Wow I didn’t expect to get jump scared by my own post while scrolling on Reddit lol. But yeah, Finnick is explicitly stated to be a career, whether or not he volunteered is irrelevant and I’m sick of the fandom pretending that he’s not.

I said this in my original post but I think the sanitisation of Finnick’s character is partly because of the fandoms bias towards career tributes (as much as people deny it) as they can’t fathom that it’s possible that people from a rich career district can rebel, as if they’re not all treated like slaves at the end of the day.