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Hunger Games Theory about Johanna Mason

I have a theory I only realised recently (and maybe it's a stretch, but I think it's fascinating to think about):

We know a lot of the first names from the districts relate in some way to their district industry. But what about surnames? It's not as common, but we see some instances: the Trinket family in the Capitol, or let's look at Plinth in District 2, for example. What is a plinth? A sort of column, typically of carved stone. What is District 2's industry? *Masonry*. You know who else has a surname related to *Masonry*? Right, Johanna Mason.

So knowing District 2 trains & supplies a notable amount of Peacekeepers, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to think someone from 2 with the surname 'Mason' may have become a Peacekeeper. In any case it seems like an odd name for someone from the lumber district. So my theory is that a Peacekeeper from 2 was stationed in District 7, fell in love with a girl there & had a daughter who they named Johanna.

Now, we know that the rules for Peacekeepers forbid marriage & having children. We also know there's been more than one rigged reaping. So I think Johanna's father was a Peacekeeper from 2 & she was purposefully reaped to punish him for breaking the rules.

HOWEVER, this theoretical father would have a) known he broke the rules of the Capitol, & b) been trained in combat as a peacekeeper. Katniss states people in 12 don't go into the mines until they are 19 so that they never have the chance to learn how to use a pickaxe BEFORE being reaped for the games to put them at a disadvantage. So are girls in District 7 usually chopping lumber at 13, 14, 15? I'm not so sure. So Johanna could have been trained to fight by her father with the most inconspicuous weapon available in 7: an axe. Johanna received a TWO for her training score; Katniss says this was a trick to appear weak to her opponents, but what if it was also to hide the fact she had combat training from the Gamemakers/Capitol?

Well, the plan to reap Johanna to punish her father backfired spectacularly on the Capitol when she revealed she could fight & ended up winning the games. So while I do think part of the reason they killed everyone close to Johanna is because she resisted being trafficked by the Capitol, if this theory were true they would have also killed them to make Johanna pay for winning the games when she was supposed to die as punishment for her father...

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Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.

me, as i force a dollar bill into the self-checkout machine: thats right…..good boy……vore president washington

Burdock Everdeen (damn it not Jack) Asterid Everdeen (damn it not Willow) Merrilee Donner neé Undersee (that's pretty fucking close!)

Suzanne said “here damn” with every name we’ve ever wanted to know 😂

girls when they remember that sally named percy after the only greek hero with a happy ending and beryl named jason after a hero who died alone and unhappy to appease a wrathful goddess.

marriage is scary what if he’s not like the guys in the books i read

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