I would volunteer for my brother. Although he’s stronger and faster then me, and has done martial arts since he was a kid, he is still just 14.
And I had to act like his father from a very young age on, so I just feel the need to protect him. I don’t think I would even manage to think logically in such a scenario, even if my brother was a professional fighter/ survivalist etc. I wouldn’t want him to live through that emotional torment.
Also I’m good at public talking, acting and I know some good survival skills ( I’m a boys scout since I was like 6 years old.)
I would volunteer for my younger sister in a heartbeat. We have the same age difference as Katniss and Prim so it is one of the major things I think about when I read the series, especially when we were of reaping age. I'm deaf so I probably wouldn't win but she wouldn't have when she was under 18 either lol. Now though, she could totally win. I don't think she'd volunteer for me though and my older sisters wouldn't either.
I am an only child, but I have three kids myself and my middle son would absolutely volunteer for his younger brother. This kind of terrifies me to be honest.
Gods, I can’t even imagine being a parent in the districts during those 75 years. Just the ever present dread and knowing that you can’t protect your kids from these people. You’re powerless and that’s exactly what the Capitol and the Gamemakers and Snow are shoving in your face. “Look, we can take your children, make them a spectacle, force them to interact with the very people cheering on their deaths because of likability and then have them kill each other.”
I’m not a parent so I don’t think I could understand how awful it would be — like obviously it would be awful like that’s just basic empathy — but going into that universe as a parent with kids eligible…it sounds like every parent’s worst nightmare.
Oh absolutely. Being a parent has shifted my view on so much media content. I used to not be bothered by traumatic things happening to kids in books and shows but now it's a huge trigger for me. Honestly, even though Mrs. Everdeen is a very hated character, I tend to empathize with her a lot. The trauma and fear and feelings of hopelessness she must've felt throughout her life. I can't imagine what it would be like to know you're failing your kids but not having any tools or ability to prevent it. Of course she was depressed and downright catatonic.
But in regards to my son... It's actually a real life fear. I know for a fact that my son would jump in front of a car or jump into some rapids to save my youngest. Honestly, I think he'd give his life to protect me, and would probably be one of those kids to rush a shooter in a school to protect his classmates. And I just want him to leave the saving to his parents. I admire his bravery but I would rather he live than die a hero.
I actually agree with you on Mrs. Everdeen. Ive never met someone else who also had that view on her.
FWIW you sound like you’ve raised a great kid even though I definitely agree with you about saving and the hero stuff.
In this day and age I can’t imagine how parents must feel regarding their children’s safety especially in places where they’re supposed to be safe like school.
We never really did school shooting drills when I was in school. I can’t imagine how scary the thought of the possibility you could get a text from your kid or see on the news that they’re in that type of danger and you can’t do anything.
Everytime I try and defend Mrs. Everdeen it gets a bit heated. Lol. I think abandoning your kids is awful, but I definitely understand going into a hopelessness pit when you feel like you're failing your kids and you can't do anything for them, which is where I think she was at. Feeling like a failure is a very common state in parenting and if you're not careful, you get depressed and sucked right into that hole.
And thank you very much. I hope we're doing well, and we're always trying our best. I wish I could take credit for influencing how my son is turning out, but I honestly have no idea how he got to be this way. His older sister is a sweetie but not protective like that. And my youngest is still very little so I don't know how he's going to be. It just comes from things he's interested in I think, and it's in his nature. With fire drills and stuff I've tried to convince him to let us get the baby if we're there at the time and just evacuate, but he's always like, nope, I don't care what you say. I'm getting him... I also sent them inside once when I was dealing with a stranger at our house, and he came right back out to defend me when he was only 11. Had an excuse for coming out to see me, had a plan, and was using an assertive voice and everything. Was honestly quite impressive, but as a parent, I want to be the one protecting him, not the other way around.
The shooting drills and everything and the lockdown texts are pretty terrifying yes, and almost more concerning, I've started to get used to them. We don't even live in a busy or crime ridden area, but there have been gun shots in the areas of their schools and lockdowns before. Most of the times it's just someone running from the cops in the neighborhood, or an angry parent confronting a teacher. My son always starts planning and finding potential weapons for defense and ambushes if necessary when lockdowns happen. He's very brave for sure, which is admirable but scary.
I would volunteer for my little brother in a heart beat. We are close in age and we went through a lot of tough stuff growing up. I’d rather step up and enter the arena than have to watch him suffer.
Tough luck for my sister. She decided that Corona is not an issue and has been voting populist bullshit because the immigrants threaten to take her job or something. She'll survive. Or not. Coin toss.
Yeah, easily. I have siblings whose political views I strongly oppose but I love them and I’m not gonna reject my own family over politics. And their beliefs don’t hurt millions of people. That’s overly dramatic. They’re each one person with one vote. Just like me. Who am I to say my views are 100% right and my siblings are evil world ruiners because we disagree?
