@@maddiemcnugget1076 I think Peeta at least needs to have a little sister or something kind of like how Katniss had Prim before she blew up in the Capital
Honestly the expected response was probably to say last goodbyes to a soon-to-be-dead person ... idk, it's honestly probably a step up in hopefulness? Though Peeta iirc is rather snippish when he tells Katniss about it and so that colors our view of it kinda? But yeah .. idk to me it was a case of 0 hope vs at least hope for someone else .. but also his mom's not nice already based on other events(
@@wednes3day I'd say it speaks to their districts depressingly low odds but even in the face of that you have no other words for your kid than " yeah you're gonna die. You don't have the stuff for it. That one over there maybe." Callous any way you slice it 😅
@@AllThoseChickens I would say it actually showcases a distinct lack of love that Peeta's family has, I mean throughout the series there are numerous people who are made stronger by the bonds they have with friends and family so I don't feel as though the point is to highlight people's LACK of care for each other (although altruism is dead in the hunger games verse)
@@AllThoseChickens Her saying that was very much out of pocket in every situation. It's almost comical how horrendously bleak and insensitive it is for her to say that, not caring one iota how her son would feel about hearing that as he gets corralled off to die. She could have said NOTHING and it would have left him with a better last impression of his mother and maybe made him less resigned to die. But leave it to the abusive parent to one up themselves at the last second and getting one final bazinga out.
@@eilishcorkery2364 i dont think its she didnt want to admit it as much as she never wanted a family while panem was in the state it was. When the battle is won and the hunger games over; i dont think she had a second thought of loving him and starting a family.
@@lulubellpop13 that's true you're right about that Peeta helped Katniss to realise that she's worthy love. Peeta was her dandelion, her glimmer of hope they've been through so much together
I was upset at first but Katniss is a notoriously bad actor I think a part of her was falling for him since the first book. The second book is where the sparks flew some more as Peeta replaced Gale as her rock as he is one of the few people knows and understands how she feels and they went through not one but 2 hunger games. It was only when Katniss lost peeta and her rock this is when she realized and finally accepted the fact that she has feelings for him which makes what the capitol did to him even more heartbreaking
This is Katniss telling their children the story of their first games, however she has to make it cuter and light hearted to get through it, so she does it from Peeta's perspective lol
#TeamPeeta Yeah when I was a kid I used to read the Hunger Games in my room my mom brought me the Hunger Games as well as the Twilight saga in the same year I think
Yeah and even if Josh Hutchinson didn’t fit the physical description to a tee from the books, he still has this real sweetness to his face and just gives off that aura of adorable good boy and what’s more Peeta than that?
@@jpatrenz95 yeah before that he was known as the child actor to my mom, so to see him in a movie /situation like that made her cry a bit which was kinda the point. Children fighting to the death is horrifying.
I was team "Katniss lives alone with Buttercup because she figures out she's not mentally stable enough for a healthy relationship, much less one forced on her that she will likely resent."
girls no longer want a provider like Gale, he would get in the way of me girlbossing and would get pissy if you made more money. Peeta would pack you a lunch everyday and rub your feet when you got home and gossip about coworkers with you. im a Peeta stan forever
I didn’t realize how true this is. Back when the books and movies just came out I swooned over Gale, re-reading the series I have different needs and the little baker Peeta who is so emotionally open (less emotionally constipated) stole my heart.
Gale, not caring that Katniss has to kill people and doesn't care about killing in general if it fits his goals VS. Peeta, not wanting to kill, but being forced to just like Katniss is, willing to die for Katniss This is in the first book, the second one is more mixed since Gale is right about the revolution and getting rid of te Capitol, but Peeta is also trying to protect Katniss and everyone he cares for, forced to play along as much as she does. The final nail in the coffin for Gale was the third book - him not caring about innocents when creating the traps that would kill victims and then the rescuers. He only regretted it because it killed Prim. Peeta, under torture, manages to tell the rebels that the Capitol is planning an attack, risking his life for everyone again and then gets woven, becoming scared of Katniss. Once he realizes it, he legit wants the others to kill him since he's a threat, still trying to keep Katniss save with the lizard mutts and keeping her from committing suicide. Peeta and Katniss also communicate a lot more clearly than she does with Gale - she and Gale fight a lot more. Peetas first interaction with Katniss is saving her and her family from starvation and reminding her of a way to get food. Her first interaction with Gale is him suspecting her of stealing from him. I have this theory in love triangles - the first one to interact/meet is the one - and this point fits in multiple scenarios. Even here; Peeta first encounters Katniss at school when he hears her sing. Gale meets her later when both their dads died Also the motive of Peeta being protection and life against Gales theme of destruction, anger and death. Most of the interactions with Gale are tied around death, the hatred he feels for the Capitol (like Katniss said in the book). I didn't mind Gale as a friend, but hated when he went down the romance route. And it was clear that Katniss was confused on whether she liked him that way or not. He was basically freedom from a Capitol planned future, the spirit of the revolution. Before that, she never saw him that way.
@@z2yn I don't know if u know this, but I read that the author didn't really want the love triangle, the editors kinda pushed it in. Knowing this, it makes a lot of sense why Peeta seems like an obvious choice but she still kinda liked Gale
If everybody had a good opinion of Katniss because her dad used to help everyone, and then she took over the job of helping people with her hunting, how was she struggling so bad rain soaked bread was her only option? No one was kind enough to help the village helper?? kinda sad if you think about it
I thought she took up helping the village right after she got the bread - like she realized they needed another way to sustain themselves? Could be wrong tho, it’s been a while and you bring up a really good point
No one really knew it was that bad tbh, she tried to hide it so people didn’t know her mother was not caring for them so her and prim wouldn’t be took away. Most of the people who had good opinions of her dad were from the Hob and Katniss was too scared to go there herself at this point. Also yeah she’s a young girl but I think it’s harder for people to give away food and things when they’re struggling with it themselves, it gets easier when she learns to hunt by herself and actually starts going over to people and learning who will be more likely to give her more as a trade or who would help her. It’s not that she gets things for free, but people are more generous with their trades towards her in the hob because of her father
@@clover2739 to add to this, the mine disaster really effected a lot of 12. most likely even if people wanted to help her they just couldnt as they were suffering the same situation
Thanks for this video, Amanda. I always thought that the series would be just as interesting through Peeta's eyes, but we only glimpsed a tiny bit of his backstory. His mother was clearly abusive to him and his brothers, and while his father seemed kind enough, he couldn't stand up to his wife.
