As usual, the normal rules apply to this sort of thing. First of all, please do not say, insinuate, hint, imply, or otherwise make any sort of sign that my predictions are right or wrong. If you do, you can bid your commenting privileges goodbye. The end. Fin. Forever.
Before we get into my general nonsensical predictions, let’s go over my predictions from last time so we can all laugh at how bad I am at this.
- We will see Effie in a new color wig. FUCK YEAH I RULE.
- Gale and Katniss will start off being friends; Gale teases Katniss about what she did in the Games, but he eventually starts growing apart from her. NOPE. NOPE.
- Peeta is going to act indifferent to Katniss at the opening of the novel, a continuation of the end of the first book. I AM A GENIUS.
- We will not see President Snow until the end of the book. A;KSADJF A;SFHAS;ASDFF;KLJ FDSA;JFLS
- The title is a reference to Katniss herself. I’m guessing that since she is The Girl On Fire, she gets….caught? Wow, that sounded much better in my head than it does when I type it out. CLEARLY I AM FLAWLESS.
- Katniss’s mother will have improved. TRUE ~TRELAWNEY~ STATUS
- Katniss will meet Rue’s parents on that tour she mentioned in the last chapter of The Hunger Games. They will thank her for what she did in the arena. FUCK YEAH.
- Conversely, she will meet the parents of the boy from District One who she killed and they will hate her. NICE TRY.
- Someone will find out that Katniss and Gale have been leaving the district to hunt. (Maybe that relates to how she is caught?) OH SHIT YEAH.
- We will see the Capitol again. FUCK YEAH.
- This is a no-brainer, but should be said: We will get a much better idea of where the districts in Panem are and what they each specialize in. I DON’T KNOW IF THIS COUNTS.
- And let’s just get to the big predictions. I think Katniss’s mom and Gale will die by the end of the book. Collins clearly has no reserves about killing off characters, so I think they’ll both die. WELL. OK.
- Katniss will not figure out if she likes Gale or Peeta more by the end of the book. I AM COUNTING THIS ONE.
- I think we will finally hear about hints of some sort of rebellion or war by the end of the book as well. These dystopian novels usually deal with someone standing up against the tyrannical government in it. AS;DFJSADL; OR BY CHAPTER 2. LOL.
OH MAN. I forgot how fun these are. Onwards to Mockingjay!
- WE WILL SEE PEOPLE. Ok, sorry, I had to.
- There will NOT be another Hunger Games again. If there is, I will probably punch myself in the face.
- We will FINALLY SEE DISTRICT 13. I mean they are headed there SURELY COLLINS WON’T TEASE THAT WITHOUT WRITING ABOUT IT.
- At some point, we will go back to District 12.
- We will meet Annie.
- About District 13: I’m guessing about 100 people live there. We will learn how they were able to stay off the grid.
- KATNISS WILL CHOOSE PEETA.
- And one of the reasons for that is that GALE WILL DIE. That’s right, I’m bringing it.
- Katniss’s mom will also die. So will Johanna, Finnick, Beetee, Brutus, and Haymitch. I expect this book to be brutal.
- I expect Panem to be liberated. I base that off the image on the cover.
- It will be discussed at length, but District 13 will NOT nuke the Capitol. They will find another way to overthrow them.
- Whatever method they find to overthrow the Capitol will involve the death of President Snow.
- Plutarch Heavensbee will sacrifice himself.
- We will find out that Cinna was killed during Catching Fire. 🙁
- THEY WILL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
If you haven’t read the third book (WHICH IS LIKE THREE PEOPLE NOW), go ahead and submit your predictions too!
Love your prediction posts so much. I can't believe how excited I am for you to start reading this book!
I've read this twice and I still feel like I'm not prepared. Can't WAIT for you to start, and for shit to start getting real.
Thought you might get a kick out of this:
I know everyone who read it was questioning the legitimacy of the writing about the Capitol reusing the same footage of district 13 over and over again, and I think Mark said something about it, but here's something that'll really go to show you how accurate it can actually be:
http://gizmodo.com/5745307/did-china-try-to-pass-…
A Chinese government funded news agency seriously tried passing off footage from TOP GUN as real Chinese jet training exercises.
I would cry a thousand rivers!
I've been revisiting Mark's epic battle with the Twilight series on Buzznet and it still boggles my brain at how awful these books are. They're so terrible and so offensive, you almost love to hate them.
Hello!
