Are there any exceptions to the reaping?

Hi friends! Today we take a look at the reaping ceremony in the Hunger Games, and see if there are exceptions or ways to get out of it!
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[@StoryDiver]

Hi friends! A quick reminder not to post spoilers for "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". The book isn't out in many countries yet, and won't be for another few weeks, so it's incredibly inconsiderate. Also, many of you have been asking when I'll make videos about it. I won't be making videos about it until the movie adaptation is released, as this firstly gives everyone time to buy and read the book, and secondly will allow us to use the secondary canon that is a movie to base ideas off of. Thank you and happy bubbles!

[@cormacosuilleabhain9665]

Wait are they actually making movies or is it just a rumour?

[@salem1353]

cormac Ó'Súilleabháin yes they are

[@seanclarke5969]

Story Diver love your videos I do have a disability but it is not visible I think i would have a chance at winning I have taken a hunger games quiz and I would have very good chance at winning I have low muscle tone but I would win depending on who I was up against in the arena I think if I was up against people strong then me and I smarter then I would make plan they would not see coming in the training centre I would grab a bow and arrow and shoot myself in the heart plus there nothing they could do at the point

[@EmanuelGarcia-cf9gr]

Signe Gudmundsson do you know if Jennifer Lawrence is still going to be Katniss and if u don’t know I want to know what u think

[@charliemlu]

@@EmanuelGarcia-cf9gr katniss isnt involved in this book/movie SPOILER ALERT because its about snow and lucy gray in the 10th hunger games and lucy gray is the first victor from 12

[@alexpapitto1265]

We see several tributes in the 75th games with mental or physical disabilities. Peeta- amputated/ prosthetic leg Chaff- amputated hand Morphlings- severe addiction Wiress- clearly not fully “there” mentally. Mags- was 80 and seemed to have some health problems as a result of old age. Katniss- thought time be pregnant.

[@StoryDiver]

Exactly!

[@fransgreidanus5678]

But Snow _really_ wanted those tributes to die, so he _really_ didn‘t care. I hope I make sense, haha

[@StoryDiver]

Frans Greidanus that definitely does make sense!

[@Jakakke311]

Peeta had a prosthetic leg?

[@StoryDiver]

jakefrg1 in the books his leg can’t be saved after the 74th Games so he’s fitted with a prothesis. This isn’t the case for the movies

[@avanicole6700]

The outrage at Katniss being pregnant makes it seem like no tributes before her have ever been pregnant

[@StoryDiver]

I doubt it's happened a lot, if ever

[@hollyabair]

I always felt that the outrage at Katniss' pregnancy was more because she was a media darling to them. She was the shiny, new celebrity; one half of the star crossed lovers. They had already built up the hype to her upcoming wedding with Peeta and then disappointed the Capitol citizens by cancelling and placing them into the games. Just because Snow himself didn't buy into the story doesn't mean that the people of the Capitol didn't, especially given that only months prior she had been paraded around the Capitol and sent to parties to mingle. They wouldn't care about some no-name girl from a poor district being pregnant and dying except for the drama that it would add to the games. That is at least my take on it.

[@spoons_only]

i think it's also possible thaat if it HAS happened before, it's likely been a long time since then and has just been forgotten about

[@briannathehufflepuff7477]

Everyone has great points, but I would like to add that, in the poor districts, an unborn baby would likely die because of starvation, sickness, work injuries to the mother, etc. The richer districts may have a form of pregnancy prevention, or may also face some of the same risks, such as high stress in the mother (perhaps, even, due to the process of the reaping, even if not chosen) or work injuries. The "pet" districts (one, two, and four, I believe?) have kids actively volunteering, and a pregnant girl would probably decide to keep her baby alive rather than going into the games, as well as not wanting to be slowed down by morning sickness and an enlarged abdomen. It does make sense that pregnant girls wouldn't get in often, if at all, but I doubt that it'd be due to a show of mercy by the Capitol. That's just my opinion, though.

[@Sarah-kc3fb]

@@hollyabair It's the same if we watch a movie with many people dying. Do we really care if we have no name or story attached to that individual?

[@uiomen8815]

Random kid hopping in the games with there turbo wheel chair

[@davidbasa9985]

LJ Dragon Ball Z Ladies and gentlemen, Stephen hawking from district three

[@uiomen8815]

David Basa frfr

[@jae4427]

OOF

[@unicornbarfingrainbows7599]

Would they give you a wheelchair in the games? They allow you to keep your glasses so I guess it would be the same. Although the Capitol might just replace your legs with robotic ones.

