History BittersweetEnding / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/MasterThiefDragon'': More on the bitter side. Tirek has been killed by a mysterious sniper and the people Spike cares for are safe. However, his identity as Dragon is revealed to the girls during the whole debacle and things are never the same after that; Twilight's relationship with her family and friends (''Especially'' Spike, Cadance, and Applejack) have becomed strained at best during the course of the story, greatly distancing herself from them, and transfers to Crystal Prep Academy, a rival school; The other Harmony Sweeties were more or less shaken up from the entire ordeal as well, especially Fluttershy and Applejack with the former now living with the fact the she killed someone and Spike willingly took the fall for her while the latter had her family's precious apple orchard nearly burned down and has come to realize the fact that the world isn't as black and white as she thought; Cadance, along with her infant daughter, has moved back with her aunts, selling the house she and Twilight lived in; Spike decides to quit being Dragon for a while and leaves Canterlot city, and who knows how long he'll be gone; and lastly, while it wasn't out right stated, there's some heavy implications that Tirek's death may have some [[EvilPowerVacuum unforeseen consequences]] for the city. The reason that this isn't a full on DownerEnding is that Spike will [[SequelHook one day return]] and [[RayOfHopeEnding make things right]].

* ''Fanfic/MasterThiefDragon'': Tirek has been killed by a mysterious sniper and the people Spike cares for are safe. However, his identity as Dragon is revealed to the girls during the whole debacle and things are never the same after that; Twilight's relationship with her family and friends (''Especially'' Spike, Cadance, and Applejack) have becomed strained at best during the whole ordeal, greatly distancing herself from them, and transfers to Crystal Prep Academy, a rival school; Cadance, along with her infant daughter, has moved back with her aunts, selling the house she and Twilight lived in; Spike decides to quit being Dragon for a while and leaves Canterlot city, and who knows how long he'll be gone; and lastly, while it wasn't out right stated, there's some heavy implications that Tirek's death may have some [[EvilPowerVacuum unforeseen consequences]] for the city. The reason that this isn't a full on DownerEnding is that Spike will [[SequelHook one day return]] and [[RayOfHopeEnding make things right]].

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* ''Fanfic/MasterThiefDragon'': Tirek has been killed by a mysterious sniper and the people Spike cares for are safe. However, his identity as Dragon is revealed to the girls during the whole debacle and things are never the same after that; Twilight's relationship with her family and friends (''Especially'' Spike, Cadance, and Applejack) have becomed strained at best, greatly distancing herself from them, and transfers to Crystal Prep Academy, a rival school; Cadance, along with her infant daughter, has moved back with her aunts, selling the house she and Twilight lived in; Spike decides to quit being Dragon for a while and leaves Canterlot city, and who knows how long he'll be gone; and lastly, while it wasn't out right stated, there's some heavy implications that Tirek's death may have some [[EvilPowerVacuum unforeseen consequences]] for the city. The reason that this isn't a full on DownerEnding is that Spike will [[SequelHook one day return]] and [[RayOfHopeEnding make things right]].

* ''Fanfic/MasterThiefDragon'': Tirek has been killed by a mysterious sniper and the people Spike cares for are safe. However, his identity as Dragon is revealed to the girls during the whole debacle and things are never the same after that; Twilight has greatly distanced herself from her family and friends, and transfers to Crystal Prep Academy, a rival school; Cadance, along with her infant daughter, has moved back with her aunts, selling the house she and Twilight lived in; Spike decides to quit being Dragon for a while and leaves Canterlot city, and who knows how long he'll be gone; and lastly, while it wasn't out right stated, there's some heavy implications that Tirek's death may have some [[EvilPowerVacuum unforeseen consequences]] for the city. The reason that this isn't a full on DownerEnding is that Spike will [[SequelHook one day return]] and [[RayOfHopeEnding make things right]].

