Based on fanon I was starting to think Katniss’s hair was not straight, because we know she isn’t white, but this jumped out at me. Now I know where I got my original visual from which included straight hair. I honestly got the sense that Seam folks were descendants of indigenous tribes.
Another clue on K’s hair being straight. I didn’t picture it as being glossy pin straight but maybe that’s wrong. Why else would she describe the braids as silky?
ETA: yep, was wrong
@lovely-tothe-bone - Can we collaborate on meta? :) You keep pipping me to the post (pun intended :P) on things I’ve come across awhile back and mean to bring up but just don’t have the time or energy to pounce on fast enough.
I’ve always envisioned Katniss as having straight black hair that lends silky rather than coarse, especially once she has access to Capitol products. That said, she describes the braids her mother plaits as “silky” but in the reaping prep remarks (emphasis mine): I scrub off the dirt and sweat from the woods and even wash my hair. Which implies that
a) it’s a big deal for Katniss to wash her hair (which makes sense if fuel for heating water is scarce and her hair is long) and
b) Katniss’s hair is silky even when she washes it for the first time in days/weeks, probably using lye soap or something equally unglamorous/stripping.
So what really splits my head open is the fact that she wears her hair in ringlets- at least TWICE!! - in Catching Fire:
My hair is pinned back from my face and falling down my back in a shower of ringlets. (p. 58)
Creamy lace and pink roses and ringlets. (from the wedding photo shoot, p. 166)
I’ve known a few girls with straight silky hair and it won’t hold curl whatsoever - sometimes won’t even take a perm! I won’t deny the Capitol’s scientific advancements but…they can make sleek straight silky hair into RINGLETS?!?
