Fan Art Friday: Book Couples

For this fan art Friday, I decided to snatch some of my favorite couples from novels and search for some fan art for them 🙂 Since my love life is currently in the crap hole, it’s nice to know that fictional characters have it pretty good, ha. Enjoy this week’s fan art, and let’s feel some love in the air! And thanks for the featured image by burdge-bug of Fang and Max ❤

Let’s start with my favorite couple of all time: Max and Fang. These two are in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, and their love literally flies 😀 Artwork done by RiTTa1310 from deviantART (all of the art I find is from there).

My second favorite couple is Katniss and Peeta from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. He is her dandelion in dark places, that one piece of sunlight that promises peace instead of destruction. Artwork thanks to burdge-bug

Next on my list is Annabeth and Percy from the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. I’m just reading the first one right now, but I like the two already 🙂 Drawing thanks to (again) burdge-bug. You have to check out her gallery, it’s so wonderful!

Next is Ron and Hermione from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. I don’t know why, but I just enjoy these two ^_^ Artwork done by toerning

They’re not really a couple, but I just adored this relationship throughout the whole novel and was rooting them on. This couple is Sam and Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Since there’s not that much artwork of the two together, I ran into this artwork by shellentina that drew the characters based on the movie trailer preview. So, enjoy the artwork nonetheless 🙂

Next is Finnick Odair and Annie from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. We meet these two in the second book, and they get married in the third. This guy is the most gorgeous and can choose anyone in any district, and he chooses the one that has a slight mental disorder. I love these two so much 🙂 Artwork thanks to lizzomarek

Next is Harry and Ginny from the Harry Potter Series. For some reason I enjoy how she likes him more than he likes her, if that makes any sense? XD Anyway, enjoy the beautiful artwork done by miyavi

Next is Edward and Bella from the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The movies totally ruined the series, in my opinion, and the characters were just stomped all over. Sadness 😦 So let’s bring back some of the true love of these two that’s totally run over in the movies. Awesome artwork done by mariposa-nocturna, and it amuses me that this picture shows more love than the whole four movies so far 😀

Okay, so I’ve only read the first book in the True Blood series by Charlaine Harris, but I still enjoyed the couple of Sookie and Bill. Granted, they’re a sex drived couple (ha, ha), but I still enjoy them nonetheless. I should probably start reading the series again! Absolutely stunning artwork by trickyvicky1978. 

And for the last couple, I decided to be bias and put in my own characters from my novel series 😀 My series is in the “Hayden Cressida series” tab to the right, so file through there if you’d like (I’ll add more stuff soon). These two are Hayden and Aryc, and I didn’t even intend for these two to be together, but they just had a mind of their own. And now I can’t tear them apart. Drawing done by me, and sorry for bad quality! 🙂 By the way, they’re half dragon, so that’s why they have the wings.

That’s this week’s fan art Friday! Hope you enjoyed, and make sure to check out all these artists on deviantART where they have much more in their gallery to check out 🙂 Have a great weekend!

Thoughts While Watching “The Hunger Games”

So, I saw this movie in theaters I believe two or three times 🙂 Of course I love the book more, but I’m still excited to get the DVD! So, as I watch the movie, I’m going to jot down my every thought as I watch it. Of course this post will make a lot more sense if you actually watch the movie, so I think fellow movie goers will enjoy my thoughts while watching this movie.

Mind you, I tend to have a very comical mindset, so most of my comments are either going to be funny, or freaking out about how they did something wrong compared to the book. So, sit back and laugh a bit 🙂

I’m going to start with the previews, cause I have commentary even in those.

-First preview: Breaking Dawn, Part Deux. Oh, maybe they’ll actually have a fighting scene at the end, where Meyer didn’t have. Thank you, Meyer, for making me read all those pages for no epic battle. Ohhh, I like the water that moves. I like that power. Moving water. Can vampires drown?

