I'm listening Hunger Games again. I'm at the part where they beat Gale. And hearing Gale's name over and over reminds me why I don't like him..
Like I was thinking about how they will have to say he was Katniss's cousin. And then I thought how he was in love with her and how Katniss didn't want to have kids in that world etc etc...
Then I thought the only good thing about him (at least to me) was him not accepting the oppression. Being against oppression is good. Especially when they are not the oppressed one. But...
I was thinking "Was Gale ready against the oppression or was he against being the oppressed one?"
He was ready to run away with Katniss. Leaving his own family and asking Katniss to leave Primrose.
Asking Katniss to leave Primrose should be a crime (he did worse tho)
He was so eager to fight against the Capitol. Definitely ready for war crimes (and we saw how it ended)
To be honest I don't remember some parts. (It's been a while since I last listened the books) Like was he in the room while they were arguing for Capitol kids to play another Hunger Games? Google says no. And people argue about if he would say no or yes to get revenge.
I feel like he would say yes. Maybe his mindset did change a little after causing Primrose's death but his personality would want revenge and it feels like he would be racist.
To be fair he was basically a teenager... I don't think his personality was fully developed yet...
But I still believe he was selfish. And even the good things he did was done for that reason.
Like he gives the feeling that he wouldn't be against the oppression if he born in Capitol. Maybe he would say "I'm not a politic person" when someone asks "isn't it sad the kids are dying?"
Like this whole AU story plays in my mind right now. Him being