History Sandbox / MagnificentBastardFanWorks

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' mod ''Race to the Bottom'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/71525 link]]): Hosea is the leader of [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters The Vultures]], a resistance movement dedicated to preserving the Mojave's independence from the NCR. A former Follower of the Apocalypse, Hosea grew disillusioned with the Followers' pacifism and took to raiding supply caravans to both weaken the NCR and attract recruits by distributing the supplies to the people of New Vegas. Hosea is willing to take the fight to civilians if necessary, robbing and later murdering Ella Hawthorne to send a message to NCR citizens to leave Freeside. After discovering the hydroponic farms in Vault 23, Hosea suggests the Courier kill NCR troops to keep their location secret, then will make plans to distribute the farms' produce to the poor, both for its own sake and to recruit more people to the Vultures. Hosea's end goal is to weaken the NCR enough that after they defeat the Legion at Hoover Dam, they will be weakened enough that the people of the Mojave can force them out. While he proves multiple times that he is not without kindness, Hosea is nonetheless willing to kill as many as he has to to keep the NCR from taking control of Vegas.

* ''VideoGame/AGameOfTurnabouts'' ([[https://www.aaonline.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12686 link]]): [[GameMaster Arkus Strater]] is the host of the murder mystery party who has a hidden agenda for his actions. [[PapaWolf Seeking justice for his murdered daughter Isla]], Arkus sets up the party with the exact same circumstances as her murder and invites the four possible suspects to the party, using [[Main/{{Blackmail}} blackmail]] he has on all of them to force them to participate. Knowing of [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright's]] propensity to solve complex murder cases, Arkus invites him and his fellow lawyer Athena Cykes to the party so that he can find the true culprit. Though dying in the process, Athena manages to find out who murdered his Isla through his murder trial, accomplishing his mission from beyond the grave.

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* ''Fanfic/CivilWarHulk'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] is the puppetmaster of the events leading up to the Civil War, working with Baron Mordo to drive the Scarlet Witch insane that led to [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled The Avengers disbanding]], trapping the world's heroes [[LotusEaterMachine in a dream]] where [[ComicBook/HouseOfM mutants are the world's dominant species]], and manipulating The Illuminati into [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk exiling Hulk into space]]. Using the introduction of the Superhuman Registration Act to his advantage, Loki killed and impersonates [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Maria Hill]] to drive a further wedge between the pro and anti-Registration sides, planning to take over Earth once the dust settles. Even with the unexpected arrival of Hulk and his Warbound, Loki successfully bargains with the Hulk into leaving Earth be once he gets his revenge on The Illuminati, leaving Loki with one less threat and a weakened Earth for him to conquer. Opportunistic as always, Loki [[XanatosSpeedChess adapts to any situation before him]] and is only thwarted by Thor's unexpected revival.
* ''Fanfic/NotATypicalCivilWar'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6470827/1/Not-a-Typical-Civil-War link]]): [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is [[TheManBehindTheMan the mastermind]] behind the [[SuperRegistrationAct Superhero Registration Act]] and the resulting Civil War. Seeking to turn the world's heroes against each other, Doom hired Nitro to fight the New Warriors in Stamford, leading to the deaths of over eight-hundred civilians and causing the public to turn against the superhero community, with Doom working with Maria Hill to escalate tensions between the pro and anti-Registration sides. With the info gathered from the Registration Act, Doom learned all of the heroes' secret identities and the locations of their loved ones. Doom eventually trapped both sides of the conflict in the Negative Zone and released the supervillains from Prison 42 to kill them. He then sent ComicBook/TheSentry to attack New York City, [[EngineeredHeroics planning on killing him]] so he could be hailed as a savior and be given control of the Earth. Focused solely on his dream of world conquest, Doctor Doom nearly rid himself of the world's superheroes by turning their own ideals against them.

