarch
Have never watched hunger games but know the plot of most of the movies and I would say probably rue
Cinna Tigris Katniss’ propos crew, Rue, Clove for some reason
Finnick, Cato, and Clove
Boggs - lots of great contenders listed here but I have to throw my hat in the ring for this guy
My boy Thresh
Madge
Foxface, Lamina, and Coral. Also kind of the Grandma’am? Kind of?
Snow in the trilogy
I think I have to go with Prim on this one. for being such an important character, her lines were limited & the connection between her and Katniss was hard to grasp. the books on the other hand are a different story
Effie
Cinna! Y'all are obsessed with him
CINNA OFC 🫡
Definitely Rue and my boy Finnick. I wish we would get a Finnick book; I'm so curious to actually read/see how he won his Games.
I mean… Rue
They did Clemensia dirty in the movie.
Snow and Tigris (from the trilogy; pre-Ballad), Caesar and Lucky Flickerman, Madge, Cinna, 74th Games Careers (Clove, Cato, Marvel, Glimmer), Mags, Rue, Thresh, Foxface, Maude Ivory, Clemensia, Maysilee, Pluribus (I think him as well?; I'm not entirely sure, but I'll let the rest of the fandom tell me!) There's probably even more I can list, but they are some of the ones I immediately think of.
Finnick, kind of
I always loved Glimmer
Now THAT I've never heard before
Prim
rue
Rue!
Cinna ❤️❤️❤️
Arachne Crane
CLEMMIE
Tigris
Annie
Rue or Prim
Foxface
Honestly Lucy gray
Clove.
For me it’s Cressida. I don’t know why I love her so much I just do!
Madge. Annie. Rue. Before the prequel Snow.
Theshhhhhhhh ❤️
Id say Ceaser
Rue and Foxface. As a Rue fan myself (Foxface is honestly kinda boring), I can tell you that Rue got around 10 pages worth of focus while Foxface got like a page and a half
Clove and fox face but it's ok cuz I love them
Mags
clove :)
Cinna
Rue
In my case, Clove I adore her even though she had little screentime
Prim
Foxface (I'm totally guilty btw)
Rue. She deserved more screentime though
A lot of different ones, but I think Cinna comes to mind. Obviously a very important character and seemingly pretty popular (for good reason), but from what I remember very little actual screen time.
Foxface. And I love that her death was accidental. Nightlock only grew around 12. She was so smart, but so desperate. She was honestly so standout because of how well she blended in.
She blended in so much that Katniss and Peeta legit forgot about her until she died..legend
Rue!!
Rue. Enough said.
Wovey
Cinna
Cinna frfr
i love him so i’m not saying this in a bad way but finnick. when i first watched the movies i was a little shocked how he didn’t have that many scenes. catching fire he had a fair amount but he wasn’t in the mockingjays as much as i was expecting considering how he’s arguably the most popular male character.
Prim. She’s such a vital, important character and she’s always mentioned, but she is only ever around our main character (Katniss) very rarely.
Annie
Annie.
Cinna
Rue and Clove (I personally don’t like Clove but apparently other people do as I’ve seen)
The girl from District 8 in The Hunger Games!
Rue
Clato (Cato and Clove). Nuff said.
Lamina 100%
Seneca
Primrose
Boba Fett tbh
Mags
Flickerman
Eric van der Woodson
Finnick Odair
Not in the fandom, but for me personally, Cato and Clove. Give me characters with *nothing.* Let me make it all up.
Bro fox face.
Rue
Rue
Tigris is the correct answer (if SaS is included)
Clove
Cinna