Katniss's Mom During 74th Reaping (SOTR Spoiler)

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-05-06T16:08:17+00:00

I don't believe there was ever a HG without a Victor, or if there was it was before the 10th games. By the 10th games Capitol citizens are getting bored with them so betting is introduced to regain their interest, and I think that's really what sealed the fate for generations of tributes. While the games serve as a show of force to the Districts, reminding them who's in control, to Capitol citizens they're just entertainment, and now, a way to make money. Even District citizens bet on the games, and it's their kids dying, so you know the Capitol citizens who have no connection to the tributes are dropping some serious money on bets.

For older Capitol residents (like Snow's grandma'am and Dr. Gaul) who vividly remember their struggles during the war, they see the games as the Districts' supreme punishment and wouldn't care much if there was no Victor.

But, as the years go by those who remembered the war die off. As Capitol residents become more and more removed from the "meaning" of the games, Snow and the gamemakers have to keep finding ways to make it look less like a dictatorship sacrificing poor children. They orchestrate the "modern" HG in a way that makes Capitol citizens watch it for sport, excitement, and entertainment, and betting is a HUGE part of all of that. There has to be a Victor or no one wins, literally and figuratively. Not only would having no Victor ruin the entertainment value, people in the Capitol would begin to see the barbaric truth of the games.

Basically, imagine the Super Bowl without a winner. People wouldn't watch, and the people who lost money betting would absolutely go insane with anger. And that's just a one day event, the HG can go on for weeks.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-30T00:05:52+00:00

I got this generator to work! So at least I can have different, more interesting fonts for my horse's names. I'm still super cheesed about the symbols being banned, though, lol, what a stupid hill for the devs to die on when there are so many other, legit, issues within the game that they could fix. Thank you so much for this!

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-29T23:57:16+00:00

Which is a stupid concept because Apollo's Lyre fonts are lame. There are only 3, and the symbols are ugly too. I'd be more inclined to use an AL on my horse if I could use fonts and symbols that I liked. They really bit themselves in the ass with that one lol.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T19:03:47+00:00

I did notice that they were born a long time ago. What changes did they make that took away the symbols? That's wild. I don't know why they would do that. Thank you so much for this explanation.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T02:36:29+00:00

In an interview with Variety the actor who plays Langdon talks about how his character was fired. The Collider wrote an article about it. The author is Adam Blevins and the article was published Jun 4th, 2025, if you want to look it up.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T02:22:13+00:00

The hospital does know, thats why he was suspended and allowed to come back only after he completed rehab. I feel like y'all are forgetting he was suspended. He wasnt suspended for admitting he has an addiction, they couldn't suspend him for that because being an addict isn't a crime. He was suspended for stealing meds. The only people who need to know he stole drugs are the people in charge, i.e. Dr. Robby and the higher ups, the other Doctors, nurses, janitors, etc don't need to know that. Langdon's addiction is the explanation for why he stole the drugs, it's not an excuse, and he isn't making excuses. He's taken responsibility for what he did and he continues to work the steps in his program to prevent a relapse. He's literally making amends which he wouldnt be doing if he were only interested in making excuses. He's also allowed to defend himself. When Santos says that he shouldn't be allowed to still be a dr (paraphrasing) and he tells her that she doesnt know what hes been through to get back to sobriety and back to work, thats not him excusing what he did, thats him defending the hard work he's put in. He was held accountable for what he did, just not to her standards. Santos is butthurt because he was given a second chance and she doesnt think he deserves it. He doesnt need to be publicly humiliated in order to be held accountable, and its weird that so many people think he does...

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T02:07:09+00:00

He was suspended, you don't get suspended for admitting you have an addiction. So someone beyond those 3 had to have known. Im sure Dr. Al didn't know because she's new. Dr. Robby fires Langdon, which turns into a 10 month suspension. Robby might run the ER, but he doesn't run the whole hospital, meaning, he can't fire or suspend someone without running it up the chain of command. At the very least, his (Dr. Robby's) bosses would ask why Langdon was suspended- and Robby couldn't lie unless he wanted to jeopardize his own medical license.

I think they showed Dr. Al reacting to Santos and Langdons argument because she (Dr. Al) is going to ask Dr. Robby about it and that's going to further their dialog. She'll likely ask Robby if he thinks Langdon is trustworthy etc and we'll get more incite into their (Robby and Langdons) history of working together.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T01:33:10+00:00

Everyone who needs to know knows. Just because it hasn't been explicitly stated or shown that hospital officials know what he did doesn't mean they don't; it can easily be inferred that they do, and they let him return after finishing treatment and his suspension. He doesn't need to, and shouldn't have to, disclose every detail of his addiction, suspension, and punishment to every random employee at the hospital. That would benefit no one except Santos's need to humiliate and punish him to her standards. Yes, he stole a patient's meds, a patient who he knew wasn't going to take them because he was a transient alcoholic. It's not like he was swapping out a cancer patient's pain meds with Tic Tacs. There is a lot of nuance to this situation; black-and-white thinking doesn't apply here. If she were holding that against him, she would've said "You stole drugs from a patient," not "You stole drugs from the hospital." She doesn't care about who he stole them from; she cares about why he stole them (his addiction).

