I am the mockingjay; the symbol of the rebellion.
#SYMBOLOGY #the mockingjay is an external construction #it is built off the idealized image of katniss everdeen#and that image incorporates both herself and the two men she loves #or loves however katniss can love which is the more appropriate way of phrasing it #oh man i can’t believe i didn’t think about that i wish to expire #add that to the list of ways mockingjay is a failure #ot3 or tragedy or bust #they are inextricably linked they build her legend together katniss is built of the people she loves #it’s reflected in the myths about her #because she takes what these men have taught her about survival and incorporates it into her way of being #it may or may not be a permanent condition but it’s the way she will be remembered after she’s dead #because katniss everdeen will exist as that legend and as nothing else #it’s simultaneously her victory and her tragedy #victory because she’ll be remembered; tragedy because she’ll be remembered by niceties instead of truths #and katniss doesn’t care about being remembered but she’s a symbol she doesn’t get to make that choice #her life belongs to history now #and she moves back to 12 and hides away in her own trauma and continues to let other people define her because she’s just too tired#katniss everdeen is a tragedy #the girl on fire burns out #that is this story #there are no happy endings #may the odds be ever in your favor #the girl on fire
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