the hunger games from peeta's perspective 

His mom was so unnecessarily mean like???? "That everdeen girl might bring it home for us this year." "Gee thanks mom"

in retrospect, really very funny that Peeta's dad decided to tell his five-year-old son that his mother wasn't his first choice lmao

“Go out with a bang like katniss’s father”💀

girls no longer want a provider like Gale, he would get in the way of me girlbossing and would get pissy if you made more money. Peeta would pack you a lunch everyday and rub your feet when you got home and gossip about coworkers with you. im a Peeta stan forever

"I'm going to have to watch the girl I admired die from a distance. That's when I hear Effie call out my name. Guess it won't be from a distance" 😂

"my name is peeta like the bread" how have i never connected these two dots before

Peeta is best boy!!! My heart broke at the end of book 1 when he found out how Katniss was faking her feelings in the game. He's a 10/10!

“If two people are in a dangerous situation they’re more likely to fall in love...I’d say the odds are in my favor”💀✋

“katniss’s stylist in providing us costumes so we can go out with a bang just like katniss’s father.” IM SORRY WHAT?!

Bread boy really is the best

“We can’t tell Katniss because she can’t act for shit”

I want the whole trilogy recapped

This is Katniss telling their children the story of their first games, however she has to make it cuter and light hearted to get through it, so she does it from Peeta's perspective lol

7:08 lol Peeta: hope that came across Katniss: maybe it was a nervous spasm

I read the books and I've always been team Peeta. The movie casting didn't changed that because Josh Hutchinson can act, that boy was good.

he protecc he attacc but most importantly.... he almost tries nightlock as a snacc

If everybody had a good opinion of Katniss because her dad used to help everyone, and then she took over the job of helping people with her hunting, how was she struggling so bad rain soaked bread was her only option? No one was kind enough to help the village helper?? kinda sad if you think about it

I used to be a Gale girl but I realized how negative and toxic he is so I became team Peeta.

« i hope that came across » 😭 it’s too funny i just read the hungergames again and katniss really thinks the worst of peeta the whooooole time 😭😂

For years I’ve heard and seen opinions that were talking about how peeta is weak and annoying and I’m so glad that with the renaissance especially people are seeing the light and Peeta is popular now! People are getting it!

I don’t CARE what anyone says i’m a peeta girly before im human ❤️

Daaaang it’s so well written. Also love how complex Peeta is… like humans are complex. And he’s normally reduced as “the Betty” “sweet vanilla boy” “the weaker one” “boy next door” and all that. And don’t get me wrong, I love my sweet, cute boyish boys, but he’s so charismatic and charming. Such a good main character.

Thanks for this video, Amanda. I always thought that the series would be just as interesting through Peeta's eyes, but we only glimpsed a tiny bit of his backstory. His mother was clearly abusive to him and his brothers, and while his father seemed kind enough, he couldn't stand up to his wife.

7:00 I haven't read the books in years, but I remember Katniss' character well enough to know for an absolute fact that that did not come across. You're gonna need more odds, Peeta.

This is actually insane, because reading this story from Katniss's complex view, and getting inside her head, you sometimes miss all the charisma and impressive qualities she actually has. She is so deep in her mind and we get lost with her together, in this whole feeling of being helpless. We deep in so far to this point we are actually confused with her - about the question - why would Peeta (and gale) actually love her? This is interesting hearing how he sees her. Because he doesn't know what is going on inside, but he can only see the storm she brings with her. Her whole powerful and impressive self. Maybe we all should hear stories that happened to us from another person's eye and perspective.

If we can get official Edward and Christian Point of View retellings, then why not a Peeta perspective. We know more about Gale than we do about Peeta, and he's the main love interest!

Oh, that fanfic from Peeta’s viewpoint/focus on him is so good, if it is the one called The StoryTeller? Basically Prim goes into the arena because you have to volunteer before names are drawn, Peeta allies with her and Rue, and then becomes friends with Katniss and later Johanna. He’s just a wonderful symbol for the rebellion and one of my favourite characters ever ( artistic, kind, funny, great with words).

"so we can go out with a bang just like katnisses father " bro 💀

"Cato is probably also tripping BALLS" 😂😂😂

Wow 😮 Peta is portrayed alot smarter and lovable in the books 🤔 granted the movie is focused on Katniss😅

i am loving the hunger games renaissance rn, it's so good

thank you for making this. i’ve been craving hunger games content. i very much am a Hunger Games Girlie. I was more excited to turn 12 and be old enough to enter the reaping than i was to turn 11 and get my letter from Hogwarts.. i- 💀

