Well, I mean we basically love almost every part of the fandom, except for that one person who makes you think "Augh why the heck are you so AGGRAVATING?!" (How many of you just thought of Dolores Umbridge?) or when the characters do something that makes you think "Oh my gosh, why did you do that?" But, I mean, these are the things that barely affect the story, and some of them actually affect the story quite a lot, or some of them affect it more than we realize while we're reading but we realize have more of an impact on the story when we decide to become little book philosophers. But hey, once you read this you'll think to yourself, "Oh yeah, I do love that."
Firstly, you know you love the fact that Katniss sings. Especially us choir kids, and yes I am one of them, we're all like "Oh yeah Katniss you get us." But I mean, think about it, Katniss sings all the time. She sang to Rue when she died and singing was the way they communicated and it was something they both did really well. She sang "The Hanging Tree" to herself while they were out on a little filming trip for no actual reason. And, the biggest proof of this is in
Catching Fire she knows the obvious choice for her victor talent would be singing because it's something she's actually good about but she doesn't want to because she doesn't want to give a real part of her and something she actually likes doing to the Capitol. Katniss, you're cool.
And in District Twelve they dance. I mean, come on. That is just so cute! Come on, that is seriously just adorable. You can't get over the cuteness either. You just think about it and you think "Awww." Just a little quote from the book so you can further enjoy the cuteness of this, here you go:
"After the kiss that seals the union, the cheers, and a toast with apple cider, the fiddler strikes up a tune that turns every head from 12. We may have been the smallest, poorest district in Panem, but we know how to dance. Nothing has been officially scheduled at this point, but Plutarch, who's calling the propo from the control room, must have his fingers crossed. Sure enough, Greasy Sae grabs Gale by the hand and pulls him into the center of the floor and faces off with him. People pour in to join them, forming two long lines. And the dancing begins.
"I'm standing off to the side, clapping to the rhythm, when a bony hand pinches me above the elbow. Johanna scowls at me. 'Are you going to miss the chance to let Snow see you dancing?' She's right. What could spell victory louder than a happy Mockingjay twirling around to music? I find Prim in the crowd. Since winter evenings gave us a lot of time to practice, we're actually pretty good partners. I brush off her concerns about my ribs, and we take our places in the line. It hurts, but the satisfaction of having Snow watch me dance with my little sister reduces other feelings to dust."
Okay, and before we go off on a little rant about how adorable Katniss and Prim's relationship is, we'll move on to the next point.
The guard at the Empire State building reads Harry Potter. Okay, you may not have noticed this, but it's so a thing. Listen to this, from
The Lightning Thief:
"He was reading a huge book with a picture of a wizard on the front. I wasn't much into fantasy, but the book must have been good, because the guard took a while to look up."
A huge book? Picture of a wizard? Really good? Guys, Rick Riordan is making a reference to something famous, an allusion to those of you who pay attention in English class, to the beloved classic (you are kidding yourself if you don't think it's so) Harry Potter! For you Potterheads who didn't realize this before now, you are free to fangirl without being judged by me. I'll speak for myself, however.
And come on, Percy's relationship with his mom is the cutest thing. So so so cute! Sally Jackson never gives up on her son. Seriously, Percy has been getting into trouble since he was a little kid. Does that make any difference of how she treats him or how much she loves him? No. He's not the easiest kid to raise, he can be a little aggravating sometimes. Does that mean anything? Not at all. And no matter what happens she wants to do everything to make Percy happy, safe and in general okay. And Percy is a demigod. So naturally trouble is going to find him and he knows he will always make her life hard. But does Percy give up on trying to be good even though he knows that he will always be involved in trouble? Nope. He wants to be normal just so his mom can relax and not worry about him or him causing anyone else trouble anymore. He constantly wants to be good so that his mom doesn't have anything to stress about. That relationship is perfect.
Professor Dumbledore starts talking about love.... And while he's doing it Harry's just finding it all so overrated but we're all thinking, "No, he's right, Harry!" Because really, the way Dumbledore believes in love is just really great. I just thought of Percy Jackson and his conversation with Aphrodite in
The Titan's Curse, but it is so not the same thing. Dumbledore knows that Harry's a great wizard and all, but his greatest power is that he can love other people. And some people will tell you it makes you vulnerable, but it really doesn't. It makes you know so much more and feel so much more. And more experience in life means that you can do more. Dumbledore's got it right, y'all! And we love it!
And lastly, Luna Lovegood is just plain awesome. Luna is weird. Seriously weird. And we all know it. And we all love it... except Ron. He teases her for it all the time. But what does Luna say? She tells him he's wrong. We love that Luna is always herself and she doesn't care what people think of her. She know Ron thinks she's crazy. She knows that people call her Loony Lovegood. She doesn't care. She likes herself and she doesn't want to be anyone else. And a good portion of us appreciate her for that.
How much do you feel right now, readers? Do you feel happy? Are you smiling? Good. I hope so, dears.
