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** On a personal level, Morgana observes at one point that her relationships with Bo and Merlin will probably never be publicly accepted as things stand in Camelot, and even when Arthur becomes king the best scenario she can picture is Arthur promoting Merlin to a level where Merlin can marry either Bo or Morgana and make the other his mistress, and even that option doesn't properly acknowledge Bo and Morgana's relationship with each other.

* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', this basically Dyson's thoughts on his decision to remain in Camelot; he isn't entirely comfortable swearing his allegiance to a new king after what happened last time, but he doesn't have any obvious alternatives. A talk with Bo also helps Dyson accept that trading his wolf to the Norn to save Stefan's life would have ultimately amounted to this, as the king would have likely just kept sending Stefan on more fatal missions until he actually died and/or Dyson ran out of things to trade to the Norn.

* In ''FanFic/TheWeaverOption'' Taylor told Nostradamus Vandire he had two options after his arrest. He angrily refused the first option, execution after an open trial where he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators. She then revealed the second option which he had chosen: Brutal torture by the Inquisition until he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators before being sentenced to a Penal Legion.

* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', this basically defines Dyson's thoughts on his decision to remain in Camelot after he and Lancelot help Bo escape from Hengist's fortress; he isn't entirely comfortable swearing his allegiance to a new king after what happened last time, but he doesn't have any obvious alternatives for what he wants to do with himself now, so decides to remain.

* Near the end of the first chapter of ''Fanfic/WhatTheCatDraggedIn'', Chloe bumps into a waiter, causing him to spill a tray full of red wine all over Blanche Bissete's white dress. Blanche storms off, and Adrien clearly realizes that if he doesn't go after her and calm her down, she will almost certainly be akumatized. Unfortunately, if he does so, the waiter's humiliation will almost certainly lead ''him'' to be akumatized.

** A form of this happens in a branch-off, ''Foundling''. Reimu, due to being human, doesn't really fit in with youkai and, because she was abandoned by humans (and because of her [[spoiler: oracular powers]]), she wouldn't fit in too well with them either.

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* In ''Fanfic/AnExtraordinaryJourney'', after the Colonials learn about Baltar's role in the sabotage of the Colonial defence network, they are forced to let him live in exile because they don’t have any legitimate evidence to formally charge him.

