They dont take him seriously until he starts to take them seriously.
he realises that for the first time he has "a pair of fighters".
after that, Haymitch starts to sober up and help them survive the games.
,,,m,
Haymitch's second instruction for Peeta and Katniss are to find water.
Idk
He was refering to how he said to Ceasar Flickerman in the interviews that he had a crush on Katniss forever. He said 'Haymitch told me you would take a lot of convincing' because Katniss didnt believe that he liked her, even though he did.
Katniss and Peeta confronted Haymitch because he wasn't mentoring them. He was just sitting and drinking. They confronted him telling him that he needed to mentor him, and that they were fighters. This tells you that Haymitch didn't really mentor his tributes, as District 12 wasn't trained before The Hunger Games. They were too poor. But when Katniss and Peeta showed him that they were fighters and weren't willing to give up, he was willing to train them half sober.
Haymitch said that he had made Katniss look desirable.
,,,m,
No, Katniss does not have a crush on Haymitch. Haymitch is her mentor in The Hunger Games, not a love interest. Katniss realizes how similar they are in Catching Fire, but that doesn't mean she has feelings for him.
Haymitch wants Katniss to be herself, because she's bad at acting.
Haymitch is Katniss and Peeta's mentor. He trains them for the Hunger Games.
Haymitch's second instruction for Peeta and Katniss are to find water.
Haymitch Abernathy.
Idk
He does.
He's always drunk.
Stay Alive
Because Haymitch can't sponsor Katniss, but only the people from the Capitol.. But Haymitch talked to some sponsors that same evening when Katniss got injured.