Follow TV Tropes

Following

History DarkAndTroubledPast / FanWorks

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)


[[AC: ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'']]
* In ''Fanfic/TurningRedThePandaConspiracy'', Sarah Vaugn saw her mother being killed by a member of the Lee family, forcing her to live with her abusive father. She was then kicked out onto the streets and forced to fend for herself.



Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** The Slayer's past is considered [[UnderStatement horrible]]. Losing everything in one world, kicked into another after his sanity was shattered, losing everything due to treachery from the [[LightIsNotGood Maykrs and Deag Priests]] ''again'', then kicked into ''another'' world with no way to get back. The Slayer wonders if Fate truly hated him that much for this to happen to him.

to:

** The Slayer's past is considered [[UnderStatement horrible]]. Losing everything in one world, his wife, infant son and pet rabbit to TheLegionsOfHell, losing his mind fighting said Legions of Hell, kicked into another after his sanity was shattered, losing finding a family in the Night Sentinels, only to lose everything due to TheLegionsOfHell and treachery from the [[LightIsNotGood Maykrs and Deag Priests]] ''again'', then Priests]], gets locked into a sarcophagus after going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, only to be released and after killing the Spider Mastermind, he is kicked into ''another'' the MHA world with no way to get back. The Slayer wonders if Fate truly hated him that much for this to happen to him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[AC:''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'']]
* ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls''
** The animatronics' attraction burned down under mysterious circumstances, leaving them in pieces and forced to hide when the park's owner came to sell what was left of the place for parts. [[spoiler: Prior to this there was apparently an incident were several children under their watch went missing and died, followed by them killing a man for as of yet unknown reasons.]]
** It's implied that something unpleasant happened to Cody when he was still visiting private school. When Bridget attempts to talk about it, he gets angry and yells at her.

Changed: 248

Removed: 261




to:

* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', wherein, in Chapter 44, Snape and Dumbledore [[ItMakesSenseInContext argue about whose backstory is ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext more ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext tragic]].






[[AC:Unsorted/Dormant/Dead]]
* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', wherein, in Chapter 44, Snape and Dumbledore [[ItMakesSenseInContext argue about whose backstory is ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext more ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext tragic]].

to:

\n\n\n[[AC:Unsorted/Dormant/Dead]]\n* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', wherein, in Chapter 44, Snape and Dumbledore [[ItMakesSenseInContext argue about whose backstory is ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext more ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext tragic]].[[AC:Unsorted]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* All of the main characters in the fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Freefall}}'' have tragic childhoods, to a varying degree of "tragic"; not surprising, since the fic features Creator/{{CLAMP}} characters.

to:

* All of the main characters in the fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Freefall}}'' ''Fanfic/{{Freefall|FarrenMaddox}}'' have tragic childhoods, to a varying degree of "tragic"; not surprising, since the fic features Creator/{{CLAMP}} characters.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Literally everything that happened to [[spoiler:Musashi Midoriya]]. His was a raging {{Abusive|Parents}} AlcoholicParent when he was a kid and [[ParentalAbandonment his mother abandoned them both]]. [[spoiler:Musashi]], figuring that since he came from shit, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he ought to be shitier]], [[TheRunaway ran away from home]] at eleven years, joined an underage gang, and before long he was running errands for the local Yakuza. He ends up joining them at only fourteen, and eight years after that he takes his first assassination contract. The target? [[spoiler:[[{{Patricide}}His own father]], who was ''also'' Yakuza.]] The assassination completely messed him up for life, but since he was successful, he took on even more contracts to the point that he got the [[RedBaron title]] of [[spoiler:Omi's God of War]]. At one point he met the love of his life and married her, but then she [[DeathByChildbirth died by childbirth]]. And ''then'' one of his own lieutenants wants to use his son as a ChildSoldier due to his quirk. [[EvilParentsWantGoodKid Is it any wonder he doesn't want his son to have anything to do with the Yakuza?]]

to:

