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• Hummingbird (68th Hunger Games) by Mortal_Realm

  Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Other
  • Work in Progress

  12 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Original Characters
  • Original Tributes (Hunger Games)
  • District 8 Female Tribute (Hunger Games)
  • Some original victors (hunger games)
  • Cecelia (Hunger Games)
  • Paylor (Hunger Games)
  • Caesar Flickerman
  • Coriolanus Snow
  • Other Character Tags to Be Added
  • 68th Hunger Games
  • Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence
  • Unofficial Arena (Hunger Games)
  • Canon timeline and ages
  • (to the best of my abilities)
  • Graphic Violence
  • Fear
  • So much FEAR
  • Dehumanization
  • Abuse
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Suggestive Situations
  • negative inappropriate conduct
  • The Capitol (Hunger Games)
  • Typical Capitol Citizen Behavior
  • Loss of Autonomy
  • Classicism
  • Pre 74th Hunger Games
  • If you’ve read the books you shouldn’t be surprised
  • Various Victors are Mentioned
  • unconfirmed events
  • Non-canon world building
  • Non-canon event descriptions
  • I’ll try my best to fill in the blanks for most of the processes
  • Trying to stay close to already existing book Canon
  • District 8 (Hunger Games)
  • District 8 skill set
  • non-canon district 8 tributes
  • Cecelia has kids
  • Internal Conflict
  • Morally Ambiguous Characters
  • Complex depictions of trauma
  • Technology is futuristic but not quite modern by Hunger Games standards
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Shit gets kinda freaky sometimes
  • Drugs and Alcohol Abuse
  • Not a self insert

  Summary

  Sixteen year old Lace Anne Draper is Reaped as District 8's female tribute for the 68th annual Hunger Games. Here, Lace is forced to grapple with the harsh reality of her situation, in which victory means a life of promised peace, but failure means going home in a wooden box.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,449

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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