History Main / Itsallmyfault

'''Hiccup''': It's not a game, Tuffnut! It's not a dream, it's not a way of life, it's reality. It actually happened-- [[TookALevelInKindness we]] [[PredatorTurnedProtector trained the dragons]], [[Recap/DragonsRidersOfBerkS3E3ImperfectHarmony we left Berk]], [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished and now my father is on his deathbed because of it.]] Because of me. None of [the events of the series, especially Stoick's injury] would have happened, and I mean ''none'' of it, [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon if I had never shot down Toothless in the first place!]] You know it. I know it. Berk knows it. ''Everyone'' knows it. [...] Even [Toothless] knows it. ''(storms out)''

* In ''Avengers Annual 2000'', in the story that revealed just how in-universe the changes to ComicBook/IronMan and the Wasp in ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'' were undone in ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' and ''ComicBook/HeroesReturn'', it's shown that Tony was still plagued by guilt over his actions where he was BrainwashedAndCrazy by "Kang"/Immortus, even after his Avengers and the authorities determined that due to said brainwashing, he wasn't legally responsible for any of his actions, including the murders of Rita DeMara, Marilla, and Amanda Chaney.

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Ren has such a moment when [[spoiler: Jerin is kidnapped, not long after he sent her a message asking her to come and talk to him. She blames herself for not doing as he asked immediately, but manages to decipher a message Jerin left on the door, which conveys the information he had for her.]]

* "Literature/ElInquisidorDeMexico": The old woman, Sara's adoptive mother, blames herself for not telling the inquisitors about Jacobo Ribeiro teaching her the ways of Moses before.
* The characters in Creator/CharlesDickens' ''Literature/LittleDorrit'' insist that either they aren't to blame or that nobody is to blame. (The novel was initially titled ''Nobody's Fault.'') It's a great moral breakthrough when Arthur Clennam and Mr. Pancks both accept their sole culpability after things go haywire.
* ''Literature/MurderForTheModernGirl'': [[spoiler:Peter blames himself for his father's death as the latter pushed the former away to avoid getting hit by a train. The guilt over his death is why Peter prefers to take on the identity of Guy Rosewood to separate himself from his past. It took Ruby convincing him that it wasn't his fault that Peter stopped blaming himself for his father's death.]]
* ''Literature/XWingSeries'':
** Over the three books, Kell, Face, Donos, Tyria, and Wedge (at least) get told that, in fact, is ''isn't'' their fault, or that there were [[ShootTheDog extenuating circumstances]]. Probably the most notable is [[spoiler: Phanan's last message for Face, in which he posthumously tells Face it's all ''his'' (that is, Phanan's) fault, though he knows Face'll blame himself.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Phanan]]''': [[spoiler: There are exactly two people to blame for my death. One's me, for not being quite the superior flyer I needed to be. Some unnamed Zsinj pilot is the other, and you killed him. Which I also appreciate, in case I don't tell you. There's no room for a third party to blame, so butt out.]]
** And indeed, by the time Face leads a mission without Wedge being there, and manages to get out with everyone burned but alive and carrying a captured scientist despite [[spoiler: the whole thing being a trap]], he doesn't beat himself up.
* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''False Gods'', Horus blames himself for [[spoiler:Temda's fall, having left him behind despite his pleas]].

* Literature/HonorHarrington's [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSODs]] tend to take this form.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** Foxleap does this in ''Sign of the Moon'' when his plan to save the rogue cats gets a Tribe cat killed.
** Mousefur also goes through this when Longtail dies in ''Fading Echoes''. She believes that if she hadn't stopped to complain about her missing meal, Longtail would not have run off and went to fetch it. This sends her into depression.
** Firestar also blames himself for making Squirrelpaw run away in ''Midnight'' because of an omen.
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', Tammy blames herself when [[spoiler:her [[DomesticAbuse abusive ex-boyfriend]] shoots Savannah]].

* In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', [[spoiler:Isabelle believes Max's death to be her fault, as she was in charge of him at the time]].
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'',
** In ''Villains Rising'', Alex blames himself for what happened to the Rangers. Amp takes the time to confide that [[spoiler:it was something Amp did that probably triggered the attack.]]
** In ''Fall of Heroes'', Alex's attack accidentally killed [[spoiler:Phantom]]. [[spoiler:Lone Star tells him that if it's anyone's fault, it's his because it was his plan that put Alex there. Later, at the end of the novel, when Lone Star puts Shade in the Gloom, he immediately tell Alex that he's not to blame, because Lone Star did it.]]

