Katniss Kisses Gale & Snow Announces The Quarter Quell | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) takes care of an injured Gale (Liam Hemsworth) before President Snow (Donald Sutherland) announces the Quarter Quell.
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At its core, the story of The Hunger Games is about the power of one person to change the world.
Set in the future remnants of the USA in a new nation called Panem, one male and one female "tribute" between the ages of 11 and 18 from each of Panem's twelve districts is forced to participate in an annual competition called the Hunger Games, which is broadcast live throughout the country for the entertainment of the Capitol's wealthy residents.
Now, bestselling author Suzanne Collins and the world of The Hunger Games return in her latest addition to the series: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

[@VDA19]

" You could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy. " Facts. Peeta is the MVP.

[@jasonadersonwedion9874]

🖐️

[@kevinthunder3375]

Not really. Peeta is great but they lived two very different lives. Katniss is closed off for a reason. She also has a serious case of PTSD.

[@mavirr_crazylittlegirl8902]

​@kevinthunder3375 so does peeta

[@crashtestdummy2337]

Peeta is essentially the morale and virtuous boy next door that women constantly ignore until they've been ran through by horrible men. 😂

[@markusnashorn1145]

Why is he all alone? Where is his family? Why are they dead when the victor village is left standing?

[@KingLeQuan868]

Love that Peta, dispite knowing how Katnis feels towards Gale, was man enough to put the feelings aside for what was important; helping Gale. Then Haymitch immediately took a drink lol

[@joewhitehead3]

Such a Haymitch thing to do

[@animegraveyard776]

"mature enough".

[@liarliarplants4hire]

Haymitch: “ Had enough helping for today.” [Takes drink]

[@Kasiarzynka]

That. He doesn't get mad or jealous that she has feelings for someone else, but rather cares for those she cares for. Gale's health and well-being here is important to him because it affects Katniss' well-being. And he loves her and wants her to be happy. That's a role model when it comes to loving and caring for someone, if I've ever seen one.

[@luisishere987]

“Peta”

[@joewhitehead3]

I don’t think Plutarch gets enough credit. The way he was playing Snow while helping to set up a revolution against him

[@malahammer]

There are many videos out there crediting him

[@joewhitehead3]

@@malahammer You mean fanmade videos?

[@redwall1521]

Isn't that the point? You're claiming that you think Plutarch doesn't get enough credit yet there's just these "fanmade" videos out there that give him a lot of credit? Jesus....@@joewhitehead3

[@joewhitehead3]

@@redwall1521 I was just stating from my perspective. I didn’t know about any videos. Chill out

[@redwall1521]

you meant you didn't bother to do any research before coming up and expressing a boneheaded opinion such as "Plutarch doesn't get enough credit" when it's clear he does. Maybe this comment thread will teach you to think and look first, before opening your mouth. @@joewhitehead3

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Prim came a long way from being a scared little girl. That's character development.

[@joewhitehead3]

True that

[@Tadpole12345]

She had a blast in mockingjay. Bombastic performance

[@bjbrana]

@@Tadpole12345 OMG 😭

[@preciousotoakhia9789]

Prim was an Angel wish she survived 🙏

[@fugu4163]

I aint surprised thinking of the horrific world she lives in. She has probably despite her young age already burried a lot of her friends.

[@nathanmaunu376]

I’ve watched this scene so many times and it affects everyone. Katniss for obvious reasons. Peeta looks devastated but you can tell he’s not even thinking about himself, he’s thinking of Katniss. Haymitch is thinking he has a chance to go back in and he’s thinking of the last Quarter Quell. Prim doesn’t really understand until she sees her family breaking down and Mrs. Everdeen is hysterical because she could lose her eldest daughter again not even a year after she came back plus she has to also be remembering the last Quarter Quell where her childhood best friend was reaped and killed. This scene hits so hard. Peeta’s face is heartbreaking.

[@haritsyahr7]

Who is Mrs. Everdeens' childhood friend?

[@nathanmaunu376]

@@haritsyahr7Maysilee Donner. She was reaped in the 2nd Quarter Quell. She was Haymitch’s ally until she was killed by some flamingos. They only mention her in the books.

[@haritsyahr7]

@@nathanmaunu376 thanks for the info. So, Katniss's mother never been in Hunger Games right?

[@imposterhell328]

@@haritsyahr7yes

[@Callzter]

In the book, Katniss’s internal monologue mentions that she was only thinking of herself in her grieving of the announcement. Then later she talks to Haymitch and when he tells her that Peeta came to him earlier desperate for him to be the tribute, she realises that while she only thought about herself, Peeta was only thinking about her. And she feels awful for it, how Peeta could be so pure of heart that he only thinks of Katniss and nothing else, desperate to jump into the arena with her to protect her. While she only thought about her own well-being, at least at first. It’s amazing how that got translated onto the screen.

[@sadrgbzdhxjyugfcsh]

Imagine literally having to go on Hunger Games two years in a row. The thought of it that you have to do it all again when you just have gone through all this horror with minimal odds of surviving. This girl cannot catch a break

[@alaba.altheus810]

she’s catching fire😉

[@lolzkittenz]

And not just that, knowing that Snow literally made this decision to target Katniss specifically (even though Joanna was also the only female victor from her district)

[@AnthonyVasquez17]

The winners have to compete every year

[@kevinthunder3375]

​@@AnthonyVasquez17mentoring is different than going through it all again.

[@markusnashorn1145]

Prim could still get picked, too, right?

[@Wildflwers]

“You could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy”

[@adeensyed]

That's true ❤️

[@kevinthunder3375]

I don't get why people hate Katniss.

