History DomesticAbuse / FanWorks

** In “The Survivor,” Mittens's first owner Jack mistreats the cat and is described as someone who when inebriated acts out destructively, taking it out on inanimate objects as well as family members who are within reach (when we first see his wife Emily in the story, she is described as having a bruise on her jaw). Emily also had an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] who berated and beat her.
** In “The Wind,” Bolt’s former girlfriend gets slapped so hard by her present paramour that she falls over.

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* ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' has [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Klavier Gavin]] bring physically, emotionally and sexually abused by his lover, Daryan, which leads him into a StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder with Apollo.

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* ''FanFic/GuideMeHome'': Ozai's hinted at abuse towards Ursa is made more explicit, culminating in him giving her a nasty burn across her chest before ordering Ursa to go ahead with the plan to murder his father.

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** The form it takes means that it only becomes clear in retrospect, to both characters and readers. Carol's understated but rampant self-esteem issues, spiky attitude, reflexive reaction against authority (usually male), and latching onto [[ParentalSubstitute alternate father figures]], such as her uncle Jack O'Neill and [[spoiler: Steve, her great-grandfather]] are a direct product, for instance. As for Stevie, one incident makes it clear: Harry's invited round to dinner at the Danvers house in chapter 6 of ''Ghosts''. He asks about Stevie's drawing. Before Stevie can say anything, his little brother Joe Junior loudly says that "Drawing's for girls," whereupon his father laughs and ruffles his hair in approval. Stevie wilts and shuts his mouth. While his mother does her best, buying him art supplies and supporting him, as well as reprimanding her husband, [[WellDoneSonGuy he desperately wants his father's approval]], and the latter's constant subtle put-downs giving him what Alison terms as [[BreakTheCutie 'a psychological death by a thousand cuts'.]]
** Also chapter 6 of ''Ghosts'', it turns out that Mr Danvers' invited Harry to get the measure of his daughter's BestFriend and to ask him to use his PsychicPowers to change her, to [[MindRape 'make her take the right path'.]] Harry erupts with rage, gives him a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, then telepathically knocks him out, but only ends up giving only a limited account to Carol's mother (who thinks that they simply argued, Harry having been engaging in PassiveAggressiveKombat with him all evening). When Alison gets the full account from Carol in chapter 20, which she passes onto Carol's mother, they both agree that Mr Danvers has to go: Alison pulls strings and he's KickedUpstairs to a job out of state and [[NeverMessWithGranny she terrifies him]] into going along with it, as well as staying away from his family.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Gendo's treatment of Ritsuko is anything but kind, loving or tender. Often she is afraid of him or sport bruises. In the rewrite Ritsuko sobs she deserves it due to everything she has done to further his plans.

** Implied during a flashback scene. Jules Luthor isn't shown hitting or shouting at his wife Arlene, but she doesn't dare to disagree with him or acting against his wishes even when she clearly wants to. Jules is also depicted as overly controlling.

** Later, Lois throws a big spoiled cabbage at Bizarro's head and pours a jar of mustard all over his shirt only because he doesn't spend long enough time in home.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5055274/3/The-Graduation-Class "The Graduation Class"]] offers Joan Sanderson-Reeves, a prim and upright lady who runs a school teaching cookery, elocution and deportment. After her villainous brother-in-law beats her sister so badly she miscarries a child, Joan murders him in hot blood, in a storyline which is a ShoutOut to Creator/RoaldDahl. After getting away with it, she sets up as an unlicenced Assassin, specialising in ''sterilising'' abusive husbands who indulge in wife-beating and child abuse. Eighteen inhumations later, the Guild of Assassins makes her an offer and enlists her. Four years later, the Guild School's Domestic Science Mistress (who teaches the use of ''really'' dangerous food additives) is asked to track down and bring a book to another Ethical Assassin who has taken up the torch of slaying errant husbands for money. The new Assassin is a florist who knows how to say it with flowers. Specifically, she can say ''Drop Dead!'' in a variety of inventive and interesting ways. And so the Guild School signs up its [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5423228/1/Murder-Most-Orrible botany mistress]]...

