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| 13 | [[folder: ''Brutal'' Males, District 1 - 6]] |
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| 15 | !!Alf Meric: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | %% * AdaptationalVillainy: Not exactly the "hero" from ''Hetalia''. |
| 18 | %% * ArchEnemy: Of Thew. |
| 19 | %% * AttentionWhore: Obnoxiously so. |
| 20 | * BigEater: He goes through several days' rations for the entire Career pack quite efficiently on his own. |
| 21 | * BoisterousBruiser: Loud and as eager for a fight as any other Career. |
| 22 | %% * TheBrute: In ''Brutal'''s career group. |
| 23 | * DumbMuscle: One chapter title is "Conclusion: Alf's Still an Idiot." |
| 24 | %% * Eagleland: Type 2, full-stop. |
| 25 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Thew. |
| 26 | * EvilGloating: "I bet I could kill this guy with one punch to the head." |
| 27 | * EvilVersusEvil: His fight with Japan, though the latter is noticeably more sympathetic. |
| 28 | * FreudianExcuse: 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 [[spoiler: his death]], as he deliberately volunteers to annoy the old man. |
| 29 | * GloryHound: Differs from {{Glory Seeker}}s Lude and Japan in that he employs no discipline, restraint, or honour in his quest for recognition. |
| 30 | * HeroicWannabe Motivated by a desire to be his district's hero, though not in the traditional sense of the word. |
| 31 | * {{Jerkass}}: Comes with the loud-and-selfish bit. |
| 32 | * LargeHam: |
| 33 | ** "And then, I can be the hero!" |
| 34 | ** One of the author's sketches actually shows him reciting the large ham line. |
| 35 | %% * NeckSnap: Kills [[spoiler: Franse]] this way. |
| 36 | %% * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Kills [[spoiler: Wynd]] this way. |
| 37 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Spends most of his time after the bloodbath being a failure. Then [[spoiler: 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.]] |
| 38 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: 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. |
| 39 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Japan cuts off his head after killing him.]] |
| 40 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Vivi gives one to him, detailing why he isn't worthy to be in the Career pack. |
| 41 | %% * RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Thew. |
| 42 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Egotastic, from a family of no particular repute [[spoiler: that's certainly not given any more because of his Games.]] |
| 43 | * UnskilledButStrong: Goes for the kill with his bare hands. |
| 44 | * VillainousGlutton: A notorious BigEater and TheBrute. |
| 45 | * VillainsWantMercy: Begs with Thew, who he thinks is a ghost, not to kill him. |
| 46 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Inverted. Rather than trying to win his father's respect, he deliberately volunteers for the Games in order to tick him off. |
| 47 | %% * WouldHitAGirl: Kills [[spoiler: Wynd]] at the bloodbath. |
| 48 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He has a crippling fear of ghosts, which Thew exploits. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | !!Lude Ermany: |
| 51 | |
| 52 | %% * AdaptationalVillainy: Germany's not exactly the bad guy of ''Hetalia''. |
| 53 | %% * AllWorkVsAllPlay: The All Work to Ciano's All Play in the 4th What If. |
| 54 | * AntiVillain: 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 [[spoiler: a dying Japan]]. |
| 55 | %% * ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:"Goodbye, friend."]] |
| 56 | %% * BigBad: Serves as this for the Brutal career pack. |
| 57 | * ConflictingLoyalties: Between Ciano and the Career pack. Exploited by Japan when [[spoiler: he makes him kill Ciano]]. |
| 58 | %% * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: Ciano]] serves as this to him in [[spoiler: the fourth What If.]] |
| 59 | * DirtyBusiness: How he sees [[spoiler: having to kill Ciano]], although he doesn't regret it afterwards so much as before and as he does it. |
| 60 | * EpicFlail: His signature weapon is a morningstar: a big, spiky ball on a chain. |
| 61 | %% * EvilVersusEvil: His battle with [[spoiler: Russia, though it's more Evil versus {{Obliviously Evil}}.)]] |
| 62 | * GermanicEfficiency: Will not put up with slackery, and is a version of Germany. |
| 63 | %% * GlorySeeker: He is a Career, after all. |
| 64 | %% * HeelFaceDoorSlam: In the fourth What If. |
| 65 | %% * HeelRealization: Starts to have one in the fourth What If. |
| 66 | %% * IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: The Career pack tests him this way with Ciano. [[spoiler: He passes.]] |
| 67 | * ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler:Says this to the dying Japan.]] |
| 68 | * MercifulMinion: [[spoiler:Twice in the fourth What If.]] |
| 69 | %% * NotSoStoic: In the fourth What If. |
| 70 | %% * OddFriendship: With Ciano. |
| 71 | %% * OnlySaneMan: In the Career back, along with Japan. |
| 72 | %% * PerpetualFrowner: Given his teammates, not that surprising. |
| 73 | * PetTheDog: Several times: when he tolerates Ciano's antics in training, when he [[spoiler: hesitates to kill him]], and when he assures [[spoiler: a dying Japan that ItHasBeenAnHonor]]. The Fourth What If, of course, is all about this. |
| 74 | %% * RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Ciano. |