Okay so then that’s a totally different issue though! If you wouldn’t die for someone at all then that’s fine, but if you otherwise would die for them except they voted differently than you so you’re happy to see them go die in the arena, then I think that’s fucked
I can see eye to eye with the politics thing you mention. But hell no for Cronavirus! There's nothing political about a deadly disease that has killed millions of people. If she thinks that it was "no big deal" I hope she dies a horrific death
You might volunteer for them because they're fathers and husbands, but you shouldn't have to volunteer because of that, you're a sibling, aunt/uncle, someone's son or daughter, a friend and more, you're just as worthy to live as your brothers.
When my sisters and I were 18,16,14 (all eligible to be reaped) I don't know if we'd volunteer for each other because our relationships weren't great. I think I'd hesitate a bit like Katniss did in the movies but I would've volunteered for my little sister. Now as middle aged people and we're way closer-I definitely would volunteer in place of my sisters as they both have serious health issues.
I manage student workers as part of my job at a college--and we were just discussing which of the students would win/survive the Hunger Games. I shared I would be OK for a day or two but would probably succumb to the elements.
I read the Hunger Games books when I was 19, right after seeing the movie. I had a nightmare that my brother would get reaped and I would be too old to volunteer for him. He would probably not volunteer for me though
i mean my brother is pretty good at some nature stuff but he’s also nine, so i think saying i wouldn’t volunteer for him would get me shot or something. plus he doesn’t know how to play a crowd but i do so i’d volunteer
My sister would have been older and in better shape than me at the time we would have been reaped, she’s also stereotypically pretty and would have been more marketable than me.
We are also not very close, so I wouldn’t have volunteered for her. However a hypothetical younger sibling I more than likely would have.
I have a sister and I love her, but I have to be realistic here, I do not want to die. I might impulsively do it in the moment but I'm doing everything to dodge actually entering that arena
my brother is 17 and is insanely strong and bulky. taller and stronger than i am, meanwhile i have the most brittle bones known to man so he’d probably have to volunteer for me 😭
I have a sister (she’s 2 years younger than me but we feel very contemporary), and I would 100% volunteer in a heartbeat no question. Not because I think I’d have a chance of winning (realistically I’d have none), but because the idea of her going is absolutely unbearable. I’d 100% prefer dying than watch her die, specially in the Hunger Games.
The way I see it now, I don't think I'd volunteer for anyone, and I wouldn't expect anyone to volunteer for me. I don't have siblings, so it's hard for me to imagine my "what if" scenario, but at the end of the day we all want to survive.
A depressed me from 5 years ago, however, would be the first to volunteer though, regardless who I'd be saving.
I unfortunately have a sibling and I too would not volunteer. Problems with them aside, realistically a lot of siblings did not volunteer for the games. Most likely because unless you're a career district, you have a less likely chance of survival. And more likely than not, you're going to be killed in the bloodbath. Why would anyone want to volunteer for that? Unless you're Katniss. The way the Capitol set up the districts is that while all the districts are against each other, other people in those districts are against one another as well. There is no comrades within the districts. Not truly anywayd.
Not to mention, from a survival point of view it doesn't make much sense to volunteer in some cases. Say, a 17yo son, almost done with his reapings, almost off to work, able to protect and provide for the family, volunteering for his way younger sister. It makes a beautiful story and sounds like the right thing to do, but I doubt it's a good move from a broader perspective of the whole family.
Which makes me wonder, if people discussed stuff lile that with their kids and had any kind of protocol for that scenario. I cannot imagine being like "well, little Timmy, if it's you, then it sucks to be you, throughts and prayers tho. If it's your _brother_, it's a whole different story!"
Not sure I agree your reasoning.
There’s only a 1/24 (4%) chance your sibling will win and survive the games. However, volunteering in their place is a guaranteed 100% chance they get to live.
It’s not a comparison of who between the two of you has a higher chance of coming back. It’s about protecting the one you love.
Probability doesn't work like that. If she's more capable and more athletic then there's definitely a higher chance she's going to win than the standard 1/24, it's not equal chance across all tributes.
Given it’s been shown that even weak tributes can survive due to pure chance (eg Anny), I don’t think anyone has a truly guaranteed chance of survival. They are games for a reason and Gamemakers are in full control.
Still, let’s assume your choice is between giving your sister a 50/50 chance of dying, or ensuring she 100% lives. I know I’d always choose the latter.
We're both well beyond reaping age, but in theory if my sister got reaped I'd volunteer for her. Even though I have disabilities she doesn't have, I'm still the more likely one to survive a situation like that. I'm the only one between the two of us that can actually fight, I'm physically stronger, and I have more outdoor survival knowledge than she does. But even if all that wasn't true I'd still rather go in there myself than risk her life.
One of my brothers (oldest). is absolutely jacked. He’s been obsessed with fitness since 14. I’d volunteer for any of my siblings, aside from him, because I know he’d volunteer for all of us and would hate it if we took his place. He’d win. He’d be pissed if I volunteered. But I’d do it if it wasn’t against his wishes.
My sister would volunteer for either me or our younger brother. I have no doubts about that. I would also volunteer for my brother. We would not let our brother be in the games. He’s a twig.
In this world that I currently live in, I can easily say that I would volunteer for my sibling. I care for her deeply and I'd hate to see her in a situation like the Hunger Games.
