#this is very odesta

[saucypankakes]

Thinking about how Suzanne Collins writes romance in The Hunger Games along the lines of the soulmate myth where two halves of a whole complete one another

[solar-halos]

𓇼ִ ࣪𖤐⋆ ANNIE CRESTA WEEK 𓇼ִ ࣪𖤐⋆

what is this? this will be a full week dedicated to our girl <3. shoutout to annie cresta

when is this? december 2-8

how can i participate? as long as annie cresta is the focal point, nothing is off limits! fics, moodboards, hcs, and drawings are just a few examples, but if you want to take a completely different route, we’d all love to see it!!

with that being said, let’s dive right into the prompts!

𖦹 ༘⋆𓇼ִ ࣪𖤐⋆｡

monday - gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

sometimes, annie can find herself in some difficult situations. create a scenario where she gets herself out of one all by herself

tuesday - walk, walk fashion baby

whether she’s in capitol clothing or back in district 4, we all know annie cresta is serving absolute cunt. let’s talk about that

wednesday - free space

create whatever you want, with none other than annie cresta being the star!

thursday - queen of crafts

create a scenario where annie lets her creativity shine

friday - into the unknown

annie makes a discovery. is it about her sense of self? about panem? about a secret third thing? well, that's up to you

saturday - paint the town red

let’s have annie go a little apeshit. as a treat

sunday - paying it forward

by now, annie is pretty familiar with pulling herself out of a difficult situation. lets see her help someone else out of a tough spot

𖦹 ༘⋆𓇼ִ ࣪𖤐⋆｡

final reminders:

- have fun! you don’t have to do every prompt, so feel free to pop in and out whenever you want!!

- that’s it!! see you all on december 2nd 🩵🩵

[ssmhhh]

EVERYONE SHUT UP AND LET ME COOK

[the-sun-and-the-sea]

in the mood to write an Odesta multichaptered fic

[thefloatingwriter]

it’s nice to have a friend by ang3lic1

Summary:

Annie fell into a blissfully calm sleep, no nightmares reaching up to drag her into their depths. She wakes to the sound of screaming. or: annie comforts cash after a nightmare.

[arcaneillusion]

cressida and johanna are married and living in district 4 next door to annie and finnick. katniss and peeta visit occasionally, along with a reluctant (but secretly contented) haymitch. everyone is happy. everyone is healing. this is canon. thank u for ur time.

[felixravinstills]

🕸️ trick or treat!! 🕸️

Sorry, it took so long to answer! Happy Halloween!

I associate you more with the OG HG trilogy, so here's an excerpt from a fic of mine, Ave Atque Vale. The excerpt concentrates on Tigris contemplating being a stylist (and also kind of using Cinna to berate herself):

She'd been a stylist in the Games once, complicit in the horror even as she tried to help. Every year, those twenty-four children were raw materials that the stylists used to get their message out there, advance their careers.

It was a coin flip whether one managed to see their tribute as a human or whether they remained a subject— an object. The stylists' little dolls.

There's a violence in art.  

Even when you're just trying to share something with the world, a story or an idea. Sometimes, you get lost in the craft, tweaking certain aspects to focus the eye better or getting rid of certain details to make points clearer. Do that enough and you'll find that you started with the truth and ended up with a lie.

That's why she'd always made sure to talk to her tributes. To turn her art into a collaboration. She wanted her girls to shine. She wanted the Capitol to see these poor kids as she did, individual and unique and of course, deserving of life.

She didn't care where Coriolanus stuck her. She talked to the tributes from Four, Ten, and when she'd almost completely fallen out of favor, Eleven. 

She tried to understand them. She wasn't always successful every year, but Cinna had been a natural. She'd been a mentor to him, but from her perspective, she had not had much to teach him.

She stressed the importance of getting to know your tribute, and she believes that he must have taken her to heart.

He'd captured Katniss Everdeen's essence, exaggerated the best of her, but kept her herself. 

Talking to him before the 75th Games made Tigris feel guilty for her slips into that artist's myopia: the art, the object, the message.

'But Cinna,' Tigris reminds herself almost everyday, 'only had to style one tribute.'

He never had to watch dozens of other tributes die before Katniss. Instead, he is the one who is dead.

[itsajollyjester]

There's a specific pain to hating only 25% of a drawing.

Not enough to scrap it

But so much to fix

[lady-corrine]

I can't even explain it but this song is so Annie 🥺

[katniss-evermeme]

Guess who just used the Wayback Machine to successfully track down a deleted Odesta fic she was obsessed with as a young teen 😎

[mostofthingsmostofthetime]

Finick to everyone in 13 before Annie was rescued

i need to get laid. laid to rest

[solar-halos]

annie cesta week. day #2 - walk, walk fashion baby

summary: follow annie on her journey as she transforms a tackalacious gown from her capitol victory tour into something more district 4 appropriate (and still just as glamorous. bc our girl is glamorous.)

