tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post4830381832307849485..comments2023-10-19T16:51:02.934-07:00Comments on Walk the Ridgepole: On the diversity of Team KatnissShoshanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-81624895617715914712010-08-10T17:45:31.438-07:002010-08-10T17:45:31.438-07:00I don't think people require coupling for a ha...I don't think people require coupling for a happy ending, but I do think most people believe that coupling will create a happy ending. (At least for a while, until the relationship ends, and then each character gets with someone else, perpetuating an infinite cycle of shipping -- I'm thinking of ER here.) And since it doesn't seem like there's going to be a happy ending for anyone, the pressure for Katniss to end up with either of them is unexciting at best. I mean, either way, she's not going to have a half-breed baby with a stupid name and live happily ever after. But a) I'm not quite in the target age group, and b) I've only read the first book so far, so maybe my assessment is totally wrong.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724083083016232621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-45843812832569576332010-08-10T17:21:07.114-07:002010-08-10T17:21:07.114-07:00Yeah. I think the odds are extremely slim that the...Yeah. I think the odds are extremely slim that the entire love triangle will survive, but if that did somehow occur, I still wouldn't feel particularly strongly about whether Katniss paired off with either of them. I feel pretty squeamish about "shipping" anyway; it tends to be a slippery slope toward the notion that the establishment of a couple is the only happy ending,Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280318814624346561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126539575199310763.post-61463923222265509232010-08-10T15:44:35.942-07:002010-08-10T15:44:35.942-07:00Except that Gale and Peeta are pretty much the sam...Except that Gale and Peeta are pretty much the same person, with slightly different backgrounds. Hard to pick a side.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517010329986501742noreply@blogger.com