History TearJerker / TheVictorsProject

* The District 12 girl being followed to the stage by her cat, the only one who will miss her, and then ''[[EatTheDog her cat being killed and eaten]] by her fellow orphans while trying to find her after she's taken away''.

* Abram having to mourn Ben.

* The entire VikingFuneral of District 4: Mags' sister Dora mourning being the last survivor of their seven sisters. The deaths of two hundred former or current Career trainees. Deputy Peacekeeper Lockwood and most of the men who followed him into the FaceHeelTurn and most of the Victors.

-->''"The once wisecracking clown was now a yellowed skeleton, his lips pulled back from his teeth, his eyes wide and tormented."''

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* Lyme finding most of her home village killed by the Capitol, including her friend Mesa. Just to ''really'' twist the knife, every last body [[DeadGuyOnDisplay strung up in the ruins]] - [[KillEmAll old men, young women, and]] [[WouldHurtAChild children]] alike - has a silver arrow driven through their heart, all to taunt Lyme and remind everyone of the Capitol's strong arm.

* Eli, the (implicitly widowed) father of District 10's male 1st Quarter Quell tribute, is seen "on the ground in a pool of his own sick, [[AdultFear shaking and screaming something]]".

* Gloss and Cashmere's Parents AdultFear about losing them to the DAEYD (after already losing their older sons to the peacekeepers) and their argument driving the twins to go to the Academy together.

* The description of how Mayor Lourdes' wife was taken away and how he has to [[AdultFear watch his youngest daughter taken away as well]].

* The District 7 boy's mother's AdultFear coming true.

* The AdultFear in District 5 as they watch their children rebelling and dying (despite their efforts to stop them) while being too afraid to intervene themselves until the end.

* Ermine's [[HeroicBSOD reaction]] to finding the hanged body of [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Esther]], and [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure the way]] Luster later forces her to Volunteer for the Games.

** The description of how no matter how [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]] Haymitch gets, no how close he comes to alcohol poisoning year after year, he can [[TheDeadHaveNames never forget a single one of those 47 names]].

** Dazzle Brooks, one of the District One girls who volunteers by accident. She dies during the bloodbath, likely due to SuicideByCop as mentioned during ''Arrow''.

** The description of how no matter how [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]] Haymitch gets, how close he comes to alcohol poisoning year after year, he can [[TheDeadHaveNames never forget a single one of those 47 names]].

-->''"The once wisecracking clown was now a yellowed skeleton, his lisp pulled back from his teeth, his eyes wide and tormented."''

* Rob's death after being tortured to death.

* Haymitch's inability remember the color of his girlfriend's eyes.

* The reveal that Gleam and Song weren't supposed to die in the District 1 rebellion, but it got out of control due to a GambitPileup, causing a TorchesAndPitchforks mob to get to them before the main District rebels.

* Lyme finding most of her home village killed by the Capitol, including her friend Mesa.

* Cecelia finding out about the victor SexSlave ring hits her pretty hard, especially since she's a former sex worker who [[YankTheDogsChain thought that winning the Hunger Games meant she'd never have to degrade herself like that again.]] As she realizes what Cora and Paylor are talking about, her voice gets "small and high-pitched," and then she lets out a BigNo.

* Enobaria killing the boy from 11 on his birthday.

** Gates going into a seizure as he watches the District 7 tributes reluctantly kill his boy simply due to recognizing it might be the only way to buy time from the GameMakers.

** Jenna Dunne, a District 6 girl. Her mother stayed sober for sixteen years just for her sake, so Jenna has a better life than she does. However once she's reaped, her mother goes OffTheWagon four hours later.

** Aramanth Copeland, a dart-playing [[TheLadette lad-ette]] from District 9 having the District raising sponsor funds for her, only for Aramanth to die before the money can be sent.
** Veala and Charlie, Elena and Danny's children who were blatantly rigged into the Hunger Games. Charlie also promises to MercyKill Veala if he gets a chance.

* Nolan watching his promising tributes die Wiress's year.

* Roan murdering his District partner after she offered him help.

* Gloss and Cashmere avoiding there family to keep their parents from seeing the sign that they've been made {{Sex Slave}}s.

* Gloss and Cashmere's fight about "Victor Duties".

* Johanna's premature death saving a boy from a crane did not win [=Oisin55=] any new fans.

* Kerry being reaped, and everything that follows with her.

* The District 5 girl being voted into the games over an accident that wasn't even her fault, and that happened at a job she took just to buy clothes for her sisters.

* The District 12 girl being followed to the stage by her cat, the only one who will miss her, and then ''her cat being killed and eaten by her fellow orphans while trying to find her after she's taken away''.

* Camden's sister blaming herself for his getting reaped (due to being named after a rebel, which helped attract attention to the family).
* Camden's suicide after his sister dies in a Games after his.

