History WhamLine / TheVictorsProject

* Chapter 5: Wheaton becomes [[UrExample the first volunteer]] because the original mentors in this universe (the story came out pre-Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes) are rebel prisoners who get pardoned for their supposed treason when they mentor their first victor and his father is District 9's mentor. He wins, but President Lucius gets a massive EvilIsPetty and KickTheDog moment.

--->Behind her, Beetee [[ForWantOfANail used the distraction to race for a coil of wire sitting in the Cornucopia]].

-->''The old man was executed six months after during the Victory Tour for Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. He was killed for whistling a four-note tune and raising three fingers in a salute.''

-->''The next day [Wheaton] received a letter saying his father had been fully pardoned of the crime of sedition, but had been executed for crimes committed during said sedition, including burglary, sabotage, and espionage.''

--->''A struggling actress, a reporter, and the escort from District 1.''

--->''As the footage ends, Coriolanus Snow closes his eyes, lays back on the stretcher, [[TheChessmaster and smiles]].''

--->''My district's industry is beauty. [[SexSlave Men and women are not exempt from this.]] Snow was pleased, immensely pleased. The beautiful and deadly boys and girls from the halls of the [=DAEYD=] filled the personal security forces of Capitol officials, the training facilities, and, of course, the bacchanals and pleasure houses. The victors were reserved for those who Snow needed to charm, or who could afford to pay enough. It was my idea, but I let Snow think it was his.''

--->''The settlers in the Anasazi remained separated simply by culture, rather than open hatred. And this this the Capitol could not abide. The Games divide. The Games control. The games do not bring together. The healing of District 10 would meet the end of Danny and Elena's family. [Their children] were reaped the Second Quarter Quell.''

--->''Behind her, Beetee [[ForWantOfANail used the distraction to race for a coil of wire sitting in the Cornucopia]].''

-->''Brutus lifted another spear and threw it. He didn't even follow its flight, his eyes drawn every so briefly to the edible insects station.''[[note]]Which is where Katniss spends time with Cecelia in ''Literature/CatchingFire''.[[/note]]\\
''"Aaron," he said. "My boy's name is Aaron."''

-->''I stay there beneath the water until Cecelia Rheys is drowned.''

-->''I jump out of reflex and then courtesy as Spindella Rheys sweeps into the room.

-->''Ben Cooper had a drunken one-night stand with the chocolatier he'd always had a fancy for and even though Abram Mills looked nothing like him [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe he was never able to shake off the suspicion that his last victor might have also been his son]].''

-->''As one, Thimble and his men turn towards Thread and the elite forces and fire.''

-->''And then the pieces begin to click in Mack's mind, because no ghost should look so sheepish.

-->''As one, the Settlers rise from the dirt. From their packs and bags they pull out the weapons they smuggled on the march. Meat cleavers, butcher knives, [and] firearms that the Anasazi smuggled to them from the moment the Quell was announced. Every man, every woman, every child has something to fight with.''

* Chapter 5: Wheaton becomes [[UrExample the first volunteer]] because the original mentors in this universe (the story came out pre-Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes) are rebel prisoners who get pardoned for their supposed treason when they mentor their first victor. He wins, but President Lucius gets a massive EvilIsPetty and KickTheDog moment.

* Chapter 5: Wheaton becomes [[UrExample the first volunteer]] because the original mentors in this universe (the story came out pre-Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes) are rebel prisoners who get pardons when they mentor their first tributes. He wins, but President Lucius gets a massive EvilIsPetty and KickTheDog moment.

--> '''Mags:''' [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter Commander Barabbas]].
--> '''The new president:''' Not an appropriate name anymore, I'm afraid. A shame, he was a good character. Please, Mags, sit.
--> '''Mags:''' I'll stand please, President Snow.

--> ''The next day [[Wheaton]] received a letter saying his father had been fully pardoned of the crime of sedition, but had been executed for crimes committed during said sedition, including burglary, sabotage, and espionage.''

-->''My district's industry is beauty. [[SexSlave Men and women are not exempt from this.]] Snow was pleased, immensely pleased. The beautiful and deadly boys and girls from the halls of the [=DAEYD=] filled the personal security forces of Capitol officials, the training facilities, and, of course, the bacchanals and pleasure houses. The victors were reserved for those who Snow needed to charm, or who could afford to pay enough. It was my idea, but I let Snow think it was his.''