-Second preview: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. *squeal* YES! YES! FINALLY! I’m so excited! Oh my gosh! Wait, why is Patrick so gay? Wasn’t he supposed to be one of those discreet gays? They kinda messed that up. Sad. OH! Awesome quote time! “And I swear in that moment…we are infinite.” Coming Soon? Please be more specific.

-Ultraviolet Commercial. Holy shizz, did you seriously need two whole minutes to advertise this thing? Technology=cool. Moving on now.

-Big movies become bigger on epix. Not epic, but epix. Hmmm. Can I have previews instead of stuff you want me to buy? Although I guess movies cost money too. Hmmm…whatever. Off to the next preview.

-Yay! Time to start the movie! *happy dance* HUNGER GAMES! BOO-YAH!

-Oh my gosh the movie is starting at the Capitol, showing the inside of it and how it ticks and…oh…that’s just lionsgate. My bad.

-“In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and female…”  Well, except district 13. We, uhh…we kinda blew them up.

-“This is your third year as Gamemaker, what defines your personal signature?” (Ceasar to Seneca Crane)  My beard. My beard is my signature.

-Oh, hello Prim’s scream.

-“They’re not gonna pick you…” (Katniss to Prim)  Well, that didn’t work out so well, did it?

-Katniss should hire that guy from the show “My Cat From Hell”. Stupid hissing cat.

-Dooo dooo doo do la la la laaaaaaa. Good background music for Katniss’ hunt. Makes for a lovely dooo dooo laaaaa aura.

-It’s the deer from the beginning of Twilight!

-I thought Effie’s hair was supposed to be pink?

-That bread looks freaking delicious.

-That’s not how she gets the mockingjay pin!!! GOSH DANG IT!!!

-Wasn’t the reaping supposed to be in the town square? Unless their town square is mud. Hmm, that sucks.

-The Capitol showing a video with dancing people is such a lie, just like those tampon commercials with girls dancing on it. Curse you, media! Curse your lies!

-Well, way to make me cry when Katniss volunteers. Sheesh.

-Is it just me, or is this movie kinda quiet?

-Aww, poor Peeta. Wait…..why aren’t his eyes blue? Curses!

-Now the mockingjay pin symbolizes strength instead of rebellion. Gosh dang it.

-Yeah. Don’t cry, Mom. I’m only going into a deathly arena!

-Gale was supposed to say, “Remember…” and then get cut off. Cliffhanger ignored. What did he wanna say anyway? That was never explained in the book. Now I’m curious. Hmmm…okay, focus!

-Ha! Haymitch foot.

-Poor placemat ^_^

-“It’s huge” (peeta, referring to the capitol)  Ha, that’s what she said.

-Go District Four! Go Finnick Odair!! Oh wait, that’s not until next book. My bad.

-Ohhhh that fire looks lame in the chariot ride. Their whole bodies should be engulfed.

-I pictured President Snow in his mid-40’s, with no beard, and a constant sneer on his face. Bummer.

-Mmmm hello, Cato 😉 I mean, what? Cato=bad. BAD!

-Katniss’ shirt matches the furniture! Ha!

-Who wants a background drop of the desert? Every time I wake up and see that, I’d get thirsty. Silly backdrop people.

-Monkey bars in the training room? AH! Sign me up!

-Haza! They finally show the whole bread scene. Took long enough. Although they’re supposed to be kids, but whatever, I guess I’ll be flexible.

-Mmm hello Cato! I mean NO! Cato=bad. BAD!

-Wow, the chick from “The Orphan” is good with the knives.

-Did Peeta paint tree cakes at the bakery?

-No elevator music on the way down to show off their skills? They should play the dooo dooo doooo song from earlier.

-Awww no one fell over in a punch bowl when she shot the pig?

-I don’t know why, but I pictured the interviews to be outside. Aren’t all the tributes supposed to be sitting in eyesight of everyone? Bah!

-Dress on fire=lame. Whole thing should be engulfed.

-“When I die, I still just want to be me” (Peeta)  So, you wanna die with bread in your hands?

-Someone should fix those lights.