** "The Kippies": The story ends with Bolt having comforted Mittens, though they realize they cannot have babies.

* ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'' ends with Orchid being happy working at Precinct 13579, with Grimes and the others no longer a threat. However, it comes at the cost of her having a short lifespan and her coming to the realization that she'll need to perform a HeroicSuicide and sacrifice herself in order to save the world from utter destruction caused by her, with only a couple years before she has to push the red button she keeps with her that will end her life.

** "The Paris Trip": The story ends with Mittens realizing she is happiest not staying behind in Paris, though she will lose her connection with Berlioz.

* ''NoMoreForgiveness'' is a DeconstructionFic regarding Goku's parenting to the point that Gohan has fully disowned him for it and ends with [[spoiler:Gohan managing to free having found his own closure from his past trauma after their battle while Goku heeds his son's advice after losing to him in a fight and genuinely improved to become a better father. However, despite this, Goku's constant neglect proved too much for Gohan and the fic ends with the latter never forgiving him, showing no signs of reconciliation between the two with the story explicitly confirming the fight to be the last time they interact and have now lived their own separate lives]].

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4825209/1/No-More-Forgiveness No More Forgiveness]]'' is a DeconstructionFic regarding Goku's parenting to the point that Gohan has fully disowned him for it and ends with [[spoiler:Gohan managing to free having found his own closure from his past trauma after their battle while Goku heeds his son's advice after losing to him in a fight and genuinely improved to become a better father. However, despite this, Goku's constant neglect proved too much for Gohan and the fic ends with the latter never forgiving him, showing no signs of reconciliation between the two with the story explicitly confirming the fight to be the last time they interact and have now lived their own separate lives]].

* ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon'':

* ''Fanfic/TheClevelandShowFanon'': The Cleveland Show's newly added finale "[[https://the-cleveland-show-fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Cleveland_Moves_Out Cleveland Moves Out]]" becomes one. The Brown-Tubbs family is able to [[spoiler:successfully blow up the meteor, saving the Earth, but one of the blown-up pieces of the meteor crushes The Brown-Tubbs House and there's no hope in repairing their house because Cleveland and Donna got fired from their jobs and can't get money anymore. And to add salt to the wound, Roberta and Rallo are now social outcasts at school and can never show their faces in public again. With Cleveland deciding to move back to Quahog, Rhode Island with his family so he can go back to his old house and get his old job as a deli worker back again. Then, they can live their lives normally]].

* In ''Fanfic/TheNewRetcons'', Michael and Deanna eventually make peace and find happiness in their lives. But they had to divorce each other to do it.

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* ''Fanfic/AnAcceptableArrangement'' ends with [[spoiler: Hou Yue]] dying, but Qinghe now has an heir.

* The ending of The Geeky Zoologist's [[Fanfic/JurassicWorldTheGeekyZoologist reimagining of Jurassic World]] is bleaker than that of the film it is based upon. The Indominus is killed and Mount Sibo's eruption ends but the park is in ruins, hundreds of people have found death during its fall, the grey guards suffered heavy losses, the whole northern part of Isla Nublar has been turned into a volcanic desolation, and the very symbol of the first film and Fan Favourite Roberta the tyrannosaur passes away. Things doesn't improve in the following weeks, with the operation Fallen Kingdom managing to rescue only one third of the animals before being hindered by the US government who prevent Ingen from bringing its creatures back to the United States for now, forcing it to kept them in a facility in mainland Costa Rica, which trigger protests and political tensions. The company is also about to face another economic crisis because of the fall and many Ingen employees are fired, including Owen Grady who can no longer take care of Blue, his only surviving ''Achillobator''. Not only Claire Dearing has been disfigured and crippled by the Indominus but it's also very implied that her family will turn its back on her, with her half-sister Karen blaming her for Gray's death. On Ingen's side, Lynton is likely to order Wu to resume his work on genetically-engineered dinosaurs for military applications. The epilogue reveals that an ''Ornitholestes'' and a group of ''Compsognathus'' have managed to reach the mainland by their own means and a series of attacks begins.