1.5k, i hope you go "who is this DIVA!" the entire time you read this

This dress is all kinds of wrong. 

No surprise there. Annie’s been saying that ever since she saw the initial design for it. 

Sure, it’s not hideous. And, yes, the material feels very nice against her bare skin. But it’s just not her.

No one in the Capitol knows anything about Annie, but they all like to pretend they do. If they had it their way, they’d probably surgically attach starfish to her hair so that she forever reminds them of the ocean. 

Annie obviously loves the ocean. It doesn’t even matter if it’s for work or play. But all these ocean motifs they slapped onto one of her gowns from the Victory Tour is a little too on the nose.

She had begged them to let her keep it. She even cried a little. She couldn’t help it. This was supposed to be her District 4 dress, so why did it look so Capitol?

It’s okay if you don’t get it. She hadn’t really expected anyone to, but there’s one thing that the Capitol has right about her: she can’t let things go. And, right now, she will not rest until she finds a way to revamp this tacky dress into something totally stylish.

First order of business: she needs to seam rip the starfish and sea urchins decorating the fluffy expanse of sea green tulle. Fortunately for her, she gets them all off. Unfortunately for her, not having access to her sewing supplies for so long has made her incredibly rusty. The first layer of the skirt is practically ruined.

Well, that’s okay. It wasn’t practical to wear something so heavy and layered in Four, anyway, so she peels back some more tulle until she gets something appropriately thin and breezy.

Second thing’s second: the silhouette is all wrong. It drags on the ground unless she’s wearing high heels, but she’s officially swapped out her stilettos for sandals. She grabs at a pair of scissors with perhaps a bit too much enthusiasm. She can’t help it—if only the Capitol could see her now.

Snip. Snip. Snip. Take that, you unstylish freaks.

Annie tries the dress on, doing a couple of spins and some rather fierce poses in the mirror. The color of the fabric reminds Annie of a matching skirt and blouse her best friend owns. Think of how cute they’d look tearing up the town like that.

Two piece sets were so in this summer. She’s definitely gonna have to do something about that. 

She tugs the dress off, tracking down her favorite crop top and most beloved pair of shorts, and uses the hemlines as a guideline. She really wants to balance out the higher waist with a teeny tiny top. According to the magazine on her bedside table, that was also very in for the summer, and the publication date on that traced back to a mere two months ago. Things couldn’t have changed that much while she was away.

And, even if they did, Annie doesn’t really care. She has a really cute freckle on her ribcage that she fully intends on showing off. 

So she makes the skirt mini. And she splits the dress in half. And she stores away the extra fabric in her designated craft bin.

It’s missing something, obviously. It’s missing everything, like glitter and bows and lace and beading, but she gets tired a lot more easily now. It sucks—it really sucks, actually, sucks so bad that she gets angry about it most days—but she’s starting to learn that most things about her new life suck. And she can either pout about it and never start another project again or ride it out and steadily add to her collection of DIY-ed outfits. 

Annie chooses the latter. She’s always loved making clothes, and she finds some sort of twisted satisfaction in knowing that she just performed some serious surgery on a Capitol gown. If only her stylist could see her now. She’d blow a gasket.

The thought makes Annie laugh herself to sleep. She’s even smiling when she wakes back up. Granted, it’s the middle of the night, but she doesn’t need to follow a routine now. She already graduated high school. Her parents don’t trust her to get back to work. And, besides, 2am was prime crafting hours. It’s where her best ideas hatch.

Speaking of good ideas, Annie eyes the cape that came with the dress. It’s a glittery amalgamation of light green jewels, and she honestly had no idea what to do with it until now. It’s pretty, absolutely, but it’s just not practical. Capes are so District 7. (She’s not lying. One time, Finnick told her a fairytale about some girl in a cape getting eaten by a wolf, which was so not Annie’s style.)

Annie is picking up her scissors in no time. Scrounging around for a ruler, she cuts up strips of the cape so she can decorate the hemline of her miniskirt with it. Admittedly, she forgot to account for the length the raw hem gave her, so she needs the extra coverage now that she sewed everything up.

She tries it on. Watches her ass in the mirror as she walks. Takes a moment to admire her ass in the mirror. Then she’s back to work. 

She chews on the inside of her cheek as she brainstorms new ways to use more of the cape. No amount of revamping could make the bustier look casual, and she doesn’t want it to be. She just wants to add in her own District 4 twist. She wracks her brain once again for ideas.

Ribbons. Bows. Beads. Lace. Ribbons. Bows—

Lace! She can use the cape to lace up the bustier!

So, obviously, she gives it the same treatment she gave the dress: one big chop down the center. Except this time she reminds herself to cut vertically instead of horizontally. Her design would be totally ruined if she split the bustier open the wrong way. 

