Snippet Sunday - Helene Relief Edition

I'm writing the lovers-from-a-past-life Everlark AU (based on the picture below) for the @fuhrgames fundraiser for relief toward Helene Relief.

By emailing proof of donation to an approved charity toward Helene Relief, you'll be getting access to this fic as well as fanfiction and fanart from other writers and artists! Read all about it here.

Until the collection is released on November 30 to donors, have a snippet of my contribution:

Hope you'll get to read the rest on November 30 by making a donation (no matter how small) toward relief for the people affected by Hurricane Helene.

HAYMITCH

I wish I had more time (and energy) to draw Second Quarter Quell gen characters before the book release. I’m ready for my headcanons to be smashed and burn but I want to enjoy them as long as possible haha.

How are you guys?

The Hunger Games Chapter 10

Testing the colour settings on my computer so things don't come out washed out and desaturated anymore.

Mrs. Everdeen and Mr. Everdeen moodboard

I read The Hunger Games last year. 33 books later and I still haven’t read anything I like as much. 

a very quick primrose :)

thinking once again about how lucy gray’s voice is described as low and husky while katniss’s father’s (and i imagine katniss’s as well) is described as clear and high

💚Hunger Games & Friends for Helene Relief 💚

Recently, Hurricane Helene has devastated areas of Appalachia and in particular Asheville, North Carolina. It is the deadliest mainland hurricane in the US since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many have lost their homes, possessions, and are struggling for food and other basic necessities. And, at the time of this posting, more damage is expected from oncoming Hurricane Milton.

The hurricane hit many areas that are historically impoverished, and the North Carolina State Climate office state that "the full extent of this event will take years to document – not to mention, to recover from."

Katniss Everdeen’s home, District 12, is set in Appalachia, and The Hunger Games movie was filmed in Asheville, NC, and so the Hunger Games fandom wanted to put together a fundraiser and invite our friends from other fandoms to join.

Hunger Games & Friends for Helene Relief is a fanworks fundraiser to raise money for local charities addressing the needs in Asheville, NC and other areas affected by Hurricane Helene. Fanfiction authors and fanartists from any fandom can volunteer to submit a new work to the collection. Fans who donate to one of the approved charities can then email the fundraiser proof of the donation and receive all of the fanwork submitted to the collection. 

Approved charities: Our focus mainly is on local charities who have ties to the community, know their needs, and will stay for the long haul in these communities over the years as they rebuild. There are a handful of charities of people coming in to help with the relief and rebuilding. The charities we’re approving are: Asheville Habitat; Babies Need Bottoms; Black Mountain Home; Erwin Unicoi County Animal Welfare; Gofundme for helicopter fuel for airdropping food to remote locations; Greater Good Charities; Homeward Bound; Manna Food Bank; Mercy Chefs; Mountain Projects

For more information about each of these, please see this post.

Fanwork criteria: As mentioned before, the work needs to be new and not published on any other platform. We ask for a three-month period from the release of the collection until authors and artists post their work to another platform. Fanwork can be from any fandom, for any character or ship. All fanwork must be rated PG-13/T or lower. As organizers, we won’t be able to verify the ages of those donating for the collection and cannot risk sending explicit material to minors.

Timeline: We want all interested contributors to commit to the collection by October 26 by submitting this google form. Final works must be submitted to [email protected] by November 10. The organizers will then compile the collection and it will be released November 23. Those fans who would like access to the collection can email proof of donation to [email protected] at any time up through December 23. Those who email prior to November 23 will have access on the day and those who email after release day will receive it as soon as possible once the proof of donation is received. Fanfiction authors can then publish their work on other platforms February 23, 2025.

Questions or comments can be sent here on our tumblr or emailed to [email protected]

Whether you write, donate, and/or reblog, we appreciate your support!

beating back art block with a stick and losing i fear

So was Suzanne Collins trying to be deliberately cruel by having Peeta say a lot of things during the Quell that could be contrasted with what hijacked Peeta says about Katniss.

i’m not sure why this part made me emotional on this reread. i think maybe from knowing how katniss views herself and others throughout the series, it’s sad to see how hesitant she is to call others her friends, especially when there is nothing but friendship received in return. having to grow up with such transactional relationships made it so impossible for her to have relationships that just exist simply to exist.

Katniss and her bird comparisons:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2