[@tsuyuasui7297]

Unicorn Barfing rainbows they allow you to keep your glasses? i mean most poor districts wouldn’t even be able to afford them.

[@LeChameauCommuniste]

I wouldn't risk faking being at death's door, especially because you can't really do it several years in a row without raising any suspicion and/or having to admit you're "better" and therefore have to attend the reaping

[@StoryDiver]

That’s very true, it’s a short term solution!

[@alicat2613]

@Amelia De groot I would do it when I’m about 16 or 17 maybe 15 even so then it’s safer because then I’m more likely to be chosen, this way I’m safer

[@anyway6757]

@@alicat2613 i agree, if you try it, you should do it the last year, or maybe two if you can pull it off, that you can be entered since they have to put their names in more times as they get older, so you might as well take as best advantage of that exception as you can

[@analisapena3086]

And it’s the future, they can test you in seconds time.

[@saanimar]

You could start doing it like at the time of your last reaping (if not being reaped already ofc)

[@harrypalmtree6143]

The capitol may just terminate children at birth whom have severe disabilities. As it is unlikely they could participate in the games or go mining (if from district 12) or chop trees (if district 7) etc. Also I don’t think you could easily get out of the games.

[@StoryDiver]

That’s possible too!

[@jae4427]

Yes, but many disabilities you can't see until the child gets slightly older. For example, autism, deafness and blindness. Really, you can't see mental disabilities or anything like that until the baby gets older, unless they have the form of blindness where they just don't have irises or pupils. If they were born with, say, something like Robert Hoge (If you don't know who that is you should Google him or read the book "Ugly", it's a very inspiring story), where their legs were all twisted up or they were missing their arms or something like that, or it was just anything physical at all, then I could see them doing that. Sorry this was so long... :)

[@briannathehufflepuff7477]

Everyone's points are extremely well thought out, but here's my take on it: There are two mentions of disabled children in districts eleven and twelve that are allowed to live (well, at least for a little while,) but they aren't disabled to the point of not being able to work. We aren't given an example of any children that have no chance of being able to work to some extent. This may be a coincidence... or maybe not. Remember, each district has peacekeepers, who may be ordered to "cull" these children, even if the disability is only noticed later. The Capitol has no issue with murdering older children (especially twelve to eighteen year olds.) I'm not trying to say that anyone's wrong, but this is just my line of thought. I believe that Suzanne Collins did a good job at building the culture surrounding the games, and average life and milestones (such as marriage) in district twelve, but we don't see much else in the main series. (I haven't gotten my hands on the new prequel, yet.) Maybe Suzanne Collins will keep writing so that we can explore more.

[@emmabyrne9274]

I would say the capitol wouldn't bother actively killing disabled children, the environment they've created make people so focused on immediate survival- immediate meaning short term but also the survival of the most important people in your life- that many disabled people wouldn't get the support they need. A disabled child might have a family that will do everything in their power to give them the support and care they need, but if you don't have a community willing to accommodate and help with that, then those efforts are limited. The capitol has done a really good job of tamping down the social mindedness of it's citizens, just look at the children who are become tributes, they're made to see each other as rivals, targets, or temporary allies rather than fellow victims of a cruel government, who are all facing if not death then a lifetime of trauma.

[@thomasdankert737]

The capitol would probably see it as a waste of food so they would see it as a mercy killing so they don’t have to deal with it and their family’s wouldn’t have to worry

[@lotteneijssel5267]

What if a girl gives birth during her time in the area?😂

[@StoryDiver]

The baby would likely be removed and brought back to her family in her district

[@JesusHernandez-lf6hp]

Or the baby is now a tribute and if the mom is good the mom kills everyone then suicides so the baby wins😂

[@lpoco0006]

or they change the rules to "Not only one can win. if sb gives birth to a child during the games, parent(s) and baby can win as a team" lol and if they are really savage they change the rules back to normal right at the end when there's only mom and baby left

[@davidbasa9985]

Ladies and gentlemen, a new tribute has entered the arena

[@uprisingsun9105]

Likely if she was that close to term, they would just induce her before the games to prevent that. The only way that would happen would be if the baby was very premature.

[@Sandra-fb3sr]

Another point about pregnancy that applies especially to the poorer districts, most of the children were so severely malnourished that they probably didnt have menstrual cycles. This could also be why katniss mentioned the Capitol giving the boys something to stop hair growth but didnt mention loss of a menstrual cycle during her games. I doubt that most people had enough to eat themselves, much less to sustain a life.

[@StoryDiver]

That makes a lot of sense!