** Literally everything that happened to [[spoiler:Musashi Midoriya]]. His was a raging {{Abusive|Parents}} AlcoholicParent when he was a kid and [[ParentalAbandonment his mother abandoned them both]]. [[spoiler:Musashi]], figuring that since he came from shit, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he ought to be shitier]], [[TheRunaway ran away from home]] at eleven years, joined an underage gang, and before long he was running errands for the local Yakuza. He ends up joining them at only fourteen, and eight years after that he takes his first assassination contract. The target? [[spoiler:[[{{Patricide}}His own father]], who was ''also'' Yakuza.]] The assassination completely messed him up for life, but since he was successful, he took on even more contracts to the point that he got the [[RedBaron title]] of [[spoiler:Omi's God of War]]. At one point he met the love of his life and married her, but then she [[DeathByChildbirth died by childbirth]]. And ''then'' one of his own lieutenants wants to use his son as a ChildSoldier due to his quirk. [[EvilParentsWantGoodKid [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids Is it any wonder he doesn't want his son to have anything to do with the Yakuza?]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Fanfic/OniGaShikuSeries'':
** Literally everything that happened to [[spoiler:Musashi Midoriya]]. His was a raging {{Abusive|Parents}} AlcoholicParent when he was a kid and [[ParentalAbandonment his mother abandoned them both]]. [[spoiler:Musashi]], figuring that since he came from shit, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he ought to be shitier]], [[TheRunaway ran away from home]] at eleven years, joined an underage gang, and before long he was running errands for the local Yakuza. He ends up joining them at only fourteen, and eight years after that he takes his first assassination contract. The target? [[spoiler:[[{{Patricide}}His own father]], who was ''also'' Yakuza.]] The assassination completely messed him up for life, but since he was successful, he took on even more contracts to the point that he got the [[RedBaron title]] of [[spoiler:Omi's God of War]]. At one point he met the love of his life and married her, but then she [[DeathByChildbirth died by childbirth]]. And ''then'' one of his own lieutenants wants to use his son as a ChildSoldier due to his quirk. [[EvilParentsWantGoodKid Is it any wonder he doesn't want his son to have anything to do with the Yakuza?]]
** The son in question did not quite escape all the mental trauma despite his father's best efforts. [[spoiler:Musashi was murdered on Hisashi's birthday by the lieutenant in question, and Hisashi's last memory of his father is using his own body as a HumanShield to protect him.]] He has constant {{Flashback Nightmare}}s about this ad absolutely refuses to talk about his father to his own son.
** Inko ran away from the orphanage she was at when she was at middle-school age, and was picked up by a biker gang that was rather kind of her; up until they got separated during a run-in with the police, leaving Inko alone in Sotenbori (that was completely unknown to her) with no other choice than to use her quirk to pick pockets. She also picked up smoking somewhere down the line. As an adult, she justifies a lot of Izuku's behavior by thinking to herself that she did way worse at his age.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator:
** Miruko's vigilante past is even darker than canon, with her handling a flare gun bringing back memories of her executing a criminal with a 10 gauge shotgun and relishing in seeing the dead body of a Saber. Hawks is very concerned for her due to the Slayer's brutality.

to:

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator:
''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'':
** Miruko's vigilante past is even darker than canon, with her handling a flare gun bringing back memories of her executing a criminal with a 10 gauge shotgun and relishing in seeing the dead body of a Saber.Saber while the other heroes were distracted with the warehouse fire. Hawks is very concerned for her due to the Slayer's brutality.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator:
** Miruko's vigilante past is even darker than canon, with her handling a flare gun bringing back memories of her executing a criminal with a 10 gauge shotgun and relishing in seeing the dead body of a Saber. Hawks is very concerned for her due to the Slayer's brutality.
** The Slayer's past is considered [[UnderStatement horrible]]. Losing everything in one world, kicked into another after his sanity was shattered, losing everything due to treachery from the [[LightIsNotGood Maykrs and Deag Priests]] ''again'', then kicked into ''another'' world with no way to get back. The Slayer wonders if Fate truly hated him that much for this to happen to him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
General clarification on works content


* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Every [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Person, regardless of what dimension they're from]], has some form of this trope that either drove them to become superheroes or happened [[ILetGwenStacyDie as a result of becoming a hero]]. [[GenderFlip Petra Parker]] is no exception; not only did she lose her parents when she was two (not even knowing what their names were), but she watched her [[DeathByAdaptation aunt]] [[DoomedByCanon and uncle]] be shot by an armed robber... ''[[HarmfulToMinors when she was four]]''. Even though [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Splinter]] found her and [[InterspeciesAdoption took her in]] shortly after, the whole incident was so traumatizing that she didn't open up about what happened for ten years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Fanfic/LightsSong'': Luz Noceda's mother was murdered when she was two by [[spoiler:Zachariah]] (with her being left alone in the house with Camila's corpse for ''days''), her first and only time meeting John was when he found out about her existence and ''kidnapped her'' when she was seven shortly before he died, when she was nine Hell Queen tortured her to death (including impaling her through the shoulder and causing a wound that never fully healed, even with Castiel's best efforts at it), as part of a plot to hurt her brothers, she was in the time loop with Sam and remembered the loops like he did, dying at least ''forty'' times in that instance alone... Honestly, it's a miracle that Luz is still sane, or capable of happiness ''at all'', given what she's been through, a sentiment that Amity and Willow express InUniverse after seeing the Hell Queen memory.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'': Frank Ramirez's life turned upside-down when he was accused of [[spoiler:stealing a pair of shoes that somebody had dropped over a bridge on top of him]]. The store manager knew right away that he was innocent; however, her boss [[CassandraTruth didn't believe either of them]], and forced her to testify against Frank or else lose her job. Even worse, his ''parents'' refused to believe in his innocence. He spent ten months in juvenile hall, while Anne and her friends learned what happened when gossip spread around the school. Finanical troubles forced his parents to sell their house, moving into a rented apartment. When he got out, Principal Murphy was barred from letting him back into school by the Superintendent ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Maggie's father]]), who insisted that Frank was dangerous and shouldn't be around ''normal'' kids. Not wanting to burden his parents any further, Frank moved in with his grandmother after her husband passed away. The 23rd chapter reveals that the real shoe thief was none other than [[spoiler:Sasha]].