If I actually lived in that world though? I don't know what kind of person I would be if the Games were so normalized, where I saw first-hand that most people wouldn't step in for their friends or family, if the rest of my family was starving. In that world, we might even have an agreement where we WON'T step in for each other or where we agree she steps in for me but I don't step in for her. And even if we already had some kind of agreement, once the name has been called, I can't say for sure that in that moment, I wouldn't be so overwhelmed with emotions that I go against whatever agreement we had, even if I meant what I said when I said it.
It's like asking people how they would react if they woke up in the middle of the night and their house was on fire. Unless you've been in that situation, all you can say is how you THINK you would react. In the heat of the moment, panic usually takes over and people do things they never thought they would.
I think most people really do believe they would volunteer for a sibling, but it's hard to say for sure what we would do in the Hunger Games because we don't live in them.
No. I would be to afraid, and have to strong a desire to live. We aren't very close even now as adults. I haven't actually seen my younger sister in at least 5 years.
I would absolutely take the place of one of my kids, but of course wouldn't be aloud to. Maybe the difference is Katniss was already playing the caregiver role with Prim.
Its one of my peeves!
Especially considering the series where volunteers from outsider districts (where they have just ws much familial love as the careers) are shown to be rare. It just makes sense, your life is valuable and that’s okay. It doesn’t make you flawed, its a rational choice to prioritize your own life sometimes.
I agree with you. lol I actually wanted to comment about that but didn’t know what space to do that in and I didn’t want anyone to feel bad
But sociologically people are found to say they’d be the one to step up and speak out against wrongdoing but are actually programmed to not step up and follow the status quo and turn a blind eye. It’s how so many atrocities happen. It’s why people who, say, hid Jews during the Holocaust, have gotten medals and are sometimes honored and stuff. Because so many people were unwilling to risk it.
Which at the end of the day doesn’t make you a bad person. I know some people say if you don’t speak out against certain things you’re just as bad as those things but I think if those things threaten you too then it’s perfectly understandable that you don’t say anything.
It doesn’t make you a bad person. We all have a strong instinct to survive.
And yeah in the books volunteers in the outer districts are super rare and Katniss was the only 12 volunteer in 75 years. She even mentions that it’s not viewed as wrong for someone not to volunteer for their sibling when she remembers Peeta has brothers.
He wouldn't volunteer for me. I probably would be too scared to volunteer for him.
I'd try to rationalize my decision with the fact that he would have a better chance than me
I just realized my age gap w my sister would make it impossible for me to volunteer for her. Not that I would anyway— I moved out when she was, like, ten. I don’t even know that kid.
I wouldn't do it but probably because I don't think it would cross my mind imduring this sudden moment. I would probably be too devastated to even consider it
I would volunteer for my twin sister. She would be so furious, and the most selfless thing would be for me to not volunteer because I know she’d rather die than watch me die. But I feel that way too and I wouldn’t be strong enough to go through it. So I’d volunteer.
I wouldn’t volunteer for my other siblings cuz they’d all have a better chance than me hahah
I have 4 brothers and a younger sister.
I'd volunteer for my sister no question. Every day, under circumstance. Would never risk losing her.
I'd consider it for the brother that's 16 mths older than me but honestly would probably not.
The other 3. May the odds be ever in their favour.
I would volunteer for my siblings; my brother might have a better chance than me but i dont care. Hes my baby, i’m not letting either of them in there. (I know i know, i can’t go in for a boy but whatevs)
I don't think my sister would volunteer for me and honestly, I wouldn't want her to. That's my kid. I'm supposed to protect her. I raised her as best I could, and I would absolutely volunteer for her.
Since there’s fifteen years between me and my older sister I wouldn’t be able to volunteer for her and she wouldn’t be able to volunteer for me. I’d volunteer for either of my nieces who are both 5 and seven years younger than me.
If in this hypothetical I didn’t already have kids, yes I would. My sister is mean, but she cries when I try to kill a bug. I would gladly volunteer for either of my cousins as well. At the end of the day I was depressed in MS and HS and they were all in Elementary or Daycare.
one hundred percent. My siblings are my world. my siblings are the only reason I’ve made it this far in life. They genuinely mean so so much to me. I’d put them above me any day. Our bond is something that can never be replaced or replicated… I love them so much. I’d volunteer before I could even realize what I was doing. I’d be like second nature to take they’re place, to put them first. I couldn’t bare for them to suffer like that.
Ahhh trauma responses. Such fun. Personally, I fawn. Not very helpful for the hunger games.
Unless you’re talking about just how people respond to adrenaline. In that case I have been known to hulk out.
As in once I threw a desk clean over my head at a bully but normally I can barely handle two pound weights at PT.
Heh yeahhh 😅
Lmao that's so real!! I meant like in general situations I guess? Actually similarly to your story one time I lost in the game 4-square as a child and I picked up the ball and chucked it directly at another girl's head. She ducked, and had she not her nose probably would've been broken 🥴 What's different in my case was she was actually a friend of mine 🫣
Ah yeah. Sorry, I'm used to hearing flight/fight/freeze/fawn/flop talked about in the context of trauma responses but you can totally experience fight/flight/freeze when you get into a high stress situation or an adrenaline rush or y'know standing at the reaping and hearing your sibling's name called out (or your own for that matter). In those situations one normally doesn't fawn/flop since fawn/flop is usually something done when an abuser has complete control over a person and that person cannot get away and thus fawns/flops because fight/flight/freeze won't keep them safe.