"Go out with a bang like Katniss dad." GURL NO- 😭😭

Peeta is the BEST!!! Also, as usual, books are way better than movies, although I started to rewatch them recently (not quickly enough, thanks Netflix) and they’re not as bad as I remember and Peeta’s character, played by Josh Hutchinson didn’t seem as bad to me this time. But I was an older teen when the books came out and devoured them, as I have many times since and they will always be some of the best YA fiction out there! Also in the pointless Gale Vs Peeta debate, let me break it down: sure, Gale was a friend to her longer, someone who helped not only Katniss but her whole family and I think genuinely believed she’d be the girl he’d end up with… BUT all of these things he made known, “I’m the guy who jumps in and helps, Katniss is basically mine even if she hasn’t come to terms with that yet so the rest of the male population better back off”. Meanwhile, Peeta admired her for her strength and even her vulnerabilities. He helped her without anyone knowing and during/after the games, he did everything in his power to keep her safe… Even if that meant he lost her. Like they say in the books (and finally in the movies), Peeta is good! As in, truly kind, caring, selfless… good. Gale at the end of the day will do what HE thinks is right and ultimately shows that he’s out for Gale. He literally hates that Peeta is suffering because he thinks that’s the only reason she’s been pining for him. It may have taken even Katniss longer to realize it but she not only loves Peeta, she needs him. He’s the best person for her, not Gale and not just because of the games (though the fact that they can and finally do heal together is beautiful) but because she and Gale’s strong personalities would have always clashed. Gale too many times thought he knew better than Katniss and tried to make decisions for her or without talking to her. Glory for Gale is what Gale ultimately chose and unsurprisingly, he lost her for that (without spoiling more). Peeta always respected her, loved her, cherished her, valued her input… He was willing to stay by her side, knowing he was the only person she could truly be vulnerable with even if he never had her whole heart… but knowing he had it by the end meant a lot more than I think even the book showed. The movie definitely f’d that scene up! People talk about how f’d up he was after they rescued him from the capitol but, imagine being tortured in every way possible and always seeing, hearing, sensing the person you love most while it’s being done. Then when you finally break (because Peeta is stronger than anyone have him credit for besides maybe Katniss), they continue that programming to where the sight or sound of her turns you into a feral killing machine. It’s heartbreaking! And yet even then, he fights his way back for her. Not for himself, for HER. Because what gets through to him? “Stay with me” … “Always”. They both have major scars by the end of all this but they have each other and that is enough to help them heal. It’s not exactly a happily ever after but knowing that they’ll be okay and learn how to live, love, and laugh again… Together is enough. They survived and neither has to be haunted by the other. Because they survived TOGETHER. So yeah, Peeta is the hero of this story, even Katniss thinks so.

Honestly no book boy has made more of an impact in my life than Peeta Mellark. I’ve read a lot of books, but Peeta is the best.

I just finished the book from his pov. It’s exceptionally well written. What I love about this is that his character is so much more interesting and way more braver than shown in the movie. I am so mad they haven’t included some lines and scenes, it would add more dimension to the story. It feels like there is no chemistry between them. But there is! I also believe the movie would be more interesting from everyone’s pov but that would be damn long. I’d still watch it tho

"I feel like the Hunger Games are having having a Renaissance" Girl I've read the two first books in 5 days. And I'm reading now the third one.

I love when you do shows and movies from different characters, perspectives

10:36 "So we can go out with a bang just like Katniss's father" had me crying

I genuinely laughed at the "I think they're cousins or something" around 6:14 lmao

Yes, Amanda, yes! I've been needing this. Netflix was pushing those movies hard and it made me come back to a few passages I remembered. Peeta is the perfect character to do this about.

Ooh you should do Songbirds and snakes from Lucy Gray's perspective next! She's one of my favorite characters in the entire Hunger Games series.

“So we can go out with a bang like Katniss’s father.” OH MY GOD.

Is there even a team Gale? There shouldn't be. Peeta's the man.

"Im primed to bake bread, thanks mom"😂

also, this video single-handedly convinced me to reread the books, I just finished the first one and I forgot how good these are!!! can't thank you enough

Ah yes, nothing like a Hunger Games video essay to listen in the background while typing an essay at 2am

Peter is such a sweetheart even you telling his story in this kind of funny way just gives me chills and makes me wanna cry.

I love your dry delivery and would love more of this series or any series you want to retell.

"sure I'm severely traumatized by seeing and committing murder, but... at least I got the girl"

"she drugged me, the audacity"

The way I _ate_ through the fanfiction of this. I'm on the epilogue stuff and it's awesome 💕

Please do the rest of the books/films 😭🙇🏿‍♀️ the script was amazing honestly, the way you tell so casually it's amazing as well

this is making me want to reread the Hunger Games AGAIN and is making me even more in love with Peeta Mellark than ever.

Not criticizing but just wanted to point it out. Didn't He actually burn the bread on purpose for Katniss and got hit because he threw it to her instead of the pigs?

