Part 1, Chapter 9:
Well there is this one girl. I've had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I'm pretty sure she didn't know I was alive until the reaping.
Oh snap, now Katniss is all kinds of pissed off at Peeta. But I thought you didn't like him and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible, Katniss. Sounds like someone's a little jellos now, hmm? So immediately she overcompensates and goes into full-on tsundere mode. "It's...it's not like I like him or anything!" So it's finally time to prepare for the interviews and I think Peeta's pretty much got this, given how much of a smooth motherf***er he is. Meanwhile, you have Katniss Hantz who wouldn't know how to play da social game if it bit her on da ass. The game is flawed and Panem should get a say in who lives and who dies. *cough* Anyway, Katniss needs the pre time a lot more than Peeta does is what I'm saying, because she in no way excels at pandering to the cameras the way he does.
So with Effie, Katniss sucks because she's not girly enough for a dress and heels, and then with Haymitch she sucks because she doesn't have a personality beyond moody b****iness. Which is hilarious to me to find this fact just shoved in her face so strongly. List of things Katniss is not: humble, cocky, ferocious, witty, funny, sexy, mysterious. That's gotta sting, eh Katniss? So of course, as usual when something doesn't work for her (and again, I totally identify with Katniss here, because I HATE when I'm unable to do something right within one or two tries. It's so frustrating, she throws a fit and winds up injuring herself and having to be aided by the very girl who she feels guilty about leaving for dead. And so quickly, she finds comfort in someone she believed would kill her in her sleep just a few chapters ago.
And once again, Cinna is the clutch player of Katniss' team. Thus far I would say Cinna > Haymitch > Effie in terms of actually contributing to the "Let's not let Katniss die in the arena" movement. Hot dress, words of encouragement, and suddenly Katniss is re-energized and ready to kick some ass. Looking at the order of things, I do think it's a bit unfair for district 12 to be last in everything. For performing for the judges, that means that the judges are bored and less likely to care. For the interviews, it means the audience is already enamored with other contestants. They should really randomize things so different districts get the advantages every so often.
District 1 Girl...rowr. I loves me some green eyes on mah wimmenz. District 2 Boy once again getting screentime. District 5 Girl getting screentime. District 10 Boy getting screentime. Then Rue does the cute thing that makes me want to gag, and we meet the other District 11 tribute who's a goddamn terminator, if you look solely at his physical appearance. Thresh just don't give a f*** though as he gets to be rude and sullen while Katniss just doesn't have the charisma for it.
Then we come to Katniss, who does a decent job, but otherwise is just completely out of her element in terms of the competition she's going up against, socially. Basically she comes across as a dumb blonde, even though she's clearly a brunette, and even talking about Prim doesn't do her much good. But then, bombshell: Peeta is in love with Katniss. This, my dear friends, is called dramatic irony. Where the audience sees something plain as f***ing day, but the characters on-stage (Katniss, in this case) are f***ing clueless.
And with that, Part 1 is complete.
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