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== Finnick is related to sugarcube guy from [[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]] ==

== [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Miss Yukari]] takes over District 13 after the revolution. ==

There's very little variety in the districts. Other than the blonde town kids and the olive-skinned Seam kids, you see no racial variety within the districts. In 11, everyone is described as [[Ambiguously Brown|"dark-skinned,"]] and if you read very carefully in the text, the District 3 tributes could be seen as Asian-looking, with their dark hair and ashy skin. Also, both districts behave like (very unfortunate) stereotypes may portray those races. From what we've seen of District 1, the tributes are fair, with the female District 1 tribute being described as blonde. I think that when the districts were created, different races were penned off into them to prevent diversity. Perhaps the Capitol though that a more diverse population would lead to greater tolerance of other Districts? I have two theories for District 12: One being that a certain economic group was put there, and the other is that the "town" residents were originally from another District, but were put into 12 to both raise the population (the whole place only has 8,000 people) or to run the town.

* I'd think it would be specifically a Capitol thing. Remember how squeamish Katniss is when she thinks about being naked in front of everyone, or when she has to see Peeta in his underwear to clean his leg wound? Nudity is definitely a big deal for her.

== [[MirrorsMirror's Edge]] takes place in the Capitol ==

* Collins intended a different ending, one in which Katniss ends up with [[Take a Third Option|neither Peeta or Gale,]] but [[Pandering to Thethe Base|her editor said no.]]

** [[Pandering to Thethe Base]] being an understatement: Judging by the whining that exists with the present ending, if Collins had done anything less, it'd be hissy fits heard around the globe.

** Presumably dead center of the country, possibly leaning slightly closer to the major production centers of Panem (electronics and luxuries are produced in limited quantities, and are less likely need dedicated transport links than lumber or masonry). District 6 could well be in Nebraska, roughly in the middle of North America (ignoring the largely uninhabited areas of Northern Canada and Alaska) and home to Union Pacific and [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Yard:Bailey Yard|the largest railway yard in the world]].

*** IIRC The lake was never specified as being natural or artificial, and depending on when it was made, and how well it was made, theres a decent chance a dam could survive. That being said, Trout Pond in West Virginia would fit the bill decently enough I think. It's a natural lake in West Virginia, though not a huge one. It is located in an area with a large coal deposit, and a great deal of potential forest area. Plus it's closer to Canada, where district 13 would have to be if the info further down is accurate.

*** Also, there's nothing to suggest that district 12 doesn't run through both Kentucky and West Virginia.

*** It really makes sense to be in West Virginia, if the folks are Mediterranean descent. A friend of mine's family are coal miners and Italian and that's where they hail from, and she says a lot of folks there are like that.

** But in Catching Fire, Katniss describes District 11 as being massive to the point of endlessness, with a population so large that even a portion of it can successfully rebel and in Mockingjay, she says District 2 is made up of many villages spread throughout the mountains. Those don't exactly sound like outposts.

** Songs nominated for the Academy Awards must be written for the film. I'm not sure if using pre-existing lyrics and setting them to a new melody counts. There'll be an [[Oscar Bait]] song anyway, though.

* Look at him compared to the other residents: he's calm, quiet, down to earth, and seems to lack their accent. My guess is he was made to live in the Capitol after his talent with fashion came out; and chances are, he’s not the only one. Given what we know about them, it’s not so hard to believe the Capitol wouldn’t have a problem removing someone from their home and forcing them to adapt to their lifestyle so it can make use of that person's abilities.

*** I don't think they ever say, but yeah, I think 8 is a strong possibility.

* She never really resolved her feelings for Gale, and she certainly still has feelings for him.

He's Gale's. Sure, he has blond hair (assumed to be from Peeta) and gray eyes (assumed to be from Katniss) but then again, Katniss ''does'' have blond genes in her (her mother and sister are both blond).

* CONFIRMED!

