To stand up

Nice one -- I appreciate anything that looks at the way that the rebellion had to be organizing behind the scenes for years before Katniss, and I like seeing smart victors being smart. ;) I do tend to go with the headcanon that Snow was the one that pushed for the victor games and Plutarch had to just roll with it, as was implied in the books. The odds of them being able to control the outcome in the Arena were so astronomical, and I tend to think that Plutarch and everyone else would have understood that. But I can see why they had Plutarch come up with the idea for the Victor games in the movies, as it was a way to make him look more involved...it just doesn't stand up to logic. Neither does the idea that Plutarch was manipulating Katniss all along in a bid to have her kill Snow -- how could you possibly account for all the variables? -- and it takes away the little bit of agency Katniss actually managed to retain in Mockingjay.

But anyway, nice ficlet -- I am always up for Finnick and Jo being BFFs and using their brains together. :) I'm Nell/princess-nell on AO3/Tumblr, btw. (No, it's not a disney reference ;))