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Your name or online alias: Holly
Your email: darkest.celestial@gmail.com
Another preferred means of contact: taintedstuff @ plurk
Character's Full Name: Johanna Mason
Character's Canon: The Hunger Games
Character's Canon Point: Right after Catching Fire when she's been caught by the Capitol.
Character's Journal Name: noneleft
What would you like your character's tag to be?: Johanna Mason

Answer the following questions in no less than 300 words but no greater than 1000 words put together...
Character's background (their past and present): THG Johanna Mason - Johanna's a secondary character so they don't really go into her past other than talking some about her game. So here's some of my headcanon to fill in some spaces.

She comes from a family of lumberjacks, which isn't surprising given that she's from District 7 and their main trade's lumber. She grew up learning the use of an ax and the ins and outs of the lumber industry, as well as woodcraft, survival skills and a familiarity with the forest.

She had a mom, dad, older brother and younger sister.

Her family were all killed when Johanna refused to prostitute for the Capitol (the way Finnick was and even after Finnick tried warning her) after her games. An unlucky logging accident killed her family.

She was tortured by the Capitol, but couldn't tell them anything outside of what they knew already. She'd been told what she needed to know for her to carry out her part of the plan of rescuing Katniss. So she was pretty much tortured for nothing, not that she thinks the Capitol would have cared if they knew.

Character's personality: Most people describe Johanna Mason as a snarky, sarcastic bitch, which for the most part is true. She's incredibly blunt and brash and isn't afraid to speak her mind, no matter what the consequences might be. This is shown during the Quarter Quell when she throws her head back and shouts, 'Whole country in rebellion? Wouldn't want anything like that!' No one ever said anything like that where Snow or others might hear. But knowing that she might die, Johanna just can't be bothered to give two fucks about that. She also shows this when she undresses in front of Katniss, Haymitch and Peeta. She does what she wants, when she wants.

She has a hard exterior, though given what she's lived through and what she's done, it would be surprising if she didn't. She was one of the youngest Tributes reaped. She wasn't much to look at, small, delicate looking and deceivingly innocent, she was able to fool the other tributes in her Game into thinking she was weak and killed those she had to with an ax, effectively winning. She doesn't show much remorse for what she had to do because in the Games, it's either kill or be killed. She seems to have taken it all in stride but she just really wanted what was suppose to be hers because she won her game and with the Quarter Quell, she wasn't getting that.

She has a lot of anger problems and a lot of problems trusting and letting people into her life. Anger actually seems fuels her. We see a lot her anger during the tribute interviews. When the others are crying and making comments hinting at their displeasure, Johanna was the only one who said exactly what she thought about the whole thing. She made sure that the country knew how unfair it was that she was having to go back to the arena. She'd played by the Capitol rules, she'd done everything she was suppose to and there the Capitol was, trying to kill her all over again. They screwed her over and she makes sure everyone knows that obedience just isn't good enough anymore.

She'd never openly admit it, she's not always out for herself. Most notable fact that proves this is during the Quarter Quell when she puts her life on the line by ensuring that Katniss stays alive long enough for the rebels to break her out of the arena and make her the face for the uprising that had been a long time coming. Granted, Johanna's reasons weren't all pure but after losing everyone she loved because of the Capitol, she was willing to help Katniss.

Like all Victors, Johanna's damaged and because of this, her walls are high. She doesn't let many people close to her, exception being Finnick. For some reason, she has allowed him closer to her than many. But she seems to prefer keeping people at a distance. The less people she has close to her, the less people the Capitol can use to try and make her do what they want. So she keeps people out by being brash, abrasive and sarcastic and for the most part this works. It worked well enough with Katniss, in fact Katniss was pretty sure Johanna'd tried to kill her during the Quarter Quell, which wasn't true but Johanna had been rude and unlikable enough that Katniss thought that.

Like it was said before, Johanna stated that she has no one left that she loves anymore. It's revealed by Haymitch that Snow had her family killed because she refused to cooperate with his plans to prostitute her. Despite that, Johanna still has relationships with others. Johanna and Finnick have an almost brother/sister relationship. They rib each other and are allies in the Quarter Quell. It's obvious that Johanna cares more for him than she'd admit but he's one of the few people she considers a friend. Her and Katniss didn't even like each other to begin with. Though Johanna seemed to have a bit of respect for how Katniss seemed to be standing up to Snow, even if Katniss didn't realize it. When they were allies in the quarter Quell, there was still a dislike and distrust between the two. Johanna didn't seem to understand Katniss and how she could love and told her that love is weird. Wireless and Beetee she looked at like annoying charges, though she knew she needed them in order to help Katniss.

No matter what people say about her, Johanna will always be a Survivor - which she proves over and over again. Her desire to live during her Games was strong enough that it outweighed moral dilemmas or physical disadvantages she faced, allowing her to win and become Victor. She's either dumb or resolute enough to believe that there's a possibility of resisting the Capitol, despite the odds stacked highly against the rebellion, and to act upon that belief.
Character's skills/abilities/powers: She can swing an ax like it's no one's business. Also she has a special talent when it comes to sarcasm and snark.

Any special equipment your character is bringing along? This includes weaponry, magic items, etc.: nope
Are you bringing your character to ten_fwd from another game? If you are, which game?: n/a
If you answered yes above, briefly summarize how they were changed by and what challenges they faced in the climate of their previous game(s): n/a
Why do you want to play this character in Ten Forward, and what do you plan to do with them? Ten FWD has an amazing THG cast and I love play snarky Johanna and think she'll be a good fit in the game. Obviously she has some issues but hopefully those will be worked out in game.

Writing Sample #1: Johanna's intro in Altered States
Writing Sample #2 (optional): Johanna over at Marina Nova on insanejournal