THG fic: "Spin Control" [17/23]

[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]

Okay, make that four parts. Gah

[trovia]

I'm so glad Kat works for you. She's such a tricky character to write. Taking a 1st person protagonist and an unreliable narrator to boot and showing her as a supportive character from the outside, I find it incredibly hard.

One thing -- why doesn't Gale have a bow? I thought Katniss gave him one of hers to use, I would think he would be able to use it as long as they were in the woods?

Two reasons. I think he wouldn't bring a bow Kat gave him because it's still Kat's bow. Also the oldest trainee is fourteen, while Gale is tall and muscular, so they couldn't even use his bow. They'd need one of Kat's.

I have to admit that I would be happy if the entire fic consisted of them hanging out together without anyone else, so it was great to see them together at the end.

Next chapter. :)

Also, never mind the typos! God knows I produce plenty of them myself.

[kawuli]

This was one of my favorite chapters. I've had issues with disordered eating and excessive exercise and I found myself really identifying with Finnick here--the "If I just keep moving I won't have to think/feel/deal with stuff." And the couple of places where it seems like things should just get BETTER now (fighting with Gale, when Haymitch comes back) and yet it just doesn't are just heartbreakingly realistic. Love love love.

[trovia]

Oh wow, what a great compliment. :) I have so many feelings about the ED and EE here myself, because this was not in the outline. It was an issue that developed naturally based on events and Finnick's characterization, it just felt right. I've never had this kind of issues myself, but I've had others that are similar enough to draw from them. So I'm really glad that it resonated with you.