What if gale was in the hunger games

I just don't think that if Gale went into the Games that they would have fallen in love. Katniss always doubted their relationship after the Games in the current story, what makes the alternative any different, if anything she probably would have hated or resented him for leaving her family unfed and unprotected.

Peeta would not have been able to feed them because a he didn't know them personally and they wouldn't accept it, b because look at the slap his mother gave him for burning one tiny loaf of bread, his evil mother would not have let him give away food to people she did not know or like.

Anyway, that's all I have to say. Aug 07, PM. I don't think the berries would have come into play if Gale had been reaped.

He would have never tried to eat them in the first place. So, if Katniss and Gale had been the last ones standing. I don't know what would have happened. It's possible that Gale would have sacrificed himself for Katniss before she could stop him. Aug 08, AM. I don't think that Gale and Katniss wouldn't have fallen for each other. I think because Gale always liked Katniss, that would still be apparent and like someone said above, Gale would tell Katniss that he loved her incase of something happening to them but Katniss wouldn't feel the same.

I think that's pretty much the one thing in the story that wouldn't change if Gale went instead of Peeta. But I do think that the berries wouldn't happen just like others have said.

I just don't see Gale giving up on his family like that so I do feel like Gale would try to win if the two of them were in the same situation as Katniss and Peeta. But it would be a very interesting story to read. Kit-Kat wrote: "I don't think that Gale and Katniss wouldn't have fallen for each other.

I think because Gale always liked Katniss, that would still be apparent and like someone said above, Gale would tell Katniss Dec 10, PM. Well, on the first hand, without Peeta making her look good, Katniss would have never gained the love of the Capitol, so there would certanly be less sponsors.

They would go into the arena togheter and form an allience. There's a posibility that Gale would confess his love for Katniss, leading to the fake change of the rules. They would end up the same way, neither of them capable of killing the other, so we would get the same ending.

But there is also a posibility that Gale never confess his love, so there would have been no change of the rules. If it still came down to the two of them, they wouldn't be able to kill eachother, so the capitol would just send muts over them until one of them dies. Or maybe the Capitol would let both of them live.

Dec 11, PM. Gale and Katniss would go in but survive only by using their skills, not with sponsors, since they wouldn't take a lovers' angle, meaning less interest in them. But they would make a good team. They would keep to themselves and Gale wouldn't trust Rue. Gale would probably confess his love to her, having nothing else to lose, but would try to do it without the cameras picking it up.

Or he wouldn't at all. But in the end, Gale would sacrifice himself to let Katniss live and take care of her family, or the other way around. If not, they would fight whatever thing the Capitol would send them until one of them died. But the Capitol wouldn't let them both live, since they wouldn't have taken the Starcrossed Lovers angle, meaning the public wouldn't care too much if either died.

Jan 17, AM. Since they're close friends, I bet they would ream up to get to the end. If only one of them could win, I bet Gale would make sure Katniss won, because he has a very "I'm more disposable than other people" attitude. Oct 10, AM.

Drush76 said "i don't think the berries would have come into play if Gale had been reaped Plus Foxface would still be out there hiding. He and Katniss frequently fought over his increasing lack of care toward the people his weapons could potentially harm.

This all came to a head later when one of his weapons killed Prim. It's a shame that Gale let his thirst for revenge blind his sense of reason and morality. He wound up becoming like the people he hated most. When Gale went back to save people from District 12, he somehow didn't end up rescuing Peeta's family. We were told that he didn't have the time to save everyone, and that is the most likely reason. But some people believe Gale may have had more malicious reasons for not helping them.

However, Peeta 's family wasn't great. His parents were abusive, or at least distant. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had his family survived, but no one missed them much. We'll always be left to wonder if Gale did it on purpose or not.

Gale clearly knew he had romantic feelings for Katniss early on, and yet he waited a painfully long time to reveal that he loved her. His timing was pretty terrible, especially considering everything that Katniss was going through with the Hunger Games. He has a pretty forward personality, and things may have turned out differently if he had told Katniss how he felt much earlier. It could have changed everything between them. Kissing Katniss may have seemed like a good idea at the time since it might have been the last time Gale would have seen her, but it came across as somewhat rushed and stupid.

