[ SECRET POST #2037 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2037 ⌋

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Comments

[fauxkaren]

Yeah, I think the epilogue makes sense. Katniss was a pretty motherly person. The only thing keeping her from wanting kids for herself was the Capitol, so it makes sense that once she finally felt safe and secure, she'd want children of her own. Plus, it was supposed to be a glimpse at the future and the hope etc etc because Katniss and Peeta's children will never have to be a part of the Games.

[deadtree]

agreed. I dislike the argument that the epilogue is "out of character" for Katniss because she said previously that she didn't want to have kids-- because her specific reason was that she didn't want her kids to possibly end up in the Hunger Games. I think it fit her character, and I also liked that a good number of years had passed (apparently) before she'd had the kids. It didn't feel like the "all girls must have babies" ending, to me, that a lot of people seem to read it as. It was a fairly bleak scene all things considered.

[i_paint_the_sky]

I agree with this so much. I'll admit, I'm not wildly fond of the epilogue but I actually love where it takes Katniss as a character and feel it's definitely a natural progression, given what has happened.

I also am not a huge fan of the triangle but it's not too bad. I am glad she went with Peeta in the end.

[(Anonymous)]

It was a fairly bleak scene all things considered.
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I dislike that argument because I felt the tone of the epilogue was so disheartening and empty that it made perfect sense. One of the reasons that I considered Katniss such a unique and strong character was that she was beaten by the experience. She wasn't a superhero capable of overcoming anything. She was a person who had everything she cared about stripped away from her in a cruel and violent manner, and she was deeply affected by it.

This, to me, is what makes Katniss a feminist character. She wasn't weak, nor was she impossibly strong.

Because of this, I feel liker her disconnection to her life in the epilogue made having kids almost an arbitrary decision to her. And even if she loved them, they didn't exactly bring light into her life.

Sorry, been holding that in for a bit.

[cakemage]

That's how I felt about it, too. It has a few elements of a typical "happy ending," but when you look below the surface, it's actually pretty damn depressing. Katniss and Peeta both have obvious PTSD and Peeta's still hijacked, they've both lost their families (Katniss' mother is still alive, but she's in another district and not coming back) and a good many of their friends, Haymitch is drunk as ever and their kids are playing on a mass grave. Where's the happy part?

[(Anonymous)]

This. Not OP, but I really disliked the epilogue. I don't like books laying out a timeline of what happens after and not letting me ponder myself.

But it made sense.

I just didn't like it hah.

[(Anonymous)]

>>The only thing keeping her from wanting kids for herself was the Capitol, so it makes sense that once she finally felt safe and secure, she'd want children of her own. <<

Yeah, there is at least one point during the series where it becomes abundantly clear that she IS thinking about kids (when she talks about Peeta's children playing the The Meadow, at the same time she is realising that she would be "irreparably damaged" if he died) but refuses to take the thought further because the Capitol was still in control. I'm usually one for skipping the Babies Ever After trope, but all through the books I had the impression that Katniss did, on some level, desire children of her own. When her traumas are dealt with to some degree, when there is some sense of security (money, a suppportive partner even if it does veer into codependence) and safety (no Hunger Games or political threat), then it makes sense she would take that step.