History EvilIsPetty / FanWorks

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/54693283 Unraveling Emotions]]'': LoveIsAWeakness in Hell, as it can outright negate a Sinner's natural ResurrectiveImmortality. So Alastor tried to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim break Vox's heart]] and destroy his feelings for him to save him. However, Alastor is also a [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]], petty bastard, as evidenced by his treatment of Husk -- in this AU, Husk [[AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul took a younger Vox under his wing]] and views him as a surrogate son. When Alastor [[YourSoulIsMine got his hands on Husk's soul]], he promptly condemned Husk from having any contact with Vox whatsoever, to the point where he's automatically teleported away whenever Vox gets close. He can't even hear others ''talking'' about Vox unless they [[ExactWords choose their words carefully]]. All because Alastor believes that if ''he'' can't be close to Vox, ''Husk'' shouldn't be able to be around him either.

* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': Vincenzo, the school's resident BigJerkOnCampus, despised and even [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails]] Luca just because the latter is best friend with Giulia (on who Vincenzo harbors a massive crush).

** In ''MAMA BEAR'', Lila notices Manon playing with a Ladybug doll. When she asks where she got it, Manon declares that Marinette made it for her... so Lila grabs it and rips it apart before the poor girl's eyes, simply because she can. [[spoiler:This [[PointOfDivergence one action]] results in her true nature being revealed by [[MamaBear Nadja]].]]

** While out and about, Chloé happens to notice Aurore and decides to harass her how she was akumatized into Stormy Weather after losing the Weather Girl contest, simply because she ''can''.

* A memorable example in the ''Series/DoctorWho''/''My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MinesOfDragonMountain''. The team is at the mercy of an ageless immortal embodiment of evil that blames The Doctor for its imprisonment 500,000 years prior. He rants at length about how he will [[ToThePain make them immortal just so they will suffer longer as he tortures them for all eternity]]. As a character [[LampshadeHanging points out]], he's immortal and already billions of years old and as such shouldn't be all that bothered by the 500,000-year imprisonment. He responds, "What can I say, I'm petty."

* ''Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots'' uses this in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]''. Thanks to his son [[FaceHeelTurn betraying her]], Gabriel Agreste learns that Marinette is Ladybug. He decides to punish her for getting in the way of his ambitions for so long by Wishing that somebody in ''her'' family will be sacrificed as fuel for [[BalancingDeathsBooks bringing his wife Emilie back]]. Karma then turns this spitefulness against him: in the new reality created by the Wish, Tom Dupain-Cheng is killed in a car accident that Gabriel causes -- and while he avoids a fair trial [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney through bribery]], Emilie is so disgusted by his blatant disregard for human life that she promptly divorces him, and then [[IHaveNoSon disowns Adrien]] because he didn't care about what his father had done. So, while Emilie is alive again, she wants nothing to do with him or Adrien.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'': Thanks to his son [[FaceHeelTurn betraying her]], Gabriel Agreste learns that Marinette is Ladybug. He decides to punish her for getting in the way of his ambitions for so long by Wishing that somebody in ''her'' family will be sacrificed as fuel for [[BalancingDeathsBooks bringing his wife Emilie back]]. Karma then turns this spitefulness against him: in the new reality created by the Wish, Tom Dupain-Cheng is killed in a car accident that Gabriel causes -- and while he avoids a fair trial [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney through bribery]], Emilie is so disgusted by his blatant disregard for human life that she promptly divorces him, and then [[IHaveNoSon disowns Adrien]] because he didn't care about what his father had done. So, while Emilie is alive again, she wants nothing to do with him or Adrien.

* In canon, Aizen deserted the Gotei 13 because he was a GodhoodSeeker, and in ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'' he initially leaves for the same reason - or so he claims. In chapter 25, however, after pretty much ''everything'' has gone wrong, as he chases Yachiru Kusajishi down, he starts to wonder if the ''actual'' reason he deserted was because, deep down, he just wanted to ''get the hell out of Soul Society'' because most or all of his coworkers were some level of insane.

* Megatron is without a doubt the most petty character in ''Fanfic/CodePrime'':

** In ''MAMA BEAR'', Lila notices Manon playing with a Ladybug doll. When she asks where she got it, Manon declares that Marinette made it for her...so Lila grabs it and rips it apart before the poor girl's eyes, simply because she can. [[spoiler:This [[PointOfDivergence one action]] results in her true nature being revealed.]]
* The ''Webcomic/DadVillainAU'' is created when Gabriel Agreste [[TheBadGuyWins succeeds]] in making his reality-altering Wish. Despite his victory, he remains so spiteful towards Ladybug for having opposed him for so long that he specifically Wishes that the backlash effect from Emelie using the broken Peacock Miraculous will strike ''her'' and her loved ones instead. Ultimately, he [[RevengeBeforeReason cares more about]] using his wife as an [[UnwittingPawn unwitting vehicle for his vengeance]] than he does about her safety, despite how [[MotiveDecay that was supposedly his whole reason]] for becoming Hawkmoth in the first place.