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[wistfulweaverwoman]

Most underrated everlark moment?

IMO the *most* underrated moment (so underrated that they didn’t bother to put it in the movie) is when Katniss confronts Peeta about his interview confession and he tells her it was a “bluff”.

Every time she started to feel any romantic feelings for Peeta she reminded herself that his feelings for her weren’t real and his actions/words were for the audience. It wasn’t until the train tracks at the very end of the book that she realized how he felt about her. Neither brings up that his defensive lie caused her confusion, and it’s never mentioned again. However, the author signals its importance by mirroring this moment in the third book, when Peeta asked Katniss if she loved him and she evaded giving him the truth.

Maybe because there were other more exciting actions happening in the scene, or because it was excluded from the movie, but “bluff” is missed by most people, and the result is that people have this impression that Katniss is this heartless unfeeling girl and completely miss how truly unfair (and mildly deranged?? she just told him the capitol has it out for her/them and he’s all but how do you feel about meeeeee??) Peeta really is being .

[mollywog]

Peeta and Katniss finally get a chance to talk openly on their way home after their first Games.

@wistfulweaverwoman

[wistfulweaverwoman]

I’m afraid it’s out of my hands with The Shape of Us. Apologies. He doesn’t like it all though, except the part where he gets to spend time with Katniss.

But that’s an AU. I feel like he wouldn’t want to learn post Mockingjay. I mean there’s no point to it by then, if it’s just for hunting game.

You know what? I have to say something. There’s a lot of fics that have Katniss and Peeta in the woods, with Katniss teaching him how to do survival stuff and he gets good at it or whatever. And sure, cute, they want to share each others interests, but I cannot keep doing this 😩 some of these fics do this well and cute-ly (not a word I know) but some of them are riding that line of “make the boy less soft.” I cannot tolerate this! Give me a fic where Katniss tries to teach Peeta how to fish and (though he’s polite about it) he’s bored! He doesn’t get it! Give me a fic where she’s like “This is how you skin a rabbit,” and he’s like “Uhh, 😧” Make em laugh about it! “How about you stay my huntress and I stay your safe, well kept, personal baker?” (Wink wink). Please, I’m begging!

[lemonluvgirl]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

I was asked by the lovely @mega-aulover to answer the questions...Thank you friend <3.

Are you named after anyone? -I'm named after two pretty awesome women in the Bible

2. When was the last time you cried? It was pretty recent. I think a few days ago when I read ACOTAR's 3rd book?? It was during the final battle against Hybern when the ships showed up.

3. Do you have kids? - I've got a five-year-old boy :) He's awesome

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? - yes, it annoys my husband but he secretly loves it when I'm sarcastic and snarky

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? -Their face and voice are probably the first things I notice.

6. What’s your eye color? - dark brown

7. Scary movie or happy ending? - Happy ending for sure.

8. Any special talents? - I crochet, I sing, I like to write.

9. Where were you born? - Texas, beautiful big starry skyed Texas.

10. What are your hobbies? - reading, writing, singing, crocheting.

11. Have you got any pets? -We used to have a dog but she passed away recently.

12. What sports have you played? - I've played a few but I was only ever good at softball and volleyball.

13. How tall are you? - 5'2 I'm pint-sized but don't let that fool you.

14. Favourite subject in school? - Enligh lit, World History, Choir

15. Dream job? - being a published author. I'd love to get paid to dream up different worlds and stories.

[thesweetnessofspring]

COLLECTION IS OPEN!

Submit your podfic to the ao3 collection now through 6:00 am PST on February 14. Collection can be found here.

Tagging those posting a podfic: @ongreenergrasses @mollywog @charlunday @triassictriserratops @bodyelectric77 @districtunrest @atelierlili @xoheartsaurore @wistfulweaverwoman @zenkor123

@farfromhome87 @lasthaysileeshipper @delicatekissez @ladyartichokie @thesunpersists @unnamednarrator @wananiedoodle @relentlessescapism

@yourssinfullyquiche @thelettersfromnoone @lilbabymick @kpmushu

[adsosfraser]

wip wednesday

happy wednesday my guys

enjoy the first lines of the next chapter in She Moved Through the Fair

thanks for the tag! @notsocooljess <3

The strong muscles of his back twist as he pulls himself up, one hand on top of the other. With a steady supply of protein, and more time on his hands than to know what to do with, he's grown heartier and stronger since the Games. As his right hand reaches up above him to grasp at the rope again and hoist his whole bodyweight further and further into the sky, the words echo around inside my head. If we met at midnight…

I'm gonna be honest I don't remember if I already posted this part or not

tagging: @mage-chocolate @notsocooljess @unnamednarrator @thesmileykate @wistfulweaverwoman @forgetmenotsassenach17 @atelierlili @thesweetnessofspring

[wistfulweaverwoman]

On of my first ever fics, read by @atelierlili !!!!