She pokes at the edge with her scissors, trying to visualize where she wants the holes to be. She even grabs an old oversized shirt and cuts it up as practice.

She’s lacing the bustier up in no time, trying it on once again. She strikes another round of poses in the mirror. Her boyfriend is right—her tits really are mermaid levels of entrancing. She crosses her arms over her chest to make them pop just a bit more. 

Okay. Break over. 

Now that everything is sewed together and fitted to her body, here comes the fun part: decorating. Annie lays the outfit down on her carpeted floor, admiring the glittery trim on the skirt and the matching embellishment on the top. Maybe she can even use some more of the cape for some straps if she really feels like pulling out her sewing needles again. (She doesn’t—not right now, at least. If she has to pull out one more pin cushion, she’ll puke.)

She grabs her box of scrap pieces of fabric and fishes through the pile. She layers two pieces of lace in an X shape over the skirt, kinda giving the illusion of pockets. (Remind her to sew on pockets later.) She adds a glittery butterfly charm to the waistband to complement the belly ring that Finnick already promised he’s gonna get with her. (Piercings are hot. Finnick is somehow hotter.) Then something else in the box catches her eye.

Velveteen gloves. She’s had that in her stash for ages, but she never found an excuse to wear them. She never went anywhere fancy enough (couldn’t afford it) or went to any cool dinner parties (her parents hardly let her party anywhere when she was younger), but she’s determined to string together a girl’s night soon. Also, Finnick loves cooking fancy meals for them. Maybe she’ll whip this ensemble out one night. 

Since she still has a ton of seafoam green tulle left over, she grabs a fistful of the stuff and picks out the thinnest tendril she can find. She twists it into a bow and sticks it onto her glove. She adds a pearl to the center.

She surveys her creation: a miniskirt and matching crop top with lacy and sparkly detailing. Gloves that would give the president himself a run for his money. And she could even use a combination of the tulle and cape for some lace-up stockings.

That’s a perfect idea. Sunshine floods into her room by the time she’s finally finished. That’s her cue to finally get to sleep, but she’s relieved Finnick finds her and gently coaxes her awake before she has a nightmare. As her boyfriend, she is pleased to report that he knows how to treat her—even all her unconscious desires.

He grins at her as soon as she opens her eyes. He grins even harder when she shows him her outfit, even though she knows her ramblings are still sticky and sluggish with sleep.

“That is so fucking cool, Annie. You’re so fucking cool. Seriously.” 

She thanks him with a kiss and an equally enthusiastic compliment, but he expresses the extent of his awe after breakfast. He constructs a makeshift stage out of their couch cushions and uses their curtains to frame the scene. Annie’s family and Mags gather around and watch him get theatrical. Annie hides a giggle behind her palm. 

“For one night and one night only, I present to you the one and only Annie Cresta.”

He yanks the curtain back in one swift flourish. Annie strikes a pose.

[the-sun-and-the-sea]

rules: shuffle your song playlist and create a poll from the first five songs

thank you for tagging me @solar-halos

I don’t really make playlists for myself (I mostly listen to musicals haha) so I’m going to use my odesta playlist for this!

I’m tagging @maidstew @boabelboo @tumblingghosts @scandalouslamb @dancingonmoonbeams and anyone else who wants to do it!

[thedelicatearcher]

☆finnick odair masterlist☆

☆finnick odair who helps you study for your finals

☆finnick odair who breaks up with you after seven years together

☆finnick odair who loves making home improvements to make your life easier

☆finnick odair who loves doting on his partner, but also loves being doted on back

