Evil Gloating: "I bet I could kill this guy with one punch to the head."
Evil versus Evil: His fight with Japan, though the latter is noticeably more sympathetic.
Freudian Excuse: In his intro chapter, he says he has a rocky relationship with his father after his parents' divorce caused his dad to drift away from him. This leads to his death, as he deliberately volunteers to annoy the old man.
Glory Hound: Differs from Glory Seekers Lude and Japan in that he employs no discipline, restraint, or honour in his quest for recognition.
Heroic Wannabe Motivated by a desire to be his district's hero, though not in the traditional sense of the word.
Not So Harmless Villain: Spends most of his time after the bloodbath being a failure. Then Japan underestimates him and is forced into a Better to Die than Be Killed situation. Subverted, in that Alf is killed as well in the attempt.
Obfuscating Stupidity: At one point, Lude begins to suspect that his entire ghost paranoia is an act designed to fool and manipulate the others. In reality, he's overthinking things - Alf's really that stupid.
What an Idiot: Name one intelligent thing he's done in the entire Games (apart from the aforementioned Not So Harmless Villain situation.) It'll take a while.
Anti-Villain: Type I. He has no qualms with being a Career, but has a softer side as seen with his interactions with Ciano (especially in the 4th What If) and a dying Japan.
Pet the Dog: Several times: when he tolerates Ciano's antics in training, when he hesitates to kill him], and when he assures a dying Japan that It Has Been an Honor. The Fourth What If, of course, is all about this.
Villainous Valor: Displays courage and ingenuity in battle, particularly against the fire crickets. Averted in his final battle, when he's too cold to fight back against Russia.
Would Hit a Girl: Kills Tiee at the bloodbath and Liet in the fourth What If.
Thew Canda:
Accidental Murder: Switz throws him to the wolves, thinking he's dead. He's not.
Canada, Eh?: Fulfills many Canadian stereotypes, being polite, unassuming, and overshadowed by America (Alf). Lampshaded when he describes his headache as feeling like he's been hit in the head with a hockey puck.
Corrupt the Cutie: One could look at his unrepentant killing of Careers in this way.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Subverted. Being eaten alive by wolves can't be the most pleasant way to go ... but it helps that he was unconscious the whole time.
Death Faked for You: A series of extraordinary coincidences leads to almost everyone believing he's been killed. Unfortunately, this doesn't last long.
Death by Irony: Killed offhandedly after working to make himself memorable; not to mention that an inconvenient cannon firing led to his death while a convenient cannon firing saved his life earlier.
Disney Death: A cannon fires just as Alf knocks him out, tricking the Careers (not to mention the viewers) into believing he's dead.
He Who Fights Monsters: Could be seen as this. He says he hates Careers for the suffering they inflict, but regrets not being able to kill Alf himself, and takes pride in bringing death to someone who 'deserves' it. Though to be fair, that someone was a borderline psychopathic Complete Monster.
Not so Different: With a bit of Alternative Character Interpretation, he can be seen as this to Alf. Although Thew despises Alf for his remorseless killing of others, he himself does the same thing to Careers.
Villain Corner: Starts edging into it after killing Vivi, not that he realizes it.
Weak but Skilled: Physically weak, but cunning enough to take down a Career and good enough at going unnoticed to make it all the way to fifth place.
The Woobie: He holds himself together better than most, but his all-around dorkiness just makes you want to hug the poor guy.
Yank the Dogs Chain: What's that you want, Thew? Recognition? Well, we'll just have to kill you off in the most offhanded and unceremonious way possible, then, won't we?
Anti-Villain: Type I. Lives for the glory he gets from killing, but isn't an overall cruel person in his day-to-day behavior, and places greater emphasis on honouring his district's name than taking lives.
Alas, Poor Villain: He dies in a last-ditch attempt to bring glory to his district and is reassured by his ally, Lude, that he acted with honour.
Better to Die than Be Killed: Chooses to stab both himself and Alf rather than be strangled to death or rescued.
