Holliday Queeneth // D8 // FIN

Gryphon Career Tribute 503 POSTS Pronouns: He/Him last seen Aug 31, 2020 22:24:24 GMT -5 heading to cloud nine	Holliday Queeneth // D8 // FIN Aug 23, 2016 23:57:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gryphon on Aug 23, 2016 23:57:09 GMT -5 Holliday Queeneth 18 District Eight - 8f4c5f -
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Holliday Queeneth // D8 // FIN Aug 24, 2016 1:05:43 GMT -5

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Post by Gryphon on Aug 24, 2016 1:05:43 GMT -5

...It's kind of like a hierarchy.

I don't know why the inner workings of my family's structure and relationships with one another was sculpted to be this way, to operate so...pathetically...but that's just the way it is. It's been like this for a long time, as much as I hate to say it, but it won't change anytime soon. If any of my siblings and I dare say a word about this pecking order, unironically embedded in the Queeneth name for who knows how the fuck long, we'd be made Avoxes on the spot for God's sake. That wouldn't be surprising, considering the skill set we possess thanks to both our District and the blood that courses through our veins.

Don't worry if you have any questions as to what the hell I'm talking about, because I will answer them. I didn't even properly introduce myself, so let me just...start over. Sorry about that.

My name is Holliday Queeneth. I'm 18 years old, and one of many proficient sewers in my family.

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like a hierarchy.

Okay, God, uh...where do I start? I guess I'll just talk about my looks first. I'm not good at being descriptive, so please bear with me here.

My skin is like...an ivory tone, I guess. I have baby blue eyes, and natural blonde hair that ends at my chest. It's mostly straight, but also kinda frizzy and unkempt. Just like the vast majority of the people of Panem, I'm not lucky enough to afford shit to pretty myself up or be in a District close enough to the Capitol to afford luxuries. I can't not work, I can't have hot showers, I can't not have my skin be covered in at least a few thin layers of grime literally 24/7...but at least I'm not the poorest citizen in the nation. None of my family or District 8 is, even though most of us are poor because our industry is basically useless against the Capitol's and District 1's handiwork with textiles. But anyway, point being, I can still manage to make myself look decently presentable to others despite all of this. All I need's a hairbrush; regardless of temperature, a shower; and my fami--my OWN hand-made garments, and I'm ready for the day. More on that latter part in a little bit, though.

I'm actually pretty damn tall, I'm 5'10. Working the needle skillfully isn't the only thing in the Queeneth genes. I'm also on the skinnier side in terms of my figure, pear-shaped to be specific. I'm not 100% healthy given this District's financial shortcomings, but I'm not super malnourished or anything like that either. Everything I wear was stitched by me, and usually are small dresses fitted to my body, wool coats, blouses, shorts, tank tops, slip-ons, or sandals.

I think that's all there is to say about how I look, now let me talk about how I am.

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hierarchy.

It's really not all that deep when it comes to me, honestly. ...On the surface area, at least...maybe. Anyway, I'd like to think that I'm usually, if not almost always, a level-headed person; a gal you can totally befriend and count on when you need my support or company. That's outside of my house, at least...since I'm free to be wherever I want and around whoever I want, whenever I want. I don't have to be stressed or worried or irritated like I can be when I'm locked up with my dear, dear loved ones...

When that's the case, I'm on edge basically every waking moment. From the time I rise and shine to when I sink and slumber, I'm bound to snap at someone because of the constant headache I get and deal with. Of course though, being a Queeneth, sewing barely manages to put me at slight ease. Barely. That's why I take every opportunity I get to get the hell away from all of them, and be out and about for as long as I possibly can. That's not normal. Alternating between personalities like a goddamn light switch because of who you are and who you share blood with is not normal. I seriously cannot thank the galaxy enough for everybody that surrounds me here in the District helping me maintain my sanity.