| 75 | %% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Is the latter in his ''What If'' alliance with Ciano, though he ends up as NotSoStoic. |
| 76 | * TheStoic: His emotions are neutral and angry. |
| 77 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Only displays his softer side to Ciano and, at one point, Japan. |
| 78 | %% * VillainousBSOD: Starts losing it in the fourth What If once his empathy for Ciano causes him to view his competitors in a different light. |
| 79 | %% * VillainousFriendship: Type I just hinted at between him and Japan. |
| 80 | * VillainousValor: Displays courage and ingenuity in battle, particularly against the fire crickets. Averted in [[spoiler: his final battle, when he's too cold to fight back against Russia]]. |
| 81 | %% * WouldHitAGirl: Kills [[spoiler: Tiee]] at the bloodbath and [[spoiler: Liet]] in the fourth What If. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | !!Thew Canda: |
| 84 | |
| 85 | %% * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Switz throws him to the wolves, thinking he's dead. He's not.]] |
| 86 | * AndThenWhat: Realizes he has no idea what to do after scaring Alf with his ghost plan. |
| 87 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Quiet, inconspicuous, and will not hesitate to poison your water source. If you're a Career, of course. |
| 88 | %% * BrainsAndBrawn: Brains to Gil's brawn in the 2nd What If. |
| 89 | %% * ButtMonkey: He certainly doesn't go through the Games easily. |
| 90 | %% * {{CloudCuckoolandersMinder}}: Pity poor Thew when he's allied with Ciano. |
| 91 | %% * CorruptTheCutie: One could look at his unrepentant killing of [[spoiler: Careers]] in this way. |
| 92 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: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.]] |
| 93 | %% * DeadpanSnarker: Internally. |
| 94 | * DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:A series of extraordinary coincidences leads to almost everyone believing he's been killed. Unfortunately, this doesn't last long.]] |
| 95 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: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.]] |
| 96 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:A cannon fires just as Alf knocks him out, tricking the Careers (not to mention the viewers) into believing he's dead.]] |
| 97 | %% * TheDogBitesBack: How else to describe his hilarious revenge on Alf? |
| 98 | %% * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Dies very suddenly.]] |
| 99 | * EatenAlive: [[spoiler:Mercifully, he's unconscious as the time.]] |
| 100 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Could be seen as this. He says he hates Careers for the suffering they inflict, but regrets [[spoiler: 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 psychopath. |
| 101 | * MooseAndMapleSyrup: 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. |
| 102 | * MurderByMistake:[[spoiler:Intended to poison Alf, but ended up taking out Vivi instead.]] |
| 103 | %% * NiceGuy: A prime example of this at first. |
| 104 | * NonActionGuy: His kill certainly has nothing to do with his physique. |
| 105 | %% * OnlySaneMan: When he interacts with Ciano and Alf, this isn't hard to achieve. |
| 106 | %% * PayEvilUntoEvil: His justification for [[spoiler: killing Vivi]]. |
| 107 | %% * RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to both Alf and Ciano. |
| 108 | %% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Has this dynamic in his alliance with Gil, as well as when compared/contrasted with Alf. He is the Sensitive Guy. |
| 109 | * ShrinkingViolet: He apparently can't ask a girl out without panicking and running away. |
| 110 | * TookALevelInBadass: When he [[spoiler: poisons the Careers' water supply]]. |
| 111 | * VillainCorner: Starts edging into it after [[spoiler: killing Vivi]], not that he realizes it. |
| 112 | * WeakButSkilled: Physically weak, but cunning enough to take down a Career and good enough at going unnoticed to make it all the way to [[spoiler: fifth place]]. |
| 113 | * YankTheDogsChain: What's that you want, Thew? Recognition? Well, we'll just have to [[spoiler: kill you off in the most offhanded and unceremonious way possible]], then, won't we? |
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| 115 | !!Japan Hond: |
| 116 | |
| 117 | %% * AdaptationalVillainy: One of the protagonists from ''Hetalia''. |
| 118 | * AntiVillain: 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. |
| 119 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Chooses to stab both himself and Alf rather than be strangled to death or rescued.]] |
| 120 | %% * BrainyBrunette: Both intelligent and black-haired. |
| 121 | %% * TheDragon: To BigBad Lude in the ''Brutal'' Career pack. |
| 122 | %% * EvilVersusEvil: His fight with Alf, though he is noticeably more sympathetic than his opponent. |
| 123 | %% * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoier:Takes his own life to do so.]] |
| 124 | * GlassCannon: 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. |
| 125 | %% * GlorySeeker: Honour is his number one priority. |
| 126 | * HonorBeforeReason: A defining trait of his. Most notable when [[spoiler: Alf has him in a stranglehold and he chooses to kill himself rather than face the shame of being rescued by Lude]]. |
| 127 | * InscrutableOriental: Doesn't have many facial expressions. |