Daaaang it’s so well written. Also love how complex Peeta is… like humans are complex. And he’s normally reduced as “the Betty” “sweet vanilla boy” “the weaker one” “boy next door” and all that. And don’t get me wrong, I love my sweet, cute boyish boys, but he’s so charismatic and charming. Such a good main character.
For years I’ve heard and seen opinions that were talking about how peeta is weak and annoying and I’m so glad that with the renaissance especially people are seeing the light and Peeta is popular now! People are getting it!
Agreed - I love Josh Hutcherson but I think the movie script took so much away from his character from the books, that’s why people might feel that way and it sucks bc he’s genuinely one of the best characters in fiction I’ve ever read
@@peterfedorchuk yes! Josh hutcherson is great and I feel like if they gave him book Peeta’s lines and personality he would’ve ate that up and would be perfect for it. You can see this more in catching fire, the first movie especially ruined Peeta’s image for people because they basically took away everything that showed his strengths and added scenes that didn’t exist for no reason. They completely took away Katniss having actual conversations with him… it just seemed like he was constantly trying to talk to her and that she hated him. That started to happen later because she started doubting everything but she would actually talk and joke around with him.
I KNOW, I was in the trenches with all my friends prefering Gale bc of Liam Hemsworth being hot but I knew… my 11 year old ass knew bread boy was the one
How was he toxic, because he wanted the regime that basically oppressed him and his family to finally be done away with by any means necessary, I can definitely understand where he's coming from, but then again, maybe it's also because the people that he's from are very similar to my own.
@@loveoflife3081 Even if that was the rebellion that dropped those bombs, it wasn’t literally Gale who did that. It was Coin. He helped design it and yeah it does make him a bit of a war criminal, but I honestly got so fed up with Katniss’ behavior during the second half of the series. She lives in this extremely oppressive and fucked up place, but she cannot bring herself to care about the rebellion, just about Peeta. At least Gale cared about destroying the oppressive government.
@@nativeExarch I would say he can be a bit toxic but he also has a lot of good traits. However, I dislike how he pushes his anger on the people of district 12 who are better off, the merchants. In the books, he’s just so resentful that he can’t even see they have it pretty badly too. But I also understand that this was the goal of the capitol, to turn the merchants and the coal miners against each other. However, him being toxic is seen in how angry he was that Katniss faked a romance with Peeta to save her life. Instead of being understanding that she’s traumatized and being there for her like a best friend should, he puts his romantic feelings first, barely talks to her (because of said anger) and then confesses his feelings for her out of nowhere. It just felt like he was pushing a bunch of extra problems on her when he should’ve been helping her recover from her massive trauma. It’s a sign that he doesn’t really love her because he doesn’t care about her problems and how this would affect her. Not to mention, that because he sees a future with Katniss, he keeps pushing this idea of marriage and kids on her when she makes clear that that isn’t what she wants. Rereading the books, he seems like the guy who dates a child free woman while thinking he could change her mind once he gets her in the relationship (I might be sensitive to this because I have experience with that type of relationship).
7:00 I haven't read the books in years, but I remember Katniss' character well enough to know for an absolute fact that that did not come across. You're gonna need more odds, Peeta.
Oh, that fanfic from Peeta’s viewpoint/focus on him is so good, if it is the one called The StoryTeller? Basically Prim goes into the arena because you have to volunteer before names are drawn, Peeta allies with her and Rue, and then becomes friends with Katniss and later Johanna. He’s just a wonderful symbol for the rebellion and one of my favourite characters ever ( artistic, kind, funny, great with words).
This is actually insane, because reading this story from Katniss's complex view, and getting inside her head, you sometimes miss all the charisma and impressive qualities she actually has. She is so deep in her mind and we get lost with her together, in this whole feeling of being helpless. We deep in so far to this point we are actually confused with her - about the question - why would Peeta (and gale) actually love her? This is interesting hearing how he sees her. Because he doesn't know what is going on inside, but he can only see the storm she brings with her. Her whole powerful and impressive self. Maybe we all should hear stories that happened to us from another person's eye and perspective.
If we can get official Edward and Christian Point of View retellings, then why not a Peeta perspective. We know more about Gale than we do about Peeta, and he's the main love interest!
Nah thanks, that would be too simple cashbacks. And Suzanne Collins isn't like that. The only possible way would be an aftermath - Peeta, as an old man, reminisces sometimes about the past and Katniss. The thing is Peeta was pretty direct and honest about his thoughts, so I was easy to get behind what he was like. I think any other book about Panem should focus on what it was like before the dark days or when Panem was founded - or what's going on with the outside world, when after decades, Panem manages to get in connection with former Europe or something. That one would be written in the perspective of that other nation of course, having gone through their own issues. Maybe be the antithesis to Panem - complete and utter chaos without much of government that still manages to remain in control.
thank you for making this. i’ve been craving hunger games content. i very much am a Hunger Games Girlie. I was more excited to turn 12 and be old enough to enter the reaping than i was to turn 11 and get my letter from Hogwarts.. i- 💀
Yes, Amanda, yes! I've been needing this. Netflix was pushing those movies hard and it made me come back to a few passages I remembered. Peeta is the perfect character to do this about.