* In ''Fanfic/AMonstersNature'', Chapter 44 ends with [[spoiler:Xander, one of the Brightburn cult who has been revealed to be working with KC (a hacker trying to work against Brandon), realising that KC sent him into the cult with deliberately limited information and resources that wouldn't have been able to stop Brightburn if he realised who Xander really was. As Caitlin points out, he can't just go back to the cult after basically trying to abduct her, but Caitlin's points make Xander realise that he can't trust that going back to KC would be safe for him either]].
* In ''Fanfic/ContactAtKobol'', Admiral Helena Cain basically sets the stage for the war between the Twelve Colonies and the Tau'ri, by putting President Adar in this position. According to Cain's argument, under the Colonial legal system, Earth is the thirteenth colony, so its military forces are thus subject to Colonial authority, meaning that (Cain argues) the Tau’ri should have stood down when confronted by the Battlestars, and were therefore in open rebellion when they fired on Cain. Adar can’t rule that Earth isn’t a colony without basically declaring the Colonial government invalid, but treating Earth as a colony naturally meets with dissatisfaction from the Tau’ri.
* Invoked in ''Fanfic/LightningOnlyStrikesOnce'' when Lexa observes that the Ice Nation forces who almost capture her and the others during their search for Clarke have a series of bad options once they realise that she is a Nightblood (Lexa not revealing that she is the Commander and claiming to just be one of the Nightbloods from Polis); the village will starve if they keep serving Diane Sydney’s Skaikru forces in the village Nia has given them, Diana's Skaikru faction will kill the Azgeda if they don’t provide the Skaikru with food, and Nia will kill them if they harm ‘Saska’ and she turns out to be Ontari, so the only scenario where the villagers live is the one where Lexa is telling the truth that she doesn’t serve Nia and her current captors choose to trust her.
* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', this basically defines Dyson's thoughts on his decision to remain in Camelot after he and Lancelot help Bo escape from Hengist's fortress; he isn't entirely comfortable swearing his allegiance to a new king after what happened last time, but he doesn't have any obvious alternatives for what he wants to do with himself now, so decides to remain.
* Jim in ''Fanfic/BecomingTheMaskTrollhunters'' starts out working for the bad guys, and does not seem all that bothered that becoming the new [[ChosenOne Trollhunter]] would give Bular an actual reason to kill him, joking to Strickler that Bular's BadBoss tendencies probably would have gotten Jim killed anyway.
* Near the end of the first chapter of ''Fanfic/WhatTheCatDraggedIn'', Chloe bumps into a waiter, causing him to spill a tray full of red wine all over Blanche Bissete's white dress. Blanche storms off, and Adrien clearly realizes that if he doesn't go after her and calm her down, she will almost certainly be akumatized. Unfortunately, if he does so, the waiter's humiliation will almost certainly lead ''him'' to be akumatized.
* This trope is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] (by name, no less) during Chapter 1 of ''Fanfic/FracturedFates'', as the first motive boils down to this: If a murder doesn't happen by midnight the day after the motive is announced, then Monokuma will randomly kill one student that same night, and will continue to randomly kill one student each night until a murder ''does'' happen. However, if someone ''does'' commit murder, then a classmate will still be dead and the surviving students will be put through a class trial where either the rest of the spotless or the blackened will be killed.
* Invoked in ''Fanfic/TheHomeWeBuiltTogether'' when [[spoiler:Stoick finds Toothless and learns that Hiccup has been training the Night Fury; he orders that Hiccup must kill the Night Fury in the arena the next day, or Hiccup will be exiled and Toothless killed anyway]].
* ''FanFic/SonOfTheSevenKingdoms'': After the [[spoiler:Oblivion Gate summoned by Mythic Dawn]] [[SpannerInTheWorks derails]] his assault on King's Landing enough that he loses the chance to win an outright victory, William settles for setting up a plan to cause enough strife among the Lannister-Tyrell alliance that they're virtually crippled -- he pulls part of his forces back to Harrenhal while the rest march on the Reach, all while Robb's forces are still marching on Casterly Rock. As such, the Lannisters and Tyrells are left with too many equally important fronts to focus on.
* In ''FanFic/AllGuardsmenParty'', Aimy gains a SkunkStripe after a grazing shot from an enemy weapon. She is absolutely pissed and during "Tyranid Acquisition Experts" she wanders around asking random people if her hair looks funny and then does "mean things" if they answer wrong. As the narrator notes there was no ''right'' answer.
* In a sidestory of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Brock finds himself in serious risk of losing his gym. He can't keep it closed for too long, even to mourn the deaths of his parents, but when he reopens it, his grief hampers his battle performance, landing him on a losing streak that puts him at risk of his gym getting shut down by the League. He doesn't break out of it until he finally moves on from his sorrows.
* PlayedStraight in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12388283/1/The-many-Deaths-of-Harry-Potter The many Deaths of Harry Potter]]''. After unknowingly encountering some Death Eaters, Vernon informs Harry about the dangers of the Magicals World (albeit calling it a cult). If he leaves the Dursleys, it's certain that he'll encounter more "Cultists"; But if he stays, Vernon tells him that other "Cultists" will still come for him. This proves to be true when Harry keeps dying no matter what he does.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13422699/1/Missing-and-Presumed-Dead Missing and Presumed Dead]]'', [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] refuses to tell the Rebel High Command that he is Darth Vader's son, since he sees only two scenarios if he admits the truth: They will either fear him or he'll be called the "Defected Son of Darth Vader himself" and be made the poster boy of the Rebellion. He sees both options as equally unpleasant.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22766356/chapters/54440779#workskin Her Love]]'', [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] feels she's in this situation when Lapis, who is [[{{Yandere}} dangerously in love]] with Steven, asks where he is. If Peridot lies, she is sure Lapis will hurt her, but if she tells the truth, she will hurt Steven's friends.

* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy realizes that dismantling the Lostbelt as he is summoned to do will inevitably kill the countless people who lived in in it, while not acting will inevitably kill the countless people who died when the Lostbelts were created. As someone who doesn't like killing people in general, this weighs heavily on him.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'': After learning that the Claimed were tortured by Salem with the intention of becoming {{Child Soldier}}s, Qrow and Summer are left with the question of whether or not they should tell Winter. Summer argues that they should tell her because if she finds out that they kept the information from her, Winter will cut them out and fight them at every turn. Qrow then counters with the sad fact that if they tell her the truth, Winter will go ballistic and all form of peace will be completely obliterated.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''Forty Seconds'' when Light tells a hapless ignorant crook: "Write your name [in the [[ArtifactOfDeath notebook]]]... or I'll kill you."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' story ''Fanfic/CruciamentumEternus'', Voldemort tells Lucius to torture Draco, with the implied SadisticChoice being that if he doesn't Voldemort will do it. Lucius does it, but it turns out to have been no choice at all; Voldemort was going to kill Draco either way.
* From ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'', there's Kira's survey: "Do you think my hair is cute? "Yes" or "Hell yes! <3""
* In ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'', this is played with in two instances.
** To keep her safe, Yukari leaves Reimu behind but, as can be seen, the latter almost died of starvation and hypothermia, as lighting a fire to cook and keep warm with could have made smoke, which could have caused someone to take notice (and look into it).
** The second instance, is where Ran wanted to take her to hospital but acknowledges that she could die on the way, as she was going to die from starvation, along with the fact that they could be captured and possibly killed for being a youkai with a human, in which case it would lead to death for any of them, so the former decides to TakeAThirdOption, which places Reimu under a hibernation spell.
** A form of this happens in a branch-off, ''Foundling''. Reimu, due to being human, doesn't really fit in with youkai and, because she was abandoned by humans (and because of her [[spoiler: oracular powers]]), she wouldn't fit in too well with them either.
* In ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'', this is mentioned in ''Room 002108'', where it is brought up that, if the test results came back and if Ryuuko had not shown signs of improvement before then, she would either be dead, as the disease will have killed her, or, if her condition was cancer, the disease will have hit terminal, in both cases, it will have been too late.

* ''FanFic/MyImmortal''
** "Darth Valer" demands that Ebony "kill him or I shall kill him anyway."
** If you live in Tara Land, you can either try to be goffic, in which case you're a poser and you suck, or not, in which case you're a prep and you suck. It seems to be that you can become a "real goff" if you're suicidally depressed and/or have suffered horrible traumas, as Draco "used to want to commit suicide all the time", Vampire Potter has "gone through horrible problems", B'loody Mary is traumatised by the loss of her real parents, and Jenny and Diabolo's dad "raped them and stuff".
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5554780/11/Poison-Pen Poison Pen]]'' "Professor Snape has taken points for breathing too loudly, asking questions, not asking questions and tardiness even with a note."

* In ''Fanfic/ASadStory'', Harry gets beaten by Uncle Vernon because he didn't answer Vernon's question quickly enough. He then tries to answer, at which point Vernon beats him again for speaking without permission.

* In ''FanFic/ToyHammer'', [[spoiler:Emma]], a past incarnation of the God Emperor, reveals that this is ultimately why the Literature/HorusHeresy was allowed to happen: all of the other possible futures would have been much worse for mankind, some much sooner than later.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12046758/1/Astronomy-Domine Astronomy Domine]]'', after [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean Winchester and Castiel]] find themselves on [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space 9]] over three centuries in the future as Dick Roman's last act against them, Dean has a violent breakdown when he learns that the only way to get back to his own time would burn out Castiel's grace, meaning that he can only get back to Sam if his last remaining friend kills himself to help Dean.

*** It rears it's head once more as they near their destination of Sabaody Archipelago. In spite of all the new crew additions, skills and weapons they've gained, Cross knows that the New World is sharply more difficult, and that even if they manage to fluke past Fishman Island, they'd most likely perish once they got to Punk Hazard. Knowing that Kuma is going to arrive to scatter the crew around the world to put them in the places fit for making them strong enough, he's left with the choice of holding his tongue until the last minute and facing Luffy's fury for hiding something this important, or trying to brave the New World as they are and risk dying. [[spoiler: Then when Cross learns Ace had still been captured and set to be executed, he's faced with a similar fork: attempt a rescue mission in a desperate last-ditch attempt to prevent Ace's death, which would most likely result in at least one fatality of their crew, or let Kuma separate them, leaving Luffy to tackle Impel Down and Marineford alone and risk fate being unchanged. In this case, Kuma forces the latter on them, explicitly telling Cross he doesn't have a choice in the matter.]]

* In ''Fanfic/AnExtraordinaryJourney'', after the Colonials learn about Baltar’s role in the sabotage of the Colonial defence network, they are forced to let him live in exile because they don’t have any legitimate evidence to formally charge him.
* In ''Fanfic.RiskItAll'', Ren is put in one of these after an assassin comes for his life. When the police question him, Ren is worried that spilling the beans would put his family in danger. On the other hand, keeping his silence would not necessarily stop Black Mask from coming after Ren again while impeding the police's efforts to stop Black Mask themselves. He ultimately chooses to keep his silence while planning to use his new superpowers to stop Black Mask personally.

* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': Shinji warned Asuka that if she listened to Rei, she was screwed... and if she ignored Rei, she was also screwed anyways.
-->'''Shinji:''' (to Asuka) Ever since I converted her to Nurgle, Rei has shown great joy in causing things to break down. Ignore her or she will gain immense satisfaction from your annoyance.\\
'''Rei:''' (smiling) Ignore me and it will come back to bite you.\\
'''Shinji:''' Okay, I’ll amend that. Listen to her at your own risk, but ignore her at your risk as well.

* In ''Secret Sunshine'', we have Ryuuko saying something akin to this in her narration of chapter 10, concerning a threat to a pregnant Satsuki. She says if Satsuki gave birth, then she could beat her up for calling and, if she hadn't, then she'll wait, regardless, Ryuuko'll beat the latter up.
-->"If that baby was already born, I could beat her ass for calling and, if that baby wasn't born, I'll wait."

* Alya finds herself in this position twice over in ''FanFic/TheOneToMakeItStay'' thanks to her [[FatalFlaw unfortunate tendency]] to assume her first impressions are always right and that her instincts are always sound.
** Firstly, she dismisses Marinette's attempts to warn her about [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]] as [[YoureJustJealous purely motivated by envy]]. When Rose and Juleka present her with undeniable evidence that Lila ''has'', in fact, lied to them all, she feels as though she has to choose between MovingTheGoalposts and claiming this doesn't prove Lila lied about anything ''else''... or facing the idea that she was wrong. Which is a problem, since she already posted information Lila gave her on her Ladyblog, and issuing a retraction strikes her as a good way to lose the faith they've placed in her. Rejecting their evidence, meanwhile, leads into a ViciousCycle where Alya can't bring herself to admit her mistake, as that means she's done even ''more'' damage to her relationships and reputation [[AllForNothing for no good reason at all]].
** A similar situation develops when she posts a [[ManipulativeEditing Manipulatively Edited]] video on the Ladyblog. When people express suspicion about the video, she feels that all of her options suck: if she admits the truth, she loses the faith her audience placed in her. If she doesn't acknowledge the criticism at all and lets it go unchecked, the commenters have more time to convince others that there's something weird about it. And ''deleting'' the comments only riles them up further. This only gets worse once Alya fully recognizes that posting the edited video was a mistake, as she fears that posting any kind of a retraction ''now'', after having tried to silence her critics, will just amplify the backlash.
* In ''FanFic/ThreeGuysGoToABarAndThenTheyBeatYouWithIt'', Bakugou, Tokoyami and Shinsou are faced with one when Aizawa explains their assignment to them. The three of them have been chosen to play the villains in that semester's final exams, and have two months to brainstorm six different scenarios -- one for each team of classmates they'll be facing off against. If they don't accept this massive responsibility, or the fact that they have been [[{{Typecasting}} typecast]] as antagonists due to their Quirks, then they'll immediately be expelled for the high crime of making Aizawa's job harder.

* Dumbledore finds himself in one of these situations in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7093738/1/ Brutal Harry]]'' trying to figure out how to handle Harry, (who is a '''very''' ruthless, powerful, and vindictive BullyHunter whose abuse at the hands of the Dursleys is played up much more seriously here), with regards to what he knows about the prophecy and Voldemort. He's left with four options:
** Keep Harry at Hogwarts, observe from a distance, and hope that the new environment will help him adjust and acclimate... but this will place Harry within striking distance of other students and faculty, putting them at risk should they get on Harry's bad side.
** Same as above, but personally try to reason with Harry. However, Harry previously attempted to attack Dumbledore as retribution for placing him with the Dursleys, and even if that weren't the case, it would bring too much outside attention to the situation. (Besides, Dumbledore has too many responsibilities and not nearly enough space to juggle them with aiding Harry).
** Follow typical student procedure, and discuss Harry's issues with his family... which Dumbledore admits would be the most idiotic thing to do, as the Dursleys are the cause of Harry's problems. Sending Harry back to them would be repeating his mistakes with Tom Riddle, and we all know how well that turned out.
** Send Harry to St. Mungo's for professional help that could help him overcome his traumas, likely the best option... but Harry would be out of Dumbldore's protection, and there's no way that it could be kept a private matter and the public fallout would be devastating.
*** Ultimately, it's [=McGonagall=] who gives a fifth option that he takes: he resigns as Headmaster to focus on his other duties, assign her as Headmistress and places Harry in her custody, as she's managed to establish a rapport with him, which in the long run, is the best choice.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's fire-breathing werewolf form [[ItMakesSenseInContext (long story)]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark. Since no one can't even come close to figuring out why this happened, the superstitious northerners [[EntertaininglyWrong come to believe]] that Jon's wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf itself.

