Terrible is a Hunger Games/Axis Powers Hetalia crossover written by Sharon Stoppable. It is intended to be a companion piece to the Brutal Series and follows its style of reimagining the Hetalia characters as district teenagers thrust into the Hunger Games. The fic is currently in-progress and can be found here.
Provides Examples Of:
- Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Action Fan Fic Quiet Drama Scene: Chelsea's nostalgic memory of the campfires back home.
- Reise and Opal talking about why they volunteered, culminating in Reise realizing she thinks of Opal as a friend.
- Rod remembering his time with Honey and how her death drove him into depression.
- Adaptational Villainy: Gerome, Kiku, Katya, and Thuaine.
- Alternate Universe Fic: Like in the Brutal Series, the Hetalia characters are human teenagers living in Panem, not personifications of countries living in past-to-present-day Earth.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Tino and Susan; Russo and Tasha. Canada also has a slight crush on Katya which she does not reciprocate.
- All Men Are Perverts: Katya thinks this trope almost word-for-word after she catches Canada ogling her chest.
- Ambiguously Jewish: Opal prays occasionally and makes reference to food she is not allowed to eat.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Sealand seems to be this to his older brother (obviously based off England).
- Anti-Villain:
- Katya, Gerome and Opal are joined the Career program out of pressure, fear or feelings of inadequacy, never seem to enjoy killing, and have many sympathetic traits, like Gerome's relationship with Talia and Opal's with Reise.
- Kiku and Reise are offer no Freudian Excuse for their volunteering (or, in Reise's case, psychotic behavior) but both have humanizing qualities and lines they will not cross.
- Ax-Crazy: Definitely Addison; Reise to a letter extent. Russo might be headed this way as well.
- Bad Boss: Addison keeps her Career pack (and her gang back home in District 1) in line with threats, violence and punishment.
- Russo's heading this way with his treatment of Tino, too.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Sweet, mild-mannered Canada completely snaps when his allies ignore him one time too many.
- Opal may seem harmless, but she's the first to get a kill at the bloodbath, after cutting off that tribute's arm, no less.
- Big Brother Instinct: Romano volunteers for the Games to protect his sister, Talia.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Bastard In Sheep's Clothing: Thuaine plays the ‘nice guy’ angle during his interview and seems good-natured enough at first, but as the Games progress, becomes increasingly malicious and spiteful.
- Big Damn Heroes: Reise attacks Addison from behind right when the latter is about to kill Opal.
- Bloodier and Gorier / Darker and Edgier: Carries on the Brutal Series' tradition of putting the Hetalia characters through completely horrible, violent, and depressing situations.
- Blood Knight: All of the Careers could technically qualify, but Reise and especially Addis take the cake.
- Brother–Sister Incest: Just like her Hetalia: Axis Powers counterpart, Tasha is completely obsessed with her brother, Russo.
- The Cameo: All the previous Victors from the Brutal Series are mentioned.
- Captain Obvious: Russo in Chapter 21:*After his sister has been hit with a knife, her cannon has blown and her body is about to be taken away.*Russo: "She's dead! My sister is dead!"
- Corrupt the Cutie: It looks like this may be happening to Canada, what with his newfound resolve to kill.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: None so far, but Addison’s latest goal is to
build a bonfire and burn all of the Morningstars alive. - Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Russo derides Tino's sympathy for his sister's death, because he feels Tino doesn't understand what he's going through.
- Driven to Suicide: Rod reveals that he nearly did this when his girlfriend, Honey, was killed in a past Game.
- Elegant Classical Musician: Rod plays the violin, has a large vocabulary, and behaves in a refined manner.
- Elsewhere Fic: This takes place during the 49th Hunger Games.
- Establishing Character Moment: The opening lines serve as one for Addison, who is first seen beating up a little girl and only goes downhill from there.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Rod's girlfriend Honey was apparently betrayed and killed by her ally.
- Even Evil Has Standards: even Reise thinks Addison is evil, noting that she enjoys killing for the thrill of battle, while Addison enjoys killing out of hatred for her victims.
