History Fanfic / CheatingDeathThoseThatLived

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13173434/1/Cheating-Death-Those-That-Lived Cheating Death: Those That Lived]]'' is [=CragmiteBlaster=]'s take on a certain ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'', a fanfic about the seventy-three ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' victors before Katniss and Peeta stepped foot in their arena.

** Any Gamemaker who fails at their duties is thrown into a woodchipper that President Orion owns. Snow reuses it for his Gamemakers after he becomes president, and Paylor also makes use of it to [[spoiler:execute Snow's ministers and any remaining Gamemakers]] once she's made interim president following the Second Rebellion.

** One of Mizar's post-Games journal entries at the end of the chapter, where we learn the real name of "Knifey" (the District Four boy Teff killed during the Bloodbath): [[spoiler:Wave]] with ''24 Tributes: The Howling Island'' revealing his last name being [[spoiler:Igliak]].

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''24 Tributes: The Howling Islands'', [[spoiler:Clawdette (the District Two girl)]] screamed at from a siren mutt pinning her to the ground, the cuts received from the siren, and the siren's bad breath.

** One of Mizar's post-Games journal entries at the end of the chapter, where we learn the real name of "Knifey" (the District Four boy Teff killed during the Bloodbath): [[spoiler:Wave]].
** ''24 Tributes: The Howling Island'', where the other five Careers' names are revealed: [[spoiler:Admirable]] for "Biggie" (the District One boy), [[spoiler:Lotus Gallahan]] for "Leggy" (the District One girl), [[spoiler:Panzer Jones]] for "Swordy" (the District Two boy), [[spoiler:Clawette]] for "Speary" (the District Two girl), and [[spoiler:Pearl]] for "Punchy" (the District Four girl).

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In 24 Tributes: The Howling Islands, [[spoiler:Clawdette (the District Two girl)]] screamed at from a siren mutt pinning her to the ground, the cuts received from the siren, and the siren's bad breath.
--> "[[spoiler:Clawdette]] screamed. She screamed from the weight of the mutt. She screamed from the agony of the cuts. She screamed from the overpowering stench of fish forced into her nose."

** 24 Tributes: The Howling Island reveals that [[spoiler: Ratchet Park (the District Three girl)]] jumped into her electrical trap instead of letting the Careers kill her.

** During the 42nd Hunger Games, Vueller says, "[[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Oh boy, here we go killing again!]]".

* AscendedFanboy:

** Anyone who has finished reading the main story before reading ''24 Tributes'' will know that Spool obviously wins the 42nd Hunger Games.

** ''24 Tributes: The Howling Island'', where the other five Careers' names are revealed: [[spoiler:Admirable]] for "Biggie" (the District One boy), [[spoiler:Lotus]] for "Leggy" (the District One girl), [[spoiler:Panzer]] for "Swordy" (the District Two boy), [[spoiler:Clawette]] for "Speary" (the District Two girl), and [[spoiler:Pearl]] for "Punchy" (the District Four girl).

** One of Mizar's post-Games journal entries at the end of the chapter, where we learn the real name of "Knifey" (the District Four boy Teff killed during the boodbath): [[spoiler:Wave]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Downplayed. The Careers during the 28th Hunger Games are known by nicknames given by Teff rather than their real names. Justified because it's a first-person narrative from Teff's perspective. [[spoiler:We are later told the name of the Career she killed: Wave.]]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14264476/1/Speak-Not-The-Dead Speak Not the Dead]]'', an AlternateUniverseFic outlining how Lisbeth "Beth" Trismegistus volunteered for and won the 126th Hunger Games, in a reality where the 75th Hunger Games has a different set-up.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14264476/1/Speak-Not-The-Dead Speak Not the Dead]]'', an AU fanfic outlining how Lisbeth "Beth" Trismegistus volunteered for and won the 126th Hunger Games.

Also has a side fic called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13586009/1/24-Tributes-The-Acidic-Forest 24 Tributes: The Acidic Forest]]'' outlining the 42nd Hunger Games told from the perspective of all the tributes. Tropes from that story will also be included here.

** Played [[MoodWhiplash slightly for laughs]] in Chapter 75 during the vote for and against the Capitol Games, where the chapter ends with a list of surviving Victors, their stances towards the proposed Capitol Games and their reasoning behind the vote. [[spoiler:The list ends with Librae being listed as [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers stranded in Hawaii]], but it also notes that had she been there, she would have voted no and tied the vote.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Bear and Gwenith, who share many tender moments throughout the story. [[spoiler:The two finally openly admit to being in love with each other right before the Victor Purge and share their first and last kiss, but nothing more due to Bear deciding to stay behind and hold off the Peacekeepers so Gwenith can run off with Haymitch to jumpstart the Rebellion]].

* MythArc: The "pacifist run", aka winning the Hunger Games without killing a single other tribute. Multiple Victors throughout the story attempt to complete a pacifist run only to fail for one reason or another, symbolizing how Panem is still a war-torn, oppressive state. [[spoiler:Therefore, Cupid finally managing to accomplish a pacifist run in the very last Games symbolizes that the era of the Hunger Games is over and that an era of peace between the Capitol and the Districts has finally begun]].

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone could tell Spool had it bad for Lammy. Mizar even wrote in his final letter that they should get married.

** The [[spoiler:Capitol Games]] can be seen as this near the end of the story from a District's perspective. [[spoiler:Justified because it's not only twenty-four Capitolite children entering the arena -- with twelve of them being forced to boot, but the sponsorship uses a "points" system, and the Districts can refuse to sponsor]].