* ''[[Fanfic/LegendOfZeldaSacredReliquary Sacred Reliquary]]'' leaves us with "evil" defeated as usual... but to prevent the cycle from repeating, Link chooses to destroy the Triforce completely, ''wiping all magic, magical beings, and the memory of such from the face of the earth entirely.'' And given the morally grey undertones of the fic, the results of the final battle are something of a PyrrhicVictory.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25476952/chapters/61799827 Traps and Sneaks]]'': Lila triggers a booby trap Marinette set up to protect the Miracle Box, hitting her with a heavy dose of LaserGuidedKarma and convincing the Dupain-Chengs to press charges, as well as accept their daughter's decision to employ such desperate matters in the first place. But Marinette's sense of safety and security in her own room has still been shattered, and she recognizes that it's unlikely she'll feel ''truly'' safe anytime soon. Not until she's able to complete even ''further'' measures. She also acknowledges that she can't trust her friends, since Alya [[UnwittingPawn let Lila into her room in the first place]].

* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'':

* ''[[Fanfic/NemesisMHA Nemesis]]'' ends with Bakugou managing to save all of the hostages Mischief (aka Izuku) had taken, but his relationship with Kirishima is naturally damaged by the truth about his past bullying of Izuku coming out, and Mischief ultimately escapes, having spelled out for Katsuki precisely ''how'' he's getting his revenge: by making sure the two of them are permanently linked in the eyes of the world.

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* ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'': ''Bluestar's Flowers'' ends with Bluestar having successfully defied fate and defeated Thistleclaw and his ideology, but at the cost of Mosskit's life and never being able to see her other kits, and her bonds with the rest of [[TrueCompanions the forget-me-nots]] are falling apart due to their personal ambitions and duties to their Clans. In the later time-frame of then FramingDevice, Bluestar dies, but after a trial is accepted into StarClan as Lizardstripe takes her side and proves the irrationality of Thistleclaw's beliefs, and they are reunited in the afterlife with Lizardstripe revealing she never stopped caring about her.

* The ending of The Geeky Zoologist's [[Fanfic/JurassicWorld2020 reimagining of Jurassic World]] is bleaker than that of the film it is based upon. The Indominus is killed and Mount Sibo's eruption ends but the park is in ruins, hundreds of people have found death during its fall, the grey guards suffered heavy losses, the whole northern part of Isla Nublar has been turned into a volcanic desolation, and the very symbol of the first film and Fan Favourite Roberta the tyrannosaur passes away. Things doesn't improve in the following weeks, with the operation Fallen Kingdom managing to rescue only one third of the animals before being hindered by the US government who prevent Ingen from bringing its creatures back to the United States for now, forcing it to kept them in a facility in mainland Costa Rica, which trigger protests and political tensions. The company is also about to face another economic crisis because of the fall and many Ingen employees are fired, including Owen Grady who can no longer take care of Blue, his only surviving ''Achillobator''. Not only Claire Dearing has been disfigured and crippled by the Indominus but it's also very implied that her family will turn its back on her, with her half-sister Karen blaming her for Gray's death. On Ingen's side, Lynton is likely to order Wu to resume his work on genetically-engineered dinosaurs for military applications. The epilogue reveals that an ''Ornitholestes'' and a group of ''Compsognathus'' have managed to reach the mainland by their own means and a series of attacks begins.

* ''[[Fanfic/EdenObsessmuch]]'': Although Hermione and Ron finally escape their slavery, Hermione's life is forever changed. Lucius had tortured her, murdered her parents and raped her before she manages to bring out some good in him and, despite all that happened, the two fell in love and [[LoveRedeems Lucius found himself turning over a new leaf]]. However, not only does he die, the two had conceived a child during their secret relationship that she promised his betrayed wife she will never tell who the father actually is. [[NoNameGiven The son of Lucius and Hermione]] goes on thinking he's the son of Ron Weasley despite that they look nothing alike, refusing to believe he's the [[ChildByRape bastard son of a rapist]]. Hermione herself is unable to ever tell him the truth, and even into adulthood and having two more children with Ron, her heart still yearns for the man who both ruined her life and became the man she loved more than anyone.

