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All of These Angry Days:

Chapter 1:
The contrast between Swift "heroic" games, then Nemorio later saying the Capitol viewed his Games as boring. A nice little detail showing perception vs reality. - dd

swift is a chihuahua with rabies. nemo is my sweet sweet boy - brooke

Chapter 2:
I enjoyed the looks into 3 of the Victors' lives, and how the Games affected each of them. It's a good set up for the Games after the failed rebellion. - dd

bear's sad pathetic ass... loved seeing a ve kid's life in a more farish future than the usual epilogue - ama

hadria's kiddos, bela doing her gravedigging thing.. bear's little birdie sanctuary.. gently holds - nell

seeing these three cope with life after and the little things was so deeply heartfelt and made me ;;;;;;; - brooke

[continued because my dumbass hit submit on accident]

- "He still had his mother, who never saw anything but her son, her troubled human son, perfect in her eyes even with all his flaws" literally starts shakng throwing up
- FRIENDS!
- "Calla and Nayeli had something a little... deeper going on. Bear chooses to ignore this.)" IM CRYINGGG
- bro does not see lesbinas
- "a cup of coffee, prepared just the way he likes it— with an abundance of sugar and creamer." HES SUCH A CUTIE STOPPP
- "But he couldn't afford being kind to himself right now. Maybe one day, but for now, he has a duty. He'll work on earning it." ;;;;;; oh my god hes so perfect

- all of these victors are so fucking good holy shit. and ending all of their povs on the theme of duty? your mind... this was just so amazing honest to god. you captured such a delicate specific existence with the three of them and it feels so so beautiful. bravo jamster...

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hadria:
- "The first thing that greets her isn't family (not that she had any)" damn right out the gate
- "now, more than anything, she wants to live her life as quietly as possible." shes pretty real for that
- "Bodyguards her ass!" BAHAHHA
- "They sent her back home as a hero, a defeater of evil rebels, only to be shunned by her very own District for the narrative that was woven for her." damn thats a shit bounce fr
- "but as of late they've begun to look more like sad abandoned puppies" BAHHAA
- "Now... they're not exactly her kids. They're just some random orphans she picked up off the street because they looked at her funny." EXCUSE ME HAHHAHA
- SHES A SINGLE MOMMMM
- "There were... significantly more white pieces of Nakoa's than Makaio's black." CRYING
- makaio ur so dumb
- "It was very clear there was no way he was leaving this match victorious. She was just leading him straight towards the kill." SHES SUCH AN INSTIGATOR HAHAHH
- "We said we were gonna throw a party behind your back and we never agreed on what to do so we didn't." god theyre so siblings.
- "She was very, very conscious about the fact all three of them were Reaping eligible now" oh... dont say that to me.
- "She swears on everything she was that she would be good. For them. For their protection." starts blinking back tears shes so lovely shes so momma bear ouhhhhhh rips out every hair follicle

belrose:
- corpse... gaddamn!
- "his flesh still partially hanging to his bones, face permanently locked in a final expression of horror, his neck still sitting at an incorrect angle." this is fucking awful why would you write this
- "Didn't dig his grave deep enough. The wild dogs got after him." JESUS BRUH...
- WHY IS SOMEONE FROM THE GAMES IN HER BACKYARD?
- oh she owns this graveyard?
- "the only Niner to ever return back to their cornfields" goddamn bruh
- "She remembers, because after their cannon fires, nobody else will." ouhhhhh ;;;;;;;
- gosh this is so interesting
- "So what if the families don't know where their child ended up? It was her turn with them now." hello...
- "It was a good thing Belrose was reaped and not her.)" is clover her sister?
- "maybe there was something fascinating about the process of decaying or the concept of... ceasing to exist." fucking morbid but im really here for it
- "Her arena, ironically, was a graveyard." bye
- she never left the games
- "Sure, Belrose's life might be lonely and a little eccentric to the outside world, but at least she was making it her own." i support her im a belrose stan. shes so fascinating fr! peculiar and morbid but admirable... i dig her!