I just finished the book from his pov. It’s exceptionally well written. What I love about this is that his character is so much more interesting and way more braver than shown in the movie. I am so mad they haven’t included some lines and scenes, it would add more dimension to the story. It feels like there is no chemistry between them. But there is! I also believe the movie would be more interesting from everyone’s pov but that would be damn long. I’d still watch it tho
Peeta is the BEST!!! Also, as usual, books are way better than movies, although I started to rewatch them recently (not quickly enough, thanks Netflix) and they’re not as bad as I remember and Peeta’s character, played by Josh Hutchinson didn’t seem as bad to me this time. But I was an older teen when the books came out and devoured them, as I have many times since and they will always be some of the best YA fiction out there! Also in the pointless Gale Vs Peeta debate, let me break it down: sure, Gale was a friend to her longer, someone who helped not only Katniss but her whole family and I think genuinely believed she’d be the girl he’d end up with… BUT all of these things he made known, “I’m the guy who jumps in and helps, Katniss is basically mine even if she hasn’t come to terms with that yet so the rest of the male population better back off”. Meanwhile, Peeta admired her for her strength and even her vulnerabilities. He helped her without anyone knowing and during/after the games, he did everything in his power to keep her safe… Even if that meant he lost her. Like they say in the books (and finally in the movies), Peeta is good! As in, truly kind, caring, selfless… good. Gale at the end of the day will do what HE thinks is right and ultimately shows that he’s out for Gale. He literally hates that Peeta is suffering because he thinks that’s the only reason she’s been pining for him. It may have taken even Katniss longer to realize it but she not only loves Peeta, she needs him. He’s the best person for her, not Gale and not just because of the games (though the fact that they can and finally do heal together is beautiful) but because she and Gale’s strong personalities would have always clashed. Gale too many times thought he knew better than Katniss and tried to make decisions for her or without talking to her. Glory for Gale is what Gale ultimately chose and unsurprisingly, he lost her for that (without spoiling more). Peeta always respected her, loved her, cherished her, valued her input… He was willing to stay by her side, knowing he was the only person she could truly be vulnerable with even if he never had her whole heart… but knowing he had it by the end meant a lot more than I think even the book showed. The movie definitely f’d that scene up! People talk about how f’d up he was after they rescued him from the capitol but, imagine being tortured in every way possible and always seeing, hearing, sensing the person you love most while it’s being done. Then when you finally break (because Peeta is stronger than anyone have him credit for besides maybe Katniss), they continue that programming to where the sight or sound of her turns you into a feral killing machine. It’s heartbreaking! And yet even then, he fights his way back for her. Not for himself, for HER. Because what gets through to him? “Stay with me” … “Always”. They both have major scars by the end of all this but they have each other and that is enough to help them heal. It’s not exactly a happily ever after but knowing that they’ll be okay and learn how to live, love, and laugh again… Together is enough. They survived and neither has to be haunted by the other. Because they survived TOGETHER. So yeah, Peeta is the hero of this story, even Katniss thinks so.
also, this video single-handedly convinced me to reread the books, I just finished the first one and I forgot how good these are!!! can't thank you enough
The books focus on Katniss as well but they still showed how smart peeta is 😭, the movies just took away most of his personality and wits tbh and it’s nothing on Josh hutcherson because he would’ve ate up book Peeta’s personality! Like it’s such a weird decision in the movie to have peeta fall during training and have the careers laugh at him so Katniss has to tell peeta to throw something… like it’s unnecessary and doesn’t happen in the book because peeta does great at training and excels in hand to hand combat, which Katniss doesn’t do. Cato even comments on how he’s skilled with a knife. Peeta is a genuine threat to Katniss as well.
@@chanbang378 everything you said - I just can’t understand the details they changed to his character in the movies. why did they have to make him look weak just to make Katniss look strong? we can see from all of Josh’s past work and interviews that he would’ve translated book Peeta to the movies exactly as it was meant to be - I’m annoyed 🥲
@@chanbang378 I think the best part that at least captured his book personality in the movies is the “baby reveal” to the audience where he has that smirk to Haymitch. shows how smart he is yet has that softer/wittier demeanor (even though that also wasn’t in the books but whatever)
I’m having a hunger games renaissance moment and I can’t convince any of my friends to re-read them so I’m living breathing these videos with my 5+ everlark fanfic drafts lmao
Oh my god, this video is absolutely amazing! Hearing any story from a supporting characters perspective is always fun, but the lengths you went here, the depths of emotion you touched on- absolute poetry!
This was very pleasant and hilarious even though it's a nightmare scenario 😅, you are a great storyteller, could totally be a person who reads books on audio great job 👍
I’m SO SORRY your videos aren’t doing as well as they should, it is 100% TH-cam’s fault because this it absolute TOP TIER content!!! You are in my top 3 TH-camrs, I check for new vids every day, TH-cam should be ashamed bc as far as I’m concerned you should be having a 3 mil subscriber special by now.
The only thing i'm really curious about is the first part of Peeta's perspective. 'Cause i know he fell in love at first sight, but at the same time I think it would be so intresting to see the thinking process of someone who wanted to survive and at the same time who wanted to protect her. I don't think he was accepting his fate, I think he wanted to survived for enough time at least. And I also think his mind would have been absolutely interesting and full of moral doubt.
I cannot express how much I love your "from this x character perspective" videos!!! Also, I really hope that you do all the movies/books from the hunger games TT
Omg i loved it, i doubted the format of the story telling at first but damn u did a really good job, it's my first time seeing something like this and it's amazing thank you for this video
Wait I swear I didn’t know the hunger games was having a renaissance, but the thought of rewatching it just came over me 2 weeks ago and now I realize everyone’s rewatching it
These perspective videos are the best!!! I love how you seem to capture their perspectives so well! Charlie's in Twilight was my favorite😂 but this is incredible because it's a lot more in depth! Sorry, just a random internet stranger enjoying your videos haha
I read hunger games when I was 9-10, and I had read it because I had a college reading level, and I was very mature. I enjoyed it a lot and still reread it now!
