#so be careful of that one

[ofgentleresolve]

verse: a spark to the flame ( 1/??? )

cw for violence, death, fires, and literary gore.

so now that i finally got that oneshot out of my system ( no pressure to read it, of course, although i am proud of it ♡ ) , i can summarize a bit more about what happens to patrick in this universe, along with some tidbits that didn't make it in:

he volunteered for his best friend, lee hyuk, on impulse when hyuk was initially reaped as the male tribute for the 53rd hunger games. the thought of being in the hunger games was terrifying, yes, but the thought of watching his best friend die in those games was unthinkable to patrick. not when patrick had already been abandoned by his birth family- he didn't want to lose another person.

in this verse, patrick was left behind in an orphanage along with his brother by his parents before his brother disappeared too. no one knows what happened to them. since i hc district three as, while a rather dreary environment to live in and mostly on the lower economic side ( think poor but not as poor as district twelve ), they are a tight knit community that emphasizes education of the young. he learned a lot about the basics of engineering and science and was taken in by an elderly couple, who ran a grocery store of sorts when he was seven. he could do arithmetic well and as they needed someone to balance the books for them. he did a lot of reading while manning the shop.

most, if not all of the books he read ( and still does ) are non-fiction. another hc, but i highly doubt the capitol would let the districts read literature from the days before the capitol regime bc that would give individuals the ability to picture a life where the capitol is not in control....the only fiction books available are the pro-capitol ones and he never would touch those.

the female tribute, his district partner, was tellessa latimis. growing up in one of the poorer zones in district three, she was already used to fighting for her life as brawls tended to break out where she grew up with her parents, three younger siblings, and her cousin. older than patrick by a year, she was sarcastic, guarded, realistic, and very grounded. while she detested the hunger games, she was more than willing to kill if it meant surviving. she was very protective of her siblings and cousins.

tellessa was also very good at using a knife; she was light on her feet and could throw a knife with about a 75% accuracy. and that's without training.

beetee, their mentor ( as the only female victor wiress was considered not 'right of mind' after her games ), had to decide between patrick and tellessa who he would support in the arena- he chose tellessa.

during the training sessions, patrick stuck with almost exclusively the wildness survival stations ( like foraging for food and making fires ) and reading the books there on the topic. he also tried to refresh his memory on the basics of engineering and electricity too. he did learn the basics of using a knife, but didn't go further because he thought it would garner unwanted attention from the careers ( tributes from one and two ).

he also made friends with ellio, the tribute from district 8. they both liked reading and got along well. after tellessa, ellio was his default for who to stick around. patrick never suggested an alliance though because he didn't want to be the one to kill ellio and ellio was tight with his district partner.

when he went in for his evaluation with the gamemakers, patrick completed a rubik's cube in about five minutes. he fumbled in the middle though so that's probably why his score was in the lower middle. tellessa on the other hand dismantled a dummy using only a knife. she scored an 8.

during the interview, he referred to himself as a gentleman in an attempt to distinguish himself amongst the tributes. in a way, it did work.

during the games, patrick broke one tribute's jaw with his backpack while escaping the initial bloodbath, sets fire to four other tributes via the generators, and takes out two more tributes with a more traditional trap. adding in the final showdown with remos, the tribute from district two, that makes patrick's body count 8.

tellessa comes in fifth place for the games; she and patrick had a plan to destroy the supplies that the career pack had amassed. however it got blotched since remos decided to use her as a hostage since he recognized that patrick was the real threat to his survival.

tellessa burned to death in the electrical fire patrick caused along with remos' district partner. patrick held tellessa's hand in her final moments even though it was charred and very hot.

that's where he got the burn scar on his right palm from.

patrick was crowned the victor after a fight to the death with remos. he stabbed remos with a broken pipe.

[haunted-xander]

If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready

[cowardlycowboys]

girl who needs to ask for reassurance would rather be stabbed than admit they have needs

GIRL GENDER FUNNY‼️ POST MADE BY MOST FEMININE HE/THEY SHUT UP‼️

[bixels]

There's no such thing as overpreparing for love.

Happy (late) Rarijack Valentine's.

[wewontbesleeping]

the weirdest fucking thing to me is how men will be like "it's so hard being a man. no one cares that i'm sad. the loneliness we experience could NEVER be understood by a woman" and then also be like "btw i never talk to my friends and i don't know their names and i love hanging out with men because they don't talk about their stupid emotions all the time. women could never understand a bond like this." like ???

[ocxmaul]

my text post collection vol. 1

[xshinina]

*Married life playing in the background

This idea was probably funnier in my head

[artkaninchenbau]

A h-heartfelt reunion..?

Bonus

[avarkriss]

listen. listen to me so carefully right now. (if you're in the eclipse path/planning on viewing). please don't stare directly at the sun tomorrow. i am begging you - do not stare at it. if you got eclipse glasses off of amazon/other, please put them on in your house and make sure you can't see anything; if you can still see like regular sun glasses, they are not safe for eclipse viewing, you will burn your retinas, and we cannot fix that. eclipse glasses should be iso/ce certified, and aas (american astronomical society) approved. please make smart choices and protect your eyes. please.

[dreamchasernina]

Netflix, I don’t know how to tell you this but a woman doesn’t have to be self taught to be a strong female character. It’s ok to let her know her limitation and ask for help. It’s ok to let her get angry, it’s ok to let her be jealous, it’s ok to let your female character have flaws and WORK on them. Your female character doesn’t have to become a master on her own to be memorable, it just makes her accomplishment feel unearned.

[amalgamezz]

ALT

[puppyeared]

renaissance dogys

characters belong to @canisalbus

[chongoblog]

Being in America is super fun because you get to see Trump going up against Biden in a presidential election with both of them being dogshit options, mass protests against what should very obviously be seen as an injustice that spits in the face of what you were told your country stands for, except the government disagrees, using the power of the militarized state to brutalize protestors, all the while people spread malicious lies regularly with millions believing their every word(a lot of it being thanks to some rich freak on Twitter). Also, the economy is doing pretty damn poor and you see media sources tell you to sacrifice your well-being all while the ultra rich get richer and richer.

And then after you're done with 2020, you get to do it again four years later

[theoldkyokodied]

The Allegiance of the Ascended Vampire and the New God of Magic

[zaahvi]

GLORY TO THE RISEN GODS

[chloesimaginationthings]

Happy Father’s Day to everyone but FNAF William Afton..