[@y0ung5one]

​@@kevinthunder3375plenty of reasons. although I don't hate her, I was frustrated with her too while reading the last book.

[@kevinthunder3375]

​​@@y0ung5one why? She spent years on her own, feeding her family, practically raising her sister. Gave up her childhood. She doesn't trust easy because she was on her own so long and nobody was there for them. She bottles her emotions because she is used to it and it wouldn't do to show weakness, she has to remain strong for Prim. I'm not sure what people want from her. If you hate Katniss, why read it? I found her to be a very real character and there is a reason she's the hero of the story. If she wanted to, she could have hunted down the other tributes, slaughtering them all like animals, and nobody could have stopped her. Instead, she won her own way, grieving for the other tributes, and even befriended a little 12 year-old. Who does that? Probably the only Tribute in 74 years. It didn't matter where you were from or which district. Town or Seam. They were all in it together. The hatred for her is way overkill. It all seems to boil down to "she manipulated Peeta." Boohoo. Like Finnick implied, Peeta is the only one to be a Victor by chance. Katniss got Peeta home. I like Peeta and I'm glad she chose him but he should have been more grateful. An alliance with him put her at great risk but she did the right thing. But then Haymitch chews her out for being with Peeta, it's like "WTF?" She has bigger things to worry about than teenage romance drama, one of them being a serious case of PTSD. What frustrations? I thought she was at her best in the last book, Mockingjay. She never gave up on Peeta, even after everyone called him traitor and he tried to strangle her. Gale and Coin were ready to execute him. Katniss was a voice of reason in dark times. She was an advocate against crimes against humanity and urged people not to sink to the Capitol's low. Others, like Gale and Coin, were perfectly fine with slaughtering innocent civilians, but Katniss protect life. She wanted to preserve humanity and not lose herself to hatred and petty revenge. So many people wouldn't be alive if it weren't for her and Panem would still be a dictatorship. So yeah, Haymitch was out of line. Katniss went there for Peeta and he treated her like shit. Like he always does. If there is one character who I don't get why people like, it's the drunk who never cared about his tributes. He did get a bit of a redemption arc, though. I do feel his popularity, however, is more because of Woody Harrelson and not the actual character.

[@y0ung5one]

@@kevinthunder3375 it seems like you got pretty worked up. I never said I hate katniss. in fact, I like her overall as a main character. she's a pretty balanced character in my opinion. what I meant was *sometimes* I got frustrated with her and can somewhat understand why some people would hate her. in the first games, she did what she had to do to survive with the whole romance thing. now, some people could see that as a manipulation because peeta didn't know about the strategy, he genuinely wanted to protect her and never planned to get out of the arena alive. this also makes sense of his reaction when he found out about the strategy after the games. he was hurt, but even peeta realized that he couldn't hold that against her. this is what those people fail to realize, katniss didn't know that peeta didn't know. she thought he was aware of the strategy and didn't realize his actions were genuine. she didn't realize this because of her distrustful nature like you said. I don't remember haymitch said anything about her being with peeta. I thought his concern was regarding her stunt with the berries that could put her family in danger. it reminded him of his own games when he played with the force field and then got his loved ones killed. about the last book. I like that she held on to her moral compass even after everything and didn't resort to cruelty like gale. I'm also glad that she didn't gave up on rescuing peeta, but the part that frustrated me was the way she treated him after they got him back and realized he was hijacked. I feel like she gave up too quickly after relentlessly defending him. she was so quick to decide his condition was irreversible when others were still trying to fix him. even haymitch was more hopeful than her, and that's saying something. still, this doesn't make me hate her, it's just frustrating to read. you said you don't get why people hate her. to put it simply, there are people out there like johanna mason who thought katniss was unbearable despite her being a good person.

[@inkheart151]

I wish they had shown Haymitch’s backstory or at least mentioned it. He was in one of the quarter quells and it literally ruined his life. (He won with wits and they punished him by killing all his loved ones).

[@bluekita6712]

I was hoping they make a movie about him

[@aasathizbullah2789]

wait so he played the hunger games TWO TIMES?? dayum the Capitol really knew how to break a man, he seems to be handling it much better than considering the circumstances

[@maja.z.pszczola]

@@aasathizbullah2789No, they have different “rules” every 25 years for who participates, for the 50th games they had twice as many people, so he won against 47 others.

[@aasathizbullah2789]

ooh so all the 47 recruits were rookies from other districts, but instead of two, they took 4 from each district??@@maja.z.pszczola

[@brandonplays702]

@@maja.z.pszczolawait is this fact in the movies or books?

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Love how despite them being in the middle of making a meal on the kitchen table they immediately abandon the idea and move stuff to tranform the kitchen into a treatment centre for Gale!!!

[@rannierunsfast]

You thought there was a chance they'd continue to chop potatoes while gale was flopped on the table dying lmao

[@DisAintAva]

I love how Jennifer really puts so much emotion into these scenes. It really shows what Katniss was feeling.

[@weepinglullaby]

I love the look on Haymitch's face as Snow started to talk about the Quarter Quell. Even before he announced what it would be. Haymitch didn't know what it would be, but being the survivor of the last Quarter Quell he knew better than anyone else that it would be something really bad.

[@amylee-lx8vg]

"peeta has to survive." i think its here that katniss is really forced to reckon with this visceral, uncomfortable protectiveness she has toward peeta and isn't able to recognize that its actually love. the venom that haymitch delivered the "you could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy" line was ugh *chefs kiss* because he spoke for all of us!!!