bear:
- "You could bring a horse to water" wow is that a bee reference
- "Bear stands in his aviary, listening to the sounds of his birds chirping around him." actually bursts into tears at this visual
- i wanted to kill rb so bad when she first told me her ve kid concept dude
- "and in turn, the birds take care of him." my eyes start watering
- "whispering a little "thank you" for allowing him the honor of being a perch" shut the fuck up im gonna do drastic things to myself
- "Sometimes, he had his doubts about keeping them in captivity, taking their freedom away from them, but the other, perhaps more logical side of his brain tells him that he is the one keeping them alive and happy and healthy. Does that make him a good person? Or is he thinly stringing together excuses?" i have an unfinished poem about exactly this
- "He was afraid that when he would, he'd end up right back in the Games, being chased by ghosts long dead." jamie lock your doors.

- "(he was getting too old to be falling asleep on wooden benches)" BAHHAHAA
- "sometimes he felt stuck as that seventeen-year-old boy grieving the circumstances he had no fault in." head in hands mfw trauma reverts u back to the worst self you've ever been

swift:
- hello mister swift ive heard so much abt u...
- "He was never one for parties" Im crying over the visual of him cowering under a table at a social
- "Which, sure, maybe he was - but most of those six months were spent crying, being riddled with guilt, and laying in bed" me on a daily basis
- "He's used to people snapping back." oh that sentiment totally didnt give me psychic damage
- "Plus, watching the man fifteen-some years his senior fold like origami isn't exactly the funnest thing to witness." CRYING
- "Speaking of which, it didn't seem like any of them gave a single fuck about the eulogies he crafted for their fallen tributes. The speeches he slaved over for weeks, dreaded presenting, stressed himself out to the point of throwing up over? Didn't even matter. Not to them." fuuuckk dude that fucking sucks
- "District Seven's youngest Victor offers a slight smile at him. "I tried hiding here too, y'know." WHAHHHAA
- swift is so antisocial it makes me laugh
- "He doesn't react, just gazes back blankly. "It's easier to take the fall with somebody else." why is he such a real one
- "The fort had no room for the both of them; their arms and legs brush up against each other uncomfortably, and Swift is very aware of that fact." are you gay or something
- "Nemorio won the year before him at fifteen years old, which made them both somewhere around seventeen now. Which… honestly, Swift couldn't care less about that." damn nemo a youngin... and sure sure swift you really sound like you dont care
- "I don't want your advice." Swift growls." WHY IS HE ON HIS AGGRO SHIT HAHAHHA
- "Swift missed being a little snappy to somebody after feigning politeness for so long, it feels almost cathartic." ohhhh he is sooo weird (affectionate)
- hes giving till i fear
- "they won't give a damn about you by next July."

Swift finally looks over at him, making eye contact. "…No?" POGGIESSSS
- "if anything they're still all up in arms about Medya from Four." i wonder how medya feels about that
- "And two, your games were boring as hell." FUCKING HELP MEEEE HAHAHH GET HIS ASS
- "or at least that's what Ms. Cassell says but she's always been a little weird about death, so I dunno…" BAHAHHAA
- nemo is so fucking funny holy shit
- "I know you don't, I was in your same spot last year—"

He sniffs. "Just shut up, man." WEEPINGGGGG
- SWIFT YOURE MAKING IT SO HARD TO GET ALONG WITH YOU
- "Nemorio sighs, but shuts up anyway." god bless nemomerica
- "Swift sits there and stews in his anger. He didn't want to hear some cheesy bullshit "it gets better!" speech, he knows it does. It always does. But it's not all that good right now and that makes him mad." you know what thats valid as fuck
- "…This train of thought sucks. He cuts it off there." hes so teenage angst i fear i adore him
- "Plus, he didn't want to sit with this guy anymore." FUCK THIS GUY WHOS HELPFUL AND NICE! WHATS HIS DAMAGE!
- "Seriously though, if you ever need anything you can call me." FKJAHGVJDKV
- SO SWEET OF HIM
- "You have my number now so… I want to stay in touch with you." hes literally so earnest im going to shart
- "Swift looks up at him, unamused. "Did you have this at the ready?"BAFKHDKVHBFKSJB FUCKING FAILBOY A LITTLE
- "Doesn't matter. Promise you'll call?"

