#team d13

[whatifgirl]

@seiyadave replied to your post: “Every time I tell myself I should draw my OCs, I…”

I like how they look though, really unique! :D

Aww, thank you! I have the rest of the Pilots for each ship.

Left to Right: NULL, D-13, Overlord, ??? (Chaos), Arena Blaster.

Their faces are darkened because I'm scared of showing them in public. And all of them look cooler with their helmets on, like this one.

Sorry for the drabble. I really like Star Prov, and I wanna draw more of it. But I also should give my OCs love too cause I miss drawing them aaaaa!

[allisluv]

(finnick odair brainriot 4ever !!! )

okay and if i tell you that this is the first time i write a post in someone's inbox ...

i'm just here, the victim of the thought that finnick odair, idolized and glorified, seen as someone who defeats human powers, starts to turn gray from sixteen/seventeen. he never was really aware of it until around the 69th games when his stylist point it out and promptly recolored the few strands. after that, there was the occasional one but he wouldn’t notice it either, lost in his curls. sometimes the prep team missed them too but for the 75th games they found and recolored all of them.

in district thirteen, he had more gray strands than ever before. it happened over the course of the first few months, and by the time the other victors were rescued and brought back, he had some very clear grays. he spends long periods staring into the mirrors that d13 has, but his eyes can hardly focus on himself. when they do, he can’t help but think that he’s not beautiful, that there’s so many things wrong, and that there’s no one to fix it. on a good day, he’s happy to not resemble the capitol posters of him. on a bad day, he’s horrified by himself and his inability to have kept himself together.

we all know that finnick is the best person to cheer you up, but when he need ur support, you give him all you have ! he, with his head on the reader's chest, his eyelids almost completely covering his eyes, enjoying the fingers gently tugging at his sun-kissed curls. wrinkles appear on his forehead as the tender movements stop and he can't help but wonder what happened. he is so terrified when he hears that the reader has discovered a gray strand ): his heart melts right there at the sweet, soothing words that those 'imperfections' only make him more perfect <3

— pretty please let me be 🫀 anon (?)

anon my heart is melting! this is so so sweet. (and of course you can <3)

finnicks heart would drop when he hears that you’ve found a grey hair. he’s so used to the capitols beauty standards being pushed on him that he can’t believe you think he’s beautiful. your words are smooth and soft and he thinks he may just fall even deeper in love with you when you tell him that he’s perfect <333

[hungergameshyperfixation]

(This has been cooking in the drafts for AWHILE. Thought I’d share it before Oct 1, my time at least!)

The Illustrated Hunger Games book is coming out October 1st, and I’m SO excited for it. Sunrise on The Reaping has been on my mind mostly, but this is amazing too.

Some things/thoughts about it:

•Haymitch illustration. This will be a canonical BOOK depiction of Haymitch !!! I’m so excited to see how they portray him (And Katniss, more on this later), specifically his curls and his figure. He’s described as paunchy and such (referencing off the cuff, not directly quoting) so I’m so interested in seeing how he’s illustrated. Jittery, even.

•BOOK ONLY CHARACTERS!!! A CANON Madge illustration???? Perhaps a blueprint for future cosplays??? ‼️‼️‼️ not to mention the countless other characters left out (specifically looking forward to a possible Catching Fire and Mockingjay edition, where we can possibly see the victors and D13 team 👀). Peeta’s family/father.

•Katniss. I’m curious to see how they will depict her, since I also agree that they whitewashed her in the films (and Haymitch + other characters). I’m not sure how to word it, but I don’t have like super high expectations I guess. But still, I’m interested!

•Pretty much all the characters tbh.

•THE BACKGROUNDS !!

Okay yeah basically everything. I’ll revisit this (they did not in fact, revisit this)

I’m also planning to avoid spoilers for the beginning of October so idk maybe I won’t be as active lmao. Mine was preordered.

(Too late! I’ve already seen multiple illustrations online LMFAO. Btw Haymitch is gorgeous.)