* Maybe Cinna (or, frankly, Snow) is actually [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation|Q]], ''still'' bent on screwing with humanity.

== The entire setting takes place after [[Fallout: New Vegas|Caesar's Legion]] takes over the East coast. ==

After their defeat at Hoover Dam, and because of the death of Caesar and inability to maintain control under the Legate Lanius, remnants of Caesar's legion fought their way Eastward. It could explain why they use Roman Latin naming. As for the tech: without Caesar's influence that technology is bad, the remnants grew to become accustom to technology, and some even learned how to make them. The fashion though, I assume it's because some of them are a bit... loony.

** I'm pretty certain that the books say that Mrs Everdeen came from the merchant class, and that in marrying Katniss's father, married beneath herself. So that's where Prim's genes came from.

The Capitol is [[South Park]], Colorado. The first President of Panem was Eric Cartman, who finally and successfully seized power. He then began his plan to re-locate and separate the hippies, gingers, Jews, etc. District 1 got all the hippies, which is why they have silly names like Glimmer and Marvel, and he punished them by forcing them to make spurious luxury goods.

Each of the districts is descended from the refugees/immigrants of different nations or sets of nations. After some major ecological or national disaster, the survivors from all over the world migrated to North America. The new conglomerate-state put the wealthiest in the secure and safe Capitol and scattered the others to different districts, wiping out other languages with universal English and putting the Panem that we know into effect.

* District 11 is the remnants of all the African nations, put together into the South because Panem didn't mind history repeating itself.

** Shame the film casting doesn't bear this idea out.

*** The descendants of blonde Jews from Israel?

* And the characters: the main heroine (a no-nonsense tough woman who appears almost emotionless) is struggling to save her sister{{spoiler|, failing this task (Serah is crystallized, though gets better until [[Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII-2]], that is, while Prim is killed off for good}}. The black-haired tanned hunter who always has a snidy remark and is fiercely protective of his/her loved ones (and remember that in early stages of development, Fang was male!). The fan-favourite male characters (Finnick and Cid Raines) who help the main characters and {{spoiler|both die in the finale of the story}} And both casts have a character named Snow (one as first name, one as surname).

* And [[Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII-2]]: this time, the hunter character (Noel) is male and still resembles Gale, while the main heroine wields a bow (and her motives also have to do with her sister, though this time, the protagonist's the younger one), and is still engaged to Snow, while he barely has any screen-time in the game (and Peeta is {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]] for the greater part of Mockingjay}}. {{spoiler|And at the end of XIII-2, the younger sister still dies}}

Of course, participation will be voluntary and nobody'll really kill each other (''for now'', the host'll emphasize).

Mostly because of [http://fair-weathers.tumblr.com/post/17712736531 this tumblr post]{{Dead link}}. It could explain why Peeta was accepted into the Career pack, (part of) why Cato wants to kill Katniss so much and why Cato dealt with Peeta himself after he helped Katniss (he was jealous and felt betrayed, with a touch of [[If I Can't Have You]]).

Finnick was a mentor during the 74th Games as revealed in Mockingjay. Haymitch also states that alliances are usually formed before the Games themselves. It doesn't make much sense that the Careers would want anything to do with the District 12 Tributes that are some of the weakest competitors unless there was some string pulling from Haymitch's end and using some leverage with Finnick to get Peeta in. Why not Katniss? Well he appeared more likable and the belief may have been he would win more sponsors. Why not both? Who knows?

* His drinks are normally described as being white in colour. Unless in the future they sell [[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russian_<!--White 28cocktail29Russian %28cocktail%29|White Russians]] in bottles, it's unlikely to be vodka he drinks. -->

* Considering the region he is from I would assume his usual drink is actually White Dog. White Dog is Bourbon before it is aged and is usually clear to a translucent white in color.

