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effie and katniss are conflicting areas of the autism spectrum, change my mind
i think that a lot of the fandom mischaracterises hijacked!peeta and it low key bugs me
because he isn't a single-minded murderer or filled with bloodlust - he's terrified
like a wounded animal, he lashes out at katniss because of how much he fears her; his mind has been so utterly warped that he can't see an escape other than through violence. he's convinced she's going to torture him, so he wants to stop her
which is why i think the idea that he hurts her post-mockingjay isn't a fair assumption; by this point, he's recovered enough that he is no longer violent. even in the capitol, his final descriptive relapse shows him punishing himself before he's willing to lay a hand on katniss
while he'll obviously never fully recover, his reported periods of relapse (grabbing the back of chairs and the like) are drawn from terror, previously aimed at katniss and later at himself as he gains back functionality
he was never warped into a mutt, or stripped of his personhood, or turned into a sadist. he was just made to fear everyone and everything - primarily katniss, which then manifested as a fear of himself.
Watched Hamilton live a few days ago, and don’t listen to It’s Quiet Uptown while thinking about the Everdeen family
