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Someone pointed out to me recently that Wiress is only at most 7 years older than Ampert, and that definitely had a bit of a kick to it.

Wiress is no older than 19 in STOR, and I'm genuinely still not over how heartbreaking that is. She's been one of my favourites since 10 y/o me saw the Catching Fire movie for the first time, and I swear she doesn't get a moment of peace in this damn series. Thank goodness she at least had such a good friend in Beetee or I'd probably be less okay in all of this-

This girl is already at a point where she shuts down enough for it to be something Haymitch points out when he sees her and Mags for the last time before entering the arena, but of course that's not enough. We know how the effects of her torture stay with her until her last moments, and honestly knowing now that this wasn't a result of her Games themselves and instead her (very small, by the way) part in trying to do good by the rebels is even more heartbreaking.

She would never get an adulthood in which she's "there" enough to experience even a fraction of something resembling normalcy like what the other victors are able to create for themselves, even if for some it took until after the second rebellion, and honestly I don't think I'm ever going to be okay with that.

TL.DR - Wiress is an incredibly devastating character when you look even slightly deeper and I'm not over it in the slightest

So I was watching through a SOTR analysis when I had a thought - what exactly are the mentors seeing while all of this happens? If there's a canon answer to this, please let me know! Or if there isn't and you have your own thoughts, I greatly enjoy everyone's perspectives on things like this.

It seems obvious the public live feed of the Games is made up of switching camera perspectives to "follow the action", keep the narrative as the gamemakers want, and keep any rebellion from being made public by the time of the 50th, likely staring much earlier - but the cameras would still have to be running constantly so the gamemakers and Snow can watch everything.

That begs the question, would they show the mentors the full feed? I feel like it could definitely be a way to keep them in line, force them to see the full picture, make sure they're blatantly aware of the fact nothing goes unnoticed.

At one point I did half jokingly theories that the mentors could have the option of being out charming sponsors or being in a more private mentors/victors only space with "all they could need" (ahem, a bar) while essentially being retraumatised

But idk, I haven't put much thought into it before, and honestly I would love to get a canon mentors perspective one day, but I also love any and all theories on our beloved victors, so yk!

She's honestly the best help for busy places, very huggable

She's honestly the best help for busy places, very huggable

Firstly I'd like to preface by saying I'm a teenager who has very little control over the food brought into our household. My mother is (as I've recently discovered) a low effort pescetarian (she really doesn't care past actual meat), I've been vegetarian since I was about 7, my younger brother eats meat.

I'm autistic with a limited diet as it is, and recent anxieties around whether or not foods are *actually* vegetarian has me not wanting to touch some of the foods I usually eat and not wanting to try anything new at all. I guess I'm just looking for advice on how the labeling system works, and what to look out for when there isn't a label?

I guess my main concerns are cheese, how to tell, what to look out for (in the UK). Plus, are cheese dishes (for example a macaroni cheese ready meal, mozzarella sticks, etc) that claim to be vegetarian friendly actually using vegetarian cheese?

Any knowledge appreciated!

Had some things sell to someone in the USA for the first time, and I just want to make sure I don't need to pay anything?

Like, tax and customs or whatever? If anyone has sold something to the USA and can share their experience it'd be greatly appreciated!