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* Courier Six of the Videogame/FalloutNewVegas/WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} crossover "Fanfic/DustInTheWind" has shades of this. TallDarkAndSnarky? Check. Incredibly capable individual plagued with Self-doubt? Check. Carries ideals, views, and methods that clash with the world they find themselves surrounded by? Triple check. Despite this, forms close connections to a small circle of people who he's slowly learning to let his guard down around? Undoubtedly.
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* The CharacterTitle of ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'' actually presents a rare ''{{Reconstruction}}'' of this character archetype; Azula is a highly complicated and morally ambiguous individual who has lost her purpose in life after the fall of her [[EvilOverlord father]] and [[BrokenPedestal coming to see]] [[AbusiveParents the kind of person he truly is.]] ''However'', this path of uncertainty leads the way for ''a lot'' of [[HeelRealization introspection]] for Azula, giving her time to see just when she made her mistakes in the past and where she went wrong in life, allowing her to rise above the flaws of her character when it mattered the most, making so she is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding become a better person and make a better life for herself after so much internal and external struggle.]]
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* The CharacterTitle of ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'' ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'': Azula actually presents a rare ''{{Reconstruction}}'' of this character archetype; Azula is a highly complicated and morally ambiguous individual who has lost her purpose in life after the fall of her [[EvilOverlord father]] and [[BrokenPedestal coming to see]] [[AbusiveParents the kind of person he truly is.]] ''However'', this path of uncertainty leads the way for ''a lot'' of [[HeelRealization introspection]] for Azula, giving her time to see just when she made her mistakes in the past and where she went wrong in life, allowing her to rise above the flaws of her character when it mattered the most, making so she is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding become a better person and make a better life for herself after so much internal and external struggle.]]
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* Oddly enough, [[Myth/KingArthur Arturia Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
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* Oddly enough, [[Myth/KingArthur Arturia Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask [[ToughLeaderFacade perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' has Kyril Sutherland. He's a TallDarkAndHandsome guy; he's an [[GeniusBruiser adept]] OneManArmy; he's an enigmatic OutsideContextProblem; and he's a jaded, brooding [[TheCynic cynic]] with [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] thanks to [[DarkAndTroubledPast baggage from Yharnam]]. Often compared with a demon or similar dark, supernatural connotations. The only box that doesn't apply to him is emotional sensitivity, for he is a task-oriented [[TheStoic stoic]], not some moody, bipolar lunatic. Both versions of the story depict the conflict between his own philosophy and the values of the status quo in differing ways.
** Original version: Utilising his talents as a [[MentorArchetype mentor]] and [[FourStarBadass flag officer]], Kyril disparages honour and "battlefield courtesy" in his pursuit to put [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores the Black Dogs]] plus all the [[TheMole traitors]] associated with them to the sword (or cleaver), nary a compunction to unsavoury methods like [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]] or [[LeaveNoSurvivors killing surrendered prisoners]]. This, combined with his apathy towards privilege, as well as his tendency to stand by his decisions in order to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what must be done]], puts him at odds with the nobility and the honourable. Not that the status quo could make him budge anyways, not when he's delivering results, and certainly not when he's [[MightMakesRight ridiculously strong]].
** Remastered version: Kyril’s turmultuous relationship with the Seven Shields, the leading figures of the status quo, is further built upon compared to how it is portrayed in the original. Kyril is treated with fear and scorn, seen as an insufferable JerkAss (he isn’t), because of his sinister appearance, his apathy towards privilege, his uncanny effectiveness in combat to the point of [[{{Gorn}} brutality]], and his NayTheist attitude towards the [[CrystalDragonJesus Goddess Reborn]]. Much to the consternation of his critics, he happens to be the GodzillaThreshold capable of lifting a huge burden off Eostia’s shoulders – to bring an end to the ForeverWar against [[EvilOverlord Olga Discordia]] and achieve a decisive victory, the sole reason being that he’s [[WorldsStrongestMan ridiculously strong]]. Kyril later does exactly that, except he also [[spoiler:kills Vault, Eostia’s [[TheAce greatest champion]], after his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions of a Sex Empire]] come to light, ambitions that the Shields don’t get to hear due to them not being present]]. Consequentially, he is put under trial, which he responds with a TrialByCombat that goes entirely in his favour.
** Original version: Utilising his talents as a [[MentorArchetype mentor]] and [[FourStarBadass flag officer]], Kyril disparages honour and "battlefield courtesy" in his pursuit to put [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores the Black Dogs]] plus all the [[TheMole traitors]] associated with them to the sword (or cleaver), nary a compunction to unsavoury methods like [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]] or [[LeaveNoSurvivors killing surrendered prisoners]]. This, combined with his apathy towards privilege, as well as his tendency to stand by his decisions in order to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what must be done]], puts him at odds with the nobility and the honourable. Not that the status quo could make him budge anyways, not when he's delivering results, and certainly not when he's [[MightMakesRight ridiculously strong]].
** Remastered version: Kyril’s turmultuous relationship with the Seven Shields, the leading figures of the status quo, is further built upon compared to how it is portrayed in the original. Kyril is treated with fear and scorn, seen as an insufferable JerkAss (he isn’t), because of his sinister appearance, his apathy towards privilege, his uncanny effectiveness in combat to the point of [[{{Gorn}} brutality]], and his NayTheist attitude towards the [[CrystalDragonJesus Goddess Reborn]]. Much to the consternation of his critics, he happens to be the GodzillaThreshold capable of lifting a huge burden off Eostia’s shoulders – to bring an end to the ForeverWar against [[EvilOverlord Olga Discordia]] and achieve a decisive victory, the sole reason being that he’s [[WorldsStrongestMan ridiculously strong]]. Kyril later does exactly that, except he also [[spoiler:kills Vault, Eostia’s [[TheAce greatest champion]], after his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions of a Sex Empire]] come to light, ambitions that the Shields don’t get to hear due to them not being present]]. Consequentially, he is put under trial, which he responds with a TrialByCombat that goes entirely in his favour.