Never read the books but in the film I think Peeta made me change my feelings more than any other character I can remember. I really disliked him in the beginning of the first movie but by the end of the third he was absolutely my favorite Character.
A year later I’m here to provide some insight: I learned this from another TH-camr (shoutout Meredith Novaco) the author actually used to write literature for children and has been on several production teams for children’s content so she’s actually quite equipped to bring complex issues to a younger audience and I think Meredith elaborates/explains this really well in her video on the hunger games. Thanks for the content, it’s still being enjoyed years later 🫶🏼
I've been reading through that fic series for the past couple of weeks and I am OBSESSEDDDDD. IT IS SO GOOD. Literally made me fall in love with Peeta again
in retrospect, really very funny that Peeta's dad decided to tell his five-year-old son that his mother wasn't his first choice lmao
No like so unprovoked and for what 😭
For real imagine rolling up to kindergarten and your dad pointing at some little girl and saying 'i used to bone her mom' 💀
Lol his parents were like “this one’s number 3. We don’t care that much 😂
@@maddiemcnugget1076 I think Peeta at least needs to have a little sister or something kind of like how Katniss had Prim before she blew up in the Capital
I feel some parents are like that, I heard some moms say that about my dad which it’s worst
His mom was so unnecessarily mean like???? "That everdeen girl might bring it home for us this year." "Gee thanks mom"
Honestly the expected response was probably to say last goodbyes to a soon-to-be-dead person ... idk, it's honestly probably a step up in hopefulness? Though Peeta iirc is rather snippish when he tells Katniss about it and so that colors our view of it kinda? But yeah .. idk to me it was a case of 0 hope vs at least hope for someone else .. but also his mom's not nice already based on other events(
@@wednes3day I'd say it speaks to their districts depressingly low odds but even in the face of that you have no other words for your kid than " yeah you're gonna die. You don't have the stuff for it. That one over there maybe." Callous any way you slice it 😅
@@LMNOHNONO Exactly. It's a dark world, and the relationships people have aren't like what we have
@@AllThoseChickens I would say it actually showcases a distinct lack of love that Peeta's family has, I mean throughout the series there are numerous people who are made stronger by the bonds they have with friends and family so I don't feel as though the point is to highlight people's LACK of care for each other (although altruism is dead in the hunger games verse)
@@AllThoseChickens Her saying that was very much out of pocket in every situation. It's almost comical how horrendously bleak and insensitive it is for her to say that, not caring one iota how her son would feel about hearing that as he gets corralled off to die. She could have said NOTHING and it would have left him with a better last impression of his mother and maybe made him less resigned to die. But leave it to the abusive parent to one up themselves at the last second and getting one final bazinga out.
"I'm going to have to watch the girl I admired die from a distance. That's when I hear Effie call out my name. Guess it won't be from a distance" 😂
“Go out with a bang like katniss’s father”💀
I was looking for this comment💀
@@pinguswingu literally same- 🤧🤧
I rushed to the comments as soon as I heard it 💀
i literally choked 😭😭
I was about to make the same comment lmao
“katniss’s stylist in providing us costumes so we can go out with a bang just like katniss’s father.” IM SORRY WHAT?!
It’s a joke
@@nmoney6655 no shit it was funny
LMAOOO
Literally paused the video to comment on this, then saw your comment 😂
"my name is peeta like the bread" how have i never connected these two dots before
Peetas a bread?
Edit: Peeta is a bread. I looked it up.
@@TornadoWeather7496 I didn’t know that until now lol, wow
Well it's not spelled like the bread but it's pronounced like the bread that's probably why you didn't connect those dots
yeah pita bread
Really? That was the first thing to cross my mind. Of course his name is a bread. I always had a hard time taking him seriously because of it.
Peeta is best boy!!!
My heart broke at the end of book 1 when he found out how Katniss was faking her feelings in the game. He's a 10/10!
Katniss was partially faking it because she liked him too but she didn't want to admit that she likes a baker boy.
@@eilishcorkery2364 i dont think its she didnt want to admit it as much as she never wanted a family while panem was in the state it was. When the battle is won and the hunger games over; i dont think she had a second thought of loving him and starting a family.
@@lulubellpop13 that's true you're right about that Peeta helped Katniss to realise that she's worthy love. Peeta was her dandelion, her glimmer of hope they've been through so much together
I was upset at first but Katniss is a notoriously bad actor I think a part of her was falling for him since the first book. The second book is where the sparks flew some more as Peeta replaced Gale as her rock as he is one of the few people knows and understands how she feels and they went through not one but 2 hunger games. It was only when Katniss lost peeta and her rock this is when she realized and finally accepted the fact that she has feelings for him which makes what the capitol did to him even more heartbreaking
Sure but I personally wanted katniss to stamp on his head when she found him in the mud
“If two people are in a dangerous situation they’re more likely to fall in love...I’d say the odds are in my favor”💀✋
😂
This is Katniss telling their children the story of their first games, however she has to make it cuter and light hearted to get through it, so she does it from Peeta's perspective lol
Yeah and at the end of Mockingjay she says she will tell her kids about her trauma when they got old enough to understand it
@@nmoney6655 that was like the point lol
Well hopefully she doesn't keep the same pov in Mockingjay cause her kids will be traumatised
Yessus
Bread boy really is the best
#TeamPeeta Yeah when I was a kid I used to read the Hunger Games in my room my mom brought me the Hunger Games as well as the Twilight saga in the same year I think
Bread boy
I want the whole trilogy recapped
I second this STRONGLY
Same!
the fanfic author igsygrace that she mentioned in the beginning has a series online in peeta pov for all three books lol!
Literally. I need MORE
Pleaseeeeee
I read the books and I've always been team Peeta. The movie casting didn't changed that because Josh Hutchinson can act, that boy was good.
