#tracker-jackers

[antigerrymanderingspiderman]

i think one of the things that makes the hunger games as good at it is is the amount of consistency. it’s not just that there aren’t plot holes; the whole series feels so thought out that it’s real, like someone is telling it start to finish after it’s all happened.

the specific thing i noticed is how katniss describes her interaction with peeta on trackerjacker venom as him sparkling and in book three after his hijacking he says the hijacked memories where shiny

[finnicks-elbow]

i cant stop making these and i wont stop

[freshlybakedfandoms]

all these people think love's for show, but i would die for you in secret

"what's it say that peeta was here not one hour ago begging me to save your life?" "it means we have to save him."

the devil's in the details, but you've got a friend in me

"friends tell each other the deep stuff." "uh oh, the deep stuff?" "yeah" "like what?" "like what's your favourite colour?" "oh well now you've stepped over the line."

would it be enough if i could never give you peace?

"i'm sorry, it was just a nightmare." "it's okay, i get them too."

"they turned him into a weapon, katniss. to kill you."

your integrity makes me seem small / you paint dreamscapes on the wall

"you could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy."

"i just don't want them to change me."

i talk shit with my friends / it's like i'm wasting your honour

"it's an act, gale."

and you know that i'd swing with you for the fences

"they're coming katniss. in district 13 you'll be dead by morning-"

"that's what you and i do. protect each other."

sit with you in the trenches

"peeta? would you stay with me?" "always."

give you my wild, give you a child / give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other

"and we'd have no regrets at all if it weren't..." "if it weren't for what?" "if it weren't for the baby."

"peeta wanted kids."

family that i chose, now that i see your brother as my brother / is it enough?

"you love me. real or not real?" "real."

[rimeoverreason]

[Thinking about Coryo stopping his ascension at Head Gamemaker and cultivating his prized white roses on the side.]

[wellofbones]

hot damn

[ominouspositivity-or-else]

everyone who thinks they could just like hide for the entire hunger games has forgotten how the games work. it's a show. it's entertainment. you can't hide. they'll chase you out. they'll send death by fire, bugs, animals with your dead opponents' eyes. don't you think people tried to hide? don't you think they wanted to just lay low? what about when it's down to the wire and it's you and four other people on all different sides. they'll kill you anyway. that's the point. remember who the enemy is, they say, and in that arena, you are one of the enemies. they want you dead, graphically, horrifically, on screen and televised for your parents at home to watch. if you think you could hide, if you think you could sleep, if you think for a moment you could win without losing your humanity, your mind, your sense of soul and self, then you've got another thing coming. you'd be dead. and the game-makers would laugh while you died.

[pizza-games-and-more]

The image and the caption give huge "I lived bitch" energy

[livvyofthelake]

i could be saying some major hater shit about this damn fanfiction rn but i decided to have the buddha nature and chill out so. you will not see me complaining anymore. well that’s not a promise there’s still a ways to go it could be so over again and then well i’ll just need to bitch about it. but i decided to have a lovers soul for the moment <3 i wonder if any of these characters are gonna die anymore a la finnick. it doesn’t seem like it tbh because everyone’s getting coupled up (🙄) and this author clearly doesn’t have it in them to kill off half a couple. which is lame but like i said. lovers soul.

[uncertainwallflower]

Hiiiii! I wanna give out a mutual ask. (But also your fic titles slay)

And since they slay so much, i was aghast at the fact that i couldnt choose all of them bcuz that wud kinda be unfair. SO.

The Hanging Tree/The Hum of the Tracker Jacker

Ayyyyy! Hunger games! Side question: do u know/memorized/heard the hanging tree song? Have u ever sung it as a lullaby to a child or a loved one as they sleep?

Also, the title slaps. The HUM of the TRACKER JACKER?????? It is giving me FEELS.

*screams bcuz Peeta*

Anyway yeah, reminder to drink the life elixir (aka ocean sauce).

First things first, *mutual screams because Peeta*

Thank you so much for this very extensive ask, Quo! I fricken love talking about the Hunger Games so this is very welcome. Also stop, now you’re making me blush.

Okay, to the task at hand… My plan for this fic is to follow Peeta immediately following Katniss blowing up the forcefield. So getting left in the arena, being taken by the Capitol, tortured, manipulated, hijacked, etc. Then rescued by District 13. I’m not sure how far much further I’ll take it but yeah!

In regards to the Hanging Tree, that song was my childhood ANTHEM. My best friend and I were obsessed with the Hunger Games so we would sing it practically constantly. I’ve never sung it meaningfully, more so while traipsing around the bush pretending we were in the arena or hunting squirrels in the forrest or whatever…

Here’s a link to a previous post with a snippet.