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* Oddly enough, [[GenderFlip Arturia]] [[Myth/KingArthur Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
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* Oddly enough, [[GenderFlip Arturia]] [[Myth/KingArthur Arturia Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
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* ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'':
** Mello is ruthless, ill-tempered, cunning, implied to have abandonment issues as well as an inferiority complex. He turns his back on L and his principles after he discovers the truth about [[spoiler:his death [[Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury in the prequel]]]] and believes that L abandoned him and everyone at Wammy's. After getting his hands on a Death Note for himself, he gains control of the mafia and becomes hell-bent on dismantling L's legacy, which is currently run by his rival Near.
** [[spoiler:Misa evolves from Light's PsychoSupporter and LoveMartyr into this after his death. She and Mello bond over [[BrokenPedestal their similar grief, anger and disillusionment with their idols]], and she is slowly revealed to be a twisted hybrid of [[TheAtoner part-atoner]], [[TheHedonist part-hedonist]], vaguely nihilist and total DeathSeeker. She seeks to tear down the power Light had built up as Kira in the meantime, [[WomanScorned to get back at him more than anything else]].]]
** Mello is ruthless, ill-tempered, cunning, implied to have abandonment issues as well as an inferiority complex. He turns his back on L and his principles after he discovers the truth about [[spoiler:his death [[Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury in the prequel]]]] and believes that L abandoned him and everyone at Wammy's. After getting his hands on a Death Note for himself, he gains control of the mafia and becomes hell-bent on dismantling L's legacy, which is currently run by his rival Near.
** [[spoiler:Misa evolves from Light's PsychoSupporter and LoveMartyr into this after his death. She and Mello bond over [[BrokenPedestal their similar grief, anger and disillusionment with their idols]], and she is slowly revealed to be a twisted hybrid of [[TheAtoner part-atoner]], [[TheHedonist part-hedonist]], vaguely nihilist and total DeathSeeker. She seeks to tear down the power Light had built up as Kira in the meantime, [[WomanScorned to get back at him more than anything else]].]]
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* [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] has a bit of this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy''. The arrogant, [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]], greedy and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] dragon does [[AMatchMadeInStockholm come to love his songbird]] [[{{Seers}} Kathryn]], but he does not easily comply to her wants, and he has difficulties with changing himself for her, [[LoveHurts bringing misery both to her and himself]]. He's also highly knowledgeable and intelligent, as is expected of this trope. He even [[HumanityEnsues gains a human form]] that fits this archetype; he's [[TallDarkAndHandsome seven feet tall, dark-haired, and physiqued like a warrior]], but he has around his mouth cruel lines [[MorphicResonance as if he has looked down on people unworthy of him for his entire life]]. If not for that detail and his personality, he would be considered handsome.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', the [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Horned King]] becomes this in a case of AdaptationalHeroism and CharacterDevelopment after he's [[ResurrectedForAJob resurrected]] for his ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything chance to earn redemption by earning a human's love]]. {{The dreaded}} and calculative warlord lich is [[IAmAMonster aware of what a monster he is]] and doesn't believe he can succeed, deciding instead to use his "parole" to find and kill Taran for foiling his plans and causing his death. However, after he takes the peasant girl [[MoralityPet Avalina]] as his prisoner and [[LimaSyndrome grows fond of her]], the pure girl gradually brings out of him positive traits, even [[spoiler:bringing his dormant heart back to life]]. While the Horned King remains ruthless and brooding to everyone else but Avalina and wrestles with darker temptations, he eventually decides that he cares more about her safety and company than revenge.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', the [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Horned King]] becomes this in a case of AdaptationalHeroism and CharacterDevelopment after he's [[ResurrectedForAJob resurrected]] for his ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything chance to earn redemption by earning a human's love]]. {{The dreaded}} and calculative warlord lich is [[IAmAMonster aware of what a monster he is]] and doesn't believe he can succeed, deciding instead to use his "parole" to find and kill Taran for foiling his plans and causing his death. However, after he takes the peasant girl [[MoralityPet Avalina]] as his prisoner and [[LimaSyndrome grows fond of her]], the pure girl gradually brings out of him positive traits, even [[spoiler:bringing his dormant heart back to life]]. While the Horned King remains ruthless and brooding to everyone else but Avalina and wrestles with darker temptations, he eventually decides that he cares more about her safety and company than revenge.
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* [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] has a bit of this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy''. The arrogant, [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]], greedy and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] dragon does [[AMatchMadeInStockholm come to love his songbird]] [[{{Seers}} Kathryn]], Kathryn whom he kidnapped]] because of her beautiful singing voice, but he does not easily comply to her wants, wishes, and he has difficulties with changing himself for her, [[LoveHurts bringing misery both to her and himself]]. He's also highly knowledgeable and intelligent, as is expected of this trope. He even [[HumanityEnsues gains a human form]] that fits this archetype; he's [[TallDarkAndHandsome seven feet tall, dark-haired, and physiqued like a warrior]], but he has around his mouth cruel lines [[MorphicResonance as if he has looked down on people unworthy of him for his entire life]]. life. If not for that detail and his personality, he would be considered handsome.
handsome. Kathryn lampshades his complexity in ''Heart of Fire'':
-->''He was a complexity if ever there was one. He was majestic yet frightening, [[LightningBruiser powerful and quick]], supremely intelligent but his guarded nature wasted his cunning on the pursuit of gold, he was utterly beautiful but deadly, and his lack of empathy only pushed forward his wickedness. He seemed to be a very angry creature, wanting to lash out at the first thing that drew his attention, but also… desperate for attention. Kathryn could find no other way to describe it; even when he was at his utmost cruel, even when he was playing mind games, even when he was stalking his prey, he craved for the respect and attention of another creature, so therefore he would have something to distract his mind. Even if he would eventually tire of whatever caught his interest. But he hadn't tired of Kathryn.''