[b-pxle]

had a bad day. my mum had to call the mental health crisis team lol and she’s gonna try and take me to the gp before therapy tomorrow. ngl at this point i don’t see why i should get help i just need to d13 lol sorry bit morbid but that’s how i feel rn

[14lavenderhaze]

Guys I need someone to give me tips pls 😭

I’m actually fat. I’m not going to lie, I’m 235 lbs and I eat like a pig. I do sports and workout, but the way I eat counteracts everything. I can’t track c@ls and need a CRAZY amount of sustenance to do well in tennis (I play for 2+ hours a day on a team plus PE and a lot of walking). I’m fat as fuck for my birthday tmrw. I actually don’t know what to do. I can’t ⭐️ve and don’t know how to control cravings. I’m ready to 3nd it all atp. I literally won’t even d13 sk1nny. I can’t do anything right.

[just-call-mefr1es]

quick tbp x thg ramble so it makes sense (i had a conversation with myself while pacing my bedroom about this so i need to write about it)

cw: spoilers for the hunger games and blood/gore mention!! (i dont think its that heavy, but still)

okay, so in the actual HunGER GAMES, book and movie (well i don’t remember if this was actuallyin the book, but whatever) Johanna takes out Katniss’ tracker in the qq3 so that the capitol can’t track her when d13 saves her, and so on and so forth. also, it could also be because they didnt save peeta and johanna cause they probably didnt have their trackers romoved, therefore d13 didn’t save them. annie’s a different story but im not gonna talk about her rn (i stil love her very much tho dont get me wrong💗). even though im not 100% sure if thats the main reason for them not saving peeta n johanna (but im sure it may be A reason), since its been a hot minute since ive read/watched thg and i may have forgotten something, so yeah there.

And how does this play into my tbp x thg au? well,,,, (turns on geek mode) d13 reached out to billy first, since they thougth he was capable enough to get finney&friends™️ to d13 somewhat safely. with this, he was obviously instructed to remove their trackers, so he did as he was told. well, he tried. he told vance about the plan after he realized how kuch he was willing to sacrifice for bruce and griffin, and soon enough, the others,and since he thought he was more capable of doing the act of removing the trackers (you have to actually GET IT OUT of your arm, for those who didn’t know) than he was. Vance said sure, but removed his own tracker first. Why? cause he knew it was a painful process and billy urged him to. anygays, billy got finney’s tracker out, but he and vance had a hard time getting robin, griffin and bruce’s out cause

1. Finney would not fucking leave robin’s side, and everyone knew that he would probbalh go berserk if they even tried to touch robin, let alone CUT OUT A GASH ON HIS ARM. (btw, billy cut out finney’s arm during that same time period that johanna did for katniss in the movie and/or book if it happened at the same time (my memory is trash))

2., because vance was so hesitant to potentially harm Griffin and Bruce. Yes, he knew it was for their own good, but at the same time. He had to cut out the specific section of the arm, and he thought that if he did that, then Bruce amd Griffin would think he was kust that merciless killer the capitol made him to be. Plus, he couldn’t just *tell* them why he was gonna do what he was gonna do, cause the capitol was watching their every move. billy kept urging vance to do it when their time in the arena was nearing to the end, and vance just waved him off, saying that he will soon (spoiler alert, he didn’t.)

so yeah, that’s why bruce griff and robin got stuck in the capitol, and another reason vance blames himelf (hes not okay guys). when the rescue team set out to rescue the three, they were obviously more confident to take out their trackers (i know for sure that the capitol gave them new ones) compared to vance and did NOT hesitate ripping em out (they needed to get out of there quickly).

wowe that took a while to type. sorry not sorry @meepmoopweeeeeeeeeee

[65ths]

good morning! finnick has had the occasional gray hair grow in since he was about seventeen. he never was really aware of it until the 69th games when his stylists point it out and promptly recolored the few strands. after that, there was the occasional one but he wouldn’t notice it either, lost in his curls. sometimes the prep team missed them too but for the 75th games they found and recolored all of them. in district thirteen, he had more gray strands than ever before. it happened over the course of the first few months, and by the time the other victors were rescued and brought back, he had some very clear grays. they mix with his curls well enough that they aren’t noticeable on first glance or even in a good conversation, but up close and next to finnick, especially in the light, you’re likely to see it— especially as the lack of light exposure starts to darken the rest of his hair some amount.