For starters, Gale should have known that if the Capitol caught wind of their romance, it would make things worse for Katniss. Once Katniss became one of the final eight tributes alive, the Capitol sent camera crews to District 12 to interview her family and friends. When asked about her friends, everyone directed the camera crews to Gale. However, the Capitol people thought that Gale was "too handsome and too male" to be Katniss' best friend without jeopardizing Katniss' on-screen romance with Peeta.

Therefore, Gale is presented in the interviews as Katniss' cousin. Gale seems to resent this falsehood, as does Katniss. Gale, as well as his mother and siblings, greets Katniss at the train station when she comes home from the Hunger Games. By the beginning of Catching Fire , Gale has turned 19, graduated school, and begun working in the coal mines.

He spends all of his Sundays hunting in the woods with Katniss. The two remain best friends, but their relationship has been complicated by Katniss' on-screen romance with Peeta Mellark. Katniss, confused about whether or not she actually loves Peeta, and feeling like she somehow betrayed Gale during the Games, has fallen out with Peeta and now devotes her time to Gale and his family.

She hunts in the woods every day and gives all the produce to the Hawthornes. She offered to give the Hawthornes a share of her winnings so that Gale doesn't have to work in the mines, but Gale refuses to allow this. He is even uncomfortable with Katniss hunting for his family, although his mother Hazelle does not object. Gale and Katniss did not see each alone until a few weeks after the end of the Hunger Games, at their meeting place in the woods. They shared an emotional reunion.

The kiss only added to his suspicion that Katniss does not really love Peeta. He threatens to kill Gale and his family if she doesn't convince Panem that she is truly in love with Peeta.

She admits that her engagement to Peeta is fake, and that Snow was unconvinced by their romance and is probably going to kill all of Katniss' friends and family. She asks Gale and his family to escape into the woods with her. He agrees happily, and confesses that he loves her. He is disappointed by her reply that she cannot love anyone romantically at such a perilous time. He is further angered when he finds out that Katniss plans to bring Peeta along into the woods.

Finally, when Katniss lets slip that uprisings have begun in District 8 , Gale refuses to run with her, telling her that it is their duty to fight for a free Panem. After his spat with Katniss at the lake, Gale goes to the Head Peacekeeper's house to sell a wild turkey from the woods to Cray. Upon on arriving, however, he finds that Cray has been replaced by a new Head: the bloodthirsty, Capitol-loving Romulus Thread.

Gale is arrested for poaching, forced to plead guilty, and whipped at least forty times. Upon arriving at the whipping post, Katniss throws herself in front the whip and takes a lash across her face before she, Haymitch , and Peeta convince Thread to stop the punishment. Gale is rushed to Katniss' mother and Prim, who set about treating him with their limited supplies. Katniss is very distressed throughout the whole process, and goes berserk when her mother refuses to give Gale more painkillers.

Luckily, Madge brings Gale morphling , an expensive painkiller from the Capitol, before the pain gets too bad. She finally understands his lifelong need to rebel against the Capitol. Gale spends the next few days at Katniss' house, receiving free care and treatment from her mother and Prim. Eventually he goes home and begins working in the mines, but ever since his whipping there has been a crackdown in District Furthermore, the merchant families have stopped bringing Hazelle laundry because of the Hawthorne family's association with Katniss.

Rory takes out tesserae, which upsets Gale greatly. He is devastated by the news that Katniss will be a tribute in the Quarter Quell , and tells her that they should have run away when they had the chance. He helps Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch in their training efforts by teaching them all about snares and trapping. Gale watches the Quarter Quell from afar, and is probably horrified by Peeta's false proclamation that he and Katniss are married and that Katniss is pregnant.

When the victors are broken out the arena, the Capitol bombs District Gale manages to rescue about people and lead them into the woods.

With only two bows and a fishing net, he manages to feed them all for three days before they are rescued by District Gale is at Katniss' bedside when regains consciousness from her concussion, and tells her that District 12 is gone. In Mockingjay , Gale lives in District 13 and spends time with Beetee designing weapons to use against the Capitol.

Katniss becomes uncomfortable with the brutality involved in some of Gale's weapons. He is one of the main characters and has a deeper relationship with Katniss while Peeta is a prisoner of the Capitol, but their relationship undergoes a number of strains throughout the book. When Katniss visits the remains of District 12, Gale goes along in order to protect her.