-Katniss is shaking like a Chihuahua.

-He has a horrible countdown voice.

-I don’t like the music here. Sounds like the eerie pitch after an explosion.

-Shaky images!

-Blood! More Blood!

-Running!

-Falling! More running!

-Oh, hello canon. I almost forgot about you.

-Wow, she found water really fast. Wow, she got food fast too. Food fast, NOT to be confused with fast food *knee slap*

-Those careers are having fun killing people, huh?

-Lots of walking.

-That’s a lot of fire. At least THIS fire looks realistic.

-Cool explosions with the fireballs. Cool.

-Oh, here come the happy careers again. La, la, la we love killing. La, la, la, the capitol loves it too. La, la, la we should all keep laughing. La, la, la because Cato is gonna kill YOU!

-Couldn’t Glimmer just shoot the arrow when Katniss is sleeping?

-For being good with swords, Cato cannot climb trees.

-Those silver parachutes are loud little buggers.

-Tracker jackers! AH!

-EW, Glimmer.

-Wasn’t Katniss supposed to fall in a big orange, shiny puddle? I mean when she hallucinates (obviously). The shiny comes in handy later. SHINY!

-Rue!

-The whistle from the trailer!

-Cool explosion. I approve. I hope the audience knows Katniss goes deaf in one ear from this.

-Snap! Cato just snapped his neck! Cato is so sexy. I mean bad! Cato=bad. BAD!

-I already know what’s gonna happen, but still hoping Katniss gets to Rue on time.

-No sound of the canon?

-Now I’m sad.

-Oh, is this why they let two from the same district win? Because of Katniss rebelling like that? I guess that makes sense.

-Aw, Katniss is supposed to scream Peeta’s name. Bummer.

-Ah! Peeta! She’s supposed to step on him though. And also get him half naked. Heh-heh. Bummer.

-Cave scene! Praise the cave scene!

-Oh, that scene didn’t last long.

-Gale just got friend zoned.

-Katniss was supposed to have syrup to make Peeta fall asleep. Curse them getting these things wrong.

-Oh, hello again girl from “The Orphan”

-Shaky camera!

-Thrash was supposed to kill Clove with a rock. Bummer.

-Wasn’t it a needle that Katniss had to inject Peeta with instead of slime?

-Time for the mutts. These mutts suck. They’re supposed to look like the fallen tributes.

-Oh shit! That mutt scared me!

-Cato was supposed to run out of the forest and toward them, looking all scared. Sad they left that out.

-Oh dang! Peeta’s fighting Cato! Snap! I’ll give credit, that’s better than the book.

-Oh, here goes Cato with his whole Braveheart speech. “You kill me and I’ll be free! Freedom!!”

-I just now realized that they haven’t been picking up any of the bodies with the hovercrafts like in the book. Bleh.

-Katniss is supposed to be aiming an arrow at Peeta right now. Sad they also left that out.

-You’re about to die, Peeta, and all you do is touch her braid? That’s kinda lame, man.

-Well, that escalated quickly. I guess they’re going home.

-Uh, awkward moment…but wasn’t Peeta’s leg supposed to be amputated? I guess that’s not an important plot twist.

-When does Peeta find out Katniss was faking her feelings?

-That was a short interview.

-Is he gonna find out now? About Katniss?

-Okay, train ride…he’s still not finding out…

-Gale and Prim! Yay! Gale is probably like: “I hate you Peeta, I hate you Peeta, I hate you Peeta…”

-Will Peeta find out soon?

-Okay…President Snow…

-I guess Peeta doesn’t find out.

-And now the first song on the credits is stuck in my head.

Those were my thoughts during the movie, and I hope you enjoyed 🙂 what were your thoughts while watching the movie?

Happy Hunger Games!