It’s thrilling hearing someone read my writing, especially so beautifully 😭

[PODFIC] Midsummer by LilyMaid

Happy Valentines everyone! The THG Valentines Podfic Exchange is out!

I did Midsummer by the talented LilyMaid/ @wistfulweaverwoman (a personal favourite!) for the exchange! This was the first podfic I've ever recorded. Please make sure to read the original text and it's sequel! if you haven't already. It's a lovely read!

Thanks for much to @thesweetnessofspring for making this event happen! It was a great experience <3

[thgfanfictionlibrary]

Active Authors Masterlist (3)

Part 1 / Part 2 /

***Active (on this blog) is defined as a blog/writer who has updated within the past year. Inactive (on this blog) is defined as a blog/writer that has not been updated at all in the past year+. On THG Writing Hiatus (on this blog) is a blog/writer who has updated within the past year but has not posted a fanfic in the fandom in the past year BUT they may return to writing in the future. Lists will be updated as needed based on activity. ***

Created: November 17th, 2023

Last Checked:----

ipsygrace :: ao3, ao3, tumblr

Popular Fic: Peeta's Games: The Hunger Games from Peeta's point of view. This follows the original work as closely as possible and much of the dialogue is taken from the original and owned entirely by Suzanne Collins. (@igsy-blog)

JHsgf82 :: ao3, tumblr

Popular Fic: What's Mine Is Yours: Peeta's POV. Post-Mockingjay/Pre-Epilogue. A pregnant Katniss is feeling sick and scared. Peeta does his best to care for her while dealing with his own fears. Response to the Fluff Drabble Prompt: “This was my lap. Now apparently this is your lap.” (@jhsgf82)

JLaLa :: ao3, ffnet, tumblr

Popular Fic: Two Wrongs: “Katniss, you’re my best friend and I love you but seriously-marry you?” A marriage for the unmarriageable. Modern Day AU, set in San Francisco. (@jlalafics)

katnissdoesnotfollowback :: ao3, ff.net, tumblr

Popular Fic: Wrapped in Red: Katniss is trying to be a good friend to her recently divorced pal. She really is. But this holiday season, fate, her own feelings, and Peeta’s daughter have other plans. An advent style Everlark story. (@katnissdoesnotfollowback)

katnissmellarkkk AKA VanillaCottonCandy  :: ao3, tumblr

Popular Fic: Gravity: But he just stares at me for a long moment, his smile never wavering, then admits simply, "I'm just so happy that I threw you that bread." I feel my chest constrict, both moved by his words and exhausted from even standing inside this place again. And my eyes overflow then and all I can manage to say is, "so am I." / Katniss and Peeta, growing back together through a series of snapshots. Set Post Mockingjay. (@katnissmellarkkk)

LemonLuvGirl :: ao3, ffnet, tumblr

Popular Fic: Both of Us: An alternate ending to Catching Fire in which both Peeta and Katniss are rescued from the arena during the Quarter Quell. Our lips collide with gentle urgency, two half conscious minds struggling in the murky waters between sleeping and waking, layered with a need for comfort and something more. We kiss until he pulls back, panting, angling his hips away from mine. I know what he’s trying to avoid. He doesn’t want to scare me. But the thought of his body reacting to me isn’t nearly as scary as the idea that we almost never got to have this. (@lemonluvgirl)

LilyMaid :: ao3, tumblr, ff.net

Popular Fic: The Awkward In-between: Days after winning the 74th Hunger Games Katniss recognized her life was changing, not just her home. She was already mourning for that old life, when things were difficult, yet so simple. With a tightening in her chest and a fear she didn't understand, she wondered what would be left. Cannon Divergent AU- pre Catching Fire (@wistfulweaverwoman)

loungemermaid :: ao3, tumblr

Popular Fic: no grave could hold my body down (I'll crawl home to her): Finnick makes his way back to Annie, alive but in several pieces. He loses his right arm and leg to the lizard mutts in the sewer. While Thirteen can patch him up, he's going to have to go back, back to the Capitol, if he's ever going to get better. As it turns out, Peeta has to go too, has to try and pull his fractured brain back together. They help each other keep it together. Finnick is there to help when Peeta can't remember what's real and what's fake, and Peeta helps Finnick cope with limb loss (@loungemermaid)

