#thg script

[vulcanmulti]

“I’d probably have gone quietly insane. It’s different for her. No one depends on Lenore Dove for their livelihood.”

“It’s true, his family doesn’t need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on … I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.”

[edb954]

Man who can’t be moved (Coriolanus Snow x Reader)

(Summary: Coriolanus and you were once upon a time really close but when tragedy struck that had you torn apart but he has picture of you

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(A/n: The Polls came out as even so I’ve decided to do both Finnick & Coriolanus for the song so keep your eyes open for Finnick Odair one!!)

(Warnings: song lyrics, Coriolanus Snow inner dialogue, death mentioned, Not fully proffered but most yes, useing she/her pronouns but can. Be read as Gender neutral)

"Going back to the corner where I first saw you.."

~~~

  Coriolanus Snow had never wanted to go back to District 12. The place where his father was murdered, where he almost died from a snake bite, where he murdered Sejanus poor pitiful Sejanus. and the victor of 10th annual hunger games that he mentored and sacrificed his future, but that couldn't compare to the one.

  The same place where he reunited and lost the girl he had lost when he was 12 years old. Only for her to disappear and leave him in those very same woods out in district 12.

  Coriolanus went over to the desk and pulled open the drawer that was the nearest to the sliding door of the train and pulled out a picture of her 'Y/n Reinswood'  taken at the place that she had shown him. A secluded corner of the forest where it overlooked a view of the lake.. it was their spot..Where they had their first kiss, I love you, and …

He walked over to the board where their were words on notecards, with his different speeches. It was his second year in his presidency campaign and 4 years since he last was in 12. Last time you saw you. He looked down at the picture of you with your beautiful smile. He used to wonder if he would ask showing people the picture. ‘If you see this girl, can you tell her where I am?’

When he decided to go back to 12 for his campaign. People would show him pity, confusion. He hated how he felt about her. How he missed her. How weak he was about her. He remembers Dr.Gaul saying ‘Love is weakness, being broken is weakness and being a broken hearted man is even weaker.’

He couldn’t show weakness.. especially to the rebels who wanted him gone and to stay higher up. Snow lands on top. His father’s motto and now his.

But Coriolanus Snow was not stupid or blind to how he actually felt about her. He knows it makes no sense. Especially, when he’s face to face with Tigris on the rare occasion they do see each other. She sees right through him. She knows he can’t move on because he’s still in love with you.

Which makes him almost hate her. He never wanted anyone to see his weakness.. not again..

‘Cause if one day you wake up and find that you’re missing me…

Ever since he had gotten back from 12 he would find himself missing you and wondering where in 12 if you were still there could you be. And he hated it so to put his mind to rest.

He had decided to go back to the place that they used to meet at after his speech. Was it risky a chance but having peacekeepers all around that place would be easy. He would go to prove to himself that you were gone and not coming back. Even though a smallest chance that you’ll see him waiting for you on the corner of the woods..

Maybe you won't mean to but, you'll see me on the news and you'll come running to the corner...

  It was a beautiful Spring Day in District 12, you were walking around the market after doing some shopping with the money you had earned from performing at the Hob.

  Passing by a house on the way back to the covey you heard on the TV 'that the up and coming president snow. has reached District 12.'

  Y/n froze looking over at the TV seeing Coriolanus's Face pop up in to the screen. Broad casted from an hour ago. You sighed before continuing your walk.

  As you were about to walk the path to the covey cottage you heard some by passing Peacekeepers radio go off saying that they didn't know where Snow went. Y/n stopped dead in her tracks thinking if he was at their spot.

'Cause you'll know it's just for you...

  Without a thought she grabbed the basket and ran to the spot in the corner of the woods just past the meadow. It was a small secluded spot in the forest over looking the lake not far from the outlook of the forest. The first spot where she took him those 4 years ago.

  Her breath got caught in her throat once she saw him. He was leaning against a tree with his hands in his pocket of his father’s long red thick coat. His hair combed back. She didn't fully believe it. Until she had accidentally stepped on a stick that had snapped which made her freeze.

  Coriolanus whipped his head around reaching for something in his pocket. Until he saw her standing there he quickly retracted his hand. His eyes widening in the slightest way before smiling slyly.

"I knew you'd find me here.." He said, smiling softly knowing he still had her.

"W-what are you doing here..." Y/n asked. Not really knowing what to do. He moved off the tree he was leaning on. Not answering her question.