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
** Harry Dresden, the hero, has this in spades. In several instances, he will assume full blame for the choices of others, even through less than logical reasoning, such as failing to inform his girlfriend fully [[spoiler:led to her breaking into a vampire party uninvited, becoming a half-vampire, and her eventual death]], or failing his friend Michael because [[spoiler:he couldn't save Michael from becoming crippled]], or some person he didn't know but failed to save from an undeserved death. Michael outright calls him on this level of pride in his belief in his own high standards and failing to meet them.
** [[spoiler:This is, in fact, exploited by one of the Fallen Angels (probably Lasciel) to drive him to suicide, as shown in ''Literature/GhostStory''.]]
** In ''Literature/ColdDays'' [[spoiler:Queen Mab takes the full blame for failing to stop, and if need be, kill her insane daughter Maeve, and the crimes Maeve committed, such as the murder of the Summer Lady]].
* Gale Hawthorne from ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. [[spoiler:He helped create the bombs that killed Prim, which leads him and Katniss to feel guilty about it. This is likely the biggest cause of the shattering of his already fractured relationship with Katniss, as neither feels they could face each other with what happen to Prim.]]
* Clay from ''Literature/WingsOfFire'': ''The Dragonet Prophecy'' decides to set up a smoke signal in order to get back to the mountain he escaped from to save his friends. Instead, Dune (one of their guardians) gets killed, and Clay and his friends are captured. All this time as it happens, Clay blames himself for setting up the smoke signal in the first place.
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' has an interesting example; after [[spoiler:Lydia runs away to cohabit with Mr Wickham, and Mr Darcy arranges a ShotgunWedding]], pretty much every heroic character blames themselves for letting it happen, while the people who actually did it seem quite unconcerned.
* In the {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'', Yoda sees the destruction of the Jedi as his fault, as they stagnated under his watch and became easy pickings for the Sith.
* ''Literature/TheShahnameh'': Rostam feels this way about Sohrab's death -- he is somewhat right. [[spoiler:Losing his son like that]] is why he's so attached to Siavash and why he goes on a rampage when he is killed.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
** Kaladin blames himself entirely for his brother Tien's death, since he had promised his parents he would protect them. This is especially notable because it's one of the few things he doesn't blame [[AristocratsAreEvil Amaram]] for. Amaram promised to keep Tien in a non-combat role for a few years, but tossed him into a spearsquad after just a few months. But Kaladin ignores that, even after he realizes how corrupt Amaram really is, because he's too busy blaming himself.
** A very dark version with [[GodOfEvil Odium]]. He often influences people, inspiring bloodlust across entire continents and causing horrible crimes. When he appears to people personally, he does so as a kindly old grandfather, always willing to forgive people for everything, reminding them that nothing is their fault, it's all ''his'' fault. This means that they don't have to feel guilt for their crimes, and--most importantly--they don't have to ''stop committing those crimes''.

* Wentworth blames himself for Louisa Musgrove's near-fatal fall in ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'', believing that he overindulged her impetuous nature by his attentions--which were mainly a way to amuse himself while ashore and have a go at Anne by constantly praising Louisa's firmness of decision. (He's mortified equally when he realizes everyone is expecting him to marry Louisa, meaning he's been flippant with her heart as well.) Later, he takes a share of the blame in his own heartbreak by admitting that he could have renewed his addresses to Anne after he struck his fortune, but he chose to be bitter and resentful instead.

* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'': Alia has a moment like this when she realizes that all the fights and arguments that broke out in her presence - including the one her parents were having before the car crash that killed them - were a result of her Warbringer heritage.
* ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror'':
** [[TheAtoner Daylen]], regarding [[BeAllMySinsRemembered his past crimes]] and the Dawn Empire in general, in contrast to [[NeverMyFault how he used to be]].
** Lyrah, when she realizes that [[spoiler: Hamenday Island is about to crash headlong into Highdawn and kill hundreds of thousands or millions of innocent people, all because she abandoned the others [[RevengeBeforeReason for the chance to kill Daylen]].]] Daylen immediately tells her she's not to blame and would've likely died if things had been otherwise, but she isn't convinced.
* ''Literature/AspergerAdventures'': In ''Lisa and the Lacemaker'', Hannah blames herself for [[spoiler:causing the fatal heart attack of Gwyneth, the senior maid and the titular lacemaker. Gwyneth broke up Hannah's ForbiddenRomance with the son of her employers, and Hannah was so angry that she stole a beautiful, intricate lace pattern that Gwyneth had worked incredibly hard on. Gwyneth died that night]]. Now most of the people involved have been dead for decades, so Hannah has no way of setting things right.
* Ben from ''Literature/{{Shtum}}'' has blamed himself for his son Jonah's severe autism ever since a consultant incorrectly told him that a father's alcoholism can cause autism in a zygote.[[note]]Although autism is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome, and some of the genes for autism and addiction appear to be linked, there is no evidence that a father's drinking can actually affect a child's chances of being autistic.[[/note]]
* ''Literature/EyeOfAFly'': [[spoiler:After Warren's suicide, his emotionally abusive father tearfully discusses how he should have supported him and not mocked his learning difficulties.]]

* ''Literature/PilgrennonsChildren'': In ''The Emerald Forge'', Dana releases a bunch of experimented-on animals, meaning to save them from abuse. The animals travel to the mental hospital where their master [[spoiler:Gamma]] was once abused and set it on fire, killing dozens. Dana blames herself for the attack, but Jananin tells her that the animals were programmed to do it, and were probably going to be released soon anyway.
* ''Literature/ElliottAndWin'': [[spoiler:Win blames himself for Heather's brutal gang rape because he took her to the blockhouse at night, which his ma always warned against, and because he didn't fight back against the rapists. Elliott tells him that he made a simple error in judgment and that he couldn't have defended Heather from four men, and suggests that he see a counselor.]]
* In ''Literature/AlmostPerfect'', Tammi blames herself for her sister Sage's TransTribulations, including being emotionally abused by their parents and beaten up by a transphobic boy, because she encouraged Sage to come out years ago, knowing their parents would blow up. She admits in hindsight that although she did care for Sage, she also wanted to look good to their parents by comparison. While Sage was having regular screaming fights with her parents, Tammi was given much more freedom than other girls her age because her desires were "normal." Logan tells Tammi not to blame herself for anything because even though she wasn't perfect, she supported Sage for years when no one else did, and because if Sage hadn't come out and started living as a girl she probably would have killed herself.
* {{Discussed}} in ''Literature/MyBestFriendsExorcism'': [[spoiler:After the titular exorcism, Gretchen goes through a period of suicidal depression and at one point is actually preparing to take her own life, before stopping short at the realisation that Abby will blame herself, because that's what she always does.]]

* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Nightmares II'': In ''Blackwater Dreams'', Aaron's been blaming himself for the death of his friend Donnie, who drowned in the titular lake a year ago. Donnie finally returns as a spirit to tell Aaron that he's ''never'' blamed Aaron for failing to save him, saying it was just "a stupid accident".

* ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': Tamsin frequently laments foolishly having tried to use dark magic so she could save her sister Marlena. This ended in her accidentally killing a girl then Marlena dying [[spoiler:(apparently)]] instead, while Tamsin was exiled and cursed.
* Bess from ''Literature/TheMermaidInTheMillpond'' blames herself for her ma's death because she talked her into briefly taking in a young homeless boy. A few months later, Ma fell ill with tuberculosis and died. Bess thinks she caught it from the boy.
* In ''[[Literature/TheShipWho The City Who Fought]]'', the tween girl Joat talks her grounded friend (who she'd talked into getting in trouble in the first place!) into leaving home anyway and hang out with her. He's caught and in even deeper trouble, and Joat declares offscreen that it's all her fault - not just her friend's difficulty, but the entire situation, including refugees accidentally leading {{Space Pirates}} to the station! A pair of older characters, despite themselves, laugh together. The situation is pretty dire but at least they aren't twelve anymore.
* In ''Literature/AMangoShapedSpace'', the cat Mango was born with a rip in his lung lining and isn't supposed to be outside in cold weather, but he manages to escape one night and is stuck outside for several hours. He dies that night. Zack and Mia both blame themselves for his death, Zack because he thinks he's the one who let him out and Mia because she got so wrapped up in her own life that she didn't notice he was missing. Their parents tell them that Mango had stopped eating even before he was stuck outside, which means that he was probably already dying and it wasn't the kids' fault.
* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Asra is distraught when her spell accidentally results in the villagers of Amalska, save Ina, being murdered. Ina says not to blame herself, as she didn't intend it, but Asra does so anyway.

* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]

* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]

* Fail a mission in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''? Don't worry, it is not your fault. It is our fault for believing in you. Like [[PlayerPunch THAT'S]] going to make The Prince feel any better.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Oghren himself will make this statement if he's brought to the Gauntlet, stating that he believes that if he had been a better husband, Branka might not have dragged their clan to their deaths in her mad search for the Anvil.
*** Also in ''Origins'', near the end of the Sacred Ashes quest, one of the "tests of faith" involves reflecting on the origin of the PlayerCharacter. The PC can answer that they feel guilt for not being fast enough, strong enough, smart enough, or whatever to make a difference. While it's a rather heartwrenching part of the game no matter which origin is present, it's especially [[TearJerker poignant]] in the Human Noble and City Elf origins.
** Depending on dialogue, Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' will beat him/herself up after [[spoiler:his/her mother's murder saying that s/he wasn't fast enough and didn't watch over his/her mother closely enough.]]
** Varric seems to take this attitude in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', though not without reason. He and his brother were the ones who led the expedition down to the Ancient Dwarven Thaig, discovering the Red Lyrium Idol and more or less kicking off the events that led to Meredith going crazy and sparking the Mage Rebellion. Depending on player choices, this can also have been the quest which resulted in [[spoiler:the death of Hawke's only surviving sibling]], for which Varric outright tells Cassandra that he blames himself. Varric is also the one who took Hawke to the Warden Fortress where Corypheus was held, which resulted in the party accidentally unleashing him upon Thedas and causing the events of ''Inquisition''. And then in the same game he gets Hawke involved ''again'' and if you don't play your cards right, Hawke can end up being ''trapped in the Fade, possibly for eternity.'' The worst part is that for the most part, all these events start with Varric ''just trying to help.''