Yeah and even if Josh Hutchinson didn’t fit the physical description to a tee from the books, he still has this real sweetness to his face and just gives off that aura of adorable good boy and what’s more Peeta than that?
@@Melanie-jy2nw exactly
@@Melanie-jy2nw plus, we all grew up watching him act in iconic movies. He was one of the veterans in the film, I knew he wouldn't disappoint.
@@jpatrenz95 yeah before that he was known as the child actor to my mom, so to see him in a movie /situation like that made her cry a bit which was kinda the point. Children fighting to the death is horrifying.
I was team "Katniss lives alone with Buttercup because she figures out she's not mentally stable enough for a healthy relationship, much less one forced on her that she will likely resent."
7:08 lol
Peeta: hope that came across
Katniss: maybe it was a nervous spasm
girls no longer want a provider like Gale, he would get in the way of me girlbossing and would get pissy if you made more money. Peeta would pack you a lunch everyday and rub your feet when you got home and gossip about coworkers with you. im a Peeta stan forever
I didn’t realize how true this is. Back when the books and movies just came out I swooned over Gale, re-reading the series I have different needs and the little baker Peeta who is so emotionally open (less emotionally constipated) stole my heart.
@@I-am-Barely-Even-Hereemotionally constipated 😭 I love it
Gale, not caring that Katniss has to kill people and doesn't care about killing in general if it fits his goals
VS.
Peeta, not wanting to kill, but being forced to just like Katniss is, willing to die for Katniss
This is in the first book, the second one is more mixed since Gale is right about the revolution and getting rid of te Capitol, but Peeta is also trying to protect Katniss and everyone he cares for, forced to play along as much as she does.
The final nail in the coffin for Gale was the third book - him not caring about innocents when creating the traps that would kill victims and then the rescuers. He only regretted it because it killed Prim.
Peeta, under torture, manages to tell the rebels that the Capitol is planning an attack, risking his life for everyone again and then gets woven, becoming scared of Katniss. Once he realizes it, he legit wants the others to kill him since he's a threat, still trying to keep Katniss save with the lizard mutts and keeping her from committing suicide.
Peeta and Katniss also communicate a lot more clearly than she does with Gale - she and Gale fight a lot more. Peetas first interaction with Katniss is saving her and her family from starvation and reminding her of a way to get food. Her first interaction with Gale is him suspecting her of stealing from him.
I have this theory in love triangles - the first one to interact/meet is the one - and this point fits in multiple scenarios. Even here; Peeta first encounters Katniss at school when he hears her sing. Gale meets her later when both their dads died
Also the motive of Peeta being protection and life against Gales theme of destruction, anger and death. Most of the interactions with Gale are tied around death, the hatred he feels for the Capitol (like Katniss said in the book).
I didn't mind Gale as a friend, but hated when he went down the romance route. And it was clear that Katniss was confused on whether she liked him that way or not. He was basically freedom from a Capitol planned future, the spirit of the revolution. Before that, she never saw him that way.
@@z2yn I don't know if u know this, but I read that the author didn't really want the love triangle, the editors kinda pushed it in. Knowing this, it makes a lot of sense why Peeta seems like an obvious choice but she still kinda liked Gale
I adore Peeta but this is just sad.
he protecc
he attacc
but most importantly....
he almost tries nightlock as a snacc
*WHEEZE*
@@AJHayes614WEEZER
If everybody had a good opinion of Katniss because her dad used to help everyone, and then she took over the job of helping people with her hunting, how was she struggling so bad rain soaked bread was her only option? No one was kind enough to help the village helper?? kinda sad if you think about it
I thought she took up helping the village right after she got the bread - like she realized they needed another way to sustain themselves? Could be wrong tho, it’s been a while and you bring up a really good point
@@vanessamurati532 yeah it's been a while since I read the books so maybe I'm missing something
No one really knew it was that bad tbh, she tried to hide it so people didn’t know her mother was not caring for them so her and prim wouldn’t be took away. Most of the people who had good opinions of her dad were from the Hob and Katniss was too scared to go there herself at this point. Also yeah she’s a young girl but I think it’s harder for people to give away food and things when they’re struggling with it themselves, it gets easier when she learns to hunt by herself and actually starts going over to people and learning who will be more likely to give her more as a trade or who would help her. It’s not that she gets things for free, but people are more generous with their trades towards her in the hob because of her father
@@clover2739 thanks! This makes a lot of sense
@@clover2739 to add to this, the mine disaster really effected a lot of 12. most likely even if people wanted to help her they just couldnt as they were suffering the same situation
Thanks for this video, Amanda. I always thought that the series would be just as interesting through Peeta's eyes, but we only glimpsed a tiny bit of his backstory. His mother was clearly abusive to him and his brothers, and while his father seemed kind enough, he couldn't stand up to his wife.
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@@katherineg8126 fr 😭🫶
@@katherineg8126 that's so true!
The character work in the series is so good that it could have followed several other characters and still be just as interesting.
« i hope that came across » 😭 it’s too funny i just read the hungergames again and katniss really thinks the worst of peeta the whooooole time 😭😂
Right that shits so sad 😂 I hate how she low key doesn’t give him a second thought at all internally while he’s doing everything for her
Daaaang it’s so well written. Also love how complex Peeta is… like humans are complex. And he’s normally reduced as “the Betty” “sweet vanilla boy” “the weaker one” “boy next door” and all that. And don’t get me wrong, I love my sweet, cute boyish boys, but he’s so charismatic and charming. Such a good main character.
