#victor!effie

[sea-owl]

Okay I mentioned this before but now I want to dive a little deeper. So role switch between Effie and Haymitch where she's the quarter quell victor and he's the escort. Warning there is talk of substance abuse in this.

Effie Trinket was born to a town mother and a seam father. She took after her mother with a paler complexation, and blue eyes. Her younger sister took after their father with an olive complexation and dark eyes. They both share their mother's hair color. Her mother was trained to be a seamtress before deciding to marry Effie's father, her father like many other men worked in the mines.

Effie learned to sew from her mother to help save money on clothes. Her mother also taught her to always smile, even if you feel afraid.

That's exactly what Effie did when she was 16 and reaped as one of the 48 tributes for the second Quarter Quell. Her hands may have been shaking but she still smiled at the crowd.

She said her goodbyes to her sister and mother, and left with the clothes on her back and a black hair scarf her sister gave her as a token.

"It matches the coal," her sister told her.

Effie gave her sister a genuine smile. "Yes, it does."

She ties her hair back with the scarf and is escorted on the train with the other three.

She continues to smile on the train, in the Capitol, during the interview with Ceaser. Effie smiled until she was forced onto the platform that would lead her up to the arena where she will die.

She never expected an arena that looked like a fairytale. So bright, and colorful. An illusion.

When the canon went off, Effie ran. She was too scared for smiles now. Eventually, she found herself at the edge of the arena where an accidental rock kick showed her the force field, and how it sends objects back.

Effie will in turn find this useful when she's later being chased by a career. The stitches she had sewn into herself were barley hanging on as she ran. She going to the force field. The career threw their weapon and Effie ducked.

When Effie rose back up, the career was dead, and she was proclaimed the victor of the second Quarter Quell.

Effie woke up in a hospital, one of the mentors from the other districts beside her. Effie knew she had to start smiling again.

She didn't want to smile when she got home, with the new freshly dug graves.

Effie could no longer stand the sight of her hair after that day, the same hair she shared with her mother and sister. No one ever saw her without a hair scarf after.

She couldn't sleep anymore and had to turn to something else that would knock her out for a few hours. She tried the plants the local healer recommended but it wasn't enough nor did it stop the nightmares. During her victory tour the escort with her introduced Effie to sleeping pills. Not only did it help her sleep but it also calmed her down enough to where she could smile through her anxiety.

It was no wonder it didn't take long for Effie to become hooked. It became worse years later when she learned that she could boost the potency of the pills when she mixed alcohol with them. Less pills but same desired effect.

Effie is in her twenties when she is introduced to Haymitch Abernathy.

"Effie this is Haymitch, he will be your new escort."

Effie smiled, though her eyes remained glazed over.

Male escorts were not that common. Often they were young and attractive capitol citizens who did not have an in with an already established family member in the games.

Or they were brought in to help keep the more . . . scandalous mentors in check while in the Capitol.

Haymitch was taller and definitely stronger than Effie. He wore minimal makeup, mostly around his eyes, and his hair looked dyed rather than the wigs she's seen on other Capitols. His clothes were rather plain compared to other capitola as well, but still nicer than anything she's seen in the districts. She would not be surprised if he was brought in to handle her. Absolutely fucking perfect. There's no way she can get him reassigned if that's what he's here for.

"Mr. Abernathy, a pleasure to meet you." Effie stuck out her shaking hand.

Haymitch looked her over. "She's higher than a fucking kite."

Oh he was definitely assigned to keep an eye on her.

Effie keeps her smile plastered even if all she wants to do is knock his perfect teeth out. He's gonna be a pain in her ass.