Glass Cannon: Insanely fast and skilled in swordplay, but admits in his intro chapter that his defence capabilities are minimal, as he's not as muscular as the average Career.
Honor Before Reason: A defining trait of his. Most notable when Alf has him in a stranglehold and he chooses to kill himself rather than face the shame of being rescued by Lude.
Japanese Politeness: In contrast to the rest of the Careers, he rarely has a harsh word for anyone, even "trying not to sound condescending" when dealing with Alf's stupidity. He also "briefly apologizes" for not handing out water earlier in the 4th What If.
Prince Charming Wannabe: Flirts with almost all the female tributes in his intro chapter. Their reactions range from mildly flattered to disinterested to completely livid.
Angst? What Angst?: Is inordinately cheerful most of the time. Averted (understandably) when he's about to die, and when watching Lude kill Thew in What If.
Break the Cutie: In the moments before his death, which of course means...
Forgotten Fallen Friend: One of the few examples in the series to be played straight. Apart from in the fourth what if, Lude never dwells on killing him after the deed is done. Thew mourns briefly when seeing his face in the sky, but isn't too troubled afterwards.
Dirty Coward: YMMV, but some reviewers definitely thought so when he left Thew behind while running from Careers. Though, to his credit, he thought Thew was behind him the entire time.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Has his skull repeatedly smashed open with a frying pan. To make matters worse, it's specifially stated he was alive for nearly all of it.
Egomaniac Hunter: A complete egotist who Hunts the Most Dangerous Game. To be fair, it (most likely) wasn't his choice to be thrown into a game of life and death, but he still relishes in the opportunity to hunt and kill his fellow human beings.
Lack of Empathy: Completely remorseless for any of his murders; not to mention that his reaction upon finding his younger districtmate has asthma was that she'd be even easier to kill.
Laughably Evil: While it doesn't detract from his villainy in any way, his over-the-top arrogance often makes him comical.
Like Brother and Sister: His friendship with Peyton is depicted this way in one of Number One Fan of Journey's comedic fanarts, with Peyton stressing that they're not romantically involved.
Taking You with Me: He dies at the bloodbath, but not without taking his killer, Chia, with him.
Token Minority: Despite there being other D11 tributes in the series, he is the only character specifically confirmed by the author to be black.
True Companions: Has an extremely close bond with his district partner/friend Peyton, whom he considers to be his 'twin' as they were born on the same day.
Would Hit a Girl: To be fair, she had just mortally wounded him.
Doomed by Canon: In The Hunger Games, District 12 has only ever had four victors (three in the canon series, one established by Journey's other fics), so it's certain from the start that he's going to die.
Only Sane Man: Especially when contrasted with his hyperactive ally, Poal.
The Philosopher: Spends much of his intro chapter debating whether it's better to die in front of the entire nation in the Hunger Games or waste away in the mines with your name lost to history. If Poal is to be believed, he goes into these phases a lot.
Properly Paranoid: Unlike Poal, he actually realizes that everything in the Games is out to kill him.
The Woobie: Doesn't show his fear much, but you have to feel sorry for him. Especially when Lude's morningstar demonstration in training caused him to tremble!
Ax Crazy: Takes delight in the bloodshed of the Games, going so far as to shove a sickle into her own throat because she thought her impending death by poison wasn't violent enough.
Informed Ability: Can slash over into the Know-Nothing Know-It-All territory. Vivi keeps on saying that she's intelligent, but we see no evidence for that. In fact, she essentially commits suicide from her own arrogant unwillingness to trust.
Kick the Dog: Torturing Peyton and mutilating her corpse.
Meaningful Name: Guess which of our favorite fanfiction writers she's based on? Even better yet, she comes of the Capitol Games fame. Mhm, yes, you got that right; ladies, gentlemen- give it up for miss Vividly Visceral!
More Deadly Than The Male: She's certainly more savage and bloodthirsty when it comes to kills. Partially subverted as she herself points out that even though she's well-versed in weapons, she couldn't take on her District partner Alf since he's so well-built.
