History YMMV / TheVictorsProject

** Ben is either disliked for being a cold-blooded killer (moreso than most career victors) or praised for being CombatPragmatist who wears around a wolf pelt for most of his scenes, as well as the softer side he eventually shows to Abram.

** [[ArcherArchetype Jade Boleyn]] grows up as a BlueBlood in a toxic environment, indirectly maims a childhood enemy and is sent to the [[=DAEYD=]]. She uses a SherlockScan to deduce that a murder took place and helps Ermine violently avenge her dead friend at least partially to amuse herself. In the arena, she achieves many impressive archery kills, plays the members of her alliance against each other and kills them all singlehandedly. While Jade expresses little remorse for that part of her life, she becomes a rebel, and aids in intricate plans to win District 1's freedom. Jade does an expert job of avoiding suspicion and [[LovableAlphaBitch treats her fellow victors aloofly, but shows occasional warmth and helpfulness even to people who dislike her]], and mourns for dead friends. Jade uses her knowledge of Panem's legal code to take back some control during her KangarooCourt trial after the new regime turns on her, buying time for a CharacterWitness to arrive. Jade sacrifices a chance to kill Coin--who nevertheless tries to kill Jade--to ensure the safety of a friend, having one vowed not to let anymore people die when she can save them and later takes part in the mission to rescue Katniss.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Using the name of each Games' victor as a chapter title (something which FollowTheLeader works to this fic also tend to do) is good for chapter organization but also steals a lot of suspense that could have come from trying to spot actual victors vs. {{Decoy Protagonist}}s in some chapters.