24 Tributes, 24 Authors is a collaborative Hunger Games fanfiction series. One author writes one tribute, creating a fanfiction of truly epic proportions. The idea was originally created by mikki105, who has since left the project. The current "Gamemakers" (moderators of the project) are Phoenix Refrain (Nina) and Isabugg (Belle). The first story in the series, Tears of Blood, was published on December 4th, 2011. The sequel, Bring Them to Their Knees, was published on June 19th, 2012. The stories are hosted on fanfiction.net. A link to the 24tributes24authors account can be found here
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[24 Tributes, 24 Authors] contains examples of:
- Action Girl: A large majority of the female tributes in the series can be characterized as such, particularly the Career girls.
- Action Survivor: There are also plenty of tributes in no way prepared for what they are about to go through, especially the younger tributes.
- Berserk Button: Even mentioning Aleah to Boston when he's in one of his moods can be very... dangerous.
- The Chess Master: Head Gamemaker Phoenix; she thinks of everyone as pawns, and uses them all to her desire.
- Defiant to the End: Bastian Estatika; even with death imminent, he spit into Jet's face—fearing nothing.
- Don't Make Me Destroy You: Lucian, warning his "friends" to stay away from him in the arena.
- He Who Fights Monsters: A recurring theme in TOB/BTTK. Many tributes fear becoming something they're not once they hit the Arena.
- Implied Death Threat: Sade draws her finger over her throat and warns Pipper to "watch your back, bitch."
- The Leader:
- In Tears of Blood, Hyre Fletching was the leader of the Career pack.
- In Bring Them to Their Knees, Canicus Macaulay leads the Careers.
- Also in Bring Them to Their Knees, Lucian Drake leads the "Four Horsemen" alliance.
- Madness Mantra: Boston, when he finally cracked, kept on screaming for Aleah / repeating her name obsessively.
- Make an Example of Them: Edrick's death, which served as a warning to Aleah in order to keep her in line. Also served as a warning to the districts as a whole.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Nella never got to say goodbye to Aspen.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Boston Williams. When he finally snapped, he veered to destroy everything and anyone.
- Sanity Slippage: Boston Williams throughout the course of Tears of Blood.
- Self-Made Orphan: Jet Matthews. He killed his parents in a moment of rage...at six years old.
- Sophisticated as Hell: While not over the top, Roulla is probably one of the most sophisticated girls in both stories.
- Shame If Something Happened: Aleah constantly threatening to reveal the fact that Aspen is not his twin brother Arucaria.
- Sir Swearsa Lot: Jules Serket tended to swear profusely in dire times.
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Roulla tends to call people "Mister" or "Miss" until she knows them better, and will be extremely irritated if given a nickname.
- Tracking Device: Every tribute is injected with a small tracker for their stay in the arena.
- Tragic Dream: Nella's dreams in her notebook, once she is reaped.
- Twisted Ankle: When Moss is chasing Jules after the feast, Jules is running on a twisted ankle.
- Villain Protagonist: Seeing as the POV of each character is being written, the more villainous of characters have their own chapter in which they are the "main" character.