"…Sure." He lies. Is this guy serious?" theyre so cute my heads in my hands
- "And, just to be spiteful, never give Nemorio a call.

Probably." as an empath, i sense he's going to give him a call at some point.
- OHHH JAMIE THIS WAS SO DELIGHTFUL TO READ! YOUR WORDS FLOW SO WELL YOURE WRITING SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME AT YOUR AGE... this dialogue and the """interaction""" felt so natural and i was really obsessed with the vibe and being inside swift's teenage loser head. j'adore man. good shit, so so excited for more jamie content!

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YAYY VICTORS ! These three are so good I love their vibes.. Hadria and her kids are so cute ;-; it Does make me nervous about the fact that the Capitol has leverage over her and the kids are reaping age.. dont do that to her pls ;-; theyre too good for her mental health... love the dynamics between the four of them. Belarose and her gravedigging is so neat too :0 Love that she took it upon herself to do that ;-; Bit questionable that she's robbing the families of giving their kids burials though.. :eyes: also what her friend points out about her arena having been a graveyard . Bela how do you not see it... there are some Vibes going on here but its fun I love to see it :D And Bearrr waaugh ;-; the aviary.. its so sweet. Love the magpie named Maggie, Bear you are the creative genius of all time. Glad he gets to to philanthropy work too ;-; his mentality though... woof. Bro needs to work on that one :withered: he is a debbie downer but u know what I appreciate him for it. He's a real one ! Loved reading about these guys so much :heart: Hoping to get my kiddo in for u sooner rather than later :salute:

BEEEELRROOOOOOSE you're so fucking cool w your graves and shit... her arena itself being a graveyard too... keep coping queen we love you. bear doing philanthropy we love to see it.. he seems like a very good guy all around which can be incredibly rare among victors sometimes! as does hadria i love that she's just picked three random teenage orphans up off the street and essentially told them 'you live here now.'

Amazing chapter! I've been enjoying meeting the victors (and probable mentors for this year's batch of kids) so far!

! yay

i really like all three of these guys! hadria and her children that she didn't birth are so precious... lil guys, i'm glad they won't be reaped (RIGHT?) belrose is coping So Well lmaoooo i love a grave digging freak so good for her. The horrors truly never leave you huh... AND BEAR BABY! HELLO BEAR BEAR! he's such a respectable young man, 10/10 xoxo. i hope he can be happier soon. can't believe u yurified his mom LMAO

HI JAMIE! so excited for this as you know. love meeting your little victor... swift is such a cute name and i like how hes lowkey a barking dog bless his heart. love mandatory victor parties (gestures to my verse) and how little he wanrs to be there LOLOL. yaoi crumbs maybe? as they should! excited to know more abt the 4 victor i think shes going to be mother for sureeee!

SCREAMS THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN! SWIFT HI!

VERY big fan of Swift as a character so far haha, looking forward to seeing where this story goes!

Great prologue chapter! If there's more prologue chapters, I can't wait to meet all the other Victors and Capitolite characters. :)

AWESOME PROLOGUE (ten thousand fire emojis) swift is just a baby. hes alittle guy. hes allowed to be mad and maybe bite people if he wants i support him

figures that you'd start your story with random baby guy yaoi on 9/11

swift has no idea how much of a flop he is, how devastating and unfortunate for him. nemo (calling him that) is making points but like maybe their yaoi can make them both relevant. ur writing style is cute and conversational, i deeply enjoy it. excited to give you something to kill and to hear about "medya from district 4."

bear bihet arc when btw?