History Determinator / FanFiction

* ''FanFic/{{Eugenesis}} has Galvatron. [[Imprisoned, damaged and implanted with technology designed to prevent him from transforming ever again, Galvatron still manages to break free, and more importantly, transform, utterly ignoring the fact that the pain and strain of doing so hurts more than anything he's ever experienced.]]

* The FiveManBand ''and'' the BigBad and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': [[Series/DoctorWho the (Tenth) Doctor]], Literature/SherlockHolmes, Dr. Watson, [[WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury Beth Lestrade]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E10Blink Sally Sparrow]], the TARDIS, Professor Moriarty, and Colonel Moran.

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* Ruby becomes one of these in the [[Gorn gloriously gory]] ''Blood Rose'' becomes one of these - of note is the end of chapter 22, where having lost both her legs and had most of the skin on her body burned off by an incendiary barrier, she starts crawling off to escape before her HealingFactor even begins to kick in.

* SherlockHolmes, [[TheWatson Dr. Watson]], and [[HyperCompetentSidekick Davy Wiggins]] in the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries'':

* In Fanfic/CodeGeassMaoOfTheDeliverance, Mao definitely qualifies. He gambles, blackmails, steals, does drugs, flies through a frickin hurricane, takes on soldiers and terrorists and gets shot repeatedly all in his quest to save C.C. and be with her forever.

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* Zuko from ''Embers''. The GAang assumes that getting blasted off a mountain killed him simply because he did not show up the next day to snarl at them.

* The ''FanFic/PowerRangersGPX'' turn this into a ''motto'', declaring that [[BadassBoast they will never quit, surrender, or]] ''[[BadassBoast lose]]''.
* [[http://www.bladeandepsilon.com/hybridtheory.htm Hybrid Theory]]. Determination is sufficiently central to the magical system and core plot that little can be said without spoiling the whole thing, except for "Holy crap!" and "Did you just punch out <censored>?"
* The FiveManBand ''and'' the BigBad and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': [[Series/DoctorWho the (Tenth) Doctor]], Literature/SherlockHolmes, Dr. Watson, [[WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury Beth Lestrade]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E10Blink Sally Sparrow]], the TARDIS, Professor Moriarty, and Colonel Moran.
** It should be noted that, while though some of the heroes make [[DealWithTheDevil Deals with the Devil]], they still do so to protect loved ones at all costs.
** The TARDIS comes across as ''very'' stubborn and [[MamaBear mother hen-ishly protective]] of her Time Lord and his Companions.
** Moriarty is ''unbelievably'' determined to survive at any cost...
** Moran spends several months hunting a seventeen-year-old girl. Considering that he spent over two years hunting ''Holmes'', however, the surprise is not that he kept up the hunt but that the hunt kept ''him'' up.
* How is Zuko from Embers not on this list yet? In a recent chapter, the GAang assumes that getting blasted off a mountain killed him simply because he did not show up the next day to snarl at them.
* In the climax of ''FanFic/FeverDreams'' Light [[spoiler: holds the [[ArtifactOfDoom Death Note]] [[KillItWithFire in the fire until it burns to ash]] even though [[{{Fingore}} his hands are burning along with it.]]]]
* Greg, the protagonist of the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fanfic]] ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimalAlwaysSayNo'' doesn't even seem to know the meaning of the phrase "give up", given how determined he is. [[spoiler: Even being blown up won't stop him from trying]].
* Harry James Potter Evans Verres of ''FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' becomes this in chapter 89 after [[spoiler: Hermione gets killed by the troll]]. It's not good news for the safety of the universe.
* [[TheSlenderManMythos In the Slender Man fic]] ''Fanfic/ByTheFiresLight'', no matter how grim it gets, Detective Carl Rourke and Mira Grolinsky never give up in their quest to stop the Slender Man.

