Mockingjay question

I liked Gale better too... but I think that it makes sense that she chose Peeta. Gale represented the darkness and the hatred and rebellion, which was a part of Katniss too. Until she saw the destruction it could cause (like Primrose's death). So the way I look at it, she had no choice but to choose Peeta unless she wanted to be sucked into that destruction and hatred forever. And Peeta, although way less appealing to me, truly loved Katniss too.

I wish she chose Gale as their friendship began much earlier and Gale was so loyal to her. And the fact that Primrose died was an accident, Gale would never do that on purpose.

Gale was my preference, but I understand her choosing Peeta, after all she spent so much time away from Gale and with Peeta.

TEAM FINNICK<3

I would have loved more Finnick :(

It would have been much better if it were neither of them.
I also don't get why everyone's so fixiated on Katniss having two love interests. Peeta was rather annoying anyway, in my opinion. He's the sort of character mostly boys can sympathize with. The sort of boys who can't work up the courage to speak to a girl. Which usually leads to the girl being shamed for 'not giving him a chance'. Hello? Doesn't anyone see the flaw in that?
So maybe she thought he was a nice guy at some point. Still. I think she deserved better than the stupid ending she got.

On the matter of Gale...
Come on, he was her childhood friend. Apparently before Peeta confessed his love she didn't even know that Gale had any feelings for her. That's freaking awkward too, you know? You want to be friends with someone and they suddenly want 'more' but you don't feel like it.
Awful!

Dang. I think Collins did the 'she ends up with Peeta' ending because otherwise some of the juvenile fans would've ripped her apart.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE BOOKS ABOUT? A dystopian future in which slavery is so normal in the districts that they don't even question it with a yearly coloseum game that uses teenage kids to kill each other because the capitol is the head organization that controls everything using fear and force and you know what.

She shouldn't have ended up with either them. Neither were strong male roles and I felt like Katniss got cheated out of an epic love.

I thought from the beginning it would be Gale, and Peeta was just a sidetrack that she would eventually return from. Gale and her were best friends. She was only herself when in the woods with him. They were connected. And by choice, not a death arena on television. So I'll use keep on rebelliously believing that they got married and had kids and then taught them archery(:

I dont like Gale especially in the last book

i always believed gale and katniss were meant for each other! she said a thousand times that she only felt like herself when she was in the woods with gale :) besides remember in catching fire when gale was whipped? "im his and he is mine, anything else is unacceptable" she saw it pretty clearly then, while even when peeta was taken by the capital she never once stated that they should be together or anything!
peeta made her weak and he didn't understand a whole side of her, katniss thought that by choosing peeta she could ignore that side of herself too but it was a stupid mistake because evantually she will be tired of hiding a whole side of her.
besides why do you say best friends becoming couples wont work? isn't real love born of friendship?!

I like gale but ending up together? i understand that Gale supported her since always, but Girl on fire live every experience with peeta and confronted together. relationship Gale/Katniss its like ending with your best friends isn't realistic. and Gale confessed him feelings so later in my opinion, its just like "Omg im losing to you, i will go to confuse about im feeling for you" dont misunderstand me, i love Gale but just a friend.

If you think Peeta and Katniss should be together your crazy.Gale and Katniss are PERFECT together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, I'm Peeta all the way. After Mockingjay, I've had an extremely strong dislike for Gale.

Yasss! I think the feeling Katniss has towards Peeta is not love. It started out pretentious and for the sake of the game. But the thing with Gale is different. I believed they almost made it if not for the game.

#TeamGale

I knew she would end up with Peeta and I wanted it that way. I love how Collins didn't write a stereotypically masculine character. Peeta is sensitive and sweet.

Probably. Just kidding. No you're not. I've heard of lots of people who like Gale I just don't. Gale was a first class jerk IMHO

Personally, I was kind of glad and surprised that she ended up with Peeta. Throughout the series...especially the last book, Gale and Katniss grew apart and he was moving on to things that Katniss didn't want to get involved in. To me, that was very believable and relatable because she grew to me as a character, along with Peeta even though she truly was not feeling him at first.

They should of been a couple - it would of made the whole story more contradictory.

Felt like Peeta was too squeamish for Katniss, she was like the male in the relationship! Gale on the other hand, was almost perfect.
I guess she made (the right?) choice, because he understood her or whatever, but I felt that Peeta just reminded her of the dark times. Yes, they suffered and supported eachother, but I can't help but hope that maybe Gale could have helped her live a new life.