"I should hate you for leaving me in the woods.. again.. but I couldn't stop thinking about you. I guess you would say 'I'm the man who can't be moved..'" Coriolanus said the last part jokingly, his finger tracing your jaw which made Y/n's breath hitch slightly.

"What makes you think i should believe you?" She asked. His eyes going slightly dark with slight frustration.

"Because ever since you left the capital and I found you here and you left again. I have not stopped thinking about you. I know what I did. I know what I've done. Yes I could kill you too. But I don't want that. It wouldn't be easier..." Coriolanus said, which made Y/n back up into a tree. Only for him to follow until he was in front of her.

"I've wanted you ever since I was 10 years old, when you gave Tigris and I food even though you needed just as much and then I had to watch you be taken away. And when I found you here singing at the hob with Lucy Gray after I helped her win. It fueled that those times we spent together before that day I've never forgotten or got over it. So Yes! I am the Man who can't be moved!" Coriolanus seethed with frustration almost hating himself for sounding so vulnerable and telling the truth.

  Y/n looked at him shocked at how he remembered that. She has also loved him for a long time but how could she forgive him? After killing her best friend that was practically her sister and Sejanus who was probably his only friend after she had left...

"Why the hell do you think I'm here? At our spot? Why do you think you came?" He said, looking into her eyes.

She hated to admit it but he was right she did come right here to see if he was here. She hated that she knew where he would be.. She hated that she missed him and would wonder where he was. Hoping and thinking maybe he'll come back to the this place.

   Coriolanus felt the same he hated that she was the weakness that wouldn't go away, the one he missed every single day seeing her face everywhere. And hoping that she was still out their for them to meet again. Even though he knew he could never hate her. No matter how much he tried.

  Y/n looked at him. His features from the once young boy now a man standing in front of her. Without so much as a thought she leaned in pressing her lips softly against his. Sealing her fait and saying her sorrys to the covey and two that she lost. Coriolanus a bit taken back for a split moment before kissing her back if not immediately as he sealed his and hers fait. With a kiss full of passion and love that had regained in this moment from 4 years ago.

  They both knew whether they had their reunion or not they would always go back to the corner whether in their mind or in reality as much as they would to fight it. They would camp in a sleeping bag that would never move..

[mariigoldzz]

I am so tired of seeing posts bashing people for criticizing sotr when there are so many things to criticise just like any piece of media. There were hundreds of ways to tell Haymitch's story. Someone preferring the way it was written in a fan fiction isn't bad 😭 it's literally a piece of fiction

[mockingjaysnakes]

HOLY SHIT, ANOTHER NEW TOM BLYTH MOVIE.

(i didn't expect this, i'm proud of him!)

PLAINCLOTHES, THE PLOT:

Set in the ’90s and inspired by true events, a working-class undercover officer is tasked with entrapping and apprehending gay men, only to find himself drawn to one of his targets.

[solstices-dreams]

𝓶𝔂 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫 masterlist . . .

 —— this is for the comfort in rainy days, tangled with sadness, comfort lurking in the rumble of thunder, reading by firelight, the smell of coffee ground just right . . . storms are scary yes, but there's a certain comfort in one's bed with warmth tingling from the proximity of the fireplace. it's the adrenaline in running, the feeling of being underwater too long, the chill of a lake, it’s bruises being kissed softly to reprieve.

abbreviated to : hg tag : ᨒ↟

“ kassius faulkner . . . victor of the 68th games , “

—— anointed with oil

. about me , people & victors , my friends , a day in d10

. things i’m excited for

—— the capitol

. panem , saftey

—— inquires

. 🗒 , 💭 , 💄, 🍒, ❤️‍🩹

. 🐔, 🧶,🌂 , 🏷, 👜, 🎞, 🏛️, 🕰 , 🎻, 💼, 🍨

—— aes

. people mb pt. 1 , ppl mb pt. 2 , ppl mb pt. 3 , me & finn

— ⸝⸝ ℓast updated ; april 6

[pettrichore]

ohhh wow yeah. when katniss sings all of the mockingjays stop to listen before repeating her song. when katniss sings or speaks all of the rebels stop to listen…

[heavensbeehall]

I am reading the script for the Hunger Games movie. I wanted to look something up for the fic (didn't find that thing) but I did find out that Foxface is named "Marissa." (Why did people tell me she was called "Finch" in the script?)

