#fanfic-asks

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Without Katniss and Peeta how easy would it be for district 13 to indoctrinate Owen Sparrow and make him a brave soldier of Coin?

Guys, Owen Sparrow is NOT my OC 😂😭 I just borrowed him for a week and played dolls with him.

@firehelpmeforget got any input?

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Where the frick-frack-snick-snack is Peeta Mellark???? Bring him out!

No that valid actually, I did make you wait 5 chapters and then dipped…

Here’s an excerpt from chapter 6 (IM FINISHING IT) to make it up to you:

“Curiosity gets the best of me and my eyes follow where my district partner’s were earlier. I have to manoeuvre my body strategically since there’s contestants from eleven other district between us — but on the other end, surrounded by a gaggle of women from districts one, two and three is him.

Gone is the boy who would run into class late, his hair a frizzy curly mess. He has been replaced my the embodiment of charm and elegance.”

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I'm not the education of Peeta Mellark poster, but I would love your old fic recommendations!

Okay so I know this has been in my Inbox for... a while... but I've been thinking about it for the ENTIRE time. Here is literally only SOME of my old fic recs, le classiques as one might say (aka the ones I read when I was 13 and are in brain forever).

PSA: Some of these, I have not reread since I was 15-16. Also not in any order in particular. Whatever I could remember first :)

There is a bunch more but I barely managed to fit the below in! Thanks for asking I like talking about fics I love <33

Alone In A Crowded Room by wollaston & Pompeiigraffiti (aka alonglineofbread on tumblr) - AO3 & FFN

If you've spent even 10 minutes talking to me about everlark fics, you will know how much I love this fic - how much it meant to me as a starry-eyed 15 year old. And shockingly to no one, it still means that much to me 10 years later. Genuinely, if you can stand to read the difficult topics in this one, you should read it. Required reading in my eyes lol

Rebel by HGRomance - AO3 & FFN

In my books, if a fic inspired art then it's perfect. Peak. Incredible. I don't actually remember much of the plot of this one but it found me at a time when I was obsessed with those "Leaving Amish" shows so... great timing! Anyway, Katniss is Amish, Peeta is a bad boyyy!

Flesh and Bone by BaronessMeggie (BaronessKika and MeggieMellark) - FFN

This is another I don't quite remember the plot of perfectly but the scene at the lake has been ingrained in my brain. If you loved the new Superman movie then this fic might be for you! It's Super!Peeta and Lois Lane!Katniss.

In 2020, sadly we lost Kristin (BaronessKika) but she was a beloved member of the community and her loss is still felt greatly today. My follow up rec is another fic by her: All the President's Men by authoresskika - FFN

In My Head, In My Heart by iLoVeRynMar (aka thegirlonpeetamellark on tumblr) - FFN

I have a completely parasocial relationship with some authors from the 2012 - 2014 era. One of them is iLoVeRynMar. In My Head, In My Heart and She Let Me In Her Bed were 2 of the first fics I ever read and then I found a lot of my favourites from her own recommendations. Truly what a person to randomly bump into on the internet. Thank you, truly <3

After they lose both their parents young, Katniss is forced to hand Prim over to their distant aunt as she was named a legal guardian in the will. Katniss needs to get Prim back, she needs to becoming her legal guardian but to do so she has to go through grief counselling - where she meets a certain Peeta Mellark.

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Ultra Secret Project with my darling @firehelpmeforget

It’s full of yearning, angst and you all might hate us for a while but really it’s been really fun to collaborate on a fic with someone whose writing I love so much 🧡

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FARMER

If you have the same brain worms as I do he looks like Peeta 😉🫶

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when are you uploading chapter 5???

Good morning Anon, thanks for reading and for asking!!! I love when people ask about the fic, pls do more of that xox

Here’s the gist: early last week our wifi dropped, been stealing wifi from the shop under us but they have AO3 blocked on their systems 😐, a technician is coming in to hopefully fix it today so if all goes well, expect a new chapter next Wednesday as scheduled :)

A little insight to the chapters as a treat: Chapter 5 is done! I had to make the choice between keeping it medium length with a stronger ending, or, to make it HUGE for the sake of introducing the other contestants. I went with number one because I want more time to explore Katniss’s relationships with the other contestants in Chapter 6! And also don’t think anyone has the time to read 10k+ chapters.

Chapter 6 is currently being storyboarded but it’s a good one, I think you guys will love it!

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Oooh! For the Ao3 Writers Ask Game how about…

28. “favorite line/passage you wrote this year?” and/or 30. “Biggest surprise while writing this year?”

Hope you feel better friend!! 💛🐮💐🫶❤️‍🔥

I have The Plague™️ and I’m answering questions!

Thank you @firehelpmeforget the plague might have consumed me but I’ll consume it back 🫂

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

So, I’ve already give an answer to this here so here’s my other favourite passage I’ve written this year! It’s from a little birthday one-shot I wrote called “Poor, Lovesick Lug”:

And she is there, too. Standing on her own porch across the lawn, dressed in only a nightgown, a blanket hurriedly thrown over her shoulders. In the moonlight her sleep dress looks translucent, her body a shadow underneath it, the fragmented light grazing her skin makes her look like she's glowing. She's as ethereal as ever, like a creature born from the night itself.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

That you can be super excited to write and participate in fandom events but time is finite, work is necessary and you can fall asleep on your desk one too many times.

And that I am terminally afflicted by “compare myself disease” and the only way to mend it is to talk to the writers you look up to, become their friend, get them to beta for you or teach you how to draw. And if none of these succeed, just spitball AUs with them until they like you 😉