[@helenie09]

The most important thing to remember is that these characters are not just characters, they represent elements, essences, and parts of human life, society, and the rebellion. Peeta embodies hope. In the book, every time Katniss saw a sign of hope in nature it was a dandelion, which she associated with Peeta. Before he threw her the bread, she was seriously contemplating death over her suffering. But with that bread came a new wave of life, fresh motivation to get up, give the bread to her sister and mother, and live again. He gave her new hope. The line “Peeta has to survive” is not just about Peeta himself, someone Katniss loves, but about what he stands for. Hope. If Peeta dies, so does hope.

[@Mivotin]

You just made me cry 😢 what does other character represents?? I wish you happiness your whole life for this comment.

[@happycat8657]

Hearing Mrs. Everdeen’s cries is heartbreaking 😢

[@kuraito1346]

Prim was so calm when she was helping Gale. Her mother was getting nervous and was trying to fill the injections with morphine but couldn’t get it in the vial. Then her daughter step in and did the rest.

[@alimichalkan8046]

She was supposed to be a doctor.

[@KiaraLionessTM]

Lol Haymitch drinking the alcohol down quickly is hilarious Gale is literally about to die and needs serious medic or help and Haymitch just acts so stressed and downs down a cup as if he can’t deal with it 😂😂😂

[@andrewternet8370]

He's an alcoholic. Mans needs it to live

[@QixTheDS]

Gale was not “literally about to die”

[@jbredin1]

Notice about 6:02 that the Capitol audience, which had been cheering, was audibly NOT happy when the "all stars" format was announced! It wasn't the pregnancy thing that turned Capitol opinion (though it definitely helped), ordinarily pro-Hunger Games Capitol people "got" the sheer unfairness of calling back victors for a new Hunger Games.

[@witchassbitch3]

You’re so right! They are clearly shouting “no”. And of course they’d be upset because of the parasocial relationship they have with the victors. And they’ve been told their whole lives that victors get their “prize” of money and better living conditions and they feel that is justified. (They obviously don’t all know about finnick and the others who were sold) it’s like finding out one of your idols who survived cancer got cancer again. It’s upsetting af

[@Mivotin]

This was a nice detail to notice!

[@TheBerylfly]

I don't even think it's the unfairness, the living victors are superstars and capitol's darlings (especially since Snow makes most of them behave) and their stans are realising the danger

[@andreyhatley]

It was the original promise that victors were able to live their lives more luxurious than everyone and never have to go back to the nightmare they endured. In this case even the most fancy and pampered citizen in the capital who loved the games as entertainment, wasn’t blind to the fact that the victors got lied to and cheated.

[@vectorizlit4083]

I admire snow for being a literal evil genius this man literally said “more PTSD” and I can do nothing but respect him for it

[@hoodbitch2764]

hearing katniss’ mothers cries always gets me man 😢

[@ptitepeluche05]

Peeta watching the announcement all alone in his big house is so sad. Especially seing Katniss with her family and how they react.

[@KayleeFarnes]

I feel so bad for Haymitch. He loves both of them, he obviously wants to save Peeta, but that's not a promise he can make.

[@theilluminatibenefactor]

Haymitch is such a mood. Dude still needed a drink even after all of that just happened to Gale.

[@Rocio.Suarez]

Yeaah and THAT alcohol? Dude...

[@witchassbitch3]

I imagine the entire situation of gale being whipped and then putting himself in the way of the peacekeeper was incredibly triggering for a person who’s survived the games themselves. I’d want a strong drink after that ordeal too 😅

[@iMajoraGaming]

​​@@Rocio.Suarez man, i hate that i know this, but alcoholics will drink nail-polish, vanilla extract, they will drink rubbing alcohol, ANYTHING that might get them sauced when they're desperate. one someone i knew liked was cooking sherry, she wasn't allowed to buy actual liquor, but had no issues getting cooking sherry, and she'd lock herself in the pantry and chug it straight out of the plastic gallon jug.

[@Jake-bw3xs]

What moods are you having? 💀

[@rachael8646]

Haymitch wasn't drinking cause he's a kookie crazy character, he was probably thinking about how what they just did to save gale would likely mean that snow would kill Prim and Katniss's mom, and possibly Peeta's family too.

[@TommonSensePro]

5:53 Two things I noticed, both pleasant and saddening. I am so high right now, but that announcement of forcing the victors back into the game and that hit so much more emotionally even though I already saw it in theaters and knew what was coming. And the pleasant feeling... 4:38 like to call a "Wrinkle." What Snow thinks is just the wrinkle is trick to have Victors come back into the games, when in reality the wrinkle is the game that the Gamemaster is actually playing on Snow, as he is bringing allies in the Districts for a rebellion with the Victors that are reaped again.

[@egb50000]

Ok, now I’m imagining “what if” Lucy Gray stayed in 12 and possibly lived up to eventually being reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. Keep in mind, she would have been 81 at that point.

[@newcheshire8898]

Katniss would’ve volunteered. Lucy is not a fighter, even more so at 81 yo.

[@mEmEzMaN...]

​@@newcheshire8898mags was 80

[@gabriellegonzales9694]

Imagine an epic show down between Lucy and Mags.

[@iprobablydislikeyou2735]

​@@mEmEzMaN...Mags did it because Annie wasn't mentally ready to go into the Hunger games again

[@glsssm9575]

If Katniss got called, Lucy Gray would have volunteered for sure

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

The prequel movie makes this come across as Snow being unable to think rationally when it comes to dealing with Katniss because of Lucy Grey. Its a really interesting example of adding context to a story after it was made and it all just works

[@Rachel.DawnAmber]

In the books Katniss' feeling for Gale is more prominent -- she couldn't bear seeing Gale in pain and shouted at her mom to use the scarce painkillers that they have, until someone Madge? showed up with more of them

[@anushajain8198]

Madge was the mayor's daughter,she was also the niece of the woman who was chosen to go for 50th hunger games(the year heymitch won) That women was also katnis's mother's friend,the mocking jay pin that katniss has,it belonged to that women,madge gave it to katniss.