And the male ribute from 4 is "Bravura." (How would you even shorten that for a nickname? "Bra" sounds wrong.)

These both seem wrong to me but Suzanne Collins was cowriter so now I feel like I should use those names....

[sanjarka]

like i'm already dreading the possibility of seeing them in sotr if they do the epilogue and now you want to ruin my life more. STOP.

there is nothing i would hate more, and i mean this with my whole heart, than to get a gbt or post epilogue everlark book only for it to be played by those two again.

[disgurrr]

One of the several scenes that I dislike and cringe in the THG movies is when Movie!Peeta tells Movie!Katniss “If you die, and I live, I’ll have nothing, NOBODY ELSE I CARE ABOUT,” on the beach during the QQ. Basically saying how he has no one back in 12, or even in general, that he cares about, only Katniss. To me, this made him look like an obsessive person (maybe even a bit of a creep), who only cares about his romantic love for Katniss.

This line implies something so untrue, and an inaccurate characterization of Peeta. Peeta is fiercely protective over his family and friends, as he basically tells Katniss this in D11. And he cares enough for his family to ask for them in 13, and that Katniss killed his friends (I cry every time I remind myself he said this). He cares for other people, deeply.

The fact that Peeta actually tells Katniss during this scene in the book, this: “‘If you die, and I live, there’s no life for me…back in twelve. You’re my whole life…I would never be happy again.’�� That was so beautifully written, so tragic, and so romantic. The script didn’t do Peeta justice, and Josh Hutcherson was such a perfect Peeta. But the script failed him.

Ps: don’t get me wrong I do like the films, but I don’t love them. They missed the mark entirely on Peeta’s character, and Josh is such a perfect Peeta . So that’s sad.

[requiemforthestars]

I have only about 50 SotR pages left and I already know the broad strokes of everything that happens from here on now due to Catching Fire so... thoughts? I guess?

Spoilers under the cut

Man, I really wanted to like this book, I really did, I was hyped as hell and super excited. Original THG is one of my favourite book series ever and I don't just say that because of teen nostalgia but because I've reread it several times as an adult and I still finds that it holds up really well, and sure, I didn't really like TBoSaS the first time* I read it that much either, it has grown on me in rereads, so I expected a lot from this book... and it really has let me down, and I think I can pin down why to three things:

1. And most glaring, this is not a book that was written as a book. This is a novelized movie script and no one will ever be able to convince me otherwise. It's why the narration is so simple, it's why the character's emotions are so flat, it's why everything goes by so damn fast, it's why the book is so... boring. I can't believe I'm calling a THG book boring but... here we are. And I was wondering why it felt like that when none of the other books did, when all the plot points I actually loved them conceptually. The cameos, the failed revolution, the emotional points, it all seemed like it would hit the nail on the head, and yet it didn't. And then I started visualising the book as a movie with the soundtrack, with the actor's faces doing most of the work and I realized "oh this book would actually work so much better as a movie!" and then I just... couldn't unsee it. That's why the narrations and descriptions are so flat and boring, because it was written mostly as a movie (hence book and movie being announced at the same time) and not allowed to stand on its own. And that's shameful and awful and makes this book feel like a failed cash grab, rather than a story Collins actually wanted to tell.

2. Haymitch's lack of any personality whatsoever. I mean hello? Original trilogy Haymitch is one of the most memorable characters so who is this guy? I get it, he's a good, innocent kid, he wants to do good, that's what makes his whole tragedy of a life so fucking heartbreaking, but still? Good =/= amoeba and sure, while the fast pace of the book doesn't contribute at all to character building or to lending him any character-specific voice**, that doesn't really excuse some real glaring issues like... his absolute lack of reaction to being reaped? His lack of real purpose or defining characteristics other than "Huh, ok, I'll do this" or "Haymitch x Lenore Dove 5ever" like dude? I'm almost glad the trauma happened to you because at least it gave you a personality?

Though, it is kinda funny that teenage Haymitch is written with the same amoeba-like empty personality that so many YA girls have though, in which all the other characters have a defined personality except for the protag who is a self-insert. A win for feminism, if you must.

3. WHERE IS THE MOCKINGJAY PIN?!?!?

WHERE IS MAYSILEE DONNER'S FUCKING MOCKINGJAY PIN???