--> ''The settlers in the Anasazi remained separated simply by culture, rather than open hatred. And this this the Capitol could not abide. The Games divide. The Games control. The games do not bring together. The healing of District 10 would meet the end of Danny and Elena's family. [Their children]] were reaped the Second Quarter Quell.''

--> ''Behind her, Beetee [[ForWantOfANail used the distraction to race for a coil of wire sitting in the Cornucopia]].''

** Fans of ''The Victors Project'' who ''didn't'' read ''Fall into the River'' first might miss the significance of Brutus's line, but are more likely to experience a wham feeling in Cecelia's chapter of ''TVP''. She has sex with Brutus while suffering from a schizophrenic episode, right after they have a conversation about how the Capitol will stop selling her as a SexSlave [[GlorifiedSpermDonor if she gets pregnant again]]. One year later, Cecilia walks up to Brutus and hands him a picture of a dark-haired baby.

-->'''Beetee:''' ''(inner monologue)'' The sky falls. The roof collapses. The sun goes out.

--> ''My district's industry is beauty. Men and women are not exempt from this. Snow was pleased, immensely pleased. The beautiful and deadly boys and girls from the halls of the [=DAEYD=] filled the personal security forces of Capitol officials, the training facilities, and, of course, the bacchanals and pleasure houses. The victors were reserved for those who Snow needed to charm, or who could afford to pay enough. It was my idea, but I let Snow think it was his.''

* Chapter 4: TheReveal about the possible fate of Orchus, the victor who disappeared. Many old people in District 11 claimed to be Orchus decades later, and the one of them who may be telling the truth is a CanonCharacterAllAlong.
--> ''The old man was executed six months after during the Victory Tour for Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. He was killed for whistling a four-note tune and raising three fingers in a salute.''

* Chapter 64: As Gloss watches Halibut freak out over a dead tribute and shows a LackOfEmpathy, another victor tells him, "That was Hal's son."

* ''The Lumberjack and the Tree-Elf'' starts out with OCStandIn and future victor Blight living a hard life in a hostile community and wondering if he'll be reaped. Then, the actual reaping comes along, and the story takes a shocking turn when it ''isn't'' Blight whose name comes out of the reaping bowl.

--> '''Enobaria''': "When Tigellinus retires" is a joke among the cadets. It means something is likely to never happen. And I never told you about that. I had no reason to. You're a Two! No, you're more than that, you're one of us. You were at the Institute, you snake, you traitor!
* After Enobaria's games, The Speaker reveals his identity after being mortally wounded; that of a major character from ''Fall Into the River.''
--> '''The Speaker:''' My name is Brittanicus Romano. They...They called me Tanni.

--> ''Ben Cooper had a drunken one-night stand with the chocolatier he'd always had a fancy for and even though Abram Mills looked nothing like him he was never able to shake off the suspicion that his last victor might have also been his son.''

--> ''As one, Thimble and his men turn towards Thread and the elite forces and fire.''

* Chapter 10: The victims of the District 10 DeathMarch seemingly need TheCavalry to save them, but then reveal they've spent days faking frightened docility.
--> ''As one, the Settlers rise from the dirt. From their packs and bags they pull out the weapons they smuggled on the march. Meat cleavers, butcher knives, [and] firearms that the Anasazi smuggled to them from the moment the Quell was announced. Every man, every woman, every child has something to fight with.''

--> '''Enobaria''': "When Tigellinus retires" is a joke among the cadets. It means something is likely to never happen. And I never told you about that. I had no reason to. You're a Two! No, you're more than that, you're one of us. You are at the Institute, you snake, you traitor!

-->''And then the pieces begin to click in Mack's mind, because no ghost should look so sheepish.

* Chapter 65: Cashmere reveals to Beetee that she knows they are planning to break Katniss and Peeta out of the Third Quarter Quell arena, which gets lampshaded by Beetee's reaction.

** Ahenobarbus telling the Victors, "President Lucius is dead."
** Cashmere reveals to Beetee that she knows they are planning to break Katniss and Peeta out of the Third Quarter Quell arena, which gets lampshaded by Beetee's reaction.
--->'''Beetee (inner monologue):''' The sky falls. The roof collapses. The sun goes out.
** When [[spoiler:Jade]] is put on trial during Coin's ReignOfTerror, the prosecutor drops this bombshell about the fates of several other characters ([[spoiler:although one is FakingTheDead]]).
-->'''Letts Bolger:''' [[LastOfTheirKind As the last living victor]] of District [[spoiler:One]], [[spoiler:Ms. Boleyn]] is-\\
'''[[spoiler:Jade]]:''' [[ThisCannotBe The last? That's...impossible. I can't be...]]
** For people who read ''Fall into the River'' before ''The Victors Project'', the epilogue of the former story briefly alludes to the "famous father" of Cecelia's son Aaron and how she refuses to let her friends and family talk about him. Chapter 49 of ''The Victors Project'' ends with Brutus and Peeta having a conversation in training gym. Brutus confides in Peeta that he has a son whose mother won't let him see the boy.
--->''Brutus lifted another spear and threw it. He didn't even follow its flight, his eyes drawn every so briefly to the edible insects station.''[[note]]Which is where Katniss spends time with Cecelia in ''Literature/CatchingFire''.[[/note]]\\