[@Rachel.DawnAmber]

@@anushajain8198 right, this aligns with what I remember:)

[@ObzTicle]

Primrose showing her Medic Skills here.

[@Danka42]

Prim would have made a wonderful doctor... 💔

[@martidodger7106]

Reading/watching these after reading- A ballad of songbirds and snakes, now we know why Snow started shitting himself, shaking and throwing up when Katniss and Peeta showed up on the scene 😂😂😂 too many ghosts from his past

[@volkerbenedikt3868]

What scene?

[@jimmehsaint]

@@volkerbenedikt3868 Snow was probably scared shitless the second Katniss showed up. A tribute from District 12 who managed to make a spectacle of her reaping. Who continued to capture the eye of the Capitol despite the shitty odds dealt to her, being the female tribute from 12 who would normally be a nobody. Not to mention it's heavily hinted that Katniss is related to Lucy Gray, most likely Maude Ivory's granddaughter. Snow saw Katniss and knew from the first second that he was fucked.

[@melouch9895]

@@jimmehsaintplus later on the hanging tree song coming back to bite him LOL i know his heart dropped to his ass when he heard it again all these decades later after being so sure lucy gray would just become a “ghost”

[@kateellison5360]

@@jimmehsaint Timeline-wise I'm guessing it's more likely great-granddaughter, but I agree with everything else. :)

[@luigisme]

@@kateellison5360 not necessarily, snow could be katniss's grandfather

[@NorikoSurge]

I feel bad for Johanna too. She had no chance

[@mEmEzMaN...]

She lived

[@applefan2151]

"Because of her, they all think they're invincible." Good thing Snow doesn't think he's invincible.

[@kuraito1346]

Katniss,Peeta, and Haymitch reaction. When Snow said about the previous victories need to compete again in the hunger games quarter quell anniversary. He’s doing this so he can kill Katniss.

[@adrianb5317]

district 1 and 2 tributes :😃

[@Tomie_k013]

Hunger Games: All Stars Edition yes mawma werk fierce

[@nicholas8484]

LMAOOO

[@VictorArriaga239]

I just snort laughed lol. Imagine all the Victors having intro lines when they're lifted onto the tubes. "Happy Hunger Games bitches."

[@TommonSensePro]

2:21 "I'm going to get him more snow." Snow. Hasn't he had enough of him already?

[@kingorange7739]

I see what you did there 😂

[@harleyquinn6692]

I love Haymitch🤣❤

[@realJohnCena]

Rookie mistake. Katniss never made Haymitch repeat back “promise” so he never promised.

[@eliza1498]

should've made him pinky swear

[@alana2513]

Nah coz why when Id first watched this and katniss went to get more snow I expected peeta to rest his head on gale the way katnis was doing like 10 seconds before 💀

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Snow made the Quarter Quell to get rid of Katniss.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Indeed he did. Movie wise it was Plutarch's idea but I'm sure in the novel it was all his that he just passed off as 3rd Quarter Quell idea set in stone decades ago

[@CommonSenz]

@@dreamsteddybearsmaster there is a scene cut from the movie where they change the envelope

[@taylorhenderson2045]

@@CommonSenz So what was the original Quarter Quell?

[@carlazs5819]

​@@taylorhenderson2045We'll never know. It was never said, neither in the movie nor the novel. And in that deleted scene,where the enveloppes get switched, the original enveloppe gets burned without being opened.

[@rachelwoody]

i really liked liams acting in the first scene

[@harleyquinn6692]

Love this movie❤

[@MaroonFrog2]

6:17 I love Haymitch’s reaction 😂

[@Songbirdstar]

RIP to the absolute LEGEND Donald Sutherland. This is one of my favorite scenes from Catching Fire, and Donald Sutherland is magnificent as President Snow. Nobody else could’ve played him better. You’ll always be remembered Donald! 🙏🏾♥️

[@megannichole120]

Expertly done scene. Katinss’s trauma of going back in the games when she thought it was over. Peetas fear of his going back in the games but more importantly katniss going back and him possibly losing her again. Katniss’s mothers cries at watching her back in the games and risk losing her again. Haymitch.. obviously the possibility of himself returning but knowing katniss is the only female to go in for 12 and Peeta as well.

[@laureneissing781]

You can feel the palpable fear on Katniss's face at 6:12 She knows that she has no choice but to go back into that area, and she also knows that Snow did this specifically for her, so that she would essentially lose everything. Jennifer did such an amazing job with this series

[@davidbreen6335]

As tragic as it is, that she died in Mockingjay, Prim has in my opinion one of the best character changes in this series. In the beginning, she’s a frightened kid, but she gains strength from seeing her older sister’s courage in the games. so by the time we get to catching fire honestly I think Prim was ready to die if necessary. Obviously it’s something she hoped wouldn’t happen, but it was something she was ready for. In the first movie, she gained strength from Katniss, taking her place and by the second movie in my opinion Prim was ready to die in order for the change in Panam to occur. I love this series. In fact, I just watched Ballad of Songbird and Snakes and I absolutely love that movie as well.