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', the [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Horned King]] becomes this in a case of AdaptationalHeroism and CharacterDevelopment after he's [[ResurrectedForAJob resurrected]] for his''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only chance to earn redemption by earning a human's love]].love. {{The dreaded}} and calculative warlord lich is [[IAmAMonster aware of what a monster he is]] and doesn't believe he can succeed, deciding instead to use his "parole" to find and kill Taran for foiling his plans and causing his death. However, after he takes the peasant girl [[MoralityPet Avalina]] as his prisoner and [[LimaSyndrome grows fond of her]], the pure girl gradually brings out of him positive traits, even [[spoiler:bringing his dormant heart back to life]]. While the Horned King remains ruthless and brooding to everyone else but Avalina and wrestles with darker temptations, he eventually decides that he cares more about her safety and company than revenge.
-->''He was a complexity if ever there was one. He was majestic yet frightening, [[LightningBruiser powerful and quick]], supremely intelligent but his guarded nature wasted his cunning on the pursuit of gold, he was utterly beautiful but deadly, and his lack of empathy only pushed forward his wickedness. He seemed to be a very angry creature, wanting to lash out at the first thing that drew his attention, but also… desperate for attention. Kathryn could find no other way to describe it; even when he was at his utmost cruel, even when he was playing mind games, even when he was stalking his prey, he craved for the respect and attention of another creature, so therefore he would have something to distract his mind. Even if he would eventually tire of whatever caught his interest. But he hadn't tired of Kathryn.''
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* [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]] gets this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheVow''. He's a highly intelligent and proud noble who has faced alienation because of his white coloring and seeks to assert his worth to the world. When he sets his mind to something, he strives for perfection, even at a cost to himself. Unfortunately, [[AmbitionIsEvil he crosses the moral line in his fervent ambition]], commits mass murder [[ScrewDestiny to prevent his prophesied downfall]] and faces exile as a result. He then dedicates three decades in preparation of taking revenge for all the perceived wrongdoings thrown at him. He cannot stop loving his former fiancée Lady Lianne even in hatred, but [[IveComeTooFar neither can he consider stepping from his dark road because that would be a waste of everything he has prepared for so long]]. In the end, Shen gets a BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:he [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives]] his defeat, loses his freedom and becomes crippled, but at least he can live with his wife Lianne and their son Zian in anonymity]].
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* [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]] gets this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheVow''. He's a highly intelligent and proud noble who has faced alienation because of his white coloring and seeks to assert his worth to the world. When he sets his mind to something, he strives for perfection, even at a cost to himself. Unfortunately, [[AmbitionIsEvil he crosses the moral line in his fervent ambition]], commits mass murder [[ScrewDestiny to prevent his prophesied downfall]] downfall]], and faces exile as a result. He then dedicates three decades in preparation of taking revenge for all the perceived wrongdoings thrown at him. He cannot stop loving his former fiancée Lady Lianne even in hatred, while hating her, but [[IveComeTooFar neither can he consider stepping from his dark road because that would be a waste of everything he has prepared for so long]]. In the end, Shen gets a BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:he [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives]] his defeat, loses his freedom and becomes crippled, but at least he can live with his wife Lianne and their son Zian in anonymity]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'' has Cyril Sutherland/Klaus Tennstedt. Where do we begin? He's TallDarkAndHandsome, he's an adept killer of brutality, and in the perspective of others, he's a mysterious foreigner known for his [[TheStoic stoicism]] and social withdrawal. Does he have a DarkAndTroubledPast? Readers who have played ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' before will [[DramaticIrony know]] just how much he has to endure in Yharnam before stepping foot to Lescatie. Countless hours of slaying and [[ResurrectiveImmortality being slain by]] beasts, madmen, and other otherworldly nightmares has left him heavily [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shocked]], [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror numb and indifferent towards all sorts of bloodshed he causes in his wake]]. Furthermore, Cyril/Klaus finds it difficult to shake away the traumatic memories from the Night of the Hunt, in spite of his efforts in finding peace of mind, constantly walking on a thin line between man and beast. As determined as he is to avoid [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming the very beast he is supposed to hunt]], he struggles to reign in [[BloodKnight the desire for violence]]. Is he intensely introspective? Cyril/Klaus often dwells on his perceived failings during his time in Yharnam, ranging from regretting his inability to save everyone he could help, to remembering the pleading or dead faces of the victims of the Hunt. What of his morality and worldview? He is a HeroicNeutral who desires to be left alone in peace, instead of actively looking for people to kill. Moreover, Cyril/Klaus is highly skeptical towards the two main opposing factions, namely the Order and the Monster Lord respectively, due to his defiance of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman (or rather, his insistence that anyone will die if they cross him, man or monster be damned), in addition to his distrust of authorities who claim to [[WithUsOrAgainstUs destroy their oppositions]] "[[WellIntentionedExtremist for the greater good]]". All of the above values he firmly believes in, together with [[OneManArmy his]] [[WrongContextMagic strength]], practically ''[[NeutralityBacklash invites conflict]]'' from both sides. His destiny[[spoiler:, that is, him reuniting with the Plain Doll and the Hunter's Dream, and subsequently rising as the Master of the Wild Hunt, can be seen in two ways that are both Byronic in nature: a revolution ([[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant the Sleeping Giant has finally awakened]], [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore shaking the world forever]]), or a tragedy (destined to bear every secret, burden, and memory related to Yharnam forever, Cyril's desire for ''everlasting'' peace will forever remain a [[TragicDream dream]]).]] All in all, Cyril/Klaus's character arc can really give [[Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls his other counterpart]] a run for his money.