[crapload-of-crafts]

‘The Reluctant Victor’

(I don’t really like how this turned out so I might redo it at some point)

[thetrashqueeeen]

the hunger games is having a resurgence and i’m back on my bullshit so i thought i would post what i always imagined the rest of effie’s life looked like

she stays in the capitol to begin with. katniss was shocked when she saw them kiss, but was hastily shut up by haymitch when she teased him and they never really spoke about effie much after that. effie called haymitch once a week, filling him in on the rebuilding efforts, her rapidly blooming social life, new fashion trends, inter-district moving and the latest in geese rearing tips(i’m a goose apologist here he keeps geese ok). he can tell something is off but he doesn’t realise how much of it is outright lies

effie wakes in the mornings screaming, the pain of whatever torture she was reliving rapidly dissolving as her bedroom sharpened into focus. She rarely leaves her apartment. she watches them rebuild from her window, her heart racing when unexpected bangs and crashes come from construction sites. she gets up later and later each day, sometimes not bothering to get out of bed at all. when she can’t face the nightmares, she goes to the roof of her building and screams off the edge until her voice is hoarse. she tells haymitch that she’s been out partying when she calls. her neighbourhood gets a reputation for being haunted, people say you can still hear the rebels screaming at night. her old friends are mostly dead and the ones that aren’t can’t face the memory of her as much as she can’t face the memory of them. they do try for a while, pretending that everything is fine for as long as they can ignore the frenzied fear right under the surface. the cocoon her life has become feels suffocating but ultimately comforting. she tells herself she’s fine, that this is fine. she doesn’t know why she lies to him when she calls.

she lasts a year. one afternoon, she’s on the phone with haymitch and he’s telling her about katniss and peeta. they’ve just gotten engaged for real and he’s chattering on about them in the way he does when he lets his guard down. his voice is so comforting and so nice and so homely that her heart clenches and her hand grips the phone so tightly the plastic nearly buckles in her grip. she closes her eyes so the only thing entering her brain is his voice. when they get off the phone she throws her favourite things into a suitcase, showers and gets dressed in actual clothes for the first time all week and walks to the train station before she can think about it too hard. the days she spends on the train pass quickly and she steps onto the platform at 12 in the middle of a deluge. she trudges over to victors village, her suitcase clattering over muddy paving stones. she steps into the square of victors village in the pouring rain, looking sullen, tired and thinner than when anyone last saw her. she’s filled with sudden unease, and stands still, not sure she has the nerve to go and bash on his door. she feels much too old for this, much to old to run away from her life without telling anyone, for a man who didn’t even invite her. she’s freezing. peeta notices her and goes to invite her in, but katniss stops him, seeing haymitch has set out to meet her in the square. as he gets closer he notices she looks like shit. she’s not dressed for the rain and her clothes cling to her depressingly, her hair is plastered to her face and she looks about as tired as he feels. she’s stood with her arms crossed tightly, looking like she might cry. he wraps his arms around her cold, sodden frame and it takes her a second, but she wriggles her arms out from between them and wraps her arms around his neck, stepping closer. they might be too old for this, but she can’t deny this is better than whatever she was doing before. he doesn’t kiss her there; it still feels too alien to not hide.

the next morning, effie pulls one of haymitch’s porch chairs to the edge of the veranda and basks in the rising sun, allowing it to warm her all the way through. he comes out with coffee an hour or so later, remembering she missed it in 13. peeta comes over to say hello and effie finally feels her heart slow down.

she gets used to the rhythms of 12. she did worry that too much time had passed for them, but they fall back together as they’re meant to. they bicker and debate through barely suppressed smiles and finally offer the overt support the other has always needed. when haymitch gets up to feed the geese at first light, he leaves her in bed alone and she rolls into the warm spot he leaves. he makes her coffee when he’s done and says it’s because he’d never hear the end of it if he didn’t. in reality he just can’t imagine not getting to see her lift her bleary head off the pillow, her blonde hair mused and her eyes flickering open. her hair is one of the things he loves the most. he teases her about her ‘lotions and potions’ but he spends hours running his hands through her hay-coloured waves. she lets it grow down to her shoulders for the first time since her baby hair was chopped off for wigs. she starts growing produce in the back garden. the first time katniss sees her, hair tied back with a patterned scarf, wearing dungarees and chunky boots, she laughs out loud so hard that effie’s in a huff with her for a whole week. she offers an apology only because her wedding simply will not happen without effie planning it.