* ''VideoGame/TurnaboutRevivals:'' The Fortune Teller is the enigmatic man who owns the ''Pequod''. In truth, he is actually Zak Gramarye, having [[FakingTheDead faked his supposed death at Kristoph Gavin's hands]] with the assistance of Phoenix Wright. Upon learning that the plagiarist Roger Finn and his brother intend to take Valant Gramarye to court over the rights to the Gramarye magic, he begins scheming to prevent that from happening. Drugging the passengers of the ''Pequod'' in order to move them to an identical ship and trick them into thinking they've been on the move the entire time, he and Valant drive one of the Finn brothers to an empty parking lot, where he executes him. Upon Valant getting arrested for the death of the first Finn, Zak contacts Phoenix in order to defend him while he steals the body of the first Finn and disposes of it before killing the second aboard the ''Pequod''. Leaving basically no evidence behind leading to him, [[TheBadGuyWins Zak is able to escape into the night scot-free.]]

* ''Fanfic/HeroChat'': Techno-Pirate, real name Mike Rochip, is a technology-stealing supervillain and enemy of the United Heroes. He operates by performing quick thefts to grab parts for weapons and then taking hostages when going after his main target. Escaping custody within a day of his arrest (implied to be a frequent occurrence) he steals the Eagle Miraculous from a museum. [[OneManArmy He fights Team Miraculous, Sparrow, and Uncanny Valley evenly]] and throws Chat Noir so that his Cataclysm damages Uncanny Valley. Wearing the Eagle Miraculous, [[ISurrenderSuckers he pretends to surrender]] and then uses Liberation on the United Heroes to make them give in to their whims, then threatens to launch a nuclear missile at Paris to blackmail Team Miraculous for their Miraculouses. The heroes are only able to defeat him by recruiting Sabrina to use the [[SuperScream Dog Miraculous]] to disable his tech.

* ''Fanfic/MadameMalfoyOrAForcedMarriage'' (''Literature/HarryPotter'' & ''Literature/DonQuixote'': Pansy Parkinson is Draco Malfoy's calculating mistress and [[AdaptationalBadass much more resourceful than in canon]]. When [[MadwomanInTheAttic Madman in the Attic]] Lucius Malfoy deliriously claims she is his bride and Draco orders her to distract him until Draco fetches the mediwizards, Pansy goes from shock and fear to the development of a plan. She allows herself to be married to Lucius and follows him on his Literature/DonQuixote-style quest across Wizarding Britain, playing along with his crazy fantasies and deftly explaining the situation to everyone they meet, sometimes with a mere couple of gestures. Finally, she devises a plan to get Lucius to St. Mungo's and puts it into action with the help of Gringotts goblins. Lucius is subdued but the case is pronounced hopeless. Pansy triumphantly tells Draco that since he never bothered to get his father to a hospital before, her marriage to the latter is valid, but now that Lucius ''is'' officially declared insane, Pansy as the wife receives all his possessions. Leaving Draco with only the manor but no money or valuables, Pansy [[KarmaHoudini leaves the country for her new villa in the Canaries]].

* ''Manga/DeathNote'' {{Fanfic}} ''Fanfic/{{Liability}}'' ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26486137/chapters/64545175 link]]): [[Characters/DeathNoteMisaAmane Misa Amane]], once given her memories back via the Death Note, decides to take the chess match between [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] and [[Characters/DeathNoteLLawliet L Lawliet]] and "flip the board over". To that end, she begins by forcing Mikami to call the Task Force and confess to being Kira before committing suicide, simultaneously subjecting Light and Takada to death by fire so that they can take the Death Note with them. Immediately afterwards, she relinquishes her ownership and hence memories of the Death Note, ensuring that [[MemoryGambit she can't incriminate herself as the 2nd Kira]]. With Soichiro forces to save his wife and daughter from a house fire, L investigates Mikami's death and finds two notes: one supposedly written by Mikami confessing to all of Light's crimes, and another for L's eyes only in which Misa details her plan, not identifying herself but warning L that going after her [[ImpliedDeathThreat won't end well for him]]. With the power of Kira gone from Earth and herself left blissfully unaware, Misa retires with L to Wammy's House.

