History Heartwarming / TheVictorsProject

* As much as Gloss falls victim to MurderMakesYouCrazy it is somewhat moving that he manages to fight it. The first time he loses control and stabs a woman he's horrified and races his victim to the hospital even though she might have been able to identify him (fortunately for Gloss it turns out she was too drunk) and afterwards, however much he might hurt people, takes pains to never kill anyone again.

* Professor Tybalt finding Song and Quintus' grave. Also doubles as a TearJerker in that the last time he saw them he was shoved into a closet.

* Ahenobarbus being buried with his mothers shawl.

* Lupus finding comfort in jazz music, which goes against his image of being a "tough" career.

* While it doesn't do any good in the long run, the fact that the girl 5 voted into the Quell's supervisor was willing to take the blame for the industrial accident rather than blame her.

* The sense of gratitude Lyme feels at seeing Abram's shadow next to hers as she goes to try and find survivors of Redfern, having told him it was ok to go back to the trains.

* 4 finally getting to [[IllegalReligion honor their dead Victors, and so many others, the way they want to.]]

* It's revealed that the Victors, rebels and careers and others, made a pact to give [[TheWoobie Elena]] a painless death.

* The OneHundredPercentAdorationRating Jules has among the Victors talking about him.

--> ''So he calls out and volunteers and his district partner looks at him in disbelief, then understanding, then pride, and the emotions are mirrored in the faces of their district, and for the first time in a quarter century the cheers are real.''

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* Hector, the egotistical stylist crying and apologizing as he gives Cecelia her final prep.

* Gleam's dream of seeing his parents circus re-open.

* Cecelia and Andromache telling each other what they'd do with a Victor's salary.

* The sense of pride and support the District 11 volunteers get from the crowd.

* Woof doing what he can to show Loomer a good time before he goes into the arena.

* Loomer saving Cecelia's life.

* Luxe sending money to the families of the tributes he killed o keep them clothed and fed.

* Lupus finding comfort in jazz music.

* Katniss and Boudicca finding out they're {{NotSoDifferent|Remark}}.

* The simple fact that (although they both suffer some mental scars and a hard time in the arena) two Victors (Seeder and Mitt) manage to win without killing a single other tribute.

* How much Luxe (and to a lesser extent Platinum) look after and try to cheer up a shellshocked Gleam.

* Ahoenobarbus complimenting Gleam's skills and his performance, [[MoodWhiplash before declaring the knife-throwing contest]].

* Silk, in her capacity as District 1's first volunteer, being hugged by the thirteen year old whose life she's just saved.
* The determination Martius feels about saving Vera through sponsorship [[IgnoredEpiphany (even if it turns out to be a just a passing interest in the end)]] and the support he eventually gets from people like his best friend and stepmother.

** In District 7, both the victors and the District itself show her comfort and encouragement her when she's vulnerable out of gratitude for avenging their tributes. Evelyn notes they've given her a gift "she can never quite name and will never be able to repay."

* The description of Chevy managing to have a happy family ,[[HappyEndingOverride although the events of ''Arrow'' sour this some]].

* ''Lots'' of stuff about Haymitch's fellow second quarter Quell Tributes: Athena Costa feeding the sparrows outside her window; Titania Briss imagining she's a circus performer; Aeria Whitaker being allowed to do a dance recital in the place of an interview and dying without regrets; Watts Jarofsky volunteering to save his younger brother; Jenna Dunne's mother staying clean of drugs for sixteen years to try and give her a better life; Petrum Steele being allowed to fly the hovercraft to the arena and live out his dreams of being a pilot; Cameron O'Neil promising his cousin he can live with him in the Victors Village; The pubs of District 9 having a collection to sponsor local darts champion Amaranth Copeland; Adam Stone's stylist letting him wear a dress for the interviews.

* The OddFriendship between Circe and District 5's escort.

* As Katniss's rebel proponents airs in the Capitol, as most of the citizens feel hate or confusion, others simply try to hide relief and happiness that the girl they watched through two games isn't dead.

* Song letting her erstwhile ally die with dignity.

* Professor Tybalt finding Song and Quintus' grave. Also doubles as a Tearjerker in that the last time he saw them he was shoved into a closet.