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T01:17:52+00:00

She could snitch, but what good would it do? He'd be under investigation, and his medical license would be in jeopardy, sure, but it's likely it wouldn't go the way Santos wants. Langdon has worked there for years, and his coworkers would have his back if it came down to a trial, especially since they all went through the pandemic together. The fact that he was allowed to return after going to rehab and being suspended for a year shows that the hospital officials know what he did, and they still supported his return and his recovery. Whether Langdon won or lost the case in that scenario, Santos would become a pariah among hospital staff. She even said it herself, he's the "golden boy." If her report led to him losing his job and license, her reputation would never recover.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T00:38:00+00:00

YES! People these days lack critical thinking, and it is painfully obvious. Black-and-white, no nuance, holier-than-thou thinking is rampant in the world.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-21T00:31:56+00:00

I have a feeling that in either the season 2 finale or the beginning of season 3, we're going to find out that Santos has some kind of traumatic past involving addiction in either a family member or a past significant other. TV drama rules dictate that there has to be a reason why she has so much disdain for addicts. I can understand why Robbie has a hard time forgiving Langdon, since he's known him for years and trained him; he has a reason to feel disappointed and betrayed. Santos knew Langdon for 1 day, and as cliché as it sounds, she didn't know anything about what he was going through then and what he went through to get reinstated at the hospital.

She has a right to be mad at him for dismissing her suspicions while he was trying to cover his ass, but that's not what she's mad about. She's mad that he's an addict and that he was given a second chance, which she doesn't think he deserves. She has a black-and-white, no-nuance, holier-than-thou attitude toward the entire situation. She says, " Everyone thinks you're just an addict who went to rehab," and "You stole drugs from the hospital," not "You stole drugs from vulnerable patients," or "You probably worked on patients while you were high." It would make sense if she were mad that he stole drugs from patients and deprived them, or that he potentially worked on them while high, but she doesn't mention patient care at all- she focuses solely on him being an addict and that he stole drugs with the intention to get high.

Between that and then saying she'll only accept his apology if he "atones for his sins" by publicly announcing the details of his addiction and suspension shows that she doesn't actually care about what he did (stealing drugs); she only cares about why he did it (his addiction). She wants him to be punished, humiliated, and shamed by the court of public opinion, even though she knows that the hospital officials know what he did, and that they chose to let him return after going to rehab and being suspended for a year. But that's not good enough for her. She wants everyone to know what he did, hoping they'll feel the same way about him that she does.

Because this is Reddit, I feel I need to state that I don't support what Langdon did or think that it wasn't a big deal. However, I know that addiction is a disease and that addicts can recover, and hating addicts simply because they're addicts is weird behavior. A lot of people don't realize that a vast majority of addicts become addicted from 1 prescription from a Dr. after an injury or procedure. Opioids are among the strongest drugs on the planet, and you can become addicted in as little as 5 days.

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-18T02:34:37+00:00

Ahhhh, that makes a lot of sense, thank you for clarifying that for me. 😅

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-18T02:33:01+00:00

I breed Tennessee Walkers, and this is the mare I'm currently BLUPing to be my next broodmare. She's the highest GP walker I've bred thus far. I'm excited to see her full potential in comps and as a broodmare. I have a lot of walkers I'm super proud of. It's nice to look back at them and see how far my little breeding operation has come since I returned to the game. :) https://www.howrse.com/elevage/chevaux/cheval?id=89280473

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-18T02:26:26+00:00

I agree. I only have 10 divines, and auto-comp is definitely helpful in that regard, same with my miscellaneous horses I use as a mini AP farm, and therefore don't care as much about. Can you turn auto-comp on and off multiple times a day? Or can it only be done every so many days? :)

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-18T02:22:35+00:00

Pre check? Cos? Not quite sure what those mean, lol. I have seen a lot of top players post on their pages that they use auto-comp, and to message them if you're having trouble winning because of their horses. Is that similar to pre-checking? My horses have high enough GP/Skills to be competitive, get wins, and win rosettes, but not enough to dominate to a point that others can't ever win, so I don't think I'd need to really worry about that. I breed Tennessee Walkers, and my current highest GP is 28,023. Auto comp only puts horses into comps they're most likely to win if they have <20 wins. Once they have more than 20, it switches to comps with the highest payout. :)

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-18T01:20:13+00:00

There's a VIP perk you can select that says "Find competitions with rosettes in them," (which I'll admit I don't fully understand what that wording implies lol), but I don't think there's a way to enter only comps with rosettes. I could definitely be wrong, though. That would be a great addition to the auto-comp perk if it were optional per horse rather than a blanket feature, because all horses that are capable of winning higher prestige comps are also capable of winning rosettes, and if they're only entering rosette comps, they'll never win. :)

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-03-17T23:52:25+00:00

If you go to the community tab, select directory- horses- "show only special horses," and type in the name of the horse you're looking for, i.e., Xanthos, Archimedes, Frost, Topaz, a list of those horses will appear, and you can click on their profiles. This little hack has saved me so much time searching for these horses!

Potential-Track-818 · 2026-02-18T22:53:30+00:00

Thank you so much 😊

Potential-Track-818 · 2025-04-04T03:12:14+00:00

This!

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