It would suck if the girls in the hunger games were all on their periods. amirite?

I don't WANT to kill people today! I just want to curl up in my shelter and east ice cream and watch shitty romance films! ...Dammit body this is no time to be aroused, people are dying!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"Katniss--dear god you're bleeding!" "What? Where?! Oh, no, Peeta, that's just...um..."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wondered about that. Like do they just use a leaf or...?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And yet it's still nowhere near as large of an issue as what the hell is supposed to happen with periods in the Twilight universe. And I apologize for making the umpteenth comparison between the two but it fits.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

they would kill everyone. it would be scary

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Maybe they gives them medication beforehand so they won't get it in the arena.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's what I was thinking. In the book, didn't it say they might've given the guys someyhing so they wouldn't grow beards or whatever? Maybe they gave the girls something for periods.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's what I was thinking too, but I think Suzanne Collins should have made Katniss mention it. That, and the fact that she hardly goes to toilet. Collins has no problem going into the details when it comes to violence and gore so I can't see why she "forgot" to mention these things.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's like taking a shower at Hogwarts. It's not an important detail for the plot so there's no point mentioning it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It kind if is in a survival theme plot though. Like showing James Franco drinking his urine in 127 Hours.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

YES, exactly. In Harry Potter, showering wasn't important. In the Hunger Games, these things do matter because it's about survival.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Maybe it's understood that nothing really happened when people took dumps. They took their dump or piss, covered with soil, and moved on. No mutts, tributes, or traps. Besides, the thought was probably regarded as unimportant by the Author.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

LOL what if the Careers find you when you're in the middle of taking a dump? I mean, it's a pretty vulnerable position to be in.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Maybe the capitol gives tributes stuff that will make then not able to poop or pee, much like the beards and the periods.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't really care whether they poop or not, I just feel Suzanne Collins should have mentioned exactly how it all works. Perhaps I'm just being nitpicky though...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People that are starving/stressed usually don't get it, so I don't think that was an issue.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What about the overconfident career girls who had most of the supplies and food?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've heard girls sync their periods...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not immediatley, but after a period of time. Imagine sorority houses. Oh dear god

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The girl with the strongest hormones will control who will have their periods when. It syncs up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It would probably help their self-defense though. What with hormones :). Though it might attract some sort of animal...

by Anonymous 11 years ago