Scylla and Charybdis [1/9] (The Hunger Games, Finnick/Annie)

[puella_nerdii]

So those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably heard me talk a lot about The Fic That Ate December.

This is it.

Mith and I spent a month in a writing frenzy. I can't remember the last time I needed to tell a story this desperately, and I can't remember the last time I was this proud of something I wrote. I hope you guys have as much fun

Comments

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[yalovemeh]

This story is amazing :) i read the whole thing but im new to livejournal and Themockingjay so i'm still trying to figure out how to get around..but it made me want to start writing. i love it SO much. Finnick and annie are amazing. and yeah. just thought i'd let you know :)

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[puella_nerdii]

*blush* Thank you so much! I'm really glad this was inspirational for you -- The Hunger Games was what got me out of my creative slump, and I'm ridiculously pleased to hear that my writing had that kind of effect on someone else.

And yeah, Finnick and Annie are love forever. ♥ Welcome to Livejournal, and thanks for reading!

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[yalovemeh]

Thanks for reading? NOOOO. thank you :) and Yeah the hunger games was amazing :) i just posted my first story to The Mocking Jay community. im sorta afraid its gonna get rejected though..haha. i don't even know how to find that out but...i'll figure it out. and yeah. Finnick and Annie...when finnick died i almost considered burning the book...hahahaha but. yknow. :)

[justams]

Loving this so far. I always wished we had gotten to see more of their story, so as soon as I saw this I knew I had to read it. And it didn't disappoint. :)

[puella_nerdii]

So did I -- what we saw of Finnick and Annie in canon made me fall in love with them pretty much instantly, but there were so many great hooks for an even bigger story in there, and Mith and I had to follow through on that. So glad you're loving this so far, and I hope you keep enjoying it!

[byzantienne]

So I promised you both litcrit-y comments on each chapter, and comments you shall get! even if LJ makes me retype them, GRR

I'm fascinated with the contrast between public and private which you set up from the very beginning of this piece. It's thematic throughout, certainly (the whole story is basically underscored with the contrast between Capitol-Finnick and real-Finnick, and the question of whether the second one exists at all) but you pull it through in the very first two sections, with the paired private ritual of Finnick saying goodbye to the ocean and the public ritual of the Reaping. (Can I also note that the tidal quality of both of these is brilliantly expressed? Finnick leaves and returns to the ocean, like the tide, and Reaping comes around once a year, and pulls the tributes out -- under -- with it

[puella_nerdii]

Thank you! I think "Oh, Finnick" was what mithrigil and I ended up saying to each other most often while we worked on this, so that's appropriate. *grins* Getting into the rhythm of the books took some time, but hey, this thing was long enough that we managed to find our groove.

So glad you're giving this one a shot!