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[everlarkeia]

the first quarter quell: an ironic and violent exercise in democracy

I'm one day away from turning 25 (I really locked-in to create a whole visual branding for the games but I'm not sharing that today) and I've been mulling over the idea of ​​the first Quarter Quell.

I lingered on the concept of the elections (key word and excellent choice for this case) that were held in the districts to choose the tributes for the 25th Hunger Games. And I really felt like something exploded in my face when I realized it's a satirical reference to the democratic election process with voting. It only took me 13 years to make the co-relation.

The fact that the Capitol gave the citizens of Panem a taste of the power they could wield, just to choose the children who would go to a very calculated death, is both cruel and very impressive. Such a brutal reminder of who holds the power.

A political scientist said that the elections “represent the recognition of the popular will in political affairs and open free access to institutional power and its legitimate and legal exercise". Then, the first quarter quell gave the districts the freedom to condemn their children and reclaim the legitimacy and legality of the Games. An ironic and violent exercise in democracy.

If we're talking about a way of offering panem et circenses while simultaneously carrying out repressive measures, this takes the cake, in my opinion. I wonder if it was Gaul's idea (and of course we don’t know at what age Corionalnus became president), but I can almost picture Snow in his 30s reading a book on natural and roman/greek law and applying the concept of voting.

I just wonder what specific need he (or the Capitol) would have wanted to fulfill at that time (because we know he’s an expert at exploiting resources to pave his own way) and, as Suzanne said for an interview, the 50th Hunger Games needed to be heavy-handed after so much time had passed from the Dark Days. So that's why we have double the tributes. And we all now what the Capitol needed to resolve during the 75th Hunger Games, so...

[lalalangelalala]

Not my usual fare (fair?) but I need to know for the Hunger Games fandom:

Which Peeta is better:

Short King Peeta (5’5)

Big Lug Peeta (6’0+)

Voting ended onJun 9

Because I really cannot make up my mind

[katnissmellarkkk]

I mean he is canonically (to the books, which are the main source most people in this fandom care about) a big lug. Probably not 6’ at the time of the series though, since Katniss calls him medium height (which is 5’9-5’11). 6’0 is when guys start being considered tall generally. Below 5’9 is considered on the shorter end.

And short Peeta is movie only.

[everlarkeia]

i have to add short peeta is canon on the movies and on stage

[katnissmellarkkk]

yeah but I don’t call stage or movies canon.

[everlarkeia]

i guess you are right, they are just adaptions

[lalalangelalala]

Not my usual fare (fair?) but I need to know for the Hunger Games fandom:

Which Peeta is better:

Short King Peeta (5’5)

Big Lug Peeta (6’0+)

Voting ended onJun 9

Because I really cannot make up my mind

[katnissmellarkkk]

I mean he is canonically (to the books, which are the main source most people in this fandom care about) a big lug. Probably not 6’ at the time of the series though, since Katniss calls him medium height (which is 5’9-5’11). 6’0 is when guys start being considered tall generally. Below 5’9 is considered on the shorter end.

And short Peeta is movie only.

[everlarkeia]

i have to add short peeta is canon on the movies and on stage

[modernmusess]

katniss: everyone’s so focused on protecting peeta because they too know how pure hearted he is and believe that he—a boy they’ve never even met before—deserves to survive over them and their friends of literal decades

finnick, to literally everyone else: okay if peeta dies she’s gonna kill all of us and then herself, so hands in, protect bread boy on three-

[revslie]

I love you like all-fire.

You, too.

[everlarkeia]

my hair is giving everlark with the braid and the orange ribbon

[mage-chocolate]

WIP Thursday

I was tagged by a lot of people the last two weeks when I didn’t have anything so here’s a very late preview of the chapter coming out this Sunday from my amnesia fic!

[everlarkeia]

MAKES ME SO EXCITED sunday can't come soon enough!

[polartss]

the mockingjay

[everlarkeia]

she told me "get naked," and i, naively, didn't think about the skin, and i read aloud to her the hunger games

[everlarkeia]

watercoloring katniss and peeta, but i guess one of the dandelion flowers is having a hard time with perspectives 😔🌼

[everlarkeia]

You’re very lovely! 🩷

This lovely message and the phrase "only the gentle survived," which I read on one of my favorite everlark author profile here on Tumblr, have really made me think today!

I've been a chronic user of Tumblr and Twitter (specifically on the Hunger Games fandom) since I was 12, so i've seen so mamy sphases of this fandom, and I feel like all I really need right now is this kind of gentle, supportive creative energy. Supporting writers and artists and also encouraging myself to create even if I'm still afraid. The community is big, and there's so much love for the story. Thank you for this message and the reminder :)

[dandelionsunset1210]

The IOHTMRN Universe

The Main Storyline It only hurts this much right now: Growing back together (Chapter 15 extended scene: And now you're mine) I just need this love spiral: So after through everlark's wedding (Chapter 12 Peeta POV: "Dance with Me") Five, Ten, Fifteen: Fifteen years of Katniss and Peeta deciding to have children Deep in the Meadow: Toastbaby girl pregnancy The Dancing Girl (in progress): Everlark parenting toastbaby girl

Drabbles, one-shots, and collections In the Kitchen: Peeta POV one-shot collection Moments in Between: Drabbles & Tumblr prompts Give it Different Meaning: Based on Honey by Taylor Swift Rest: Bedtime in the Mellark household

Bonus Content Art Fic Moodboards WIP Wednesdays

[toastbaby]

Ongoing fics that I highly recommend for all Everlark shippers:

The Sunset Castle by thesweetnessofspring

i wake you with your memory over me by mage_chocolate

Enchanted to meet you + the Victor, Mentor, Mockingjay series by firehelpmeforget

not a lot, just forever by rabbit_soup (+ the first fic of the series, The Rockrose and the Thistle)

to be known the way you should by whenyoureplayingsolitaire

Sunsetter by liberalkitch

A Hero on a History Book Page by electrictouchfob

Keeper by Likelav48

The Dancing Girl (+ the previous parts!!) by dandelionsunset_1210

Uncross Our Stars by Mandrake_Mistakes

Off the Record by PrincessPuffles

EDIT: One For The Money, Two For The Show by Cow_In_The_Sunset (can't believe I forgot!)

(I'm a bit nervous about making lists like this because the odds are that I forget something, so even if I'm not mentioning your fic, I'm probably still reading it but just have a limited memory (+ limited time)😅)

[obscurenothings]

FINALLY UGH THE UPLOADING AND CROPPING PROCESS FOR THIS WAS A NIGHTMARE

but anyway here's some regency!everlark loosely inspired by @firehelpmeforget's fic enchanted to meet you

also because I'm chronically indecisive there's three versions 🙌🏼

holy crap the quality was murdered

[peaonfire]

I went pottery painting

[thesmileykate]

i don't think we talk enough about how peeta went into THE WOODS to find the primrose plants at the end of mockingjay.

in first book, peeta was scared of the woods. in the second book, he was unhappy with katniss risking her safety by going into the woods. in the third book, peeta was so messed up that we really don't revisit the whole 'woods' conversation...

this boy was not a fan of the woods.

but he went there. stayed in the woods for enough time to search for a specific type of plant.

all for her <3

[hayhaysbigday]

I’ve been rereading the Hunger Games and I decided to whip up Katniss and Peeta. Since they’re my childhood otp. After rereading The Hunger Games, I ship these two way harder than I did when I was 13. This is them after the events in Mockingjay