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Reblog to destroy all evil energies in your life

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It’s here! The epilogue is finally finished! I came into The Hunger Games much like most tributes would have- kicking and screaming. I did not want to read a book about teenagers killing teenagers. But, little by little, I was persuaded to give the books a chance. I did, and I fell in love. I fell in love with Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. I fell in love with the story and the theme of justice and redemption. As soon as I finished Mockingjay, I went straight over to fanfiction, to help fill in so many blanks. One of the first stories I read was “Good Again” by @titaniasfics. It remains, to this day, one of my favorites. Little did I know that I would one day write my own story, and that C herself would not only be my beta, but become my friend. So I dedicated this final instalment of Caged Bird to you C. You are a true friend, a wise educator, and the best cheerleader a writer could have. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for believing in me and in this story. I love you girl!

Thanks to @otrascosasseries for this lovely banner (and for the banner for my next story too!) and to @chele20035 for pre-reading this and making sure it all made sense!

*****************************************************************************************************People are always asking her what it was like being raised by Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, which she thinks is so interesting. “I don’t know? What was it like being raised by your parents?” she often replies. To Janie, Katniss and Peeta are just that. Katniss and Peeta. They are the two people in this world she knows she can count on forever.

She still has memories of when she first met this “Mockingjay” and how disappointed she was that this bird didn’t have any wings. It took her some time to reconcile herself to the fact that not all mockingjays have wings. However, as she grew older she realized that sometimes mockingjay do grow them. And that is exactly what Katniss, and Janie, grew over the years - wings…

you can read it on ff (if you can handle the fact that it somehow didn’t post the scene dividers…) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11432381/19/Caged-Bird

Or on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4519833/chapters/16744789

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Love this story!

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Favourite canon fics?

Here are a few:

Take Care - loveleee

She Doesn’t Deserve You - KateToast

Phantom Pain - alexabee

Let Me Down Gently - Abagail_Snow aka absnow

a legend’s only a lonely boy - loveleee aka imreallyloveleee

Victory March - lieselmemingers

The Idiot Box - lieselmemingers

Color Theory - GreenWool

Teamwork - swishywillow

Falling In, Falling Out - dracoisalooker76

Poems of Panem - annieoakley1

The People of Panem v. Katniss Everdeen - fnurfnur

Do I Love You Or Do I Not? - riverknowshisname

Perspectives - MalTease

Damage Assessment - fyrebirdrises

The Gift of Memories - Hawthornhedge

The Execution - peski0piksi

Blue Lips - swishywillow

Frayed - atetheredmind aka muttpeeta

How Katniss Made it to Bed - chele20035

Seven Days - ThirtySomething aka lifeisshiny

The Last Sunday - IzzySamson

The Consolation (Prize) - annieoakley1 aka everlarkeologist

Token Conversation - dispatchesfromdistrict7

Til Human Voices Wake Us - atetheredmind aka muttpeeta

Capital Vices and Distinct Virtues - ghtlovesthg

Forever Until - lieselmemingers

Pictures at an Exhibit - LolaBleu

Touch - swishywillow

157 Days - annieoakley1

Grow Together - Miss Scarlett 05

Touch - swishywillow

The Five Words Peeta Only Says At Night - aimmyarrowshigh

Friendly Advice From an Unlikely Source - KateToast

Ragged Edges - Silvercistern

The Unrecorded Hours - Hollycomb

Today, Tomorrow, Next Year - cloverleafsky

Ghosts with just voices - acciograce

One Last Time - lieselmemingers

Stitching, Knitting, Weaving - Just_a_Dram

Whispers From District 12 - gentlemama

What Rises from Ashes - DandelionSunset

Ashes and Flame (Every You and Every Me) - freneticfloetry

Good Again - Titania522

When the Red X is on the Door - MADAM BETH

The Ashes of District Twelve series - Silvercistern

The Dandelions and Fire Mutts series - shesasurvivor

Forgiveness and Stuff - KateToast

So excited!

#mockingjay

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Countdown to Mockingjay: Day 81/100

Banner was made by the talented @starveinsafety!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the countdown and finding it useful. I hope you found some new stories/authors to read. Remember, the authors are in no particular order.

If you’d like to follow my countdown you can track the tags #mjcountdown and #mjcountdownffauthors. You can also find the list on my blog here: http://jhutchmyanchor.tumblr.com/countdowntomj. HAPPY READING!

Author 313: fyrebirdrises

AO3

FF.net

tumblr: @bookingit

Story: Like Their Mothers

Status: Complete

Type: Multi-Chapter

Rating: T

Canon/AU: Canon

Warning/Trigger: None provided by author

Summary: Between the end of the 74th Games and the Victory Tour, Katniss and Peeta struggle with themselves and those around them. This is a slightly AU look at what could have happened during that time to make them follow the example of their mothers, and where they would go from there.

Why I chose this fic: This is a great take on how Peeta and Katniss deal with suvriving the games, before the victory tour.

