''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20161224200030/https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10212679/1/The-Bombshell The Bombshell]]'' is a ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fanfic on fanfiction.net by Jael.Rice.1.

Set eight years before the events in The Hunger Games, it follows the story of Ada Linus, an eighteen-year-old [[ShrinkingViolet Shrinking Violet]] and technology enthusiast from District 5, who has just been Reaped into the 66th Hunger Games. Knowing that the odds are stacked against her favor, she struggles to get through Training while stuck in the ever-present limelight while also upholding a promise that she made to a very close friend of hers back in 5.

The Bombshell explores what would happen if a [[IdiotSavant savant]] was Reaped into a Hunger Games.

Currently, this is an in-progress fanfic with bi-weekly updates.

Warning: Here, there be spoilers.

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!!''TheBombshell'' includes examples of:
%%* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: The Hunger Games in a nutshell.
%%* AlphaBitch: Lianna Horvath definitely qualifies.
* BoyishShortHair: Ada. As Kelvin puts it, "It looks like [she is] growing out a buzz cut."
* DumbJock: Kelvin Dugald. He plays baseball and is more interested in flirting with Capitol girls and learning how to fight with a sword than learning practical survival skills.
* HandsomeLech: Has Shine, the District 1 male who exploits this angle during his Interview.
* IWorkAlone: Ada refuses to work with other because, as she puts it, "[she] never did well in group settings", among other reasons.
* TheLadette: Alanna, the District 2 female, is described as being a trash-talking tomboy who can beat a man in a fight. Oh, and she wears a suit during her Interview.
%%* LiteralMinded: Ada is prone to this.
* MissingMom: Audrey, Ada's mother, has been dead for nearly ten years at the start of the story. She died from a lung infection.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: At one point, Kelvin mentions how his friend Harvey better keep his hands off of his sister Curie on the grounds that "that's not what friends to do each other."
* NoodleIncident: We never find out how Drusilla, formerly a District 1 stylist, was demoted to District 5. Ada thinks this was because 1 got fed up with her antics and replaced her with a more likable stylist.
* OnlySaneMan: Ravi is this in the District 5 entourage. Out of everybody, he is the only one who offers any practical advice.
* ShoutOut: The author sometimes references her favorite fandoms.
** Ada's last name, Linus, is a nod to ''Series/{{Lost}}''
** Kelvin's name is also a nod to ''Series/{{Lost}}''
** Herman is a walking reference to ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'', at least when he is younger. The first time Ada ever meets him, he is wearing a fez, is playing with a penlight that acts as a Sonic Screwdriver, and is pretending that a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "clockwork robot that dresses like a human"]] dubbed the Tick-Tock Man is loose in their apartment building.
** Averted with the District 3 girl. WordOfGod says that Cordelia was NOT named after the character from Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}
%%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Herman
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Lianna is described as having amber eyes the first time Ada meets her.
* SurferDude: Has Ulysses, the District 4 male tribute. During his Interviews, he calls Caesar Flickerman "dude" and tries to pass off a fist-bump as "the official greeting of District 4."
* TheGhost: Herman's grandfather is mentioned several times, but has never made an appearance. [[spoiler: Justified since it's revealed that he died six years before the story starts]].
** Gene Dwyer, a boy who bullied and, at one point, assaulted Herman, is mentioned as well, but never makes an appearance. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that Gene was Reaped into the 65th Games and was killed by Finnick Odair]]
%%* TheTrickster: How Ravi won his Games.
* TricksterMentor: Subverted. Although Ravi Mazzarin won his Games through sheer trickery, he offers only practical advice to his tributes and acts as a counselor for Ada when she needs it.
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