"It Seems, In The Matter Of Love, That The Two - The Archduke And The Duchess - Were The Wisest, Yet

"It seems, in the matter of love, that the two - the Archduke and the Duchess - were the wisest, yet the late Empress and the Archduchess Zita are more often held as the ideal, the pinnacle, as it were. But the romance of 'Sopherl' and 'Franzi', as they call each-other, is undoubtedly, even in such a subjective matter as affection, something that should be looked up to, perhaps even idealised."

Irene: You're ill!

Alexandra: Mentally, yes, but I'm beautiful, which makes up for a lot.

Irene: I meant that you look like you're about to faint.

Alexandra: Ah. Right.

Peeta having to ask Katniss - after being married and having kids for years at this point - if she loves him, because the brainwashing and trauma is so deep rooted and irreversible, keeps me up at night.

It is by far one of the most tragic stories I have ever read or heard of. You shouldn't have to fear the woman you love, the mother of your children, because the government tried to use you as a weapon against your will.

People seem to miss that point whenever they talk about the books and movies. It's never been a happy ending for any of them. Peeta brainwashed, Katniss traumatised and exiled, their kids growing up and playing on top of mass graves and Haymitch going back to being a lonely alcoholic. To name a few.

All that fighting, and for what?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and future wife Countess Sophie of  Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin, playing tennis.

Alexandra: Not everyone's a social butterfly, Maria. For some of us, human interaction is... difficult.

Maria: Not calling it human interaction might help...

Alexandra: I hate talking about myself.

Maria: Get over it. I talk about myself constantly. Everyone loves me for it. I really am amazing.