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. When Goku goes up to fight Cell, he gets into an argument with Tien over who was World Champion, stating that he defeated him, Piccolo and Chi-Chi to get that way. When commentator Jimmy Firecracker gets wind of this, he automatically assumes he's a wife beater. Goku's [[DiggingYourselfDeeper inability to clarify that Chi-Chi was attempting to get him to honor an marriage commitment]] doesn't help matters at all and the whole world thinks that Goku is a wife beater.

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* This is a subject in ''Fanfic/KiryuuinChronicles'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3363740/chapters/7356965 read here]], as narrated by Satsuki (nicknamed "Dove") as recollects the past, who [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocently]] wonders why her father does what he does to her mother if he loves her, that is, slapping her, beating her, and causing her miscarriages. However, her mother isn't the only one on the receiving end of this, as so is [[ParentalSubstitute Rei]] and [[AbusiveParents her]], yet her little sisters, Nui and Ryuuko, aren't. Said abuse also leads to her mother's mental illness and the fact that [[spoiler: Ragyou, due to being pregnant with Satsuki by someone else, was forced into this marriage]] doesn't help.
* This is the subject in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4407929/chapters/10011842 Train Tracks]]'' and both spouses are responsible, as Ragyo drinks and is prone to violence, often doling out hits, the which, after having been taking them, Soichiro deals back. Rei's narration implies that the two engage in fist fights


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* In ''Fanfic/FlowersDrenchedInVodka'', Eli and Hanayo are stuck in a cycle of abuse: Eli gets violent towards her girlfriend when drunk, apologizes when sober and says it won't happen again, repeat.

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* Duke, Dodger's father, treats his mate Annie ''horrendously'', he's emotionally-and physically-abusive towards her, he only sees her as useful for bringing him food and for sex.

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** Roman had a verbally voltaile relationship with his now-deceased wife Eon. Arguments weren't uncommon and he'd often call her {{Fantastic Slur}}s when angered. On her part, Eon had a troubled relationship with her CreepyChild daughter Neo, at least once calling her a "monster" for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior

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* While Roose Bolton in ''Fanfic/TheBloodsOfBolton'' doesn't physically abuse his wife, Bethany, during the events pf the story, it's heavily implied that he's done so in the past and he's horrifically abusive on the emotional aspect. He taunts her about the death of her original betrothed and implies that he was the one who set him up to die, and states that she will sire him another son whether she wants to or not, pretty much telling her that he fully intends to use his MaritalRapeLicense to do so.

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* In ''Fanfic/DarkDarkOceanDark'', i's implied that Jasper and Lapis are exes. Lapis has since kidnapped Jasper, keeping her in the bare minimum conditions.

* In the oneshot ''Fanfic/LastCall'', Lapis was physically and emotionally abusive towards Jasper. Jasper eventually left the relationship, but she's still scarred by it several years afterwards. Lapis was also in an abusive relationship prior to dating Jasper.
* ''Fanfic/LittleRebellions'': Raspberry Pearl is regularly used as a punching bag by her master Red Zircon when she’s frustrated. This leads to a TheDogBitesBack moment during the Rebellion, when Zircon is poofed and her [[HeartDrive gem]] is left with Raspberry Pearl after telling her to "[[ExactWords Not let them get her]]."

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* ''Fanfic/{{Support}}'' is a ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' story where a pregnant Chelsea runs away from her abusive husband after he threatens to divorce her and claim full-custody of their daughter.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] the mate bond. Vampires assume their mates love them back--that's how the magic works. The mate bonds, however, do not work on half-vampires, and since they're not human, they can't be turned into vampires to make the bond mutual. Enter Demitri, who is mated with Allirea, who hates him. Her power is hiding, but his power is finding things. Cue repeated kidnapping and rapes.

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* In ''Fanfic/ApprenticeAndPregnant'', Whitepaw's father Old Gray isolated his mate from her extended family and abused her. When she tried to leave, Old Gray killed his mate and [[OffingTheOffspring his daughter]].

* ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon'': Yousief reveals to be quite the abusive husband to Quagmire's poly-wife Kimi in "[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Poly-hu_Akbar! Poly-hu Akbar!]]", alongside being a misogynistic asshole, who treats his concubines like shit. In fact, when Kimi is caught having sex with a pig due to her being used to her polyamory relationship, Yousief was ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ready to decapitate her]] and [[KarmaHoudini would have got away with it]]'' had Quagmire didn't come to save her in time.

