Hunger Games Soundtrack

1. ”Safe & Sound” (feat. The Civil Wars) by Taylor Swift
2. ”Eyes Wide Open” by Taylor Swift
3. ”Abraham’s Daughter” by Arcade Fire
4. ”The Ruler & The Killer” by Kid Cudi
5. ”Run Daddy Run” (feat. Pistol Annies) by Miranda Lambert
6. ”Kingdom Come” by The Civil Wars
7. ”One Engine” by The Decemberists
8. ”Take The Heartland” by Glen Hansard
9. ”Lover Is Childlike” by The Low Anthem
10. ”Dark Days” by Punch Brothers
11. ”Tomorrow Will Be Kinder” by The Secret Sisters
12. ”Just a Game” by Birdy
13. ”Oh Come & Sing” by Ella Mae Bowen
14. ”Rules” by Jayme Dee
15. ”Reaping Day” by Carolina Chocolate Drops
16. ”Give Me Something” I’ll Remember by Neko Case
17. Video “Safe & Sound” (Bonus Video) by Taylor Swift

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I have never seen so many artists I love in one place!! Punch Brothers? Carolina Chocolate Drops? The Civil Wars???? I may be more excited about the soundtrack than the movie!!! 

I check my dash to find…

over 400 notes on my Hunger Games picture?? 

This is why I love tumblr. Obviously we have great taste in books. 

Gale or Peeta? ;P

Somehow I knew this question was coming, haha.

Personally, I’d pick Gale, but I don’t think it’s truly an “either-or” situation. My roommates and I have disagreed over this several times, and before anyone else freaks out my reasoning is this:

Had Prim’s name not been reaped, had Katniss’ life continued uninterrupted by the Games, had she never been forced to face the world outside of the Seam, it would have been Gale. It was always supposed to be Gale. Had things gone how they should, the two of them would have inevitably been together. To me, Gale represents that person in your life who, had things gone differently or even had things stayed the same, you could have been with indefinitely. Gale knew the ugliness of Katniss and loved her just the same, while I believe Peeta fell in love with the idea of her and then came to actually love her anyway. 

However, if life had simply gone on uninterrupted for Katniss, who can say that would have ended well? There’s a reason that certain people don’t stay in our lives and all we have left of them is the sense of unfinished business. Because Katniss went into the arena, I believe she grew out of Gale, in a sense, while he did not outgrow her. However, she and Peeta grew together in the same ways, and Peeta had to come to terms with who she was presently, while Gale had to wrestle with the changed Katniss and the girl he had known before. 

Basically, I’m saying that Gale was jipped of the life he could have had, despite it being rather bleak. Maybe I’ve put way too much thought into this.