one day, she gets up as soon as she hears haymitch go out the back door in the morning. she dresses in a baggy t-shirt and bright dungarees (she tries her best not to link the bright dungarees that being her so much joy to grey jumpsuits) and makes coffee for them both. he startles when he finds her at the kitchen table, but she just asks him if he knew she had a degree from capitol university. he didn’t. she tells him she wants to teach children in the school house and expects him to laugh. he does a little bit, but then tells he she’ll be fantastic and admired her as she marched out the door to go and talk to the head teacher. they start her out easy, but the children adore her funny accent, soft hair and bright clothes. she adores them all right back. effie has a gaggle of small children running around her for all of the wedding and katniss looks over her the entire day, smiling at her and haymitch playing with them all. peeta had been slowly beginning to raise the idea of a family, but katniss had been shutting it down forcibly every time. she walks over to peeta at the reception and draws his attention to the large game of tag effie was participating in. as haymitch starts hefting kids over his shoulder shouting ‘the monster’s coming’ katniss tells him she wants their first daughter to be called primrose, not prim- never prim, but primrose. they’ll be great surrogate grandparents, she tells him.

effie adores little Finnick from the moment he’s born. haymitch also adores the baby, but is much less willing to show it. katniss pretends to not notice he still shakes sometimes and he pretends he doesn’t only hold him when he’s sat down. a few years later, finnick is joined by primrose who is just as beautiful as her namesake. as soon as finnick is old enough to go to school, effie insists on teaching his class every year. once primrose is old enough she trades off each year, trying (and failing) to pretend they’re not her favourite. finnick trains as a carpenter and every time effie so much as mentions something that needs fixing in the house finnick is there with a toolbox and his father’s smile. primrose grows up in awe of her big brother, the boy who calls her pipsqueak, shared every glass of orange juice he’s ever drunk with her and copies her maths homework every days she can remember. when he starts his own business, she starts to keep his accounts. it’s the summer she turns 15. she carries on absorbing knowledge like a sponge, retaining every fact, theorem and topic effie gifts her with. effie is the first person she tells when she applies for a scholarship at capitol university. her mother is the first person she tells when she gets it. katniss cries soft, bittersweet tears when primrose tells her she’s going to study medicine at the big university in the capitol. effie hugs her so hard on the platform as she gets the train that she thinks she might snap. katniss is so happy that her children are no longer the children of the last victors. they are the carpenter and the doctor. they have never once chopped their dreams off at the knees just in case they get reaped. katniss and peeta cry at her loss, sure she will only return to visit. finnick and effie do not cry, they know she’s coming back. she comes back with a woman in tow, but she comes back none the less. effie plans her marriage to the woman they come to know as Evie. finnick gets married just a year after they do, and he and his wife have so many children, haymitch jokes they should start a football team.

effie and haymitch don’t get anywhere near as long as they deserve, but they do get 25 good years. haymitch is older than she is, and his body has been through a lot. when she pleads with him to go to the capitol for treatment, he begs her to understand why he can never go back there, and she finds she does. he passes in his own bed, with his wife laying next to him, stroking his hair with quiet reverence. the last thing he hears is her whispering quietly that she loves him more than anything. that she would go through all of it again for just one more day.

when haymitch is gone, effie retires from the school house and spends as much time as she can with katniss, peeta, finnick, primrose and their various broods. she fully expects to die of a broken heart, she considers it only right. she thinks often of the tired, scared woman who stood in the rain waiting for him. she does not die of a broken heart, much to her annoyance. she doesn’t even grow much weaker with age. she keeps the geese until the last one dies and never stops growing food in her garden. one hot day in summer, the whole family go down to the meadow to bask in the heat and watch the children play. ‘this is the life a victor deserves’ she tells katniss as they watch finnick and primrose play with the children. she lays down in the sun to have a nap, resting her head on katniss’s lap. she hears the children screech with laughter, she feels the warm sun on her skin and she passes quickly, her last breathe quiet and unnoticed. haymitch is waiting for her when she gets there.

