I actually liked the return to the arena, precisely because it removed Katniss from the know and the action. That's what my life feels like: getting bad and scattered information about the big important things going on out there, but having to keep most of my attention on keeping my head above water here -- even though these things are are mostly not-important (except that my head-above-water is directly tied to them). So, erm, it spoke to me. :-P
And the bit at the end? I cheered. I'm sick of the YA you describe where a seventeen-year-old single-handedly organizes a giant revolution. Katniss has a role. She also has character traits that bring risks and liabilities with them, traits that strongly suggest that she cannot and should not be leading the whole shebang. She's just gonna have to find a way to deal with that; most of us do. (Again, the novel, it is speaking to me.)
I'm not sure where I am with Team Peeta and Team Gale. I've got consent issues around Peeta -- I don't feel that Katniss is really free to say no to Peeta. And that's not a personal endictment against Peeta, as he's trying his best to create space for consent where there isn't any, really. But that's my big sticking-point: not a whole lot of space for Katniss to say no. As far as I'm concerned, there's pretty much no point to rooting for Peeta until such time as the situation changes enough that Katniss could choose -- rooting for Peeta now feels like rooting for Katniss to fall in love with her rapist so that it won't really be rape. I think they could be good together, if they're ever given room to consent; but right now? I'm rooting for her to have the liberty to say no to Peeta.
And Team Gale? Hah. Not while Gale is busy sulking at Katniss over a situation that she didn't have any choice about.
I guess you're going to have to chalk me up for Team Katniss. I want her to have the space to choose or not choose. Until then, there's nothing/no-one else that I could root for.
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Wed, Apr. 7th, 2010 03:40 pm (UTC)And the bit at the end? I cheered. I'm sick of the YA you describe where a seventeen-year-old single-handedly organizes a giant revolution. Katniss has a role. She also has character traits that bring risks and liabilities with them, traits that strongly suggest that she cannot and should not be leading the whole shebang. She's just gonna have to find a way to deal with that; most of us do. (Again, the novel, it is speaking to me.)
I'm not sure where I am with Team Peeta and Team Gale. I've got consent issues around Peeta -- I don't feel that Katniss is really free to say no to Peeta. And that's not a personal endictment against Peeta, as he's trying his best to create space for consent where there isn't any, really. But that's my big sticking-point: not a whole lot of space for Katniss to say no. As far as I'm concerned, there's pretty much no point to rooting for Peeta until such time as the situation changes enough that Katniss could choose -- rooting for Peeta now feels like rooting for Katniss to fall in love with her rapist so that it won't really be rape. I think they could be good together, if they're ever given room to consent; but right now? I'm rooting for her to have the liberty to say no to Peeta.
And Team Gale? Hah. Not while Gale is busy sulking at Katniss over a situation that she didn't have any choice about.
I guess you're going to have to chalk me up for Team Katniss. I want her to have the space to choose or not choose. Until then, there's nothing/no-one else that I could root for.