Funny Art: Hunger Games

In celebration of The Hunger Games release date today, I bring you some funny art Hunger Games style from the deviantart website. Enjoy 🙂

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Kayl-MacLaren

Pancake-mix

kahh-poww

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meguchan91

kahh-poww

Jackaloo

0NorthernLights0

MichelleTheVampGirl

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor of getting a DVD before it runs out 🙂

Fan Art Friday: Catching Fire

I’m so excited for Catching Fire to come out next year! So I decided to snoop around deviantART to share some fan art of the next novel in the Hunger Games series. Some of this artwork has some spoilers in it, so be warned. And thanks to Dannyboy974 for the featured image of the arena. Enjoy 🙂

And I just recently added another post of fan art just for Catching Fire! You can see it here

Katniss and Gale kissing, done by friedChicken365. I love Katniss’ reaction, just how I pictured it in the book!

Love this depiction of Gale, Katniss, and Peeta done by RohanElf. I love how they made the characters look older than they are, since going through such difficult times ages a person’s face. Great job!

Quick sketch done by Catching-Smoke of Peeta and Katniss sitting together as Peeta draws plants in a notebook. I think this is also the part when she briefly gets obsessed with his eyelashes, but no matter ^_^

Amazing water color painting done by AriesNamarie when Katniss and Peeta visit Rue’s district. Water colors are so hard, yet the detail is fantastic!

Lovin this artwork by SimplyDelightfulx. Finnick Odair and Katniss Everdeen while he offers her a sugar cube for her secrets. Awesome scene 🙂

Yay! Drawing of Cinna by friedChicken365. This is how I pictured him too 🙂 He gets a lot closer with Katniss in the second book.

The scene after Gale gets whipped and gets brought back to Katniss’ home is drawn here by SimplyDelightfulx. I absolutely love Katniss’ expression and Gale’s face too, so very well done!

This one is pretty cool! The scene when Katniss twirls around in her wedding dress and turns into the mockingjay, artwork done by papier-crane

And I had to save the best for last. A painting of Finnick Odair by alicexz. To put it simple…*drools* Very well done!

Funny Art: Hunger Games

So, I decided to bring you some funny artwork with the inspiration of The Hunger Games in mind. I love the series, and it’s so fun to poke fun at it every so often 🙂 Enjoy these funny creations brought to you by deviantART

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INKNOSE

KitkatKutie

xBlackFeather

Aqua-Frost

labri71

Jackaloo

kahh-poww

megpieOtheOmagpie

solemnswears

forkNayon

Hope you enjoyed! And may the odds be ever in your favor! 🙂

Fan Art Friday: Fire, Hunger Games Style

Fire Friday!

What better way to celebrate the entrancing element of fire than to celebrate it Hunger Games style! Today I bring you fan art of Katniss and Peeta, and of course with the idea of fire in hand. Every art piece is brought to you by deviantART, and make sure to check out the artists’ profile too to see what other pieces they’ve done! 🙂

Featured image thanks to rumonica!

palnk‘s interpretation of Katniss’ wedding dress burning away to show Cinna’s creation of the Mockingjay. I love her face!

Oh, I’m in love with Patsie‘s drawing! Katniss looks so elegantly dangerous! The detail of the fire is outstanding!

I think Appelmos gives us a little peek into Mockingjay. In it, Katniss is equipped with different arrows for battle, and one of them sets on fire. The fiercer side of fire for sure.

Wow! Look at this realistic art done by nma-art. I love the colors and how the fire becomes a part of her hair. Beautiful!

Another wedding dress interpretation done by Patsie. I love how the background looks like the fire is smoldering just like her dress!

Oh-la-la! Peeta and Katniss at the beginning of the Games. I love how martinacecilia did the fire here, that’s exactly how I pictured it too!

Ah! Loving this by Jandruff! Such intensity, and that’s amazing how they put faces in the fire too! That’s the fierce Katniss that we all know!

Aw! I’ve never seen a chariot ride done like this one by palnk. I love Peeta’s smile, and how Katniss is blowing a kiss 🙂 And the fire looks stunning and so elegant too!

fictograph does their own version of Katniss’ interview dress for the first Games. I love how the dress has a braid on it too, and how the bottom has a small hint of fire yet to come!

