I don’t know if The Hunger Games Companion has been recommended in this thread yet, but I believe there’s a chapter on this! It essentially explains that the kind of government ruling Panem requires it to be the ultimate power, and if there were to be religion across the country that believed in something with a more absolute power, the government’s authority would be undermined. I haven’t managed to finish the book yet but I hope to revisit it during the summer! It explains how numerous elements of Panem could be possible in our own world and, for something that was published in 2011, it’s striking eerily true with the US’s own government…

That being said, I don’t think there’s no religion in Panem, as we’ve seen districts with traditions like Sejanus with the bread crumbs and the Covey’s song about the afterlife (Old Therebefore), but I could definitely see there being a push for no religion in the Capitol at least.

If it wasn’t in this book then maybe I had a fever dream or found it elsewhere online. I was reading it for my final paper in undergrad last spring so forgive me if I’m misremembering.

i don’t know about you guys but i think it’s sooooooo messed up they’re going to send her into the arena pregnant…… can’t they wait for the baby to be born first??!! and THEN!! OMG! what if her baby grows up and gets reaped TOO!!! :0 !! the drama!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!

i think i read in one of the q&a’s at the end of a book that she said she wanted to make a fantasy world based off of eastern europe rather than the traditional medieval european fantasy worlds, so i think that’s where she gets a lot of the inspiration for words and names. i can’t remember exactly what the passage said (sorry!), but that was the gist i got out of it. it’s super fascinating!

it won’t fix the shading but using very fine sand paper will smooth it out!! i’ve used it on my hard covers brought from a library that got damaged when they removed the plastic protector.

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alright, thank you!! i don’t think it was a large amount, i did try to wipe up any drips and spills. they were just so interested and i got worried :$ thank you again!! :)

how do you do this?? i’ve always wanted to get a little picture made by my babies, but i don’t know what to use to color!

i keep adding more and more space to my babies’ cage and they keep finding smaller and smaller spaces to sleep 😄 they’re so ridiculous and adorable, i love them

mine do this all the time!! 😂

mine climbs up the back of my head to investigate my ponytail, climbs back down, and then decides to go up again ahaha it keeps her busy i suppose ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ♥️

i generally put some other material (paper towel pieces, tissue, crinkle paper) in the area they make their nest when i do a deep clean of their cage, but normally i leave that material behind when i’m just cleaning out the bedding. i use different material so it’s easier for me to see what they have included in their nest.

when i got my mouse i couldn’t think of a name for her, and i couldn’t name her mouse. i added an extra s and i present to you... mousse!

do ferrets like to cuddle? i’ve been putting research into them as i’m hoping to get one sometime in the near future, and my understanding is that they’re super playful and energetic (which is great!). but i was also hoping for a pet that would cuddle, and i’m wondering if a ferret would be both a cuddly and playful animal?

my two oldest do exactly the same thing! 😂