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* The ''Fanfic/AlexandraQuick'' series has quite a few.
** Not least is the main character. Aside from not being remarkably attractive physically, she fits all of the traits listed above being charismatic and magnetic, extremely intelligent and cunning, driven and rebellious but also brooding and arrogant, with severe self-esteem issues arising from her DarkAndTroubledPast.
** The Dark Wizard Abraham Thorn, [[spoiler: Alexandra's father]], fits the bill even better, being a dark, idealistic, brilliant and ruthless political revolutionary as well as a womanizer and playboy. He has a DarkAndTroubledPast of his own though less has been revealed.
** And Maximillian King, brilliant, brooding and devastatingly handsome but coping with lots of suppressed rage, shame, and more than a few dark secrets.
** Alexandra's classmate Darla Dearborn eventually turns into this: attractive, manipulative, cunning, absolutely obsessed with her goals and slowly going mad from guilt and anxiety.
** Special Inquisitor Diana Grimm. Intelligent, cunning and manipulative? Check. Cynical and Jaded? Check, DarkAndTroubledPast and deep obsession? Check...
* ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'':
** Mello is ruthless, ill-tempered, cunning, implied to have abandonment issues as well as an inferiority complex. He turns his back on L and his principles after he discovers the truth about [[spoiler:his death [[Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury in the prequel]]]] and believes that L abandoned him and everyone at Wammy's. After getting his hands on a Death Note for himself, he gains control of the mafia and becomes hell-bent on dismantling L's legacy, which is currently run by his rival Near.
** [[spoiler:Misa evolves from Light's PsychoSupporter and LoveMartyr into this after his death. She and Mello bond over [[BrokenPedestal their similar grief, anger and disillusionment with their idols]], and she is slowly revealed to be a twisted hybrid of [[TheAtoner part-atoner]], [[TheHedonist part-hedonist]], vaguely nihilist and total DeathSeeker. She seeks to tear down the power Light had built up as Kira in the meantime, [[WomanScorned to get back at him more than anything else]].]]
* The CharacterTitle of ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'' actually presents a rare ''{{Reconstruction}}'' of this character archetype; Azula is a highly complicated and morally ambiguous individual who has lost her purpose in life after the fall of her [[EvilOverlord father]] and [[BrokenPedestal coming to see]] [[AbusiveParents the kind of person he truly is.]] ''However'', this path of uncertainty leads the way for ''a lot'' of [[HeelRealization introspection]] for Azula, giving her time to see just when she made her mistakes in the past and where she went wrong in life, allowing her to rise above the flaws of her character when it mattered the most, making so she is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding become a better person and make a better life for herself after so much internal and external struggle.]]
* ''Fanfic/CatRa'': Becoming She-Ra does nothing to make Catra a better person, and she starts out only using Glimmer and Bow as a scheme to get her own kingdom from Angella. This causes several extra complications from canon.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
** Loki is TallDarkAndSnarky, a little morally ambiguous and most definitely ReformedButNotTamed.
** Warren Worthington III is described, at one point, as [[UpToEleven 'more Byronic than Byron.']]
** Harry himself has considerable elements of this, being a HotBlooded MagneticHero who draws people, powerful people, to him without even trying, a distinct anti-authoritarian streak, a tendency to brood over what happens when he lashes out, a borderline mania over protecting people and is a ShellShockedVeteran to boot (by chapter 74, he ticks all the boxes for PTSD - which is particularly worrying since he hasn't even turned 14 yet. He's later formally diagnosed with it in the sequel). All this leaves him with the potential to either become the next Captain America or the next [[DarkMessiah Magneto.]]
** Doctor Strange ticks all the boxes, being TallDarkAndSnarky, suave and sophisticated, charming, brilliantly intelligent, deeply arrogant, bitterly regretful for what he has had to do in the name of the greater good and riddled with self-hatred under the arrogance, and is entirely aware of what he has become.
* Literature/SherlockHolmes in the first season of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime''. TallDarkAndHandsome, check. TroubledButCute, check. SugarAndIcePersonality, check. IDidWhatIHadToDo, check. TheWoobie? [[TearJerker/ChildrenOfTime Hoooo]] ''[[TearJerker/ChildrenOfTime boy]]''.
* Author halfpromise, writer of ''Fanfic/ACureForLove'' and ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'' seems to love this trope, at least where [[Manga/DeathNote Light and L]] are concerned. The two of them are [[BrokenAce Broken Aces]] prone to self-loathing and together they form a DestructiveRomance that brings what feels like the whole world down with them.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Mercury]] of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3779251/Ocadioan Ocadioan's]] 'A dance of Shadow and Light' series is certainly one of these. Since the series as a whole is [[DarkerAndEdgier Darker And Edgier]], it is also shown just how this affects those around him. At the end most that knew him or worked with him are either dead ([[spoiler:often because of him or per his direct order]]), deeply traumatized ([[spoiler:his {{Love Interest|s}} ends up being [[DrivenToSuicide Driven to Suicide]]]]) or generally unable to let go of his memory...[[TheExtremistWasRight But hey, the world turned out slightly better...]]
* ''FanFic/DaveStdiderPokemonTraner'''s protagonist Dave can be a real {{Jerkass}} sometimes, to both his friends and his enemies. Usually it's unwarranted in both the former and latter categories, such as when he refuses to help his girlfriend while she's being blackmailed with a nude photo, and when he threatens to beat up Team Bad's Jack Noir and Karkat Vantas despite them not doing a single evil thing at this point in the chapter.