The wedding dress is entirely burned away now, and Katniss has been turned into Cinna’s creation of the Mockingjay. Very well done by MartAiConan!

I wanted to add something unique and different too by Munchkinmay. They took a picture of their sibling’s eye and put the mockingjay pin reflecting inside of it. I thought this was really creative, and it makes it look like fire!

And last but not least is this piece of art done by lizzomarek. Katniss: the girl who was on fire. I love her dress, her face, the fire, I just love everything! Fantastic job!

Beautiful artwork! And may the odds be ever in your favor this weekend! For instance, not being set on fire 🙂

“Catching Fire” Arena

So, I think a lot of us are curious as to the arena in “Catching Fire.” Katniss gets called in to compete again in the Games, this time around it’s called the Quatar Quell. It’s held with previous victors, one male and one female from each district, to compete once again against each other.

First off, we get introduced to a few new characters. Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason, Beetee, and Wiress. These are Katniss’ allies in the arena, and of course Peeta competes with her as well; Peeta volunteers when Haymitch gets called to compete, just so he can be with Katniss and fight for her.

But this time around, it’s Katniss’ goal to keep Peeta alive. And as we come to realize, that’s everyone else’s goal too. But of course Katniss doesn’t realize that this is all just a plan in a bigger picture…

So, what is in the arena? Well, let’s step into the first thing Katniss sees when raised above the ground: “Something seems to be wrong with my vision. The ground is too bright and shiny and keeps undulating. I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Slowly I raise my eyes and take in the water spreading out in every direction.

I can only form one clear thought.

This is no place for a girl on fire.” (p.263)

There you have it: this place is full of water. So, what else is there? The “fun” only starts here!

Quick review of weapons: Katniss has her arrows, and mister Finnick Odair has his trident (he’s from district four, the district of fishing). These two as allies? Amazing weapon. Katniss drawing thanks to friedChicken365 and Finnick drawing thanks to Patsie on deviantART

  

Here we go with the elements of the arena. It’s structured as a clock (as Wiress figures out, clever woman), each hour holding a new horror that the Gamemakers have constructed. Some of the hours are a mystery, but here is the sketch that Peeta constructed of the hours they know about:

Hour 1-2: Blood Rain

Hour 2-3: Fog

Hour 3-4: Monkeys

Hour 4-5: JabberJays

Hour 5-6: Beast

Hour 6-10: Unknown

Hour 10-11: Wave

Hour 11-12: Insects with pincers

Hour 12-1: Lightening

Let me break it down more for you. (drawing thanks to shadenightfox on deviantART)

Blood Rain

We don’t get to see much of this element, but as you can imagine, it’s literally a blood bath. *knee slap* 😀

Fog

This is one of the first things we run into. It’s fast and vicious, anyone that gets caught up in it gets suffocated and practically has a seizure. Finnick’s partner dies in this one, she purposely walks into the fog so that Finnick can carry Peeta to safety instead of her. Very emotional scene. Oh, I believe the fog also damages the skin.

Monkeys

These guys are a crazy bunch. First running into them they were peaceful in the trees, but once their hour hit, they went bananas *another knee slap* It’s a very intense fight scene with these monkeys, to say the least.

Jabberjays

Yup, another bird experimentally gone wrong. These guys mock any pitch they hear and exert it back. In this case, these Jabberjays have acquired the sounds of people screaming, or to be more specific: Katniss’ loved ones, like Gale and Prim. A thick piece of glass keeps them in to hear the torture of these screams, so they’re forced to listen to this for an hour. You can imagine them trying to keep their sanity. Oh, and Finnick gets stuck in here too, and he has to listen to the loved one of his Annie screaming.

Beast

We never get to see this beast, we only get to see people getting lifted from this part of the arena, their bodies horribly mangled.

Wave

I think this one is self explanatory: huge wave. Wipes out a lot of stuff.

Insects with pincers

We never see this sector of the arena, but Katniss, Finnick, and Beetee hypothesized that they existed at this hour of the arena.