* [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Bain]] in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' will usually blame himself or says how he underestimated the cops whenever you fail a heist. He apologizes and even starts working on bailing you out of jail. While the player characters have no reaction to this (being in jail obviously), it makes many players see Bain as quite a nice guy despite the fact that he's the mastermind behind all the heists.
** This was temporarily reversed in the [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 sequel]], where prior to Spring 2016 Bain [[NeverMyFault never took any blame]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'', Annie/[[spoiler:Katey Greene]] blames herself for her father, [[spoiler:Chuck]], becoming a crime lord because she has to take Zombrex for every 24 hours, so [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she went off on her own]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard takes this attitude after the [[DarkestHour Fall of Thessia]]. Shepard states that as the commanding officer, it was his/her responsibility to find every variable and know how to overcome each of them, [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter which s/he failed to do]]. This sends him/her into a brief [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness but noticeable]] HeroicBSOD and very nearly over the DespairEventHorizon.
* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'', [[spoiler:upon hearing that Sicily was born in Celestia as a Demon Angel because of their mother's sacrifice and that her status made her an outcast, Laharl recognized that it was his fault for everything Sicily went through and even tells Sicily that she should be angry at him. He does this to also deflect any resentment Sicily might have against their mother for her sacrifice. Luckily, Sicily doesn't resent her mother at all and is happy that her brother lives.]]
* ''VideoGame/HometownStory'':
** There is a shared one between Carl and his old friend the village sentient scarecrow. While they were engaged, Carl's wife Aisha went on a walk when Carl took his time to show up for a date and got injured. Since then, Carl has become a CreatureOfHabit. The scarecrow blames himself because the couple's meeting spot was his location, but his conversation was not interesting enough to keep Aisha entertained.
** [[spoiler:Anna gets a period of this after her younger brother Harvey's death, due to having encouraged him to take care of things himself and rely on others as little as possible.]]
* Used as a very gut-wrenching plot twist in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories''. [[spoiler: The Harry Mason you been playing as this whole time? DeadAllAlong. He's just Cheryl's memories. Harry had gotten a divorce with Dahlia and Cheryl was disturbed enough to think that her parents didn't love her anymore. Right after the divorce, Harry dies in a car crash, which has Cheryl blaming herself for the divorce and her father's death. She spends the majority of her teenage years lashing out against her mother, causing trouble at school and shoplifting. All the therapy sessions done in the game are actually from Chery's perspective where Dr. Kauffman tries to convince her that she is not to blame for Harry's divorce and death. Whether or not Cheryl gets over her issues depends on the player's responses and choices in the therapy sessions.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', after a bought NeverMyFault after the WhamEpisode, this ''defines'' [[AllLovingHero Luke]] [[TheAtoner fon]] [[TheWisePrince Fabre]] after he TookALevelInKindness and did an ImportantHaircut to prove it. It's a terrible [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], especially as [[spoiler: there was no way Luke could have avoided destroying Akzeriuth due to the BigBad having groomed and ''raised'' him as an UnwittingPawn, not to mention [[HypnoFool hypnotized]] him into doing the final deed and the fact Luke is ''[[YoungerThanHeLooks actually seven]]''.]] The result is not pretty and his friends spend the majority of the plot trying to convince Luke otherwise without much luck.
** In one of the campfire skits in ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'', Rinwell reveals that a part of her blames herself for the death of her parents because she cast magic when they had told her not to and this may have revealed them to Almeidrea. Alphen snaps her out of this by telling her that he thinks that her parents likely knew that something like this might happen, but chose to teach her anyway. They would have felt it was better to give her a fighting chance ''because'' of the possibility that they might get discovered, rather than her be left defenseless and on her own if that did happen.
* Tarnum of ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Chronicles'' was in his first life the Barbarian Tyrant who united the Barbarian tribes into one kingdom via brutal conquest. He is all too aware that this brutality tainted the spirit of his people. When the AxCrazy Kilgor becomes king, Tarnum blames himself for it.
-->'''Tarnum:''' ''The example I set for my people when I was the brutal Barbarian Tyrant has come to its final fruition today. A man named Kilgor now rules my people, and he's turned them into the blood thirstiest bunch of savages in all the land.''
* To show what significant [[CharacterDevelopment changes]] Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' goes through since his [[VideoGame/GodOfWar early days]], he blames himself for all the havoc he caused back in Greece. Within the game itself, [[spoiler: he takes full blame for Atreus becoming ill]]. Quite the change from the man who [[NeverMyFault would never accept blame for his own actions.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': One of Link's memories shows that after he and Zelda fled from Hyrule Castle in the wake of Calamity Ganon's return, she broke down sobbing in Link's arms because, despite all their preparations, everything had gone wrong, leading to the deaths of her father and the Champions, and the destruction of most of the kingdom. The kicker? She was supposed to be the one to seal Calamity Ganon away, but she utterly failed in unlocking her power to do so. As far as Zelda was aware, the destruction of her home and the death of nearly everyone she ever knew was due to her own incompetence.
-->'''Zelda''': It's all my fault! Our only hope for defeating Ganon is lost all because I couldn't harness this cursed power! Everything -- Everything I've done up until now... It was all for nothing...! So I really ''am'' just a failure! All my friends... the entire kingdom... my father most of all... I tried, and I failed them all... ''I've left them... all to die''.
* ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'': Winona Edison has a bad habit of blaming herself when things go wrong, which is due to her suffering from depression. In Episode 2, she somehow feels like the farm's gate breaking (which causes a cow to escape) is her fault, even though she really had nothing to do with it. Thankfully, her CoolBigSis Wendy is able to cheer her up.
* ''VideoGame/SpiritsOfAnglerwoodForest'': When [[spoiler: Daniel gets captured by the spirits]], Cyrus blames himself because he dragged him to Hatchet's Point against his wishes. Happens again toward the end of the game when [[spoiler: Daniel [[ForcedTransformation turns into a tree]]]].
* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'': Ratchet claims to be responsible for Big Al being shot after managing to hack the [[ExplosiveLeash Dealock collars]]. Clank shots this down quickly, stating that Ace Hardlight did it, and Gleaman Vox gave the order.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2022'': After the events of "The Peter Principle", Kevin feels the Boss getting fired from [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Marshall Defense Industries]] and Neenah's standing in [[{{Gangbangers}} Los Panteros]] becoming shaky are both his fault, because both events happen due to [[BombThrowingAnarchists the Idols]] stealing the [[{{Macguffin}} Hummingbird Codex]], something both Marshall and Los Panteros wanted for themselves. Kevin did not find out the Idols' plan until it was too late, and feels if he had warned the Boss and Neenah about it sooner, none of that would have happened.