[guess-i-do-art]

Some traditional art for the soul

[mollywog]

I picture the Victors of District 12 as the found family where each assumes they’re the most responsible of the trio

[imasradiantasthesun]

Women (and Girls) of Twelve – part 4

Alys Everdeen, Prim Everdeen, Hazelle Hawthorne, and Effie Trinket

[hungergameshyperfixation]

Okay so let me be cringe and free but I’ve had a little ‘project’ idea for quite some time about making wiki-adjacent things and one totally specific thing on my mind has been ships.

Not just like shipping in a meta-fandom way (which that interests me too, but that’s another convo for a different day), but in an “individual ship appeal” way.

Like, using a Hunger Games specific example: Everlark. Everlark (Katniss x Peeta) has been analyzed literally ever since the books came out, but still.

Anyways, all this to say, there will be a ‘shipping’ themed post sometime hopefully soon(??)

(I will be EXCLUDING any pro-shipping things. I do no want to discuss that, so please do not mention any minors/adults or anything the like)

(Some of these are super niche and I don’t expect a lot of various answers, but I wanted to list out nearly every possible ship with Haymitch) ↴

[allisluv]

Also when they find out you and Jo are dating, everyone starts giving relationship advice no one asked for 😭 like Haymitch makes sex jokes, Katniss is like "Idk bro I'm screwing my cousin," Peeta is like "Idk bro my wife is screwing her cousin" and Wiress and Beetee talk about their "dates" that aren't really dates they just get together and work on some tech stuff and they not so secretly judge everyone else for not having as long lasting relationships 😭

we all know haymitch is making the most inappropriate jokes known to man. katniss says the most out of pocket things and peeta mellark is either committing to it or trying to remind her of social cues it goes one of those ways. wiress and beetee are silenty judging everyone for their relationships and they'll whisper between each other 😭 bonus: johanna threatens at least once to hurt herself or someone else at the table

[hungergamesheadcanons]

Here's a question...

So canonically, there's not many victors left after the games. However, these victors have very little skill that doesn't relate to the act of fighting or survival, and if they do have those skills they are very rusty.

But what I really want to ask is - what happens with the financial aid they receive?

Does it just stop? Is it maintained as reparations for their horrendous treatment under Snow's rule? Are they put into work and allowed to learn skills with a certain amount of aid until they can find their footing?

I don't know what's more plausible and what isn't 😭

[heavensbeehall]

The commander from 2, a middle-aged woman named Lyme, takes us on a virtual tour of the Nut, its interior and fortifications, and recounts the failed attempts to seize it. I've crossed paths with her briefly a couple of times since my arrival, and was dogged by the feeling I'd met her before. She's memorable enough, standing over six feet tall and heavily muscled. But it's only when I see a clip of her in the field, leading a raid on the main entrance of the Nut, that something clicks and I realize I'm in the presence of another victor. Lyme, the tribute from District 2, who won her Hunger Games over a generation ago. Effie sent us her tape, among others, to prepare for the Quarter Quell. I've probably caught glimpses of her during the Games over the years, but she's kept a low profile. With my newfound knowledge of Haymitch's and Finnick's treatment, all I can think is: What did the Capitol do to her after she won?

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 14

[sea-owl]

Omg you're an Effie fan!!! Me too!! Don't know what is it about the district 12 escort that screams I will go down with my victors! But I will do it wearing heels! and that's just so iconic! Girl will compromise her capitol citizenship for the rebellion but she draws the line at ugly having ugly haircuts

I love mama Effie! She said these are my babies and I WILL be sticking beside them with my maybe husband.

One of the things that I love about Effie is that she is not team capitol or team rebellion by the time we get to Mockingjay, hell we even see it in Catching Fire with her suggesting and producing gold tokens for each member of the team. She has firmly planted herself with her victors and these two political groups can go burn for all she cares. Which I think speaks so much to her character, who has been brainwashed since she was a child to see these games as nothing more than entertainment, but she also has this empathy that we see when she creates this almost maternal bond with Katniss and Peeta.