* Blackjack from ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'' is an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], barely functional whirlwind of self-destruction who is one of the [[CrapsackWorld Equestrian Wasteland's]] most morally upright ponies at her best, and a borderline monster when she isn't. And she leads a [[TrueCompanions following]] of ponies that are so [[DysfunctionJunction messed up]] she might as well have the [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Rune of Torment]] as a cutie mark.
* The version of Quirrel/[[spoiler:Lord Voldemort]] in ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' comes off as a Byronic hero. That story's version of Harry Potter also has Byronic tendencies, and Snape's nature as a canon Byronic hero gets deconstructed.
* [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] has a bit of this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy''. The arrogant, [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]], greedy and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] dragon does [[AMatchMadeInStockholm come to love his songbird]] [[{{Seers}} Kathryn]], but he does not easily comply to her wants, and he has difficulties with changing himself for her, [[LoveHurts bringing misery both to her and himself]]. He's also highly knowledgeable and intelligent, as is expected of this trope. He even [[HumanityEnsues gains a human form]] that fits this archetype; he's [[TallDarkAndHandsome seven feet tall, dark-haired, and physiqued like a warrior]], but he has around his mouth cruel lines [[MorphicResonance as if he has looked down on people unworthy of him for his entire life]]. If not for that detail and his personality, he would be considered handsome.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', the [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Horned King]] becomes this in a case of AdaptationalHeroism and CharacterDevelopment after he's [[ResurrectedForAJob resurrected]] for his ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything chance to earn redemption by earning a human's love]]. {{The dreaded}} and calculative warlord lich is [[IAmAMonster aware of what a monster he is]] and doesn't believe he can succeed, deciding instead to use his "parole" to find and kill Taran for foiling his plans and causing his death. However, after he takes the peasant girl [[MoralityPet Avalina]] as his prisoner and [[LimaSyndrome grows fond of her]], the pure girl gradually brings out of him positive traits, even [[spoiler:bringing his dormant heart back to life]]. While the Horned King remains ruthless and brooding to everyone else but Avalina and wrestles with darker temptations, he eventually decides that he cares more about her safety and company than revenge.
* Harry Potter/Tristan Winter in ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries''. He's a passionate BrokenAce VillainProtagonist who begins with the Byronic tendencies when he goes into a self-imposed exile after murdering the Dursleys when he's only six years old. His driving goal is that he wants {{Revenge}} on his family and the world that abandoned him.
* Oddly enough, [[GenderFlip Arturia]] [[Myth/KingArthur Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/1/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]'' not only has [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], but also [[spoiler:[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima]]]]. Unlike Kaito, who is in the same series as him (listed below) [[spoiler:Mitsuzane, throughout the story, is [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], [[TheAloner distant]], cynical and jaded; and of course, self-destructive. He is continuously tormented [[DarkAndTroubledPast by his actions in his past]] [[HeelRealization that]] [[EmptyShell made him]] [[BrokenBird never the same]], to the point he spends most of his time thinking that the world hates him. On the other hand, he is passionately driven of [[MustMakeAmends making amends]] on his past mistakes ever since becoming TheAtoner]].
* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, unintentionally (unless it's a parody). She's brooding to the point of being an EmoTeen, and does whatever she wants without any regard for authority.
* ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'', found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10130193/1/Necessary-To-Win here]], not only has [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Maho Nishizumi]], but also [[{{Manga/Saki}} Teru Miyanaga]], who, in this fic, is an accomplished tanker and one of Maho's two vice-captains. She lives and does tankery her own way without regard for others, especially not her parents, and is haunted by an as of yet unrevealed past incident that caused her to distance herself from Saki.
* [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] in ''Fanfic/NoHoper''. In this universe, he's an aspiring [[Literature/TheHouseOfNight vampyre hunter turned vampyre]] and a soul in torment on a quest for vengeance. He definitely fits the bill: he's passionate, brooding, mad, bad, dangerous to know.
* Belladonna Tyrian of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' is a female example. Physically speaking, she's both intimidating and attractive and has enough personal magnetism to attract [[{{Polyamory}} multiple lovers]]. She's got plenty of brains too, able to come up with cunning plans and sabotage complex machinery. She has a tendency to brood on her DarkAndTroubledPast, and is very cynical about society, to the point she chooses not to interact with it in any significant way, and considers herself to exist outside the laws of humanity. As for her emotions, [[MoodSwinger she tends to suffer from mood swings]], and is noted to be rather passionate by both the characters and the narrative.
* ''FanFic/ShatteredReflection'': Rose, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin's alternate-self-from-another-timeline,]] is a RareFemaleExample. Emotionally damaged? Check. Extremely intelligent? Check. Dark and cynical? Double check. Attractive and charismatic? Of course. Intense drive and determination? Oh yes, check.
* Spoofed in ''FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders'' when Snape snarks that Sirius is just a poor "misunderstood Byronic hero."
* [[spoiler:Mister Sinister]] is portrayed this way in the excellent ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1588712/1/A_Test_of_Power A Test of Power]]'', which draws from ''The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'' for its inspiration rather than the caricature the character has become in modern day stories. His DarkAndTroubledPast from that mini is given more depth and several chapters dwell on the psychology of how an intensely intelligent, emotionally sensitive but fundamentally self-centered person copes with immortality and the burden of his self-imposed purpose.