Yes, yes, I know the book mentions it. Yes, I know it exists in the book, but it's mentioned in a way that makes... no sense whatsoever??? Like? OK, so Haymitch knows it was Maysilee's but it was actually Lenore Dove's uncle's who made it, Maysilee actually hates the freaking thing and thinks it's dumb, even if she and her niece Madge are the ones connecting the pin to Katniss, the symbol of the revolution, in the original trilogy? But who cares right? All that matters now is that the pin is related to the Covey and so is Katniss, the pin might as well have no connection to Maysilee at all?

And I don't mind the Covey connection, it's a nice touch! But I mind that it makes the pin have no real connection to Maysilee at all. I don't care that she hates it! Make it part of her arc? Make her hate the thing but take it to the Games because it's a connection to her sister, make her grown to care for it, make her and Haymitch bond over it and the different ways it reminds both of them of home!! Make Haymitch salvage it from the arena somehow and then take it home to poor Merrilee, the last reminder of her sister, who will then tell the story to her daughter, who will years later give it to Katniss once she is reaped because both of them, Katniss and Maysilee were poor teenagers from D12 who had to go through the same shit.

In Catching Fire, Katniss says this specifically that knowing that the pin once belonged to a girl who was also reaped and died in the Games, gives even more weight to it. But then we get Maysilee's story and oh, the thing is not significant for her at all, it's just really shoehorned into Haymitch's inner narration because it's a piece of the puzzle we must fit into this book.

And that enrages me, that means lack of thought put behind this book.

More stuff:

I was initially going to complain about Snow's cringey af monologue about his 40 year old situationship because of how pathetic it makes him as a villain (dude, you're 60 and she's just a girl that ran away from you once you started acting scary, get over it?) but also, I've seen incel men talk like that irl and become outrageously evil because of it, so it is realistic sadly, that's just how many incel losers act in the real world. And our current real world fascists are actually incredibly openly pathetic, so I can't even complain about the stupidity of evil when it's just fucking realistic (and that's sad af).

*I maintain that my original theory while I read it that Lucy Gray was faking being in love w/ Snow and that she would act completely different once he got to D12 AND would end up betraying him/trying to kill him would have been a way better development because what in the heterosexual fuckery was that "I'm a tribute in the Hunger Games so of course I'm falling for the Capitol guy assigned to me"? Hello??? Hello?!?!?!? Very manic pixie dream girl and not realistic.

**And having a well-written unique protagonist whose characterisation makes sense and whose personality is incredibly memorable even if not likeable is something that all 4 other books in the series did SO WELL if I might add? Both Katniss and Snow are incredible memorable and unique POV characters in their own right? So Collins knows how to do this!!

[solstices-dreams]

𓂃 it feels like I’m already there …

— 🌊 ˳

[buffyspeak]

i genuinely cannot tell if it is real. i don't think someone was trying to make it more book accurate though because they totally changed the bread story to have happened like a year before and peeta trading it with her for a squirrel in the hob. which is yknow. not what happened!

edit: ohhh i think it's real i remember hearing about an early version where gale stowed away on a train to the capitol

i found like what looks like an earlier draft of the screenplay for the first movie ho boy...

[caesarflickermans]

Interested to hear your take on why "Why I'll never see Peeta as the dream BF everyone thinks he is" ngl 👀

When Peeta confesses his feelings for Katniss during their first interview, he did not inform Katniss about this action beforehand. This scene externally determines Katniss' path of action in the arena. It is akin to the likes of Cinna putting Katniss in a dress without informing her what the dress reveals or into what role she will be pushed because of this.

The usual argument as to why Peeta's confession does not carry the same weight is the scene after, where Katniss realises that the angle can be beneficial to her. Her rebuttal is brief, stating that she should have been told regardless, to which her team tells her that her reaction was perfect and would not have been had she known (THG, 10).

Katniss is not a good actress, but I disagree that this should have altered the course of action. To me, a person's autonomy ranks higher than their acting abilities on a TV program. Peeta confessed his feelings in a situation where his words would immediately bring about a change in the script for the 74th Games, whereupon focus would be driven onto Katniss in ways that inhibit her autonomy. While he is a teenage boy, he is smart enough to know that his words determine much of Katniss‘ role in the 74th.