We also see this when Plutarch visits Effie in her room in district 13. It's implied that while Effie does have the freedom to move about like Haymitch does, she refuses until she's essentially told that Katniss is awake and they're moving forward with their plans with her. That's when Effie joins in on the plans because she knows Katniss is going to need her and she'll be damned if she's not there for her.

But that doesn't mean she's going in that ugly jumpsuit. Effie was modifying those while waiting for her baby to wake up. She also had to make sure her headscarf would stay on because like hell is anyone seeing her without something covering her head.

I also headcanon that Effie was also pissed they only got Katniss out of the arena as well. Katniss and Peeta were both Effie's victors. If they could get one, why couldn't they get both? I also headcanon that between her, Haymitch, and Katniss during that time period, they first got Peeta back she was the one he would let get close and she was with him while he was at the Capitol healing while Haymitch watched over Katniss in district 12.

[zzzugzwanggg]

Effie Trinket self destructing by sleeping with Haymitch

[chiarrara]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

Oh my gosh this is impossible, I like too much and I'm the most indecisive motherfucker. I actually agonized over this, like this is so broad I was trying to think of everything I've ever liked, and what do you mean by favorite, and do I like the story because of the characters or the narrative, and how much do I like them now vs. how much I used to like them. I was doing way too much.

Basically, this is a list (loosely ordered) of my favorite characters (probably) right NOW, either based in recency bias, or in their lasting ability to remain a favorite years later A.K.A. characters that altered my brain chemistry because I'm insane about them:

Yuri Plisetsky - Yuri!!! On Ice

Yuri Plisetsky is my favorite of all time. If the rest of the list isn't quite in order, he's still at the top every time. There are some characters that just click for you and he's one of them. You're gonna start seeing a pattern here with some of these characters so it might just be that I have a type, but either way I love him like he's me. I love to put him in situations. I love to explore his character. I love to imagine his future. And I love his lil face. He's just so determined, and so angry, and I adore him and all his flaws.

2. Otabek Altin - Yuri!!! On Ice

Now listen, he's not a major character, he doesn't have a lot of screen time, but he made a huge, huge impact. It's not a coincidence that I love Yuri P so much, Otabek is so high because of Yuri P. But ultimately, he's one of my all time favorites because of a version of him that exists in fanfiction and fanon. Specifically, I love Otabek because of "From Almaty, With Love", my favorite fic of all time. I love to inhabit his mind, but also I just love him. He's the type of guy who's nothing like me, but I wish I was more like him. Also, I'm just a sucker for the strong and silent type.

3. Megumi Fushiguro - Jujutsu Kaisen

Current biggest projection target. Oh my god how this lil guy has taken over my mind. I watched JJK for the first time in December, but I don't think I really got insane about Megumi until I read the manga and... just check out my tag #megumi fushiguro's gay little hands. He's just so compelling to me. I just love a grumpy teen. I love a troubled little guy. I love how out of touch with his emotions he is. I love that he's insane. I want to put him in every possible situation and see what he does. He's my favorite, I don't know what to say.

4. Ahsoka Tano - Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Ahsoka!!! I love her so much!!!!! It's been a while since I watched The Clone Wars, and I'm off the Star Wars hundred million franchise properties train right now, so I haven't watched the new show, and I probably won't because I like her just the way she is in Clone Wars and I don't need any more. She's the coolest girl, she pulls like crazy, she's some variety of lesbian, she's a skilled fighter, she has a great personality, and she's a brown girl for brown girls. Like, little boys get cool characters they can latch onto all the time, she's that for me. Love her forever.

5. Zuko - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ahhhhh, Zuko. I'm gonna try to be normal about him. Best redemption arc ever written in any media ever. He's just so lovable. You get to know him even a little bit early on in the series (The Storm) and it's just...OH. You start to understand. And it just grows and grows from there. He's a sympathetic character (The Blue Spirit), but you don't pity him because you're with him every step of the way as he has to grow and fight through all the pain and conflict inside him (Bitter Work, The Avatar and The Firelord). And he makes the worst mistakes. He makes the wrong choices (Crossroads of Destiny). And he has to earn every little bit of his redemption. And he does. What an incredible character. One of the most iconic voices of all time (Dante Basco, I love you). Also, I just love him. "Hey, Zuko here!" He will always have my heart.

