History TakeAThirdOption / FanWorks

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2166906 Wild Child AU]]'' is an alternate take on the source material where Godzilla essentially adopts Madison Russell after the battle against the [=MUTOs=] because he assumes that her parents died in the battle. When she and Godzilla learn that Mark and Andrew Russell are still alive, Maddie is uncomfortable at the idea of returning to human civilisation full-time even if she wants to spend time with the Russells again, and equally doesn't want to abandon Godzilla. Since "Madison Russell" is still legally dead, and Maddie has [[AmbiguouslyHuman undergone various mutations]] due to spending so much time on Godzilla's home island, Doctor Serizawa suggests a compromise where Maddie is legally classified as a Titan herself, putting her under Monarch's jurisdiction and able to come and go as she pleases.

* ''Fanfic/CodePrime:'' {{Deconstructed|Trope}} with Suzaku and Dreadwing. Suzaku seeks to become an InternalReformist for Britannia, while also secretly [[DeathSeeker wishing to die]] as atonement for killing his father. Dreadwing is a NobleDemon who believes in the Decepticon cause even if he doesn't agree with everything Megatron does. When it becomes increasingly clear that their side is committing immoral actions, Suzaku and Dreadwing attempt to circumvent having to chose between remaining with Britannia and the Decepticons or defecting to the Black Knights and Autobots by swearing loyalty to Princess Euphemia. [[spoiler:However, when Euphemia announces the Special Administrative Zone, Megatron proceeds to demonstrate that he will accept no compromises, by having Euphemia kidnapped and replaced with a pretender to turn the Zone into a massacre, forcing Suzaku and Dreadwing to realize the folly of their decisions and defect to the Black Knights and Autobots]].

* In ''Fanfic/HalkegeniaOnlineZeroHour'', Shino is confronted by the Laughing Coffin guild and is given the choice of joining them or being killed by them. Instead she chooses to kill them all.

** Take A Third Option: Haruhi can't unbottle her feelings about the consequences of her powers because it will cause even more strain to others, and she can't ignore it either because she cares about the SOS Brigade. In order to prevent a HeroicBSOD she [[spoiler: runs a MemoryGambit on herself so she doesn't destroy the world on an accidental whim.]]

* Discussed and defied in ''Fanfic/LostInTheWoods''; as Q observes, Picard has always prided himself on being able to find an alternative to Q's initial ruthless suggestions, but in this case Picard literally found himself with only the two options of killing the Reavers or letting them destroy the Alliance, [[spoiler:and had to choose the option of killing them all]].

* In the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}[=/=]WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' {{crossover}} ''Fanfic/AStickySituation'', Aayla is kidnapped by Cad Banes and questioned for useful information before he intends to kill her on Darth Sideous's orders. The clear choices are for her to submit to the torture and share a secret that could alter the entire war if the Separatist find out (and die) or remain silent while suffer intense pain at the hands of the bounty hunter (and die). Instead, because she has learned to think outside of the box thanks to her time with the digimon and tamers, [[spoiler:she decides to ''pay'' her captor more than Darth Sidious did and have him both release her, keep the digimon a secret, and start working for the Jedi]].

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/237963/ Top Secret]]'' is a triple crossover between ''Series/QuantumLeap'', ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Series/LoisAndClark'' that sees Project Quantum Leap faced with a blackmail threat from a corrupt businessman who all evidence suggests will create the Evil Leaper Project based on salvaged material from past Leaps, such as a recording Sam made under interrogation or the handlink Al lost in 1945. Al obviously refuses to give in to blackmail, but one of the senators on the funding committee reveals that the committee is contemplating pulling funding from the Project given this threat and handing the technology over to private business... and Al and Donna realise that the blackmailer is the one responsible for the business. Fortunately they are given an alternative when [[spoiler:Scully receives instructions from herself to Leap back a few years and save Mulder's life, as Mulder's would-be killer was connected to the man currently trying to blackmail the Project; getting him arrested removed the man's interest in taking the Project for himself]].