MegaAuLover :: ao3, ffnet, tumblr

Popular Fic: Katniss Everdeen Is Not A Stalker: Canon AU- Katniss as a little problem, she can't stop looking through Peeta's window, trying to find a way to pay her boy with the bread back but as time goes on she realizes she wants more. But there is a problem the District is flooded with Peacekeepers and everyone faces danger as the Capitol tightens its reigns on the district. Can love bloom in the middle of adversity? Or will it shrivel in the face of surmounting danger? (@mega-aulover)

melissaeverdeen13 :: ao3, ff.net, tumblr

Popular Fic: give you my wild: a look into katniss and peeta's life as they grow back together after the war; their experiences with friendship, love, and parenthood. (@jenniferiawrence)

[mollywog]

@wistfulweaverwoman added an outtake to The Shape of Us and that’s been haunting me all day.

Go check it out!

[wistfulweaverwoman]

This week I wrote 2148 for a future important chapter for The Apothecary’s Daughter and then around 1700 for chapter 6 (so that’s at a 3100 word count so far so almost half written).

It was a busy week, my daughter had an audition for a musical at a large production company and we had to travel for her competitive dance team (they did very well placed platinum in all their routines).

I’m already planning to keep writing today so I can post my new chapter in the next few days.

Week 10 of 2024

Didn't do that well that great this week

For An Everlarked Ever After I wrote : 1,255

For Bitter Rivals I wrote:  369

How about you guys?

[promptseverlark]

Final List - Participants!

I will give you access to the collection so you can post until deadline 25th June.

@periwinckles

@dandelionlovesyou

@alwayseverlark

@albinokittens300

@shesasurvivor

@rosegardeninwinter

@mega-aulover

@everlarking-always

@lemonluvgirl

@katnissmellarkkk

@endlessnightlock

@professionalfangrrl

@youcantseeus-fan

@cozycoffeewriter

@lastleaf

@loungemermaid

@geekymoviemom

@thelettersfromnoone

@mtk4fun

@goldenslumberowo

@norbertsmom

@katnissdoesnotfollowback

@regrettable-username

@adsosfraser

@sommmee

@browneyeddevil

@mollywog

@ridasart

@jhsgf82

@absnow

@wistfulweaverwoman

@distractionsfromthefood

@sillymarigolds

[endlessnightlock]

60. "you're still asking if i feel the same? what do you think that kiss meant?"

Thanks for the prompt @wistfulweaverwoman

From this prompt list.

In-Panem, Post-Mockingjay

From the moment the day's thunderstorms began (so common in the summer months, they did nothing to help Katniss differentiate her Mondays from her Thursdays or any other day of the week, something a burned-out Mockingjay could have used some assistance with), it was already one hell of a day. The kind of day where everything felt dark and empty, and she wanted Peeta's company from the word go.

That was until realizing with each passing hour the day might have been best spent alone.

Not that she wanted to be alone. Never that. On her better days, Katniss could convince herself that he still cared about her and could someday love her again.

On the days like today, when the inside of her head wouldn't shut up and give her a damn break for one second, she couldn't persuade herself he did. Peeta was already getting tired of her, she knew, tired of spending his time with this shell of the person she used to be.

But Peeta was nothing if he wasn't loyal.

"Why are you still here?" she asked him that evening. She wouldn't look his way, her eyes dry and sore from hours spent staring at nothing between bouts of crying. It would have been safer alone with her muddled thoughts, not apt to say things that could drive him away. But she'd come up against a wall inside her head and it refused to give until she asked the question.

"Why am I here, in Twelve?" He asked. He was sprawled out on the living room floor with a sketchbook in front of him but hadn't drawn anything in it yet. His arms were folded, chin resting in the crook of one elbow.

Katniss sat, picking at the loose string of a sofa cushion. It took her a few moments to realize he was studying her, waiting for an answer. She looked up; he was frowning at her. "Yeah."

"This is my home," he said slowly as if he were talking to a small child, and the answer was obvious. "Everything I care about is here. How about you? Would you be somewhere else if you had a choice?"

"All I ever wanted was to come home," she said, leaving out the parts about Prim and her mother, who was too sad to acknowledge her older daughter's existence, and Madge and the bombed-out rubble of the district. "But I thought you had more options than me."