| 128 | * JapanesePoliteness: 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. |
| 129 | * MasterSwordsman: His weapon is a katana. |
| 130 | * {{Ninja}}: His stealth and agility are certainly reminiscent of one; not to mention this was his angle at the interviews. |
| 131 | %% * OffWithHisHead: Specializes in killing this way. |
| 132 | %% * OnlySaneMan: Along with Lude. |
| 133 | * TheQuietOne: Definitely the least outspoken of the ''Brutal'' Careers, though that's not exactly saying much. |
| 134 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Rather than allow Alf to strangle him to death, he plunges his sword through his own heart – "and the heart behind it."]] |
| 135 | * TheStoic: Doesn't do much smiling or yelling. |
| 136 | %% * VillainousFriendship: Type I just hinted at between him and Lude. |
| 137 | * VillainousValor: Would do anything for the honour of his family. |
| 138 | * WouldHitAGirl: Decapitates [[spoiler: Ukraine]], when she's completely unaware and (relatively) defenceless, no less. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !!Franse Bonnefoy: |
| 141 | |
| 142 | %% * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor guy. |
| 143 | %% * BadassBystander: Actually takes action at the bloodbath. |
| 144 | * CasanovaWannabe: He doesn't gain much ground in his pre-Games flirting. |
| 145 | * ChivalrousPervert: Despite his constant flirting, he actually does seem to care about the people he's wooing, to the point of [[spoiler: dying for one of them]]. |
| 146 | * HandsomeLech: Flirts but is described as attractive. |
| 147 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies trying to buy Wynd some time to escape. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, making this a SenselessSacrifice]] |
| 148 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Lampshaded when Maria mocks his 'girl hair.' |
| 149 | * NeckSnap:[[spoiler:Courtesy of Alf.]] |
| 150 | * PrinceCharmingWannabe: Flirts with almost all the female tributes in his intro chapter. Their reactions range from mildly flattered to disinterested to completely livid. |
| 151 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:The first ''Hetalia'' character to die.]] |
| 152 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Doesn't get much screentime before he dies.]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | !!Ciano Idalya: |
| 155 | |
| 156 | %% * AintTooProudToBeg: He pleads for his life when the Careers have him cornered. |
| 157 | %% * AllWorkVsAllPlay: The All Play to Lude's All Work in the 4th What If. |
| 158 | %% * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:In the moments before his death, which of course means KillTheCutie as well.]] |
| 159 | * CheerfulChild: Is described as acting like a five-year-old. |
| 160 | * CloudCuckoolander: BIG TIME. After all, what else is there to do in the Hunger Games than sit down with a nice bowl of pasta? |
| 161 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Engulfed and burned alive by a swarm of red-hot crickets in the fourth What If.]] |
| 162 | * CynicismCatalyst: Serves as this to [[spoiler: Lude]] in [[spoiler: the fourth What If. Their friendship and his violent death causes Lude to question the strict values he's believed in all his life.]] |
| 163 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: His stylists originally thought they had been given the District 6 girl instead of the boy! |
| 164 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler: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.]] |
| 165 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Yes, let's go make friends with the all-business tribute trained to kill you. |
| 166 | %% * {{Keet}}: Cheerful despite being in the Hunger games. |
| 167 | %% * TheLoad: To everyone he's allied with. |
| 168 | * LovableCoward: Flees from everything... adorably. |
| 169 | %% * MoralityPet: To Lude. |
| 170 | %% * NonActionGuy Not the strong type. |
| 171 | %% * OddFriendship: With Lude. |
| 172 | * PickyEater: Refuses to eat cooked snake when he can request pasta. |
| 173 | * ThePollyanna: Is in the Hunger Games but stays perky. |
| 174 | %% * RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to both Thew and Lude. |
| 175 | * {{Sacrificial Lion}}: [[spoiler:Dies later on in the story.]] |
| 176 | %% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Lude in the fourth What If. |
| 177 | * SkewedPriorities: Seems more concerned with only getting risotto for breakfast than with staying alive. |
| 178 | %% * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Dies this way.]] |
| 179 | %% * TearsOfFear: When captured by the Careers. |
| 180 | * TooHappyToLive: [[spoiler:Always cheerful, until just before his death.]] |
| 181 | * TooDumbToLive: Relies on his mentor to send him pasta rather than eating the food Thew picked out. |
| 182 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pasta! |
| 183 | * YankTheDogsChain: The fourth What If is built around this. [[spoiler: He is spared from an early death ... only to receive one far more horrific.]] |
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| 187 | [[folder: ''Brutal'' Males, District 7 - 12]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | !!Switz Wingly |
| 190 | |
| 191 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Throws an unconscious [[spoiler: Thew]] to a pursuing wolf pack, thinking [[spoiler: he]] is dead, in order to buy him and Liet some time. |