* ''FanFic/FairlyEnglishStory'': To the point where it's considered being a pussy if you react to a wound with anything more than casting Dia.
* ''FanFic/{{Shinji and Warhammer 40K}}'': Shinji, especially when he's in ''Principio Eternus'', but possibly even more so, Rei.
* Optimus and Starscream in Hate the Dark, but mostly Optimus.
* In the ''{{Firefly}}'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal shows his canon tendencies, but on top of that there's Book, who pulls a YouShallNotPass when [[spoiler: defending River from Reavers]]. As the story progresses, River herself becomes one as well, up to the "Fourth Interlude" chapter, where little things like [[spoiler: a bunch of cracked ribs]] or [[spoiler: having a leg broken, getting shot in the stomach, and getting a concussion from a ricocheting bullet]] don't stop her from kicking ass.
* In the ''{{Exalted}}'' fic ''Fanfic/TheOdyssey'', this Ulyssian's defining trope; he is forever striving to equal and surpass his more powerful classmates, who are all Dragon-Blooded. It's a rather grim interpretation of the trope.

* In Fanfic/AHero, [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek Sec]] describes the Last Great Time War thus to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]]: On one side, The [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Time]] [[TimeMaster Lords]], undisputable masters of the universe and the most experienced Temporal Power there is. On the other, the [[OmnicidalManiac Daleks]], a race born in a [[DeathWorld world torn apart by war]] and with a technology that was woefully behind that of the Time Lords. The only thing going for the pepperpots? ''[[ImplacableMan Sheer]], [[IWillFightSomeMoreForever bloody]]-[[VillainousValor minded]] [[AttackAttackAttack determination]].''
* {{FanFic/Jericho}}, a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction, has the eponymous [[FirstPersonSmartass narrator]], Jericho, a stallion from the nation of ''Teutschland''. He appears to be this, since he walked to Equestria, where the story begins, all the way from his homeland of ''Teutschland'', which is ''across the world and several oceans'' from Equestria.
--> According to him in the summary: "Still, with enough [[GuileHero wit]], some [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Prussian ingenuity]], [[DeadpanSnarker a droll sense of humor]], and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick wanton murder]], [[{{Determinator}} I might just survive this]]. Then again, when you’re going up against an unending list of things like [[GovernmentConspiracy government conspiracies]], that [[OurAngelsAreDifferent guardian angel]] who [[GoodAngelBadAngel keeps telling you]] to [[SerialKillerKiller kill people]], [[AllWomenAreLustful psycho Equestrian girls]] with [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench allophilia]], a [[NoSocialSkills lunatic]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses prin]][[FishOutOfTemporalWater cess]], the [[TheLegionsOfHell legions of the Inferno]], the [[CultureClash Equestrian]] [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo culture]] itself, swashbuckling [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]] [[SwordFight fights]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking laissez-faire economists]], you begin to [[OhCrap realize]] why there’s [[DoomedProtagonist a big “if” in the middle of your]] l''if''e."
* In DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns, the WisePrince protagonist keeps on going and [[spoiler: [[ThePlan pulling one plan after another]], even though the fact he grew up in a DeadlyDecadentCourt could have long ago turned him into a self-centered cynic. He also displayed a high physical resilience in the deep roads, up until he stumbled upon a certain someone else and finally decided to ''allow'' himself to faint after two days of no sleep, fighting, getting repeatedly injured, tried for fratricide that never happened, dragged through streets in chains, spat on and generally not having a very nice time]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction '[[Fanfic/ThePartyNeverEnded The Party Never Ended]]' has the poor addle-sounding Derpy Hooves determined to fight the supernatural storm, no matter what. And the climax features a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind. In one corner, the entity that drove Luna into Nightmare Moon via BreakTheCutie. In the other, Pinkie Pie with Twilight Sparkle helping. [[spoiler: Then Rainbow Dash with Pinkie Pie helping. Then Pinkie Pie ''by herself''. Break The Breaker Of Cuties, anypony?]]