Lightening

Also self explanatory, and this lightening is dang vicious! Beetee uses this lightening to his advantage later in the story.

Those are the elements of the arena! What happens there I’ll leave up to readers, or for those of you lazy butt’s, when the next movie comes out in 2013.

Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor! Just remember…

tick, tock…tick, tock…

 (artist: Innray on deviantART, and featured image thanks to Dannyboy974)

Movie quotes from The Hunger Games

Although I know that the quotes in the book are so much better, I’ll still quote things from the movie too, since I’m sure there’s people that’ll appreciate it! I’m so excited for it to come out on DVD already!

“I’ll still cook you.” -Katniss (to Buttercup)

“How many times is your name in today?” “42. I guess the odds aren’t exactly in my favor.” -Katniss and Gale

“Listen to me. You’re stronger than they are…they just want a good show. That’s all they want.” -Gale

“Embrace the probability of your imminent death and know, in your heart, that there is nothing I can do to save you.” -Haymitch

“Look at you. You just killed a placemat.” -Haymitch

“That is mahogany!” -Effie

“You better keep this knife. He knows what he’s doing.” -Haymitch (to Katniss, about Peeta)

“So, you’re going to make me look pretty?” “I’m here to help you make an impression.” -Katniss and Cinna

“I don’t think they’ll let them have dessert…And you can!” -Effie

“What?” “I think someone’s a little nervous. I said that was quite an entrance that you made at the tribute parade the other day.” -Katniss and Caesar

“Manners.” -Effie (to Katniss after she attacks Peeta)

“Nice job, sweetheart. Nice dress too…not yours.” -Haymitch (to Katniss and then Effie)

“Thank you for your consideration.” -Katniss

“Loosen your corset. Have a drink.” -Haymitch (to Effie)

“Hope. It’s the only thing stronger than fear.” -President Snow

“Maybe you should throw the sword.” -Katniss (to Cato)

“You have to win.” -Rue

“Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it’s safe, here it’s warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.” -Katniss (singing)

“Well, say something.” “I’m not good at saying something.” “Then, come here. Please” -Katniss and Peeta

“Katniss, you’re not gonna risk your life for me. I’m not gonna let you.” “You’d do it for me. Wouldn’t you?” -Katniss and Peeta

“I heard the cannon. That’s nightlock, Peeta! You’d be dead in a minute!” “I didn’t know!” “You scared me to death! Damn you.” “I’m sorry…I’m sorry.” -Katniss and Peeta

“We should probably hunt around here. We don’t have very much food left.” “Ok, I’ll take the bow…I’m just kidding.” -Katniss and Peeta

“Go on. Shoot. Then we both go down, and you win. Go on. I’m dead anyway. I always was, right? I couldn’t tell that ’til now. How’s that? Is that what they want, huh? I can still do this. One more kill. This is the only thing I know how to do. Bringing pride to my district. Not that it matters.” -Cato

“I couldn’t imagine life without him.” -Katniss (with Peeta)

“So, what happens when we get back?” “I don’t know. I guess we try to forget.” “I don’t want to forget.” -Peeta and Katniss

What are your favorite quotes from the movie? Get ready for the DVD release date on August 18th! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Thirty Things to Look Forward to in “Catching Fire”

It’s Thursday, so you know what that means?

Thirty Thursday!

This Thursday I decided to think of thirty things to look forward to in the next movie in the Hunger Games series: Catching Fire. Trust me, it was hard narrowing it down to thirty things! And yes, you can imagine this post will be full of spoilers, so if you haven’t read the book yet then don’t bother reading onward (although I know some of you will anyway).

