Oooooh lordy. Ok. Wow. President Snow. I think that Effie has never for a single moment envisioned a world without Snow in power. So it's difficult to have a true opinion. He simply IS. He's a force of nature, not a man really, if that makes sense. He is terrifying and awe inspiring and his control over the world is absolute. The idea of revolution is unthinkable (at this point, though that will change) mostly because it's kind of a learned helplessness. Like with most people in the Capitol. She can't hate him because it would be like hating the weather or a volcano or something.
As for Finnick, WE WILL FIND OUT! \o/ I am so excited for the next movie I could lay down and die. But here's the thing. My take on this may differ from what actually plays out in the movie but this is my take anyway and we'll just have to see if it gets jossed by canon. I think initially she is MORTIFIED. Because she probably knows a lot of the people Finnick names and the idea that they are guilty of the crimes he's laying out is just beyond anything she can deal with, really. Additionally, there is the shame that comes from the fact that she very likely knew what was going on but refused to admit it to herself and so there is that level of complicity. He's peeling back the skin of her entire Capitol world and exposing the rot underneath and that hurts and is terrifying. So yeah. I think shame and pain are the too big emotions. She doesn't doubt for a second that he's telling the truth, it just hurts like hell to know the world you come from is that sick.
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As for Finnick, WE WILL FIND OUT! \o/ I am so excited for the next movie I could lay down and die. But here's the thing. My take on this may differ from what actually plays out in the movie but this is my take anyway and we'll just have to see if it gets jossed by canon. I think initially she is MORTIFIED. Because she probably knows a lot of the people Finnick names and the idea that they are guilty of the crimes he's laying out is just beyond anything she can deal with, really. Additionally, there is the shame that comes from the fact that she very likely knew what was going on but refused to admit it to herself and so there is that level of complicity. He's peeling back the skin of her entire Capitol world and exposing the rot underneath and that hurts and is terrifying. So yeah. I think shame and pain are the too big emotions. She doesn't doubt for a second that he's telling the truth, it just hurts like hell to know the world you come from is that sick.