are you in the mood for a fandom discussion?

[chibichan]

I feel like writing an entry today, even though nothing new has happened. The only news I have is that I'm going to the physiotherapist today for my tight psoas muscles (which are so tight, they actually hurt). I know the session is going to be painful, but it'll make me feel better in the long run. So I'm half looking forward to it and half fearing it.

I've been taking 10mg of medicine for the past few days and I've been feeling okay, which is good. :D

If you like or even hate The Hunger Games, I found a couple of interesting articles about how Katniss appears to be a strong female character, but ultimately isn't. Here they are: one and two. Do read them in order, as the second article is a response to the comments on the first one.

I agree with both articles, but then again I never really liked Katniss and consider THG to be an okay series (completely ruined by the last book, imo) which is somewhat over-hyped. But I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts! :) I'm really in the mood for a bit of fandom discussion!

Comments

[fujicori]

I'm in about the same position as northsky - in my case, they were tolerable to read once, but the kind of thing where I totally stop caring when I'm not reading it. It's a writing style that's easy to digest quickly, but the content isn't anything that stays with me.

As for the articles, I think I agree with them, but at the same time, it felt a little bit like reading one of my own old lit papers where I used to ignore some aspects of the text in support of my point, and I'm not sure why. I'll try and come back to the essays when I'm more awake.

[chibichan]

Yeah, the main reason why I read those books in the first place was because I was in the mood for something easy and quick to read. Just like you, I stopped caring when I was finished with them. (Actually, I stopped caring pretty much as soon as I started Mockingjay. By the end of it I was just glad I could move onto something else.)

at the same time, it felt a little bit like reading one of my own old lit papers where I used to ignore some aspects of the text in support of my point

I can see where you're coming from. I generally agree with them, but I feel like the author wants to show too much that she's right and seems to almost "attack" the reader, if that makes any sense? (At least the second one feels like that, probably because the author wrote it in response to the comments they received.)