* Ares and Berenice's bond, specifically Berenice's performance of a song that indicates that she views Ares as a ParentalSubstitute and Ares defending her from Cecilia's contempt (Cecilia's anger is justified, but that isn't Berenice's fault).

* Katniss and Boudicca finding out they're NotSoDifferent.
** Katniss defending Boudicca for starting the training academy and convincing Haymitch that as a whole Victors are [[NotSoDifferent just pawns overall.]]

* After Blight comes out of the closet on the stage, the support he gets, for the first time in his life, form the Capitol crowd and Jason's feelings watching.

* The reveal that the original District 1 Rebellion (Cashmere's brothers, Jade, Whisper, Shilling, etc.) intended to spare the lives of Song and Gleam before the GambitPileUp with the other rebels.

* One of District 9's schoolteachers talks about how, despite all the sacrifice endured, his new students haven't lost siblings to the Games. They don't fear their next birthdays. And they don't use tesserae to learn multiplication tables anymore.

* After the final battle of District 10, there's a simple yet stirring comment that the Settlers and Anasazi of District 10 go home "Together." It's also notable that the title of the chapter is "District 10 Unites."

* Luxe’s mothers attempts to help her son move past the games.

* Camden’s goodbye with his siblings.

* It’s only touched on briefly, but Woof trying to take care of his sisters on the street.

* Silk, in her capacity as District 1’s first volunteer, being hugged by the thirteen year old whose life she’s just saved.

* The sheer number of people who come to say goodbye to Gates when he’s reaped, and the description of how Gates was taking tesserae for eleven people, and being prepared in survival strategies by his father.

* The friendship between Wren and Rem even after [[IncompatibleOrientation he finds out she’s gay]].

** In Districts 11 she's awestruck by the fruit orchids that Wren shows her, after having initially been cowed by the District.
** In District 10 she gets to ride a horse).
** IN District 7 both the victors and the District itself show her comfort and encouragement her when she's vulnerable out of gratitude for avenging their tributes. Evelyn notes they've given her a gift "she can never quite name and will never be able to repay."
** The visit to District 6 gets a nice moment, not because of anything abotu the District or its people, but because Evelyn's normally bossy escort shows a softer side when sitting down and hugging her after seeing how scared she is of the place.
** In District 4 she has fun on the beach and is befriended by Mags and her family while being assured by everyone that they don't hold a grudge against her over the Games. Evelyn considers it the best night of her life.
* Evelyn’s acts of kindness to the people who were kind to her and her family.

** She regularly buys (and over pays for) pies from a young mother who gave Evelyn's mother a shoulder to cry on while Evelyn was in the arena.

* The friendship that comes between former enemies Rick [=McNulty=] and Eli Parsons once Eli’s son is reaped.

* The description of Chevy managing to have a happy family ,[[HappyEndingOverride although the events of ‘’Arrow’’ sour this some]].
* Seeder’s reunion with Chaff, the first and only tribute she saves.
* Seeder’s getting married in the aftermath of saving Chaff.

* Ahenobarbus’ friendship with Gates.
* Elena and Danny’s whole relationship and story. [[LoveHurts The first half of it, anyway.]]

* Ahenobarbus making Boudicca warn Mags and the other 4’s in time to save their lives during the Capitol power struggle.

* Ermine being willing to volunteer for the Games to save Esther’s family from retaliation by Luster.
* Justinian’s family being saved from poverty by betting on Chevy.

* The description of Brutus’ happy family life.

* Jade’s FriendOrIdolDecision where she chooses a chance at saving the life of her fellow prisoner rather than taking revenge on Coin.
* ''Lots'' of stuff about Haymitch’s fellow second quarter Quell Tributes: Athena Costa feeding the sparrows outside her window; Titania Briss imagining she’s a circus performer; Aeria Whitaker being allowed to do a dance recital in the place of an interview and dying without regrets; Watts Jarofsky volunteering to save his younger brother; Jenna Dunne’s mother staying clean of drugs for sixteen years to try and give her a better life; Petrum Steele being allowed to fly the hovercraft to the arena and live out his dreams of being a pilot; Cameron O’Neil promising his cousin he can live with him in the Victors Village; The pubs of District 9 having a collection to sponsor local darts champion Armanth Copeland; Adam Stone’s stylist letting him wear a dress for the interviews.