* In ''FanFic/TheWeaverOption'' Taylor told Nostradamus Vandire he had two options after his arrest. He angrily refused the first option, execution after an open trial where he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators. She then revealed the second option which he had chosen: Brutal torture by the Inquisition until he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators before being sentenced to a Penal Legion.
* [[Series/GameOfThrones Robb Stark]] in ''Fanfic/ADovahkiinSpreadsHisWings'' is put into a [[DownplayedTrope minor example]] of the trope. When the people of Winterfell begin to gossip about Catelyn's resentment of Jon Snow/Whitewolf, Robb is torn apart on the inside about which side he should take: should he embrace his role as TheDutifulSon and defend his mother, or should he embrace his BigBrotherInstinct and become angry at his mother because she hates Jon?

* ''Fanfic/SomeoneToWatchOverMe'': [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette]] begins to date Adrien both as herself and as her heroic persona, encouraging him to choose whoever he loves the most - which, of course, means that she'll end up with him no matter what he chooses. [[spoiler:Though, the extra contact and a few comments by Marinette-as-Ladybug makes him realize they are one and the same.]]
* ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'': Aizawa [[SadistTeacher comes down hard on Izuku]], claiming that he's just teaching him how life is unfair and that he'll always face hatred and scorn for being Quirkless. If Izuku sticks it out at U.A., Aizawa will take it as proof that his methods worked; if he drops or transfers out, he'll insist it proves that Izuku never had the potential to become a Pro Hero. Izuku's current plan is to stick it out, graduate, then punch Aizawa in the face and tell him that he owes ''nothing'' to his cruelty.

** ''Fanfic/SomeoneToWatchOverMe'': [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette]] begins to date Adrien both as herself and as her heroic persona, encouraging him to choose whoever he loves the most - which, of course, means that she'll end up with him no matter what he chooses. [[spoiler:Though, the extra contact and a few comments by Marinette-as-Ladybug makes him realize they are one and the same.]]

* [[Series/GameOfThrones Robb Stark]] in ''Fanfic/ADovahkiinSpreadsHisWings'' is put into a [[DownplayedTrope minor variant]]. When the people of Winterfell begin to gossip about Catelyn's resentment of Jon Snow/Whitewolf, Robb is torn apart on the inside about which side he should take: should he embrace his role as TheDutifulSon and defend his mother, or should he embrace his BigBrotherInstinct and become angry at his mother because she hates Jon?

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's fire-breathing werewolf form [[ItMakesSenseInContext (long story)]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark. Since no one can't even come close to figuring out why this happened, the superstitious citizens of the north [[EntertaininglyWrong come to believe]] that Jon's wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf itself.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's fire-breathing werewolf form [[ItMakesSenseInContext (long story)]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark. Since no one can't even come close to figuring out why this happened, the superstitious commonfolk of the north [[EntertaininglyWrong come to believe]] that Jon's wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf itself.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's fire-breathing werewolf form [[ItMakesSenseInContext (long story)]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark. Since no one can't even come close to figuring out why this happened, the superstitious commonfolk of the north [[EntertaininglyWrong come to believe]] that Jon's wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf itself.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's fire-breathing werewolf form [[ItMakesSenseInContext (long story)]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark, which causes many to believe his wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372846/12/Of-Wolves-and-Dragons Of Wolves and Dragons]]'', Jon Snow's [[ItMakesSenseInContext fire-breathing werewolf form]] destroys the Sept in Winterfell, killing all in it and almost Catelyn Stark, which causes many to believe his wolf-form was sent by the Old Gods to punish those who have turned against them. This causes a dilemma for Houses that claim ancestry from the First Men: if they they accept the Whitewolf as a symbol of the Old Gods, then they will face direct conflict from their neighbors who worship the Seven, but if they call it blasphemy, then they might face the wrath of the Whitewolf.

* In ''FanFic/TheWeaverOption'' Taylor told Nostradomus Vandire he had two options after his arrest. He angrily refused the first option, execution after an open trial where he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators. She then revealed the second option which he had chosen: Brutal torture by the Inquisition until he confessed to all his crimes and named his co-conspirators before being sentenced to a Penal Legion.