I HAVE SO MANY HUNGER GAMES FEELS

[alwaysenduphere]

Finished Mockinjay for a second time last night at work. It's a good thing it's Easter break or everyone still awake at 5am would've seen me fighting to keep the tears from forming a puddle on the desk.

The ending is still extremely unsatisfying and the whole book is just brutal in a way that a YA novel should probably not be, but I...(i don't want to say enjoyed because it is far too depressing for that)...don't find it as horrible as I did the first time I read it. I think I probably rushed it the first time because I tend to do that, and this time I read every word of Katniss' horrific PTSD, a fact that didn't really register the first time, either.

(trying out the spoiler text)


FINNICK OH FINNICK. I don't remember caring about you so much on round one, but oh lord your death is so wildly unsatisfactory I CAN'T EVEN. Two lines and ~his life flashes before Katniss' eyes~ and then he's not even mentioned again until the epilogue. Sigh. And now everyone's speculating on who will play him in the movies, and I'm not usually one to care about that sort of thing too much (matter of fact, I prefer having a face to put to a character as opposed to one I've made up myself, which I know is unusual.) but I don't want a face on Finnick. Like, no one will match up to him for me, I don't think. (Unless there's a male version of Jennifer Lawrence somewhere.) unreckless mentioned she pictured him as a early S1 Dean, and man, Jensen's wee face is probably the only face that I would accept freely at this point (though it makes thinking about Finnick's ridiculous death even worse DD:) but that ship has sailed with age, sooooo. Every name I've heard thrown out though is just...no.

Also, JOHANNA. I'd forgotten her and Katniss' Rocky training montage sort of thing and how she relapses, AND THEN WE NEVER SEE HER AGAIN. A lot of the fanfiction assumes she goes to 2 with Gale but that's not actually said? And ugh. There needs to be a short story companion to the series post-war but pre-epilogue, about characters other than Katniss, since her world is just a messy blur. I didn't even feel like her world was okay in the epilogue, or really that she even wanted those children, which is SO NOT A HAPPY ENDING goddamnit.

I feel like I'll start back at THG in a few weeks again just so I can have naive pre-war Katniss and not-crazy Peeta. THE CYCLE CONTINUES

aaagh and the movie no one will see with me. i went by myself because i wanted to see it THEN but i figured someone would want to see it again. brett keeps making up excuses (okay work keeps needing him BUT STILL he won't tell me his schedule) and my mom for sure keeps blowing me off and well. i don't have anybody else.

super bummed the director won't be back for the second movie. also steadily becoming one of those fans that CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT MOVIE!!1!!!!1! I've never been one of those fans and I. don't. like. it.

tl;dr THG has eaten my brain.

(Oh, and I now ship Katniss/Haymitch lord save us all. Fanfiction is the devil. come on thg fandom, write more!)

[This post is incredibly superficial but I couldn't even begin to articulate how pissed off I am at life right now.]

Comments

[wandersfound.livejournal.com]

The only possible Finnick I've seen suggested that I would be okay with so far is Armie Hammer, and even he's not quite right I don't think. I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT ALEX PETTYFER. I agree that his death was super anticlimactic - it bothered me more on the second read-through too, because I didn't love Finnick the first time through until I knew his whole story, but once I did for the second go I loved him A LOT.

I like that the epilogue wasn't a YAY EVERYTHING HAPPINESS type of ending. I agree with you; I don't think that her world was okay, but I wouldn't expect it to be and I think it would feel kind of false if it ever was, even years later. I think it was a case of things getting better but not perfect.

SIGH SIGH SIGH AT LEAST YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE ONCE!!!!!!!!!! Why is the director not coming back? Have they said yet who will be directing the second one/when it will start filming?

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

NO NO TO BOTH OF THOSE. I really think I just don't like Armie Hammer because I see his name in relation to Finnick and boo hiss. Someone suggested Garrett Hedlund, and uh. I could go for his voice, but idk if the rest of him would work out. YES I think fandom has helped me love Finnick a little bit more but in general he was just so much more likeable with a second go.

grumble I guess I really don't like epilogues in general, at least ones that skip forward so much in time. It's probably a fitting epilogue to the story, it's true, but I won't be satisfyied with it because we don't get to SEE how she came to accept her life with Peeta, I guess.