Undignified Death: Getting a death sentence by drinking from a canteen of water that was poisoned by Thew that Alf was freaking out about. Tries to avert this by cutting open her own throat as she thought that it wasn't a gory enough death for her.
Weak, but Skilled: She's not weak, per se, but she's just fifteen and is on the smaller side when it comes to the usual Career fare. Her partner Alf is much stronger than her, and she said that her intelligence will help her, so she's really essentially this in the Career pack.
Write Who You Know: Anybody know Vividly Visceral? Yeah, that's right. Vivi Daley's based on her. It now makes a whole lot of sense in perspective.
Damsel in Distress: Justified, as she's only twelve years old in an arena full of deadly competitors.
Dying Alone: Averted at the last moment in backstory. Turned away from an orphanage because she was not old enough to accept tesserae, Liet was close to dying on the streets when Switz took her in.
Heroic Sacrifice: Took several blows from Russia's blade to shield her brother. Regrettably, it doesn't do much good, as they are both killed soon after.
I Owe You My Life: Realizes how much she owes Switz partway through Brutal, and spends the rest of the fic trying to repay him.
Little Miss Badass: In the second What If, the way she climbed a tree, jumped Russia, and managed to land some blows with her bow and arrow ( albeit useless) was pretty cool.
Rasputinian Death: Amazingly, in the fourth What If she survives being clubbed in the head with a morningstar and has to be hit several more times before finally dying.
It's Personal: Veta never takes a directly aggressive stance against her opponents until Gil kills Austria. Then ... let's just say you do NOT want to push her Berserk Button.
Love Makes You Crazy/Love Makes You Evil: Not that she was by any means evil, but her darkest and craziest act ( Extreme Melee Revenge on Gil) was powered by her pain over Austria's death.
Love Hurts: If being reaped with your fiancé isn't bad enough, surviving while he dies definitely is.
The Mourning After: Even after Austria's death, Veta still considers herself to be "Mrs. Veta Edel." Woe to you if you forget it.
So Happy Together: Veta's and Austria's makeshift wedding and the scene where they warm their hands over the fire together serve as this for the couple.
Affably Evil: So much that he went for the "fun and friendly" angle during his interviews.
Alas, Poor Villain: Even if you don't like the guy, you have to admit that being betrayed by his ally/crush and croaking out her name as he lies dying is a sad way to go.
All Love is Unrequited: Although he's certain that Ania will fall for him, it never happens.
Last Kiss: Kisses Ania as she dies in the sixth What If. Since he dies not long afterwards, this would make it his last kiss as well. Slightly subverted in that it's more creepy and manipulative than romantic.
Love Hurts: Like a sword through the back. Literally.
Love Martyr: Never stops hoping Ania will reciprocate his feelings, even when it's incredibly obvious she hates his guts.
Laughably Evil: Definitely an antagonist, but his narcissism makes him humorous.
Manipulative Bastard: Surprisingly, he has a moment of this in the sixth What If when he tells Ania he'd feel a lot less guilty about killing her if she returned his affections, then exploits her desire to repay him so that she lets him kiss her.
Pet the Dog: Quite a few: he Took a Bullet for Ania on their first meeting, has a distaste for harming females and the defenceless (although he does it anyway) and was polite enough to carry Gries' body to where the hovercraft could get it in the sixth What If.
Yangire: What Lovi starts suspecting him to be. At first, it's used in a comedic light when Spain jokes about it to her...then it's used in a horrifying deconstruction when Lovi almost murders him for it.
Anti-Hero: A wannabe of it; Igris keeps on saying that he's okay with killing people in order to get out of the Games alive, but when it comes down to it, he doesn't actually kill.
Badass: Not too soft for a pampered rich kid. After all, he managed to master the rapier in what seems like seconds.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: Both Fronce and Amer love to rib him about it. And his little brother, Shiran, also has them.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: One of his defining characteristics. We even sympathize with him when he learn of his reason for wanting to abandon China to die alone.
