User blog:RueRose/I have something terrible to share with everyone.

Raise your hand if you love Madge Undersee. *raises hand*

Raise your hand if you had some people picked out that you would love to see play Madge in the movie. *raises hand*

Why am I doing this? Prepare to be mad.

As you may or may not know, filming of the District 12 scenes begin in six days. There has been no information released yet on Madge casting. If casting for Madge hasn't started by now, then I honestly don't think that she will be appearing in the movie.

A few weeks ago, a rumor started going around that Madge would not be appearing in the film, and that Katniss would recieve the Mockingjay pin from her father, before he died. Now, I have a few problems with this. If she's not in "Catching Fire," where would Mrs. Everdeen get the medicene that saved Gale? Will he be left to die? If so, this could drastically change the movie. (And that would be bad. Very, very, bad.)
 * 1) Katniss would do anything to help her family. She could probably get a good price for that pin at the Hob. Or, well, anywhere else. She would sell anything to help her family- well, anything that they didn't need. I mean, where can she wear the pin to, besides the reapings? I can imagine her selling it if she got it, can't you?
 * 2) How exactly can Mr. Everdeen afford that? Even if it had been passed down, you'd think that someone along the line would sell it for money.

Bottom line is- we need Madge. She's a minor character, yes, but if you take a look at the big picture, she's actually very major. She gave Katniss a symbol of rebellion, and basically saved a lot of people in District 12 by saving Gale. She's important to the storyline.

Yeah. I just needed to get my feelings out. It's looking more and more like Madge will not be in the movie, which bites, as she is one of my favorite characters.

Carry on.