THG fic: "Spin Control" [12/22]

[trovia]

Title: Spin Control
Pairings: Finnick/Haymitch, Kat/Peeta
Characters: Finnick, Haymitch, Chaff, Peeta, Gale, Kat; plus appearances by Mags, Johanna, Caesar Flickerman, President Snow, Effie, Claudius Templesmith, Beetee, Prim, Thresh, Rue, District Twelve ensemble and various OC
Rating: adult
Warnings: forced prostitution & non-con; people dealing

Comments

[trovia]

Eeee! What Lorata said!!

I mean, this is brilliant. The way you mix the perfectly mundane with "no sounds for days, he might be dead" (I'd been thinking Haymitch's surveillance person must have been thinking that a lot) And Kelvin having that episode out of nowhere, then covering it up, but the Capitol knows all. Even though they don' get it.

(this is getting me thinking on the routines of the surveillance people and how they must just record everything, then "jump to next sound" button and scroll through it before moving on to the next victor. And getting bored and not recording things because they get distracted by the pretty girl one booth over.)

I also adore your version of the swimming lessons trope. I would love the fuck out of that story. :))

Haymitch might appreciate other victors teasing him about the lessons because banter, unlike swimming, is something he knows how to do.

I figure the majority of victors can swim because everybody from One, Two and Four would know how, plus a certain amount of the others. I can see One and Two victors having no qualms about enjoying themselves in the Capitol swimming facilities while they have to be there anyway and then taking the occasional outer district victor along.

Thank you so much for the awesome comment!

[seta_suzume]

Hee, thank you! I'm glad you liked it! Haymitch and Hamlet's surveillance people probably commiserate a bit ("What did your drunk do this week?"). At least there are other victors in Five who will make sure he's not dead...

Ha ha, oh, this is interesting, adding in the routines of the surveillance people to the mix! I feel like it might be fun to write more and draw some little sketches to go with them.

Aww, I'm glad you like my version of the swimming lessons trope. I might write it eventually? The D4 victor cohort would appreciate my actually writing something where they make out better during the rebellion instead of idly thinking about it.

You've got a point about Haymitch and the banter! He'd outsnark Theo, Song, and Odysseus combined (though not for lack of trying from the later two).

I figured the same re: everyone from One, Two, and Four. ...I know Hamlet enjoys swimming for fun since he fills the D5 male spot in the 75th Games for me and he was one of the faster arrivals at the Cornucopia (so I thought about the subject). It makes me wonder who I write about who would go swim in the Capital with some of the Ones and Twos. It's an interesting thought.

You're welcome! It was nice to have a pretty good comment to make. XD;