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Author 314: thatkaylaperson

FF.net

tumblr: @mellarkfamilybakery

Story: The Girl in the Rain

Status: Complete

Type: One-Shot

Rating: T

Canon/AU: Canon

Warning/Trigger: N/A

Summary: She’s known by a lot of names. The Tribute from District 12. The Girl on Fire. The Mockingjay. But I know her by a different name

Why I chose this fic: Great one-shot in Peeta’s POV on the night of the burnt bread.

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Author 315: belladonnablush

FF.net

tumblr: @belladonnablush

Story: Treasured

Status: Complete

Type: One-Shot

Rating: M

Canon/AU: AU

Warning/Trigger: None provided by author

Summary: Just before they are to go back into the arena, Katniss and Peeta are showered with lavish, expensive gifts from Capitol citizens. Katniss wants nothing to do with the luxury items, but Peeta finds a use for them that ends up bringing them much closer together.

Why I chose this fic: A sexy Everlark one-shot

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Author 316: radbananas

FF.net

tumblr: @lethal-lover

Story: Always

Status: In Progress

Type: Multi-Chapter

Rating: M

Canon/AU: AU

Warning/Trigger: Eventual smut

Summary: In a matter of minutes Katniss Everdeen’s world is turned up down when there in an outbreak in her country of Panem. She knows what she has to do, find Prim and keep her alive at all costs, but when she groups up with the boy with bread, things change. Will they survive?

Why I chose this fic: A fic with a unique plot.

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I’m thrilled to be included in the countdown!

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Countdown to Mockingjay: Day 63/100

Banner was made by the talented @shininalltheway!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the countdown and finding it useful. I hope you found some new stories/authors to read. Remember, the authors are in no particular order.

I love that you guys are liking my posts. If you could, can you also reblog them please? It is a great way for your followers to discover the countdown. Thank you!

Author 247: forthegenuine

AO3

FF.net

tumblr: @forthegenuine

Story: We Two, How Long We Were Fool’d

Status: Complete

Type: Two-part story

Rating: M

Canon/AU: Post Mockingjay AU

Warning/Trigger: Sexual content

Summary: They circle around each other, until they realize they’ve already found freedom and joy. A discovery of home in two parts. Post-Mockingjay, pre-epilogue.

Why I chose this fic: A great growing back together story.

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Author 248: hungryformore74

FF.net

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Story: FireGirl

Status: Complete

Type: Multi-Chapter

Rating: T

Canon/AU: AU

Warning/Trigger: Tough subject matter, explicit language

Summary: Katniss Everdeen is a young firefighter in Lower Manhattan on September 11,2001. She and her brother firefighters respond to what will be the hardest job they have ever encountered.

Why I chose this fic: This is the first complete Everlark story i’ve read about 9/11.

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Author 249: maltease

AO3

FF.net

tumblr: @malteaselivesonanisland

Story: Game of Blame

Status: Complete

Type: Multi-Chapter, part of series

Rating: M

Canon/AU: AU

Warning/Trigger: Stillbirth/child loss, infidelity

Summary: Peeta and Katniss lose their child due to tragic circumstances, and lose each other in a spiral of hurt and blame. When their marriage is seriously threatened, Katniss finds that she needs to choose between throwing it all away, or seeking forgiveness for her husband, and for herself.

Why I chose this fic: A well-written story about sensitive topics

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Author 250: imbeautifullyhuman

AO3

FF.net

no tumblr

Story: A Thin Grey Line

Status: In Progress

Type: Multi-Chapter

Rating: M

Canon/AU: AU

Warning/Trigger: None provided by author

Summary: Sometimes things aren’t what they appear to be. And what we’re looking for doesn’t always come in the ideal package. Peeta is a private investigator. Katniss needs his help.

Why I chose this fic: Detective/mystery stories are my favorite.

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I’m horribly behind on reading these-- they’ll keep me busy for some time to come. I’ve discovered new authors to follow, and rediscovered ones I’ve enjoyed in the past

#The Hunger Games #Mockingjay part 2 is coming soon

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What the Hunger Games Teaches Us

Katniss & Peeta - two teenagers forced to face more horror than anyone should in a lifetime.

Katniss - every one she’s ever loved has been taken from her - abandoned, forgotten, desolate.

Peeta - every truth he’s ever known has been stolen and corrupted - confused, broken, unsure of himself and his own emotions

These are our two protagonists - shattered kids used and thrown away to fend for themselves.

But despite the destruction of all they knew and loved, they persevered.

This is The Hunger Games most important lesson for all of us.

No matter what devastation we face in life, things can be good again.

Sometimes you might need to find the strength to move forward in someone else.

Maybe the mere fact that you are needed will be enough to keep you focused and steady.

This is true in all our lives - have faith that spring will come again. You are not alone.

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If you would be so kind as to reblog this if you feel insecure about your writing skills.

