1/2 Alright, here's to feeding the nerdy part of me.

First off, the Covey. Ever since I read TBOSAS, I couldn't stop thinking how the Covey in their existence, were the purest form of rebellion. They were, in their nature, free as the wind, moving from place to place whenever their hearts desired, unbound by the rules and laws of the earth until the Dark Days, when they landed in the worst, most negligible district in Panem: District 12. If nothing else, this affirmed that the rebellion would sprout from this district, where the suffering is amplified because it is experienced by those who were once free.

Secondly, the unity. Everybody we know to be part of the revolution in the original trilogy, was featured in the prequels. I figured that Beetee and Wiress being chosen as tributes and Mags volunteering in the Third Quarter Quell was not a coincidence or bad luck; it has to be another brutality orchestrated by the No#1 a**hole of Panem. My point is that Suzanne emphasized on the concept of "birds of a feather, flock together." Everyone who had an ounce of rebel blood seemed to find themselves intertwined. Lenore Dove, related to Lucy Gray Baird, related to the Covey, related to Haymitch, related to a rebel family, associated 25 years later with Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire, the one who unintentionally committed acts of rebellion because of how deep her blood ran, related to...Peeta (an anomaly, but more important than the rest combined; I shall come back to that later). Anyway, all of them were never people of implicit submission, they were simply driven to it. (My favourite part was when telling about how the jabberjays backfired, Haymitch simply says "we" rather than saying "the rebels".) In addition, there were the Newcomers. Tributes from the more miserable districts attached to each other like moths to a flame. Ampert was the glue, and therefore, the spark (like Rue, but we'll come back to that...this is gonna be long, bear with my rant) that set things in motion. Everybody's willingness to go through with something that is aside from the norm, to stack up against the Careers, was possibly the push Haymitch needed to perform everything he did in the arena.

Third off, the mementos. I still don't quite understand it but there was a huge amount of focus on everybody's tokens from their districts. The flint striker, the necklaces, the clay sunflowers, Wellie's bicycle bell, and more. I think they all spelt rebellion, and served a purpose in one way or another. Everything related to helping Haymitch succeed in the arena was embedded in these trinkets, the instruments for the bomb, the use of Wyatt's coin in the potato battery and Wellie ringing her bell to inform Haymitch of her presence. For me, it also alludes to how all of them, even after their deaths, remained a part of the rebellion through Haymitch. How Maysilee's mockingjay pin, Lucy Gray's songs propelled the revolution in remarkable ways, as they deserved it when they were alive. To Suzanne, and to people, mementos matter. How truly we treasure the act of remembering, of not losing our bearings and I think, for the tributes, they were a reminder to not fall victim to the Capitol, to not let them make you into something you are not. To not be a piece in the Games. To always belong to the districts, with honour and pride.

This is getting too long, I'll have to make another post. This is just myself ranting, you don't have to put yourself through this, don't worry.