[@irrelevance3859]

Perhaps but once you're chosen and training even if you're in a poor district (I'm not sure how long training is before the games) but they're given bedding, shelter and good, full meals. during that time period, Meaning the woman would likely get her menstrual cycle back. The richer District women and girls would have never lost it in the first place more likely.

[@abbysunshine4168]

@@irrelevance3859 Okay but menstrual cycles can also be thrown off under extreme stress, which the fact that they are about to face their deaths, would definitely be a case of extreme stress.

[@ilovethehungergames467]

in the injection they get before the games that probably stops the periods aswell

[@nightworld3206]

My friend read in a Hunger Games Magazine that Glimmer had bad vision and that's why it was so hard for her to escape the tracker jackers. Idk if that was true or not.

[@StoryDiver]

It’s not in any of the canon media, so it’s unlikely to be true

[@nightworld3206]

@@StoryDiver That makes more sense because she was great at archery. I wonder where the magazine publishers got that random information from.😂

[@StoryDiver]

Night World who knows 😂

[@jocelynj356]

@@nightworld3206 She missed all of her shots when she aimed at Katniss. She might have chosen the weapon just so Katniss couldn't get it. We don't know for sure if it is true or not🤷‍♀️

[@alicat2613]

@@nightworld3206 it actually said in the book that it was obvious glimmer couldn’t use a bow and arrow, you need to read up on your hunger games mate no offence.

[@wallawalla5697]

In mockingjay the book, Katniss asks Boggs what month it is He replies that next week is September. Katniss then knows that she was in the arena 5 or 6 weeks ago. So Katniss was in 13 for August and September. The hunger games would probably take place during July every year

[@StoryDiver]

That definitely makes sense!

[@kitkatcpo336]

And the Victory Tour takes place in December.

[@analisapena3086]

PATRIOTIC KILLING CHILDREN LETS GOOO

[@milqueandtoast323]

@@analisapena3086 *GEM OF PANEM BLASTS IN THE BACKGROUND*

[@viiixixo8026]

you are right. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the Hunger Games prequel that was just released) is about the 10th Hunger Games and it explicitly states that it’s July during the Games.

[@mittiw1446]

In the books, Katniss describes the male district 10 tribute as the crippled boy So yeah I think the capitol has no regard for human life and honestly wouldn’t care

[@StoryDiver]

Very true!

[@wispydusk8706]

They definitely would allow mentally and physically disabled kids into the Hunger Games since (if I remember correctly) the District 10 Male from the 74th was crippled. This just drives your home your point about how the Capitol doesn't care if they are disabled or not.

[@StoryDiver]

Very true!

[@andreasanchez1453]

Jesus Christ I would of been screwed 😅

[@jam-pd3wr]

Imagine being reaped while in the final stages of pregnancy 😭😭

[@mr.worldwide2961]

That would suck

[@laughable6650]

They would probably just abort it.

[@vikipekarkova6632]

@@laughable6650 well katniss went to arena "pregnant"

[@josiebourne1855]

Well, I mean, Katniss was ‘pregnant’ and they still put her in 😬

[@luna-chan9067]

Viktorie Pekárková & Josie Bourne WHAT

[@bringbackgoodmusic60s]

I think everyone would be scared at the reaping

[@StoryDiver]

I agree, most people would be for sure!

[@hayhay_the_queen_0963]

Scared to death

[@charliefeen1239]

🙄

[@unicornbarfingrainbows7599]

Unless you live in a career district. If I was in a career district I’d take as much tesserae as I want since someone else will volunteer whether I get chosen or not.

[@ahandsomedog9238]

actually district 1,2 and 4 train for the games, and if they are not reaped by the age of 18, they volunteer themselves.

[@louisacoote2337]

Perhaps during the first games, young women (16-18) decided to get pregnant, hoping it would make them exempt from the reaping?

[@StoryDiver]

It's possible!

[@elyseking2566]

@Amelia De groot o-o

[@anyway6757]

maybe that concept will be discussed in the prequel!

[@purpleduckybryn]

Louisa Coote good point but Katniss went into the games “pregnant”

[@rivo3]

What if they can’t go to the reaping cause of labor and they get chosen

[@emerald9194]

Ngl if I was in District Twelve with that hole in the fence I would literally just take my family and escape into the woods. After grabbing what we need from our house we could set it on fire to make everybody think we died, so nobody would wonder why we were gone.

[@StoryDiver]

That's a good plan!

[@_baki-hanma_]

True true but what bout the keepers they search the forests

[@linkalot7415]

Same

[@possiblynaya]

Bonus points if you make yourself a grave stone.