DDDD: if i had a download link, i would give it to you! i'm not even sure it's been announced officially that he's not coming back but that seems to be all anyone can talk about. no new directors have even been mentioned, idk when filming starts but the movie is supposed to come out in nearly exactly a year so i would assume SOON.

[fisher-queen.livejournal.com]

I finally saw it last night, after being really, really scared about Harelson Haymitch is the one that anybody putting a face on would have ruined things for me, and was the reason I was holding out. I'm really not a fan of the look they gave him, but then I started watching and he killed it, man. He freaking KILLED it and blew me away. I just that man So many feels.

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really think they did a good job casting all the characters, even though I was pretty doubtful going in. I can't imagine anyone else being Katniss or Snow or yeah, even Haymitch, now.

[jacyevans.livejournal.com]

THIS. THIS ENTIRE POST, THIS. Mockingjay was soooo dissatisfying. All I want are the missing scenes between Katniss coming home and the "real or not real" scene. And more of an explanation of where everyone disappeared to besides a single line of text.

Also, I definitely hold with those who think Johanna went to District 2. Personal canon - they hook up (because she is the furthest from Katniss he could ever get.)

I've been trying to figure out who I picture as Finnick, but I can't really think of anyone. I know Alex Pettyfer is a popular fan choice, but I just don't see it.

Someone suggested Kristen Bell for Johanna, and while she's not at all what I pictured, I could see it in an odd way.

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Ugh I thought I could never find a more depressing fandom to be in than SPN, you know? Guess I was wrong, lol.

the furthest from Katniss while still being connected to her, you mean. GAAAAAAAAAAAALE

I don't like Alex Pettyfer's face. Like, at all. So I really hope it's not him.

Why do I picture Johanna as a redhead? I guess KBell would be okay. I saw a graphic with Olivia Wilde as Johanna, I could go for that. I feel like they should choose lesser known actors for all the tribute roles though.

[lesson-in-love.livejournal.com]

FINNICKKKKKK. God, I did not even know it was POSSIBLE to have this many feels over a side character with the shittiest death. I reread Catching Fire the other day and legit had to put my laptop down from reading multiple times so I could DEAL WITH MY FEELINGS. I know a lot of people who want Garrett Hedlund as him, but I feel like Garrett is a little too country? Like, I love that man. I've been a stan for him forever, and would love to see him get a big important meaty role in a blockbuster franchise. But I just don't see him as Finnick as everybody else does. My roommates and I have pretty much decided that we're on Team Unknown Hot Actor Dude for Finnick, because it seems like the best option.

Oh god, I NEEDED a better ending for Johanna. Like, I was pissed off at everybody's endings, but JOHANNA DESERVED BETTER THAN HAVING TO ASSUME THINGS IN FANFIC. I just really want her to go be badass and sassy everywhere.

IF YOU WERE CLOSER I WOULD TOTALLY SEE IT WITH YOU. ;___; At this point I think the only person I might be able to see it with again is me, myself and I, and that's only if finals don't eat my soul within the next couple of weeks. Also super bummed about the director, but hopefully the next person will see all the wonderful angst in CF and make it as wonderful as THG is.

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

SO MANY FEELINGS OH MAN. A little too country is a pretty accurate descrpition, yes. When I first saw someone suggest him I thought that maybe I wouldn't mine, I mean, I certainly wouldn't mind his voice as Finnick, but the rest of him just doesn't...fit. IDK. I'm totally Team Unknown Hot Actor Dude, too.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE RECOVERED FROM HER RELAPSE, I mean, ughhhhhh. Does Katniss even say goodbye? SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I really loved seeing it by myself the first time. I think I would have been too busy trying to control my emotions if I were with someone else because I'm weird that way. But I want to have someone to discuss it with irl and no one I know cares. UGH. I'm sure whatever director they find will want to make a good movie, my biggest concern is that the tone of CF won't match THG because of all of Gary Ross' weird directing choices. But hey, maybe it'll be better, who knows.