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

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

katniss/gale; the space between their words unspoken.

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

They talk about frivolous things. Greasy Sae. A new snare technique. Prim’s goat. Silly, inconsequential things. Because it is too hard to find the words for those other things --


Sometimes I wish that there had been a cannon for me.

I’m going to die in those mines, just like my father did.


Katniss pierces a squirrel expertly through the eye with an arrow, and they discuss the kill at length. Far too long, really. Anything to fill the silence. To prevent their tongues from spilling out things they can’t take back.


Does God forgive murderers?

I hate the boy with the bread.


They take off their shoes when they reach the stream, dipping their toes in the cool, clean water. It seems strange in its normalness, but not unwelcome. Katniss smiles, remembering the time that Gale tripped over one of his own snares and ended up drenched. Gale rolls his eyes, and in the space that it takes him to think of a retort the unspoken begins to seep in.


Forgive me.

I ached without you.


When he finally kisses her, it somehow feels impossible and inevitable at the same time. They had never been talkers. A dart of the eyes, a tensing of the shoulders, a silent footfall on a forest floor -- that had always been their language. And so it is no surprise when their lips meet that their tongues somehow know to tie together into a knot of words unspoken.


I am broken. Please fix me.

Nothing will ever be the same between us.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. I adore all the things that they don't say.

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My drabble skills are...*rusty*, so I appreciate it!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I couldn't tell at all.

[luna-blake.livejournal.com]

I ached without you.
That made ME ache.

Gah, I love your stories poppypickle. Even though Gale/Katniss shippers are very few, it's good to know they are awesome. And I love them for writing stuff like this.

I really enjoyed this little piece.

PS: Poppy you should get an account on fanfiction.net, and post your stories there. There aren't that many G/K fics; plus, if I'm being honest, they're all awful.

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you so much for your feedback and kindness Luna! Yes, G/K shippers are few (and right now we are hella depressed LOL), but I still adore this ship.

I actually just finished another fic that has some G/K goodness. I'm going to post it soon, so I hope you like it. :-)

P.S. I totally agree with you about the G/K fic on FF.net (not to trash anyone, I just that overall it's...bad). I actually created an account for my last story "Stranger", and people have been really kind over there!

[luna-blake.livejournal.com]

Yes, G/K shippers are few (and right now we are hella depressed LOL), but I still adore this ship.
I know! Gale's outcome depressed the hell out of me too. Thinking about it just makes me want to burst out in tears. Gahh! But, ultimately, I'll forever be Team Gale. I don't care.

So you do have a FF account?! AWESOME! I'm so going to check Stranger out again then. Yay! This is literally the bestest G/K news I've received recently. :D

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Gah so lovely. "They had never been talkers."

The unspoken words are so striking too, because Katniss' thoughts are so non-romantic and Gale's are so romantic. Quite fitting. Sigh.

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Your icon is great, BTW.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I made it and feel free to snerch if you like.

Kara/Lee is my obsessive eternal OTP (really my only other fandom besides THG) and I saw sooo many parallels to these two couples when I first read The Hunger Games. In fact a friend and I actually started a comm good_hunting_hq for fans of both series (though it's mostly BSG fans who like the Hunger Games). I saw tons of moments in Mockingjay that reminded me of BSG also.