+1 Awful Capitolite

[whatisay]

Hi guys! Lisa here, bringing in my first Capitol character in a longtime, Jason Compson IV. I'm a horrible Brooklyn hipster stereotype so he's a Panem AU of the character of the same name in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. He'll be the Escort for District 7.

His app is here, content warning for suicide and domestic abuse. Basically, the Compsons were a really wealthy, influential family like the Reagans until Jason's siblings messed it all up for him and tarnished the family name. Since then the Compsons have sort of been that ruined family no one really talks about and everyone kind of pities. Jason was the Escort for District Ten about a decade ago, but he's come back to work at District Seven because his brat niece stole all his money and he's broke.

Jason has a sparkling attitude, and by that I mean he's an absolute tool. A seething ball of rage! He's a good, detail-focused Escort when you're working with him, but he's all too happy to report even minor infractions to the Peacekeepers and get you thrown in jail.

I would love CR for him not only from other Capitol citizens and his Tributes but also from everyone else, too! As always, I'm at hotpinkcoffee.

Comments

[tevintage]

SO FUCKING EXCITE

[whatisay]

PREPARE FOR HATE-CR

[tevintage]

[needlebearer]

Can I just say how excited I was to see you playing from Faulkner - I've yet to read The Sound and the Fury (working my way up to it) but I adore a couple of his other books and am really excited for CR with Jason

[whatisay]

Aww, glad to find another Faulkner fan here! I'm working my way through his works this month - just reread The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, and am cracking open Absalom, Absalom! today. Which have you read? :)

[needlebearer]

I read As I Lay Dying (in college, and hated it, and then gave it another try and loved it), and Light In August, which is one of my absolute favourite books. Intruder In The Dust is the next one I think I'm going to try, I'll leave The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! until I've worked up to them, I think.

[whatisay]

I have the same experience with As I Lay Dying! Totally didn't appreciate it until I tried it at my own pace. I'm looking forward to Light in August, which I'm hoping to get to after Absalom. Sound and the Fury is a beast and I'm still angry that I was assigned it in high school before I could really appreciate the craft, but it's one of my favorites and I've read it about ten times now.

Perhaps we can Faulkner-book-club at some point.

[needlebearer]

Faulkner book club would actually be the best, I'm down for that sometime!