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~FD can pick a quote too~
"I’m frozen ... floored by how breathtaking we look. In the deepening twilight, the firelight illuminates our faces."
~Stuff that happened~
What better way to kick off a government sanctioned killing game than with a Beauty Pageant! The beauticians from Capitol were kind enough to 'civilize' the poor barbarian girl from district 12. Really very heartwarming the way they go out of their way to make her comfortably beautiful before her fight to the death. </sarcasm>
But despite the frivolity of the situation it seems like Kat and Peeta were very fortunate to have to undergo the process. Their stylist, Cinna seems completely at odds with the rest of Capitol which suits them just fine. But in spite of this contrast he still thinks it would be a great idea to light 2 teenagers on fire in an effort to make them more attractive.
So they make their grand entrance and completely steal the show from the other 11 districts. It seems much more likely that they will get rich sponsors which purportedly has a very direct impact on their ability to survive. And as the chapter closes Kat suspects Peeta is trying to appear nice to lower her defenses so she decides to play ball and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
~Forceful's Thoughts~
From: CrimsonOcean | #027
That aside, I’m getting more and more excited for this movie. The subject matter is good, and really it has all the raw material to be visually stunning.
I'm not entirely sure I agree. I'll probably have a better idea by the time I'm done with the first book, but right now it seems like quite a lot has already happened, and we're not that far into the book yet. And on top of that quite a bit of the emotions in the story are in the form of flashbacks, scenes that are just begging to be cut in favor of some of the high action scenes that are likely to follow. We'll see how they manage it though.
Everything is still building towards the start of the games right now. We have Katniss. We have her drunken (but probably useful) coach. We have (or had?) the stylist that helped make her recognizable. And now we'll probably be meeting the sponsor(s) that will result in her having kickass weapons (or not).
The only real development besides the steady advancement of plot is the friendship (or whatever it is) with Peeta which is fairly consistent so far with the two of them somewhat uniting as district 12ers now that they are stuck in a serious situation.
Also, President Snow? Get out of my head FFXIII!
I didn't even think about that, lol. Will not be able to unsee now, thanks a lot.
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