* ''FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker'': Even other-dimensional psychic aliens can pass into this trope. Sleepwalker obviously isn't cute, but he: is deeply torn about his identity as a Sleepwalker trapped in a world of humans, the different mentalities of the two races and whether he's starting to adopt a human mentality and losing his identity as a Sleepwalker in the process; wrestles with his feelings of loneliness and the very real friendships he's formed with many of the humans of the world; struggles with his desire to return his home dimension of [[DreamLand the Mindscape]] and his feeling that he is not worthy to return home until he finally atones for his original sin of becoming trapped in Rick Sheridan's mind; broods over those same mistakes and failures, for which he has never truly forgiven himself; becomes extremely violent whenever [[PapaWolf Rick or his other close human friends are threatened]] and taking pleasure in brutalizing criminals who hurt them. While Rick and his friends have tried to show Sleepwalker that [[YouAreNotAlone he's not alone]], they don't really understand that Sleepwalker doesn't feel he can belong in this world the way they do...and more importantly, that he ''shouldn't'' be belonging in this world, for all the real good he's done as a superhero.
* [[spoiler:Widget Hackwrench]], the initial BigBad of the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' {{fanfic}} ''[[FanFic/TheNowakverse Under the Bridge]]'', not only becomes one, but even describes herself as such. She does do a HeelFaceTurn and even finds love and a soft side to herself, but she cannot simply shake off her DarkAndTroubledPast which led to her actions earlier in the story, starting with her lack of fur color and a left arm and almost drowning as a newborn which she always thought was attempted murder, continuing with her life in an orphanage and with a drug addict, and culminating in building an advanced armed submarine out of mostly junk and hiring a war veteran mouse as its captain just to kill her more fortunate sister in revenge for her own miserable life. It even goes to show somewhat at her own wedding: She distrusts the world around her so much that she wears a [[BattleBallgown Kevlar dress]].
* [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]] gets this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheVow''. He's a highly intelligent and proud noble who has faced alienation because of his white coloring and seeks to assert his worth to the world. When he sets his mind to something, he strives for perfection, even at a cost to himself. Unfortunately, [[AmbitionIsEvil he crosses the moral line in his fervent ambition]], commits mass murder [[ScrewDestiny to prevent his prophesied downfall]] and faces exile as a result. He then dedicates three decades in preparation of taking revenge for all the perceived wrongdoings thrown at him. He cannot stop loving his former fiancée Lady Lianne even in hatred, but [[IveComeTooFar neither can he consider stepping from his dark road because that would be a waste of everything he has prepared for so long]]. In the end, Shen gets a BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:he [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives]] his defeat, loses his freedom and becomes crippled, but at least he can live with his wife Lianne and their son Zian in anonymity]].
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* The ''Fanfic/AlexandraQuick'' series has quite a few.
** Not least is the main character. Aside from not being remarkably attractive physically, she fits all of the traits listed above being charismatic and magnetic, extremely intelligent and cunning, driven and rebellious but also brooding and arrogant, with severe self-esteem issues arising from her DarkAndTroubledPast.
** The Dark Wizard Abraham Thorn, [[spoiler: Alexandra's father]], fits the bill even better, being a dark, idealistic, brilliant and ruthless political revolutionary as well as a womanizer and playboy. He has a DarkAndTroubledPast of his own though less has been revealed.
** And Maximillian King, brilliant, brooding and devastatingly handsome but coping with lots of suppressed rage, shame, and more than a few dark secrets.
** Alexandra's classmate Darla Dearborn eventually turns into this: attractive, manipulative, cunning, absolutely obsessed with her goals and slowly going mad from guilt and anxiety.
** Special Inquisitor Diana Grimm. Intelligent, cunning and manipulative? Check. Cynical and Jaded? Check, DarkAndTroubledPast and deep obsession? Check...
* ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues'':
** Mello is ruthless, ill-tempered, cunning, implied to have abandonment issues as well as an inferiority complex. He turns his back on L and his principles after he discovers the truth about [[spoiler:his death [[Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury in the prequel]]]] and believes that L abandoned him and everyone at Wammy's. After getting his hands on a Death Note for himself, he gains control of the mafia and becomes hell-bent on dismantling L's legacy, which is currently run by his rival Near.
** [[spoiler:Misa evolves from Light's PsychoSupporter and LoveMartyr into this after his death. She and Mello bond over [[BrokenPedestal their similar grief, anger and disillusionment with their idols]], and she is slowly revealed to be a twisted hybrid of [[TheAtoner part-atoner]], [[TheHedonist part-hedonist]], vaguely nihilist and total DeathSeeker. She seeks to tear down the power Light had built up as Kira in the meantime, [[WomanScorned to get back at him more than anything else]].]]
* The CharacterTitle of ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'' actually presents a rare ''{{Reconstruction}}'' of this character archetype; Azula is a highly complicated and morally ambiguous individual who has lost her purpose in life after the fall of her [[EvilOverlord father]] and [[BrokenPedestal coming to see]] [[AbusiveParents the kind of person he truly is.]] ''However'', this path of uncertainty leads the way for ''a lot'' of [[HeelRealization introspection]] for Azula, giving her time to see just when she made her mistakes in the past and where she went wrong in life, allowing her to rise above the flaws of her character when it mattered the most, making so she is able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding become a better person and make a better life for herself after so much internal and external struggle.]]
* ''Fanfic/CatRa'': Becoming She-Ra does nothing to make Catra a better person, and she starts out only using Glimmer and Bow as a scheme to get her own kingdom from Angella. This causes several extra complications from canon.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
** Loki is TallDarkAndSnarky, a little morally ambiguous and most definitely ReformedButNotTamed.
** Warren Worthington III is described, at one point, as [[UpToEleven 'more Byronic than Byron.']]
** Harry himself has considerable elements of this, being a HotBlooded MagneticHero who draws people, powerful people, to him without even trying, a distinct anti-authoritarian streak, a tendency to brood over what happens when he lashes out, a borderline mania over protecting people and is a ShellShockedVeteran to boot (by chapter 74, he ticks all the boxes for PTSD - which is particularly worrying since he hasn't even turned 14 yet. He's later formally diagnosed with it in the sequel). All this leaves him with the potential to either become the next Captain America or the next [[DarkMessiah Magneto.]]
