Hunger Games clones and how they work

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Ah yes the template of the dystopian novel set in the USA where a brutal regime with a nonsensical government wins a civil war easily but then gets overthrown by teens who have weird love triangles.

It’s pretty insane how the book makes it clear that Katniss and Peeta are playing up their “star crossed lovers” angle for the appeal of the Capitol to pull the rich citizens attention away from the actual horrors of the Hunger Games Only for the movie to play up the love triangle subplot and end up incidentally being the most memorable parts of the movie rather than the social commentary

The thing about the Hunger Games "love triangle" is that it's not just about the "bad boy" vs the "sensitive boy." By the end of the series, it's about what life Katniss wants for herself. Gale represented anger and revenge and constantly fighting back, and Katniss just wanted to escape that and move on. The two men actually represented different parts of her personality and character growth, which a lot of typical love triangles don't.

Thinking i knew what hunger games ripoffs were, and then James lists like 20 i've never heard of in my life LOL

I like how in the Hunger Games the Peta relationship was for survival, not romance. The main character didn’t want the relationship either but had to go along so they could get popularity. Love triangles are very common so it was a breath of fresh air

Dystopian slowly merged with the YA genre a lot.

the way Enclave literally has “For fans of hunger games” written at the top. these clones have no shame 🤦‍♀️ but if it pays the bills 🤷‍♀️

Not even the copyright bots can avert their eyes from the chika dance

Something that gets me is that these dystopias always exist in isolation, there's no 3rd country secretly funding the rebels ala the revolutionary war in america. Also 1984 was warning of 'don't let this happen!' rather than a 'take down the system!' story.

Granted, I’m absolute trash who eats up these YA novels like they’re popcorn, but I will die defending Hunger Games as a series with legitimate literary merit.

Why do they all wear their father's old hunting jacket? I've seen that one at least 3 times now. Like once is fine but 3 times? What?

8:21 At least in The Hunger Games, some effort was done into this. Some districts are tested better than others, while some (like 1 and 2) actively support the Capitol as they benefit from it too. Even within districts some people are better of, like how the Merchant class in 12 have it much better than others. District 12 seems to be some form of scapegoat IMO. Their population is tiny (ten thousand in a country of millions) and rely on an industry that’s not even needed (district 5 produces the power, so coal is barely needed), so the Capitol could be using them as an example of “look how terrible it is there, be happy with what you’ve got”.

A lot of dystopias for some reason: Imagine a world where people in love can’t be together

"Hunger Games clones and how they work" They don't

i didn’t even realize that the cover of Enclave said “for the fans of The Hunger Games”

At the very least in Hunger Games, Katniss was more meant to be a symbol to the rebels than anything else.

I hated Matched for that love triangle. I haven’t read it since middle school almost a decade ago, so I don’t recall much, but I remember being pissed that there even was a love triangle. This girl was matched with her childhood best friend, and it was clear they both loved each other in the way only naive teenagers do, and yet she decided to fall for the outcast because..? He was mysterious? That just seemed incredibly selfish of her when both she and her matched partner seemed to be so excited to be together before. I might be remembering it wrong, but I’m still upset either way lol I wasted so much of my time reading those books.

Publisher: "Your main character must be a girl!" Maze Runner: "Am I a joke to you?"

I disagree with your point on rebel infighting in respect to the hunger games. Throughout Mockingjay, katniss learns how truly conniving and manipulative President Coin is, as well as the many people inside of her military that Katniss can’t trust. This all leads to Katniss killing Coin out of fear that she would simply lead them into another cycle of Districts vs Capitol. It’s not as complex as I’m sure other media does it, but considering the mental state of Katniss throughout the entirety of the book, I think it can be somewhat excused as her PTSD is also a focal point.