[@icommandyew8221]

@@_baki-hanma_ that’s the part I worry about. I would maybe try to hitch hike to a richer district.

[@lucyoflaherty7228]

When it comes to a tribute being pregnant I don’t think snow would send them into the arena bc he talks about how he’s not above killing children but he’s not wasteful so I think he would consider that as wasteful killing a baby

[@nickel3143]

True

[@infinitykitty1250]

Yeah cuz in normal hunger games he wants to send 12 boys and 12 girls. Someone pregnant would technically add another person so unless the capitol has a solution to that you might be right.

[@zachjoyal8257]

District 10 Male in the 74th games was reaped when he has a crippled foot.

[@StoryDiver]

Yes he was

[@Mitsuki12345]

@@StoryDiver Where they injured before the reaping or when they started training?

[@StoryDiver]

In the book they were injured before the reaping; in the movie a child was injured during training

[@foqcus4795]

No because they wouldn’t care anyways

[@StoryDiver]

Very true!

[@zakanderson1966]

I think if someone tried to fake being at deaths door they would immediately be pit into the games

[@StoryDiver]

It’s possible!

[@nickel3143]

They would probably just be killed by peacekeepers

[@emmalinearmstrong4969]

The answer to the question about people mental issues was pretty obvious to me. Wirus, who had autism, was still put into the 75th games which answer the question.

[@StoryDiver]

Very true!

[@Jessicajohnson23344]

Wiress

[@user-od3ze9jr8s]

you say is autistic not has autism and annie cresta is also autistic

[@Wooplot]

imagine going to the hunger games in a wheelchair 💀💀💀💀

[@evildeadening9826]

rolling ray would call snow “terra bull”

[@haileygamache9768]

*Loud announcer s voice* Every one please welcome Steven Hawking of district three!

[@Dama-lc7gj]

What if a pregnant person was about to win, but the capitol installs said the baby counted as a tribute? If a pregnant person wins and goes to victors village, does their child have to go to a reaping?

[@StoryDiver]

I would say yes as children of victors are eligible for reaping

[@michaelalexander1052]

yes, in either catching fire or mockingjay (the books), katniss mentions that children of victors go into the reaping bowl just like everyone else

[@abbysunshine4168]

@@michaelalexander1052 Okay but that's not what they're asking. They're saying because the mother was pregnant at the time technically the fetus survived too and technically also won. victors don't return into the reaping pool, at least not until the 75th hunger games happened they had not. So maybe the baby would be exempt?

[@ilovethehungergames467]

@@abbysunshine4168 I don't think so. although It would be in the hunger games it wouldn't be fighting and it would probably get taken when it was born by the hovercraft

[@nmoney6655]

@@StoryDiver no because they can’t really go in the games until they are 12 so yeah

[@uprisingsun9105]

I would be curious about someone whose legs are missing or don't work (both legs) or are paraplegic, how would they stand for the countdown in the arena?

[@StoryDiver]

They would likely be fitted with prosthetics, or expected to sit

[@internalscreams5172]

If I had to go to the reaping, I would sit on a door, with “Deaths door” written on it. Technically, I would be on Deaths door

[@angelaphsiao]

I read a fanfic once where Katniss was actually pregnant going into the quarter quell. The gamemakers snuck poison into her food that would induce a miscarriage and tricked her and Peeta into getting stuck in the jabberjay section listening to baby screams when it happened. That scene was truly brutal and I 100% believe the capitol would do something like that for the views.

[@ilooovefortnite]

Amazing! Is it scary that I was listening to the hunger games soundtrack when i got this notification-

[@jamesokello7566]

Yes Sprxng yes it is

[@StoryDiver]

That’s not scary that’s fun! You’re obviously a big fan!!!

[@ilooovefortnite]

Story Diver my friend got me into it after we played a minecraft hunger games 😂 So i watched the first film and instantly became obsessed

[@StoryDiver]

Sprxng i would really recommend reading the books if you are able to! They, like most times, have a lot more detail and information than the movies do!

[@ilooovefortnite]

Story Diver yep! I managed to get the first one from my school library!

[@louisacoote2337]

There’s a boy with a club foot in the 74th games, I think from district 10.

