THG fic: "Spin Control" [22/24]

[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

[roguedemon]

One thing I am proud to say that I called in this chapter was that Finnick would get Peeta the medicine and that would be a real game changer. I want to deal with Finnick's reaction to Peeta's wound and his desperation to get him that medication later -- he totally lost his objectivity there (pets him). I loved seeing a Peeta who had received intensive coaching in how to play the games. It all made total sense to me because the boy has skills. He managed to kill Brutus during the closing moments of the Quell, after all. He manipulated the audience even without coaching in canon. And I think he totally should be shipped with Foxface, who is an interesting character. She has real brains and Peeta outsmarts her, that was a frat moment. Well, in a totally twisted way, of course. ;) Nothing you had him do was a surprise to me, although it would be to many people. I never thought that Peeta was somehow incapable of killing when he had to, although I have read that opinion in fic and meta many times. Everything he did was totally in

[trovia]

Peeta/Foxface would just be very awesome. ;)

Peeta incapable of killing? Really? He supposedly killed the girl from Eight. He fought Cato, probably not with the intention of shaking his hand afterwards and calling it a day. He killed Brutus. I'd worry more about Kat's ability to kill. ;) Although shortly before the rule change, she seemed to have reached the point where she was ready to go for it.

[roguedemon]

I've read fic and meta that argues that Haymitch should have gone into the arena with Kat because Haymitch was more capable of killing. And yeah, I just don't see it. I actually kind of think that the quell would have been even worse for Haymitch after decades of watching tributes die, and of course the necessity of killing lifelong friends and acquaintances

[trovia]

I've read fic and meta that argues that Haymitch should have gone into the arena with Kat because Haymitch was more capable of killing.

It's kind of awesome how much you have to misunderstand the whole complexity and psychology and tragedy of the Hunger Games to even use the words, "more capable of killing". It's not like it's a special skill set or anything. I think they each of them have to be really traumatized and desperate to go there, Haymitch or Peeta or Kat.

. I loved Caramel helping Finnick out, I like that they can work together when the objective is taking care of Haymitch. :) I'd love to know what the conversation between Haymitch and Caramel was like, and how Caramel dealt with Chaff. And where is Beetee in all this?Clearly Beetee is keeping Chaff company since he's all Haymitch-less now. More on those four in the next chapter

[roguedemon]

Yeah, it makes perfect sense that Chaff just can't not drink, even though he's been threatened with consequences, because that's the essence of addiction. I like the whole cognitive dissonance thing because I think it's a huge part of every mentor's struggle and they all have to find a way of making peace with it. Some manage to do it in a way that helps them stay sane, like Mags. Some just can't, and a District like 11 would make it harder if you are continually confronted with that sort of attitude towards victors. I imagine Haymitch must have gone through something similar, but he seems to have come to his own conclusions -- he keeps his own counsel, maybe he's less influenced by outside opinions in that way? He doesn't care as much about what other people think if he feels that his own thinking is sound, I think