[ SECRET POST #4705 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4705 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

TBH I feel like Katniss Everdeen is this.

Not to bring down the hordes of discourse, but like....the plot of the third book completely warped around making it convenient for Katniss and never forcing her to make a hard decision. She went through terrible things, yes, but the story was hugely convoluted so that the "smart" thing to do in her (ultimately pointless) infiltration mission was never actually at odds with her personal desires for revenge. She ought to be disqualified by her PTSD just like Joanna was, but the story twists so that she isn't. And when she does do something completely against the interests of the mission/revolution, it's mostly just ignored. Hell, even in the first book, the games work out very conveniently so that she can win the Death Games without ever having to herself fight another character we actually might have sympathy for, even though the "Death Match Kids have a high school style popular mean girls clique" makes very little sense.

I loved the first book and didn't really notice the flaws; I think the series has a lot of interesting and important things to say, and that Katniss has a lot of really interesting character traits that you don't see a lot in YA heroines. But as the series went on, it became more and more of a detriment that the author would allow Katniss to be hurt, or allow her to be difficult, but shied away from allowing her to be wrong. It's such a a shame.

Also, obligatory Anita Blake mention is obligatory.