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2:23am July 7, 2014
sixela872 asked: (Part II) When he says killing people is no different than killing animals, K was clearly taken aback by the brutality and lack of humanity of the comment (as she was with some of his later comments). Then when she had the chance to apply a worldview to a real life context (rue's death), it was peeta's voice and opinion that helped guide her actions vs. Gale's rage. His later jealousy and resentment of almost every man in her life (including haymitch?!?) and numerous other actions just made it

alliecat-person:

(Part III) clear that they weren’t very compatible as friends let alone romantic partners. So from book 1 I think it was pretty clear that K & G were vastly different and unlikely to have a friendship outside the isolated world of the D12 woods. They didn’t have the foundation for a relationship that could survive outside of the context of mutual needs for basic survival (vs. emotional well-being & other higher order needs) and angry rants that lead to irreversible acts.

I think I’m missing part 1?  But I totally agree with this. I kind of can’t stand it when fans talk about how alike Gale and Katniss are, because I don’t they really are, except on a surface level. Katniss considers them alike, yes (at the beginning of the books, anyway), but it’s pretty obvious that her view of herself is negatively skewed in a lot of ways. I also think it’s significant that at the beginning of the book, she really knew Gale from one particular context. Once external events changed, I think she got a look at other aspects of his character that hadn’t been as obvious before. It happens in relationships.