| 192 | %% * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Liet. |
| 193 | %% * CoolBigBro: Towards Liet. |
| 194 | * DeadpanSnarker: At times, such as after being told he could not volunteer as a male tribute had already been selected: |
| 195 | --> "Well, if you’d rather dress me up in drag and pass me off for a female tribute, try that.” |
| 196 | %% * DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Liet. |
| 197 | %% * EtTuBrute: Acts as if Austria’s flight from the alliance was a great betrayal. |
| 198 | * EyeScream: Gouges an alligator’s eyes with scissors to make it let go of Liet’s leg. |
| 199 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Throughout the entire story, he is calmly accepting of his death so long as it means Liet’s survival. |
| 200 | * GoOutWithASmile: Gives Liet one last smile after [[spoiler: TakingtheBullet for her.]] |
| 201 | * HeroicResolve: Near the end of the story he is almost too weakened to move, but when [[spoiler: Russia is about to kill Liet,]] he finds the energy to [[spoiler: push her out of the way and take the bullet himself.]] |
| 202 | %% * HeroicSacrifice: Basically everything he does, [[spoiler: including his final fate.]] |
| 203 | %% * HeroicSuicide: Was presumably going to do this for Liet should they have become the final two. |
| 204 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Was entirely willing to kill Austria and Veta just for encountering their alliance, all to protect Liet. Justified, as they’re in a kill-or-be-killed situation and she’s more or less defenceless. |
| 205 | * SelfSacrificeScheme: Plans to kill himself so that Liet can win the Games. |
| 206 | * SenselessSacrifice: He [[spoiler: Takes the Bullet for Liet near the end of the Games, but this leaves her without a protector against an advancing Russia.]] Justified in that [[spoiler: he probably wasn’t thinking clearly and it’s really all he could do in the moment.]] |
| 207 | %% * TriggerHappy: With his bow and arrows. |
| 208 | * WTHCostumingDepartment: Doesn’t think much of being dressed up in high heels and a too-tight suit during the interviews. |
| 209 | |
| 210 | !!Austria Edel: |
| 211 | |
| 212 | * BrainyBrunette: His one sellable trait is knowing edible plants. |
| 213 | %% * ChastityCouple: Even after [[spoiler: being 'married' to Veta,]] though justified because they're on national television. |
| 214 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: His death]] contributes greatly to [[spoiler: Veta's BrokenBird status in the epilogue.]] |
| 215 | * ElegantClassicalMusician: While a broke orphan, he's at his best playing piano. |
| 216 | * EtTuBrute: Switz acts as though his flight from their alliance was a great betrayal. |
| 217 | * FriendlessBackground: He states that, apart from Veta and the music store owner, he has no loved ones to visit him after his reaping. |
| 218 | * GoThroughMe: Places himself between Switz and Veta at one point during a tense standoff, when the former is threatening to shoot. |
| 219 | %% * HappilyMarried: With Veta, [[spoiler: for about a day]]. |
| 220 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: In backstory; he was raised in an orphanage but found a father-figure of sorts in the music store owner who nurtured his skill at the piano. |
| 221 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:At Gil's hands.]] |
| 222 | %% * TheLoad: To both Switz and Veta. |
| 223 | * LoveHurts: Especially when you're reaped alongside your fiancee. |
| 224 | * LoveCannotOvercome: [[spoiler: He dies and Veta lives on alone and heartbroken.]] |
| 225 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: He has shades of this with Veta. She's brash, determined and a good fighter, while he's refined, artistic and poor at combat. |
| 226 | %% * MyOwnPrivateIDo: With Veta. |
| 227 | * NonActionGuy: Not a fighter. |
| 228 | %% * OfficialCouple: With Veta. |
| 229 | %% * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Dies this way.]] |
| 230 | * SoHappyTogether: His and Veta's [[spoiler: makeshift wedding]] and the scene where they warm their hands over the fire together serve as this for the couple. |
| 231 | %% * StarCrossedLovers: With Veta. |
| 232 | * StoicSpectacles: Has glasses and doesn't tend to express much emotion. |
| 233 | %% * TogetherInDeath: With Veta [[spoiler: in the second What If.]] |
| 234 | %% * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: To Veta, until everything goes horribly wrong. |
| 235 | * WartimeWedding: He and Veta are [[spoiler: married halfway through the Games]]. |
| 236 | |
| 237 | !!Russia Bragins: |
| 238 | |
| 239 | * ActualPacifist: At first. In backstory, he refused to lift a finger against Vahn even when being beaten up, and Toris notes that he was reluctant to go to combat stations in training. |
| 240 | %% * AntiVillain: It's clear that he's been mentally destroyed by [[spoiler: his sister's death]]. |
| 241 | %% * AxCrazy: After his FaceHeelTurn. |
| 242 | * TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:He is the Victor of the second and fourth What Ifs.]] |
| 243 | %% * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's stuck between this and BitchInSheepsClothing. |
| 244 | * BigLittleBrother: Stated to be taller than all the tributes, presumably including his elder sister Ukraine. |
| 245 | %% * BloodKnight: After his FaceHeelTurn. |
| 246 | %% * CloudCuckoolander: An extremely dark version. |
