When I first read The Hunger Games, I was totally Team Gale. By the end of the book, I was on the fence. Peeta was just sooo sweet. By the end of book 2 I was even more conflicted because Gale is just hot and fiery and a bit of a bad boy (and I love me some bad boys). But Peeta...OMG Peeta. With the nighttime cuddling and constant sacrifice and his whispered "Always", he was just killing me. In a good way ;-) By the end of book 3, I was firmly entrenched in the Peeta camp and haven't budged since (though Gale can still make me drool a little) ;-)
I found this a bit curious because I'm generally a bad boy lover through and through and Peeta is anything BUT a bad boy. He can fight when he has to, he is definitely strong, courageous. But he is NOT a bad boy. Not even a little. Not even in the midst of the games or at the end after everything he's gone through. But you know, that unswerving devotion (minus his Captial-engineered freak out) is just hard to resist. :-) After reading the whole series, I think book 2 became my favorite mostly because that is the book where the Katniss and Peeta get a little lip action and snuggle time :-D It takes a special kind of character to woo me from the dark side, and Peeta Mellark is just such a character :)
Are you Team Peeta or Team Gale? Like good guys or bad boys? Or a bit of both? ;-)
(originally blogged on The Naked Hero)
16 comments:
I'm pretty sure I was the same way: not fully in the Peeta camp until Catching Fire. The worst thing about Mockingjay was what happened to Peeta. I haven't even been able to re-read the book because I hated what they did to him.
I know :( And the ending always bugged me a bit. I liked it for the most part but wished it had been expanded a little, just so we got a little more of them finally together.
I was Team Peeta from the start and was planning on throwing a fit if she didn't end up with him, lol.
Team Peeta! :)
Peeta, here too!
In the book, I like Peeta better as a partner for Katniss.
But onscreen--come on, no f*#$@ing contest. Gale all the way.
LOL!!! Well, it's kind of hard to compete with a Hemsworth :D
Having said that, I just rewatched Catching Fire and Peeta is looking pretty buff. Not too shabby ;)
LOL felt the same way at the end!
woohoo!
yay! :D
I'm totally Team Gale :P Peeta irritates me because he's too nice. Gale is more edgy and more appealing because it, though I'm clearly in the minority here lol!
As far as the movies go, Team Gale (so far). As the books go, Peeta won me over at the end. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, Coldplay wrote a beautiful song for the Catching Fire soundtrack called "Atlas." I've attempted to link to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh3TokLzzmw
lol that's the way I felt until book 3. Gale goes a little off the deep end for me though in that book :D
Ah, I hadn't heard that. It is beautiful, thanks for sharing! :)
I was already team Peeta, but Josh MADE it. Especially in Catching Fire. He did great. That scene at the beginning with the cameras? Ooh. BURN, baby.
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