History EnsembleDarkHorse / Fanworks

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', by the same author as the below, has quite a lot of these thanks to the author's penchant for reimagining characters, as well as throwing in those characters at the last minute. The two main examples come in the form of adolescent versions of Carol Danvers and Diana of Themyscira, both added at the last minute, apparently entirely on a whim and praised as original takes on the characters. They've both grown from fairly minor characters into two of Harry's closest friends and ''bona fide'' fan favourites. Indeed, Carol's grown into a full on BreakOutCharacter, being close to a {{Deuteragonist}} with Harry, and she and Harry are now the FanPreferredCouple, despite not having shared more than lots of {{UST}} [[spoiler: until chapter 46 of the sequel, when they get together with TheBigDamnKiss.]]
** Huginn and Muninn barely appear at all in the comics and tend not to be all that interesting when they do. Here, they're characterised as ThoseTwoGuys who are [[ObfuscatingStupidity outwardly ridiculous]], incongruously Brooklyn accented [[KlingonsLoveShakespeare (apparently they heard the accent one day and decided they liked it)]] and [[TrademarkFavouriteFood Marshmallow/Eyeball obsessed]] [[DeadpanSnarker snarkers]] who are [[BewareTheSillyOnes repeatedly implied to be much more dangerous than they appear]] and take a liking to Harry. They provide a snarky, though sometimes serious, commentary on events.
** On the villainous side of things, Gravemoss started out as a minor, creepy {{Necromancer}} who was the villain of a minor arc in ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' and included simply for variety. He quickly grows into a major league villain and a character that fans love to hate.
** Jean-Paul Beaubier a.k.a. Northstar and Uhtred Ullrson. The former is a fairly minor member of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the latter began as a minor OriginalCharacter Asgardian who was apparently set up to be TheRival to Harry. Both become two of his closest friends, with the former developing into a [[ObfuscatingStupidity deceptively harmless]] CampGay flirt with considerable HiddenDepths, the ability to pull off an absolute absent minded SherlockScan and be [[CombatPragmatist arguably the most ruthless of the kids in a fight]], as well as being the OnlySaneMan. Also, as of chapter 60 [[spoiler: he seems to be this world's version of the Flash.]] Uhtred, meanwhile, is developed from a fairly FlatCharacter whose primary motivation was resentment at the attention Harry got simply for existing, while his hard work barely got him any, to (one shared NearDeathExperience later) Harry's loyal ([[ServileSnarker if snarky]]) oathman and Sworn Sword, a major league badass who knows his way around an axe and proves to be a very talented [[TheBlacksmith blacksmith]]. Also, he and Jean-Paul are pretty much a de facto BattleCouple.
** Sean Cassidy is added for the sake of variety to Peter Wisdom's Excalibur squad, but despite initial uncertainty by fans, grows into a popular mentor figure to Harry, something helped by his nature as an AdaptationalBadass grandpa, something helped by the way he gently reins Harry in when he looks to be going too far and the bond he has with Luna Lovegood.

* [[LittleMissBadass Vivi]] the [[LivingToys living plushie]], [[:iterature/FateZero Alexander Arc]], Jaune's uncle, and [[RobotMaid Norn Belladonna]], Blake's personal assistant [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Persocom]] from ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.

* [[MemeticBadass Brian Hahnel]] and Joan's dad (named [[{{fanon}} Hugo]] by those on TwilightSucks) were originally minor characters in ''Fanfic/BrewdeningLove'', a Literature/{{Twilight}} fanfic. Then the TS snarkers started [[HoYay shipping them]], and [[FanFic/BrewdeningLoveExpandedUniverse the rest is history.]]

** Other notably popular characters include the likes of [[CoolLoser Alfred]], [[BigEater Bari]], [[LovableJock Chad]], [[AntiHero Cynthia]], [[{{Troll}} Doc]], [[NobleDemon Droog]], [[CuteGhostGirl Juvia]], [[SassyBlackWoman Nazira]], [[DorkKnight Nedrick]], and [[FriendToAllLivingThings Quincy]].

** Nappa from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' has easily become one of the series' most popular characters, to the point where he made occasional appearances as a ghost despite having been completely forgotten in the original work after his death. The Abridged version of the Abridged series lampshades this by giving Nappa the line "I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say!" After that, he even [[spoiler:[[RevolvingDoorAfterlife was brought back to life]], became a Hollywood producer, and was inserted into the backstory of a later character, Mr. Satan]].

* [[LittleMissBadass Vivi]] the [[LivingToys living]] [[TokenMiniMoe plushie]], [[:iterature/FateZero Alexander]] [[RatedMForManly Arc]], Jaune's uncle, and [[RobotMaid Norn]] [[NinjaMaid Belladonna]], Blake's personal assistant [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Persocom]] from ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.

** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance]] both get this treatment from those that sympathize with them essentially being TheChewToy, as well as actually remaining somewhat faithful to their original counterparts (Twilight's LeeroyJenkins moments notwithstanding). It helps that the reason the author hates them is because the former stands for ThePowerOfFriendship, and the latter is HappilyMarried while [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans his]] [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 OTPs]] didn't happen, both of which are [[DisproportionateRetribution extremely petty reasons]] to make characters suffer. The pity then increased tenfold for both of them when [[spoiler:the former is murdered in battle and subsequently [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blamed for not following orders]], including from [[OutOfCharacter her own mentor, Celestia]], and the latter winds up having a ConvenientMiscarriage and she and Shining Armor are left infertile.]] [[TheWoobie Really, the only thing these ponies deserve is a hug.]] Yes, even [[spoiler:the dead one. ''Especially'' the dead one]].

* [[LittleMissBadass Vivi]] the [[LivingToys living]] [[TokenMiniMoe plushie]], [[Anime/FateZero Alexander]] [[RatedMForManly Arc]], Jaune's uncle, and [[RobotMaid Norn]] [[NinjaMaid Belladonna]], Blake's personal assistant [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Persocom]] from ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.

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* Most ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fans who've seen ''Film/MetalGearSolidPhilanthropy'' report little interest in [[DesignatedHero Solid Snake's]] mildly OutOfCharacter behaviour, but absolutely love [[OriginalCharacter Pierre Leclerc]]. He has a decent-sized EstrogenBrigade, is popular with JournalRoleplay, and gets fanfic written about him.