[@lukethegoldenminecart1297]

I love Haymitch's reaction, theres a 50/50 chance he or Peeta go in but Katniss is screwed either way and he knows Snow is doing this to condem Katniss to death

[@MaguireSpider-ManReviewingSkit]

Katniss: In shock so much she can't even believe it Prim: Doesn't really understand what's going on Mrs Everdeen: Is extremely devastated Peeta: Can't even speak Haymitch: In so much rage and anger

[@Katerinadamm]

okay, but let’s talk about Haymitch - who won the 2nd Quarter Quell against * 47 * !!!! other tributes, only to be told that 25 years later he has to back o_0 bruh

[@priscillajimenez27]

Peeta is perfect

[@freelands8355]

Snow made a mistake of using the Quarter Quell to try and get Katniss killed again. It led to his downfall

[@passpass2847]

Why im cry seeing prim

[@witchassbitch3]

I wish they showed the other past victor’s reactions in a little montage. Just to show how they messed up everyone. Like the district one siblings just holding each other on the couch. I have no doubt at least one other tribute broke something like haymitch. I just would’ve liked that little extra glimpse to drive home the “no winners, only survivors” point.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The issue was that we didn’t know other victors prior. The movie didn’t want audiences to get too comfortable with them before finding who they are the same time as Katniss met them.

[@yoonaddict2527]

Haymitch just drinking lmao

[@deborahbee7122]

I wish they’d included the bit where she ran until she came to the fence, then went back to the victors village and got into a basement by punching through a door window and slicing open her hand.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

To this day, Gale didn't mean to kill Prim. Coin set the whole thing up.

[@joewhitehead3]

Glad someone thinks so

[@tmm4195]

Everyone knows Gale didn’t mean to kill Prim. However, even though he didn’t know about it, it was still his idea that ultimately got her killed so he is indirectly involved

[@victoriahodgdon1529]

I agree, and I think even Katniss knows this in the back of her mind. That being said, he was one of the ones behind the creation of the bomb that killed her, and she will never be able to move past that.

[@Rachel.DawnAmber]

Ex-freaking-actly. Love Gale. He was done wrong

[@zami2525]

​@@victoriahodgdon1529yes, people like to ignore that it wasnt just that the bombs were Gale's idea but the fact that even in the movie when he is talking about that plan he gets too exited to trick people into their deaths, even Katniss calls him out about it and he defends himself that there needs to be revenge and death and thats how war is. Katniss starts to further away from Gale because she thinks he was way too deep into revenge, hate, chaos and war. Katniss herself in the books says that she doesn't need someone in her life like that, she is already too much chaos to be with someone like that, thats why she needs Peeta, someone peaceful that compliments her.

[@truffles365]

Watching this makes me even sadder about Prim. So unfair 😭 but i guess war is never fair

[@truthseeker9249]

Snow is unfortunately right. "These things happen in war."

[@skittles1975]

​@@truthseeker9249My ex used that phrase to justify everything that happens in war. You could see why he's an "ex" now and not a "partner" anymore because of that mindset. Hated it, vile way to sweep dirty acts of violence under the rug.

[@alexia5574]

Who knows? Just as a headcanon of mine, when Snow said “All the winners must present themselves” perhaps he thought, just for a moment, a little sparkle in his mind, that he would see Lucy Gray again… as she was the winner of her hunger games… Just imagine :(

[@doloresetcheverry7610]

Why would he want to see Lucy again? It literally hunts him. He had erase every record or track of her. Nobody knows her. If he even finds she’s alive (in the case she was) he would immediately sent to kill her off.

[@judigemini178]

That motherf* doesn’t care about Lucy Gray, he killed her and the guilt is the only real part about it...he’s the literal devil and your comment is the reason why I have problems with that prequel

[@truffles365]

​@@judigemini178some people completely missed the point of his character just because his actor happens to be hot. It's like Tom Felton & Draco all over again 😭 so glad I read the book first because it's much easier to see what a piece of crap he really was. He used literally everyone around him for his own gain, Lucy Gray included. The movie made a huge mistake of not showing more of his obvious disdain for district life (even after becoming a peacekeeper) and aversion to blood mixing (the mockingjay hatred was hardly subtle).

[@judigemini178]

@@truffles365 yeah this movie kept showing him as a white savior, and it was really getting on my nerves

[@teejay5432]

Oh I wish someone wrote a fiction where she did show up at the presentation and broke out into a crazy song.

[@JessPlays56]

Sejanus and Lucy Gray’s ghosts coming back to haunt Snow

[@CarlosTheSpiderKeeper]

6:17 haymitch is pissed

[@scarlettalbright3578]

why do i kind of wish peeta was reaped and hamich was in the games. bro that would be such a good movie oh my godddd

[@amb3579]

Yeah and it wouldn't have changed the plot that much, and would've forced more character development for Katniss to become more 'Capitol friendly' without Peeta there to perform for the cameras.

[@mrstrangeworld5977]

​@@amb3579disagree haymitch would have died

[@kevinthunder3375]

​@@amb3579I'm sure the mentors still perform for the cameras.

[@anushajain8198]

​@@mrstrangeworld5977Lmao,haymitch literally won the 50th hunger games which was also the 2nd quarter quarell,at that point there were double the amount of tributes,he won among 48 people

[@NatalyBlackberry]

🥺🥺🥺♥️♥️♥️

[@MaRoGi-tx5bh]

I wonder how the other winners reacted

[@truffles365]

I feel like Johanna would have laughed out of pure spite and an are-you-fkin-serious kind of reaction

[@kerencardenasr]

Ya pero para cuando las 4 pelis en cines? 🌝

[@KevinMedina2705]

Creo que viniste 10 años tarde xd

[@kerencardenasr]

@@KevinMedina2705 mmm si pero no. Vi 3/4 en cines. Lo digo porque ahora está la tendencia a reestrenar las pelis en los cines, no hay nada como volver a revivir la experiencia en la gran pantalla

[@Rocio.Suarez]

Something I don't understand is Katniss wanted to survive the 74th games for her sister and now she doesn't give a f if she gets killed? I... I... man those games really messed with her head huh?

