History FromBadToWorse / FanFic

** That's not even getting to the actual plot involving Alex, [[spoiler: Blaine's deluded stalker]]. He's first mentioned [[WhamEpisode out of the blue]] by David, and we realize that this makes [[FridgeHorror a lot of sense]]. It's not until the nineteenth chapter that he actually does something--namely, [[spoiler: kidnapping Blaine, Wes, and David and locking them in his basement.]] Did we mention that Blaine got concussed and it's treated [[RealityEnsues realistically]]--which means that he isn't knocked out, but he was rambling incoherently for half an hour and now has no idea what happened or where he is.

* In the crossover fic, FanFic/{{Amenaza}} this happens to Naruto. It starts off with his death and transformation to a [[HumanoidAbomination Hol]][[AnimalisticAbomination low]]. After that his afterlife takes the express service to metaphorical and literal Hell. By the time the fic reaches the main {{Bleach}} timeline, Naruto has jumped so far off the [[SanitySlippage slippery slope]] and pass the MoralEventHorizon that nearly every other [[HumanoidAbomination Hol]][[AnimalisticAbomination low]] is '''terrified''' of him

* ''Fanfic/Reconciliation'' takes place after Hanako's bad ending in KatawaShoujo. [[DownerBeginning It starts out being depressing enough]], as Hanako has, out of guilt over [[spoiler:her outburst at Hisao and Lilly]] in the bad ending, isolated herself from Hisao and Lilly for eight years, ending up as a successful but lonely author while they got into a relationship. The first major plot development is [[spoiler:her hearing about Hisao's death]].

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named]] ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' fanfic Worst Case Scenario features the main characters being shot down, picked off one by one, escaping, and getting picked off again. While suffering from Reveal after Reveal.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[note]]if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise[[/note]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

** That's not even getting to the actual plot involving Alex, [[spoiler: Blaine's deluded stalker]]. He's first mentioned [[WhamEpisode out of the blue]] by David, and we realize that this makes [[FridgeHorror a lot of sense]]. It's not until the nineteenth chapter that he actually does something--namely, [[spoiler: kidnapping Blaine, Wes, and David and locking them in his basement.]] Did we mention that Blaine got concussed it's treated [[RealityEnsues realistically]]--which means that he isn't knocked out, but he was rambling incoherently for half an hour and now has no idea what happened or where he is.

* The ''{{Videogame/Touhou}}'' fanfiction ''ImperfectMetamorphosis'', all the way. It starts with [[spoiler:Rumia getting eaten alive by a BlobMonster]] and it goes downhill until all of Gensokyo is threatened.

-> ''[[spoiler: Take control over Gekkoukan High School, secure the surrender of Minato Arisoto through use of hostages. Kill hostages if target fails to comply. Do not engage the target directly, nor attempt to subdue him or take him by force, he is a lethal and ruthless leader of the terrorist organisation known as Strega, going by the handle of 'Jin'.]]''

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident:]] : Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident]] : Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident]]: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[Theatre/OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* The finale of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'' is fueled by this. (Warning: MAJOR spoilers ahead.) The way [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes and Watson]] handle the dynamics of Watson's new marriage results in a horrific rift between the two, and Holmes seems determined to drive away the one friend he has left. [[TheReveal Enter Professor Moriarty]], BackFromTheDead, with Colonel Moran at his side and Holmes and Watson in his hands. (With the new Mrs. Watson and [[WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury Beth Lestrade running for their lives.) Did we mention that Time has frozen? Or that Moriarty seeks to corrupt Holmes into himself? Or that Holmes ''[[DespairEventHorizon lets]]'' him? Or a major character death? Mm-hmm.

* From the climax of ''[[FanFic/PoniesOfOlympus Rolling in Beaches]]'': The [[TheCorruption Rainbow of Darkness]] corrupting a bunch of dragons? Bad. It corrupting [[spoiler: ''all of the Mane Six'']] ''?!'' Definitely worse.

* Being an Evangelion fic that tries to avoid the usual FixFic route automatically qualifies FanFic/AeonNatumEngel as this. And then there is a carnival of ItGotWorse after ItGotWorse that is Operation CATO.