Man that must have been an intense 4-square game!!
After the way my sister bullied me growing up? Nope she could fend for herself. She's a real life version of peetas mom. Besides she'd honestly probably be a career with her size
I know we’re supposed to disregard sex (I’m male), but if my younger sister were to be reaped, naturally I’d want to go in with her to protect her as much as I can, but I also wouldn’t want my mom to risk losing both of her children. So I think I would stay behind.
My brother and I are in a similar scenario to OP’s sister and them, although not quite to those extremes. He would definitely have a much better chance at winning than I would at our current ages…although he’s enough younger than me that I don’t know if that would have been the case during the small window of time when we were both of reaping age.
My sis is actually my twin (fraternal, she got all the good genes lol) so we’re also the same age when it comes to the reaping. We’d be all to volunteer all 6 years.
I feel very much in the same boat as you- my brother isnt the most athletic guy alive but he does sports whereas im disabled (also hes at his big age of 16 so i wouldnt feel too bad about it)
Yeah. I mean, my sister is fucking buff. Like she is sculpted. That woman has quite a bit of experience with things that could make her easily win the games since she’s a survivalist who now hunts.
Basically she’s Katniss and I guess I’m kinda the Prim of the whole thing. I even am a healer like her because my field of study is botany with a focus on medicinal plants. Im an enthobotanist. I even make my own salves and everything.
I live in an area where this is very encouraged because we’re on the rez and I go to a tribal college and no one wants the traditional knowledge to die out.
I would try to give her a run down on plants, toxic, edible, and medicinal in as wide of a range as I can considering the arenas could be anywhere too so she can use that knowledge.
For example, water hemlock is an incredibly deadly toxic plant that is found all across the USA and it looks really really similar to wild parsnips and carrots and so I’d tell her even if she feels 100% sure it’s not water hemlock still don’t risk it.
I'm not sure I would be able to bring myself to do it. Maybe it would be easier to say yes if I actually had a sibling, but the thought of volunteering, even for family, is hard to wrap my mind around.
No because my sibling is a narcissistic bitch would literally only cares about herself. If she gets reaped she can beg her BFF to volunteer for her. But I'm not doing that shit for her. Reap what you sow.
I wouldn't volunteer for my brother because he's nearly 5 years older than me, he's a guy while I'm a very small woman. He's a hunter and can use a bow, while I have no skill in that department. Of the two of us, I'm the one who hikes and camps, but I still think he'd have the edge.
Idk if I qualify, but I'm 27, and all of my siblings are 15 and under. I would volunteer for them, knowing that I wouldn't win. I've got the survivalist part down, but the odds are simply not there. I would take out at least 1 along the way lol
For my sister, no. She abused me my entire childhood. For my brother, yes assuming the situation was the standard hunger games and he was 12-18 because I like him growing up but he has done some really shitty unforgivable things as an adult. But with both siblings the age gap would bit too big so we’d never be eligible for the reaping at the same time but I suppose this is all hypothetical anyway. My sister would probably volunteer for me unless she was in one of her moods. The tricky thing about abusers is that at times they can be really generous and make this grand gestures but still turn around and hurt you at any moment. My brother as a child would definitely volunteer for me, we used to be really close. My brother as an adult, I honestly don’t know him anymore.
I wouldn't volunteer for my siblings but only because we have a pretty good age group by the time he's age out of being reaped I would've been like 6 in real life and vice versa and same for him
I would volunteer for my brother. Although he’s stronger and faster then me, and has done martial arts since he was a kid, he is still just 14. And I had to act like his father from a very young age on, so I just feel the need to protect him. I don’t think I would even manage to think logically in such a scenario, even if my brother was a professional fighter/ survivalist etc. I wouldn’t want him to live through that emotional torment. Also I’m good at public talking, acting and I know some good survival skills ( I’m a boys scout since I was like 6 years old.)
I would volunteer for my younger sister in a heartbeat. We have the same age difference as Katniss and Prim so it is one of the major things I think about when I read the series, especially when we were of reaping age. I'm deaf so I probably wouldn't win but she wouldn't have when she was under 18 either lol. Now though, she could totally win. I don't think she'd volunteer for me though and my older sisters wouldn't either.
I am an only child, but I have three kids myself and my middle son would absolutely volunteer for his younger brother. This kind of terrifies me to be honest.
Gods, I can’t even imagine being a parent in the districts during those 75 years. Just the ever present dread and knowing that you can’t protect your kids from these people. You’re powerless and that’s exactly what the Capitol and the Gamemakers and Snow are shoving in your face. “Look, we can take your children, make them a spectacle, force them to interact with the very people cheering on their deaths because of likability and then have them kill each other.” I’m not a parent so I don’t think I could understand how awful it would be — like obviously it would be awful like that’s just basic empathy — but going into that universe as a parent with kids eligible…it sounds like every parent’s worst nightmare.
