demarches: demarches: #good #they are the...

demarches:

#good #they are the reason for each others survival #and then he has to watch her almost die and not be able to help her when their entire relationship is about helping each other #this fandom talks about gale staying unchanged through the games and no he doesn’t change as much as katniss no one would argue that not even close #but if you watched your best friend lie on the ground dying or with a knife at her throat or nearly die of thirst or of poisonous bug stings #and nearly die half a dozen times #and not only is this your best friend this is the person you are IN LOVE WITH #and your entire relationship is foundational upon helping each other and you can’t help her #no one comes out of that unchanged #the woods became their savior and her knowledge of the woods saves her in the games #that is how she lives #because of the things she learned in the woods with gale #she carries gale into the games with her #she carries him with her and she misses him and she wonders what he thinks of all this kissing #because SHE CARRIES HIM WITH HER #because this ship is about katniss #katniss carries him with her #and there is nothing #NOTHING #more important to me and my shipping of this than that single fact #she carries him with her because gale is hers #and this ship #is a ship #in my life #and it’s perfect and this fandom doesn’t get it and has no interest in getting it and i’m just like #WHYYYYYY IT’S SO BEAUUUUUTIIIIIFFFUUUULLL #whatever i will keep them to myself #gale is mine. i am his. anything else is unthinkable. #may the odds be ever in your favor #the odds are not in my favor today because i’m still stuck here with these FEELINGS

I just want to

repeat that.

#yes. GOOD. #you cannot understand katniss unless you understand how she conceives of herself #and herself in relation to gale. and gale always in relation to her.#what he means to her. #like #idg this fandom. #gale literally seeps into every corner of her consciousness #in all three books #and if it’s not explicit. it’s in her actions. it’s in these skills she learned while they were in the woods. #it’s in everything. #like katniss’ very identiy formation is inextricably linked to this relationship. #and yes. it’s not the be-all-end-all because that’s gross. #but it’s fucking important. #i love these fools so much.#gale is mine. i am his. anything else is unthinkable. #no LISTEN TO WHAT SHE’S SAYING GODDAMMIT. #my kids #doomed fools #but perfectly so