I'm pretty sure the classic 'love triangle' storyline always sets someone up to be the villain. Whether it's through their own fault or the author's use of deep character flaws, the hero always needs to make a choice and in the end, it's easier if she can blame you for killing her sister.
So, I guess I'm writing all of this as an explanation to you all not so much to apologize but to give you some insight into my motivations. I've been blessed with never missing the forest for the trees. And you can make me out to be callous because of it but I've always put the needs of others (the needs of my revolution) ahead of myself.
When Primrose died, I told Katniss I didn't know if it was my bomb that killed her. I didn't know for sure that she'd be there. All I knew was that I was needed, so I did what I did because I wanted to make sure we won. They don't remember that earlier in the 'book', I'd saved her life. That when Katniss and Peeta were in the games, I kept two families alive and instigated a revolution of my own in 12.
And what the book doesn't tell you is that I spent a good ten years chasing down everything that ever hurt Katniss Everdeen -- every architect of the Capitoline persuasion -- to bring them to justice. Why? Because I, too, wanted peace. And I suppose I also wanted redemption.
So, don't believe everything you read or watch in the movies. They're water-bugs dancing across the surface of a deeper, richer story that keeps on going, even when you shut the page.
Also, regarding these protesters: Things happen. What are we doing to assure these people that we're not going to kill them, take over their world or bomb them to hell? Nothing. We're here, in this really expensive place with anything our little hearts desire.
We're training. We're building weapons. I'd fucking protest, too.
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