I'm not really sure how to read your post, having not read the fic, so.

I've read the fic, and personally don't find the two comparable.

I like trinityofone's fic, but it had nothing on the books for me. Nothing. The level of emotional reaction was not even remotely equivalent. Even though she had characters that have been drawn in years of detail (well, at least in Dean's case) and relationships that have been dealt with in great depth, *she* didn't bring anything to the premise or the relationships or the characters that approaches what Collins did with Kat and Prim and Gale and Peeta. The complexity's not there, of necessity, but neither is the depth of emotion, or harrowing trauma or the level of dilemmas that Collins posited.

She didn't gut me at all, and that's the trademark of what the trilogy did to me.

Basically, "Bird of Paradise" kicks "The Hunger Games" bootay. And trinityofone rocks.

There are so many things about the fic that I adored that are either lacking in the novels, or seem to be a direct and deliberate contradiction to the novels, and I like the fic bits better. Or, the novel bits rubbed me wrong because I read and loved the fic first.

Basically, "Bird of Paradise" kicks "The Hunger Games" bootay.

Didn't you just say you liked Hunger Games better ("I almost like it better" wrt to the fic)? I'm confused.

I was hesitant to say that I like it better, because there is the word count allowing for more world building and side characters, and the not relying on pre-existing canon to tell a story, so it has that in its corner. OTOH, I really despised the reality-TV aspect of the trilogy, and the overwrought (IMO) love triangle. I have a lot of other issues with the trilogy, that I don't think are appropriate to go into in this thread.

The short of it is that I loved the fic before I ever read The Hunger Games, and after finishing the novels, I'm more impressed with the fic for being it's own thing.

OMG, can someone write The Eagle Dean/Castiel? For sure Dean is the dishonoured Roman soldier that has to pretend to be Castiel's slave in order to restore John Winchester's honour!

There are oaths of honour and not leaving and lots of fighting and shit. It's entirely perfect.

Where do I send this?

I thought you hated slave!fic!

I had no idea The Eagle was in any way Roman. I guess I assumed it was some US military movie.

Is that the movie based on the Eagle of the Ninth? (By Rosemary Sutcliffe)

Weren't most Romans slaves rather than citizens?

It's the least slavey ever. They're really just pals. All the "OMG, I shouldn't *really* be having a slave" issue they put in every fic I've read is barely even there.

Weren't most Romans slaves rather than citizens?

He's pretending. Also, they're not in Rome for much of the movie.

I don't know what it's based on.

But, totally crying out for a fusion.

Julian Richings was in the failed pilot Three Inches with, amongst others, James Marsters. It was such a fucking waste of a guy who played such an amazing character, in so few lines. I'm almost glad it wasn't picked up. I'd hate to have seen him as Bug Guy instead of the rightful lord of the afterlife.