#1qq

Let us all regain our whimsy together!!!

Anyway, fanart of Isak and Lexie in their joy and whimsy phase! The only reason why they haven’t gotten a sponsor is cause Serra and Ford are saving money for giant caps and rainbow lollipops

I think Isak would be confused and not sure what to even do (he’ll come around and enjoy it eventually), but Lexie would enjoy it and have fun :3

I love them, they deserve the world

If Suzanne is going to write a sixth book, it should be about the first quarter quell. The book should alternate between the perspectives of 5 tributes voted in for the quell so we don’t know who wins until we finish reading the book.

I know some people want a 1QQ book to be told from the perspective of Tigris or Coriolanus but Suzanne’s target audience is young adults. Tigris and Coriolanus would be in their thirties and be considered too old to appeal to young adults. Therefore, the protagonists should be teenagers specifically some of the tributes voted for the quell since they would have fascinating backstories.

Themes they could explore are loyalty to one's government. I'm sure a lot of tributes ( specifically tributes in the rebellious districts) were voted in because they came from wealthy families that were loyal and subservient to the Capitol. The 1QQ would've taken place only 25 years after the 1st rebellion so a lot of people in the districts who fought on the side of the rebels or the side of the capitol would still be alive . How was the capital able to win the war if they didn't have people in the districts like the plinth family fighting on their side ? Imagine if one of the POV's is a tribute who was voted in because their father betrayed the districts during the first rebellion and fought for the Capitol causing them to be promoted to mayor ? Why do they and their family support a dicatorship when the dictator is horrible and oppress their fellow citizens ? Do they support the hunger games because they are loyal to the Capitol and think the games don't affect them since they don't take Tesserae ?

Another theme that could be explored is Democracy. Maybe the quarter quell was implemented after the districts started acting too rebellious ? Was the 1QQ's theme of voting chosen because democracy was a popular idea among the rebels at the time and the capitol wanted to put the districts off democracy ? It could also investigate a dictatorship vs democracy debate. Why would some people in the districts support Democracy while others a Dictatorship ?

Other than being related to wealthy Capitol loyalists , tributes might've been voted in for being orphans nobody would miss or they were terminally ill. I can imagine some of the career districts voting for children related to prominent rebels. Maybe some districts voted in for criminals like thieves, drug dealers, violent gang members or even r*pists ? Those sort of tributes likely were used by the capitol as propaganda to show how barbaric and savage the districts are supporting the concept of the hunger games and capitol control to "keep those uncivilised districts in check".

Now what do I think will happen to the victor of the first quarter quell ( if they weren't a career victor voted in by their district because they had the best chance of winning) ? I think they will become the Capitol's Puppet as a foil to Haymitch ( the victor of the second quarter quell and well known rebel ). They were betrayed by their district and chosen to die because they were not accepted by their community for whatever reason. This causes them to be easily targeted by the enemy which is the capitol . A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel the warmth. The victor will side with the capitol and support the oppression of their community because that very same community oppressed and alienated them . Even if the victor realises the Capitol is to blame for everything and their district wouldn’t have voted them in if they weren’t forced to by the Capitol , would they actually become a rebel ? Why should they fight for their district if their own district was willing to sacrifice them ?

With the new chapter of 1QQ out by @kald-dal-write i have decided to share this artwork of genderbent isak lol.

I did not know at the time that D5 was going through droughts and based the first outfit on his reaping one. Would imagine it would be one of her sisters though. I made it so girl looked like she got in a gang fight (Lost btw)

The second is meant to be the parade outfit but i think it looks more like D4 😭. Being pissed and judging everything ig.

1) I don’t think Johanna was really considered for the Mockingjay role at all/don’t even see her as a failed Mockingjay.

The whole thing with the 2 Mockingjays we seen were because they had some form of rebellious action before or during their games that pushed them to be selected. Johanna fit neither (understandably), because she chose a strategy that wouldn’t allow her to be picked

She chose to look weak before the games and for the first half just so she wouldn’t get targeted, and during her games there wasn’t anything notably rebellious. I think at most she just ended up being recruited to aid the Rebellion but was never actively considered.