[@StoryDiver]

Yes there is, and yes he is from 10

[@ericestrada4412]

Wait what do u guys mean

[@StoryDiver]

In the book, the boy from district 10 is disabled

[@Avatarfan10000]

I think it would depend on the kind of disability. Keep in mind that we know of at least 2 people that have severe mental disabilities. Martin a boy from district 11 who was described as having the mentality of a 3 year old and Greasy Sae's granddaughter from district 12 who is mentioned to have similar problems so It wouldn't be impossible to have someone with a severe condition. I would assume that if someone was incapable of speech or understanding basic concepts then they would be excluded because it wouldn't be possible to get them sponsors as a result of them being unable to prove they have a fighting chance. The biggest drive to the games is entertainment and I don't think any capital member would want to see the equivalent of a 3 year old being sent to their death. I can also imagine anyone with a physical disability where they can't even stand let alone walk would result in them not being in the games either for the same reason. We never see anyone with a physical disability as severe. I can imagine that it would be an unwritten rule only known to those who put in the slips of paper. After all who would even know if a persons name is not in the bowl? The capital would never say that people with disabilities can't be reaped but would just make it seam like it's pure luck. Like you said the poorer districts won't have the ability to keep children with severe disabilities alive so there would be few of them and for the richer districts they have so many volunteers that it wouldn't matter.

[@gforceneonaxetake2345]

Actually the physically and mentally disabled only applies to if you are in a wheelchair but their have been people in past hunger games who were Blind, Deaf, Autistic, Ect. And their have been Victor's of this disabled category

[@user-od3ze9jr8s]

so youve also realized that annie cresta is autistic

[@zepp8806]

You are wearing a light blue lipstick and rocking it

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@catplumb7125]

Remember when peeta said katniss was "having a baby" the people of the capitol where furious to hear the put a pregnant girl into the games

[@rottencandy2675]

not so much a pregnant girl, but a pregnant new celebrity.

[@tinadaturtle2077]

In different districts, the reaping would be different. For example in a Suzanne Collins interview, she said in the career districts (1, 2 and 4) wouldn’t do picking a name from a bowl as every year, at least 2 of each of each gender would volunteer in these districts.

[@og.hazaza]

I think that in some of the richer districts they would have some sort of cure for more severe disabilities (Down syndrome, high functioning autism etc) that they could somehow implement before birth

[@StoryDiver]

It's possible!

[@sarah-bj2ip]

I think in Panem, they obviously have no regard for human life, so they would probably kill children like that.

[@user-od3ze9jr8s]

you cant cure autistim because it is part of you and don't use funtioning label an autistic self advocate

[@roy6523]

Love these videos! Very interesting topics discussed!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you! I'm happy you like the videos!

[@patty4349]

I noted a line in the book about the neatly handwritten slips with the names. It makes me think that and official comes into the school and watches as the children write their names on their designated number of slips. This would be a good way to drive home their helplessness in the situation while making sure the kids with a lot of slips are held up as less important compared to the ones with the small number of slips. See, if you don't keep your nose clean your children will have 42 slips like him. His parents are failures and he has to suffer for it.

[@StoryDiver]

I really like that idea!

[@laurelk1010]

The books frequently mention Greasy Sea's grandchild many times, so we know that disabled children are able to survive. Rue also mentions a mentally disabled child in district 11.

[@StoryDiver]

Yes, some children with disabilities would survive and live in the Districts

[@musiclover01ist]

Katniss mentioned one of the tributes had a limp and did not stand a chance. But the capital did not care.

[@musiclover01ist]

I would not fake it because I would be worried about being caught.

[@StoryDiver]

Indeed, in the books when of them is crippled

[@musiclover01ist]

Although with a pregnancy in one the career districts, they might be able to get out of it

[@StoryDiver]

cady sterling it seems very unlikely, unless another child volunteered

[@musiclover01ist]

@@StoryDiver you are right, but it was a nice thought.

[@josiebourne1855]

Love how you do my two favourite movie series based videos, Harry Potter and Hunger Games 😂

[@CoastalWizard]

Going off the books the boy from district 10 had a crippled foot at the time of the reaping so that kind of partially answers one of the questions

[@kingo8914]

I would like to see a movie where a tribute in a wheelchair is reaped and is basically screwed in the arena, but there is someone else who decides to do all they possibly can go get that person to the end. The one protecting the person in the wheelchair has no one left that they care about and decides to eventually sacrifice themselves so the person in the wheelchair can win the game.

[@KMXC17]

I love your channel! You make very interesting videos and I enjoy them very much! You should have more subscribers!!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you so much! The subscribers will come with time 😊

[@KMXC17]

@@StoryDiver I bet before 2019 is over you will reach 1,000!

[@StoryDiver]

GlenCoco 84 we’ll find out soon!!

[@mistyb1183]

In the book district 10 the boy has a crippled foot and he is reaped

[@calerawson1284]

What if someone went over the age limit after they got reaped but before the games?