[@ShirtFan]

Well if she died… then Snow would have little to no reason to go for her mom or Prim. As long as she lives they’re in danger by being in proximity to Snow’s games.

[@Rocio.Suarez]

@@ShirtFan I guess you have a point but it was a really sudden chance for me

[@gabriellacardosopaiva417]

Prim and her mom have Peeta and Haymitch to protect them now. It is not just Gale protecting them. And Snow would hurt Prim for Katniss sake, she address this on the book.@@Rocio.Suarez

[@Rocio.Suarez]

@@gabriellacardosopaiva417 never read the books, my bad

[@glsssm9575]

Even in the first book, Katniss becomes okay with dying because Prim has Gale & Peeta's father making sure she won't starve. It's part of why she's so hung up over Rue. Rue has no one looking out for her. She's like Katniss, taking on the parent role for her five siblings. I honestly think Katniss would have killed herself to let Rue win.

[@heyitsfridayyy]

I never read the books so maybe my opinion is wrong but I never liked having Gale apart of the story, I wish Katniss wouldve fell for Peta.

[@bongo9384]

She eventually does. It's tragic, the way she and Gale fall apart, but she does choose Peeta in the end. Or rather... she always did.

[@heyitsfridayyy]

@@bongo9384 Oh okay that makes me glad. I always felt so bad for Peta after the scene in the movie where he gave Katniss a piece of bread in the rain and just willing to sacrifice himself in the games for Katniss. Glad that happens!

[@stillcold]

If it wasn’t for gale she wouldn’t immediately fell for peeta or she would’ve felt like a dick for not falling for him. I like that gale made the whole star crossed lovers thing have to be a charade to get sponsors instead of real love which made us realize how bad the capital was and how messed up the hunger games system was

[@heyitsfridayyy]

Okay wait, you lowkey right. Never thought of it like that.@@stillcold

[@glsssm9575]

The love triangle wasn't Suzzane's idea. Her editors made her do it because Twilight was so popular. I'm glad Suzzane decided to make the love triangle more symbolic. Gale represents righteous anger and fire. He hates the Capitol with a passion and even tried to start a rebellion in the mines. But, his anger leaves him uniquely vulnerable to being groomed. We always question Coin sending a 14 year old girl to the frontlines, but Gale was like...19 at the MOST. But she had him designing weapons & death traps, KNOWING that Gale doesn't fully understand what he's doing. Katniss has killed. She knows the full scope of what that entails, Gale does not. In comparison, Peeta symbolizes hope under oppression. The idea that you can burn us, abuse us but can never take away what's intrinsic to us: Love and Hope. Peeta is the human embodiment of that Dandelion that gave Katniss the idea of foraging & hunting in the woods. He also represents peace.

[@hughbathurst1761]

I want to know what the real twist was going to be.

[@antonboludo8886]

What horrible wounds!

[@saturn6563]

Primrose was unknowingly healing her murderer. 😢

[@joewhitehead3]

Coin was her murderer

[@jaylencalinaw1080]

Plutarch was really willing to risk Katniss' life to execute his plan?

[@clover2739]

It’s weird how they made it plutarchs plan in the movie, because in the book he even apologises to katniss because at the time he had no idea she would be in the arena when he was dropping hints to her and thought she’d be a mentor

[@parkchanyeol1544]

@@clover2739 It still slightly works because the rebellion was already in the works, the movie could have spinned it as Plutarch being willing to make Katniss the martyr for the rebellion. Of course they didn't address it but it wouldn't be too far fetched

[@Viewable11]

Plutarch prevented Snow from immediately assassinating Katniss. He bought her a few months life time to come up with a rescue plan in the meanwhile (which he did).

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

@clover2739 Plutarch making the hints was much earlier however. But it’s still probably a change however to books. It’s still a clever one, since we see more of Plutarch and his intelligence. In the scene he and Snow are taking Snow has already decided that Katniss has to die. The Quater Quell is a change for Plutarch to keep her alive longer and save her from the arena.

[@kevinthunder3375]

​@@Viewable11maybe in the movies but not the books. Snow probably wanted her dead but he couldn't just execute her.

[@Kyubii01]

I like how haymitch sticks for peeta. I rarely see men sticking up for men in most stuff these days

[@janetjenkins2674]

After all Prim did for Gayle, the way he repays her is horrible.

[@passionate18]

I always wondered if he knew about the rebel paramedics involvement… if no, it just demonstrates how foolish and clueless he was. But if he did know… that’s a thousand times worse, as it means he was willing to look the other way provided they won. Even if Prim wasn’t among the rebel medics, it’s still hideous and ironic, since Gaelle despised capitol people for being programmed look other way.

[@kevinthunder3375]

"Gayle" 😂😂

[@chanbang378]

Listen, I don’t like Gale at all. But I think you guys don’t actually understand what happened, people act like Gale deliberately killed Prim when that’s not the case… at all. Even Katniss knows that, she just associates it with him since he designed the double explosions. He obviously would never want to deliberately kill Prim, he adores her 😭

[@anushajain8198]

Bruh he didn't kill prim,do you remember the scene where gale went with prim to find her cat when district 13 was attacked,he didn't ran to the bunker but chose to help prim and he barely made it,he could've died that day itself,so he was willing to sacrifice himself for prim

[@janetjenkins2674]

@@anushajain8198 Gayle killed Prim when he introvertingly invented the bomb on the Capitol

[@gerardoizarraras3973]

Which games did Haymitch participate in?