How did I never notice that his name is Peeta!!?!! PITA!! LIKE THE BREAD!!! 💀🤣

AHHHHHH you showing his side, the ending just makes Katness a biiiiiitch 😭 I love the books, but the hoops that girl MADE THIS POOR BOY JUMP THROUGH

I remember reading the Hunger Games in middle school & thinking, "this is really dark, I am gonna make this my personality for 6 months."

The capital was really just like “fuçk dem kids”

"Cinna's giving us complimentary costumes so we can go out with a bang just like Katniss's father" PEETA

This was very pleasant and hilarious even though it's a nightmare scenario 😅, you are a great storyteller, could totally be a person who reads books on audio great job 👍

PART 2 ASAP PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE THIS AS A SERIES FOR THE CHARACTERS, BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE ONE ~ THANK YOU FOR SHARING🎉😂

"Whose fault is that MOTHER?" This shit is hilarious.

peeta is soo conforting,sweet,kind,SAFE so yeah hes my type

Peeta is the perfect man. He’s flawed but always loyal and trying to be a good person.

I’m SO SORRY your videos aren’t doing as well as they should, it is 100% RU-vid’s fault because this it absolute TOP TIER content!!! You are in my top 3 RU-vidrs, I check for new vids every day, RU-vid should be ashamed bc as far as I’m concerned you should be having a 3 mil subscriber special by now.

Never read the books but in the film I think Peeta made me change my feelings more than any other character I can remember. I really disliked him in the beginning of the first movie but by the end of the third he was absolutely my favorite Character.

This just need to be titles “Peetas Diary, mostly fangirling about Katniss

I’m having a hunger games renaissance moment and I can’t convince any of my friends to re-read them so I’m living breathing these videos with my 5+ everlark fanfic drafts lmao

5:48 “dare I say she looks exquisite…” lmaooooo I can’t

Oh my god, this video is absolutely amazing! Hearing any story from a supporting characters perspective is always fun, but the lengths you went here, the depths of emotion you touched on- absolute poetry!

“Bread boy” 😂 why have I never heard anyone call him that before

I just love this book series so much and glad that so many ppl agreed that peeta is the best! He is a type of guy that I would marry to.

11:08 i love how katniss was described that this part

bread boy for the win! cant wait for catching fire and mocking jay!

You just did this character WAAAAAAAAYYY more justice than the movies.

I literally just sat through that whole thing... THIS WAS SO WELL DONE

Wait I swear I didn’t know the hunger games was having a renaissance, but the thought of rewatching it just came over me 2 weeks ago and now I realize everyone’s rewatching it

I first read the hunger games at the age of 10. I am realllly mentally stable…. 😢

Omg this breaks my heart to think about his pov at the end. Peeta is such a sweetheart

Girl wake up Amanda just posted

i wasn’t aware of the renaissance but i’m fucking ready

I cannot express how much I love your "from this x character perspective" videos!!! Also, I really hope that you do all the movies/books from the hunger games TT

I just reread the Hunger Games trilogy yesterday and I absolutely adore Peeta

in yr9, our english book was the hunger games, and i thought it was extremely boring and predictable. that's def from reading novel quality fanfics in my spare time bahahaha, but this video is really making me appreciate the story. i never took notice of peeta, but he's genuinely a sweet and kind guy 🥺🥺

This and your “Twilight from Charlie’s POV” recap are my favorites I think. Also, I’m assuming your shirt choice was a conscious effort to resemble the movie version of the tributes’ outfits in HG Catching Fire? Well done!

Is there a renaissance of hunger games? What's causing it?

I just got into a fight that was not of my choosing. Narrowly avoided getting my ass kicked. I'm desperate for comfort, and for some reason, this video is filling that void for me! Thanks.

I've been reading through that fic series for the past couple of weeks and I am OBSESSEDDDDD. IT IS SO GOOD. Literally made me fall in love with Peeta again

I LOVE YOUR POVS THAT I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED SO MUCH. Love love love this. Please keep it up ❤

Omg i loved it, i doubted the format of the story telling at first but damn u did a really good job, it's my first time seeing something like this and it's amazing thank you for this video

That was awesome! If you feel like doing the other books in the series I would gladly watch! 😊🙂😁

You embody his sass COMPLETELY! especially how his inner thoughts might be like Gurrlll you are on bread! hahahah

My last few days have been really shitty, thank you for this. Really needed it. ❤

THIS WAS SO GOOD!! It always makes my day to see you upload a video, and I hope you continue this for the rest of the series!

Taylor Swift just released her version of Safe and Sound so thank you for this in advance

the “THIS GIRL IS A LIAR” part at the end took me outtt

I hope you can do all the hunger game books as Peter's pov

PLEASE DO A PART 2, SO GOOOOOOD

peetas game on ao3. I'm not even a fanfic reader but GODDAMN