Jerkass Woobie: Turns into more of the Woobie as the Games progress, though.
Lethal Chef: He once brought in some home-baked cookies to share with everyone...and guess how that turned out?
Lonely Rich Kid: It makes it even more sad when Fronce , his first and only friend, dies.
Even Shiran knows of that and thanks Amer for being Igris's friend.
Not So Above it All: It's noted that even though he tried to act like a gentleman, he got too annoyed by Caesar to fully keep his composure during the interviews. Amusingly, the same fate was also shared with his fellow Tsundere, Lovi.
Spoiled Sweet: Even though he's rich, he doesn't act like the stereotypical rich brat and treats everyone like equals. He even baked cookies once to share with his fellow workers at the Trading Post.
Skewed Priorities: Really, Igris? You really had to move out of your hiding place to make TEA in the CHILDMURDER GAMES?!
Tsundere: A platonic version to Fronce. Even though Igris tries to make himself look all grouch and stoic, his true feelings are shown in his narrative.
Horrible Males, District 7 - 12
Vahn Larus:
Accent Adaptation: Sort of. Since most citizens of Panem probably don't know what on earth Russia is, his Russian accent is interpreted by his adoptive parents as a speech impediment and by the doctor as a rare disorder.
Ascended Extra/Early-Bird Cameo: Briefly mentioned in Brutal as having attacked Russia; a rather important supporting character in the sequel.
Asshole Victim: True, Amer Jumps Off the Slippery Slope when he kills him, but after everything he's just done to Eston and Raivis, it's easy to sympathize with the murderer.
Bad Boss: Keeps his 'allies', Eston and Raivis, in line with threats and violence.
The Bully: Acts like this to Eston and Raivis, and was implied to be one back in District 9, beating up Russia for his optimism and having a gang of cronies.
Death Equals Emotion: Serves as The Stoic for most of the series, but breaks down crying and wishing to go home right before he bites it.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Although he tries to avoid Natalya and has no problem with her dying so he can get home, he does claim to genuinely love her (though not in the way she'd like, thank goodness...)
Pet the Dog: States that he really does care for Natalya, despite her Yandere tendencies. Subverted in that he'd be perfectly fine with her death as long as it means he can win.
Russian Guy Suffers Most: Gets what might be the most painful death in the entire series, having everything – all the way through to his spine – hacked up and ripped apart.
Ascended Extra/Early-Bird Cameo: Barely mentioned in Brutal;a rather important character in the sequel. Even more important in one of the What Ifs, and the central character in the oneshot "Hit the Bottle" (which is based off that What If scenario.)
Band of Brothers: Part of this with Amer and Eston. Especially pronounced in the third What If.
Broken Bird: Sort of. His brother's death made him incredibly paranoid, and the Games did even more to scar him. However, he's not cynical in the slightest.
The Chick: He fulfills this role in Amer's first alliance.
Corrupt the Cutie: Becomes a drunkard and almost kills his father in "Hit the Bottle". Fortunately, he gets better.
Cowardly Lion: He's scared of nearly everything, but when it comes down to it in the third What If,he was willing to put his life on the line to give Eston a chance at going home.
Doomed by Canon: In The Hunger Games, District 12 has only ever had four victors (three in the canon series, one established by Journey's other fics), so you pretty much know he's going to die.
Kuudere: Subverted in that she really doesn't have that much of a warm side. Although it's implied that she does feel remorse for all the people she's killed.
Lack of Empathy: At first, it's played straight. Then it's unusually averted; Ania gets nightmares from all the people that she's killed.
Jerkass Woobie: Sure, she's been planning for two years to kill two people completely unrelated to Corianne's death, but you can't help feeling bad for her when she all but admits she's still not over the loss of her only friend.
Accidental Murder: Almost. After deciding not to kill Spain, she accidentally conks him on the head with the hammer, giving him a concussion which would likely have landed him on her kill list if it wasn't for Ania.