6. Yuuri Katsuki - Yuri!!! On Ice

It is actually impossible for me to pick only two pictures of Yuri Katsuki because he's just so precious in every single one in completely different ways. I wasn't sure at first if I was going to put him on this list because Yuri P dominates my thoughts around YOI so much. But I don't love Yuri On Ice because of Yuri P. When I'm actually in a rewatch, Yuri Katsuki reminds me how much I love and adore him and how much he really means to me. Discovering Yuri, and everything he doesn't show you through his unreliable narrator ass as the show goes on is so so special. And nothing in that show could make me fall in love with figure skating the way "Yuri on Ice" and "On Love: Eros" did. My 2017 Spotify Wrapped was 90% YOI music because I used to fall asleep to "Yuri on Ice" on repeat. I love him so much. He means so much to me. That's all I can say.

7. Rue Bennett - Euphoria

She is me. I am her. This is less about her character, and more about how she allows me to see myself and be seen. My weakest parts. My most painful parts. The worst experiences of my life. I don't think I've ever related to a character or what they have gone through more than I have with Rue. I don't think I've ever related to a character's flaws and worst moments more than I have with Rue. Say what you will about Euphoria, I don't care. It's so important to me because of Rue. At least....Season 1 is.

8. Effy Stonem - Skins (UK)

Are we starting to see the patterns here? Effy Stonem is THE original indie sleaze girl. I wanted to be her sooooo bad. I wanted to be her in Gen 1 (I loved Effy Stonem before Gen 2, I'm not like other girls. lmao, anyway...) Skins was a very formative piece of media for me. There is no world where I love Euphoria without having loved Skins first. Skins and Effy made me want to go to raves in Bristol, wear ripped tights, take MDMA, smoke spliffs and cigarettes 24/7... it was actually such a bad influence, but it means a lot to me. I loved Effy from her first appearance on screen, and I loved her until her last. Kaya Scodelario you will always be famous.

9. Ash Lynx - Banana Fish

Ash Lynx is one of the most complicated and compelling characters I have ever seen. I had a hard time deciding to include him because I don't feel like you can divorce Ash the character from Banana Fish the story, or from Eiji and their relationship. Do I love him as his own character, or do I love Banana Fish in its entirety? But I do love him. He's very special to me. Banana Fish is about him. It's a love letter to him, in a way. You can't love Banana Fish without loving Ash, everyone around Ash loves Ash, even the horrible people who want to claim him. His pain and trauma is so overwhelming, but you as the audience can see the person he is through all of that even if he can't, and you just want him to find happiness and see it for himself someday. And be safe for the first time in his life. A tragic hero who really shouldn't have been in a tragedy. An unfair tragedy. He deserves the world.

10. Kyo Sohma - Fruits Basket

At this point you have to be seeing the pattern. I love a well-written grumpy boy. And I love Kyo Sohma so, so much. I watched 2001 right before 2019 and let me tell you, the vidication... I was absolutely in love with 2001 Kyo, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. He was my little shojo crush, it was fine if he wasn't Tohru's. Then I popped on 2019, and he had the SAME VOICE ACTOR!?!?!? Bro, the way I melted. And then the show went on and I noticed he was being framed a little different than he was in 2001???? I mean, if you want my whole watch through check my #fruits basket 2019 tag. I had a whole journey. Let's be so honest, Kyo is on here because I'm in love with him. But also, he's an amazing character with so much deep turmoil from really really difficult circumstances, and he still manages to be caring and attentive and kind, along with a million other amazing character traits. Most character of all time. I love him so much.