1. President Snow practically forcing Katniss to get married to Peeta.

2. Gale declaring his love for Katniss.

2. The tour Katniss and Peeta have to go on to “flaunt” their win.

4. The beginning of the uprising in Rue’s district.

5. Katniss finding out she’ll be competing in the Quater Quell, and Peeta volunteers to be with her instead of Haymitch.

6. The suspition of there being a district thirteen.

7. Katniss getting drunk. Ha!

8. Gale getting whipped, and the after affect when he’s brought back to Katniss’ house.

9. Katniss telling Caesar that she’s pregnant with Peeta’s child.

10. Her wedding dress burning away into a feathered dress instead, with sleeves as wings. Cinna turns her into the mockingjay.

11. The famous sugarcube scene with mister Finnick Odair.

12. Johanna Mason, along with the rest of the important characters competing (such as Beetee and Wires).

13. Katniss hanging up a dummy and writing Seneca Crane’s name on it.

14. Peeta painting the scene of Rue’s death, the way the Gamemakers didn’t show on TV, but how it really went.

15. Cinna getting murdered in front of Katniss right before she’s lifted to the arena.

16. The surroundings of the new arena: water. “This is no place for a girl on fire.”

17. Finnick’s trident.

18. Finnick saving Peeta’s life; actually, a lot of them do just to keep him alive. So Katniss stays alive.

19. The gas that ends up killing Finnick’s partner. Oh, and we also learn whom Finnick really loves, miss Annie, back at his district (which is four, the one of fishing. Hence: trident).

20. The jabberjays torturing Katniss and Finnick with a perfect mimic of their loved ones.

21. The crazy monkeys in the arena.

22. Tick, tick, tick…(only readers will get that one).

23. Finnick and Katniss playing a prank on Peeta.

24. Peeta’s personal talk with Katniss, which includes giving her a pearl.

25. Johanna and Katniss getting into a fight.

26. Katniss aiming her arrow upward and piercing it at the top of the arena.

27. Katniss getting pulled out of the Quater Quell.

28. Haymitch admitting to her that a lot of things were planned in the arena, down to when to save whom, since the head Gamemaker is against the Capitol.

29. Peeta’s life being questioned, and Katniss’ rage is inlighted from her promise to save him being crushed.

30. Gale coming to visit, saying that her closest family is safe from a bombing, but the rest of district twelve is destroyed.

Those are just some plot points that I’m looking forward to in the next movie, what are you looking forward to?

May the odds be ever in your favor!

The Hunger Games quotes: Mockingjay

Time to quote the best of the last book in The Hunger Games series: “Mockingjay.”

This one is also jam packed with awesomeness, then again what book of the series isn’t? Enjoy 🙂

“Every single refugee was granted automatic citizenship to the authorities of 13. Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.” -Katniss, Ch.1

“I squeeze my eyes shut and try to reach for him across the hundreds and hundreds of miles, to send my thoughts into his mind, to let him know he is not alone. But he is. And I can’t help him.” -Katniss (thinking of Peeta), Ch.1

“Positioned on my dresser, that white-as-snow rose is a personal message to me. It speaks of unfinished business. It whispers, I can find you. I can reach you. Perhaps I am watching you now.” -Katniss, Ch.1

“I look in his eyes and see my own reflected there. Our hands find each other, holding fast to a part of 12 that Snow has somehow failed to destroy.” -Katniss (with Gale), Ch.2

“Now why don’t we ask the guards to take me back to my quarters so I can build another hundred card houses?” -Peeta, Ch.2

“On the final page, under a sketch of my mockingjay pin, Cinna’s written, I’m still betting on you.” -Katniss, Ch.3

“We hunt, like in the old days. Silent, needing no words to communicate, because here in the woods we move as two parts of one being.” -Katniss (with Gale), Ch.4

“There’s no point in trying to dictate what Gale thinks. Which, if I’m honest, is one reason I trust him.” -Katniss, Ch.5

“They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.” -Finnick (to Katniss), Ch.5

“And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.” -Haymitch, Ch.5

“Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. ‘Why? Do you find this’ –he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose–‘distracting?’ ” -Finnick (to Katniss), Ch.6

“Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.” -Boggs, Ch.6

“Anything else?” “While I was waiting…I ate your lunch.” -Katniss and Haymitch, Ch.8

