#1qq

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 ?

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 😭

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.

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?”)

a) Male tribute for District 5 in the 1QQ

b) Youngest son of the Truitt family

c) Ex-member of the Bad Kids gang, who allys with the D6 girl tribute

d) The kid with the long ah fringe and oversized jacket

Isak and Johanna would so be besties

They could cuss out the world together for throwing them in the games

Think Isak would’ve liked Wellie cause he would see a lot of Lexie in her

Woah, I got one of these questions, yippee! I have a few lol

1) Claudia x Evelyn is a much healthier ship than Cypress x Juniper and deserves more recognition in the fandom

By no means is Cypress x Juniper a bad ship, I think they do have their cute moments, it’s just that they have been quite a bit more toxic in retrospect

With Claudia and Evelyn as a pairing, they met under not ideal circumstances, and have had a bit of annoyances with each other, but imo, they recognized and accounted for the others feelings and have tried to grow and respect one another. Ex. Claudia realized Evelyn’s grieving and became sympathetic/tried to understand her, and Evelyn grew to realize Claudia’s intentions were genuine and began trusting her

On the contrary, Cypress keeps making Juniper uncomfortable with asking questions, and she’s indifferent and refusing to answer, which causes him to get frustrated, and he still hasn’t been willing to let the subject go, it keeps making him more uncomfortable and builds more tension. And their status creates this sort of divide where they don’t really seem to understand each other (at least at the current moment)

I love both the ships, but like Claudia x Evelyn is too good

2) We gotta stop bullying and calling Greason ugly cause of his acne 😔✌️

Many kids have acne (myself included), and I feel like acne representation has just always been placed on characters perceived “ugly” and that it’s the acne that makes them that way. Maybe I have a bias, but I think we should accept acne as a normal teenage thing, and not be calling others ugly if they have it

What really makes him ugly is his horrible hair- LIKE WHY WOUKD HE CHOSE THAT CUT, OUT OF ALL THE STYLES HE COULD’VE PICKED? DA BOYS IN DISTRICT 6 LIED TO HIM IF THEY SAID THAT HAIRCUT WAS GOOD CAUSE OMG! …and his personality makes him ugly too, but mainly the hair

3) Isak could literally beat up Greason if he wanted to, and would win in said fist fight

Imo, with the whole setting being in the hunger games, Isak knew no one truly was looking out for him, so he stuck with the one option he knew that would bring him some sort of survival, sticking with Greasons alliance.

I think Isak sees a lot of his parents in Greason, which creates this idea where he wants to do everything to impress Greason due to his short comings, so he largely blames himself due to this idolization/fear (of what his parents and Greason could do to him), which is why he also allows Greason to get angry and crash out on him

If Greason and Isak were in a random environment outside of the games, like school, Isak would NOT take the disrespect of Greason slapping or name calling him. He fought before in D5, and will show him who’s boss (I don’t Greason has any skills in combat except with a weapon)

Just cause he needed the alliance at the time frame, and he wanted to impress Greason, someone who he saw a lot of his family members in, he let himself get nerfed.

Isak has two fists, the coolest fighting moves, and if he wanted to, he would win for sure (Greason watch out)

Just yall wait to see when Isak is the one who takes down Greason

Anyway,