| 247 | * CurbStompBattle: Against [[spoiler: Lude]]. Justified, as he's accustomed to the cold of the crater while [[spoiler: the career]] isn't. |
| 248 | * CuteAndPsycho: Stays cheerful while dreaming of cutting up people. |
| 249 | * CynicismCatalyst: Subverted. It seems that [[spoiler: Ukraine's death]] is this for him, and while it does turn him into a far darker character, his resulting persona is far less cynical than a straight example. |
| 250 | %% * DespairEventHorizon: Passes over it in a matter of sentences after [[spoiler: his sister dies.]] |
| 251 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Slicing children to ribbons is ''fun''! |
| 252 | %% * FaceHeelTurn: After [[spoiler: Ukraine's death]]. |
| 253 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Seems innocent enough from the outside, apart from that giant knife... |
| 254 | %% * FreudianExcuse: Has a history of being bullied. |
| 255 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He refused to go to any battle stations before the Games but ends up [[spoiler: getting to second place]]. |
| 256 | * HypocriticalHumor: "I guess she's kind of crazy, then!" |
| 257 | * IgnoredEpiphany: He briefly wonders whether he's just as bad as the people who killed his sister, but quickly dismisses this idea as ridiculous. |
| 258 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: He wouldn't hurt a fly until after he snaps. |
| 259 | * InsaneTrollLogic: His mind seems to run on this after he snaps. For instance, he justifies [[spoiler: killing Toris because "the Games are better off without his pessimism,"]] and dismisses the idea of being no different from a Career because "nobody cries over the people [he's] killed." The fact that his victims have families who are undoubtedly crying at the moment never seems to occur to him. |
| 260 | %% * KarmaHoudini: The second and fourth What Ifs. |
| 261 | %% * LunaticLoophole: Averted in the core series, but [[spoiler: played straight in the fourth What If.]] |
| 262 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Never considers how much he's hurting people. |
| 263 | * PowerBornOfMadness: Not a threat until after he snaps. |
| 264 | * PsychopathicManchild: Keeps his innocent optimism despite running about looking for victims. |
| 265 | * PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Out to kill with a big smile. |
| 266 | %% * RussianGuySuffersMost: Certainly psychologically. |
| 267 | %% * ScarfOfAsskicking: Was given to him by his sister. |
| 268 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the second and fourth What Ifs.]] A scrapped epilogue to these, which eventually ended up as the arguable tie-in "Asylum", ended up in him being thrown into, what else, an asylum. |
| 269 | %% * StepfordSmiler: Type C. |
| 270 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Never did anything against other tributes or bullies before. |
| 271 | %% * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After [[spoiler: his sister is killed]], he's out to kill everyone. |
| 272 | %% * WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Kills Liet and attempts to kill Veta.]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | !!Gil Prus: |
| 275 | |
| 276 | %% * AdaptationalVillainy: Certainly not an outright villain in ''Hetalia''. |
| 277 | %% * AssholeVictim: Not even Veta feels much remorse over what she does to him. |
| 278 | * AttentionWhore: Really likes to be in the spotlight. |
| 279 | * BloodKnight: Relishes the opportunity to kill his opponents. He even showed himself to a Career just so he could start a fight! |
| 280 | %% * BrainsAndBrawn:Brawn to Thew's brains in the 2nd What If. |
| 281 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Has his skull repeatedly smashed open with a frying pan. To make matters worse, it's specifically stated he was alive for nearly all of it.]] |
| 282 | * EgomaniacHunter: A complete egotist who [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame 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. |
| 283 | %% * EvilVersusEvil: When he takes on Corianne. |
| 284 | %% * ItsAllAboutMe: One of the more arrogant tributes, to say the least. |
| 285 | %% * {{Jerkass}}: See below. |
| 286 | * LackOfEmpathy: 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. |
| 287 | * LaughablyEvil: While it doesn't detract from his villainy in any way, his over-the-top arrogance often makes him comical. |
| 288 | %% * TheFightingNarcissist: But with less focus on his looks than most examples of the trope. |
| 289 | %% * ForTheEvulz: See Kick the Dog. |
| 290 | %% * GloryHound: Goes naturally with his self-centred attitude. |
| 291 | * KickTheDog: In the second What If, after killing [[spoiler: Veta and Austria]], he kicks the latter's body for no reason other than simple malice. |
| 292 | %% * NonHumanSidekick: His eagle mutt, 'Gil-bird,' in the second What If. |
| 293 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:His skull is coming apart in pieces before his cannon fires.]] |
| 294 | %% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Has this dynamic in his alliance with Thew. He's the Manly Man. |
| 295 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Someone from a non-Career district still vying for the sponsors and the kills. |
| 296 | %% * TheSociopath: See Lack of Empathy. |
| 297 | %% * WhiteHairBlackHeart |