“We can’t tell Katniss because she can’t act for shit”
For years I’ve heard and seen opinions that were talking about how peeta is weak and annoying and I’m so glad that with the renaissance especially people are seeing the light and Peeta is popular now! People are getting it!
yes !!! i remember so many of my friends thought peeta was dumb. now everyone’s team peeta! so glad people love him now
Agreed - I love Josh Hutcherson but I think the movie script took so much away from his character from the books, that’s why people might feel that way and it sucks bc he’s genuinely one of the best characters in fiction I’ve ever read
@@peterfedorchuk yes! Josh hutcherson is great and I feel like if they gave him book Peeta’s lines and personality he would’ve ate that up and would be perfect for it. You can see this more in catching fire, the first movie especially ruined Peeta’s image for people because they basically took away everything that showed his strengths and added scenes that didn’t exist for no reason. They completely took away Katniss having actual conversations with him… it just seemed like he was constantly trying to talk to her and that she hated him. That started to happen later because she started doubting everything but she would actually talk and joke around with him.
I KNOW, I was in the trenches with all my friends prefering Gale bc of Liam Hemsworth being hot but I knew… my 11 year old ass knew bread boy was the one
also Peeta was literally a seventeen-year-old boy so I think maybe people should get off of his back 💀
I used to be a Gale girl but I realized how negative and toxic he is so I became team Peeta.
Same I was team Gale as a kid but now looking pack Peeta is the ideal guy who’s too good for Panem and now I’m a Peeta simp ❤
How was he toxic, because he wanted the regime that basically oppressed him and his family to finally be done away with by any means necessary, I can definitely understand where he's coming from, but then again, maybe it's also because the people that he's from are very similar to my own.
@@nativeExarch no dude he legit got Prim killed like …girl 😒
@@loveoflife3081 Even if that was the rebellion that dropped those bombs, it wasn’t literally Gale who did that. It was Coin. He helped design it and yeah it does make him a bit of a war criminal, but I honestly got so fed up with Katniss’ behavior during the second half of the series. She lives in this extremely oppressive and fucked up place, but she cannot bring herself to care about the rebellion, just about Peeta. At least Gale cared about destroying the oppressive government.
@@nativeExarch I would say he can be a bit toxic but he also has a lot of good traits. However, I dislike how he pushes his anger on the people of district 12 who are better off, the merchants. In the books, he’s just so resentful that he can’t even see they have it pretty badly too. But I also understand that this was the goal of the capitol, to turn the merchants and the coal miners against each other.
However, him being toxic is seen in how angry he was that Katniss faked a romance with Peeta to save her life. Instead of being understanding that she’s traumatized and being there for her like a best friend should, he puts his romantic feelings first, barely talks to her (because of said anger) and then confesses his feelings for her out of nowhere. It just felt like he was pushing a bunch of extra problems on her when he should’ve been helping her recover from her massive trauma. It’s a sign that he doesn’t really love her because he doesn’t care about her problems and how this would affect her. Not to mention, that because he sees a future with Katniss, he keeps pushing this idea of marriage and kids on her when she makes clear that that isn’t what she wants. Rereading the books, he seems like the guy who dates a child free woman while thinking he could change her mind once he gets her in the relationship (I might be sensitive to this because I have experience with that type of relationship).
7:00 I haven't read the books in years, but I remember Katniss' character well enough to know for an absolute fact that that did not come across. You're gonna need more odds, Peeta.
Oh, that fanfic from Peeta’s viewpoint/focus on him is so good, if it is the one called The StoryTeller? Basically Prim goes into the arena because you have to volunteer before names are drawn, Peeta allies with her and Rue, and then becomes friends with Katniss and later Johanna. He’s just a wonderful symbol for the rebellion and one of my favourite characters ever ( artistic, kind, funny, great with words).
This comment helped me find that fanfic. Just finished that fic, so thanks for the recommendation!
I think they’re talking about Peeta’s games, which doesn’t change anything about the lore, it’s just the books in Peeta’s pov
"so we can go out with a bang just like katnisses father " bro 💀
"Cato is probably also tripping BALLS" 😂😂😂
Reminds me of Kyle and ike
i am loving the hunger games renaissance rn, it's so good
I don’t CARE what anyone says i’m a peeta girly before im human ❤️
This is actually insane, because reading this story from Katniss's complex view, and getting inside her head, you sometimes miss all the charisma and impressive qualities she actually has.
She is so deep in her mind and we get lost with her together, in this whole feeling of being helpless.
We deep in so far to this point we are actually confused with her - about the question - why would Peeta (and gale) actually love her? This is interesting hearing how he sees her. Because he doesn't know what is going on inside, but he can only see the storm she brings with her. Her whole powerful and impressive self.
Maybe we all should hear stories that happened to us from another person's eye and perspective.
If we can get official Edward and Christian Point of View retellings, then why not a Peeta perspective. We know more about Gale than we do about Peeta, and he's the main love interest!
Who is Edward and Christian?
@@leahchoe4198 I think they mean Edward from Twilight and Christian from fifty shades of gray
Nah thanks, that would be too simple cashbacks. And Suzanne Collins isn't like that. The only possible way would be an aftermath - Peeta, as an old man, reminisces sometimes about the past and Katniss.
The thing is Peeta was pretty direct and honest about his thoughts, so I was easy to get behind what he was like.
I think any other book about Panem should focus on what it was like before the dark days or when Panem was founded - or what's going on with the outside world, when after decades, Panem manages to get in connection with former Europe or something. That one would be written in the perspective of that other nation of course, having gone through their own issues.
Maybe be the antithesis to Panem - complete and utter chaos without much of government that still manages to remain in control.
@@z2yn awe I want old man Peeta reminiscing
"Cinna's giving us complimentary costumes so we can go out with a bang just like Katniss's father" PEETA
I genuinely laughed at the "I think they're cousins or something" around 6:14 lmao
I love when you do shows and movies from different characters, perspectives
thank you for making this. i’ve been craving hunger games content. i very much am a Hunger Games Girlie. I was more excited to turn 12 and be old enough to enter the reaping than i was to turn 11 and get my letter from Hogwarts.. i- 💀
ur literally me
girlllllllllllll…. yeah same
…I don’t think that was Suzanne’s intentions 😭😭😭 (nm)
can't relate I'm the opposite 😭
😭😭 omfg
Yes, Amanda, yes! I've been needing this. Netflix was pushing those movies hard and it made me come back to a few passages I remembered. Peeta is the perfect character to do this about.
