Part 3, Chapter 19:
"You're supposed to be in love, sweetheart. The boy's dying. Give me something I can work with!"
Apparently Peeta has out-thought you, Katniss. You might as well just get over the fact that when it comes to strategy and social game, Peeta has you trumped and really only needs you for your muscle (although he wants you on HIS muscle, if you know what I mean). Talking about intercourse. But yeah, apparently the idea of two star-crossed lovers is so popular that, but popular-demand in the Capitol, the rules have been changed in such a manner that Cato & his partner can BOTH win! Oh...and Katniss/Peeta too. I suppose Rue/Thresh would also be included if Katniss was just a LITTLE bit quicker in saving her, hmm?
And once again, Katniss goes over the list of her competition, and it does seem accurate to think that Foxface isn't a threat until the endgame (Her strategy: wait for the big dogs to take each other out, then attack the wounded survivors.), and given how she hasn't even SEEN Thresh in forever, and is assuming he's nowhere around, I'd say he's more of an endgame threat too. Really, the game hasn't changed. Her biggest threats are Cato/D2G, who no longer have ANY reason to be paranoid of one another, and thus will become even more of an unstoppable force. Meanwhile, Katniss hasn't even SEEN Peeta in days, and for all she knows, he's dying in a ditch somewhere. So yeah, still the same crappy position, only now she has one fewer competitor, who is already wounded and basically worthless to her.
Detective Everdeen now begins her search for her "boyfriend" and uses all that she knows about survival to determine...that Peeta needs water to live. A for effort, Katniss. But fortunately, Peeta's wounded and leaves a blood trail, allowing Katniss to find him despite his ungodly ability to camouflage himself. Seriously, burn the witch. BURN THE WITCH!
But they're reunited and Peeta's still hoping to get some before he dies, and somehow, Katniss is still completely oblivious to the fact that while, yes, the lover angle is good strategy...Peeta's not ACTING. It's just hilarious to me that Katniss doesn't quite get this yet. But yeah, long scene of Katniss working to keep Peeta alive, which I REALLY hope isn't that graphic in the movie (granted, it's PG-13, but still). I also love just how bad Katniss is at human interaction. I don't mean social stuff, that's obvious. But like, she's so good at hunting and killing, but medicine? She's f***ing stupid when it comes to medicine, and I like that because at least it prevents her from being a total Mary Sue character, which admittedly she was up until this point. Also, fun juxtaposition of her uncomfortable reaction to nudity with her killer instinct. Makes me smile.
First kiss with a guy who seems like he could puke at any moment. Still, good for you, Peeta. All it took was being on death's door and taking a sword to your upper thigh. And now it seems Haymitch is helping Peeta too, even though he supposedly hates Katniss (She does come across as b****y, but still, she's more of a survivor than Peeta).
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