Johanna Mason (and recs!)
Topic 4: your thoughts on one of your favorite awesome ladies (you pick!) for 
sdwolfpup
Let me just say that part of the reason why I'm late on this is because I was busy yesterday (but I now have everyone's Christmas presents bought/mailed AND I got to spend some really great time with frands) but mostly it's because I was having issues deciding which of my various favorite ladies to talk about! I seriously did wind up resorting to making a list and having a random number generator decide for me. Um. :D? But the end result is that today I am going to tell you all why I love Johanna Mason from The Hunger Games. \0/
I love her because she is just so damned angry that this is happening to her. She's not a revolutionary, not really. She doesn't want to bring about sweeping change because it's the right thing to do, or even because she might get something out of it. She's in this because she's pissed as shit that the Capitol broke their deal and Johanna Mason is, above all else, a survivor. In the world of The Hunger Games, I am perfectly aware that I am a less competent Katniss - the girl who would try to do the right thing, the brave thing, but would only have enough strength to be used as a pawn. (And I don't even kid myself that I'd have the courage or conviction to do what she does in the end.) But Johanna is who I'd like to be sometimes - selfish, and brave, and not consumed by impotent anger, but inspired by it. She has had everything taken away from her, but her personhood is her final inch and in that inch she is free (to horribly bastardize a quote from V for Vendetta.) Also, can I just say that I was SUPER pleased at how well Jena Malone played her in Catching Fire? Because I really was. And I'm going to close this with some fic recs, because JOHANNA GUYS. *_____*
Madrigal (21838 words) by sabaceanbabe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Haymitch Abernathy/Johanna Mason, Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta/Finnick Odair
Characters: Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason, Mags (Hunger Games), Plutarch Heavensbee
Additional Tags: Spring Fling
Summary:
Madrigal - noun - A song for two or three unaccompanied voices.... ~thefreedictionary.com
Haymitch. Finnick. Johanna. They were so much stronger together...
and we are shining (12873 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne/Johanna Mason, Annie Cresta/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne, Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, Annie Cresta, Peeta Mellark
Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Abortion, Babies, References to Suicide
Summary:
we will never be afraid again. post-war au; finnick and johanna rebuild their lives, together and apart. the capitol always casts a shadow.
the history books forgot about us (3656 words) by rillrill
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta
Additional Tags: AU, POV Female Character, Epilogue, Aftermath, Character Death
Summary:
That AU where Finnick lives, Annie doesn't, and Johanna is troubled. Happy endings are bullshit; they're two broken people doing the best they can.
and our dreams will break the boundaries of our fears (7044 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Haymitch Abernathy, President Snow
Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Pre-Series, hurt-minimal comfort
Summary:
Johanna and Finnick flirt with rebellion, and learn that the Capitol has teeth.
Feel What It's Like To Be New (7525 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Gale Hawthorne
Characters: Gale Hawthorne, Johanna Mason
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary:
I know our filthy hands can wash one another's, and not one speck will remain. Gale and Johanna, after the war.
this world all gone to war (1307 words) by defcontwo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Johanna Mason/OFC
Summary:
written for illyrias_acolyte |
These are the moments she feels at ease, when rain comes through the trees as a fine mist, coating everything in sight with droplets, and everything seems just that much softer, like maybe things are not all quite as bad as they seem.
I'll (never) Be Confined (3421 words) by paperclipbitch
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Community: kink_bingo, Community: angst_bingo, references to prostitution, yes this is my otp for some reason sorry annie, hopefully i can shift these feels onto sam/jena, angst angst angst
Summary:
Her smile flickers, twists. “They hate me for winning it my way.”
“No they don’t,” Finnick replies, fights to swallow down they just hate you.
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sdwolfpup
Let me just say that part of the reason why I'm late on this is because I was busy yesterday (but I now have everyone's Christmas presents bought/mailed AND I got to spend some really great time with frands) but mostly it's because I was having issues deciding which of my various favorite ladies to talk about! I seriously did wind up resorting to making a list and having a random number generator decide for me. Um. :D? But the end result is that today I am going to tell you all why I love Johanna Mason from The Hunger Games. \0/
I love her because she is just so damned angry that this is happening to her. She's not a revolutionary, not really. She doesn't want to bring about sweeping change because it's the right thing to do, or even because she might get something out of it. She's in this because she's pissed as shit that the Capitol broke their deal and Johanna Mason is, above all else, a survivor. In the world of The Hunger Games, I am perfectly aware that I am a less competent Katniss - the girl who would try to do the right thing, the brave thing, but would only have enough strength to be used as a pawn. (And I don't even kid myself that I'd have the courage or conviction to do what she does in the end.) But Johanna is who I'd like to be sometimes - selfish, and brave, and not consumed by impotent anger, but inspired by it. She has had everything taken away from her, but her personhood is her final inch and in that inch she is free (to horribly bastardize a quote from V for Vendetta.) Also, can I just say that I was SUPER pleased at how well Jena Malone played her in Catching Fire? Because I really was. And I'm going to close this with some fic recs, because JOHANNA GUYS. *_____*
Madrigal (21838 words) by sabaceanbabe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Haymitch Abernathy/Johanna Mason, Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta/Finnick Odair
Characters: Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason, Mags (Hunger Games), Plutarch Heavensbee
Additional Tags: Spring Fling
Summary:
Madrigal - noun - A song for two or three unaccompanied voices.... ~thefreedictionary.com
Haymitch. Finnick. Johanna. They were so much stronger together...
and we are shining (12873 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne/Johanna Mason, Annie Cresta/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne, Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, Annie Cresta, Peeta Mellark
Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Abortion, Babies, References to Suicide
Summary:
we will never be afraid again. post-war au; finnick and johanna rebuild their lives, together and apart. the capitol always casts a shadow.
the history books forgot about us (3656 words) by rillrill
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta
Additional Tags: AU, POV Female Character, Epilogue, Aftermath, Character Death
Summary:
That AU where Finnick lives, Annie doesn't, and Johanna is troubled. Happy endings are bullshit; they're two broken people doing the best they can.
and our dreams will break the boundaries of our fears (7044 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Johanna Mason, Finnick Odair, Haymitch Abernathy, President Snow
Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Pre-Series, hurt-minimal comfort
Summary:
Johanna and Finnick flirt with rebellion, and learn that the Capitol has teeth.
Feel What It's Like To Be New (7525 words) by electrumqueen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Gale Hawthorne
Characters: Gale Hawthorne, Johanna Mason
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary:
I know our filthy hands can wash one another's, and not one speck will remain. Gale and Johanna, after the war.
this world all gone to war (1307 words) by defcontwo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Johanna Mason/OFC
Summary:
written for illyrias_acolyte |
These are the moments she feels at ease, when rain comes through the trees as a fine mist, coating everything in sight with droplets, and everything seems just that much softer, like maybe things are not all quite as bad as they seem.
I'll (never) Be Confined (3421 words) by paperclipbitch
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johanna Mason/Finnick Odair
Characters: Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Community: kink_bingo, Community: angst_bingo, references to prostitution, yes this is my otp for some reason sorry annie, hopefully i can shift these feels onto sam/jena, angst angst angst
Summary:
Her smile flickers, twists. “They hate me for winning it my way.”
“No they don’t,” Finnick replies, fights to swallow down they just hate you.
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