the gray hairs are an odd thing for him at first. he kind of hates that he can’t see them easily, he needs a mirror and the right light, but it’s for the best. he dwells on the enough as is without seeing them all. he spends long periods staring into the mirrors that d13 has, but his eyes can hardly focus on himself. when they do, he can’t help but think that he’s not beautiful, that there’s so many things wrong, and that there’s no one to fix it. on a good day, he’s happy to not resemble the capitol posters of him. on a bad day, he’s horrified by himself and his inability to have kept himself together. he thinks about what annie might say.

post war, there are plenty and plenty of bad days. following the sewers, there’s more gray hairs. there’s scars. there’s so much he doesn’t recognize about himself. it takes time but the grays become something of a love of his— the signs of aging are a comfort. they remind him of mags, and he jokes that he’s taking after her a bit more than he thought he would. to have grays, to have survived, to get to grow old— it’s a beautiful thing he thinks.

[caesarflickermans]

I’m the anon, I didn’t know you shipped Kabby too that’s cool. I’ve read your analysis which I find it interesting. I’ll only correct you on effie’s arc in the movies cause i think you had missed something and it can happen to not have grasp it, so I’ll just add this. Book and movie effie have a different fate (that ends in the same way) that fits her character in both the adaptations: book effie is less present in cf and she has a subtle development due to the fact that whenever she was showing sign of emotions something else happened or it was just a line so it was not that noticed yet she was still sad, cried and proposed the golden tokens. Not knowing her fate during most of the mj book was to make readers think that she had either been executed or that she was fine but then surprise we meet her at the end when in just few lines we discovered that she had been captured, tortured and that she had a vacant look in her eyes. That trauma is what make her sympathetic.

Movie effie on the contrary had a more on-screen development due to the fact that the movies were in third person, she also talks about the four of them as a team and she apologize to them saying that she is sorry for what happened and is happening and that is what makes us sympathize with her. So it happens before. Her being brought in D13 makes sense in the movie verse cause Katniss and her are let’s say closer. And bc she had already a significant development. She stands with the mockingjay and we see it through her wardrobe. She first have a customize uniform cause she feels insecure, untrusty and unwelcomed in d13 (that’s how SHE feels) but she wears something gold that ties her with Katniss then slowly she starts to wear the same jumpsuit of the others in 13 meaning that she starts to feel welcomed and fully believes in the revolution (from 75% to 100%), but she still wears gold. She does think the revolution is necessary as she says “let’s bring back democracy” but she is a morally grey character with flaws and those are still showed in part 1&2. That doesnt un-do her development of cf, on the contrary it highlighted it making her more complex :)

I really liked Effie's more subtle and slower development in the books, hence why I've outlined and focused on it more. I know fans of hers (and that was me as well!) were delighted to have more, but the quantity did not feel like quality to me.

I'll agree to disagree with you on some interpretations of movie Effie. Every example you mention is focused on her feelings toward Haymitch, Katniss, and Peeta. She was inactive in 13 (again, why did the regime allow her to consume their resources without punishment) until Plutarch approached her about Katniss. Her journey you outline is that of caring for three people, but that does not make her a revolutionary or a believer in the revolution. Had she had scenes in the movie or the book where she reflected on the systematic oppression, I'd have bought into that arc, but she does not.

And I'll say that I like that about her !! She's a perfect example of a neoliberal white woman who learns that slurs are bad but who still believes in the fact that poor people are poor because they don't try hard enough. Her failure to grasp the injustices she represented each year are making her a realistic and interesting character as her indoctrination defines her to the end of the trilogy. And I LOVE flawed characters !! It's why I've attached blind spots to all the major characters I'm writing creatively who are part of the rebellion. None of them "fully" grasp it.

