getting back into the swing of things.

[puella_nerdii]

I) So this has been true for a while now, but I have a tumblr! It's called puelhathnofury because that's precisely the kind of dork I am. I'm mostly using it to stalk artists and reblog cool things about women's history now, but I'm starting to figure out how to actually interact with people on it. If you'd like to help me out with that, check me

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pfff, like I mind, I can talk about those two all day. [1/2]

[puella_nerdii]

1. What they most commonly do during sex (if they are the sexing type)
There’s a lot of hairpulling, ranging in degrees from fingers-resting-on-partner’s-head-while-partner-performs-oral-sex to full-on yank-partner-close-and-never-let-go. It comes out of a need for contact (and, sometimes, desperation) more than viciousness - I think they like to have as much physical contact as possible when they’re having sex, with not much space between them, and hairpulling is another way for them to get tangled up in each other.
Finnick also really really likes going down on Annie. Annie does not mind.

2. Who has prettier (or just more attractive) hair
Annie’s hair is lovely and long and flowing, but it’s hard to compete with a bronze-haired Greek god. (Even if said bronze-haired Greek god gets yelled at by his stylist all the time for ruining his hair by spending so much time swimming.)

3. What they argue about most often
Finnick protecting Annie for, ostensibly, her own good, and just how far that protection should extend. There’s a lot he doesn’t tell her, especially when he gets more and more caught up in the resistance, and she knows he’s not telling her and she can understand why to some degree, but she still wants to help. This also covers their fights about the Capitol, because Annie sees how his trips there destroy him and doesn’t think he should have to face it alone and Finnick would rather die than see Annie treated the way he’s been. So in a nutshell, Annie wants to help, Finnick wants to keep her safe, and when they do argue, it’s usually about just how safe she really can be.

4. Who’d cope best if the other one died
Canon tells us this, I’m pretty sure! I think Annie’s heartbroken by his death, how could she not be, but she’s holding herself together pretty well at the end of Mockingjay: not covering her ears and hiding, even when Johanna’s being cruel, but stating her position calmly and sticking to it. I honestly think her pregnancy is what helps give her that resolve; she knows she has to be there for her son, for Finnick’s son, because who else will be? Finnick fought for her, for their future, for the future of their son, and if she gives up she knows she’s throwing away the sacrifice he made. So she has her kid and she raises him in District 4 - with the help of Mrs. Everdeen and Johanna, in my headcanon - and finds ways to keep Finnick alive in stories and memories, and he’s always a presence in her life. It’s not always easy, but she knows she has to keep living.
(In my head, there are a lot of parallels between her ending and Peeta and Katniss’s - about the importance of continuing to live, and of the persistence of hope even in the face of overwhelming tragedy. But this is stuff I will expound on more in the “Mockingjay isn’t as nihilistic as you think it is, guys” essay I’ve been sitting on for months.)
Finnick - well, Finnick basically becomes a catatonic wreck in Mockingjay when Annie’s being held hostage by the Capitol, and had she died, I doubt he’d have been able to put himself together again.