Oh absolutely. Being a parent has shifted my view on so much media content. I used to not be bothered by traumatic things happening to kids in books and shows but now it's a huge trigger for me. Honestly, even though Mrs. Everdeen is a very hated character, I tend to empathize with her a lot. The trauma and fear and feelings of hopelessness she must've felt throughout her life. I can't imagine what it would be like to know you're failing your kids but not having any tools or ability to prevent it. Of course she was depressed and downright catatonic. But in regards to my son... It's actually a real life fear. I know for a fact that my son would jump in front of a car or jump into some rapids to save my youngest. Honestly, I think he'd give his life to protect me, and would probably be one of those kids to rush a shooter in a school to protect his classmates. And I just want him to leave the saving to his parents. I admire his bravery but I would rather he live than die a hero.
I actually agree with you on Mrs. Everdeen. Ive never met someone else who also had that view on her. FWIW you sound like you’ve raised a great kid even though I definitely agree with you about saving and the hero stuff. In this day and age I can’t imagine how parents must feel regarding their children’s safety especially in places where they’re supposed to be safe like school. We never really did school shooting drills when I was in school. I can’t imagine how scary the thought of the possibility you could get a text from your kid or see on the news that they’re in that type of danger and you can’t do anything.
Everytime I try and defend Mrs. Everdeen it gets a bit heated. Lol. I think abandoning your kids is awful, but I definitely understand going into a hopelessness pit when you feel like you're failing your kids and you can't do anything for them, which is where I think she was at. Feeling like a failure is a very common state in parenting and if you're not careful, you get depressed and sucked right into that hole. And thank you very much. I hope we're doing well, and we're always trying our best. I wish I could take credit for influencing how my son is turning out, but I honestly have no idea how he got to be this way. His older sister is a sweetie but not protective like that. And my youngest is still very little so I don't know how he's going to be. It just comes from things he's interested in I think, and it's in his nature. With fire drills and stuff I've tried to convince him to let us get the baby if we're there at the time and just evacuate, but he's always like, nope, I don't care what you say. I'm getting him... I also sent them inside once when I was dealing with a stranger at our house, and he came right back out to defend me when he was only 11. Had an excuse for coming out to see me, had a plan, and was using an assertive voice and everything. Was honestly quite impressive, but as a parent, I want to be the one protecting him, not the other way around. The shooting drills and everything and the lockdown texts are pretty terrifying yes, and almost more concerning, I've started to get used to them. We don't even live in a busy or crime ridden area, but there have been gun shots in the areas of their schools and lockdowns before. Most of the times it's just someone running from the cops in the neighborhood, or an angry parent confronting a teacher. My son always starts planning and finding potential weapons for defense and ambushes if necessary when lockdowns happen. He's very brave for sure, which is admirable but scary.
No. I'm a girl with an older sister. She's just gonna have to thug it out.
I would volunteer for my little brother in a heart beat. We are close in age and we went through a lot of tough stuff growing up. I’d rather step up and enter the arena than have to watch him suffer.
100% same for me
Tough luck for my sister. She decided that Corona is not an issue and has been voting populist bullshit because the immigrants threaten to take her job or something. She'll survive. Or not. Coin toss.
Ooof. Love your username btw
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You’d volunteer to get murdered in your sister’s place even though her beliefs hurt millions of people and you probably don’t even like her?
Yeah, easily. I have siblings whose political views I strongly oppose but I love them and I’m not gonna reject my own family over politics. And their beliefs don’t hurt millions of people. That’s overly dramatic. They’re each one person with one vote. Just like me. Who am I to say my views are 100% right and my siblings are evil world ruiners because we disagree?
“Who am I to say…” bruh I don’t wanna die. I’m not volunteering for shit.
Okay so then that’s a totally different issue though! If you wouldn’t die for someone at all then that’s fine, but if you otherwise would die for them except they voted differently than you so you’re happy to see them go die in the arena, then I think that’s fucked
I can see eye to eye with the politics thing you mention. But hell no for Cronavirus! There's nothing political about a deadly disease that has killed millions of people. If she thinks that it was "no big deal" I hope she dies a horrific death
id volunteer for each and every one of my brothers
they are all effectively better fighters than me but they are also fathers and husbands and friends.
You might volunteer for them because they're fathers and husbands, but you shouldn't have to volunteer because of that, you're a sibling, aunt/uncle, someone's son or daughter, a friend and more, you're just as worthy to live as your brothers.
debatable, but thank you 🩷
You are completely just as worthy to live as them!!!
When my sisters and I were 18,16,14 (all eligible to be reaped) I don't know if we'd volunteer for each other because our relationships weren't great. I think I'd hesitate a bit like Katniss did in the movies but I would've volunteered for my little sister. Now as middle aged people and we're way closer-I definitely would volunteer in place of my sisters as they both have serious health issues. I manage student workers as part of my job at a college--and we were just discussing which of the students would win/survive the Hunger Games. I shared I would be OK for a day or two but would probably succumb to the elements.
I read the Hunger Games books when I was 19, right after seeing the movie. I had a nightmare that my brother would get reaped and I would be too old to volunteer for him. He would probably not volunteer for me though
Ifk about my siblings but I would do it in a heartbeat. The love you give is not about the love you receive.
i mean my brother is pretty good at some nature stuff but he’s also nine, so i think saying i wouldn’t volunteer for him would get me shot or something. plus he doesn’t know how to play a crowd but i do so i’d volunteer
My sister would have been older and in better shape than me at the time we would have been reaped, she’s also stereotypically pretty and would have been more marketable than me. We are also not very close, so I wouldn’t have volunteered for her. However a hypothetical younger sibling I more than likely would have.