* ''Fanfic/ToMyDeathIFight'' (''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' & ''Anime/KillLaKill''): [[Characters/BleachSosukeAizen Sosuke Aizen]], while retaining his canon cruelty, [[WellIntentionedExtremist is driven by genuinely good intentions]]. Discovering the Original Life Fiber's existence and omnicidal intentions in the 19th century, Aizen started plotting against it, committing his canon deeds to empower his Hogyoku and kill the Soul King in the hopes of taking down the Original Life Fiber. When freed from the Muken by Kisuke Urahara, Aizen works with [[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]], [[Characters/KillLaKillRyukoMatoi Ryuko Matoi]], [[Characters/KillLaKillSatsukiKiryuin Satsuki Kiryuin]] and their allies against Ragyo Kiryuin, coming up with several strategies and teamwork tactics either in the long run or on the fly, using psychological warfare and excellent teamwork with Satsuki against Ragyo -- forcing the latter to go all out to defeat them --, nearly sealing the Original Life Fiber with the help of Seras Victoria and Kinue Kinagase, masquerading as Satsuki and working with Ryuko to trick Ragyo into getting close enough for Aizen to severely injure her, later on successfully outsmarting Ragyo and leading to her death, and finally work with Ichigo, Ryuko, Satsuki and Nui Harime to send the Original Life Fiber to Hueco Mondo to give the former three a field advantage, allowing them to achieve victory.

* ''VideoGame/ABurnedManWalksDownTheDesolateCorridor'':
** [[ProfessionalKiller Shelly de Killer]] is the same honorable assassin as in canon. Seeking revenge for being framed for the LY-17 incident, de Killer sets out to reclaim the honor of his family name by killing the true culprits. de Killer starts off his revenge by [[KillAndReplace killing Detective Wright and impersonating him]] with no one the wiser. Upon recieving a request to kill Amelia Wonderley, he informs her that she is about to be killed and helps [[FakingTheDead fake her death]] by using his position as a detective to take over the investigation of her death and replace the blood of the fake Amelia with that of the real one. Later murdering Detective Sternwood, de Killer leaves his calling card at the scene and takes over that investigation as well, manipulating events so that he can get his final target, Klavier Gavin in the police station to easily kill him.
** Amelia Wonderley is the sister of Shelly de Killer and is just as crafty as her brother. Learning from her brother that her roommate Helen Nell intends to kill her, she [[FakingTheDead proceeds to fake her death]] by replacing all her sleeping pills with candy and killing a woman that looks similar to her so that she can [[KillAndReplace take her place after Nell "kills" her]]. Having been dating Kristoph Gavin to watch over Apollo Justice, Amelia later sends a note to Apollo tipping him off about the location of de Killer's hideout so that he can bust Nell and Kristoph for their crimes, later giving him a gun so that he's not defenseless against her brother. She then rearranges Detective Sternwood's files to place LY-17 at the front to get Apollo to [[ThePromise remember the promise that they made to eachother fifteen years prior]].

* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBrainAndBrawn Brain and Brawn]]'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2T8hRNutLrrf0i4JdlU3vwFvv_tFAFVj link]]): [[BrainsVersusBrawn The Trickster Pokémon Illruse and the Mighty Pokémon Sthormr]] are the two [[OlympusMons Mascot Legendaries]] of the Fyrún region. Growing weary of the treatment that humans had on Pokémon, the two of them decided to take matters into their own hands, since they believe Fyrún to be their rightful kingdom and [[WellIntentionedExtremist want a better place for Pokemon to live in.]] To do this, Illruse and Sthormr each created a cult that supported their ideals, with Illruse creating Team Brain, and Sthormr creating Team Brawn. From there, they promoted their ideals while secretly plotting against their followers. The PlayerCharacter, and the rest of Team Brain and Team Brawn, are merely their pawns. Eventually, after the player and [[TheRival their rival]] rise in the ranks and become the leader of their respective teams, they use their respective legendary for one last battle. Illruse and Sthormr try to brainwash them, but the player is able to break free from it, as is their rival. Noticing the friendship between the player and their rival as well with their Pokemon, Illruse and Sthormr have a HeelRealization in that Pokemon are perfectly happy living with humans, and agree to fight alongside the player and their rival for a good old fashioned battle.