However, just because I'm relaxed with people outside of my family most of the time doesn't mean I can't get snippy with them either away from where I live. If you try to get sassy with me, be a smartass, stuff like that--I won't be afraid to call you out on your shit. Now I'm not gonna come at you guns ablazing loaded with verbal ammunition or anything, but I will be straightforward with you and hit you with the same treatment. You take what you give, alright? You can either hand me a fruit arrangement and receive a candy basket in return, or pay me coal dust and have fistfuls of sand blown into your eyeballs...but I don't go further than that. I'm not a violent person, at the end of the day I do have a good heart I think. I would never be malicious or spiteful unless someone wants me to be. This probably counts for if I were ever to be in the Games, too...I sure hope that doesn't happen.

♛

Queeneth.

Anyway, now I'm going to talk about why I have a hot-headed mode installed in my system.

The Queeneths are well-known in District 8, but not for the quality of our clothes. Rather, for we thrust our kids into the world of textiles from a young age when the time is right. We're instructed with intense scrutiny, strict guidelines, and harsh discipline, and overtime we learn to master this ability to join pieces of fabric together into one article. Every single person in the family, in every single generation, doesn't become the best sewer in the entire industry; instead, we get equally dexterous enough with the trade to be recognized and respected for our craftsmanship. What makes this great though is that people are also aware of our practices, and whisper amongst themselves about it behind our backs in the shadows. I know this, because...well...I don't want to be a seamstress.

According to many accounts I've heard and gathered from those outside of the Queeneths, along with a select humble few inside, I've discovered that many of the people in my lineage actually never thought of and wanted to sew for a living in the first place. However, no action was ever taken. As frustrating as this is, I completely get it, I completely get why...because I'm just the same as them. Aware that this is not what I want to do with my life, that my parents are so particularly ruthless with something as superficial as talent, that because of this I fear standing up for myself and taking a stand against them. My family life and life outside of the house, they're so different from each other...so black and white. I can be calm and not hesitate to be upfront about someone being rude on one hand, but be the exact opposite on the other.

...I hate it. I hate how I can't bring myself to be brave about this and step out of my lane. Just like all of them, I'm a coward.
A follower.
A sheep.

This isn't even the worst portion of our history, either.

The terrible, most God-awful part of it...is the family's main practice. The structure that it runs on, and stays with. Not only do the adults of the household force their children to take part in the craft, but they also pit them against each other. They turn this kind of art, wearable exhibits that were fastened with caution and attention to detail, into a COMPETITION. Like are you fucking kidding me?! Not only are you practically turning your offspring into your own personal sweat shop slaves, but you're also making them compete with each other too?! Just to preserve the Queeneth name of churning out family members who share the same level of notable handiwork and artistry, like the Games for doing the same but with corpses out of kids?!

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

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Queen of d i s a s t e r.

That's why, when people ask me why when I talk about my family, I'm always upset or whining about them...that's why I tell them that it's kind of like a hierarchy in response.

A hierarchy that's created with haphazardly stitched fabric wrapped around a big, long needle.

A hierarchy with a parent at the top of it, being the king or queen of the family and possessing the best sewing prowess of everyone else in it.
A hierarchy with the parent that married into the family right under their partner, getting into the field as well and only becoming not as good as the king or queen by a very slight margin.
A hierarchy with all of the children under both of their parents, coerced into joining them in the business and especially fighting to refine their deftness.
A hierarchy where the child who bests their siblings becomes the next king or queen, overthrowing the previous one when both parents die and claiming their throne.
A hierarchy that never ends.
A hierarchy where one of the children in the current ranking is trying to keep it together and not crumble under the pressure, unlike the hierarchy itself which will keep on standing.
A hierarchy where Holliday is certainly a Queeneth.

A Queen just like all of the others.

Afraid.

Last Edit: Jun 24, 2017 1:12:15 GMT -5 by Gryphon

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Holliday Queeneth // D8 // FIN Aug 25, 2016 1:36:43 GMT -5

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Post by Gryphon on Aug 25, 2016 1:36:43 GMT -5

Thank the Lord I pulled through and rewrote this to completion, I fat-fingered the first time around after writing the last goddamn word and was about to post and lost the second half of her bio lmfao eeeek.

Finished. <3

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sbeeg Retired Staff 3,503 POSTS Pronouns: she/they last seen Nov 1, 2023 5:54:37 GMT -5	Holliday Queeneth // D8 // FIN Aug 27, 2016 21:16:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sbeeg on Aug 27, 2016 21:16:20 GMT -5 Accepted!