* ''FanFic/BothSyllables''. Over the course of the series several main characters die, some planets are blown up, a main character is almost ''dissected'', another character nearly burned an island to the ground, a lot of people die, and usually resolving one crisis results in several more popping up. Betrayals happen, horrific backstories get unveiled, and ''it just keeps getting worse with each update''. That's not to say it's a depressing series and it's certainly not bad, but the whole thing pretty much runs on ItGotWorse.

* The Hetalia fanfic Family Ties. The small act of Scotland and N. Ireland leaving England and Wales escalates to WWIII. Many bad things happen, but then America and Russia start [[ItGotWorse bringing out the nukes...]]

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named]] ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' fanfic Worst Case Scenario features the main characters being shot down, picked off one by one, escaping, and getting picked off again. While suffering from Reveal after Reveal.

* In the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'', this coincides with GrowingTheBeard. As the quality of the story improves, the agony that the characters are subjected to gets much MUCH worse.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago! True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* [[FanFic/FairlyEnglishStory Fairly English Story]]: After chapter 79, where [[spoiler: Junpei's Persona starts burning him alive as long as he's concious and has to be put on life support and placed in an induced coma,]] It couldn't possible get worse, right? Right?

* Just when you think life for the heroes of ''Fanfic/{{The Unity Saga}}'' can't get any worse, it does.

* Even though some parts of it are less dark than others, and there is even some fluff here and there, [[DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]] is afflicted with this to a moderate extent. The GuileHero dwarven noble protagonist even lampshades it, multiple times, like when talking to [[spoiler:Trian]] and another time in one of the most recent chapters, after [[spoiler:the psychic clash between the prince and the Archdemon made the latter smarter and more-selfaware.]] On the bright side, nothing seems too hopeless yet, and the fact that six full Origin wardens made it into the main cast should help fix things... probably.

* TengenToppaGurrenLagann is one work defied this trope, but some fics have this as an important point. See, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6487049/1/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Captain_Garlock The Rise and Fall of Captain Starlock]]'' makes this the entire point. It's kind of a novelization of how Simon became Captain Starlock, after Kamina's death (he dies in the first chapter, thanks to how Simon didn't know how to operate Lagann) and things just get downhill from there, Simon is nothing but a wreck of a man and still manages to be a competent antihero.

* Another Evangelion fanfiction, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'' plays this trope painfully straight. [[spoiler:When it looks like that Shinji and Rei are finally on course for a happy ending, Gendo orders Rei to break up the relationship [[ExtremeDoormat which she does]], albeit tearfully. Shinji reacts by [[ItsPersonal stealing a gun and shooting Gendo in the head]] [[UnstoppableRage several times]]. Rei is pissed but manages to forgive him. It seems for a moment that a happy end is ahead once again, then the author screws us over again by having Rei [[BrotherSisterIncest confess her genetic origins]] to Shinji[[hottip:*:if the [[OedipusRex fanfic's title]] wasn't already self-evident: Rei was cloned from Shinji's mother and by Shinji having sex with her thrice, UnfortunateImplications arise]]. Cue Shinji becoming so squicked for a while that he can't even look at or touch her without retching. He eventually decides to apologize and make up with her... only to discover that [[TearJerker she gave herself a lethal dose of anaesthetic]] so that her next clone can hook up with Shinji without prejudice... only for Ritsuko to confess that she destroyed all of the Rei clones an hour ago!]] True, the Evangelion verse is prime darkfic material but this is just plain ridiculous.

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named]] YoungJustice fanfic Worst Case Scenario features the main characters being shot down, picked off one by one, escaping, and getting picked off again. While suffering from Reveal after Reveal.

** The author of that particular story even admits he was trying to find the absolute brink of insanity he could push the story to before finally wrapping it up.

** That's not even getting to the actual plot involving Alex, [[spoiler: Blaine's deluded stalker]]. He's first mentioned [[WhamEpisode out of the blue]] by David, and we realize that this makes [[FridgeHorror a lot of sense]]. It's not until the nineteenth chapter that he actually does something--namely, [[spoiler: kidnapping Blaine, Wes, and David and locking them in his basement.]] Did we mention that Blaine got concussed it's treated [[RealityEnsues realistically]]--which means that he isn't knocked out, but he was rambling incoherently for half an hour and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel now has no idea what happened or where he is.]]