* Quite a bit of this in in Haymitch's chapter, which really captures the sadness and lost potential of those 47 dead kids.
** Gossamer Monroe, the girl Haymitch killed, being the niece of District 1's [[IJustWantToBeSpecial 1st Quarter Quell female tribute]] and having been named after her.
** Dazzle Brooks, the other girl volunteering in 1 by accident. She dies during the bloodbath, likely due to SuicideByCop as mentioned during ''Arrow''.
** Miracle Vermeer, a District 1 boy wanting to bring pride to his relatives in 5 despite.
** Pixelle Li of District 3 being a hula hoop champion.
** The other 3 girl, Sue Jones, a brilliant inventor remembered more for her gory death in the arena than anything she did in life.

** A District 4 girl, Coralle O'Keefe, who was a SupremeChef about to get an internship to work in the Capitol when she was reaped.
** Ulysses Blackwater, a District 4 boy who volunteered [[ParentalNeglect just so his parents would notice him]].
** Jenna Dunne, a District 6 girl whose mother went OffTheWagon a few hours after the reaping after sixteen years of staying sober for her sake.
** A [[ImperiledInPregnancy pregnant]] District 7 girl, Miriam Murray, being reaped and her baby dying with her.

** Elena's son promising to MercyKill his sister if he gets a chance.
** The simple description of how Layla Forrester from District 12 had never tasted ''anything'' besides tesserae grain, dandelion leaves and tepid water before she was reaped.

* The [[KangarooCourt mock trials and executions]] of Granyte, Ermien, Brilliance and Ares, all of them at least slightly sympathetic Victors.

** Dazzle Brooks, the other girl volunteering in 1 by accident.
** Miracle Vermeer, a District 1 boy wanting to bring pride to his relatives in 5.

** Watts Jawofsky, a District 5 boy who [[HeroicSacrifice volunteered for his thirteen year old brother]].

* Mitt's BreakTheCutie experiences in the arena.

* The fate of the District 10 girl, Nellie Mills -- she was Reaped because [[SinsOfOurFathers her father]] [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunted Anasazi residents]] of the district, and she died a gory death as Capitolians cheered it on as they watched the carnage in person.

* The District 2 volunteer wandering about how the girl she volunteered for will live with the District.

* The district 4 girl being sent in for try gin to feed her mother.

* The SinsOfTheFather fate of the District 10 girl.

* The District 12 boy's utter confusion about ''why'' he was voted in (just as a sacrificial lamb due to having few relatives anyone would miss) and trying to remember things like his sister's eyes on his way to the parade. Worse yet, he isn't even remembered by the Capitol as a human, just as a statistic.

* Mitt sleeping next to the heater on his floor out of a depression to stay warm after surviving the arctic arena.

* The reveal that Gleam and Song weren't supposed to die in the District 1 rebellion but it got out of control due to a GambitPileup causing a TorchesAndPitchforks mob to get to them before the main District rebels.

* The description of how Mayor Lourdes wife was taken away and how he has to watch his youngest daughter taken away as well.

* Devon, arguably the nicest tribute of the whole 2nd Hunger Games, being tortured to death over seven hours while his family (on the [=TVs=]) and Blight [[ForcedToWatch have to watch every second of it]].

* Ermine's [[HeroicBSOD reaction]] to finding the hanged body of [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Esther]], and the way Luster later forces her too volunteer.

** Gates going into a seizure as he watches the District 7 tributes reluctantly kill his boy simply due to recognizing it might be the only way to buy time from the game makers.
** The last stand of those same District 7 tributes, and how Vera angrily tries to smash her computer as they fall.

* The reveal that Wonder (by suicide) and Gates have both died, and how Wonder's parents were killed as well in retaliation.

** Dattery Nakamura from District 3, being a DeathSeeker whose lost his whole family to the Games and industrial accidents.
** A district 4 girl, Coralle O'Keefe, who was a SupremeChef about to get an internship to work in the Capitol when she was reaped.

** Weaver Browne, a GentleGiant from 8, going crazy.
** Armanth Copeland, a [[TheLadette lad-ette]] from District 9 having the District raising sponsor funds for her, only for Armanath to die before the money can be sent.

* Cecelia's stoic feelings about being made to sell her body at 14 to feed her family.

* The depths Cecelia and her ally Rowenna both sink to and how Rowenna tries to stab Cecelia in the back at their last meeting.

* Jules MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after accidentally crippling a man in a fight.

* Tiberius's unanswered letters to Minerva begging forgiveness.

* Vera getting plastic surgery to avoid seeing the face of a murder in the mirror.
* Virtus selling his District token for less money than it takes to get drunk.

* The sheer sense off loss and sadness making so many people revolt, from the workers to the Great Houses, and the description of decades of watching their children be DeathSeeker's in the arena.

* Victoria lying to Cecelia about Spindellas plans for a HeroicSuicide.
* Cecelia and Hectors goodbye as she thinks about how he's probably the last person she'll see who isn't trying to kill her.