** Doctor Strange ticks all the boxes, being TallDarkAndSnarky, suave and sophisticated, charming, brilliantly intelligent, deeply arrogant, bitterly regretful for what he has had to do in the name of the greater good and riddled with self-hatred under the arrogance, and is entirely aware of what he has become.
* Literature/SherlockHolmes in the first season of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime''. TallDarkAndHandsome, check. TroubledButCute, check. SugarAndIcePersonality, check. IDidWhatIHadToDo, check. TheWoobie? [[TearJerker/ChildrenOfTime Hoooo]] ''[[TearJerker/ChildrenOfTime boy]]''.
* Author halfpromise, writer of ''Fanfic/ACureForLove'' and ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'' seems to love this trope, at least where [[Manga/DeathNote Light and L]] are concerned. The two of them are [[BrokenAce Broken Aces]] prone to self-loathing and together they form a DestructiveRomance that brings what feels like the whole world down with them.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Mercury]] of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3779251/Ocadioan Ocadioan's]] 'A dance of Shadow and Light' series is certainly one of these. Since the series as a whole is [[DarkerAndEdgier Darker And Edgier]], it is also shown just how this affects those around him. At the end most that knew him or worked with him are either dead ([[spoiler:often because of him or per his direct order]]), deeply traumatized ([[spoiler:his {{Love Interest|s}} ends up being [[DrivenToSuicide Driven to Suicide]]]]) or generally unable to let go of his memory...[[TheExtremistWasRight But hey, the world turned out slightly better...]]
* ''FanFic/DaveStdiderPokemonTraner'''s protagonist Dave can be a real {{Jerkass}} sometimes, to both his friends and his enemies. Usually it's unwarranted in both the former and latter categories, such as when he refuses to help his girlfriend while she's being blackmailed with a nude photo, and when he threatens to beat up Team Bad's Jack Noir and Karkat Vantas despite them not doing a single evil thing at this point in the chapter.
* Blackjack from ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'' is an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], barely functional whirlwind of self-destruction who is one of the [[CrapsackWorld Equestrian Wasteland's]] most morally upright ponies at her best, and a borderline monster when she isn't. And she leads a [[TrueCompanions following]] of ponies that are so [[DysfunctionJunction messed up]] she might as well have the [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Rune of Torment]] as a cutie mark.
* The version of Quirrel/[[spoiler:Lord Voldemort]] in ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' comes off as a Byronic hero. That story's version of Harry Potter also has Byronic tendencies, and Snape's nature as a canon Byronic hero gets deconstructed.
* [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] has a bit of this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy''. The arrogant, [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]], greedy and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] dragon does [[AMatchMadeInStockholm come to love his songbird]] [[{{Seers}} Kathryn]], but he does not easily comply to her wants, and he has difficulties with changing himself for her, [[LoveHurts bringing misery both to her and himself]]. He's also highly knowledgeable and intelligent, as is expected of this trope. He even [[HumanityEnsues gains a human form]] that fits this archetype; he's [[TallDarkAndHandsome seven feet tall, dark-haired, and physiqued like a warrior]], but he has around his mouth cruel lines [[MorphicResonance as if he has looked down on people unworthy of him for his entire life]]. If not for that detail and his personality, he would be considered handsome.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', the [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Horned King]] becomes this in a case of AdaptationalHeroism and CharacterDevelopment after he's [[ResurrectedForAJob resurrected]] for his ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything only]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything chance to earn redemption by earning a human's love]]. {{The dreaded}} and calculative warlord lich is [[IAmAMonster aware of what a monster he is]] and doesn't believe he can succeed, deciding instead to use his "parole" to find and kill Taran for foiling his plans and causing his death. However, after he takes the peasant girl [[MoralityPet Avalina]] as his prisoner and [[LimaSyndrome grows fond of her]], the pure girl gradually brings out of him positive traits, even [[spoiler:bringing his dormant heart back to life]]. While the Horned King remains ruthless and brooding to everyone else but Avalina and wrestles with darker temptations, he eventually decides that he cares more about her safety and company than revenge.
* Harry Potter/Tristan Winter in ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries''. He's a passionate BrokenAce VillainProtagonist who begins with the Byronic tendencies when he goes into a self-imposed exile after murdering the Dursleys when he's only six years old. His driving goal is that he wants {{Revenge}} on his family and the world that abandoned him.
* Oddly enough, [[GenderFlip Arturia]] [[Myth/KingArthur Pendragon]] gets this treatment in the crossover ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', albeit on the more lighter end of the spectrum. [[TraumaCongaLine Coming fresh off of the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War]], the exceptionally intelligent, introspective, and charismatic Arturia is grappling heavily with the angst and regret born from being unable to prevent the fall of her kingdom, having constant inner reflections on her own [[FailureKnight shortcomings and failures prior to arriving to]] [[StandardFantasySetting Thedas]], something in which she takes immensely personally despite what the [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask perfectly crafted persona she created during her reign would say otherwise]]. Still, despite being so [[KnightInSourArmor jaded]] from those experiences, Arturia is ''very'' much determined, borderline desperate, to make sure that Thedas doesn't fall like Camelot had, [[MyGreatestSecondChance seeing this has her opportunity to make up for the mistakes of her past life]] - something even more potent to the formerly dormant identity that she's uncovering for possibly the first time in her life after dropping the "mask" of King Arthur now that she is no longer bound by the previous obligations she ''literally'' was born for.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/1/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]'' not only has [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], but also [[spoiler:[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima]]]]. Unlike Kaito, who is in the same series as him (listed below) [[spoiler:Mitsuzane, throughout the story, is [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], [[TheAloner distant]], cynical and jaded; and of course, self-destructive. He is continuously tormented [[DarkAndTroubledPast by his actions in his past]] [[HeelRealization that]] [[EmptyShell made him]] [[BrokenBird never the same]], to the point he spends most of his time thinking that the world hates him. On the other hand, he is passionately driven of [[MustMakeAmends making amends]] on his past mistakes ever since becoming TheAtoner]].
* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, unintentionally (unless it's a parody). She's brooding to the point of being an EmoTeen, and does whatever she wants without any regard for authority.
* ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'', found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10130193/1/Necessary-To-Win here]], not only has [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Maho Nishizumi]], but also [[{{Manga/Saki}} Teru Miyanaga]], who, in this fic, is an accomplished tanker and one of Maho's two vice-captains. She lives and does tankery her own way without regard for others, especially not her parents, and is haunted by an as of yet unrevealed past incident that caused her to distance herself from Saki.
* [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] in ''Fanfic/NoHoper''. In this universe, he's an aspiring [[Literature/TheHouseOfNight vampyre hunter turned vampyre]] and a soul in torment on a quest for vengeance. He definitely fits the bill: he's passionate, brooding, mad, bad, dangerous to know.
* Belladonna Tyrian of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' is a female example. Physically speaking, she's both intimidating and attractive and has enough personal magnetism to attract [[{{Polyamory}} multiple lovers]]. She's got plenty of brains too, able to come up with cunning plans and sabotage complex machinery. She has a tendency to brood on her DarkAndTroubledPast, and is very cynical about society, to the point she chooses not to interact with it in any significant way, and considers herself to exist outside the laws of humanity. As for her emotions, [[MoodSwinger she tends to suffer from mood swings]], and is noted to be rather passionate by both the characters and the narrative.
* ''FanFic/ShatteredReflection'': Rose, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin's alternate-self-from-another-timeline,]] is a RareFemaleExample. Emotionally damaged? Check. Extremely intelligent? Check. Dark and cynical? Double check. Attractive and charismatic? Of course. Intense drive and determination? Oh yes, check.
* Spoofed in ''FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders'' when Snape snarks that Sirius is just a poor "misunderstood Byronic hero."
* [[spoiler:Mister Sinister]] is portrayed this way in the excellent ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1588712/1/A_Test_of_Power A Test of Power]]'', which draws from ''The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'' for its inspiration rather than the caricature the character has become in modern day stories. His DarkAndTroubledPast from that mini is given more depth and several chapters dwell on the psychology of how an intensely intelligent, emotionally sensitive but fundamentally self-centered person copes with immortality and the burden of his self-imposed purpose.
* ''FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker'': Even other-dimensional psychic aliens can pass into this trope. Sleepwalker obviously isn't cute, but he: is deeply torn about his identity as a Sleepwalker trapped in a world of humans, the different mentalities of the two races and whether he's starting to adopt a human mentality and losing his identity as a Sleepwalker in the process; wrestles with his feelings of loneliness and the very real friendships he's formed with many of the humans of the world; struggles with his desire to return his home dimension of [[DreamLand the Mindscape]] and his feeling that he is not worthy to return home until he finally atones for his original sin of becoming trapped in Rick Sheridan's mind; broods over those same mistakes and failures, for which he has never truly forgiven himself; becomes extremely violent whenever [[PapaWolf Rick or his other close human friends are threatened]] and taking pleasure in brutalizing criminals who hurt them. While Rick and his friends have tried to show Sleepwalker that [[YouAreNotAlone he's not alone]], they don't really understand that Sleepwalker doesn't feel he can belong in this world the way they do...and more importantly, that he ''shouldn't'' be belonging in this world, for all the real good he's done as a superhero.
* [[spoiler:Widget Hackwrench]], the initial BigBad of the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' {{fanfic}} ''[[FanFic/TheNowakverse Under the Bridge]]'', not only becomes one, but even describes herself as such. She does do a HeelFaceTurn and even finds love and a soft side to herself, but she cannot simply shake off her DarkAndTroubledPast which led to her actions earlier in the story, starting with her lack of fur color and a left arm and almost drowning as a newborn which she always thought was attempted murder, continuing with her life in an orphanage and with a drug addict, and culminating in building an advanced armed submarine out of mostly junk and hiring a war veteran mouse as its captain just to kill her more fortunate sister in revenge for her own miserable life. It even goes to show somewhat at her own wedding: She distrusts the world around her so much that she wears a [[BattleBallgown Kevlar dress]].
* [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]] gets this portrayal in ''Fanfic/TheVow''. He's a highly intelligent and proud noble who has faced alienation because of his white coloring and seeks to assert his worth to the world. When he sets his mind to something, he strives for perfection, even at a cost to himself. Unfortunately, [[AmbitionIsEvil he crosses the moral line in his fervent ambition]], commits mass murder [[ScrewDestiny to prevent his prophesied downfall]] and faces exile as a result. He then dedicates three decades in preparation of taking revenge for all the perceived wrongdoings thrown at him. He cannot stop loving his former fiancée Lady Lianne even in hatred, but [[IveComeTooFar neither can he consider stepping from his dark road because that would be a waste of everything he has prepared for so long]]. In the end, Shen gets a BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:he [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives]] his defeat, loses his freedom and becomes crippled, but at least he can live with his wife Lianne and their son Zian in anonymity]].
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