*** Fans of ''The Victors Project'' who ''didn't'' read ''Fall into the River'' first might miss the significance of Brutus's line, but are more likely to experience a wham feeling in Cecelia's chapter of ''TVP''. She has sex with Brutus while suffering from a schizophrenic episode, right after they have a conversation about how the Capitol will stop selling her as a SexSlave [[GlorifiedSpermDonor if she gets pregnant again]]. One year later, Cecilia walks up to Brutus and hands him a picture of a dark-haired baby.
---->'''Cecelia:''' I named him Aaron. You can keep the picture. I'll bring a new one every year. But if you ever try to contact my son, or threaten to disrupt his life in any way, I'll kill you myself.
** Lyme, who grew up in a rebel village, kills Maxx, her ParentalSubstitute, so Boudicca will let her become a tribute. Then, after she wins the 51st Hunger Games, she's shown at a wake for Maxx, whose son utters this line.
--->'''Mesa:''' [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning This is what he wanted]]. Making [[TheMole one of ours a victor.]]
** ''The Lumberjack and the Tree-Elf'' starts out with OCStandIn and future victor Blight living a hard life in a hostile community and wondering if he'll be reaped. Then, the actual reaping comes along, and the story takes a shocking turn when it ''isn't'' Blight whose name comes out of the reaping bowl.
--->'''Tutti Marble:''' Merrill Mason!\\

** TheReveal that [[spoiler:Cecelia's stepmother]] is the leader of the District 8 rebels.
--->''I jump out of reflex and then courtesy as [[spoiler:Spindella Rheys]] sweeps into the room.
** A ConnectedAllAlong reveal after Cecelia's victory.
--->'''Cora:''' Do you remember the story I told you before the interview? About why I was voted into the Quarter Quell?\\

'''[[spoiler:Spindella]]:''' His daughter, and my sister.
** The epilogue of ''Fall Into the River'' has [[spoiler:Cora]] being tortured for rebel names and naming a minor character who previously seemed like the exact opposite of a rebel sympathizer.
--->'''[[spoiler:Cora]]:''' [[spoiler:Larissa! Larissa Farrar!]]
** In Chapter 7 of ''Arrow'', the dead tributes of District 7 seemingly return to life to vengefully help slaughter the last peacekeepers in the district. The [[spoiler:ScoobyDooHoax nature of this event is revealed when Connor suddenly frowns and starts yelling at one of the young "ghosts", to Mack's confusion.]]
--->''And then the pieces begin to click in Mack's mind, because [[spoiler:no ghost should look so sheepish.]]
** Thisbe Everett seems to go insane after winning the 21st Hunger Games, telling her mentor that a reporter turned into a wraith, the District 1 escort claims that dead tributes want to kill her, and a tongue-less avox talked to her. However, one simple line reveals that she's really the victim of {{gaslighting}} when the third-person narrator talks about a bank account showing suspicious payments to three people.
--->''A struggling actress, a reporter, and the escort from District 1.''
*** Thisbe's chapter ends with her seemingly losing her mind and massacring a banquet full of prominent Capitol citizens before being killed in a struggle with a random intern who finds himself on the fast track to promotion. The last lines of the chapter cast the intern's scene into an entirely new light, and reveal the culprit behind the {{gaslighting}}.
--->''As the footage ends, Coriolanus Snow closes his eyes, lays back on the stretcher, [[TheChessmaster and smiles]].''
** Beetee's investigation into the assassin who tried to kill Katniss takes an alarming turn when they find the bank account that the assassin's payment came from.
--->'''Beetee:''' It's [=PanemTT665=].\\
'''Enobaria:''' And that is...?\\
'''Beetee:''' [=PanemTT665=] is the Victor's fund. The money came from a Victor's salary ... The blood money on Katniss's head was paid by a Victor. It's one of us.