We are back in the hole - hunger games au
So hunger games au thing
We mostly agree that Legundo is a victor in Apo's district, but what if he wasn't the only option, what if there was another.
Enter Owen. Owen is the complete opposite of Legs when it comes to his victory. Instead of winning for survival/ perceived method of mercy killing, he won cause of his down right anger.
Why? Cause he was reaped twice. The first time he was so sickly everyone knew he wouldn't survive, he was written off almost immediately. He was barely 13 , wire frame and recked by disease. Victors in their district was rare enough, wood was not a luxury for the capital so no one was paid as such, there was no money for training careers so reaping was often a death sentence, even if you weren't ill.
So it was a shock when the mayor's son raised his hand.
Louis loved Owen the way any teenager loves their first love, wholly and undeniably. It was the right thing to do in his eyes.
The capital was enraptured by this story of love and sacrifice. After all, romance makes for a good story, especially when it bridges divides of poverty and power. A prince and the pauper. Louis becomes a popular tribute within the capital, painted as a bleeding heart lover boy.
But love isn't enough, Louis is killed towards the end of his games. It causes a great disappointment in the capital viewers. Flowers are sent to his home, and somehow, someone funds Owen health care that he recovers. He becomes stronger than he ever has, turning his grief into rage which he funnels in his lumberjacking, as it is all he has left.
The months pass by and Owen finds himself once again in the district square/plaza and now 14 he hears his name called again.
He thinks it must be a cruel trick of fate. He screams and thrashes until he is restrained and pulled away. No one meets him to give him a memento.
While in the capital it becomes clear to the viewers who this is, this is the mayor's son's lover. And he is angry. He gets very few sponsors much to the annoyance of his mentor. At one point his mentor has to pull him aside to tell him if he keeps going the way he is that the capital will have him silenced.
Owen can't have that. He has to win. For Louis, to prove to everyone the mistake they made.
It was one of the shortest games in history.
With the use of his trapping and tracking knowledge from hunting, his brute strength from labour and a wicked sharp axe he finds, Owen carves a bloody path through the arena. He is not merciful as there was no mercy for Louis. The capital wants a monster so they are going to get one.
Of all the victors, Owen is seen the least. He is never chosen to mentor for fear of the ideals he will instil. At age 16 he watches Legs poison the water.
He views legs as naive at best and a cowardly monster at worse.
They don't really get along.