I just finished the book from his pov. It’s exceptionally well written. What I love about this is that his character is so much more interesting and way more braver than shown in the movie. I am so mad they haven’t included some lines and scenes, it would add more dimension to the story. It feels like there is no chemistry between them. But there is! I also believe the movie would be more interesting from everyone’s pov but that would be damn long. I’d still watch it tho
What book
We need to start petitioning for movies longer than 2 1/2 hrs tbh
Honestly no book boy has made more of an impact in my life than Peeta Mellark. I’ve read a lot of books, but Peeta is the best.
10:36 "So we can go out with a bang just like Katniss's father" had me crying
"I feel like the Hunger Games are having having a Renaissance"
Girl I've read the two first books in 5 days. And I'm reading now the third one.
I love your dry delivery and would love more of this series or any series you want to retell.
Peeta is the BEST!!!
Also, as usual, books are way better than movies, although I started to rewatch them recently (not quickly enough, thanks Netflix) and they’re not as bad as I remember and Peeta’s character, played by Josh Hutchinson didn’t seem as bad to me this time. But I was an older teen when the books came out and devoured them, as I have many times since and they will always be some of the best YA fiction out there! Also in the pointless Gale Vs Peeta debate, let me break it down: sure, Gale was a friend to her longer, someone who helped not only Katniss but her whole family and I think genuinely believed she’d be the girl he’d end up with… BUT all of these things he made known, “I’m the guy who jumps in and helps, Katniss is basically mine even if she hasn’t come to terms with that yet so the rest of the male population better back off”. Meanwhile, Peeta admired her for her strength and even her vulnerabilities. He helped her without anyone knowing and during/after the games, he did everything in his power to keep her safe… Even if that meant he lost her. Like they say in the books (and finally in the movies), Peeta is good! As in, truly kind, caring, selfless… good. Gale at the end of the day will do what HE thinks is right and ultimately shows that he’s out for Gale. He literally hates that Peeta is suffering because he thinks that’s the only reason she’s been pining for him. It may have taken even Katniss longer to realize it but she not only loves Peeta, she needs him. He’s the best person for her, not Gale and not just because of the games (though the fact that they can and finally do heal together is beautiful) but because she and Gale’s strong personalities would have always clashed. Gale too many times thought he knew better than Katniss and tried to make decisions for her or without talking to her. Glory for Gale is what Gale ultimately chose and unsurprisingly, he lost her for that (without spoiling more). Peeta always respected her, loved her, cherished her, valued her input… He was willing to stay by her side, knowing he was the only person she could truly be vulnerable with even if he never had her whole heart… but knowing he had it by the end meant a lot more than I think even the book showed. The movie definitely f’d that scene up! People talk about how f’d up he was after they rescued him from the capitol but, imagine being tortured in every way possible and always seeing, hearing, sensing the person you love most while it’s being done. Then when you finally break (because Peeta is stronger than anyone have him credit for besides maybe Katniss), they continue that programming to where the sight or sound of her turns you into a feral killing machine. It’s heartbreaking! And yet even then, he fights his way back for her. Not for himself, for HER. Because what gets through to him? “Stay with me” … “Always”. They both have major scars by the end of all this but they have each other and that is enough to help them heal. It’s not exactly a happily ever after but knowing that they’ll be okay and learn how to live, love, and laugh again… Together is enough. They survived and neither has to be haunted by the other. Because they survived TOGETHER. So yeah, Peeta is the hero of this story, even Katniss thinks so.
Right I’ll never understand team Gale for the life of me - you could probably counter every good reason for him with a stronger one against
also, this video single-handedly convinced me to reread the books, I just finished the first one and I forgot how good these are!!! can't thank you enough
Same!!!
"Go out with a bang like Katniss dad." GURL NO- 😭😭
Nah don’t talk about Mr.Everdeen like that
Wow 😮 Peta is portrayed alot smarter and lovable in the books 🤔 granted the movie is focused on Katniss😅
The books focus on Katniss as well but they still showed how smart peeta is 😭, the movies just took away most of his personality and wits tbh and it’s nothing on Josh hutcherson because he would’ve ate up book Peeta’s personality!
Like it’s such a weird decision in the movie to have peeta fall during training and have the careers laugh at him so Katniss has to tell peeta to throw something… like it’s unnecessary and doesn’t happen in the book because peeta does great at training and excels in hand to hand combat, which Katniss doesn’t do. Cato even comments on how he’s skilled with a knife. Peeta is a genuine threat to Katniss as well.
@@chanbang378 everything you said - I just can’t understand the details they changed to his character in the movies. why did they have to make him look weak just to make Katniss look strong? we can see from all of Josh’s past work and interviews that he would’ve translated book Peeta to the movies exactly as it was meant to be - I’m annoyed 🥲
@@chanbang378 I think the best part that at least captured his book personality in the movies is the “baby reveal” to the audience where he has that smirk to Haymitch. shows how smart he is yet has that softer/wittier demeanor (even though that also wasn’t in the books but whatever)
"Im primed to bake bread, thanks mom"😂
Ah yes, nothing like a Hunger Games video essay to listen in the background while typing an essay at 2am
Yeah but I started laughing
Peter is such a sweetheart even you telling his story in this kind of funny way just gives me chills and makes me wanna cry.
Ooh you should do Songbirds and snakes from Lucy Gray's perspective next! She's one of my favorite characters in the entire Hunger Games series.
Cause she’s hot headed or what?
The first movie came out when I was 1 so I obviously didn't watch it, I watched it for the first time a few months ago and I absolutely love it.