- Kiku and Gerome are horrified by Addison’s suggestion of burning the Morningstars alive.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Addison finds the terrified expression on Ned's dying face to be hilarious.
- Face Death with Dignity / Holding Hands: The Morningstars do this when confronted with a sandstorm in a deleted scene. Fortunately for them, it dies down before reaching them.
- Face of a Thug / Perpetual Frowner: Susan has an “angry-looking face;” one of the reasons why Tino is so scared of her.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Gerome and Talia (if they don't become something more) and the Morningstars are headed this way.
- Foil: Katya can be seen as one to Addis. While both girls are the leaders of their Career pack and have no qualms with killing, Katya operates by a code of honor and sees her allies as family, while Addison … doesn't.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: the smallest thing can send Romano over the edge, especially if it concerns his beloved younger sister, Talia.
- Heartbroken Badass: Rod (romantic version) and Russo (platonic version). Interesting in that Russo's heartbreak was caused by Rod.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Romano volunteers to protect Talia, knowing it will most likely mean his death.
- Susan jumps in front of a throwing knife meant for Tino.
- I Gave My Word: District partners Katya and Kiku join different alliances, but swear to kill each other quickly if they run into each other. Katya misinterprets this as a non-aggression pact and is furious when Kiku targets her during a battle, claiming he is violating their promise.
- Ignored Epiphany: Reise realizes how awful killing is after making friends with Opal, but resolves to do so anyway, as it’s the only way to win.
- Kick the Dog: It’s hard to find a single action of Addison’s that isn’t this. From starting a hate-gang against an innocent girl to mocking Aubrey’s gender change before killing her to threatening to kill Talia if she didn’t stop screaming.
- Thuaine is also quite nasty to Opal much of the time.
- Russo threatening and mocking Tino, even though the latter’s just trying to help him get over the death of his sister.
- Let Them Die Happy: Despite not loving her in a romantic way, Russo kisses Tasha as she dies in hope of making her happy in her final moments.
- Love Hurts: Rod finds the memories of his time with Honey to be as painful as her death itself.
- Mercy Kill: Kiku makes an effort to kill as quickly and painlessly as possible.
- Odd Friendship: Reise, a bloodthirsty sadist from District 12, bonds with Opal, a quirky girl from District 4. It’s genuinely sweet.
- Parental Abandonment: Romano’s and Talia’s parents left them with their grandfather to avoid having extra mouths to feed.
- Polar Opposite Twins: In his introductory chapter, Canada notes how his late twin, Usa, was outgoing, obnoxious, and confident, while he is shy, polite and unsure of himself.
- The Pollyanna: When the Gamemakers send a storm her way, Lizzie defies them by literally singing and dancing in the rain.
- Psychopathic Manchild: After grief over his sister’s death twists his personality, Russo starts to become one of these.
- Puppy Love: Susan has had a crush on Tino since they were small children.
- Red Shirt / Sacrificial Lamb: the bloodbath victims (minus Susan, who serves as Tino’s Dead Love Interest), Ned, and arguably Chelsea.
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Schedule Slip: The author hasn't had time to update in a while. - Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Canada eventually gets fed up with being ignored by the rest of the Morningstars and flees the alliance.
- Spiritual Successor: To the Brutal Series.
- Stepford Smiler: Russo is a Type A/Type C following the death of his sister, smiling whilst hiding intense emotional pain and growing insanity.
- Taking the Bullet: Susan jumps in front of a knife intended for Tino
- Took a Level in Badass: This is what Canada intends to do to get the attention of the sponsors.
- Villain Opening Scene: The story starts off with Addison and her gang beating up a little girl in District 1.
- Villain Protagonist: Not that the other characters are ignored or portrayed as antagonists, but the Careers get a lot of focus and are portrayed quite sympathetically. In fact, the only ones of them who can be called flat-out villains are Addis and possibly Thuaine.
- Write Who You Know: Reise is based off the Brutal Series' author, Number One Fan of Journey.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Alice, whom Canada’s sister volunteered (and died) for, says this to him after the reaping.
- Gerome also tells Talia that she is beautiful, regardless of what others may say to her.