Cry Cute: Breaks down sobbing and thanking Spain for all he's done when she thinks they're about to be killed. Of course, in typical Tsundere fashion, after it's over she denies the whole thing ever happened.
Damsel in Distress: Although she tries her hardest to deny it, she really wouldn't have gotten anywhere without Spain.
Driven to Suicide: Well, Driven to Allowing Gries to Kill Her in the first What If.
Et tu Brute: She is very disturbed by Spain's admission that he's killed someone before the Games, worries he will betray her, and almost stabs him in the back for it.
Eye Scream: Gouges out her own eye with a hammer in the first What If.
The Unfavourite: Her intro chapter makes it clear that her grandfather preferred Feli to her. It's also telling that he didn't come to see her after the reapings, while apparently giving Feli advice on staying away from Careers when she was reaped.
The Woobie: Despite her Tsundere ness, she can be this on occasion, especially when worried for her or Spain's lives.
Yank the Dogs Chain: After complaining of hunger for quite a while, she and Spain finally get some food donated to them... only for it to be stolen by Sadik.
Stay With Me Until I Die: Discussed when Igris and Fronce abandon her to die alone. Fronce is sure she would have wanted this, but Igris claims that Fronce's presence would just have made her angrier (since she died from eating too much of his unknowingly poisoned food.)
Yank the Dogs Chain: Sick of Igris and Fronce bossing her around, she sneaks behind their backs and eats the rations they wouldn't let her have. This turns out to have been a very, very bad idea.
Teen Genius: Sadik mentions that she's the top student in Math and Philosophy. And then, think of all her philosophizing, her common sense, and her plans for the Games...
Together in Death: With Sve. He even sees (or at least thinks he sees) her moving towards him as he dies in the third What If.
Celladora Talith:
Accidental Murder: Vahn wasn't entirely intending to kill her with that pickaxe.
Doomed by Canon: In The Hunger Games, District 12 has only ever had four victors (three in the canon series, one established by Journey's other fics), so you pretty much know she's going to die.
"I also wouldn't be in the Games if it were not for my parents. I find no particular joy in the idea of killing, but my parents want to add an extra bit of fame to the name Torya. I suppose I'm somewhat of a pawn, if one chooses to look at it that way. I don't mind. I have to do something with my life, and constant luxury is really quite boring."
The Chessmaster: The level of planning he does...it hurts my head sometimes...and, as Obiwanlivesforever said so herself in an earlier review, he's ONE CRAFTY BOY.
Deadpan Snarker: He's never speechless for a comeback, whenever Ilber tries to diss him.
Aristocrats Are Evil: He's considered to be an aristocrat, and he's also a Career, so...
Adaptational Badass: The Austria in Hetalia may have been trained to be a fighter, but he eventually devolves into the pampered prince he is today. But in Miserable, although he's still pampered, he definitely knows how to use a sword.
The Load: To Magya, once he breaks his arm. Not that she seems to mind.
Magnificent Bastard: Just like the trope description, he outsmarts everyone and looks cool doing it, at least until his final fight with Ilber.
Only Sane Man: In the career pack. Arguably shares this role with Magya, if you overlook her occasional killing sprees and harsh sense of mercy.
Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome: Not him specifically, but the Hetalia character he's based off of. Austria was "good" in Brutal and reimagined here as a Career.
Villain Decay: Justified; he loses a lot of his threat once Ilber nearly kills him and breaks his arm.
"I'm only 12—and I've only been that for about a week—and I'm not that strong or anything. I kind of... I don't have good odds. I'll try to get out and everything, but I'm really not that optimistic about this."
An Ax to Grind: Thanks to a certain forgetful Career, Norge manages to acquire a trusty companion to protect his little brother with.
Anti-Hero: Okay, so he wants to protect his little brother- that's pretty heroic. But wait…HE JUST HACKED APART SHEEN'S GUTS! And…oh my gosh…now he's trying to kill a thirteen year old?!
Ax Crazy: Eventually happens throughout the Games, to the point where he's too crazy to know that he just killed his own brother.