Yeahhhh, I liked Gale more than Peeta and I knew that she was going to choose Peeta, but I just liked Gale too muuuuuch :D His ending was terrible though! He just... left???? LIKE WHAT THE HECK!?

I was all for Gale at first, but I'm sorry. Peeta won my heart.

But look at it this way, Peeta knows EXACTLY what Katniss went through. Lets say she ended up with Gale and she has one of her "freak out" days (like any person in a war does), he wouldn't understand her. and if he says "It'll be okay."
I think it would cause her to fly off the haywire, because lets face it, it won't be okay. Ever. Plus, I don't think Peeta is weak. He went through hell along with Katniss.

That's just my thought on it

I think she should have ended up with Gale. She did not deserve Peeta, who was selfless and all heart. Katniss never treated him/cared for him well. Katniss should have ended up with the man as cold and callous as hersel--Gale. The Katniss-Peeta relationship is very one-sided with Peeta putting in all of the effort and suffering heavy emotional blows that Katniss is less capable of experiencing.

Gale all the way. I just don't like Peeta's hair in the books or films.

I think she should have ended up with Gale too!

I have to admit that gale has won my heart and he did sooooooo much for katniss unlike Peeta

I loved Peeta, but I feel like he wasn't Katnisses (what is the possessive form of katniss) type. I feel like Gale was more of Katnisses type, but he was a butthole. That's just what I think.

Omg yes girl , I hateee Peeta

I ship Gale X Katniss

Katniss should have ended up with neither Peeta nor Gale. I didn't like either of them and the entire time I was kind of hoping that some other dude would just show up in Mockingjay and be the one. If I had to choose between the two of them it would be Gale. I think what bothered me the most was the fact that Katniss just pushed Gale away after accidentally killing her sister. It was because of Gale that Prim even lived that long. He continued to take care of her even when Katniss was on-screen kissing another guy, even if it was just for show. After all that he sacrificed for her, Katniss just says, "Goodbye Gale," as if he meant nothing to her. I understand that Katniss has all the right to be mad, but maybe after 5ish years, or however long it took to get over prim's death, she could at least reach out to him or asked how he was doing or something like that. He was Katniss's best and only friend for a long time, sacrificing so much for her, and it is kind of sad to think that she just pushed him away like he didn't matter.

Cassity wrote: "Like, IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT KATNIIS AND GALE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER, AND THIS BREAD FLIPPING * BEEP * COMES ALONG AND RUINS IT FOR THEM .___."

peete is more romantic he chucked the bread in the puddle

I totally agree! I can see why she ended up with Peeta, but I still think Katniss was better with Gale.

OMIGOSH I wanted Katniss to choose Gale SOOO BAD. Imagine how I felt when I finished the series.

I realize this thread is 5 years old now, but I finally searched this question this morning after "Gale Song" came up on my Pandora. Ever since I read/watched this series with my daughters I have thought that putting Katniss with Peeta was a dumb outcome. Peeta is needy. Katniss has a need to feed the need. If either one ever grew past the point where they were needy/feedy needy, the relationship would become burdensome and unhappy, and probably, because she's female, left Katniss trying to figure out what was wrong with Her that the relationship was falling down. Gale and Katniss shared the need to care for and protect and the ability to put aside their own personal preferences and sensibilities to do what has to be done to ensure safety and well-being for others. I saw Peeta as a sneaky, mealy-mouthed brat--and it would have done better for him to be put down in the first book. He didn't have the strength of character for the role he was put in and he survived on Katniss's need to protect others. Katniss and Gale would have balanced one another, and supported one another. Neither would have borne their innate need/self-imposed-duty to protect and care for others alone. Balance over Needy. Maybe it's because I've been in a some crappy relationships over the years that have been dreadfully UN-balanced, that I see the balance as preferable.

I WANTED IT TO!
god thanks there are more people who thinks Katniss and Gale would be an cute couple. From of the begin i read the book i shipt them. Kotyonok says: "Try to picture yourself as Katniss. Who would you have a closer relationship with? The boy you grew up with or the boy's love that kept you alive?".
Peeta doesn't kept Katniss alive, but Katniss Peeta...
I would go for Gale! #teamgale

Fleur x

YES I SHIPPED GALE AND KATNISS FROM THE START NEVER WAS A FAN OF PEETA UGHHH WHYYY?!!!