Unfortunately, and that's why I've turned away from the character & ship, I've felt that the movies I watched and the versions I've seen were ignorant to these flaws. I assume some part of it was discomfort in sitting with morally grey characters, especially when they were, in essence, part of the oppressing group. Effie has seemingly been viewed with rose-tinted glasses by many, including Francis Lawrence.

The scene you mention to allude to her finally having understood the rebellion ("let’s bring back democracy") happens at the beginning of MJ, so hardly a conclusion to her character journey if several other aspects mentioned occur later. This scene was originally supposed to be Plutarch's scene and Plutarch's words. Due to the actor's death, the only option was Effie, as Haymitch had his reveal scene later. I don't buy her saying or believing these words. Effie was raised in a fascist society and is the representation of the average Capitol citizen. I don't think she knows or grasps democracy, nor understands why it is necessary because her character flaw is not grasping systematic injustice. The scene also felt contrived in Cinna having given the book to Effie, but this isn't the focus here. If the sole hint for her to have developed a grasp of the overall rebellion's necessity hinges on the on-set death of an actor and the scrambling to keep that scene alive, that's a pretty weak character arc whose scene is out of character because it was never meant to be hers to begin with.

[whatifgirl]

Every time I tell myself I should draw my OCs, I find myself drawing 2-4 new ones. I mean, they're not OCs; it's just based on ships, and I decided to give them a body, a human name, a face... Maybe FCs? I dunno what to call them.

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[justrainandcoffee]

I'm re-reading Mockingjay and it's amazing how they went crazy with Katniss' team for a loaf of bread 😬.

D13🤝Javert from Les Mis.

[ttvnadeeta]

had to record it off laptop cuz the highlight when I try and green screen the clip directly it lags

I'm surprised i didn't d13. especially given the fact that i kept getting stuck on pillar and kept glitching/jumping.

but yeah surprised i won the match against the team since i was solo,on low health and had no armor. they had the advantage too since they had coverage,as well as the flash bang they used on me. ah well, I'll take the win,lol.

[pesterloglog]

Sollux Captor, Terezi Pyrope

Act 5, page 2082

twinArmageddons [TA] began trolling gallowsCalibrator [GC]

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TA: yeah ii thiink 2o.

TA: piick out whoever you want for the red team and iill lead the blue team.

TA: iill 2end you the download 2oon, talk two you later.

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[zenkor123]

Annie knew about the rebellion but was placed under house arrest after the reaping she was being investigated as the author of a rebel pamphlet and suspected of aiding saboteurs so Snow ordered her confined to use agianst Finnick if he won the 75th Hunger Games. Her house confinement began right after Finnick left to the capitol

(In my fic)

She made shit up under interrogation like Peeta did and Finnick didn't find out that she was moved to the capitol until he was out of the arena. Her family was brought to the capitol after the arena blew up and then killed in front of her, Snow tried unsuccessfully to hijack her against Finnick. She was physiologically modified with immunity to jacker venom, her nerves system could no longer register pain, and the hijacked memories appeared as nightmares and triggered episodes. Her mind itself was intact due to Annie killing Dr Frenchmen by chewing the the pill and spitting it into his eye which caused him to die a painful death. Annie then ripped his hand off. This occurred as the rescue team were rescuing the prisoners. As the PK were killed by sharpshooters Annie broke from the rest of the restraints and forced Frenchman to drink the pill mush while Annie administered a jacker injection. Frenchmen was left behind screaming in a pool of blood it took him 14 minutes to die. As he saw Dr Frenchmen's dead body, Snow was confident that the dormant rabies strand would avenge Dr Frenchman and that District 13 wouldn't remove it. (D13 swiftly removed the rabies strand and checked Annie for any additional capitol bioweapons.

Also in my fic Odesta are childhood sweethearts and attended the same career academy. She was always known as a little odd, and she was genuinely unsettling when putting on her cold psycho act, she also claimed she could kill Ceasar Flickerman across the room and killed a few tributes with her knives in the bloodbath. In my fic Katniss was reminded of Clove when she saw it when she was in squad 452. Though Annie is nice, sweet, compassionate and sensitive but she will also rip your throat out.

