History DefiantToTheEnd / FanWorks

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42198018 Harry Potter and the Ritual of Love's Memory]]'': The last thing Hermione does in the BadFuture, when cornered by Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, is snap the wand she previously stole from Bellatrix. As wands are very personal, and can't be repaired from that level of damage, Bellatrix is furious and kills her on the spot, just as Hermione expected she would -- meaning that Hermione can't be interrogated.

!!Warning: As this is often a DeathTrope, expect spoilers.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42198018 Harry Potter and the Ritual of Love's Memory]]'': The last thing Hermione does in the BadFuture, when cornered by Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, is snap the wand she previously stole from Bellatrix. As wands are very personal, and can't be repaired from that level of damage, Bellatrix is furious and kills her on the spot, just as Hermione expected she would.

** Played with in Season 3. Tienshinhan keeps snarking at Vegeta. When asked why he does that when he knows Vegeta can kill him, he responds, "At this point, it's a game. If he gives in, I win. And he knows that."

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44950582/ Disrespect Authority]]" sees Snape [[spoiler:kill Nagini after learning that she is key to Voldemort's survival, even knowing that virtually nobody in the Order will likely be aware of what he did and why he did it. When Voldemort asks why he did this, Snape summons his Patronus and resolves to die with his back straight like James did, accepting the relief of death with the final hope that Lily's son will be able to defeat her killer]].

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* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': During the FinalBattle between Shining Armor and [[GeneralRipper General-Admiral Makarov]] (the BigBad of his arc), Makarov wants the captive Shining to say "I surrender, Solomon". What Shining says is, "[[PrecisionFStrike Go fuck yourself]]". [[spoiler:He then proceeds to push himself past his limits and fight [[HumanoidAbomination Makarov]] in an even match.]]

** As [[spoiler:[[SmugSnake Kluge]] prepares to shoot her, Ritsuko]] tells him that even if she is to die here, she has made sure that [[spoiler:Unit 01 and 02 will be able to fight back against the JSSDF invasion]], and her last words are just calmly saying "[[ProfaneLastWords Fuck you]]".

* ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'': After being defeated in the battle at the mall, Sombra, a lich, finds himself being revived, years ahead of normal schedule and as such abnormally frail, by a vampire holding onto his Soul Jar. The vampire offers him the choice to serve as her agent, gaining considerable power for himself but remaining ultimately subservient to her will, or, implicitly, die for good. The old, proud lich considers this, weighs the option of gaining tangible power against being essentially enslaved to someone who would literally hold his life in her hands, and chooses to reject the offer, roaring defiance, despite knowing that he will die for this.

* During the climax of ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'', [[spoiler:Shendu (who is [[PhysicalGod empowered to a terrifying extend]] thanks to being bound to Valerie Payne, [[YinYangBomb his Other]] and [[VillainousCrush love interest]]) overpowers the entire J-Team during the confrontation over the [[RewritingReality Book of Ages]]. He then catches Jade is his grip and [[WouldHurtAChild intends to kill her]] for coming close to snatching away the victory he gained by tampering with the Book. As Shendu squeezes her and there seems to be no way out, Jade still has it in her to defy Shendu and call him out of using his rewrites to [[{{Brainwashed}} lure Valerie into his clutches]]. Fortunately Valerie, filled with suspicions, [[RightBehindMe arrives in time to hear Shendu and Jade's argument]], and Shendu directs his attention from Jade to Valerie]].

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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die]]'', the protagonist is shot at the beginning and spends the rest of the story making his LastStand against Federal troops as he gradually bleeds to death. Not once does he surrender, plead, or try to run away.
* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', during the FinalBattle between Shining Armor and [[GeneralRipper General-Admiral Makarov]] (the BigBad of his arc), Makarov wants the captive Shining to say "I surrender, Solomon". What Shining says is, "[[PrecisionFStrike Go fuck yourself]]". [[spoiler:He then proceeds to push himself past his limits and fight [[HumanoidAbomination Makarov]] in an even match.]]

* In ''[[Fanfic/TheLightnigStrike The Broken Day]]'', Johann Schmidt deserves a degree of credit for attempting to order Hela around even after he was badly injured by summoning her in the first place, trying to declare that she would serve Hydra up until she impaled him and affirmed that she would not serve any mortal.