* A lot of Cecelia and Brutus’s date, and her naming their son after Brutus’s dead favorite brother.
* The OddFriendship between Circe and District 5’s escort.

* While one of them does lynch Song in the end, it’s oddly touching seeing multiple members of the mob arguing on Song’s behalf first.

* Blight’s advice to Johanna.
* Johanna being the first to volunteer to protect Peeta, Jason’s cousin.
* Johanna’s deal with Cashmere to get her tributes [[MercyKill mercy killed]].

* Ben doing everything he can to save Abram, especially with the later reveal it’s because he suspects Abram is his son.

* Katniss telling Peeta she’s pregnant as he presents her a birthday cake.

* Johanna and Gale’s MaybeEverAfter moment and Johanna presenting him the finished book memorializing the Victors.

* The way Vera offers to be Charlie’s mentor after being asked by her father.
* Blight’s training friendship with Devon.

* After Blight comes out of the closet on the stage, the support he gets, for the first time in his life, form the Capitol crowd and Jason’s feelings watching.
* Johanna, her brother and their friends cleaning the stables for Blight while he’s gone.
* Charlie’s overall sense of friendship and loyalty to her allies.

* Blight’s goodbye letters.

* Cecelia’s relationship with her little half-sister Kerry, especially the story she tells her during their goodbyes after the reaping.

* Loomer saving Cecelia’s life.
* Cecelia and Andromache telling each other what they’d do with a Victor's salary.

* Enobaria’s appeal to Boudicca to let Declan take the trials.
* The description of Enobaria and Maura’s childhood friendship.

* A lot of Enobaria and Matthos’ scenes.

* Gleam’s dream of seeing his parents circus re-open.

* While it doesn’t do any good in the long run, the fact that the girl 5 voted into the Quell’s supervisor was willing to take the blame for the industrial accident rather than blame her.

* The salvation of the District 7 rebels by a cavalry charge and the feelings that Blight and Jason’s romance might have been reincarnated in a sense through Blight’s nephew and his boyfriend.

* Brutus’ trainer telling him he did good after he beats up a bully and the feelings of elation it gives him.

* Brutus’s brief moment of bonding with Peeta in training.

* ''Lots'' of stuff about Haymitch’s fellow second quarter Quell Tributes: Athena Costa feeding the sparrows outside her window; Titania Briss pretending she’s a circus performer; Aeria Whitaker being allowed to do a dance recital in the place of an interview and dying without regrets; Watts Jarofsky volunteering to save his younger brother; Jenna Dunne’s mother staying clean of drugs for sixteen years to try and give her a better life; Petrum Steele being allowed to fly the hovercraft to the arena and live out his dreams of being a pilot; Cameron O’Neil promising his cousin he can live with him in the Victors Village; The pubs of District 9 having a collection to sponsor local darts champion Armanth Copeland; Adam Stone’s stylist letting him wear a dress for the interviews.

* Halibut poising his ally Copper isn't exactly an admirable act, but he makes sure to give him a quick death for the sake of his watching girlfriend, and it's implied that the reason he killed the boy form District 7 himself before turning on Copper was so that the last thing Copper's girlfriend saw him do wasn't killing a helpless kid.
* It's a small moment, but despite the InevitableMutualBetrayal tensions login through the rest of Halibut's alliance, Rarity from 1 does compliment their leader Priam, recognizing that because of him their time in the arena has been a "vacation" compared to some.
* While more preoccupied with Halibut turning on them, Rarity does seem to feel a brief moment of sadness for her dead district partner referring to the faces in the sky as "two young boys" in her inner monologue rather than dehumanizing them like many tributes do.
* Liane reflecting about happier memories with Priam in the arena, moments of affection even when the camera wasn't watching them, before admitting ThatManIsDead.
* Liane feeling enough District loyalty not to tell Priam about the rebel actions that got Halibut's parents killed.

* Woof duding what he can to show Loomer a good time before he goes into the arena.

* Johanna’s deal with Cashmere to get her tributes [[MercyKill mercy killed].