WIP ASK GAME

[1d-trashcan]

On a scale of 1 to “I asked my mum to drive to the bins with our rubbish bc what if I get chased by a wasp walking the 50 meters to the bins and die”, how bad is your wasp phobia?

[barbreypilled]

I rest my case about men on tinder having ridiculous names why the fuck did I just get a super like from Vinicius

[finnicks-elbow]

its me, im back

[rotturn]

mad ab thg again

[restinpeaceporkins]

i put my fantasy football team (they're called "Apes Together Strong") + characters from the Apes movies in HG simulator

Surprised the Jets defense didn't sweep because they are simply more people but Tyreek Hill won, bienvenido a Miami

[rimeoverreason]

Headcanon

Coriolanus likes to try the various methods of torture the Capitol uses himself first. For example, he asks to perform one tongue-cutting to be able to know what the procedure is like (I wrote a drabble years ago about Pollux becoming an Avox and how I feel that procedure is handled).

Another thing is him using tracker jacker venom on himself. Of course he's not put through the whole process of hijacking and it's done in a super controlled environment, but he wants to at least feel the venom's effects firsthand so he knows how best to use it against others.

[heavensbeehall]

"Mockingjay", Chapter 9b

Part 1: The Ashes

Chapter 9b: Cressida wants to see Gale and Katniss' meeting place. They talk about what drove them to hunt. Then they go to the bakery and film a message for Peeta. Katniss returns to the Victor's Village to get some stuff for her mother. He reminds her that she kissed him on the kitchen table. They kiss. It's weird. Everyone goes back to 13. Katniss sleeps a lot (depressiosn?). Boggs finds her and brings her to Command. But when they get there, the screen shows the Capitol Feed. Beetee has found a way to break into the Capitol's broadcast. Snow says something and then introduces Peeta. But Beetee breaks in with footage of the bakery, destroyed. Peeta sees Katniss on his screen. Beetee battles with the Capitol tech nerds. Somehow, Peeta manages to get out a warning to Katniss about a bombing on 13. Then the broadcast cuts out with him being beaten bloody.

Thoughts:

-- This Peeta Propo takes place in the Presidential Mansion. Snow is present. No Caesar Flickerman anymore. Later in the books, Peeta will say things like "Snow says you're a liar." And I think he means Snow was literally there for much of the torture. And it's interesting to see what words Snow puts in Peeta's mouth, because, well, I think it has a lot to do with how Snow sees both Katniss and Lucy Gray.

-- Why is Plutarch obsessed with weapons humanity no longer has? Seems an odd hobby.

Quotes:

"Maybe I'll be like that man in 'The Hanging Tree.' Still waiting for an answer." Gale, who I have never seen cry, has tears in his eyes. To keep them from spilling over, I reach forward and press my lips against his. We taste of heat, ashes, and misery.

Here I think Katniss just kisses Gale because emotional stuff makes her uncomfortable. It's a bummer to compare every relationship in the books to "The Hanging Tree". I wish Gale had seen her make out with Peeta on the beach and just... took that as an answer. Maybe move on. Meet a nice soldier girl. IDK. He "wants an answer" but knows Katniss doesn't like to see people in pain. So how can she say no to her best friend?

The camera pulls back to include Peeta, off to one side in front of a projected map of Panem. He's sitting in an elevated chair, his shoes supported by a metal rung. The foot of his prosthetic leg taps out a strange irregular beat. Beads of sweat have broken through the layer of powder on his upper lip and forehead. But it's the look in his eyes--angry yet unfocused--that frightens me the most. "He's worse," I whisper. Finnick grasps my hand, to give me an anchor, and I try to hang on.

I feel confident in saying he has the venom in him at this point. Peeta has shown anger and aggression (on the Victory Tour in 11, towards the monkeys that killed the morphling, probably Brutus as well)--I don't want to say he's perfect--but it's not really his default setting. And I think a large part of what the Capitol is trying to do is draw out his angry side. So he'll attack, duh.

Plutarch's in spasms of delight and most everybody is cheering Beetee on, but Finnick remains still and speechless beside me. I meet Haymitch's eyes from across the room and see my own dread mirrored back. The recognition that with every cheer, Peeta slips even farther from our grasp.

They thought they were still in the game. Sob.

At the mention of my name, Peeta's face contorts in effort. "Katniss…how do you think this will end? What will be left? No one is safe. Not in the Capitol. Not in the districts. And you…in Thirteen…" He inhales sharply, as if fighting for air; his eyes look insane. "Dead by morning!"

It's clear Peeta is trying so hard here to master himself. And he must know it will only result in more pain for himself, since he's already being tortured.

And everyone was cheering moments earlier.