#personally don't like big noisy cities with skyscrapers

[pollinarys]

I love that moment in the book when Katniss and Peeta see the Capitol for the first time from the train window.

- The train finally begins to slow and suddenly bright light floods the compartment. We can’t help it. Both Peeta and I run to the window to see what we’ve only seen on television, the Capitol, the ruling city of Panem. The cameras haven’t lied about its grandeur. If anything, they have not quite captured the magnificence of the glistening buildings in a rainbow of hues that tower into the air, the shiny cars that roll down the wide paved streets, the oddly dressed people with bizarre hair and painted faces who have never missed a meal. All the colors seem artificial, the pinks too deep, the greens too bright, the yellows painful to the eyes, like the flat round disks of hard candy we can never afford to buy at the tiny sweet shop in District 12.

They both know where and why the train is taking them, but for a moment they forget about everything when such a miracle appears. For them, it's truly a miracle - a fabulous, inaccessible city in which, it's hard to believe, but people live their lives without knowing any problems. But they're just two kids who could only dream of this place because it just can't be real in their world.

And here it is the Capitol, Gem of Panem, shining with all the colors of the rainbow.

- It’s as if in an instant, a painted window shatters, revealing the ugly world behind it. Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television.

But this is for later, and now there's only the first bright impression, with sincere childish delight. And it's so beautiful.

#thg #the hunger games #thg capitol #hunger games capitol #never thought I'd say this but I want to live in the Capitol. #personally don't like big noisy cities with skyscrapers #but the Capitol with its large squares parks and sparkles PRETTY #and of course the lake and mountains #It's so wonderful that the city is surrounded by mountains it's just fixes everything else :) #I'll be happy with a tiny apartment on the outskirts #yeah ✨ capitol slums✨