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# obligatory everlark spiral of the day  # i was reading this quote a few days ago; and of course it made me weep but it also astonishes me  # how katniss learns to 'love' peeta  # as you know; for me 'love' does not define them because lol no  # they are a creepy ship that happens under creepy circumstances  # and never stops being creepy; i am sorry  # but to provide some context; she thinks this when they are about to go to the 2nd tributes' parade in cf  # and both of them are wondering if they should hold hands because no one said so this time around  # and she says something like 'and authomatically our hands find each other and i know we will go into this as one'  # this is also the parade in which she gets to be 'herself'; where the 'star crossed lovers are unforgiving' and they don't wave  # they don't please the audience  # or 'act'  # her stream of conscience actually says 'finally getting to be myself at last'  # and i find it so ironic; so fucking ironic; that when she is not pretending; she is the one who holds his hand  # their hands find each other  # when the year before peeta is the one that forces the situation; and she recoils  # this moment; this quote; is kind of a mutual understanding; they are not overly romantic; they just hold hands  # which is exactly what these idiots are about  # they are about holding the other's body parts in order to not fall down  # peeta's kinda like her bones; while gale is her spine  # i am just majorly obsessed with how fandom just takes quotes like this one in isolation  # and turns them into something romantic; when for me; they are not  # and peeta's just not a love struck puppy in all of this as is ALSO some fanon concept  # peeta's manipulative; and ruthless; and cunning  # but he manipulates with the sincere words that come out of his mouth and he's a fucking enigma i need to solve every day of my life  # seconds before she thinks this; he blurts out that 'having an eye for beauty is not a weakness; unless when it comes to you'  # which really; i'm sure he means that; but finnick odair was just flirting with her  # so he has to level some ground  # and fandom doesn't get those bits of him  # stay with me; always