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* ''Fanfic/TheBrokenHouse'' ends with Lori no longer a bounty hunter and HappilyMarried, but it's to Carol instead of Bobby; she never made up with him, Leni broken up with [[DomesticAbuser Brad]] and no longer [[DumbStruck mute]], but still in therapy, Luna still insane but considerably less so, Lynn happy as a coach but still in a wheelchair, Lincoln no longer with a split personality since Liberty is now real, Lana still thinking she's a dog, and Lily still dead (albeit a ghost). The only ones who went completely back to normal are Luan, Lucy, Lola, and Lisa.

* ''Fanfic/ReallyIsntYourFault'': More Sweet than Bitter, but the main culprit of the fake photo is found, the students stops harrassing the victims after the truth comes out, the relationships are preserved and are strong than ever. However, Rusty lost his friendships with Lincoln, is a pariah and is grounded indefinitely.

* ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'': is a darker retelling from the original; features a much higher level of violence, mistrust in both generations of the Digidestined and Oikawa, who was a ''TragicVillain'' possessed by Myotismon, is portrayed as a dangerously unstable psychopath who is more than willing to kill people in cold blood to get what he wants, whose ultimate goal, unlike the original, is to destroy the real world and the Digital World to remake them in his own image. His plan fails in the end and he is killed in the final battle and both worlds are saved, but as a result of his actions, many Digimon now hate humans, and neither side is ready to accept the other yet. Wormmon died for real with no chance of being reborn and Ken was killed by Oikawa, with the latter's parents losing their last surviving child to him. The Digidestined give up their crests and their Digimon to fully restore the Digital World and are further saddened when they learn from Gennai that the Order has decided to seal the link between the real world and Digital World and isolate them from each other to prevent them from being harmed. There is some hope in the last part of the final chapter that may imply that the Digimon could return.

* ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'': is a darker retelling
from the original; features a much higher level of violence, mistrust in both generations of the Digidestined and Oikawa, who was a ''TragicVillain'' possessed by Myotismon, is portrayed as a dangerously unstable psychopath who is more than willing to kill people in cold blood to get what he wants, whose ultimate goal, unlike the original, is to destroy the real world and the Digital World to remake them in his own image. His plan fails in the end and he is killed in the final battle and both worlds are saved, but as a result of his actions, many Digimon now hate humans, and neither side is ready to accept the other yet. Wormmon died for real with no chance of being reborn and Ken was killed by Oikawa, with the latter's parents losing their last surviving child to him. The Digidestined give up their crests and their Digimon to fully restore the Digital World and are further saddened when they learn from Gennai that the Order has decided to seal the link between the real world and Digital World and isolate them from each other to prevent them from being harmed. There is some hope in the last part of the final chapter that may imply that the Digimon could return.

* ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'': Is a darker retelling
from the original; features a much higher level of violence, mistrust in both generations of the Digidestined and Oikawa, who was a Tragic Villain possessed by Myotismon, is portrayed as a dangerously unstable psychopath who is more than willing to kill people in cold blood to get what he wants and whose goal is The final, unlike the original, is to destroy the real world and the Digital World to remake them in his own image. His plan fails in the end and he is killed in the final battle and both worlds are saved, but as a result of his actions, many Digimon now hate humans, and neither side is ready to accept the other yet. Wormmon died for real with no chance of being reborn and Ken was killed by Oikawa, with the latter's parents losing their last surviving child to him. The Digidestined give up their crests and their Digimon to fully restore the Digital World and are further saddened when they learn from Gennai that the Order has decided to seal the link between the real world and Digital World and isolate them from each other to prevent them from being harmed. There is some hope in the last part of the final chapter that may imply that the Digimon could return.