#um yes #to write or not to write

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Hi! I know this isn't about everlark but i want to know your opinion about that part of MJ when Katniss is stuck in that room during her trial and stuff and started to sing. That part always gets me, it's so heartbreaking... have a nice day :)

Sorry this took me incredibly long to answer this. I appreciate this Ask. I had to do some thinking and research before I wrote on it. This is a really intriguing part and something that’s always stuck out to me, but I’ve never fully grasped.

I read and read through that text and there’s so much emotion attached to that time that it’s hard to separate all the feelings going on with Katniss. The text says:

I begin to sing. At the window, in the shower, in my sleep. Hour after hour of ballads, love songs, mountain airs. All the songs my father taught me before he died, for certainly there has been very little music in my life since. What’s amazing is how clearly I remember them. The tunes, the lyrics. My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. a voice that would make the mockingjays fall silent and then tumble over themselves to join in. Days pass, weeks. I watch the snows fall on the ledge outside my window. And in all that time, mine is the only voice I hear.

MJ, p376

I had reposted an essay I wrote on Peeta being a weapon. Part of the essay talks about how the Mockingjay has two parts: Katniss, the Mockingjay and Peeta, the wind or what supports her. eala-musings made a wonderful point and stated that Mockingjays don’t sing unless they have a song to imitate.

Peeta was Katniss’s song.

So beautiful. So poignant.

It made me think about this Ask. Why does Katniss start to sing and what is its significance?

At this point, Katniss is stripped of everything that she is and honestly, at her lowest point. She’s on trial for the assassination of Coin and has been in solitary confinement, holed up in the Training Center.

After the first Games, Katniss had to act on behalf of the Capitol, saying their speeches and perpetuating their propaganda to save her loved ones. She echoed Peeta’s song to stir the Rebellion. Then she became the Mockingjay for Coin in order to accomplish Coin’s agenda.

She has played the Mockingjay, echoing and spreading others’ songs.

In the training center awaiting her verdict, there’s a key line to what she says:

And in all that time, mine is the only voice I hear.

She has found her voice. She’s no longer fed by others, no longer obligated to act, say and be a specific way. She is free.

Free from the Capitol.

Free from being a mother and provider.

Free from keeping everyone alive.

Free from Snow’s hold on her.

Free from the star-crossed lovers.

Free from the rebellion.

Free from Coin’s hold on her.

Just free.

This is my take. Thank you for this Ask (that made my brain bleed.) :)

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Incredible!

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I'd never thought of it this way, but that is perfect!

#mockingjay

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Why "The Hunger Games" matter.

The Mockingjay? A poor girl.

The guy who saved her life? A generous black poor boy.

Her first inspiration to be the Mockingjay? A sweet black poor girl.

The person who transformed the heroine into the Mockingjay? A talented black man.

District 13 president? A determined woman.

District 13 chief of security? A kind-hearted black man.

District 13 chief of technology? An extremely intelligent black man. In a wheel chair.

Panem’s next president, which will also bring back democracy? A woman. A black one. A very courageous and fair one.

The best TV director from the Capitol? A talented woman.

Her main assistent? A black man.

One of the camera men? A mute poor guy.

OMG AN WHITE, STRAIGHT (?), CISGENDER (?) GUY! But nah, he was a poor one. Still a minority.

Just like Gale.

And Peeta (also, he doesn’t have a leg, but we’re talking movie *sigh*, so…).

And the character who was forced into prostitution was… a guy, not a girl.

Wait, where are the [irony] good men [/irony], the white, middle/rich class, cisgender, straight ones, not disabled, not opressed ones? Here’s one:

I know there have been white-washing and I know it’s still not perfect at all. But way to go, The Hunger Games. That’s why this series means so much to me.

#diversity matters The Hunger Games

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#kittens #books #two of my favorite things

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Peeta’s argument is that since I chose you, I now owe him. Anything he wants. And what he wants is the chance to go in and protect you.

Haymitch, Catching Fire

I don’t really understand how people can say that Peeta manipulated Katniss for his own gain. If he was truly using her, he could have killed her in the first Games or not volunteered to protect her in the second one. He could have just let her go in with Haymitch and let them figure it out themselves.

What I think people fail to understand when reading SC’s books, is that she was using these books as a vehicle to portray war, the effects it has on humanity and the ability to overcome it. If we look at it from that perspective, we see these characters as more than just two guys and a girl.

Katniss being the protagonist and symbol for change.

The men in her life representing the two methods to change:

Peeta being the innate good in humanity and hope that spurs us on to live.

Gale being the self-destruction in humanity and our ability to hate one another.

We get to see the different effects of each method and its consequences throughout the book. When we choose Everlark, we choose hope, the promise that life can go on, that things can be good again.

(via everlarkedalways)

#yes this #everlark

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Critics complain that they don’t like seeing Katniss upset and crying. They complain that “Mockingjay Part 1” is too slow, too political, not enough action, and that Katniss is not enough of a kick ass super hero… You see, these critics aren’t in the movies for the political subtext or its social commentary or its realism. They only want “panem et circenses," "bread and circuses," and that, right there, is the epitome of irony.

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I'm ready! I hope they let us in soon.