☆finnick odair is a sucker for affection from his romantic partner

☆finnick odair loves knitting and crocheting

☆finnick odair loves dancing with you on the living room floor

☆finnick odair loves being taken care of when he feels sick

☆finnick odair survives the mutt attack but is left with scars

☆finnick odair loves showering with his partner

☆finnick odair can’t stop writing poetry about you

☆finnick odair loves gifting you flowers with symbolism

☆painting finnick odair's nails

☆finnick odair likes going to sleep early

☆fair dates with finnick odair

☆finnick odair’s love language is physical contact

☆baths with finnick odair

☆finnick odair lets you braid his hair

☆finnick odair reacts at your bad haircut

☆you and finnick have a jewelry stand in the district four’s market

☆finnick odair loves having his back rubbed

☆finnick odair makes embroidery friendship bracelets

BLURBS

☆finnick odair has a bed full of plushies

☆finnick odair and classic maritime romance

☆finnick odair searches for your comfort when has nightmares

☆finnick odair's hair after the rebellion

☆finnick odair calls you cupcake ironically

☆finnick odair had a lemonade stand as a kid

☆finnick odair loves receiving forehead kisses

☆finnick odair's favorite ice cream

☆finnick odair is a hydrated king

☆finnick odair is an expert at poker

☆finnick odair loves being the little spoon

☆finnick odair is bad at making pancakes

☆finnick odair has a pair of shark slippers

☆finnick odair has a baby blanket

☆finnick odair wanted to be a firefighter as a kid

☆finnick odair gets sunburned very easy

HEADCANONS

☆finnick odair with a partner who loves animals

☆finnick odair goes dress shopping with his partner

☆finnick odair with a musical partner

☆finnick odair had braces as an adult

☆sick finnick odair

☆finnick odair with a partner who has dyed hair

☆finnick odair with a tattoed partner

NSFW

☆finnick odair eats you out

☆one of your favorite activities is sucking finnick off after his nightly shower

☆finnick odair doesnt't mind being submissive in bed with you

TWEETS

☆tweet #1

MODERN FINNICK ODAIR

☆finnick odair is a sucker for romcoms

☆finnick odair is a passionate duolingo user

☆finnick odair loves minions

☆finnick odair considers himself a fashion connoisseur

☆finnick odair doesn't want to wear his retainers

☆finnick odair loves cats

☆finnick odair and johanna mason watching garfield

☆finnick odair has a stanley cup in every color

☆finnick odair has protective cases for every device

☆finnick odair and the sims 4

☆finnick odair has a spiderman toothbrush

☆finnick odair is an excessive emoji user

☆finnick odair loves watching cake boss

☆finnick odair is a menace playing roblox

☆finnick odair gave everyone a kenough hoodie

☆finnick odair and peeta mellark love water parks

☆finnick odair calls the property brothers to remodel everlark's home

☆finnick odair and animal crossing

☆finnick odair & costco

SWIFTIE!FINNICK

☆finnick odair loves knitting and crocheting for his swiftie gf

☆finnick odair loves fearless

☆finnick odair and surprise songs

☆finnick odair is a swiftie

☆more swiftie!finnick thoughts!

☆finnick odair & eras tour

ODESTA

☆finnick and annie call themselves gamers

COMING SOON !!

☆finnick odair fluff alphabet

☆finnick odair's struggle after telling his story in mockingjay (requested)

☆finnick odair with a rockstar partner (requested)

☆finnick odair and a riot grrrl fan hcs (requested)

☆swiftie finnick odair and rock gf (requested)

☆swiftie finnick and rock gf go to the eras tour (requested)

☆finnick odair with reader dealing with trauma after being taken to the capitol (requested)

☆finnick odair with virgin reader (requested)

[odestasocean]

some random odesta headcanons

annie is the handy one in this relationship. there's a table that needs to be assembled? piece of cake. a collection of tools under the kitchen sink? those belong to her. a picture that needs to be hung? she's already got a hammer in her hand.

when finnick was super young his dad taught him how to make the famous cinnamon pancake recipe that has been in their family for generations which became his absolute favorite thing to make for literally any occasion or just a random sunday morning

not a day has passed since annie was fourteen where she hasn't been wearing black nail polish

shortly after finnick won his games, mags knitted him this blue and gold sweater that had a very intricate pattern on it, but since he was fifteen at the time, he quickly grew out of it. years later, annie found it towards the bottom of his dresser drawer and it became her favorite clothing item to wear

annie has long wavy hair that gets suuuper poofy whenever it’s humid or if she goes to bed with it wet

annie gets chronic migraines so finnick has discovered every remedy under the sun to help her but her favorite one and the one that has proven to be most effective is scalp massages

they're both insanely tall. im talking like finnick is 6'6 and annie is 6'0. i won't be taking any criticism on this one.

annie is a horsegirl. i don't even know if horses are in district four, but if they are, she's obsessed with them. she saw one of the wealthier district four citizens riding one on the beach when she was like five years old and her life was permanently changed after that.

they're both the youngest sibling in their families. annie has two older sisters and finnick has an older brother (i have an analysis about this that i've been working on in my drafts so more on that later)

finnick is the most clumsy human ever up until his son is born so then that title is passed down to him (heavily inspired by that one clip of sam claflin falling over because he tripped over a rock in cf which was left in the movie)

they're both morning people but finnick's more of a let's-stay-in-bed-until-noon type of morning person while annie is a let's-go-make-breakfast-and-watch-the-sunrise type of morning person

annie has the weirdest pregnancy cravings, but finnick insists on trying them all with her. she's mortified by how willing he is to eat the strangest things like sardines dipped in mustard or something so she's always like "oh my god you do not have to eat that just because i'm craving it" but he does every single time

in a finnicklives!au, they have a second wedding on the beach outside of victor's cove where it's just the two of them. they loved their wedding in district thirteen and all that it stood for, but having one with just the two of them felt like an official beginning to starting their lives together after the war was over

[vesteneris]

odesta fans please tell me you are still alive

(i felt very inspired by old incorrect-quote post created by @finnicksannie)