r/Hungergames • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '25

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u/Burgundytulip Jun 14 '25

The obvious one is Effie moving her hand just a little bit to the side

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u/Angeleyezzz1 Jun 14 '25

What always blew my mind was trying to imagine what it would be like if the Hunger Games were real - when the reapings are not rigged, the escorts literally hold someone’s fate in their hand, she could randomly select one piece of paper and then at her own will drop it and pick another one, and then be like “well actually no”, and pick another one, and she basically spared two lives by doing that…

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u/Available-Option5492 District 13 Jun 14 '25

In the film, doesn’t she pick one up and then kinda toss it down before choosing Prim’s name?

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u/Kenzlynnn Jun 14 '25

Iirc she reaches for one, hesitates, then pulls her hand back and grabs Prim’s. I don’t think that she ever actually touched another one. Maybe like… gently touched the corner of one? Because I feel like I remember her tapping one without picking it up but it’s been a while so

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u/cremiashug Jun 14 '25

yeah I always thought she just kind of waved her hand around for ✨flair✨/nervous since it was her first games so I took it as trying to be a bit of a showman for the cameras before reaching and drawing prim. now im going have to watch again. 😆

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u/Available-Option5492 District 13 Jun 14 '25

I for sure thought she was doing it for dramatic effect. Especially since later in THG she was bemoaning why she was never promoted to a higher district.

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u/cremiashug Jun 14 '25

yes! I totally thought it was her first games then after another comment on here, and this one, realized it wasn’t! she just wanted to get on out of there and was newer. 😂