Annie and Finnick for the like and dislike game? 👁👁

i really like the way Annie presents herself. yes she speaks you know. twice. but the first time, she thanks Peeta and treats him like a normal person that did a kind thing for her, which is something he’s definitely not getting from anyone else in that moment, and the second time, she doesn’t have any problem kind of going for the throat and throwing Finnick’s name around in a way that she thinks will strengthen her point and her credibility. it shows she’s smart, she’s calculated, and she’s also probably pretty eloquent when she’s not under massive amounts of stress.

this is kind of a cop out but a) she’s in like six sentences and b) I really like her so something i dislike about her? i don’t like her ending at all. i don’t think Finnick should have lived, but i also really dislike that it was just widow mother done, it kind of feels like ok well Finnick’s dead but at least he’s got a kid! and already Annie’s spent the entire series as just. Finnick’s. so it’d be nice if she wasn’t just the mother of his child in the end. she’s a very minor character and it’s a silly gripe but yknow

i think the thing I like most about Finnick is how ridiculous he is. he has absolutely no problem being over the top and making a fool of himself and yes it’s partially an act, but then we find out in Thirteen once Annie’s back that he still is naturally pretty funny. and i think it’s cool that despite all of That he manages to have a good sense of humor and try and bring that to some really terrible situations

something i don’t love about Finnick is how he just refuses to tell Annie anything about the rebellion. like brother you are shooting yourself in the foot there. obviously she was going to get picked up the second the arena blew out and his overprotectiveness means that she had no idea that was going to happen, so she had no time to even try to run or protect herself. he also ended up showing that he doesn’t trust her, kind of infantilizing her, and as a result probably massively fucking up his relationship. it says a lot about how he sees her and that’s that she can’t take care of herself so he has to do it for her, and that’s a pretty ugly way to look at your partner honestly

character asks

[anniejames864]

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[void-selfships-archive]

And also I wouldn't be able to handle you with horns but you don't know that.

[thesweetnessofspring]

I want to add a comment as someone who was there waiting for Mockingjay to hit shelves for nearly a year. You go through so much thinking and imagining and online discussions with other people's opinions over the course of that year that really every possible scenario goes through your mind because you have nothing else to do but wait and talk about it. And even as someone who loved Everlark down to my soul and bones, I had enough time to wonder what Suzanne was going to do.

There is an attitude now of "it was ALWAYS Peeta" and "Gale had no chance!" But that was not the attitude at the time. At least 1/3 of the fandom were Team Gale (as it was called then with some resentment due to the association with Twilight). And they did not come up with that from nothing. They most relied on the whipping scene and that Gale was Katniss choosing the rebellion and fighting against Snow, so of course she would end up with him as that's what he represented. Others preferred their friendship and thought that the connection they had stretched so far back that they made most sense together (and yes, I debated all of these points but they were stubborn). All we knew about the love triangle was that Katniss and Gale would be together in D13 while Peeta was in the hands of the Capitol and very much in danger.

While I never doubted my own stance as "Team Peeta" I didn't know what the story would unfold and ultimately none of us knew--there were no movie spoilers or going from one book to the next to the next to get the whole picture. None of us knew what Suzanne's ultimate message in the series would be. One of my greatest fears was Peeta dying at the hands of the Capitol, becoming a martyr or a motivation for Katniss's rage to take down the Capitol once and for all. And Gale seemed set up to be like a back-up plan for her if that happened. While in my heart I knew that she loved Peeta and they were superior, I wasn't sure yet how exactly Suzanne was going to break my heart and killing off Peeta seemed like the surest way to tear me apart. And then Gale being a consolation prize to help Katniss heal.

So yeah, that's why I put unsure in this poll. Because I had eleven months to lose my damn mind about it.

✺THG Series Exploration: The Hunger Games✺

10: Character Introduction: Gale Hawthorne

As we walk through the series, we'll dive into each character. We'll discuss each one's significance, post our thoughts on each one and blog our favorite posts. For now, let's keep it to each corresponding book. So, Gale in The Hunger Games.