** [[ArcherArchetype Jade Boleyn]] grows up as a BlueBlood in a toxic environment, indirectly maims a childhood enemy and is sent to the DAEYD. She uses a SherlockScan to deduce that a murder took place and helps Ermine violently avenge her dead friend at least partially to amuse herself. In the arena, she achieves many impressive archery kills, plays the members of her alliance against each other and kills them all singlehandedly. While Jade expresses little remorse for that part of her life, she becomes a rebel, and aids in intricate plans to win District 1's freedom. Jade does an expert job of avoiding suspicion and [[LovableAlphaBitch treats her fellow victors aloofly, but shows occasional warmth and helpfulness even to people who dislike her]], and mourns for dead friends. Jade uses her knowledge of Panem's legal code to take back some control during her KangarooCourt trial after the new regime turns on her, buying time for a CharacterWitness to arrive. Jade sacrifices a chance to kill Coin--who nevertheless tries to Jade--to ensure the safety of a friend, having one vowed not to let anymore people die when she can save them and later takes part in the mission to rescue Katniss.

** ''Fanfic/StarWarsREDONE'': General Grievous becomes [[AdaptationalBadass much more of a threat here]] than in canon, thanks to his [[AdaptationalIntelligence intelligence]] and greater sense of honor. Now serving as the leader of the Confederacy and TheDragon to Darth Sidious/Sheev Palpatine, Grievous is first established as being a [[HeroKiller Jedi-killing]] machine who also leverages his nonhuman origins to sway thousands of nonhuman worlds into joining the Confederacy, reduced the Confederacy prior leadership to AuthorityInNameOnly, and above all else, wishes to kill as many Jedi as possible. On Nelvaan, he hacks R2-D2 to trail and [[CurbStompBattle easily capture]] Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he then [[ColdBloodedTorture subjects to torture]] solely to break him, while also gaining the genuine respect of Jango Fett with their mutual hatred for the Jedi. When Mace Windu shows up with a hundred Jedi to rescue Obi-Wan from Nelvaan, Grievous [[BloodKnight eagerly fights]] and [[OneManArmy cuts down dozens of them]] in spite of being outnumbered, and makes the Jedi's victory at the Battle of Nelvaan come at an [[PyrrhicVictory especially heavy price]]. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Grievous spearheads the attack on Coruscant, where he fakes the kidnapping of Palpatine and effortlessly kills an entire platoon of Clone Troopers, [[TheStarscream then leaves Palpatine for dead]] on the ''Invisible Hand'' while it is crashing onto the planet, who only survives thanks to Anakin's piloting skills. Later on, Grievous correctly suspects Sidious of planning to betray him during the Battle of Kashyyyk, and [[CrazyPrepared plans his escape from the battle as a contingency]], only being interrupted at the last minute by Obi-Wan Kenobi in a duel that ends up being his last. After Sidious confirms that he intended to betray Grievous, Grievous [[DefiantToTheEnd decides to go down fighting]] against an army of Clones, and in his dying moments, reveals to Obi-Wan the true identity of the Sith Lord the Jedi have been searching for, and dies [[DyingCurse while gloating to Obi-wan that he achieved the one thing that brings him solace]]: "a future with no Jedi".