| 298 | * WouldHitAGirl: Kills [[spoiler: Corianne]], as well as [[spoiler: Veta]] in ''What If''. |
| 299 | |
| 300 | !!Philan Visce: |
| 301 | |
| 302 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: 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. |
| 303 | %% * MutualKill |
| 304 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He dies at the bloodbath, but not without taking his killer, Chia, with him.]] |
| 305 | * TokenMinority: One of the few black characters in the series, along with Cuba, Shaye and Egypt. |
| 306 | * TrueCompanions: 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. |
| 307 | * WouldHitAGirl: To be fair, she had just [[spoiler: mortally wounded him]]. |
| 308 | |
| 309 | !!Toris Lithu: |
| 310 | |
| 311 | %% * AllWorkVsAllPlay: The All Work to Poal's All Play. |
| 312 | %% * BrainyBrunette: He has brown-haired and is said by Poal to be one of the smartest tributes in the field. |
| 313 | %% * CloudCuckooLandersMinder: Tries (with limited success) to keep Poal out of trouble. |
| 314 | %% * DeadpanSnarker: Comes naturally from exasperation with Poal. |
| 315 | * DoomedByCanon: 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. |
| 316 | %% * TheEeyore: Has a very pessimistic outlook on life. |
| 317 | %% * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Russia.]] |
| 318 | %% * NiceGuy: Doesn't seem to accept killing others as an option, and stays with Poal. |
| 319 | %% * OnlySaneMan: Especially when contrasted with his hyperactive ally, Poal. |
| 320 | * ThePhilosopher: 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. |
| 321 | * ProperlyParanoid: Unlike Poal, he actually realizes that everything in the Games is out to kill him. |
| 322 | %% * RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Poal. |
| 323 | * SacrificialLion: Although he's not terribly important, [[spoiler: his death]] has a powerful impact on the plot because it shows that [[spoiler: Russia has become a villain.]] |
| 324 | %% * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Fits this trope to a T with Poal. |
| 325 | %% * SlashedThroat: Dies this way. |
| 326 | * TheStoic: Doesn't have many emotional highs or lows. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder: ''Brutal'' Females, District 1 - 6]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | !!Vivi Daley: |
| 333 | |
| 334 | %% * ActionGirl: Comes with Career territory. |
| 335 | * AxCrazy: Takes delight in the bloodshed of the Games, [[spoiler: going so far as to shove a sickle into her own throat because she thought her impending death by poison wasn't violent enough]]. |
| 336 | %% * BloodLust: Is rather obsessed with blood. |
| 337 | %% * DarkActionGirl |
| 338 | %% * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor |
| 339 | * InformedAbility: Can slash over into the KnowNothingKnowItAll territory. Vivi keeps on saying that she's intelligent, but we see no evidence for that. In fact, she essentially [[spoiler: commits suicide]] from her own arrogant unwillingness to trust. |
| 340 | %% * KickTheDog: Torturing [[spoiler: Peyton]] and mutilating her corpse. |
| 341 | %% * LackOfEmpathy: She's unhinged, so of course she doesn't. |
| 342 | * NightmareFetishist: She views slaughter somewhat romantically. |
| 343 | %% * PummelingTheCorpse: Does this to [[spoiler: Peyton's]] corpse. |
| 344 | %% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Alf, describing why he isn't worthy to be a Career. |
| 345 | * UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: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.]] |
| 346 | * WeakButSkilled: 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. |
| 347 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: Anybody know Vividly Visceral? Yeah, that's right. Vivi Daley's based on her. It now makes a whole lot of sense in perspective. |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!Corianne File: |
| 350 | |
| 351 | %% * ActionGirl: Definitely one of the fighters. |
| 352 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: We later find out in ''Horrible'' that she was good friends with Dardana.]] |
| 353 | %% * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to [[spoiler: Maria]]. |
| 354 | %% * VillainousFriendship: Type IV with Dardana, eventually growing into Type I. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | !!Maria Carriedo: |
| 357 | |
| 358 | %% * DeadpanSnarker: This to Franse when he attempts to hit on her during Training. |
| 359 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Thew remembers her once, but never thinks of her again after that. |
| 360 | * GoOutWithASmile: She's so relieved that she managed to get out her LastWords that she manages to smile. |
| 361 | * LastWords: A goodbye to her family; she said that she loved them and they shouldn't get depressed over her death. |
| 362 | %% * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}}: [[spoiler:On the receiving end of one from Corianne.]] |
| 363 | %% * RedShirt: Doesn't play into the plot even in alternate endings. |
| 364 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:We hardly got to know her before she was killed.]] |
| 365 | %% * WeHardlyKnewYe |
| 366 | |
| 367 | !!Chia Mendel: |
| 368 | |
| 369 | * FatherIDontWantToFight: She longs for a normal life and ends up volunteering for the Games so that her parents will finally quit pestering her about bringing honor to the district. |
| 370 | * FoodPorn: Describes all the delectable courses she's served on the train. |
