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Actually, it doesn't surprise me at all that Glimmer and Clove would be villianous. If you had nothing but their names to go on and had to guess whether the characters were good or bad, would you guess the former? It's interesting when character names (or names in general) strike such different chords with people. I'd expect a Glimmer to be a conniver with a big, wide mean streak. Or an exotic dancer. :)

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While I'm aware Collins uses different styles of names for characters from different districts, I'd be shocked if she didn't carefully choose names for effect within the constraint of those styles. I never meant to imply that their names were indicative of their destinies, just their character traits and personalities. For me, it's obvious why Katniss is Katniss and not Daisy or Blueberry...or Primrose. Primrose isn't strong enough.

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I don't dislike Primrose because of Hunger Games, a series I have little-to-no interest in. Whether or not Primrose Everdeen is an awesome character or not doesn't matter to me. I loathe the name on its own, and, I'm sorry, but I find it ridiculous.

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