Also think having so many “failed mockingjays” just makes the whole rebellion look really weak, cause now everyone and their mom were said failed mockingjays, and it just doesn’t make sense

2) Nothing bad or rebellious happened during the 1QQ (maybe other than passive aggressive comments). I seen so many people online talking about how something bad must’ve happened in the 1QQ and that all these Quells “went wrong”, but I feel like it’d be more impactful if everything went according to plan.

The 1QQ went so well that it genuinely terrified all the districts, and sort of set up the reputation of these QQs being terrifying, and also explains why everyone was dreading the 2QQ coming up

If all the Quarter Quells had rebellious intents then it would sort of make them less impactful, idk though

Just gonna stick with those 2 and add more maybe? My brain has been fried from the past few weeks which is why i’ve been absent for a while, but now im back and will hopefully get through all the awesome questions sent <3

I think that all of those are reasons why people were voted into the games, whether it be them being bullies/mean kids, or alleged/confirmed criminals

Def depends on the districts they come from, because a district like 2 or 4 would vote kids who they think could win (or 2 even voting rebels), but a District like 8 or 11 would vote a capitol loyalist group. Think it’s a mixed bag for the other districts based on their status, personality, or other factors

Poorer districts would most likely vote the rich too, like mayors kids or factory/industry owners

Another concept I liked was of peacekeepers kids (especially if they’re head peacekeepers child) being voted into the games. Think that’s a unique reason.

Sorry for taking so long to answer your question btw 😭

Imo, I definitely don’t think that she was a helpful mentor for Isak or Muriel at ALL, but I don’t really blame her for that. To me, she was just an average capitol citizen that was promoted to a more involved role in the games just because she was seen as the most “fit” for it.

With regards to her mentoring, it makes sense that she’d only be helpful in getting them sponsors and not being able to give advice on surviving, she was never in the games. She could never see herself actually trying to give advice on how to survive because she grew up in a culture where the hunger games was all a spectacle, and not a reality like it was in the districts. Unlike the district mentors who fought with their blood, sweat, and tears to survive, she never knew of that, and couldn’t empathize with that outcome/situation.

One of the most memorable (but infamous for me) was when Isak and Muriel were complaining about her threatening to hold off from giving them sponsor gifts. Looking at it in a different context, you could just imagine it as her trying to be strict with them and get them to behave/listen, but it was horribly misused within the actual context and super unwarranted and insensitive to say. These kids were being forced to fight to the life and death, with the thought that they’d never see home again, and the a Capitol lady who would never have to even step a singular foot in the arena starting to threaten to hold back supplies that could change their fate (by saving their lives), was super uncalled for. I’d be pissed just like them if someone who wasn’t from home or had to worry a day in their lives threatened on holding back materials that could’ve saved me

For me, I viewed her as sort of the bad cop (while Serra was the good cop) for the tributes, because unlike Serra who was trying to get to know them, Adelaide only based her perceptions of Isak and Muriel based on the reapings and what she’s been told, and obviously Isak cussing out his district and other tributes, she never had a good perception, and never even bothered to try and learn more about him like Serra did.

I FINALLY COMPLETED MY FIRST FANART OF THE COOLEST KID ON THE BLOCK ISAK!!!

When it came to creating this fanart, I really wanted to portray him in a more vulnerable state and expression, as well as having the crown/victory be a looming presence over him!!

(not in character for the fic though, just something i did ig lol)

Take this as me manifesting Isaks victory lol :3

Truthfully, this is also one of the first times I drew a boy, since typically, I normally draw girls (due to them being in my comfort zone😭), but i’m glad to be drawing new things, and get to progress in my art journey!!!

I’m really glad I got to start doing fanart of my king Isak, he deserves so much better in the fic (and def deserves much better fanart than this, but for now, this’ll do)

I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE THE FANART :)))

(also, the order of the text is “Will you still have that same spark as when you came into the games?”)