Peeta - definitely. If she went for Gale then it'd end up like any other chick lit, swoon-over-the-hot-guy, silly girly fiction.

The Hunger Games isn't another Twilight. It's proper literature hence why the hero doesn't have to be stronger than the heroine. The heroine being Alpha is a feminist statement - good on her!

I always found that neither were quite compatible for her. Peeta with all his sweetness had this inflated image of her that gets stripped down in Mockingjay, but then comes right back by the end. He saw her for more than she was making her feel obligated to be that. In Catching Fire, it's only after she realizes his first concern was her that she sets out to spare his life in the games. He technically makes her a better person, but a little at the expense of her true self.

With Gale, as she says at the end of Mockingjay, he is fire and she has enough of her own to sustain herself. Meaning she doen't need him. He has nothing to offer her, but more of the same. Plus with his narrow minded view of things and rarely being able to admit when he is wrong, it's bound to produce a lot of arguements that end in "let's agree to disagree" which is fine to a point until they pile up and all they'll ever do is disagree.

But she ends up with someone by default which is a very realistic view on things. People often times marry people they work with because they're there. Peeta was there for her in the end and gave her purpose again because up until this point she had been living to guaruntee the survival of someone else.Now Prim's gone, her mother, Gale and the rebellion and she was basically living because it was expected of her. And incomes Peeta who not only takes care of her, but needs taking care of as well. Like it's said, she needed him and I think she does fall in love with him, but not some grand epic romance because a) no one needs that to be happy and b) the book is essentially about the nature of war not who ends up with the girl.

Why did she need to end up with anyone?

It's a guy best friend who fell in love with her. Screw Peeta, Katniss needs Gale. He would have pushed her to do her best instead of Peeta, who didn't do anything.

I loved Gale. And it left me heart broke to read her go to Peeta. She came close to Peeta only because Gale went away. Had he been there, it would have been real call for Katniss Everdeen to choose one. As they say "out of sight, out of mind".

You're not alone! I always figured Gale and Katniss were meant for each other.

No...I think there is more...I think Katniss should have ended up with Gale, if she had never met Peeta. Because it was the closest thing she hat to romance: friendship.

But, Peeta was love. Gale was friendship. Support. Power. Happyness. Yes, Gale was all of that. But Peeta was warmt, love.

I think it's a good thing that Katniss ended up with Peeta.
The only thing I dislkie the most, is that Gale leave. He should have stayed. He should have found someone else, but remain in the district 12. Being, maybe, Uncle Gale.

The last thing, of Katniss hunting alone, is what broke my heart

Absolutely not! I think Peeta is so wimpy. I really didn't care for his character and I just really like the idea of Katniss and Gale. Bummer! Then again, I did like the way the third book played out, soo... guess I can't have it all.

I LOVED Gale and I think that Gale would have brought her back to being herself in the last book.
I always liked Gale, from the very first scene he's in in the Hunger Games, before they even talked about making a movie.
I think that him and Katniss would have been perfect for each other because they were such good friends and they understood each other :/

I found Gale a bit too pushy and reckless towards the end. Peeta was always there, even when he was hijacked, but Gale was always plotting revenge on the Capitol. He was also just a little too pushy with his feelings on Katniss. I'm glad she chose Peeta in the end - they had been through so much together.

I agree. I was upset that she chose Peeta over Gale. Would have been a much better story in my opinion.

I personally always wanted them to be together, but I figured she'd end up with Peeta.
"This bread flipping *Beep*" lololol

How come she fell in love with Peeta? It does not make any sense. All he can do is bake. He can't do squat besides that. Gale and Katniss were perfect for eachother, perfect team, they think alike, take care of eachother... etc. then peeta had to come along and ruin it all.

I'm a Cato/Katniss shipper but I definitely would have preferred Gale over Peeta.

It would have been more romantic, but I think Peeta was the easier fit.

Yep I was also assuming that it would be Gale, I still think it seems wrong that its Peeta. Maybe its because I think Gale in the movie is super hot.

No you're not. I feel like they should have ended up together. But i am still glad that she ended up with Peeta also. And if she had ended up with Gale i still would have felt the same way... like she should have ended up with Peeta but i would have been happy she ended up with Gale. Does that make Any sense at all?

Gale and Katniss were too alike to be together. They were better off friends.

booooo Gale would have never made her happy, they were too much alike. Peeta was sweet and innocent. Hated they took his scene out of the movie. I also hated how book three rushed their reunion.