"Aurgggh! Ged outta here, you fag pastry boy! -that is a direct quote from your story. The slur used here is extremely disrespectful and tasteless. This story was updated in June 2020, so please make a change to this and rid the story of the slur you have used. That line alone quite literally makes me not want to read this.

Can I give you some oc characters for a new story idea please

This is brilliant. I’m squealing!

Omg this is so cheesy good I love it

I get katniss isn't in tune with her emotions, but since this is no longer life or death (for the most part) katniss is stripped of her confidence and she feels like a 2D character. I'm not at all saying I could write her better, but she simply feels wrong

I just saw that you had updated with a statement in June 2020. I read your story wayyyy back when you were in the middle of it and haven't read it since. I was really young when I first read it so I didn't catch any of the problems, though from the sounds of it, I would now.

I can't speak for the black community but I think your admission is really important to have out there for readers to see. I think you're right not to remove it but instead to leave your statement up as a reminder that you personally experienced growth between 2012 and now which is growth that people should aim for instead of pretending they never did anything wrong.

I don’t know if you’ll see this because most fanfics on this website were posted like in 2012, but you are an amazing writer! This story kept me up the other night until 1:00 am until I had to rip my eyes away to get some sleep. It has just the right amount of romance and steaminess and overall a great plot! I really liked how you used quotes from the movies/books, and from Peeta’s point of view was great. Keep writing!

YES THRESH! BEAT CATOS ASS! XD

I swear if Cato hurts her or fucks her imma cut his dick off PEETA PROTECT HER OR BEAT CATOS ASS PLZZ.

I love the fanfic btw

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hi, thank you so much for owning up to your mistake. i have read many fanfics with racist portrayals of thresh and rue.
rue was great and this story but thresh was not. thank you for recongizing your mistake. you should not take this down it is amazing and you worked so hard. as a member of the black community, thank you much for your statement and this amazing story!
best wishes,
monee :)

I believe that you are correct to acknowledge and warn us that there are some racist situations within the story and also that you did try to rein in it for him as a character. I also believe that it is correct not to delete the story because if we delete everything terrible out of the world the next generation will not be able to learn about the problems we had to deal with in our lives and therefore will make the same mistakes that happened before us. Thank you for letting us know.

Oddly enough, now I want to go back and read your depictions of Thresh, to analyze exactly how you did it and where the racial insensitivity surfaced.

It takes a lot of strength to own up to your portrayal of Thresh. One silver lining might be that if and when we do get to a place of true police reform and a post-racial society, people will read that depiction and place it within a historical literary context specifically and a historical context generally.

It is encouraging to see the protests maintaining strength six weeks on. Another Columbus statue went down in….. MA, I think? over the weekend.