| 371 | %% * FreudianExcuse: She just wanted to be normal... |
| 372 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: She only wants to be normal and not want to be a great Career like her parents always bothered about. |
| 373 | * MutualKill: [[spoiler:Philan and her take each other out in the Bloodbath]]. |
| 374 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies early on.]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | !!Wynd Blune: |
| 377 | |
| 378 | * DamselInDistress: Is this, and Franse goes and does a {{Senseless Sacrifice}} to try to buy her time and save her during the Bloodbath. |
| 379 | %% * NiceGirl: A little weird, but nice enough. |
| 380 | * RedShirt: [[spoiler:Means nothing in the grand scheme of the story.]] |
| 381 | * {{UST}}: A bit with CasanovaWannabe Franse. He just keeps on flirting with other girls while she watches, a bit bitter. |
| 382 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies before leaving the bloodbath.]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | !!Tiee Bongiovi: |
| 385 | |
| 386 | %% * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Lude.]] |
| 387 | * RedShirt: [[spoiler:All she does is die.]] |
| 388 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:First death, no less.]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder: ''Brutal'' Females, District 7 - 12]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!Liet Wingly: |
| 395 | |
| 396 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: The youngest tribute and the most innocent. |
| 397 | %% * CruelAndUnusualDeath: At the hands of Lude in [[spoiler: the fourth What If.]] |
| 398 | * DyingAlone: 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. |
| 399 | %% * GoThroughMe: Tries to defend Switz this way. |
| 400 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: One of the most innocent characters in the series, she's presumably blonde just like her ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' counterpart. |
| 401 | %% * HappilyAdopted: Although technically she wasn't adopted until Switz hit eighteen. |
| 402 | %% * HeartwarmingOrphan: Ridiculously sweet, even soon after her parents' death. |
| 403 | * HeroicSacrifice: Took several blows from [[spoiler: Russia's blade]] to shield her brother. [[spoiler: Regrettably, it doesn't do much good, as they are both killed soon after.]] |
| 404 | * IOweYouMyLife: Realizes how much she owes Switz partway through ''Brutal'', and spends the rest of the fic trying to repay him. |
| 405 | %% * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Dies late in the story.]] |
| 406 | * LittleMissBadass: In the second What If, the way she climbed a tree, jumped Russia, and managed to land some blows with her bow and arrow ([[spoiler: albeit useless]]) was pretty cool. |
| 407 | %% * TheLoad: To Switz; not that he minds. |
| 408 | * MoreHeroThanThou: After realizing that Switz intends to sacrifice himself for her, she vows to do the same for him. |
| 409 | %% * NiceGirl: Thinks sweet, acts sweet. |
| 410 | * RasputinianDeath: Amazingly, in the fourth What If [[spoiler: she survives being clubbed in the head with a morningstar and has to be hit several more times before finally dying.]] |
| 411 | %% * SenselessSacrifice: See Heroic Sacrifice. |
| 412 | %% * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Dies this way]] in the second What If. |
| 413 | %% * TakingTheBullet: See Heroic Sacrifice. |
| 414 | |
| 415 | !!Veta Ungar: |
| 416 | |
| 417 | %% * ActionGirl: And how. No real weaponry needed. |
| 418 | %% * ActionGirlfriend: To [[{{Non Action Guy}} Austria]]. |
| 419 | %% * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's generally amiable, but if you push her buttons... |
| 420 | * BrokenBird: [[spoiler:She's definitely one as of the epilogue.]] |
| 421 | %% * ChastityCouple: Even after being 'married' to Austria, though justified because they're on national television. |
| 422 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: Surviving the Games without Austria]] turns her into a cynical BrokenBird [[spoiler: in the epilogue.]] |
| 423 | %% * DespairEventHorizon: Dances on it after [[spoiler: Austria is killed]]. |
| 424 | * {{Determinator}}: Keeps going just because she can. |
| 425 | %% * ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler: Dishes this out to Gil.]] |
| 426 | * FinalGirl: [[spoiler:The Victor of the Games.]] |
| 427 | %% * FryingPanOfDoom: Receives one from sponsors and uses it appropriately. |
| 428 | %% * GirlyBruiser: She's not afraid to kick ass, but has a more romantic side as well. |
| 429 | * HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:She survives, but her fiancé/husband doesn't.]] |
| 430 | %% * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: After Austria is killed.]] |
| 431 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler: Wins the Hunger Games]] with a frying pan ([[spoiler: and Russia's knife.]]) |
| 432 | * ItsPersonal: Veta never takes a directly aggressive stance against her opponents until [[spoiler: Gil kills Austria]]. Then ... let's just say you do NOT want to go that far. |
| 433 | %% * KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Does this to Gil. |
| 434 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her darkest and craziest act was powered by [[spoiler: her pain over Austria's death]]. |
