"Take care not to become what you fight against. Vengeance begets nothing but a vicious cycle of further vengeance."
This year, the only weapons in the Cornucopia are spiked maces that the tributes have to bludgeon each other with. Follow three tributes - the crafty Aurora Underwood of District 1, the conflicted Athens Prescott of District 8, and the protective Hampshire Fairway of District 10 - as they navigate the catacombs of the 66th Annual Hunger Games. A Victor Exchange with fiona11303
Come this 76th Annual Hunger Games, Zenobia Rivendell will become judge, jury and executioner. (AU)
The caged bird doesn't sing: it weeps. For a gilded cage is still a cage, no matter how beautiful it is. Welcome to the 88th Hunger Games. SYOT closed, readers always welcome :)
To die is a privilege—the largest suffering in this world is living. Welcome to the 100th Hunger Games. SYOT.
Roselyn Larson won her Games five years ago, and her life has since then become a never-ending trial. Forced into the dark underbelly of Capitol society, she doesn't have much to live for. Until, that is, she meets Cato Hadley, the newest Victor who is pleasantly naïve about the horrors of the Capitol. Cato/OC
Glimmer's final thoughts as she succumbs to the tracker jackers. (Written August 2, 2019)
"Maybe there's a beast. Maybe it's only us." - The Lord of The Flies. Evil is within us all. And The Hunger Games brings that out for everyone to see. (An Open SYOT)
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"They won't be broken, even if it feels like they don't have a choice." The second installment of The Cut Verse (SYOC).
Hunger Games, 104e édition. Reiner doit accomplir son devoir, or Christa refuse d'être un fardeau malgré la peur qui la ronge. Ymir est déterminée à l'emporter, tandis que Bertholt cherche une raison de se battre, et que Marco tente de rester fidèle à lui-même. Jean rejette son statut de tribut, Eren l'endosse. Après les soubresauts du dernier espoir, le compte à rebours commence.
"Sink me in the river, at dawn; send me away with the words of a love song." A shattered Panem rests on the shoulders of a faltering poet, while a betrothed sews an invisible plan, and all the while the Games go on and on. Nobody knows it, but things are about to change. (SYOT Open)
"Successes only last until someone screws them up. Failures are forever." OPEN SYOT
A darker tale, in an alternate universe, of the final years of the Capitol reign through the eyes of a previous victor.
After the Sixth Quarter Quell, the peace Panem has seen for the last 75 years has been shattered. Two leaders assassinated. A country on the verge of war. With a rebellion looming ever closer, the Capitol has one last shot to stop the renegades and keep the peace. Can the mistakes of the past be righted or will the Third Rebellion be ignited by the renegades?
A look at how District 13 works, and the pinnacle of it all - President Coin's rise and fall. From when she was first voted into the government til her untimely death, and all the bitter corruption in between an otherwise (attempting) to heal world.
SYOT Closed. 24 children marked for the reaper, running from inevitability, because what they should really fear is what's already inside of them.
Everyone knows that the Hunger Games are about violence, but real fans know the truth: they're also romantic. The blood, the roses, the tension, the fashion, the dreams of money and fame. The Hunger Games are the union of violence and romance, and these tributes are about to go on their honeymoon. (OPEN SYOT, readers can sponsor). My 3rd SYOT!
Who dare dances with the serpentine coil of pressure, twisting and winding until it causes all it's partners to break? [OPEN SYOT; 0/28 Tributes]
Future Chronovich has big dreams, big enough to overwhelm all of Panem. He aims to do just that, setting records and defying expectations in his wake. [SYOT Verses Victor Exchange 2022]
During the 98th Hunger Games, the boy from District One had something to prove. "Legends never die, when the world is calling you, can you hear them scream your name?" (Written for the SYOT Victors Exchange 2022.)
District Ten has never believed in Mallory Catelli, and especially not when she's Reaped for the 94th Games. They should have. Anya's Victor Exchange 2022.
After the unusual and disastrous in the eyes of some, the 91st Hunger Games are in need of a worthy and heroic victor, if only District One's Hero Sol could be just that. Written for SYOT Verse Victor exchanged 2022
"When he's here, she's no more than a stone's throw away, within reach of their promise to never let go." For SYOT Verses Victor Exchange 2022.
"What right do you have to determine what their lives are worth? What right do you have to label them, to kill them, to write them off as meaningless criminals, lost causes and basket cases? What right, Coriolanus? Tell me!" Part III of Dealing With Devils.
Caspian Ashwood has never been one to think small. He's spent his entire life thinking bigger and bolder than everyone around him, and he's positive that's what propelled him to the very pinnacle of power in Panem. And now that he's there, he intends to reshape both the nation and the Hunger Games in his chosen image. Starting with the Fourth Quarter Quell! SYOT CLOSED!
Direct Variation: a mathematical term for the equation y kx, in which "k" is a constant, 23 in our case, and "x" is a variable, standing for the number of Games, of course. It's a perfect equation, but unexplainably, there are inconsistencies. And if they have their way, there will be more.
During the Hunger Games, the cameras are constantly set on the tributes. Tributes become victors, victors become mentors, and mentors watch their tributes die year after year. But what happens off-camera? This story follows various victors and mentors over the course of Honeymoon. [Companion piece to my SYOT.] [Collaboration with Oldflowers.]
Over the course of 75 years, 75 teenagers survived the arena. The best and brightest of Panem, these teenagers made it through what could only be described as a horror. These are their stories.
Snow lands on top. But when the ground is hot, it won't be long before it melts away.