Not So Stoic: What happens when Ise is revealed to be his half-brother.
Pet the Dog: Even before he knew that they were half-brothers, Norge still allied with Ise, even though it was implied that Ise wasn't that strong.
Sociopathic Hero: He wants to protect Ise from the Games, but he is also willing to kill a thirteen-year old to succeed.
Sugar and Ice Personality: Most of the time, he's emotionless. But catch him in the chapters when he practically begs for Ise to call him "big brother"…
Not so Different: It's not really explored much in the story, but many a reader has realized that Ax, despite being a Career, isn't too different from many of the other defenseless tributes. In fact, she's quite quirky.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Everyone calls her Ax; in fact, she's the one who insisted that they call her this.
Yaoi Fangirl: As much as the authoress would allow.
Magya Garrison:
"Not only have people been tortured, they've starved and burned and just withered away, so slowly... I want to save at least one Games from so much of that."
Girl Next Door: She's pretty, but not unapproachable. She has shades of being a tomboy, but she's not overly manly.
Go Mad from the Revelation: She gets a little unhinged after she realizes that she hasn't been accomplishing much in trying to stop people from suffering.
Hot Amazon: She's smoking hot, and she can kick your butt.
Knife Nut: In the tradition of Clove, Magya follows suit.
Tomboy: It's mentioned in Chapter 11 that she'd often dress up in boy's clothes and would prefer sneakers over "glimmering things".
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Ties into the reason why she wants to go on a killing spree and become the Victor. She wants to make sure nobody feels any pain from the Games- by killing them herself.
"Blood has such a beautiful colour, you know? And the shining, crimson textures on mutilated flesh are so much more interesting than bland, rough skin."
Adorkable: She has shades of this- EVEN WHEN SHE'S THINKING OF HOW BLOODSOAKED SKINS ARE PRETTY.
Affably Evil: Even while she's wondering on how to kill people in the goriest way possible, you still can't help but think that she's rather nice.
Author Avatar: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NUMBER ONE FAN OF JOURNEY.
Missed Moment of Awesome: (YMMV- but who wasn't disappointed when they saw that Journs wouldn't be able to go through with some of her gorier displays?
Ship Tease: There's the barest hint of some, between her and Antonio. You can find it in her introductory chapter.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: You never see her yelling like a maniac, and she sure sounded like she enjoyed bashing Paliss's head into the metal platform…
Teen Genius: She has shown implications of this when giving advice to Gil and Axxi while they're training.
Antonio: "She's amicable, but curiously bloodthirsty."
Wy Micra:
Flat Character: The most you get out of her is that she's an artist.
Scenery Porn: Her narrative is full of artistic imagery.
Ship Tease: Magya says that she's been noticing that Seborga's been flirting quite a bit with Wy… Not that it'll really amount to much when the Games start.
Bell Gique:
Cool Big Sis: Has shades of this to both Feli and her own little sister, Luxy.
Adaptational Badass: Certainly not Hetalia, as seeing Finland's pretty badbutt in the series. But this version of Finland does far more than Finni from Horrible.
Plutonia: "I slowly and nervously walk towards the lunch area, trying to find the boy my mentor told me to ally with. Let's see... He was blonde, and one year younger than me. Not that I can really tell how old a person is by looking at them, but..."
Plutonia: "I really don't think I'm going to win this. I'm not sure why I'm going to try. I don't know. Just because I should. Because my family and my mentor told me to."
Foreshadowing: When she and Shiran find a waterfall, Plutonia worries about how fast it's going. And then, some chapters later, you see how she dies…
Not so Above It All: Shiran points this out when he catches Plutonia splashing water on herself- the same water that she was previously scared of. Plutonia, being her usual Adorkable self, starts getting flustered.
The Woobie: With all her paranoia, you just want to give her a hug.
Owella Fehr:
"The capitol... It's just too strong for one little girl like me to take on. I just have to... have to sit back... have to stay and sit and watch... Just like always..."