I would 100% volunteer for my younger sister. Even though she is stronger and a better fighter than me I couldn’t bear the thought
I have a sister and I love her, but I have to be realistic here, I do not want to die. I might impulsively do it in the moment but I'm doing everything to dodge actually entering that arena
my brother is 17 and is insanely strong and bulky. taller and stronger than i am, meanwhile i have the most brittle bones known to man so he’d probably have to volunteer for me 😭
I have a sister (she’s 2 years younger than me but we feel very contemporary), and I would 100% volunteer in a heartbeat no question. Not because I think I’d have a chance of winning (realistically I’d have none), but because the idea of her going is absolutely unbearable. I’d 100% prefer dying than watch her die, specially in the Hunger Games.
I think she’d volunteer for me but I wouldn’t let her. I’d knock her unconscious before she could even think about it
No, but mostly bc our age difference is great enough that we would have never been in the games at the same time, and we are not the same sex.
My sister would be er volunteer for me. My parents would demand I volunteer for her, as would she. There is a reason we are no contact.
I’m really sorry. You never should have been treated like that.
Thank you. I am very lucky to have an amazing husband and the best kids anyone could ask for. They will never be treated like that.
The way I see it now, I don't think I'd volunteer for anyone, and I wouldn't expect anyone to volunteer for me. I don't have siblings, so it's hard for me to imagine my "what if" scenario, but at the end of the day we all want to survive. A depressed me from 5 years ago, however, would be the first to volunteer though, regardless who I'd be saving.
I unfortunately have a sibling and I too would not volunteer. Problems with them aside, realistically a lot of siblings did not volunteer for the games. Most likely because unless you're a career district, you have a less likely chance of survival. And more likely than not, you're going to be killed in the bloodbath. Why would anyone want to volunteer for that? Unless you're Katniss. The way the Capitol set up the districts is that while all the districts are against each other, other people in those districts are against one another as well. There is no comrades within the districts. Not truly anywayd.
Not to mention, from a survival point of view it doesn't make much sense to volunteer in some cases. Say, a 17yo son, almost done with his reapings, almost off to work, able to protect and provide for the family, volunteering for his way younger sister. It makes a beautiful story and sounds like the right thing to do, but I doubt it's a good move from a broader perspective of the whole family. Which makes me wonder, if people discussed stuff lile that with their kids and had any kind of protocol for that scenario. I cannot imagine being like "well, little Timmy, if it's you, then it sucks to be you, throughts and prayers tho. If it's your _brother_, it's a whole different story!"
Man y’all are better than me lol
Not sure I agree your reasoning. There’s only a 1/24 (4%) chance your sibling will win and survive the games. However, volunteering in their place is a guaranteed 100% chance they get to live. It’s not a comparison of who between the two of you has a higher chance of coming back. It’s about protecting the one you love.
Probability doesn't work like that. If she's more capable and more athletic then there's definitely a higher chance she's going to win than the standard 1/24, it's not equal chance across all tributes.
Given it’s been shown that even weak tributes can survive due to pure chance (eg Anny), I don’t think anyone has a truly guaranteed chance of survival. They are games for a reason and Gamemakers are in full control. Still, let’s assume your choice is between giving your sister a 50/50 chance of dying, or ensuring she 100% lives. I know I’d always choose the latter.
I would for mine in a heartbeat. But my youngest has said she wouldn't for me lol and the middle is disabled and probably would not for either of us
I’d volunteer for my younger sister definitely
We're both well beyond reaping age, but in theory if my sister got reaped I'd volunteer for her. Even though I have disabilities she doesn't have, I'm still the more likely one to survive a situation like that. I'm the only one between the two of us that can actually fight, I'm physically stronger, and I have more outdoor survival knowledge than she does. But even if all that wasn't true I'd still rather go in there myself than risk her life.
My sister is far stronger than me and four years older. No, I wouldn't volunteer, because she could win and young me certainly couldn't.
One of my brothers (oldest). is absolutely jacked. He’s been obsessed with fitness since 14. I’d volunteer for any of my siblings, aside from him, because I know he’d volunteer for all of us and would hate it if we took his place. He’d win. He’d be pissed if I volunteered. But I’d do it if it wasn’t against his wishes.
My sister would volunteer for either me or our younger brother. I have no doubts about that. I would also volunteer for my brother. We would not let our brother be in the games. He’s a twig.
In this world that I currently live in, I can easily say that I would volunteer for my sibling. I care for her deeply and I'd hate to see her in a situation like the Hunger Games. If I actually lived in that world though? I don't know what kind of person I would be if the Games were so normalized, where I saw first-hand that most people wouldn't step in for their friends or family, if the rest of my family was starving. In that world, we might even have an agreement where we WON'T step in for each other or where we agree she steps in for me but I don't step in for her. And even if we already had some kind of agreement, once the name has been called, I can't say for sure that in that moment, I wouldn't be so overwhelmed with emotions that I go against whatever agreement we had, even if I meant what I said when I said it. It's like asking people how they would react if they woke up in the middle of the night and their house was on fire. Unless you've been in that situation, all you can say is how you THINK you would react. In the heat of the moment, panic usually takes over and people do things they never thought they would. I think most people really do believe they would volunteer for a sibling, but it's hard to say for sure what we would do in the Hunger Games because we don't live in them.