* Naruto in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6051938/1/The_Sealed_Kunai The Sealed Kunai]]. While fighting Hidan and Kakuzu, he holds Kakuzu inside his barrier trap jutsu for one full minute ''while being sympathetically mutilated by Hidan, who is specifically trying to break his handseal''. It eventually lapses when Hidan actually stabs through his hand, but enough time was bought for help to arrive.

* [[SemperFi Major Shane t. Doran]], from ''{{FanFic/Article 2}}''. When completely surrounded, wounded, and telekinetically pinned to the ground by Luna, he still struggles. It takes a knockout spell to subdue the man.
* [[Manga/DeathNote Light and Misa]] in ''FanFic/GodsOfThisNewWorld'' but especially Misa, [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow who gets up and keeps fighting after]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice she's been stabbed in the chest with a sword.]]
* [[PlayingWithATrope Deconstructed]] in ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove'':
-->'''[[Manga/DeathNote Matsuda]]''' (throwing himself against a door, repeatedly): You know… Duck… I don't think this is working…
-->'''[[EnfantTerrible Duck]]:''' I'm sure you'll get it eventually. The trick is to keep trying and to believe in yourself, then any task can be accomplished. Or so public educational television tells me.
* Littlepip from Fanfic/FalloutEquestria:
--> ''I would fight to to make that bright and innocent past our future again. Even if it means dashing myself against the evil and cruelty of this wasteland until there is nothing left of me. And then, when I am too broken to go on, I will float my dying body right down into the throat of the darkness and make it choke on me.''
--> ''Or, you know, this could all end in sunshine and rainbows. No need to get pessimistic.''

* Xander in the Journeyverse. One particular example is in ''Fallen Angel'' when he keeps getting up to fight Glory (a hellgod) and almost kills himself defeating her.
** Dragan from the same fight.

* [[TheSlenderManMythos In the Slender Man fic]] ''Fanfic/ByTheFiresLight'', no matter how grim it gets, Detective Carl Rourke and Mira Grolinsky never give up in their quest to stop the Slender Man.

* [[Harry James Potter Evans Verres FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality]] becomes this in chapter 89 after [[spoiler: Hermione gets killed by the troll]]. It's not good news for the safety of the universe.

* In the climax of ''FanFic/FeverDreams'' Light [[spoiler: holds the [[ArtifactOfDoom Death Note]] in the fire until it burns to ash even though [[{{Fingore}} his hands are burning along with it.]]]]

* In the climax of ''FanFic/FeverDreams'' Light [[spoiler: holds the [[ArtifcatOfDoom Death Note]] in the fire until it burns to ash even though [[{{Fingore}} his hands are burning along with it.]]]]

* Shane from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''{{FanFic/Article2}}''. When completely surrounded, wounded, and telekinetically pinned to the ground by Luna, he still struggles. It takes a knockout spell to subdue him.

* In the ''{{Exalted}}'' fic ''Fanfic/{{TheOdyssey}}'', this Ulyssian's defining trope; he is forever striving to equal and surpass his more powerful classmates, who are all Dragon-Blooded. It's a rather grim interpretation of the trope.

* In Fanfic/AHero, Dalek Sec describes the Last Great Time War thus to Homura: On one side, The [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Time]] [[TimeMaster Lords]], undisputable masters of the universe and the most experienced Temporal Power there is. On the other, the [[OmnicidalManiac Daleks]], a race born in a [[DeathWorld world torn apart by war]] and with a technology that was woefully behind that of the Time Lords. The only thing going for the pepperpots? ''[[ImplacableMan Sheer]], [[IWillFightSomeMoreForever bloody]]-[[VillainousValor minded]] [[AttackAttackAttack determination]].''

* [[http://www.bladeandepsilon.com/hybridtheory.htm Hybrid Theory]]. Determination is sufficiently central to the universal system and core plot that not much that can be said about it without spoiling the whole thing, except for "HOLY CRAP!"