Katsa vs Katniss

I've got my eye on you, Katniss...

I just finished reading Graceling by Kristin Shore, and I loved every minute of it. Katsa (the main character, a "Graceling" born with superior fighting/survival skills) is one of those strong, brooding female types who can beat anyone in a fight but who's resistant to feeling emotions towards other people. Because, as we all know, "feelings" only lead to vulnerability, and vulnerability leads, apparently, to very bad things. <<Insert sarcastic eye roll here.>> This premise got me thinking about another female character we're all intimately familiar with who exhibits some of these same tendencies--Katniss Everdeen. As in, Hunger Games-heroine, torn-between-two-guys, survivalist-extraordinaire, Katniss Everdeen.

This, in turn, got me wondering--Katniss vs Katsa? Who would be victorious in this most epic of fantasy battles? Of course, this being the age of information ("information" being a term associated with both useful facts and utterly useless but highly entertaining gobbledygook)  I knew that I'd be able to find and connect with others who have wondered about this very topic. And 'lo and behold...

A GoodReads discussion board has pondered this very idea: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/556264-katniss-everdeen-vs-katsa

A blog post much more exciting than this one has broken down every nuance of the fantasy battle between Katsa and Katniss: http://dailyfig.figment.com/2011/10/02/katsa-versus-katniss/

And finally, courtesy of YA Fantasy Showdown, a short story about what it might actually look like if Katniss and Katsa ever threw down for real: http://yafantasyshowdown.weebly.com/fan-fight-13.html
(The writing in this is not the greatest, I have to be honest. But, it's Fan Fic so one must read with a grain of salt, right?)

Now, being a pacifist at heart, I personally think it would be way cooler if Katniss and Katsa were to join forces and work for justice and equality around the land. What would that look like, I wonder? Thoughts, anyone?