I thought I could now write my first comment. I've been following since you were almost halfway through Catching Fire. I've also read all your Twilight reviews and some of your HP reviews (I'm going to read them all, just haven't had time yet).
Looking forward for you to read Mockingjay! 🙂
P.s. Sorry for my English, it's not the best.
The title is a reference to Katniss herself. I’m guessing that since she is The Girl On Fire, she gets….caught? Wow, that sounded much better in my head than it does when I type it out. CLEARLY I AM FLAWLESS.
<— I'm pretty sure you were wrong about that one. It's not a reference to Katniss at all. It's a reference to the start of the rebellion — ie the rebellion "catching fire". So yeah.
I made these predictions after I finished Catching Fire, and they have been sitting in a Word document on my computer, waiting for this day. 🙂
-Mockingjay will feature Gale and Katniss. Peeta will be in the background for part, if not most of the book.
-The action will move to District 13. That will be where a new civilization is forming.
-The Capital will be changed forever.
-The Districts will be ended, the electric fences down, and people will be able to move about freely.
-President Snow will die.
I guess I didn't feel like making a lot of predictions. 🙂 I didn't want to predict whether it would be Peeta or Gale that would end up with Katniss, because Suzanne Collins could take this anyway she wanted without having a logical reason to do it.
Anyone else listening to the audiobook? I really like the narrator. If anyone's having a hard time not turning pages, I was finding it easier not to keep listening when I got to the end of a chapter than I was not reading.
I finally finished last night, and before I get to Mockingjay (or read Mark's review to get caught up FINALLY), I'll mention my one prediction, which is that the Capitol *isn't* torturing Peeta to death, they'll be using him to their advantage the way that Katniss thought the rebellion could when she was wondering why everyone was trying to protect him. They won't show the footage of Katniss & Co. breaking out and surviving because it'll just make everything worse. Peeta will be the victor (I'm calling that Johanna dies in the blast), blaming himself for Katniss' death and the death of District 12 (which they'll twist around somehow to be his fault). He'll be working against District 13 without knowing it even exists, and he'll be super-effective with his awesome speechifying as always.
I was going to wait on reading Mockingjay so I could contribute to the predictions, but I finished it two days ago. I'm just going to say: YOU ARE NOT PREPARED.
I don't think Beetee could be Sheldon. Beetee never seems to speak with a condescending tone. And I'm pretty sure he cares about people, for example, Wiress and Katniss. But I love the idea of that.
Didn't a cannon go off at the end of the games announcing someone else was dead?? It had to be Peeta, Brutus, and someone else because they weren't with Katniss when she heard it.
You are not prepared.
I doubt any person who read this book was prepared.
By the end of the book your mind will be in a million-gazillion pieces from being blown apart so much.
Just finished Catching Fire, so here come my predictions!!!
– Kat won't rest long in District 13 once they get there
– The reason: she recieves a message that Peeta is alive but in grave danger
– When she leaves, she essentially is choosing Peeta over Gale (as she should!)
– Haymitch will not drink
– District 13 will be a democratic society, and not everyone will be happy about getting ivolved with the other districts and their battle with the Capitol
– Madge also survived
– We will find out exactly how someone becomes a Vox
– and maybe a way to reverse the speechlessness??? (Hopeful!!!)
– We will see where President Snow actually lives (like, his palace or house or something)
– The red-haired Vox will make a reappearance
– As will Darius
– They will be vital in the attempt to overthrow the Capitol because of their proximity to the games (and possibly Peeta?)
– People will have believed they baby is real
– Prim will be a BAMF at some point in this book
– The two girls that Kat ran into by the lake will have made it to District 13
Okay, that's all I can think of right now… I'm sure I'll think of more
Yeah, Mark, Brutus is already dead.
Prediction Time!!
1) I know I already predicted this in the last book but HAYMITCH WILL DIE! He has to. He's like the Dumbledore of these books.
2) Katniss will finally make up her mind regarding Peeta and Gale.
3) They will rescue Peeta and Johanna by the middle of the book.
4) Gale's role will become more prominent. Finally.
5) Prim will continue to be ignored in the background.
6) MOAR Finnick and Cinna backstory.
7) I don't know why but I just don't think Gale or Peeta will die by the end.
8) Johanna will have more nekkid time.
I REALLY HOPE that Katniss makes a friend in district 13, like a girl friend. Katniss hasn’t had any friends in this series so far that haven’t a) died or b) made Katniss fall I love with them.