BONUS (Characters I can't believe didn't make this list):

The Entire Skins Gen 1 Main Cast (who I love more than Effy, but I can't pick just one favorite), Suguru Geto (who's creeping up on me more and more as I dive deeper into his character), Eiji Okumura (the other half of AshEiji, and just the sweetest boy alive who's also the biggest ride-or-die I love him), and Victor Nikiforov (out of the YOI cast, he's my least most favorite, but I love him so much and his lil heart mouth. He's a star, he is the moment, give him his flowers).

[3fluffies]

Fic Update: Favors (Hunger Games AU)

Favors. AU from the end of the 74th Hunger Games. After the two-winner rule is revoked, Peeta takes his own life before Katniss can stop him. Her grief-driven words over his body still defy the Capitol and endanger everyone left that she loves. Haymitch and the other victors struggle to help her navigate the dark, dangerous world of mentoring and forced prostitution…and in the end, she still becomes the Mockingjay.

Chapter 52: Flight of the Mockingjay: Our heroes in the Capitol reel from lives lost in the first hour of the Second Rebellion and reach temporary safety - only to learn of new setbacks in their efforts to wrest control from President Snow's regime. To protect Katniss and other important players in the rebellion, they have no choice but to flee to District 13 and hope the Capitol's pursuit fails. Haymitch and Katniss have a heart-to-heart about her and Cashmere's unplanned visit to Snow and Katniss's role in the revolution - and in Haymitch's world.

To Stay or To Go is also now updated with Chapter 7: One Goes for Despair, which covers and expands on the events of this chapter of Favors.

Enjoy! Discussion and debate joyfully welcomed, as are questions and criticism of all kinds!  Feedback! My kingdom for feedback!

[lemonluvgirl]

Which The Hunger Games characters :

1. Do you relate the most?

2. Do you think missunderstood by fandom?

3. Do you want to know better?

Please give reasons for your answers. And you can pick more than one character for each question.

Thank you :)

@curiousnonny

haha these answers are gonna get me thrown out of the Fandom

Honestly, I relate to Gale Hawthorne the most.I know his flaws so well because many of them are my own. The inability to communicate clearly my feelings and intentions to those closest to me. The petty jealous behavior. The trying so hard when it would be healthier and more dignified to just concede defeat and walk away. The being blinded by the short-term goals, the need to win despite the collateral damage. The not getting the bigger picture until its too late. And finally walking away from relationships/friendships because I can't face the person I hurt. Yeah, Gale is like all my worst traits wrapped into one. I am not proud of it, but this connection with him actually does help me write his character better when it comes to fanfiction. (Unlike when I try to write Peeta. Which is so fucking hard because he's perfect but not in a self righteous annoying way)

As far as for who I think is misunderstood, I feel like Effie sometimes gets a bad wrap or is written in a kind of two-dimensional way that doesn't do her character justice. I'll admit I've even done it myself, where I write her as a vapid, shallow Capitolite who's incapable of seeing past her rose-colored Capitol-issued glasses. But Suzanne wrote her with a good character arc and Elizabeth Banks played her with such emotional depth in the movies. So she honestly deserves better than to be written as a two-bit character.

I would actually like to know many of the other Victors better. The ones who competed in the Quarter Quell and also the mentors. I just feel like they would each have incredible stories to tell.

[mvndrvke]

someone : don't get too attached to your tributes they're probably gonna die

effie, who has never seen the games : they're what

in theory she knows what it is, but girlie is stupid. she grew up insanely sheltered in the capitol, going to social events detached from what's going on everywhere else. she's never watched the games. she's just seen interviews beforehand and heard from her parents who won. people in the capitol are so detached from the games emotionally that effie doesn't really comprehend the actual brutality of the games until she's seeing her tributes go through the games. when katniss and peeta end up in the quarter quell, effie decides that she's going to get them through this. she has no idea how, but she knows she has to. she's not angry, or resentful towards the capitol. she just loves these kids who have become part of her life, and she doesn't want to lose them. she expresses these wishes to haymitch, and is brought in on the plans of revolution. she's not in the fight to change the world or the status quo ( though she knows it's wrong ). she just wants to help her friends.