#meanwhile book Katniss is holding his face saying 'i am madly in love with you let us have fat and happy children and grow old together'

[whenthewallfell]

The lackluster romance and overemphasised 'love triangle' in The Hunger Games movies makes more sense when you frame it as Peeta's hijacked memories after the war.

Katniss being super cold towards him? The terrible cave scene? The emotionless 'I need you' on the beach? The general lack of chemistry between them? All the Gale angst?? Peeta's entire character being reduced to a damsel in distress and very much feeling like a spare part??? The totally weird and unsatisfying epilogue where the distance between them in the field is emphasised and something about the lighting and framing makes it feel like a Bad Ending????

boom hijacking it's all in his head

#meanwhile book Katniss is holding his face saying 'i am madly in love with you let us have fat and happy children and grow old together' #i may have implied this in my fic but idk if anyone noticed haha #idk it makes the movies more bearable #it's frustrating because technically they're good adaptations #except for all the important bits #like the whitewashing #and the cursed triangle #and the loss of the emotional core #obligatory no shade at the actors they did the best with what they had #the hunger games #everlark #rambles