“Ask yourself, do you really trust the people you’re working with? Do you really know what’s going on? And if you don’t…find out.” -Peeta (to Katniss over broadcast), Ch.8

“If you burn, you burn with us!” -Katniss, Ch.8

“My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.” -Katniss (about “The Hanging Tree”) Ch.9

“They can’t hurt me. I’m not like the rest of you. There’s no one left I love.” -Johanna (Katniss’ flashback), Ch.10

“Katniss, I don’t think President Snow will kill Peeta. If he does, he won’t have anyone left you want. He won’t have any way to hurt you.” -Prim, Ch.10

“What will break me?” -Katniss, Ch.11

“Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.” -Finnick, Ch.11

“Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too. I reach out for him and say something like his name and he’s there, holding me and patting my back. ‘It’s okay. It’ll be okay, sweetheart.’ He sits me on a length of broken marble pillar and keeps an arm around me while I sob.” -Katniss and Haymitch, Ch.11

“Poison. the perfect weapon for a snake.” -Katniss (about Snow), Ch.12

“My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.” -Katniss (with Peeta), Ch.12

“Gale’s touch and taste and heat remind me that at least my body’s still alive, and for the moment it’s a welcome feeling. I empty my mind and let the sensations run through my flesh, happy to lose myself.” -Katniss, Ch.14

“What’s going on in your head?” “I don’t know.” “Then it’s like kissing someone who’s drunk. It doesn’t count.” -Gale and Katniss, Ch.14

“My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.” -Katniss, Ch.15

“I must have loved you a lot.” “You did.” -Peeta and Katniss, Ch.16

“Peeta had put me to bed and I had asked him to stay with me as I was drifting off. He had whispered something I couldn’t quite catch. But some part of my brain had trapped his single word of reply and let it swim up through my dreams to taunt me now. ‘Always.’ ” -Katniss, Ch.16

“What? My head doctor says I’m not supposed to censor my thoughts. It’s part of my therapy.” -Johanna Mason, Ch.17

“He never lets go of Annie’s hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to. She’s lost in some daze of happiness. There are still moments when you can tell something slips in her brain and another world blinds her to us. But a few words from Finnick call her back.” -Katniss, Ch.17

“Oh, Peeta. Don’t make me sorry I restarted your heart.” -Finnick, Ch.17

“I cannot take orders.” -Katniss, Ch.18

“I clench his hands to the point of pain. ‘Stay with me.’ His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. ‘Always,’ he murmurs.” -Katniss and Peeta, Ch.22

“Far below, I can just make out Finnick, struggling to hang on as three mutts tear at him. As one yanks his head to take the death bite, something bizarre happens. It’s as if I’m Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee’s trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then it’s over.” -Katniss, Ch.22

“I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss. Even if my mother isn’t a healer. You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?” “Real.” -Peeta and Katniss, Ch.23

“No, you won her over. Gave up everything for her. Maybe that’s the only way to convince her you love her.” Gale (to Peeta), Ch.23

“Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without.” -Gale, Ch.23

“First I get a glimpse of the blond braid down her back…Trying to shout her name above the roar. I’m almost there, almost to the barricade, when I think she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips from my name. And that’s when the rest of the parachutes go off.” -Katniss, Ch.24

“Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other.” -President Snow, Ch.25

“Gradually, I’m forced to accept who I am. A badly burned girl with no wings. With no fire. And no sister.” -Katniss, Ch.25

“Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.” -Katniss, Ch.25

“The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.” -Katniss, Ch.26

“What is it, sweetheart? More boy trouble?” -Haymitch, Ch.26

“I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself.” -Katniss, Ch.27

“Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out, and then raises geese until the next train arrives. Fortunately, the geese can take pretty good care of themselves.” -Katniss, Ch.27

“…what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, ‘You love me. Real or not real?’ I tell him, ‘Real.’ ” -Katniss and Peeta, Ch.27

“Here it’s safe, here it’s warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow

brings them true

Here is the place where I love you.” -Katniss, Epilogue

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