to:

* ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'': Frank Ramirez's life turned upside-down when he was accused of [[spoiler:stealing a pair of shoes that somebody had dropped over a bridge on top of him]]. The assistant of the store manager knew right away that he was innocent; however, her boss [[CassandraTruth didn't believe either of them]], and forced her to testify against Frank or else lose her job. Even worse, his ''parents'' refused to believe in his innocence. He spent ten months in juvenile hall, while Anne and her friends learned what happened when gossip spread around the school. Finanical troubles forced his parents to sell their house, moving into a rented apartment. When he got out, Principal Murphy was barred from letting him back into school by the Superintendent superintendent ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Maggie's father]]), who insisted that Frank was dangerous and shouldn't be around ''normal'' kids. Not wanting to burden his parents any further, Frank moved in with his grandmother after her husband passed away. The 23rd chapter reveals that the real shoe thief was none other than [[spoiler:Sasha]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': Every [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Person, regardless of what dimension they're from]], has some form of this trope that either drove them to become superheroes or happened [[ILetGwenStacyDie as a result of becoming a hero]]. [[GenderFlip Petra Parker]] is no exception; not only did she lose her parents when she was two (not even knowing what their names were), but she watched her [[DeathByAdaptation aunt]] [[DoomedByCanon and uncle]] be shot by an armed robber... ''[[HarmfulToMinors when she was four]]''. Even though [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Splinter]] found her and [[InterspeciesAdoption took her in]] shortly after, the whole incident was so traumatizing that she didn't open up about what happened for ten years.

to:

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Every [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Person, regardless of what dimension they're from]], has some form of this trope that either drove them to become superheroes or happened [[ILetGwenStacyDie as a result of becoming a hero]]. [[GenderFlip Petra Parker]] is no exception; not only did she lose her parents when she was two (not even knowing what their names were), but she watched her [[DeathByAdaptation aunt]] [[DoomedByCanon and uncle]] be shot by an armed robber... ''[[HarmfulToMinors when she was four]]''. Even though [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Splinter]] found her and [[InterspeciesAdoption took her in]] shortly after, the whole incident was so traumatizing that she didn't open up about what happened for ten years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': Every [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Person, regardless of what dimension they're from]], has some form of this trope that either drove them to become superheroes or happened [[ILetGwenStacyDie as a result of becoming a hero]]. [[GenderFlip Petra Parker]] is no exception; not only did she lose her parents when she was two (not even knowing what their names were), but she watched her [[DeathByAdaptation aunt]] [[DoomedByCanon and uncle]] be shot by an armed robber... ''[[HarmfulToMinors when she was four]]''. Even though [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Splinter]] found her and [[InterspeciesAdoption took her in]] shortly after, the whole incident was so traumatizing that she didn't open up about what happened for ten years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updating Link


[[AC:''Franchise/TeenTitans'']]

to:

[[AC:''Franchise/TeenTitans'']][[AC:''ComicBook/TeenTitans'']]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
add example

Added DiffLines:

[[AC: ''Literature/HarryPotter'']]
* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' gives this to Hermione, renamed B'loody Mary Smith, whose real parents were vampires who dies in a car crash.
** "I'm Not Okay" and "Ghost of You", other works by Tara and Raven also do this
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
add example



to:

* ''Sing To Me'' by Pyreneese is explicitly about L having one hell of a tragic past. A short list of the things that happen to Child!L: no father, abused by his mother, his mother dies and he's homeless, is taken in by a HookerWithAHeartOfGold, watches said hooker be murdered, is taken into foster care, is nearly killed by his foster mother, is [[HopeSpot nearly adopted by Light's parents]], runs away in an ill-advised attempt to avenge the deaths of both his mother and the hooker, which leads to him being forced to become an accomplice in organized crime, is nearly killed after disobeying, is sold as a prostitute... all by the age of eight. Jesus Christ. L's odd mannerisms, willfull social isolation, and seeming emotional numbness are implied to be at least in part because he's just seen so much trauma that he can't really function like a normal human being anymore. BreakTheCutie indeed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'': Frank Ramirez's life turned upside-down when he was accused of [[spoiler:stealing a pair of shoes that somebody had dropped over a bridge on top of him]]. The store manager knew right away that he was innocent; however, her boss [[CassandraTruth didn't believe either of them]], and forced her to testify against Frank or else lose her job. Even worse, his ''parents'' refused to believe in his innocence. He spent ten months in juvenile hall, while Anne and her friends learned what happened when gossip spread around the school. Finanical troubles forced his parents to sell their house, moving into a rented apartment. When he got out, Principal Murphy was barred from letting him back into school by the Superintendent ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Maggie's father]]), who insisted that Frank was dangerous and shouldn't be around ''normal'' kids. Not wanting to burden his parents any further, Frank moved in with his grandmother after her husband passed away. The 23rd chapter reveals that the shoe thief was none other than [[spoiler:Sasha]].

to:

* ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'': Frank Ramirez's life turned upside-down when he was accused of [[spoiler:stealing a pair of shoes that somebody had dropped over a bridge on top of him]]. The store manager knew right away that he was innocent; however, her boss [[CassandraTruth didn't believe either of them]], and forced her to testify against Frank or else lose her job. Even worse, his ''parents'' refused to believe in his innocence. He spent ten months in juvenile hall, while Anne and her friends learned what happened when gossip spread around the school. Finanical troubles forced his parents to sell their house, moving into a rented apartment. When he got out, Principal Murphy was barred from letting him back into school by the Superintendent ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Maggie's father]]), who insisted that Frank was dangerous and shouldn't be around ''normal'' kids. Not wanting to burden his parents any further, Frank moved in with his grandmother after her husband passed away. The 23rd chapter reveals that the real shoe thief was none other than [[spoiler:Sasha]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''TheWeavingForce'': Taylor recalls being Khepri, and controlling everyone to save the world. This is extremely traumatic for her, [[spoiler:to the point where she actively tries to convince herself the memories are implanted and fake for years.]]

to:

* ''TheWeavingForce'': ''Fanfic/TheWeavingForce'': Taylor recalls being Khepri, and controlling everyone to save the world. This is extremely traumatic for her, [[spoiler:to the point where she actively tries to convince herself the memories are implanted and fake for years.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* ''TheWeavingForce'': Taylor recalls being Khepri, and controlling everyone to save the world. This is extremely traumatic for her, [[spoiler:to the point where she actively tries to convince herself the memories are implanted and fake for years.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' & Website/TVTropes; author DiedDuringProduction): [[spoiler:Michikyuu Kanae]], who, as a slider, has gone through hundreds of worlds, only to have them invaded by aliens and everyone she loved killed. Again. ''[[DoomMagnet Hundreds of times]]''.

to:

* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' (''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' & Website/TVTropes; author DiedDuringProduction): [[spoiler:Michikyuu Kanae]], who, as a slider, has gone through hundreds of worlds, only to have them invaded by aliens and everyone she loved killed. Again. ''[[DoomMagnet Hundreds of times]]''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


'''''[[Franchise/DragonBall]]'''''

to:

'''''[[Franchise/DragonBall]]'''''[[AC:''Franchise/DragonBall'']]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[''Franchise/DragonBall'']]

to:

[[''Franchise/DragonBall'']]'''''[[Franchise/DragonBall]]'''''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[''Franchise/DragonBall'']]
* ''Webcomic/DragonBallZElsewhere'': Why Yamcha was living as a bandit all alone? Why he did know about Son Gohan? How did he learn his signature move? Who was still strong enough to scar his face after he trained under Karin? Well, he trained under the master of the Martial Arts Wolf School, who got killed by the master of the Snake School during a treacherous attack. He then was overpowered by one of the latter's minions and offered a chance to run away. He does so out of self-preservation but lives in shame for the rest of his life.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'']]
* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Daan Yel was at some point prior to the story captured, tortured and mutilated by an Irken soldier, to the point where one of his horns is broken off and his right hand and foot have both been replaced with metal prosthetics.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'']]
* ''Fanfic/GodHelpTheOutcasts'': While the backstories of the monsters are mildly addressed in the movie, here, they're given slightly more focus...and more detail: Insectosaurus (though he didn't mean to) killed thousands when he attacked Tokyo, Dr. Cockroach was a mad scientist who tried to take over the world after his transformation, B.O.B. ate a dozen men, and Link killed dozens of people during and after his capture (although he regrets that). Monger explains to Susan that she's the only "innocent" monster he's ever caught, as she hasn't killed anyone.

Top