[@CarlosTheSpiderKeeper]

2nd quarter quell

[@anjelica948]

Haymitch’s Game was especially brutal. If I recall, the big gimmick was that instead of 24 tributes, there were 48. Making it that much more impressive that he won.

[@MikMoen]

They seriously grew Prim's character...only to kill her off.

[@kevinthunder3375]

Well, it was unfortunately in the book so they kind of had to.

[@TFIta369]

Come on, Katniss, are you really gonna ask Haymitch to volunteer like that? Is Peeta supposed to be the biggest ray of sunshine or something? I don't remember having that impression of him when I watched the films. 🤔

[@kevinthunder3375]

To be fair, it isn't like Haymitch was doing anything with his life. He was a recluse who was wasting his life away binge drinking everyday. Plus, it would at least guaranteed D12 had a stable, sober mentor going forward if she failed to make it out.

[@TFIta369]

@@kevinthunder3375 having Peeta instead of Haymitch as mentor is a good point.

[@chanbang378]

⁠you probably don’t care, but if you genuinely want to know here’s my essay explaining it because the movies did an absolutely horrible job of showcasing peeta. Like it’s bad. They cut out 80% of his personality and strengths. If you don’t want to read it that’s cool, because it’s going to be long but if you’re curious here it goes. The reason why Katniss wants Peeta to live so badly is because he’s the reason why she’s alive now. The point the movies didn’t showcase at all was that Peeta saved Katniss life so many times, that she feels like she’ll never stop owing him. But Peeta didn’t save her for that reason he did it because he’s genuinely a good person. When they were 11 and Katniss father just died in the mining explosion and her mother felt into a Great Depression which made her emotionally abandon her kids which made them starve, Katniss was dying of hunger and went to the merchant part of town to look through their bins for food. Peeta’s mother is a horrible woman and is abusive and shooed Katniss away and threatened her and called her a bunch of names. Peeta saw this and burnt the bread on purpose and got a beating from his mother for it, Katniss notes that it sounds like Peeta was hit by something metal and he comes out with his face starting to swell and his mother calls him a useless creature and tells him to feed it to the pig because ‘no one decent will eat burnt bread.’ Peeta waits for when his mother is distracted by a customer and quickly throws Katniss 2 loaves of burnt bread. Not just normal bread but the expensive kind filled with extra grains and things added to it and ripping off the burnt parts shows the inside to be good as new. This act saved Katniss, Prim and her mothers life and when Katniss goes into school the next day she sees Peeta is black and blue and his eye is completely swollen shut and she wants to thank him but can’t, Peeta won’t even look at her. Katniss is actually gutted when she hears Peeta’s name being called in the first hunger games, she thinks ‘oh no, not him’ because he did that after of kindness for no benefit of himself and she could never repay him. Then during the games, every single thing Peeta did was to save her over himself and he didn’t do this for anything in return. He just knows her life has more value than his, because he comes from an abusive home and they don’t need him whereas Katniss has a family who adore her and need her to survive. The captiol does like Katniss, but Peeta comes up with the love angle strategy to get more attention on her. It’s clear in the books that Katniss is bad with people, Haymitch gets annoyed at her because of how unlikeable she is and said ‘you have a personality of a dead slug.’ Peeta makes Katniss extra desirable and interesting with his star crossed lovers act to the Capitol since they’re shallow, and he’s the one who gives Katniss that extra attention. This is also cut out movie wise but the first couple of days during the games Katniss is dying of dehydration. She is weak and couldn’t defend herself if someone even pushed her over. Peeta teamed up with the careers deliberately after hearing Katniss got an 11 on training and he knew Katniss would be their number one target because of that. So he made sure to lead the career pack far away from Katniss and told them lies to keep her alive, the only reason the careers and her came into contact was because the gamemakers started the fire after Katniss finally found water and brought them together. The only reason the careers were that far from Katniss in the first place was because of peeta, but he had no control over that fire. Then he gave Katniss time in the tree by saying to wait for her to come down, because she’ll have to come down eventually and stayed awake to watch what Katniss was doing. When Katniss dropped the tracker jacket nest Peeta saved Katniss life again, because of the stings Katniss got she was hallucinating and so out of it that she just sat there after she took the bow from Glimmer, peeta ran back for her and pushed and made her snap out of it and run and then turned around and fought Cato one on one to stop Cato from killing her, which he wouldn’t easily done with Katniss in that state. Peeta sacrificed himself again to keep Katniss alive, and that’s was the reason why he was so injured when she found him later in the first place. Because he did it to save her. The movie has Peeta say that he doesn’t get any sponsors, however what they don’t say that it’s not that he doesn’t get sponsors or parachutes. It’s because Haymitch is giving Peeta’s sponsors to Katniss, because Peeta wants Katniss to live over himself. The movie doesn’t do a good job of showing this but Peeta is popular with the captiol crowd, he has so much personality. He’s extremely charming, funny and snarky and even has Katniss laughing often. People adore him and he’s a good public speaker and is good at playing up the audience, but Haymitch doesn’t send peeta sponsors and sends it to Katniss instead because that’s what he’d rather. So even though Katniss would have sponsors on her own, it likely wouldn’t be enough for the burn medicine because that’s extremely expensive. Then the movies cut out all their bonding moments, the cave scene in the movie is a joke whereas book wise it’s so much different. They’re their for days and even though peeta is dying you can see his personality shine, you can see how charismatic he is and he is flirty and funny and even has Katniss confused with how she’s feeling and makes her forget they’re even in the games for a while. It’s why she’s also so determined to get that medicine int he feast for him, she doesn’t want him to die because she does genuinely really like him. Then there’s more moments in catching fire that’s cut out with then bonding, then get extra close after the victor tour because Katniss breaks her heel and Peeta comes over and helps her and they bond for a while making a plant book together, where peeta paints different plants in her fathers book and she writes information about different edible plants. That’s how they really get to know each other even more as friends. When the quarter quell is announced, peeta takes over. Katniss and Haymitch fall into self pity and get drunk, whereas Peeta’s first goal was to save both of them over himself. He guilt trips Haymitch into saving Katniss because he owes him, and then throws out all of Haymitch’s alcohol and threatens them to get a grip because they can’t afford to sit around getting drunk when they are going to work on having 2 of them survive. That’s when he goes into personal trainer mode, the movies cut out how he’s also a wrestler and is great at hand to hand combat. This is something Katniss says in the first book, he’s the 2nd best wrestler in the district after his brother. So he creates a training program and forces Katniss and Haymitch to train like careers for months. Makes them exercise, eat well and even orders all the victors hunger games tapes and watches a couple of them every night and takes notes on each victors strategies. He’s the reason why they know so much about past victors, not Haymitch explaining them and he even gets Katniss to ask Gale to help teach them snares and traps. Peeta is the reason why Katniss is extra skilled and top of her game during the second games. So basically the reason why Katniss is so determined for Peeta to survive over herself is because she thinks he deserves it over her, that both her and Haymitch owe Peeta to save him this time since they both put all their energy into saving her in the first games. She sees herself as a lost cause since she has caused so much trouble, and Peeta is a good person who deserves to live more than anyone. She also thinks Peeta is perfect for the leader of the rebellion because he is so good at public speaking and moving the crowd with his words and he’d do more for a rebellion than she could.