On their way back to District 13, Gale comforts Katniss and reassures her everything will work out. When Peeta is interviewed with Caesar Flickerman , Gale tries to go to Katniss and help her when she leaves the room, but Boggs attempts to stop him. Gale and Katniss talk about the situation and she tells him that she'll be the mockingjay.

She and Gale go hunting like they used to and the two of them enjoy their time together until he asks her why she cares for her prep team so much. Katniss tells him that they helped her a lot in the Hunger Games. Gale becomes mad about this and leaves. He and Katniss go to the weapons room where Beetee has been inventing weapons for the rebels.

There, Gale is allowed to pick out a weapon and chooses a military bow and arrow. Gale goes along with Katniss and the others to shoot propos for the rebellion. Gale and the group arrive in District 8 to film their propaganda at a hospital. While there, the Capitol attacks the hospital and Gale, along with Katniss and the others, battle the enemy. After the battle they meet at the command room in District 13 and discuss the propaganda.

They decide to allow Katniss to go back in to combat and shoot more propos when she is ready. Gale goes to comfort Katniss as she heals. Gale goes back to Beetee and helps him make military weapons. Gale and Katniss have tension between them. Gale tries to be normal around Katniss but she knows he saw the interview and tries to not talk or say anything about it.

Gale tells her it was to protect her since she is too stressed, Katniss enraged tells him to stop lying to her. Gale and Katniss go to District 12 to shoot another propo. When shooting one at Katniss' house, Gale asks to see his house, but Cressida tells him to reenact the night of the bombing. Later Gale and Katniss kiss because they are both in pain and the only way to escape this pain is by this.

After the interview with Peeta, the entire district retreats to safe bunkers during the bombing. Gale saves Prim's life during an air raid because he went to check the Everdeen compartment to make sure it was clear and found Prim and Buttercup.

The two make it to the bunker in time before the doors are closed and locked. After Katniss and Finnick break down during a propaganda shoot due to the impact of Peeta and Annie 's torture, Gale is the first to volunteer for an extremely dangerous mission to rescue Peeta, Johanna , Enobaria and Annie from the Capitol. Gale safely makes it back to District 13 and receives medical attention.

After Gale is healed he goes to build weapons with Beetee. Katniss is sad that he is making weapons that could hurt innocent people in the process and he tells her he is playing by the rule book Snow plays with. Gale and Beetee go to District 2 to assist the group. Gale and Katniss' relationship grows deeper as the two spend the night comforting each other. Gale and the others go to "The Nut" where they try to think of a plan to attack in and thus take control of District 2. Gale conceives a plan that involves blowing up the inside of The Nut, which upsets Katniss because it would kill innocent people.

After some arguments with Katniss, they decide to bomb The Nut but leave the train station open so the people inside The Nut can escape. Gale visits Katniss in the hospital when she awakens and the two argue about what has happened. Gale informs her of District 2 siding with the rebels. Gale tells Peeta he has changed and Johanna agrees with him. Gale takes Katniss aside and tells her Peeta has changed and isn't seeing her for who she truly is.

He is part of the " Star Squad " that sets out to assassinate President Snow , though he gets separated from Katniss. Before Katniss goes to guard Peeta, Gale pulls Katniss away and asks her about her plan to head out on her own, and Katniss says he should go with her. Gale helps the team take cover in an apartment and they witness a broadcast that shows footage of the squad members' supposed deaths. Gale tries to calm Peeta down and promises he will kill Peeta if it came down to it.

The squad travels underground in the tunnels and later are attacked by lizard mutts that hiss Katniss' name. Gale and the squad are able to make it out of the tunnel but have lost Finnick, Jackson , and a few others to the mutts. The squad splits up, Gale follows Katniss. The two of them battle off peacekeepers and head to President Snow's mansion. After almost dying from a trap activated by a pod, Gale is taken away by peacekeepers.

As he is being taken away, he mouths at Katniss "shoot me. Afterwards, Katniss' sister is killed in a method akin to one he devised. Gale visits her before Snow's death and gives her a sheath with one arrow to shoot at Snow.

Katniss asks if it was his bomb that killed Prim.