Literary Lads That We Love: Haymitch Abernathy

[deathmallow]

Because sorry, you know every time I see the young'uns of Peeta, Finnick, and Gale being featured and Haymitch being left on the sidelines ignored, I feel compelled to step in and defend just how amazing he is. ;) For lisal825's Literary Lads That We Love meme

Comments

[deathmallow]

I'll be frank and admit Haymitch isn't on the page that much. It's mainly Katniss, the protagonist, and her obsession with her partner/love interest, Peeta, and we only see Haymitch through the POV of a somewhat self-centered, judgmental teenage girl. Which kind of sucks. But for not having much page time, Haymitch definitely is a vivid, deep char for people who actually bother to think about it.

TBH I'd recommend you read some Hunger Games fics before I'd recommend the actual books?

[heavenly44]

Lovely analysis. He truly his complex. I love his compassion, his wiliness and all the other facets that make haymitch, haymitch.

[deathmallow]

Thank you! I love the combination of a devious brain and a loving heart, because all too often it's implied that you can't have both.

[wwmrsweasleydo]

You make some fantastic points here, it's great to see so much about Haymitch put together in one place, because he's such a constant in the books, without being centre stage that often, that what we learn about him feeds out very gradually. Thanks for bringing all of that together. I really enjoyed reading this.

[deathmallow]

Thanks! Haymitch really does kind of stand off in the shadows a lot, and his character takes a lot of thinking about what it all means rather than just what's on the page. But I think he's all the more rewarding for it.