"Maybe. None I was interested in," Peeta said. "I've had enough new for the rest of my life, I think. Besides, you're here," he added, "where else would I go?"

Katniss shrugged, staring at the frayed cushion string. A tense moment passed until he sighed, got up off the floor, and joined her on the couch. He said her name to get her to look at him. When she met his eyes, he smiled and brushed the stray strands of hair away from her face. She blinked slowly; she felt herself trembling. His hands cradled the sides of her face, and he leaned in to kiss her.

It wasn't a passionate kiss, not like it'd been on the beach when desire could have easily overtaken them both, but solid and firm, an "I love you and I'm not going anywhere" kiss.

His lips on hers brought warmth back to her body and a tide of emotions she had to tuck away for later because she was too wrung out to process them. Except for a glimmer of happiness, that feeling was too sharp and bright to ignore.

His eyes were bright when he pulled away. He didn't let her draw away from him, grasping both her hands in his sturdy grip. "You're still asking if I feel the same? What do you think that kiss meant?"

[wistfulweaverwoman]

Sure! @sohypothetically you're one of the few original mutuals of mine that are still active. We've been mutuals for NINE years!!

I joined the fandom at some point in the later half of 2013. Maybe because I was so new, or maybe because I got fairly lucky with my mutuals? Mostly I remember feeling really appreciated by my mutuals, they were excited that I was on that day and we knew if one of us was sick or had a date or something. I do think we reposted each others stuff more back then, and we used to have these very long reblog chats discussing and dissecting the texts. I was quite rabid about my theory that Peeta rips off Katniss's cape when she was on fire and point out why ALL of the time, as well as pointing out that any time Katniss mentions "strong arms" she talking about Peeta without saying who she's talking about.

Yeah, within the everlark crowd the anti-Gale hate was strong then, lots of fics where he's super controlling to the point that in many fics he rapes Katniss, which is wildly OOC. The Galniss crowd used to be way larger and more obnoxious. A lot of them shut up (or left) after MJ2 came out. Honestly, most fics were OOC with most of the characters.

I was never a super popular writer so that's probably part of it, though few of my mutuals were very popular and for sure had anon issues. My first fic (The Awkward In-Between) was nominated for best Hunger Games fanfic of all times (The Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards) and we were encouraged to basically campaign to get people to vote for us. I never bothered because out of the other four nominees one was The Miners Wife and the other was When the Moon. LOL. It was literally a popularity contest.

What really stood out to me at the time was how ridiculous people were about Peeta and Katniss. In MOST fics Peeta was always portrayed as perfect and Katniss was always a heartless bitch. Obviously this comes from Katniss's own internal dialogue only and completely ignores/misses contextual evidence that paints an entirely different narrative. I remember being terrified of the backlash I was going to get by the perfect!Peeta crowd with my fic that not only contradicted popular fic culture, but used textual evidence to support my story. I had several discussions with my beta at the time. The hate never came, in part I think because I wasn't one of the popular writers, so I never came under the gaze of those who might attack me.

The other big thing at the time was that there were a LOT of anti-feminist trolls. They'd DM the meanest stuff. No to me, but to a mutual that became a target. They'd tell her that they hoped she was raped to death, and other just awful shit.

Since then we've had a lot of societal shifts. People started calling out rape culture, Me Too, BLM, OWS... these moments have all effected how people think and that in turn has effected the fandom and folks seem to have a more balanced view of everlark now.

Another big difference is there's a lot more people that really study the books and wring out every possible detail now. I think a lot of the OG fics were written by people that'd only read the books once, maybe twice, and read by people that only read the books once to twice. So the perfect!Peeta/bitch!Katniss became cannon-like to these people since they'd read more fics than than they'd read the books.

Before I ever joined the fandom I'd read the books though maybe five times and had written multiple character analysis and I went into the fandom and reading fanfic with a kind of horror. Luckily I came across a diamond early in my search for growing together fics (The List) and figured there'd be more.

When I took a break from the fandom it was for personal reasons, and I still kept in touch with some people via a Facebook group that still going years later.

It's important for context to understand that I was never an "inner circle" Everlarker. I lurked, I was ignored and I basically lived in my own little corner of the world.

Do you think fandom has changed since then?

Ah, Anon,

I think the fandom is different for sure. Or may I am. I don't know.

It's hard to describe how it was back then. Tumblr was such a different place and you had these amazing creators as well as people who were almost obnoxiously Everlark-centric. There was a lot of drama. Like, high-school-level drama. Mean girl stuff. People trying to be top of the heap. It was very, very competitive. And if you were interested in a different point of view -- like Gale not being the anti-Christ -- then people didn't dig that.