* During the climax of ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'' (an AlternateUniverseFic of the first two seasons), [[spoiler:Shendu (who is [[PhysicalGod empowered to a terrifying extend]] thanks to being bound to Valerie Payne, [[YinYangBomb his Other]] and [[VillainousCrush love interest]]) overpowers the entire J-Team during the confrontation over the [[RewritingReality Book of Ages]]. He then catches Jade is his grip and [[WouldHurtAChild intends to kill her]] for coming close to snatching away the victory he gained by tampering with the Book. As Shendu squeezes her and there seems to be no way out, Jade still has it in her to defy Shendu and call him out of using his rewrites to [[HypnotizeTheCaptive lure Valerie into his clutches]]. Fortunately Valerie, filled with suspicions, [[RightBehindMe arrives in time to hear Shendu and Jade's argument]], and Shendu directs his attention from Jade to Valerie]].

-->'''Tillih:''' Die ... in a fire. ''[Morgan [[NeckSnap breaks his neck.]]]''

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* In ''Fanfic/{{Emergence|RWBY}}'', Yang Xiao Long wakes up in the middle of the Syrian war zone. She grabs an ISIS terrorist and demands to know where she is and what is going on. The man refuses to stop cursing her and calling her a whore, even when she breaks his ribs.
* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'':
-->'''[[spoiler:Сognitum as reborn Princess Luna]]:''' Will you deny me now?!\\
'''Blackjack:''' Of course not. There's no denying that you're a royal cunt.
* In the ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' fanfic "Game as Ned Kelly," Ellie Linton is ShotAtDawn, and goes out unrepentant, unblindfolded, and defiant to the end.
* ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'': With [[BigBad Nightmare Moon's]] Legions swarming over Manehattan, Dawn Sparkle is offered a chance to join the Traitors and spare the city. She responds by spitting in Nightmare Moon's face and dueling the MadGod in single combat. [[spoiler: [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome The scene cuts to the next day]], where we learn that she lost and Nightmare Moon left Dawn Sparkle alive long enough [[ForcedToWatch to watch as Manehattan is razed and its citizens slaughtered]].]]
* The same thing happens in the ''Manga/BattleRoyale'' fic "Heads is Heads," only to Mitsuko Souma. Her last words are a shout of defiance.

* ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}''; Laneen, Gamzee's SpiritAdvisor [[spoiler:and half-sister]] was captured by the Condesce, raped, tortured, and [[spoiler:forced into sex acts with her equally non-consenting father]]. She managed to render herself useless and provoke Condesce into killing her by [[{{Squick}} clawing her own tongue out]].
* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die]]'', the protagonist is shot at the beginning and spends the rest of the story making his LastStand against Federal troops as he gradually bleeds to death. Not once does he surrender, plead, or try to run away.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Caenis refuses to surrender or beg for her life and instead keeps cursing Percy after he thoroughly trounces her in a fight. Granted, it doesn't come to that since Wodime shows up for the save.
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'':
** As [[spoiler:[[SmugSnake Kluge]] prepares to shoot her, Ritsuko]] tells him that even if she is to die here, she has made sure that [[spoiler:Unit 01 and 02 will be able to fight back against the JSSDF invasion]], and her last words are just calmly saying "[[ProfaneLastWords Fuck you]]".
** A villainous version with [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot the Emerald Tablet]]. It refuses to be afraid as Unit-01 and Shinji is about to finally finish it off, and even gloats that with its slaying of Unit-02 and Asuka, it has ensured that Shinji will not gain any solace from this victory.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''The Emerald Tablet:''']] Do you expect me to be afraid? [[spoiler:Shinji Ikari]]. There are worse things to be afraid of. Because even if you win, you will still be human. You wish so desperately to live that you would sacrifice transcendence beyond all bounds. I have ruined the one you love. Live with that.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'':
** Should any named character be under the mercy of [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores the Black Dogs]] and their associates, they will make it absolutely clear that: one, those people won't prevail; two, those people will die horribly either by someone's or their own hand; and three, they are never going to give those people the satisfaction of doing whatever as they please. Hardly surprising, considering their [[RapePillageAndBurn vile]] deeds.
** Few supporters of the Black Dogs, as opposed to the majority of them who [[VillainsWantMercy break]], remain defiant towards Kyril during their interrogation.
*** Chapter 8: Kyril approaches a mortally wounded {{mook}}, who [[YouMonster calls him a monster]]. The Hunter wants to find Beasley's whereabouts, but he refuses to tell him anything. The {{mook}} continues cursing Kyril until his final moments, even when [[spoiler:his face is being squeezed by Kyril's tendrils]].
*** Chapter 25: A captive clergyman curses Kyril, Celestine, and Olga right before getting shot in the face. His two compatriots begin begging and blubbering, for being "defiant" won't mean anything upon death.
---->'''Unnamed captive:''' Demon filth. You've ruined everything our city and country stand for! You, the False Goddess and that Dark Elf harlot can all rot in hell!\\
''*[[BoomHeadshot BLAM]]*''
** Soren, as he faces against Mandeville and his five guards, all battered up with a broken arm. Outmatched, he prepares himself to go down swinging, after telling him and [[YourMom his mother to go screw themselves]]. Fortunately, he lasts long enough for Hugh to pull a BigDamnHeroes.
** {{Subverted}} for Sir John Mandeville, when he's locked up in the dungeons after his defeat. At first, he seems defiant as ever even when Kyril is giving him a BreakingSpeech about his failures (i.e. how his house is being investigated for its crimes, together with how Chloe[[spoiler:, his own daughter that he [[AbusiveParents tormented]],]] [[DeathByIrony would be the one to determine his fate]]). Until Kyril bluntly states that all the fortunes of House Mandeville will be utilised for the reconstruction in the Western District of Ken, with the house itself disassembled along the way. Cue VillainousBreakdown.
* ''Fanfic/OfState'': [[spoiler: Dalibor Bludvist, Drago's son]], has been beaten to a bloody pulp, had his home ransacked and burned down by Viking invaders, watched said Vikings take over his home city, and currently is on the executioner's block while having Snotlout reveal all of his father's crimes to the entire city. He responds by attempting to give the Uttlanders a RousingSpeech against the Vikings.
* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', during the FinalBattle between Shining Armor and [[GeneralRipper General-Admiral Makarov]] (the BigBad of his arc), Makarov wants the captive Shining to say "I surrender, Solomon". What Shining says is, "[[PrecisionFStrike Go fuck yourself]]". [[spoiler: He then proceeds to push himself past his limits and fight [[HumanoidAbomination Makarov]] in an even match.]]
* [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos In the Slender Man fic]] ''Fanfic/ByTheFiresLight'', even as the world falls apart around them, Detective Carl Rourke and Mira Grolinsky refuse to give in to the Slender Man.
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'':
** Even [[spoiler:after enduring countless shocks and staring down Eneru's 100,000,000 Volt Vari]], Cross does not back down, and his last effort is to spit in his face.
** Bartolomeo and his crew intend to make [[spoiler:Boa Hancock]] remember them for the rest of her life when they see [[spoiler:her]] ship heading straight for them.
* During the climax of ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'' (an AlternateUniverseFic of the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''), [[spoiler:Shendu (who is [[PhysicalGod empowered to a terrifying extend]] thanks to being bound to Valerie Payne, [[YinYangBomb his Other]] and [[VillainousCrush love interest]]) overpowers the entire J-Team during the confrontation over the [[RewritingReality Book of Ages]]. He then catches Jade is his grip and [[WouldHurtAChild intends to kill her]] for coming close to snatching away the victory he gained by tampering with the Book. As Shendu squeezes her and there seems to be no way out, Jade still has it in her to defy Shendu and call him out of using his rewrites to [[HypnotizeTheCaptive lure Valerie into his clutches]]. Fortunately Valerie, filled with suspicions, [[RightBehindMe arrives in time to hear Shendu and Jade's argument]], and Shendu directs his attention from Jade to Valerie]].
* Ginny in ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiary'' puts up one ''hell'' of a fight against Tom Riddle in the final chapters. Even when she's utterly powerless and she knows it, she continues to try and find opportunities to defy him, snark at him, and make things as difficult for him as possible, [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope until he reveals his TRUE identity]]. Then she starts weeping and begging for her mom]].