While the subsequent actions are not Peeta's, it is the star-crossed lovers angle that forces Katniss into these situations (e.g. the change of rules). The Everlark fandom perceives the arena scenes as ship-content, and has a truthful foundation for this being the case, but I have never warmed up to the likes of the cave scene. I struggle with Peeta immediately attaching his romantic feelings to Katniss' actions regardless whether he knows if she is playing the game he set out and forced her to acknowledge in the arena—because what would have happened had she not searched for Peeta once the rules changed? She would have been labelled as the heartless arse and her chances of survival would have dropped.

Peeta could not have predicted the rule change, but I believe he understands how a TV program like this functions and that Katniss would have to face the consequences of his words at some point. As he knows that the Capitol is a tyrannical power acting on a whim, it is especially important to inform Katniss—because the consequences can be broad. It would have been only morally correct to inform her about his plans for the interview so Katniss could have decided for herself if she wanted to become subject to the consequences of these words.

In addition, once he sees her again, he mentions kissing once in whispers and then once more out loud. This forces Katniss' hand to kiss him (bodily autonomy). While it is true she could have decided not to search for him or not kiss him, her image would have been tainted negatively. Katniss is forced into a romance with Peeta if she wants to survive.

I understand this is based on my own opinion and my experiences in life, but I'd have all my trust eroded in such a person and would probably suppress crying every night in that goddamn cave feeling like I'm forced into this situation. Because I sort of was, and, in part, as the pandora's box opener, it was the person I have to kiss to receive food.

[reality-of-woes]

Picrews I made of me and my best friend-slash-brother in my main DR :3

Here's me, Warren (pre-games)

And here's Fleece!!!

Bonus post games version of myself because this picrew has really really good expression options:

[sanjarka]

Top 5 (or 10) things the books did better than the movies?

i am not the person you should be asking this. you have given me way to much power to shit on the movies. i already do that enough unprovoked.

if you love them please block my tag thg: movie criticism (or just block me😭). and trust me no one is happier than me if you enjoy them. i wish that i could too. but it's not happening.

THE BREAD SCENE - i know that time doesn't work the same way in a movie and in a book. i know that. but when a scene in a book is as well written as this one, as important as this one you can give it more than two fucking seconds. find a way for it work i literally don't care. that's your job. this is THE moment that established who katniss is/was who peeta/is was. their connection. asterid's mental health issues. and honestly maybe there is no way to do it justice in a movie format. BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE A SERIES. cause the timing would work so much better. you could basically do an entire episode with how detailed this scene is.

the seam/merchant divide in d12 - which is yet another thing the bread scene established that isn't just not done well but doesn't even exist in the movies. and that's not okay. suzanne plays it safe honestly by not explicitly stating that katniss is not white and i really dislike that. cause she can't be white and she isn't white. obviously this is a story set in future and race is a socially constructed thing. it changes with time. who knows what is going to be considered non white or white in the future. katniss or anyone really isn't even aware of race as a concept but that doesn't mean the effects of it don't exist. they just have a different name for it. the seam people work in the mines but merchants have shops. seam kids take out the tesserae and because of that are more likely to be reaped. i mean peeta's mom treatment of katniss in the bread scene *is* racism. and considering the american history and the fact that d12 is in appalachia katniss should be played by a native actress. then we have the coveys being obviously inspired by romani people. and the fact that after the "new" panem is established almost all of them are killed. it's a literal genocide. and while i really loved rachel zegler's portrayal of lucy gray she, and all the rest of the coveys, should've been played by romani people. it was the decent thing to do. and ignoring race in a story that is set in what is left of america feels wrong. is wrong.

katniss and peeta feeling like actual teenagers and being compelling as characters - they are immature and they're petty and they're impulsive and they are kids. katniss does try to appear and treat herself as an adult but she truly rarely succeeds. cuting out her crying after shooting the pig was so incredibly stupid. and i really dislike jennifer lawrence's performance. is it the script or the director or her i don't know but there isn't a single moment where i feel like i get katniss from her. the acting isn't bad it just isn't katniss. because katniss - she cries... a lot. she leans onto peeta... a lot. she's sensitive and soft inside. she's also often more vulnerable with him than he is with her. and it's the same shit with josh. his lines were so often changed into things peeta would never say and instead of a complex interesting kid we get that stalker from the cave. he doesn't get pissed on the roof, he doesn't get hurt on the train, we don't see him with a black eye after the bread scene. he doesn't throw a lamp and a statue when angry which isn't good but it opens up his relationship with anger. which is a very heartbreaking one. and then his hijacking looses its narrative value.

