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[SPOILERS] MOCKINGJAY RANT [SPOILERS]

And just in case you missed the subject I'll leave this here in nice big red letters: THERE BE SPOILERS HERE MY LOVELIES. 

Now I'll try to express most of my feelings in words, but sometimes words are not enough. This is when I bring in the gifs. For times like this when I finish Mockingjay and can't think of anything to say and just stare at the book.

This is me immediately after finishing:


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Then I moved onto this:

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And now I'm finally here:

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Here's why:

First of all it's no secret that I'm so Team Gale, I can't even think of Team Peeta, so obviously I was a little miffed that she chose dough boy. But that's not what broke my little Gale-lovin' heart. It was the fact that once she chooses Peeta it's like Gale (and everyone else) drops off the face of the Earth. All we get is: 'Gale has a fancy new job.' and 'Katniss's mother has abandoned her, but that's a minor detail.' Katniss goes from 'You crazy, Peeta.' to 'Oh, Peeta, I wish I could write our names in the stars with rainbows made with unicorn hugs.' in about ten pages. That whole ending just rubbed me the wrong way.

And don't even get me started on Finnick. Poor Annie is barely even mentioned after his death even though she's lost the only person who can keep her stable, not to mention the fact that she just got him back. Oh deary, how I love Finnick.

Although I just about lost it when Finnick died, I completely flipped when Prim was killed. My first thoughts: The sole reason Katniss was pulled into any of this Mockingjay business just died. Then when I finished the book I was outraged that she didn't have more than a scene in which she grieved.

I don't even know what else to say about that.

 Some things I loved:
  • That Cinna was remembered for his passion and that he still played a part in the story.
  • Not gonna lie, I adored hijacked, tell-it-like-it-is Peeta. He wasn't such a pushover and was more honest than many of the other characters.
  • Gale was still my favorite. I don't care if sometimes he got a little bloodthirsty. He was there for Katniss when no one else was.
  • Prim. She was such a special little girl.
  • Snow was finally killed.
So, those are my thoughts. My rant is over. Feel free to hate or appreciate. Doesn't matter to me, but I'd love to discuss it with you all! 

Happy September everyone!




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I think that her killing off characters we loved (Finnick, Prim, Boggs, etc..) was the whole point. Because that's what happens in war. It isn't perfect and everybody we love doesn't come back safe and sound with a happy ending. War doesn't discriminate against it's victims. That was one of the things I loved most about the book, how real it was.

I was pissed that there was no mention of Gale or his family in the epilogue. I mean seriously, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FAMILY?! I didn't like that Collins made us care about these people and then didn't tell us what happened to them..
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Hm, I don't quite know if I explained my feelings well enough. When I say I'm mad Finnick and Prim and Boggs were killed off, I mean I'm just pissed because I love them. I understand the meaning behind it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. :P Although, I do think killing Prim made some things seem irrelevant, and also was the least necessary since it's already been shown that being the Mockingjay didn't protect Katniss's family, or that children would be spared. *shrug*

AND I TOTALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I love Hazelle and then she's mentioned ONCE throughout the entire story.
"dough boy"
LOLOLOLOLOL.

<3
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<3 Will forever be my nickname for him.
Oh - this post rocks! I love the visuals. And I love you for loving Gale as hard as I do - and I think his passion and pain in MJ just made me love him harder.

Also, I was annoyed at the lack of chemistry Collins invested in them in the forst 150 pages! B/c they used to have something - where did that go?

And, I agree, I like Peeta in this one, haha. For some reason, i didnt feel emotion over the deaths. I think I was just screaming through and I didnt pause to think about anything.

And, I wish it wasn't over and I say we write a new fan-fic prologue and steam it up a bit with some Gale...
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YES. Yesyesyes. I don't know why people think he was 'evil'. :C

And yes, this too. They act like they're related.

Loved Peeta in his hijacked state. He took charge! I actually had to stop, put down the book and think about each death, because they came so quickly I couldn't absorb them.

Agreed. Gale is far too underrated.
OMG that had my literally bursting out laughing. I think your videos pretty much sums up my feelings on Mockingjay too.
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Aw, well I'm glad that made you laugh. :)
I loved the little clips you chose to show your emotions over Mockingjay. I agree completely. I must confess I am Team Peeta, but I still think a shabby job was done over Katniss's relationship with Gale. There was something there and it was somehow missing in this book. Gale acted more like a brother than a possible suitor and at the end it felt as if his outcome was just a footnote. Peeta was a badass in this book! I liked him much more as the hijacked version than his more docile one. As for the deaths, I think that they did downplay them a bit (this could also be because of so many young readers). It was like, oh yea, Finnick died, carry on. All in all, I did enjoy it, I just wish it would have been a little less gloomy and violent. I guess it's an appropriate account of how people act and feel during times of war. :) Great post!
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Exactly my thoughts regarding the Gale situation. Throughout it's told and shown how much Gale loves her and then he just gives up in the end without a fight. No thank you.

Lol, I loved Peeta in this so much!

I think even in the first book most of the deaths were more gruesome. I mean Cato? That was gnarly. It wasn't the deaths themselves that bothered me, it was more the way no one seemed to react to them. :/

I love the series. Loved the first two books. Love the first half of Mockingjay. Dislike the second half with a passion.

And thank you so much!
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brandileigh2003 · 760 weeks ago

I really hate the deaths of Finnick and Prim!
I am TPeeta, but I hate how Gale was just written off.
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Agreed. Completely.
I have an award for you at my blog. ;)
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Thanks so much Tracey!
LOL - love the gifs. I was pretty disappointed with MJ, too. I have been Team Gale since the beginning, but by the end, I was so irritated with both Peeta and Gale that I really didn't care who Katniss went home with. There was so much more Collins could have done with MJ - I'm disappointed that she didn't put a little more oomph into it.
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YES. I AGREE. I thought the ending was entirely too rushed and seemed almost thrown together.
I completely agree! Although I am Team Peeta, I did not like how Gale just vanished without any explanation. I was really let down by the ending of this series. And Finnick's death was so terrible and it wasn't really discussed, just a "yeah we're going to leave him down in the hole, alrighty." WHAT? I loved the series, just not how it ended, it was way too rushed.
I loved your reaction pictures too, I felt the same way.
Ha, I love the first part of this post, with the pictures.
Although I have to disagree with you. Katniss didn't exactly choose anyone. It kinda seemed like she just got whoever was left back at District 13 (Peeta.) And also her going from thinking Peeta's crazy to loving him wasn't really that sudden because the epilogue is way in the future...and come on, it was inevitable, wasn't it?

Oh, and btw...TEAM PEETA. :P

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