[@Shelly-cp7gj]

@@chanbang378thank you. I appreciate the movies so much but haven’t read the books. This was fantastic to learn. Beautiful.

[@chanbang378]

@@Shelly-cp7gj you’re welcome! I forgot I wrote this essay but I’m glad that you liked it! I love the movies of course, but I think it’s why for years people had the wrong impression of peeta especially, I’ve seen people call him boring, weak or useless when none of that is close to true. Another detail if you’re interested is that Peeta is also an amputee, peeta loses his left leg after the first games and had to get it amputated it was that badly damaged. So he has a prosthetic leg for the rest of the series. It’s why he struggles and needs help in catching fire with running away from the fog, because he’s barley had a fake leg for a year so isn’t fully used to it and has to run in an arena filled with vines which is prosthetic kept getting caught in since he can’t feel it. It’s quite a big thing to miss, and would’ve been cool to see a main character have a disability like that but I guess it would be hard for them to show that.

[@SakuraTaka]

Well, that's creepy af, HE'S ASLEEP? 😮

[@bongo9384]

Drugged by either morphling or sleep syrup, I forget the details.

[@uhohstinky5850]

Who

[@manifestgtr]

“Peeta has to survive” from Katniss was kind of a meaningless bit of pseudo character development to me. Why, exactly? Peeta doesn’t hold a ton of significance in the eyes of the revolutionary forces or the common people. Sure, he’s a “better person” than basically any other character but that doesn’t mean much in terms of the storytelling or the driving forces in their world. He doesn’t have much in the way of family or social standing compared to the other main characters. Again…why, particularly, does Peeta *have to* survive?

[@JBFJBFJBF]

Because she is in love with Peeta by this point but isn't willing to admit it. It would be far too painful to let herself be that vulnerable with her feelings after all that shes been through. Its easier for her to find other ways to justify her actions when her love for him is influencing them. In this moment I think she's justifying it by thinking similarly to how she was thinking when she volunteered for Prim or protected Rue. She doesn't want innocent and good people dying. She wants to preserve that goodness. Whatever the sacrifice.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Katniss doesn’t care of the revolution at this point of the story. She doesn’t start to carding really until district 12 is destroyed. She isn’t political person the way Gale is.

[@y0ung5one]

you'll get some insight on her thought process from the books. and in my opinion, compared to the books, they downplayed peeta's character in the movies.

[@Queen_Springsteen]

What happened to him

[@kevinthunder3375]

Whipping post.

[@jeniferweaver1074]

The movie makes it seem like it was a spur of the moment choice from Snow. In the book it says there's an entire box of old and SEALED envelopes prepared for many centuries of Quells.

[@anjelica948]

In another scene in the movie, they show Plutarch breaking into that sealed envelope, and changing the letter inside. Idk if he did that in the book too, its been a long time since I read them.

[@justarandomgothamite5466]

​@@anjelica948 I think it was heavily implied that everyone assumed they weren't reading what was written in the letter.

[@haihuynh8772]

Yes because they can't just open the box and swap an envelope they prefer to the top, who would even stop them.

[@albertpena8500]

What is better, to be loved or to be feared? The answer is feared, because a loved person is easier to be disrespectful. But if you're feared, none one will be against you, and in that way you'll continue in the power. -NICHOLAS MACHIAVELLO. THE PRINCIP.

[@kevinthunder3375]

Never liked Haymitch. So smug and condescending about everything.

[@Frw0ge]

Why does she simp for peta so hard again?

[@rjc3865]

“You could live 100 life times and never deserve that boy.”