From the depths of shadowban hell, @districtunrest asked me to answer 7, 16, 19, 31, and 32!
7: What advice would you give to which character (can be at any point in the books)?
DUMP HIM! This is directed at several different ladies across ALL of the books.
16: What's your favourite fanfiction trope?
If you’re speaking in a more general sense… I love me a good hurt/comfort. If you mean in a more fanon sense… having thg girls leave their boyfriends and getting girlfriends instead—even if that sometimes gets them into more trouble/other kinds of trouble.
19: What's a fic from your tbr?
My friend @maitaitiu ‘s fic from the sky down, which he wrote for an event in a server we’re in called Victor Exchange. Basically you make a character, submit them, and then someone else writes them. You have a month to write the fic. It’s very fun.
31: Do you have an opinion that changed over the years?
My opinion on Gale has changed a lot. Age, in addition to reading more analytically, has helped a lot with that. He’s not some evil mastermind. He’s a very protective person, who is devoted to his family and community. He’s smart and a strong leader. He’s angry at his oppressors, and rightfully so! He acts in a way I think a lot of nineteen-year-old boys would, both in the context of his personal life and the war.
32: Which character's personality is most like your own?
Some sort of combination of Katniss and Sejanus, I think. And yes, I am very aware of what relating to a 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old boy the most out of anyone in this series says about me.
The main reason I got so hooked on THG in the first place was of how deeply I related to Katniss (at age 12). She was the first character in fiction that I truly saw myself in. I was a tomboy weirdgirl and faced a lot of the same social difficulties she did. Lo and behold, I’m autistic and a-spec. I think she is, too. I do still relate to her somewhat as an adult. I have trouble understanding social cues and people in general, I have trouble making friends, and can be very internally cynical.
As for Sejanus… a lot of it comes from upbringing. A sheltered, naive young person (I’m a bit older than him), who cannot for the life of them keep their mouth shut. But there’s a lot of fucked up shit going on in this world, damnit! And it’s not fair! I want the world to be better, but I have no fucking clue how to fix it! And there’s so many people who either turn a blind eye or just straight up support the fucked up shit! It makes me angry, it makes me sad, it makes me want to set the world on fire. I think he’s also autistic.
