DUDE NO APOLOGIES! This is a ramble-away at will zone!
CINNA! He was so great~~ And yesss! The Project Runway-esque AU would certainly be compelling TV, if only for the fact that most Capitol residents seem to be so batshit and have such skewed (at least to the other districts) priorities that it would make for compelling interactions. The whole fashion/body mod aspect of the Capitol was also one of the more interesting details of the books and I am already curious as to how they'll adapt that for the movie that is apparently in the making??
Am not at home right now so I might eff up the username, but iirc electrumqueen has some interesting fic! There was another author I am currently blanking on, but I will get back to you later~
A BLANKET YESSS. Generally I wouldn't say that I disliked or hated Mockingjay, I was just very disappointed with some of the choices Suzanne Collins made and also as mentioned, with the whole ending act. The way they chose to effectively put Peeta out of the picture with the whole venom craziness made me feel so frustrated. Like you say, it would've been interesting if there was enough time for us to see the progress from CRAZYYYYY HOMIDICAL URGES!!1 to eventually being healed and EARNING the "win" in the triangle of ~Katniss's love~ -- or even just having some substantial interactions with Katniss where he was in his right mind, period. I can understand how abruptly killing off Finnick, for all that he got really interesting and fleshed out in the end (I WANTED MORE BACKSTORY JEEBUS CHRIST THAT DUDE MUST BE FULL OF TRAUMA AND ALSO DELICIOUS CAPITOL SECRETS), would add more "realism" to the whole warfare/EVERYONE can die whenever feeling... BUT STILL. AND LOL PRIM. That was a scene that I really could see in movie-format in my mind's eye, all slow-mo and dramatic music coming to a crescendo and then the OSHIIII-- EXPLOSION AND ABRUPT CUT TO BLACK.
I clearly need to reread the epilogue again, but I just remember reading over it still being all shocked about how it ended a few pages earlier. And the whole bit about the children dancing on MASS GRAVES kasfjkafks. The fact that Peeta loves Katniss more than she loves him could be interesting to examine-- I am kind of a sucker for well-done versions of "Person A actually doesn't love Person B that much or the same amount and they are both in a weird situation/dystopian society/THE LAST PEOPLE ON EARTH where they are forced together and there is not necessarily a Happy Ending but it isn't all that bad most of the time"-- but damn if that wouldn't be awkward for their kids to find out.
NOW FOR FEED: Yeah, re: the political commentary Feed is I feel very much preaching to the choir in that respect but the characters keep you reading and then by the time THAT ENDING HAPPENS you are all wrecked and teary and jksahfjksafh. I wonder how the second book will be... Shawn's voice is entertaining and I kind of like the idea of him talking to Ghost!George or his mental projection of George but again, I am kind of nervous of how broadly the villains in that book will be ~foreshadowed lol.
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Date: 2010-11-10 08:57 am (UTC)CINNA! He was so great~~ And yesss! The Project Runway-esque AU would certainly be compelling TV, if only for the fact that most Capitol residents seem to be so batshit and have such skewed (at least to the other districts) priorities that it would make for compelling interactions. The whole fashion/body mod aspect of the Capitol was also one of the more interesting details of the books and I am already curious as to how they'll adapt that for the movie that is apparently in the making??
Am not at home right now so I might eff up the username, but iirc
A BLANKET YESSS. Generally I wouldn't say that I disliked or hated Mockingjay, I was just very disappointed with some of the choices Suzanne Collins made and also as mentioned, with the whole ending act. The way they chose to effectively put Peeta out of the picture with the whole venom craziness made me feel so frustrated. Like you say, it would've been interesting if there was enough time for us to see the progress from CRAZYYYYY HOMIDICAL URGES!!1 to eventually being healed and EARNING the "win" in the triangle of ~Katniss's love~ -- or even just having some substantial interactions with Katniss where he was in his right mind, period. I can understand how abruptly killing off Finnick, for all that he got really interesting and fleshed out in the end (I WANTED MORE BACKSTORY JEEBUS CHRIST THAT DUDE MUST BE FULL OF TRAUMA AND ALSO DELICIOUS CAPITOL SECRETS), would add more "realism" to the whole warfare/EVERYONE can die whenever feeling... BUT STILL. AND LOL PRIM. That was a scene that I really could see in movie-format in my mind's eye, all slow-mo and dramatic music coming to a crescendo and then the OSHIIII-- EXPLOSION AND ABRUPT CUT TO BLACK.
I clearly need to reread the epilogue again, but I just remember reading over it still being all shocked about how it ended a few pages earlier. And the whole bit about the children dancing on MASS GRAVES kasfjkafks. The fact that Peeta loves Katniss more than she loves him could be interesting to examine-- I am kind of a sucker for well-done versions of "Person A actually doesn't love Person B that much or the same amount and they are both in a weird situation/dystopian society/THE LAST PEOPLE ON EARTH where they are forced together and there is not necessarily a Happy Ending but it isn't all that bad most of the time"-- but damn if that wouldn't be awkward for their kids to find out.
NOW FOR FEED:
Yeah, re: the political commentary Feed is I feel very much preaching to the choir in that respect but the characters keep you reading and then by the time THAT ENDING HAPPENS you are all wrecked and teary and jksahfjksafh. I wonder how the second book will be... Shawn's voice is entertaining and I kind of like the idea of him talking to Ghost!George or his mental projection of George but again, I am kind of nervous of how broadly the villains in that book will be ~foreshadowed lol.