haymitch's alcoholism being treated as a joke most of time is awful. it's just so sanitized. any pain and trauma is. maybe i'm remembering it wrong but doesn't katniss trial last a day instead of weeks in the movies. the games are to clean as well. especially the aftermath of the first ones. it's not supposed to be pretty.

on the topic of the first games - katniss and peeta not being back to back and putting the berries in their mouth. i know people love him touching her braid but it's wrong. in the movie they are really amping up the difference between the two katniss is looking up and he's touching her but in the book they are a team. and they trust each other. they.are.back.to.back. AND PEETA IS THE ONE SAYING HOLD THEM OUT I WANT EVERYONE TO SEE. and just in general everlark's dynamic is awful and boring. they don't fight on the roof, they don't challenge each other, they're not kids playing catch with the force field, katniss doesn't fall in love with his eyelashes and peeta doesn't fall in a love with a song. not really. the magic is gone. the music is gone and i'm watching a soulless action movie. and i hate it.

[theserpentsadvocate]

Aaaaah, I love stuff like this, thank you!

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Tagging: @feeisamarshmallow @allonsymiddleearth @iceberg-hootenanny (and basically anyone who wants to, honestly)

rules: post the first lines of up to 10 of your last fics/chapters posted on ao3 or your wips and try to draw some conclusions.

I'm going with fics in general, not chapters (because otherwise it would be entirely Satisfaction), and probably sticking to VM fic because all the Tolkien stuff I've posted recently has been crossposting. So last five posted and last five WIPs worked on. :)

(Also, warning that the second-last sentence has a racial slur (used by a character.))

Satisfaction

Veronica’s dad was the sheriff, so she was usually pretty scrupulous about not breaking the law. 

Flipping the Script

All Jade wanted was to get her mother’s car and drop it off with enough time to get to the library before it closed, and since the library was open late on Thursdays and she’d stopped to pick it up at 4 PM, it hadn’t seemed that difficult.

Unexpected Dividends

It was probably weird to run a to-do list for your boss in your head, but Eli had been doing it since his second month on the job, because Fred was competent, and reasonably organized, and obviously he was a hell of a mechanic, but his ability to prioritize was a little bit whacked out.

The Most Important Part

“Hot date?”

The Art of Starting Over

It turned out that calling your sort-of boyfriend after a whole week and a half of radio silence was daunting.

Choices (upcoming post S4 oneshot)

Jade grew up in San Diego.

Hunger Games AU for 'X universes Veronica didn't grow up in'

I didn’t sleep well, the night before the Reaping.

untitled WIP (zombie non-AU, post-S4)

Veronica made it home for the end of the world.

Carmen for 'Would've, Could've, Should've' (pending oneshot series)

Yesterday, Carter Phelps shoved Carmen into the stair railing and called her a wetback, like her parents swam all the way here from Venezuela.

Circle of Magic AU for 'X universes Veronica didn't grow up in'

The first time the Guard caught Weevil breaking into a rich man’s house, they tattooed an X on the web of skin between his thumb and first finger and threw him into a cell for the night.

*

So for the obvious – I favour third person (which I knew), and I’m a bit heavier on female POVs than I anticipated (which I’m pleased with, actually). Also Jade's very prominent, and since I’m already 50% of the Jade/Eli tag on AO3, that doesn’t exactly shock me.

(It’s not immediately obvious for all of them, but every single one of these is Weevil-heavy, which is the most unshocking thing possible. I think I have exactly one VM fic in progress where he’s not central to the entire premise, and even there he’s still majorly present.)

Other than that, the closest thing to a trend that I can pick up is that apparently I like opening sentences that feel either dynamic or relatable? Satisfaction and the post-canon zombie fic both have the more classic hook of raising questions about what’s going on, and most of the JEC fics as well as Carmen’s WCS entry are an attempt to jump you right into the characters’ heads or at least their social reality. Whereas the fusion AUs seem to establish their crossover-fandom immediately (THG with an immediate reference to a well known part of that universe, and COM by heavily echoing Briar’s introductory sentence). I don’t know if I did it on purpose, but I like it, so I’ll have to see how much/if that holds true for the other ones in the series. (The BTVS and Animorphs ones are harder, because they involve discovering something, but the summary of the latter will definitely start with My name is Veronica…, and the 1-800-WHERE-R-U one starts with a direct shout-out.)

Anyway! I’d be interested to know if there’s anything that strikes you. :)