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''[[The Capitol Series]]'' is a series of fanfictions based on [[The Hunger Games]], published on Fanfiction.net by author [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2113874/Claratrix_LeChatham Claratrix Le Chatham]. The series
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* [[Action Girl]]:
** Several, mostly Careers, but Demetra is probably in the running for most triumphant example.
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* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: Each and every one of them.
* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: Enforced. Fanfiction.net doesn't allow list-format stories, so the first page of ''With A Capitol G'' (a character list) has been replaced with a place-holding [[Crack Fic]] while the story is on hold.
* [[Anti
** Some of them straddle the line with [[Heroic Sociopath]] as well.
* [[Axe Crazy]]:
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** Bond from ''A Capitol Experience'', and, debatably, Royce.
* [[Children Forced to Kill]]: And not-so-forced, in some cases.
* [[Cluster F
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Demetra's friends spend most of her interview time gushing over how lucky she is to be in the Hunger Games with a cute guy and a flamethrower.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Strong, smart Auroch is beaten by not one, but ''two'' of his Games' youngest contestants.}} You gotta feel sorry for the poor guy.
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** Soren, {{spoiler|her uncle}}, shares the trait as well as the trope.
** Maren too.
** And they all qualify as [[
* [[Death From Above]]: The mutt that looks like Actassi's mother in ''A Capitol Experience'', and then the [[Giant Flyer]] in ''Capitol Punishment''.
* [[Doomed
* [[Dual
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Diane, after her victory.}}
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Lectic, both in and out-of-universe.
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** {{spoiler|Skiff}} gets a quarter launched into his eye.
* [[Fingore]]: Kali loses part of her thumb, not that she notices.
* [[Five
** [[The Big Bad]]: Kali.
** [[The Dragon]]: Soren.
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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Lissom is the poster child. Poor girl can't take a hit, and isn't wonderful at dishing it out in the first place.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Auroch is [[The Worf Effect|something]] of one.
* [[Go Out
* [[Home Base]]:
** Lectic and Demetra's car.
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** The author has a sort of love affair with these. ''A Capitol Experience''? A 'capital' experience! ''Capitol Punishment''? 'Capital' punishment. ''With a Capitol G''? With a 'capital' G.
** In-universe, Demetra makes a comment to herself about "pushing [the] buttons" of a girl wearing a calculator costume.
* [[It
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Lectic to Demetra, {{spoiler|as they part ways.}}
* [[I Was Beaten
* [[Just Friends]]: Lectic and Demetra. Hetcher and Diane. Diele and Dylan. Maren and Actassi. [[The Capitol Series]] is rife with this trope.
* [[Kill It
* [[Lack of Empathy]]:
** Lucian. [[Word of God]] states that he was borderline autistic before suffering a skull fracture, and picked up a few [[The Sociopath|worse]] traits accompanying his not-quite-recovery and the encouragement of District Two's warped values.
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* [[Morality Pet]]: Lecia to Soren, Carden to Franz/Esther/Diane, and, in measure, Lectic to Demetra.
* [[More Dakka]]: Demetra knows how to fight perfectly well, but prefers the raw power of her flamethower.
* [[No
* [[Oh Crap]]:
** {{spoiler|Soren}} knows exactly what's going to happen, exactly who's going to do it, and exactly one syllable to summarize his thought process.
*** It isn't [[Precision F
** "Oh crap," is also the first thing Esther says in response to her reaping.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Head Gamemaker Xenia is quite a bit older than she looks, thanks to the wonders of Capitol beauty treatments.
* [[Original Character]]: At ''least'' twenty-two of 'em per story.
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: {{spoiler|After Sherman's fever-induced hallucination leads him to believe he murdered Twyla, he tries to wash the black blood off his hands, to no avail.}}
* [[Overly Long Name]]: Forester Montgomery-Cunningham.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Lectic is somewhere between this and [[The Cracker]]. He has no ''real'' malicious intent, but he does use his hacking skills for material and monetary gain.
* [[Plot Tumor]]: Lectic and Demetra's subplot in Capitol Punichment. Most definitely [[Just Friends|''not'']] a [[Romantic Plot Tumor]], though.
* [[Quit Your Whining]]: Demetra really, really doesn't care about other peoples' problems. Especially when they're getting between her and a giant vulture. Even if it's Lectic.
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* [[Raised
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Dylan}} embarks on one after {{spoiler|Lucian kills Diele.}}
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: Quite a few of them. {{spoiler|A Career or two tends to kick it in the bloodbath, too, adding the less-sympathetic variety.}}
* [[Salt and Pepper]]: [[Word of God]] confirms that Lectic is black and Demetra is white. They couldn't be more different. Their races, however, are rarely even alluded to, and definitely not a plot point.
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: The lovely duo that is Lectic and Demetra. Poor, poor Lectic. So, so, [[Not What I Signed
* [[Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now?]]: All of the characters are technically young enough to be in school.
** Subverted in that a good chunk of the older ones have dropped out, and the games take precedence over ''learning''...
** Played straight in that {{spoiler|Diane, the 17 year old victor, is definitely not in school. She has better things to do. Suicidal things.}}
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Kali. {{spoiler|She dies smiling over the fact that Actassi got over his fear of her. Not your typical [[Go Out
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Diane describes herself as sleeping with her head on Hetcher's shoulder.
* [[Stay
* [[Survival Mantra]]:
** Lectic gets a minor one during his chariot prep. It's [[Played for Laughs]].
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** Lissom's inner monologue has a tendency towards this trope, as well as third person.
* [[Tears of Remorse]]: Actassi, after {{spoiler|the bloodbath, and killing Sherman}}.]
* [[Tempting Fate]]:
** Subverted. As Hetcher bemoans the failure of his attempt to steal the Careers' fever medicine, he says, "But it could be raining, right?" Unlike most times a character says something along these lines, it doesn't start raining.
** Played straight with Dylan and Diele. See [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Birds?]] below.
* [[Theme Naming]]:
** All of the titles include the word "Capitol", usually as a pun where one would expect "capital" to be used instead.
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: If you know your teammate is a sociopath with a gun, what do you do? Hopefully not confront him about it on your own, as several of Lucian's allies did.
* [[Too Happy to Live]]: Carden was taking everything incredibly well, until he was {{spoiler|crushed by a giant rock.}} Whoops. {{spoiler|If he had any foreknowledge, he would have tried to fit in one last smile...}}
* [[Two Out of Three
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''"Umm… You're right. It's only a third bad."'' }}
* [[The Unfettered]]: Lucian doesn't care who he has to kill, what he has to do. But he doesn't ''exactly'' have a goal, just doesn't want to die.
* [[Violence Is the Only Option]]: Good luck getting out of the games without breaking a few necks... or skulls, or just plain indirectly killing other kids. Foxface couldn't do it, and neither can you.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Birds?]]: Dylan and Diele share a moment of distaste for avians in general shortly before they are set upon by a flock of terror birds. Diele thinks they are beautiful. Dylan disagrees.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Soren and Maren are based off of real-life friends of the author.
* [[World of No Grandparents]]: Subverted. Asha's grandmother not only appears, but is her [[Parental Substitute]].
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