Did no one tell you to stop before season four or.
Re: THG -- what you're saying is literally what I'm arguing against. It's the assumption that having children is The Default. It's that Katniss never expresses an active desire to have them. It's like saying, "but hey, if a woman doesn't say no to something involving her own body THAT strongly then she can be coerced into it later, right?" Even in the epilogue it's suggested that she had to be persuaded into it by Peeta, ergo basically she had children because Peeta wanted them (and iirc she doesn't even call her kids by name, which only cements it). That's fucked up. I'm aware it's not an issue for plenty of readers but it's a huge, HUGE squick for me personally and pretty much ruined my enjoyment of the end of that series.
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Re: THG -- what you're saying is literally what I'm arguing against. It's the assumption that having children is The Default. It's that Katniss never expresses an active desire to have them. It's like saying, "but hey, if a woman doesn't say no to something involving her own body THAT strongly then she can be coerced into it later, right?" Even in the epilogue it's suggested that she had to be persuaded into it by Peeta, ergo basically she had children because Peeta wanted them (and iirc she doesn't even call her kids by name, which only cements it). That's fucked up. I'm aware it's not an issue for plenty of readers but it's a huge, HUGE squick for me personally and pretty much ruined my enjoyment of the end of that series.