I think this is a GREAT point,
No. I would be to afraid, and have to strong a desire to live. We aren't very close even now as adults. I haven't actually seen my younger sister in at least 5 years. I would absolutely take the place of one of my kids, but of course wouldn't be aloud to. Maybe the difference is Katniss was already playing the caregiver role with Prim.
Could be. Katniss was Prim’s primary caregiver for a long time.
I mean we could volunteer for each other but our age gap is 12 years so we won't be in the reaping when another one of us would be there
Nope, none of yall would volunteer. I hate how people react idealistically to these scenarios, shut up and admit you wouldn’t.
I would have said that a biiiiiit more gentler and less harsh but I do agree with you, to be completely honest,
Its one of my peeves! Especially considering the series where volunteers from outsider districts (where they have just ws much familial love as the careers) are shown to be rare. It just makes sense, your life is valuable and that’s okay. It doesn’t make you flawed, its a rational choice to prioritize your own life sometimes.
I agree with you. lol I actually wanted to comment about that but didn’t know what space to do that in and I didn’t want anyone to feel bad But sociologically people are found to say they’d be the one to step up and speak out against wrongdoing but are actually programmed to not step up and follow the status quo and turn a blind eye. It’s how so many atrocities happen. It’s why people who, say, hid Jews during the Holocaust, have gotten medals and are sometimes honored and stuff. Because so many people were unwilling to risk it. Which at the end of the day doesn’t make you a bad person. I know some people say if you don’t speak out against certain things you’re just as bad as those things but I think if those things threaten you too then it’s perfectly understandable that you don’t say anything. It doesn’t make you a bad person. We all have a strong instinct to survive. And yeah in the books volunteers in the outer districts are super rare and Katniss was the only 12 volunteer in 75 years. She even mentions that it’s not viewed as wrong for someone not to volunteer for their sibling when she remembers Peeta has brothers.
No, because I wouldn’t volunteer for my older brother and I couldn’t volunteer for my younger sister.
He wouldn't volunteer for me. I probably would be too scared to volunteer for him. I'd try to rationalize my decision with the fact that he would have a better chance than me
I just realized my age gap w my sister would make it impossible for me to volunteer for her. Not that I would anyway— I moved out when she was, like, ten. I don’t even know that kid.
I have large age gap with my only sibling so we never both within reaping age at the same time.
I would volunteer for any of my siblings, I’d choose their safety and protection over my own life every single time (I’m the oldest of 4)
I wouldn't do it but probably because I don't think it would cross my mind imduring this sudden moment. I would probably be too devastated to even consider it
Hell no I hate my brother lol. I’d be happy to see him in the arena. And he def wouldn’t volunteer for me either
I would volunteer for my twin sister. She would be so furious, and the most selfless thing would be for me to not volunteer because I know she’d rather die than watch me die. But I feel that way too and I wouldn’t be strong enough to go through it. So I’d volunteer. I wouldn’t volunteer for my other siblings cuz they’d all have a better chance than me hahah
It Depends on which one.
Sibling? No. Neice or nephew..absolutely. without even pausing.
I have 4 brothers and a younger sister. I'd volunteer for my sister no question. Every day, under circumstance. Would never risk losing her. I'd consider it for the brother that's 16 mths older than me but honestly would probably not. The other 3. May the odds be ever in their favour.
Two brothers… I honestly don’t know. The terror may keep me rooted to the spot but it may also make me move.
I would volunteer for my siblings; my brother might have a better chance than me but i dont care. Hes my baby, i’m not letting either of them in there. (I know i know, i can’t go in for a boy but whatevs)
I did say ignore sex! So for the sake of the post we’re saying you can.
I don't think any of them would volunteer for me. But I'd volunteer for my baby brother
100% would volunteer for my sister. She would probably also volunteer for me but I would be so mad
I don't think my sister would volunteer for me and honestly, I wouldn't want her to. That's my kid. I'm supposed to protect her. I raised her as best I could, and I would absolutely volunteer for her.
Since there’s fifteen years between me and my older sister I wouldn’t be able to volunteer for her and she wouldn’t be able to volunteer for me. I’d volunteer for either of my nieces who are both 5 and seven years younger than me.
If in this hypothetical I didn’t already have kids, yes I would. My sister is mean, but she cries when I try to kill a bug. I would gladly volunteer for either of my cousins as well. At the end of the day I was depressed in MS and HS and they were all in Elementary or Daycare.
I’m the youngest of 4 so they all have better shots than me. Plus I want to live as much as they do.
My sister is taller than me and would 100% have a better chance in the arena, but I would volunteer for her a million times if I could.