Based on the fact that they put up a force-field after Katniss shot at them, the Gamemakers seem very keen to learn from their mistakes. So, I figured someone tried to kill themselves by jumping off the roof - they did the same thing and then again after someone tried with a cliff, which lead to the creation of the force-field in the arena of the 2nd Quarter Quell that helped Haymitch win. After Haymitch won, they must have realized that it's possible for a tribute to reach the end of the arena and use it to their benefit, so they started putting in what were essentially self-destruct buttons in the arenas in case anyone got too close but no one did for another 20 years. The escape attempt made in the 70th Hunger Games is what inspired the rebellion's plan for the 3rd Quarter Quell.

* Also, in [[The Movie]], part of the reason the fire the Gamemakers used to corral Katniss is set off is because she was too close to the edge of the arena, so maybe they at least have less drastic versions of this that don't completely destroy the arena.

== If it wasn't such an [[Epic Movie]], ''[[The Hunger Games (Filmfilm)|The Hunger Games]]'' would've been shelved because of the Trayvon Martin killing. ==

== Finnick will be [[Spared Byby the Adaptation]] ==

* The whole world itself is a Randian paradise where the teaming masses are ruled over by an inherently superior elite, whose primary form of transportation outside of their capitol is a super-efficient high-speed train system.

* Additionally, most of the people living in The Capitol appear to be the long-term products of a system that encourages people to view others only in terms of how they are of use to them personally and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/[Objectivism |to view altruism and self-sacrifice as deviant behavior]].

** You're probably right about Prim dying soon (I can't imagine Haymitch saying sober long enough to help her because she wasn't a fighter like Katniss, unless maybe she reminded him of Maysilee, but there were probably other girls from the merchant class that he mentored) but Peeta was still strong and good at camouflage. If he allied himself with the Careers he probably could have lived long enough to have one of them kill him in his sleep after they picked off the weaker tributes. Alternatively, he could have spent a good deal time at the plant identification station and gotten enough knowledge to feed himself like that (he would have stood a decent chance against the Careers in a confrontation) and, on the off chance Prim survived, find and defend/ally himself with her.

[[Hollywood Global Warming]] is one reason for natural disasters to occur which, along with wars, caused the world to go to shit. [[The Ark]] is somewhere out there when the sea level rose. Just like Panem, [[The Ark]] is a [[Shining City]] but heavily besieged by warring [[La Résistance|rebels]] and security forces. The Resistance also hoped to make contact with civilization on the mainlands. They eventually found Panem and decided to take refuge in it rather than continue fighting on [[The Ark]]. Unfortunately for them, the Districts are just as bland as the Guest Slums, the Capitol treats them like crap and some of their younger members gets chosen to fight in a [[Reality TV]] deathmatch. And all of that pissed them off, again. Naturally, they contributed to the rebellion. Revolution begins again (with a nice touch of [[Le Parkour]])!

If Panem is supposed to be the USA, there are clear divisions already, with some regions more likely to rebel and others aren't. And it's quite unlikely, if not completely impossible, for a single city and its surrounding suburbs to vanquish the rest of the country. So, a large swath of the country didn't rebel, and therefore were not divided into districts. The rebellious regions were reconquered and organised into the thirteen districts. Those regions that did not rebel were allowed to keep their original status, and are not required to send two tributes to the Hunger Games every year. In my [[headcanon]], sixteen states and DC are part of the so-called 'Loyalist Regions:'

Just think about it. The book mentions Katniss setting snares several times before she allied herself with Rue. It would make sense that she might use a larger trap she learned in training to capture bigger game. It would also provide another reason for Katniss to feel guilty about Rue's death.

The Hunger Games universe is what would happen if the villains won and got rid of all the heroes. The crazy death traps in the arenas and used as defense for the Capitol are inspired by the Riddler. Tracker jackers were created by adding genes from the plant that provides the hallucinogenic component of Scarecrow's fear toxin. The jabberjays were probably Penguin's idea. The first war that initially destroyed so much humanity was between the heroes and villains, then between factions of villains.