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* ''[[MagnificentBastard/DestiniesOfRemnant Destinies of Remnant]]''

* ''[[FanFic/SkysQuest Sky's Quest]]'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10936418/1/Sky-s-Quest link]]): [[PassionateSportsGirl Sky]] was the original winner of ''Pahkitew Island'' before a Christmas wish sends her back to the middle of the season. Taking a more [[PragmaticHero strategic and pragmatic]] approach this time, Sky works with Jasmine to ensure that their team wins, and when the merge occurs, Sky distracts Sugar in the eating challenge to prevent her from obtaining immunity. When Dave wins and is made the tagger for the Hide-and-seek challenge, Sky lets herself be caught before helping him find the other contestants, including Scarlett, whom Sky has voted off. When the Island malfunctions, Sky prevents Sugar from de-activating the self-destruct sequence, allowing Dave to win and making Sugar vulnerable to eliminate. Reaching the finale, Sky convinces [[DepravedKidsShowHost Chris [=McLean=]]] to bring back the eliminated contestants, including Scarlett, whom Sky [[BatmanGambit predicts]] would put everyone in danger, preventing Chris from initiating his final part of the challenge. Teaming up with fellow finalist Jasmine to stop Scarlett, Sky takes her [[GracefulLoser loss with grace]] when Jasmine is declared the winner.

* ''FanFic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'' (''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''):

* ''Fanfic/DreadfulTruths'' ([[https://new.reddit.com/r/TWDGFanFic/comments/ti75od/dreadful_truths/ link]]): Julian is a former hitman who joins the church out of [[DueToTheDead respect for his dead religious brother]]. Disillusioned when the [[SinisterMinister corrupt priest]] tries to kill the well-meaning [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameKenny Kenny]], Julian shakes the priest's followers' faith in him before killing the priest, exiled for his murder but leaving the flock under the reaccepted Kenny.
* ''[[Fanfic/SomethingToFightFor Something to Fight For]]'' ([[https://old.reddit.com/r/TWDGFanFic/comments/q37gxh/something_to_fight_for_round_of_16_theme_sacrifice/ link]]): [[ActionSurvivor Clementine]], unlike [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameClementine her original incarnation]], is far more cunning and pragmatic. Believing that only the strong and wise can survive in the apocalypse, Clementine resorted to killing Kenny and Jane for being a liability, and even went as far as [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing AJ to a herd of walkers]] because he wouldn't stop crying. Upon reuniting with Lilly years later and discovering she's now in league with raiders harassing teenagers at the Ericson school, Clementine usurped the leadership of Ericson and plotted to have Lilly and her group killed. After pretending to nearly kill Tenn to convince his sister, Minerva, to give up Lilly, Clementine murders Minerva and leads the teenagers to storm Lilly's hideout. When she gets captured, Clementine distracts Lilly and her raiders in order to let the other teenagers escape, and also to prevent her from disarming the hidden bomb [[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb that subsequently detonates and eradicates Lilly and her crew]].

* ''[[FanFic/SkysQuest Sky's Quest]]'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10936418/1/Sky-s-Quest link]]): [[PassionateSportsGirl Sky]] was the original winner of ''Pahkitew Island'' before a Christmas wish sends her back to the middle of the season. Taking a more [[PragmaticHero strategic and pragmatic]] approach this time, Sky works with Jasmine to ensure that their team wins, and when the merge occurs, Sky distracts Sugar in the eating challenge to prevent her from obtaining immunity. When Dave wins and is made the tagger for the Hide-and-seek challenge, Sky lets herself be caught before helping him find the other contestants, including Scarlett, whom Sky has voted off. When the Island malfunctions, Sky prevents Sugar from de-activating the self-destruct sequence, allowing Dave to win and making Sugar vulnerable to eliminate. Reaching the finale, Sky convinces [[DepravedKidsShowHost Chris [=McLean=]]] to bring back the eliminated contestants, including Scarlett, whom Sky [[BatmanGambit predicts]] would put everyone in danger, preventing Chris from initiating his final part of the challenge. Teaming up with fellow finalist Jasmine to stop Scarlett, Sky takes her [[GracefulLoser loss with grace]] when Jasmine is declared the winner.

* ''FanFic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'' (''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''):