THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

[redbrunja]

With the release of the finale book of The Hunger Games Trilogy imminent, it seems like an excellent time for a comment meme to whet fandom's appetite. (Plus I just finished my third reread of the first two books and yet still want more!)

So I present.....

THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

How To Play
1. Place a prompt as a comment.
2. Comment with as many prompts as you want. Seriously. Don’t be shy.
3. Reply to a prompt comment with corresponding story! This is a “drabble meme,” so no pressure to write anything more than 500 words. But I doubt any lucky OP would receive an unexpected epic with anger, right? So write whatsha want.
4. Feel free to pimp out this meme to all the communities you can think of + your flist! The more the merrier!

Prompt Examples
A lyric or quote! Katniss/Peeta, "Lend me a helping hand ‘cause I’ve been treating your heaven like a one night stand."
A word! Gale, patient.
A kink! Madge/Katniss, blindfold.
A bit of dialogue! Finnick/Annie, "I just miss you when you're gone."
An action! Prim, mending clothes.
A situation! Johanna/Haymitch, killing time at the Capital.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

(meme format totally cribbed from stainofmylove .)

Comments

Re: time to kill

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is exactly what I wanted! Something very them, showing the rough edges and the way they're similar. Fantastic job.

Some favorite lines:

She thinks this the ultimate sign of weakness; they've all been through the exact same thing. Anyone who can't mask their remorse didn't deserve to win at all.

She bites, but her voice isn't quite as reprimanding as she wanted it to be, and, okay, she might be smiling a little. Somewhere there is a line between horrible and hilarious and she lost sight of it a long time ago.

Neither of them have ever taken a tribute home with them, and it's beginning to wear them out.

Awww.

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, love the angst.

"You Could Be Immortal"

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

[ETA: this doesn't really fit your prompt, sorry.]

District 12's boy knows how to work the cameras. He smiles, half at Caesar, half at the audience. When he speaks, his voice is clear and low and intimate and Caesar feels the whole room leaning closer.

If this was an interview tape, he'd have Mellark hosting one of his networks double-handful of morning talk shows (that Cranberry girl was getting lame ratings these season anyway), ease him into commentary circuit, make him a household name within three years. But this wasn't an interview tape and like 96% of the people Caeser interviewed, Peeta wasn't going to live out the week. If Caeser was a betting man (which he wasn't; it was against contract), he'd place money on this golden-tongued boy dying in the first melee - probably about ten minutes after his Katniss.

It was a damn shame. Caesar could have made that boy famous.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Anyone in particular you'd like this to be about?

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

Johanna/anyone, vampire au.

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

than you :D

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love how Prim and Katniss's personalities oppose one another while they complement one another as well.

I Love You Like A Crime

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Katniss returns to the Capitol with blood caked under her nails, two pistols slung low on her hips, a scarred flak vest, and her bow and arrows strapped to her back. When she catches glimpses of hers reflection in the few un-shattered windows, she looks rangy, feral, like a cat that's been too long away from the touch of a human hand. Finnick, a few paces behind, has same ravaged look in his eyes.

The Capitol is a disaster; ruined buildings, shattered glass. The power is out and all Katniss can smell is the reek of spoiling food.

"So this is winning, is it, Sweetheart?" Finnick comments. "I should have turned myself in."

You should have, Katniss thought. Likely the only thing that would have changed was getting to see Annie murdered in person, instead of on live television. "Only Haymitch calls me sweetheart," she said instead. Which was like saying "no one calls me sweetheart," given that Haymitch was as dead as Annie. Both of them had been there when he died. Neither wanted to talk about it.

She hadn't seen Peeta's death but looking at the wreck of the Capitol, she had no doubt he was dead. Him, and Cinna, too, and by her hand as much as anyone. She hadn't protested when the decision had been made to gas the Capitol.

She'd been smiling when the first videos of it started to roll in, a tiny, fierce grin that made her teeth ache.

She was a murderer many times over; but no one who survived the games ever deserved to.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Peeta and Prim, she watches him bake something (bonus points if it turns out she's a Katniss/Peeta shipper).

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Cinna + Katniss, girl talk.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Peeta/Katniss, what she wore when she actually got married.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Peeta, something about how he dealt/his reaction to losing his leg.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Haymitch, meddling kids.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Johanna, she doesn't remember their faces anymore.

[viirivehka.livejournal.com]

Well, not actually - but I guess it would suit Prim or, um, Beetee. I don't know, I love this quote but I couldn't myself figure out who it would suit to, so...

[viirivehka.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) I'm sorry about any grammatical errors - as I'm not native, I'm not (yet) so good at writing in English.

[viirivehka.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

Haymitch + Finnick; I could use someone like you.

mockingjay

[obeliscolychny.livejournal.com]

It has been years after the Games that changed her life ended, and she is doing her favorite past time: hunting. Ever since the Games she has been plagued by thoughts and nightmares of the dreadful events in the Games, and no matter how hard she tries to ignore them. Only the busyness and concentration of hunting helps her thoughts from straying to unwanted areas.

She has stalked a deer and nocks an arrow, pulling the string back so her thumb touches the tip of her mouth.

Suddenly, she hears a melody. A melody that is strikingly familiar. Four notes, light and sweet, that must be coming from the throat of a mockingjay. Rue's melody. Katniss's breath catches, and her whole body freezes. It must have been carried by the mockingjays from District 11. The tune is repeated by another mockingjay, and Katniss finds tears flowing down her cheeks.

She remembers Rue, clear as if it were only yesterday, talking to her. She remembers when they made their alliance, when Rue just began to trust her. And she remembers Rue, a spear protruding from her stomach, laying in her arms and taking her final breaths.

The arrow slips from her numbed fingers and falls to the ground. The deer looks up, startled, and dashes off. Katniss doesn't care that she just lost a prey. She is engulfed in her memories, of all the moments of Rue that she had.

Yet another mockingjay repeats the melody, and Katniss falls to her knees, too miserable to stand. The bow falls from her hand and she cries. She mourns for her lost friend, the friend who helped her survive, and an unbearable sadness overwhelms her.

The melody trills again. Mockingjays are friendly birds, but for Katniss, just this once, they seem to mock her.

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

:D (like you just didn't care?)

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

it tastes like pie! :D

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

she's difficult, ngl. thank you! ♥

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

awww :) thank you! second person/present tense is what i use when i'm trying to get a good handle on someone's mind xD

Re: "You Could Be Immortal"

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

wow, i really like this. peeta is so awesome, goddamn.

Re: "You Could Be Immortal"

[angel-gidget.livejournal.com]

You may have done things differently from my exact prompt, but you still did exactly what I wanted. I love the appreciation Caesar has for Peeta's talent and the dissapointment that extends from the belief that he's going to die. Caesar struck me as a surprisingly decent person given his environment in the books, and I love seeing his POV explored, especially concerning Peeta.