[@charlottecase418]

because they were technically still 18 at the time of the reaping, they would be put into the games

[@ariacomfy]

i agree with everything you say, as always and i think that a good example of the hope thing is the boy from district (ten?) with the 'crippled foot' who survived a really long time and i think that he may have got into the top ten but i'm not sure. that would have definitely given his district hope and would probably encourage the capital that crippled tributes are good to go into the arena maybe? anyway, love you and as always you deserve to have so many more subsribers!

[@StoryDiver]

That makes sense! And thank you!

[@angeliadark]

A pregnant Tribute would probably play into Snow's idea of 'hope' being something for Districts to strive for, instructing the Gamemakers to put the odds in the pregnant girl's favor, send disaster or manufactured deaths at other Tributes, making her the winner in the end to give the Capital their lust for entertainment and other Districts hope that they can 'beat the odds'.

[@thomashemingway803]

i really enjoy these vids!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@laurenc4138]

I totally agree about physical disabilities but mental ones I doubt they’d put them into the reaping since that’s just not “entertaining” since they’d be such easy targets. In the first book the one boy Katniss mentioned that gets reaped I think has a crippled foot. I’m re-reading these now and found your videos and love your take on the books/movies. In the video about fox face I had totally forgotten her whole thing was plant IDing and said “omg that makes so much sense” lol

[@dannyharris3493]

Love the lipstick! You rock the look!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@willthefilldill7709]

Thank you so much for teaching me to embrace my interests and now I have a channel

[@willthefilldill7709]

By the way I like all of your hunger games videos and dose anyone else ask you why you like child slaughter just because you like some books and movies

[@StoryDiver]

I’m happy you’re embracing your interests!! A few people do question why I like the series, but I always explain I like the political aspect, not the child slaughter 😂

[@willthefilldill7709]

Thanks

[@olivia8oof]

Wait if someone hid their kid until they were 19 so they wouldn’t have to get reaped? What would have to the kid and their family.

[@aiyanawalker8563]

Ik this comment is old, but I'm sure peacekeepers do checks into houses to make sure that everybody's at the reaping. And even if they didn't, it's still highly unlikely that they're able to hide their child for 19 years without any peacekeepers knowing

[@olivia8oof]

@@aiyanawalker8563 maybe unless they were really good at hiding them but it would be very difficult

[@aiyanawalker8563]

@@olivia8oof I mean they could, but it's unlikely they would try it, considering they would most likely be greatly punished if someone found out. And even if they can do it successfully, the 19 yr old will have to get a job after their hiding. The peacekeepers wouldn't recognize and know who that is and would probably get suspicious

[@olivia8oof]

@@aiyanawalker8563 true it’s kinda cool to think about tho

[@Passdiplantain]

If the hunger games are for kids how did mags take part, this was probably mentioned in the movies but I don’t remember

[@StoryDiver]

Mags was a child during her Games. Remember that the Quarter Quell had different rules due to the twist

[@bloxyrhysgaming6421]

Sandra Nicole any victors aloud in the third quarter quell

[@valeriedecadbury2978]

In the 3rd Quarter Quell, it is said any victor despite Age, Health or Status

[@no-bn7xv]

Sandra Nicole have you ever watched the movies or read any of the books? 🤦‍♀️

[@anyway6757]

I would only fake being on death's door if I was in one of the outlying districts because it's likely that the districts closer to the capitol would have technology to tell them whether or not you were faking it

[@StoryDiver]

It’s possible!

[@devoninheaven4143]

What lipstick is this? Your lip colors are always so amazing, I would really appreciate it if you would mention them in the description box in the future! I love your content so much 💚💚💚

[@StoryDiver]

That’s a good idea! This one is Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Jeffree Star Cosmetics

[@nosyposy7448]

Slightly unrelated but your makeup and hair is giving me HUGE Effie vibes and I’m HERE FOR IT

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@elizabethgillen3660]

I love your lipstick! Really pops!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@yusurkassem4174]

Okay but like I love your lipstick it's such a unique style!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@yusurkassem4174]

@@StoryDiver omg you're probably fed up with my comments at this point haha sorry! but i just discovered your channel yesterday and I absolutely love all of your theories videos they're so interesting and I can't stop watching!

[@the_autistic_advocate]

I think you're actually right about the disabilities Story Diver. You forgot to mention this, but in the first book (the 74th games) there was a boy from District 10 who had a crippled foot.