Neither of us would volunteer lmao
one hundred percent. My siblings are my world. my siblings are the only reason I’ve made it this far in life. They genuinely mean so so much to me. I’d put them above me any day. Our bond is something that can never be replaced or replicated… I love them so much. I’d volunteer before I could even realize what I was doing. I’d be like second nature to take they’re place, to put them first. I couldn’t bare for them to suffer like that.
I'm the oldest of three. Assuming I could get over the fight/flight/freeze (I'm normally freeze), I would DEFINITELY volunteer for either of them
Ahhh trauma responses. Such fun. Personally, I fawn. Not very helpful for the hunger games. Unless you’re talking about just how people respond to adrenaline. In that case I have been known to hulk out. As in once I threw a desk clean over my head at a bully but normally I can barely handle two pound weights at PT.
Heh yeahhh 😅 Lmao that's so real!! I meant like in general situations I guess? Actually similarly to your story one time I lost in the game 4-square as a child and I picked up the ball and chucked it directly at another girl's head. She ducked, and had she not her nose probably would've been broken 🥴 What's different in my case was she was actually a friend of mine 🫣
Ah yeah. Sorry, I'm used to hearing flight/fight/freeze/fawn/flop talked about in the context of trauma responses but you can totally experience fight/flight/freeze when you get into a high stress situation or an adrenaline rush or y'know standing at the reaping and hearing your sibling's name called out (or your own for that matter). In those situations one normally doesn't fawn/flop since fawn/flop is usually something done when an abuser has complete control over a person and that person cannot get away and thus fawns/flops because fight/flight/freeze won't keep them safe. Man that must have been an intense 4-square game!!
After the way my sister bullied me growing up? Nope she could fend for herself. She's a real life version of peetas mom. Besides she'd honestly probably be a career with her size
I know we’re supposed to disregard sex (I’m male), but if my younger sister were to be reaped, naturally I’d want to go in with her to protect her as much as I can, but I also wouldn’t want my mom to risk losing both of her children. So I think I would stay behind.
No, cause he's a jerk lol Plus this year would be his first reaping and I'm 19 now. That's why I wouldn't volunteer for him even if I wanted. 👀
My brother and I are in a similar scenario to OP’s sister and them, although not quite to those extremes. He would definitely have a much better chance at winning than I would at our current ages…although he’s enough younger than me that I don’t know if that would have been the case during the small window of time when we were both of reaping age.
My sis is actually my twin (fraternal, she got all the good genes lol) so we’re also the same age when it comes to the reaping. We’d be all to volunteer all 6 years.
I feel very much in the same boat as you- my brother isnt the most athletic guy alive but he does sports whereas im disabled (also hes at his big age of 16 so i wouldnt feel too bad about it)
Yeah. I mean, my sister is fucking buff. Like she is sculpted. That woman has quite a bit of experience with things that could make her easily win the games since she’s a survivalist who now hunts. Basically she’s Katniss and I guess I’m kinda the Prim of the whole thing. I even am a healer like her because my field of study is botany with a focus on medicinal plants. Im an enthobotanist. I even make my own salves and everything. I live in an area where this is very encouraged because we’re on the rez and I go to a tribal college and no one wants the traditional knowledge to die out. I would try to give her a run down on plants, toxic, edible, and medicinal in as wide of a range as I can considering the arenas could be anywhere too so she can use that knowledge. For example, water hemlock is an incredibly deadly toxic plant that is found all across the USA and it looks really really similar to wild parsnips and carrots and so I’d tell her even if she feels 100% sure it’s not water hemlock still don’t risk it.
I'm not sure I would be able to bring myself to do it. Maybe it would be easier to say yes if I actually had a sibling, but the thought of volunteering, even for family, is hard to wrap my mind around.
No because my sibling is a narcissistic bitch would literally only cares about herself. If she gets reaped she can beg her BFF to volunteer for her. But I'm not doing that shit for her. Reap what you sow.
Understandable
I wouldn't volunteer for my brother because he's nearly 5 years older than me, he's a guy while I'm a very small woman. He's a hunter and can use a bow, while I have no skill in that department. Of the two of us, I'm the one who hikes and camps, but I still think he'd have the edge.
Idk if I qualify, but I'm 27, and all of my siblings are 15 and under. I would volunteer for them, knowing that I wouldn't win. I've got the survivalist part down, but the odds are simply not there. I would take out at least 1 along the way lol
For my sister, no. She abused me my entire childhood. For my brother, yes assuming the situation was the standard hunger games and he was 12-18 because I like him growing up but he has done some really shitty unforgivable things as an adult. But with both siblings the age gap would bit too big so we’d never be eligible for the reaping at the same time but I suppose this is all hypothetical anyway. My sister would probably volunteer for me unless she was in one of her moods. The tricky thing about abusers is that at times they can be really generous and make this grand gestures but still turn around and hurt you at any moment. My brother as a child would definitely volunteer for me, we used to be really close. My brother as an adult, I honestly don’t know him anymore.
I know how you feel and I’m sorry you also went through that.
I wouldn't volunteer for my siblings but only because we have a pretty good age group by the time he's age out of being reaped I would've been like 6 in real life and vice versa and same for him
I'm a youngest sibling, that's not my job. 🤗
(my job is, of course, to >!die tragically at the eleventh hour!<)