AHHHHHH you showing his side, the ending just makes Katness a biiiiiitch 😭 I love the books, but the hoops that girl MADE THIS POOR BOY JUMP THROUGH
What’s kind of crazy is the fact that if Katniss’s dad wasn’t a good singer, her and Peeta would be siblings 😂
5:48 “dare I say she looks exquisite…” lmaooooo I can’t
I’m having a hunger games renaissance moment and I can’t convince any of my friends to re-read them so I’m living breathing these videos with my 5+ everlark fanfic drafts lmao
Please do the rest of the books/films 😭🙇🏿♀️ the script was amazing honestly, the way you tell so casually it's amazing as well
haha yes she read/delivered it in such a different way than I read them (mostly crying the whole time). i loved this casual take on it
“So we can go out with a bang like Katniss’s father.” OH MY GOD.
"sure I'm severely traumatized by seeing and committing murder, but... at least I got the girl"
"That could work, but we cant tell katniss because she cant act for shit" 🤣🤣
PART 2 ASAP PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE THIS AS A SERIES FOR THE CHARACTERS, BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE ONE ~ THANK YOU FOR SHARING🎉😂
Next up is Mockingjay
You embody his sass COMPLETELY! especially how his inner thoughts might be like Gurrlll you are on bread! hahahah
Oh my god, this video is absolutely amazing! Hearing any story from a supporting characters perspective is always fun, but the lengths you went here, the depths of emotion you touched on- absolute poetry!
I remember reading the Hunger Games in middle school & thinking, "this is really dark, I am gonna make this my personality for 6 months."
this is making me want to reread the Hunger Games AGAIN and is making me even more in love with Peeta Mellark than ever.
This was very pleasant and hilarious even though it's a nightmare scenario 😅, you are a great storyteller, could totally be a person who reads books on audio great job 👍
I’m SO SORRY your videos aren’t doing as well as they should, it is 100% TH-cam’s fault because this it absolute TOP TIER content!!! You are in my top 3 TH-camrs, I check for new vids every day, TH-cam should be ashamed bc as far as I’m concerned you should be having a 3 mil subscriber special by now.
Agree
I literally just sat through that whole thing... THIS WAS SO WELL DONE
"she drugged me, the audacity"
The only thing i'm really curious about is the first part of Peeta's perspective. 'Cause i know he fell in love at first sight, but at the same time I think it would be so intresting to see the thinking process of someone who wanted to survive and at the same time who wanted to protect her.
I don't think he was accepting his fate, I think he wanted to survived for enough time at least.
And I also think his mind would have been absolutely interesting and full of moral doubt.
The way I _ate_ through the fanfiction of this. I'm on the epilogue stuff and it's awesome 💕
Girl wake up Amanda just posted
Peeta is the perfect man. He’s flawed but always loyal and trying to be a good person.
Is there even a team Gale? There shouldn't be. Peeta's the man.
This just need to be titles “Peetas Diary, mostly fangirling about Katniss
I just love this book series so much and glad that so many ppl agreed that peeta is the best! He is a type of guy that I would marry to.
“Bread boy” 😂 why have I never heard anyone call him that before
How did I never notice that his name is Peeta!!?!! PITA!! LIKE THE BREAD!!! 💀🤣
I cannot express how much I love your "from this x character perspective" videos!!! Also, I really hope that you do all the movies/books from the hunger games TT
Omg i loved it, i doubted the format of the story telling at first but damn u did a really good job, it's my first time seeing something like this and it's amazing thank you for this video
Just discovered this while wrapping presents, PLEASE continue this series it's so amazing to listen to
The capital was really just like “fuçk dem kids”
That was awesome! If you feel like doing the other books in the series I would gladly watch! 😊🙂😁
11:08 i love how katniss was described that this part
Wait I swear I didn’t know the hunger games was having a renaissance, but the thought of rewatching it just came over me 2 weeks ago and now I realize everyone’s rewatching it
These perspective videos are the best!!! I love how you seem to capture their perspectives so well! Charlie's in Twilight was my favorite😂 but this is incredible because it's a lot more in depth! Sorry, just a random internet stranger enjoying your videos haha
Lmaooo
“B*tch did you get something?” 😂😂😂 Haymitch really left Peeta hanging 😂
I laughed, I cried, and I thoroughly enjoyed this. Please make more! 🙏
Edited to add that I also love Peeta.
That was amazing! Bread boy for the win 🍞 but I really need sequels from you
I would really love this as a book
I read hunger games when I was 9-10, and I had read it because I had a college reading level, and I was very mature. I enjoyed it a lot and still reread it now!
peeta is soo conforting,sweet,kind,SAFE so yeah hes my type
0:55 talking to a gale stan be like😂😂
Never read the books but in the film I think Peeta made me change my feelings more than any other character I can remember. I really disliked him in the beginning of the first movie but by the end of the third he was absolutely my favorite Character.
Omg this breaks my heart to think about his pov at the end. Peeta is such a sweetheart
A year later I’m here to provide some insight: I learned this from another TH-camr (shoutout Meredith Novaco) the author actually used to write literature for children and has been on several production teams for children’s content so she’s actually quite equipped to bring complex issues to a younger audience and I think Meredith elaborates/explains this really well in her video on the hunger games. Thanks for the content, it’s still being enjoyed years later 🫶🏼
“i get what my boy edward was talking about” IM CACKLING
I'm at 2mins and this is already one of the best videos this website granted me to see
I loved the sass it really made peta relatable. The way you read is amazing aswell. Can't wait for more.😊
I've been reading through that fic series for the past couple of weeks and I am OBSESSEDDDDD. IT IS SO GOOD. Literally made me fall in love with Peeta again
I LOVE YOUR POVS THAT I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED SO MUCH. Love love love this. Please keep it up ❤
The movies did him so dirty. #JusticeForBreadBoy
"she could be playing me to lower my guard.... and if thats the case she could play me all she wants"