[@StoryDiver]

Very true! I chose not to mention every case, as already with the ones mentioned the point comes across

[@the_autistic_advocate]

Story Diver Yes of course. I don’t expect you to mention every single one, but I felt that was a pretty important one for what you were trying to argue

[@trishiemew4761]

the boy from district 10 in the 74th hunger games was noted as crippled i believe. this would hint at a no for exceptions, as would the morphling addicts in the 75th

[@jaquees5892]

You know its a bout to get serious when she flips her sitting position

[@cianasmith9132]

Great video as always love your channel and videos

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you so much!!

[@Overused_Toothbrush]

Your lipstick is so cool!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@clovekentwell6520]

your seriously are the only person i have seen who can wear any colour lipstick and look amazing wearing it

[@avercado4132]

What if a pregnant girl actually went into labor during the games? What would happen to the child?

[@StoryDiver]

The Capitol would likely remove the baby from the arena and return it to the District

[@Lior353]

i kinda feel like that if a girl was pregnant and got reaped, the capitol would force her to have a abortion

[@StoryDiver]

It's possible!

[@okgeil7342]

omg i love your videos ps: you are right, they get sent in injured but may not too much or it wouldnt be fun enough for the capitol

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@okgeil7342]

@@StoryDiver i saw thank for replying to me its a honor ❤️❤️

[@nessa1182]

I think that is a person that is injured or pregnant or sick will be put in without medication but I think that if they are from the career districts that they might get to take their medication into the games

[@og.hazaza]

I was trying to find the answer to this for so long

[@StoryDiver]

I hope this helped!

[@abbyerickson8015]

I think you should make a video of what would happen if someone was reaped while they were 18 but turned 19 before the games begin

[@StoryDiver]

I'll look into it!

[@TheMskate99]

In the books we know they reap people with disabilities because in the 74th Hunger Games the boy from 10 had a crippled leg.

[@flutter7bee]

I CANNOT wait to hear your thoughts and theories after the next book is released!

[@StoryDiver]

Very soon!

[@flutter7bee]

@@StoryDiver I'm subscribed and ready!!

[@IIIGioGioStarIII]

In the first book, one of the kids had a clubbed foot and was still plopped into the games.

[@mackenziemoats1854]

I love your lipstick 🥺💙

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@elleryallen3821]

Hi Story Diver I love watching all of your videos! I was wondering...... Ive never had the chance to read the HG books but I have seen the movies. In the first movie when they prick every kids finger befor the reaping. They then scan the blood. I always thought that they were checking for any blood diseases. Could this also be a reason that he or she would not be reaped?

[@StoryDiver]

It could be, though the scanning of the blood is actually to check who that person is by scanning their DNA. But they definitely could also be scanning for diseases!

[@elleryallen3821]

Oohhh! Thank you! Keep up the great work!😃❤ Also I love all the vibrant fun lip colors you use!

[@beewatches1971]

Know Megan Hayes? (not sure of the spelling) she was reaped only days after she have given birth to her first son (i think 4 days?). She won the game but the capitol still did her dirty. She has one of the most saddening story on the Hunger Games universe. Definitely worthy to search for.

[@baileyb234]

I am just wondering if someone who didn't go to the reaping got chosen to be tribute but was still in hiding away from the reaping ceremony. I am just wondering what will happen. Since they weren't there would the peacekeepers choose to find them or just leave them be? I would think they would get severly damaged and put in the game with no help with there injuries in the games if the peacekeeprs did find that person.

[@StoryDiver]

I agree, I think the peacekeepers would go collect them and if they were healthy enough to participate they would be forced to, though as you say they would be treated roughly and would likely be injured

[@alicat2613]

Well in the first book in district 12 maybe not because the peace keepers were more well lax, but in district 11 (and idk what else) definitely but it might not have been just injuries it may have been death.

[@oliyenathomasdance]

off topic but i really love your haircut and lip color😍

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you so much!

[@oliyenathomasdance]

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[@Livvyloohoo]

What happens if you turn 19 on the day of the reaping. Would you still have to go??

[@jamesderrick9967]

The pregnancy thing was apparently applicable to the Female Morphling in Tales of the Hunger Games

[@ShootingStarStudio]

I would probably fake hearing loss or blindness because both are serious handicaps and probably won’t make the games any more fun for people to watch since I couldn’t hear or see someone sneaking up on me.

[@StoryDiver]

That makes sense!

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Great video well it seems you don´t have any choices to get away the reaping process.

[@Kolle4732]

What if they were giving birth at the time of the reaping would they still have to attend the reaping?

[@bananabs3624]

What if the day after the reaping a person turns 19 and they got reaped so they’re not in the age group so what would happen?

[@pobblebonkk]

I love your lipstick!!!

[@StoryDiver]

Thank you!

[@kameron9721]

I always wondered what would happen if more then one person volunteers ?