| 435 | * LoveHurts: If being reaped with your fiancé isn't bad enough, [[spoiler: surviving while he dies]] definitely is. |
| 436 | * TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler: Even after Austria's death, Veta still considers herself to be "Mrs. Veta Edel." Woe to you if you forget it.]] |
| 437 | %% * MyOwnPrivateIDo: With Austria. |
| 438 | %% * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers one to Gil. |
| 439 | * OfficialCouple: Veta/Austria is the only 'ship in the series that actually stays afloat ([[spoiler: until, of course, he dies]]). |
| 440 | * PervertRevengeMode: Goes absolutely insane when Franse hits on her. |
| 441 | * PluckyGirl: Not necessarily cheerful the whole time, but doesn't think much about giving up. |
| 442 | %% * PummelingTheCorpse: [[spoiler: To Gil.]] |
| 443 | * PyrrhicVictory: Wins the Games, but after Austria's death. |
| 444 | * ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:"I survived the Hunger Games. I'm about as broken as they come."]] |
| 445 | * SoHappyTogether: 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. |
| 446 | %% * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:According to the Hunger Games rules.]] |
| 447 | %% * StarCrossedLovers: With Austria. |
| 448 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome}}: Sort of. [[spoiler:She's the SoleSurvivor of ''Brutal'', but the first of its characters to die in ''What If''.]] |
| 449 | * SurvivorsGuilt: [[spoiler:The SoleSurvivor after failing to save her fiancé.]] |
| 450 | %% * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:With Austria in ''What If''.]] |
| 451 | %% * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: To Austria. |
| 452 | %% * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: To Austria. |
| 453 | %% * WartimeWedding: She and Austria are married about halfway through the Games. |
| 454 | |
| 455 | !!Ukraine Bragins: |
| 456 | |
| 457 | * BigSisterInstinct: She vows that she'll protect Russia, [[spoiler: although she's not ultimately successful.]] |
| 458 | * TheEeyore: lampshaded in the title of her introductory chapter, ''Optimism and Pessimism.'' |
| 459 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: a sweet, innocent character with pale blonde hair. |
| 460 | * [[spoiler: KillTheCutie: Not too cheerful, but on the cuter side.]] |
| 461 | * [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By Japan.]] |
| 462 | * NiceGirl: Doesn't think for a moment about living at the cost of her brother's life. |
| 463 | * [[spoiler: {{Off With Her Head}}: Japan's method of execution.]] |
| 464 | * ProneToTears: She never claims to be tough. |
| 465 | * [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]: like Toris, while she doesn't last long enough to be as developed as some of the other characters, [[spoiler: her death contributes hugely to the plot in that it sends Russia over the Despair Event Horizon.]] |
| 466 | |
| 467 | !!Eudocia Conc: |
| 468 | |
| 469 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Quite innocent, now dead.]] |
| 470 | * RedShirt: [[spoiler:Doesn't mean much more than a KickTheDog moment for Corianne.]] |
| 471 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: The only real glimpse of her life is her 750 words in her introductory chapter. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | !!Peyton Unbi: |
| 474 | |
| 475 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Vivi takes care to kill her in the most agonizing way possible,]] leaving time between the sword blows so that her pain is not dulled.]] |
| 476 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:One of the perkier characters to die.]] |
| 477 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Her friendship with Philan is depicted this way in one of Number One Fan of Journey's comedic fanarts, with Peyton stressing that they're not romantically involved. |
| 478 | * RedShirt: [[spoiler:Since Philan doesn't live, either, her death doesn't amount to much.]] |
| 479 | * TrueCompanions: Has an extremely close bond with her district partner/friend Philan, whom she considers to be her 'twin' as they were born on the same day. |
| 480 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies before we get to know her.]] |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!Poal Feliks: |
| 483 | |
| 484 | %% * AllGirlsLikePonies: At whatever cost... |
| 485 | %% * AllWorkvsAllPlay: The 'all play' to Toris' 'all work.' |
| 486 | * CloudCuckooLander: Acts more concerned with eating berries and pony-riding than staying alive in the Hunger Games. |
| 487 | * DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:Has her neck broken from being bucked off a horse shortly after the bloodbath.]] |
| 488 | * DumbBlonde: Blonde, and not too acquainted with logic. |
| 489 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: To Toris, [[spoiler: although his next POV consists mostly of him running for his life and being killed, so it could be assumed that his grieving took place off-screen.]] |
| 490 | * GenderFlip: To the male Poland in ''Hetalia''. |
| 491 | %% * GenkiGirl: Always chipper. |
| 492 | %% * KillTheCutie |
| 493 | * LikeIsLikeAComma: To the point the author apologised for her POV's. |
| 494 | * SkewedPriorities: "I, like, totally want to ride a pony before I die!" |
| 495 | * ValleyGirl: Quite fond of "like" and "totally" in particular. |
| 496 |
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