* In ''FanFic/{{Strings}}'', [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]] is physically and emotionally abused by Tarrlok after she is kidnapped and forcibly married to him. Tarrlok's mother was physically abused by her husband [[spoiler: Yakone]] and eventually [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]]]].

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* The relationship between [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Embry]] and [[OriginalCharacter Melanie]] [[TheSociopath Sampson]] in ''FanFic/ForYouIWill''. Melanie emotionally and physically abuses him, up to the point of ''stabbing him'' during sex, and Embry can't fight back because she's his imprintee and he's compelled to love her and do what she wants at all times.

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* ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' has [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Klavier Gavin]] bring physically, emotionally and sexually abused by his lover, Daryan, which leads him into a StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder with Apollo.
* This is a subject in ''Fanfic/KiryuuinChronicles'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3363740/chapters/7356965 read here]], as narrated by Satsuki (nicknamed "Dove") as recollects the past, who [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocently]] wonders why her father does what he does to her mother if he loves her, that is, slapping her, beating her, and causing her miscarriages. However, her mother isn't the only one on the receiving end of this, as so is [[ParentalSubstitute Rei]] and [[AbusiveParents her]], yet her little sisters, Nui and Ryuuko, aren't. Said abuse also leads to her mother's mental illness and the fact that [[spoiler: Ragyou, due to being pregnant with Satsuki by someone else, was forced into this marriage]] doesn't help.
* Part 1 of ''Cave Story Versus IM Meen'' basically ''revolves'' around this trope.
* This is the subject in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4407929/chapters/10011842 Train Tracks]]'' and both spouses are responsible, as Ragyo drinks and is prone to violence, often doling out hits, the which, after having been taking them, Soichiro deals back. Rei's narration implies that the two engage in fist fights
* It's revealed in ''Fanfic/OldWest'' that Selena, the mother of [[UnscrupulousHero Rattlesnake Jake]], was beaten every night by her husband James Douglas as soon as he returned home under the influence. Though she wasn't utterly submissive, she had nowhere to go and none of the townsfolk got involved because [[FantasticRacism they wanted nothing to do with snakes]]. After the last beating, James was run out of town and Selena was killed by an unsympathetic deputy, leaving Jake alone on his path to become {{the dreaded}} outlaw.
** When the estranged {{conman}} husband of Grace Glossy, Benjamin Hares, shows up and attempts to sell her lands to the BigBad, she tries to throw him out. He reacts violently, battering her until their son Teddy calls Jake to the rescue. Finding Grace beaten up by Benjamin reminds Jake of his parents, turning him [[UnstoppableRage so livid]] that he [[spoiler:kills Benjamin like he undoubtedly has wanted for years to kill his father]]. Unfortunately, the normally stable Grace is [[HeroicBSOD so broken]] that she isolates herself for weeks.
* The relationship between [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Embry]] and [[OriginalCharacter Melanie]] [[TheSociopath Sampson]] in ''FanFic/ForYouIWill''. Melanie emotionally and physically abuses him, up to the point of ''stabbing him'' during sex, and Embry can't fight back because she's his imprintee and he's compelled to love her and do what she wants at all times.
* While Roose Bolton in ''Fanfic/TheBloodsOfBolton'' doesn't physically abuse his wife, Bethany, during the events pf the story, it's heavily implied that he's done so in the past and he's horrifically abusive on the emotional aspect. He taunts her about the death of her original betrothed and implies that he was the one who set him up to die, and states that she will sire him another son whether she wants to or not, pretty much telling her that he fully intends to use his MaritalRapeLicense to do so.
* In ''Fanfic/LuckyNumberThirteen'', Sharon states her opinion that what [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Christian]] does is this rather than BDSM, especially considering how he treated her and how he treats Ana in the present, including pressuring them about their hard limits, caring more about his own pleasure than his subs' well-being, threatening to ignore or outright ignoring expressed hard limits if he doesn't get his way, complete lack of after-care and then trying to [[NeverMyFault blame it all on his subs]] for not communicating properly or being unable to handle how 'extreme' he is if they confront him.