[@StoryDiver]

I've covered this in my "Volunteering explained" video 😉

[@DramaQueen_17]

Yeah! The boy from district 10!

[@averyjones9149]

I wouldn’t fake being ill. I would just go into the reaping and hope the odds are in my favor.

[@wallawalla5697]

What month every year does the hunger games take place?

[@StoryDiver]

It’s never specified, though it seems to be in the Spring

[@Katiedid-o9m]

I think you’re completely right! Especially when you consider that Pieta had acquired a disability during the 74th hunger games, and they didn’t care! He was not the only one either! There were at least a couple other victors in the quarter quell, i’m remembering three, I could be wrong, who had acquired a disability or mental illness by those games. There were those people addicted to morphling. I think they were the victors from district 6.. And if I remember correctly, please correct me if I’m wrong, a technology victor also had a disability! In general, Susan Collins does an awesome job including this particular diversity group In her novels and representing us really well! She does a really great job of highlighting the person, and the individual contributions they can make to society :-) . Please forgive me because I haven’t read the trilogy in a while, so I can’t remember exact names, but I loved that Boggs, I think, is portrayed with dignity and heroism before he dies from his injuries. And then we have Annie who was saved by her boyfriend from going into the games! Finic is a hero!!Not sure if I spelled his name right :-)

[@lucylegend4876]

I love your channel I wouldn’t fake anything cause I don’t want to get wiped

[@lexiyoung6058]

What if the pregnant lady gave birth in the arena what would happen? Or if she was so far along would she be able to go into the games?

[@StoryDiver]

She would go into the Games regardless of how far along she was. As for if she gives birth, the gamemakers would likely recover the infant and send it to the mother’s family until she came home (if she survived the Games)

[@aident5663]

Maybe a hovercraft would take it to the Capitol and return it to their district if it was born.

[@justchilling8532]

Hiii just a quick note the boy tribute that was crippled in the 74th was from District 10 and he was already crippled before the games. Katniss notes he used a cane and limped to get up to the stage at his reaping and that he was very quiet in his interview, but he still made it to the final 8 so your idea of a crippled child bringing a lot hope to their district was extremely adequate. I can totally see how that would work. The scene the movie showers was the boy tribute from district 8 falling.

[@StoryDiver]

Indeed in the book he is crippled. This is replaced by him actively injuring himself in the movie

[@justchilling8532]

Story Diver yes I do think that was their intention but they showed the male tribute from district 8 getting injured not the male tribute from district 10

[@StoryDiver]

Just Chilling it’s not the exact same tribute, but for an audience the idea is the same: injuries won’t stop you from participating

[@headgamemaker8385]

If you had severely broken legs or spine would you have to participate or would you be killed since you probably won't survive or can't work.

[@FunnyGirl-jw8bh]

Do you guys think that if Snows granddaughter lived in say...uh I don’t know district 1 that she would not be involved in the reaping?

[@StoryDiver]

If she were from a District she would be like the other children

[@uprisingsun9105]

However, since she is related to the president, she would live in the Capitol. There would be no reason for her not to.

[@FunnyGirl-jw8bh]

I know what you guys mean but imagine that she just lives in district 1 and not in the capital but is still the presidents granddaughter! Would she be reaped?

[@Hey-zb3ze]

Funny Girl probably not, since she still is related to the president. But who knows!

[@cesarvaldezlopez1537]

You should make an video of the 3rd Quarter Quell, That what would had happened if there was not the 2 tributes

[@wallawalla5697]

What happens if theres no head gamemaker?

[@StoryDiver]

That doesn’t happen, if the Head dies, another Gamemaker is promoted in their place

[@cesarvazquez2575]

I have a motor disability (walk with support) and if i were a tribute i know for sure i'd die in the first minutes of the games. Lol

[@Nick-nx4ye]

They were so ready to make Annie so into the games In catching fire before mags volunteered

[@StoryDiver]

Very true!

[@user-od3ze9jr8s]

annie would go under two of the things mentioned in the video disabled and pregnant assuming she got pregnent before getting married

[@graciebumgarner9244]

there’s really no point in not going to the reaping, because regardless, isn’t your name still in the bowl? you could still get chosen as easily as anybody else. the peacemakers would just realize you weren’t there and track you down, where you’d likely be thrown into the games no matter what. the capitol doesn’t care if you’re near deaths door- they can likely use technology to cure you, or they can not. it doesn’t matter to them if you’re not in perfect health going into the games; all that matters to them is the entertainment factor.

[@seanjenkins4906]

my question is what if someone was pregnant and was a few days from labor. would they still get sent in.