If Clove pins Katniss, she could tickle her instead of cutting her up.

And Thresh saves Katniss by picking Clove up and putting her on a shelf.

Considering some of the Oreo flavors, I would not be surprised if they legitimately tried that.

I'm sure it's theoretically possible for a mustelid to have gigantism, but they would have a tough time surviving long due to their very active metabolisms and generally low body fat content. Wolverines in particular walk a very fine line of starvation every winter, which imposes a firm limit to their maximum weight. The only way I could see a 70 lb wolverine surviving winter was if people were feeding it. There were prehistoric mustelids that were massive but, well, they're all extinct now.

That's a fair point. Gigantism doesn't seem to be particularly common as an observed phenomena in general for wild animals.

As you can see by my username, I like cryptids and I've long thought that gigantism might be a rationale for at least some cryptids and fantastic creatures.

A 70 lb. wolverine would not only be fed by humans, but it'd most likely be a captive beast entirely.

And the Soviets not trusting other Soviets made me laugh hard.

I don't think the arrows themselves are magical or enchanted--centaurs aren't mentioned having magic that they won't share with humans outside of their divination.

I think it's more that the field of battle was crowded and chaotic and the Death Eaters just didn't think of it.

Right, captive individuals tend to be outliers. Just because an animal can weight that much doesn't mean that they would normally do so, even if they were very well fed.

Is there any evidence that mustelids ever exhibit gigantism? I've wondered about that for numerous species in the past.

For absolute records, I've heard reports of 70-lbs from the Soviet records, but I hate Soviets and I wouldn't trust their numbers as far as I could throw them.

Oh, of course. Peeta's leg and crutch were making noise with or without shoes.

Katniss is just used to hiking with Gale and while she's got her hiking boots, she's perfectly comfortable hiking barefoot.

Isn't it also true that there's never been a verified case of a wild wolverine weighing more than forty pounds or so?

Faye would either smack Harry or hug Harry...and then go to church with the Carpenters....and bond with Murphy over bazookas.

And imagine Faye meeting Mouse.

Oh, and for the spoilers, take out the spaces between the >! and the words.

No joke, it was no less than 250 lbs. probably bigger. Biggest dog I ever saw.

The largest wolves on record are 175 lbs.

While there are some wolves in Arizona, they're Mexican Gray Wolves and they're much, much closer in size to coyotes.

Grimnoir's my favorite too! Saga might be his best written from a technical standpoint--and it's amusing to see a six-volume epic fantasy series published in-between ASOIAF novels--but I love Grimnoir.

Also, I want Faye to meet Ivy and be her friend.

He's got a second trilogy planned in the grapevine.

Spoiler

There's also the element of character--Molly's meant to be a foil to her parents.

Where Michael is patient and deferential to God's authority, and Charity is zealous and overly cautious, Molly is impatient, disrespectful to any authority, free-wheeling and resents any sort of restriction whatsoever.

YES!

Very true!

Poor ol' Katniss.

I’m more confused by the Capitol being in Utah, to be honest.

Well, there's Salt Lake City to use as a foundation.

Oh, fun!

I'm trying to think of the least convenient experiment for the Dursleys to meet.

And even then, Peeta's so noisy, it barely made any difference, while Katniss is as quiet as a mouse.

What's the Hunger Games in this context? A Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament?

Or dynamite...Anger might save the dynamite for Despicable Me 4.

Anger would be giving flowers to Mario and Barbie.

Jim's good friends with Larry Correia, so...honestly, it could go either way.

Let's face it, Jim Butcher ain't Larry Correia or John Ringo.

At the same time, however Harry has spent most of his adult life in Chicago, where every single government has been death on firearm possession, and he has no doubt been bombarded with wrong terminology.

Of course, Harry deliberately using the wrong terms just to annoy Kincaid and Murphy isn't out of character for him either.

Whistles

Talk about a photo finish!