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    Witches. Wizards. Veils. Courts. Immortals. Power. Tragedy. WORLD-WALKER.

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  1. Rec 82

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    Cashmere is five years old the first time she can remember being called beautiful. She is ten when someone calls her strong.

    She is seventeen when she finally learns that both of those words hold no value.


    Or, Cashmere grows up worshipping the Games, but when she survives the arena, she loses herself in the process.

     

    (On break, but never abandoned.)

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    26 Dec 2025

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    Bex Nassar learned far too late in life that peace was never a virtue. Being crowned Victor didn't change anything. The world didn't stop spinning and she had to play the Games forever. Except now, Bex was a bitter and pessimistic wilted woman with blood still stuck to her thorns.

    She was tired of being one of Snow's toys. They all were. But fire was catching, and Bex was going to wrap herself in petals for armor. President Snow wasn't ready for her wrath. None of them were.

    Especially, not Finnick Odair.

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    24 Dec 2025

  3. Rec 25

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    look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now

     

    After Creed's death in 71 and Selene's victory in 72, Alec surprises everyone by volunteering in 73. He's not sure how he feels about it. Problem is, that's the sort of thing you need to figure out if you want to live.

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    20 Dec 2025

  4. Rec 36

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    I am trying to see
    I am trying to believe
    This is not where I should be
    I am trying to believe

    "...Brutus, a volunteer from District 2, who must be at least forty and apparently can't wait to get back in the arena..."

    When the Victor Games are announced, District 2 must send its heroes along with the rest of them. Brutus hopes doing his duty will silence the voices telling him this is wrong; Enobaria wants to burn the traitor Mockingjay for bringing this on people who only ever followed orders. Lyme needs to make it through without stabbing President Snow in the eye.

    Pre-AU. Complete.

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    20 Dec 2025

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  5. Rec 21

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    So you can fall right to pieces on the floor tonight
    You can break down if you need to cry
    But I won’t ever change my mind
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    Brutus forces his tongue between his lips. "I won?"

    Odin smiles. Odin never smiled at him before. Always solemn, serious. Approving but distant. But now he smiles, the lines of his face rearranging as though a mountainside decided to get up and walk away. "You won, my boy."
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    A mentor's job doesn't end when they pull their tribute out of the Arena. For District Two, especially, the real stuff begins now. But Brutus, who won his Games based on strength and stubbornness, figures weakness is for other people.

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    18 Dec 2025