We had PIP (Prompts in Panem) and FandomforLLS, which showcased talent, but also made like little Hunger Games out of it. There were constant little gift exchanges or themed prompts that would fly around, and we compared whose stories were more popular. FandomforLLS actually was cross-fandom and people voted for stories. It was bragging rights, but it was a big deal. Then S2SL came about -- same thing. We all came together for a cause, but it was a bit of a popularity contest. If you didn't write drabbles, or smut, or weren't a fast writer who wrote cleanly, you were left behind. And if you wrote something unpopular, it followed you for a bit. We had divisive arguments over certain stories.

And then we had the earth shattering article heard around the world. It was meant to be a good thing that highlighted the best the fandom had to offer, but it named named for the "greats" and everyone else got their feelings hurt. It was awful.

So...is it different now ? I think there are still people who are very, very faithful to their pairing. I think adding TBOSAS changed things up because it added another primary couple/characters to the mix. But I think -- I hope -- that competitive feeding frenzy where we pitted one author against another is done.

I hope.

Anyone else want to share experience? I know mine doesn't sound positive, but I must have gotten something out of it because I'm still here!

[lemonluvgirl]

WIP Titles Game

thanks for tagging me @absnow

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your wip folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

Holy heck I actually had to count my WIPs and wow! I've got so many!

The Designation Games

Paper Hearts

Best Laid Plans

Build Me Up From Bones

Small Talk

Hitting The Target

Christmas For 3

Senorita

Drabbles/Oneshots/Misc.

This Rebel Heart

Promise Me, Little Brother

Golden Cages

Do you think I might have too many irons in the fire??? LOL Anyways, I'm tagging 12 people hopefully I won't be the only one with a double digit WIP count!

[thesweetnessofspring]

Calling on all Hunger Games fanfic readers and writers!

To combat developers monetizing fanfic with AI voices, this year I'm hosting a Hunger Games Valentine's Podfic Exchange for Valentine's Day.

💌 What it is

Sign up as a podficcer and/or a fanfic author. I'll match up a podficcer to their "valentine" (a fanfic author) and set up a collection on ao3 for all of the podfic.

💌 Who can participate?

Anyone with an ao3 account can be a podficcer. Yes, even with your accent! Yes, even with just your phone to record! I promise, you're better than any AI voice because you're human.

The works getting the podfic treatment are all part of the Hunger Games/TBOSAS fandom. Any pairing or OC is ok! The only limit is that no podficcer will be expected to record for a work longer than 3k words, whether it's a one-shot or a chapter from a longer work.

💌 How?

Sign up with the google form here by January 7. We'll have podficcers and valentines matched by January 14, so keep an eye on the communication method you choose on the google form! I'll be posting some resources for free audio editing/tips to also help out. Once you have your podfic made, create a work on ao3 that is "inspired by" the original fanfiction (if it is on ao3) or link to it if it's hosted on another site, and then in the work include a link(s) to where the podfic is hosted (google drive, internet archive, spotify, youtube, etc). You will be able to submit to the ao3 collection on February 12 and the collection will go live on February 14 at 6:00 am PST.

💌 Why should I join?

Some people prefer to listen to audiobooks for a variety of reasons, including accessibility, and this helps expand their options for listening to fanfiction. It's a fun fandom-building activity. And as mentioned before, there have been a couple of attempts to monetize fanfiction with AI reading fanfic and this is a way to throw up a middle finger at this effort and give a gift to fanfiction authors.

Mentions of those who reblogged the poll so they see this post:

@lasthaysileeshipper @mollywog @ongreenergrasses @distractionsfromthefood @iamasradiantasthesun @notsocooljess @worldwithinworld @norbertsmom @thesunpersists @thelettersfromnoone @charlunday @farfromhome87 @atelierlili @xoheartsaurore @mega-aulover @bodyelectric77 @waywardangel-wilds @oolhan @wistfulweaverwoman @triassictriserratops @lilbabymick @arizonapoppy

[thgcommentfeast]

UPDATE:

New friends have been added to the participating writers club! Welcome:

@wistfulweaverwoman

@thesmileykate

@ladeedade

We look forward to seeing what you'll come up with!

There is still time to sign up as a participating author for this round of thgcommentfeast! If you’d like to participate, please complete our short form as we need your AO3 username. If you’re having any troubles feel free to shoot us an ask anytime!