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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Oh hey look, a 12 year-old just grasped the main concepts of The Hunger Games more accurately than most media networks.
THIS YES THANK YOU
Also, considering how even the most ‘romantically suggestive’ scenes were written, it should be plainly freaking obvious to everyone that whenever Katniss was acting in a romantic fashion towards someone, she was doing it to protect them. She was doing it to create a romance spectacle and earn audience sympathy not only for herself, but for Peeta.
And really with the character ‘teams’? Read the books. Katniss is not a prize to be won. She’s a force to be reckoned with.
(Source: brookeeverdeen)
katnissisoliveskinneddealwithit:
We’ve posted some of elementalkatniss’ cosplaying before, and she recently did another cosplay. This is part of her commentary on why she cosplays as Katniss:
Then I happened upon a piece of fanart on DA that caught my eye because the female character in it was a woman of colour and she looked a little bit like me. To my surprise, it turned out to be Hunger Games fanart and the character in question was Katniss. I knew she was cast in the film with a white actress, so this threw me. A quick search on DA at the time for “Katniss” brought up page after page of fanart of Katniss portrayed with darker skin. Intrigued, I ended up spending weeks learning about The Hunger Games books. I found out that Katniss was described in the book as having olive skin and long dark hair. I learned about the white-washing of the film casting. I looked up more fanart.
Do you know the last time I ran into a female protagonist described as having olive skin and dark hair? Never. I know this because I’ve been searching for such a protagonist my entire life. I really don’t know how to describe it, but when characters in popular culture don’t ever look anything like you, it can do something to your head. It can make you feel like you never belong. It can make you long for characters that look like you. It can make your heart ache.
So finding Katniss meant a lot to me. I cried in relief and joy because it meant that much.Omfg perfect.
Finished The Hunger Games on break at work, had a pretty clear image of Katniss in my head! quick cool-down before bed, trying to get more oomph in character designs
wowowow
yes perfect
Actually olive-skinned and dark-haired? Actually sharp and underfed-looking? Grim, blank stare of closeted emotion?
Wow, accurate Katniss is accurate.
oh my god. /clutches chest. it’s beautiful
(Source: kreugan)
REBLOG TO SUPPORT RUE AND CINNA
Recently the actors who play Rue and Cinna have come under attack from Racist fans of the Hunger Games. Reblog if you support the casting of Amandla Stenberg, the adorable and talented actress who plays Rue, and Lenny Kravitz, the unquestionable genius who plays Cinna.
http://www.eonline.com/news/hunger_games_lenny_kravitz_amandla/304193?cmpid=sn-000000-twitterfeed-365-top_stories&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_celebrities_top_stories&dlvrit=79438
Racism is never acceptable. SIGNAL BOOST.