* ''Fanfic/{{Sight}}'' has Ichigo's hollow try and fight for control. If Ichigo loses, the hollow takes over his body and if he wins, the hollow doesn't try anything for awhile. To everyone's surprise, Ichigo vehemently refuses to fight at all, which results in a forced truce where the hollow can't fight him, but still hangs around. It's also lampshaded.

* In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18474643 this]] fanfiction, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa has the choice between going with Chuuya to do paperwork, or go with Kouyou to do preparations for a birthday. Halfway, Dazai mixes in the choice panel, who wants him for training. At the end, he decides to go with none of them and go out for food with his sister. [[note]] It should be noted that this story is based on the ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' episode ''Erased'', where the third option doesn't return at the end, and the character Akutagawa represents isn't seen responding to the choices it's given at all. [[/note]]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264509/550/Tales-of-Fairies The Gender Bend Omake: Mama Aquarius]]'': Aquarius, who in the story has become a ParentalSubstitute for [[GenderFlip Luca Heartfilia]], finds herself in a SadisticChoice when enemy Celestial Mage Angel summons her boyfriend Scorpio to fight them, forcing her to pick between hurting her lover or [[LikeASonToMe her "child]]. Thankfully, both Luca and Scorpio are able to make the choice for her: Luca uses a force closed her gate so she wouldn't forced to fight, while Scorpio also forces closes his gate, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight deliberately defying Angel's orders]], so he wouldn't hurt Aquarius's weilder.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7003562/19/Harry-Potter-and-the-Chalice-of-the-Moon Harry Potter and the Chalice of the Moon]]'' the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, due to a centaur prophecy that death would take place on that day, is faced with either killing Harry's twin brother Mark or letting him kill her with the Sword of Gryffindor, costing Harry a mentor figure and important ally. At the last second she decides to knock Mark out and kill the only one for whom death won't be permanent -- Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12590041/1/Into-Darkness Into Darkness]]'' Harry's late father tells him that according to the Fates, if Harry doesn't break up with Hermione so she can go back to Ron then she'll never learn to control her dark side; while if Harry tries to teach her to control it she'll eventually decide it's a lost cause and end up [[BadFuture destroying the world]]. Harry eventually decides to go dark right along with her.

* ''Fanfic/{{Intercom}}'': In chapter 13, Riley admits about Tracey accusing her of being Schizophrenic. When Bill probes on whether she's hearing voices, Riley mentally thinks that if she lies, she'll be found out. But if she tells the truth, they might send her off to a psychologist. So instead, she storms out on them, fuming that they'd never believe her if she told the truth.

* In the fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/170403/chapters/248828 Her Kingdom As Great]]'', Sarah is embodiment of the third option, and doesn't understand how one would not choose it:

* {{Discussed|Trope}} in the ''Webcomic/DadVillainAU''. Gabriel's Wish [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy rewrote reality]] so that the magical backlash from Emelie using the broken Peacock Pin is redirected onto other targets -- namely the former Ladybug and her loved ones. When Viceroy figures out how to bounce that backlash ''back'' onto the user, Duusu suggests that Gabriel could simply ''repair the Pin'', using his knowledge of how to do from the original timeline. While Gabriel claims that information wasn't covered by his RippleEffectProofMemory, he also asserts that he wouldn't do so even if he could -- he hates the former superheroine ''so much'' that he wants her to ''suffer'' more than he wants to protect his wife.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31017641 Lying on the Job]]'' sees Marinette faced with a dilemma: as the new Guardian, she's in charge of handing out Miraculi and knowing everyone's [[SecretIdentity secret identities]]... except that it's dangerous for her to know the secret identities of her allies, since she's out on the front lines and could face opponents with MindControl powers. To get around this, Marinette asks her kwami Tikki to choose the next hero instead.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24549205 Squeakin']]'', the class is throwing a Disney themed costume party and both [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] and [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] attempt to pressure Adrien into being the prince to the princess they are dressing as (Cinderella and Belle respectively), which Adrien naturally doesn't want to do. His solution? Come dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]] and go all out, banking on the movie's quotability (and his classmates' support) to keep both girls from getting sympathy from the class over it.

* [[https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/post/185555861020/betrayal-au-gabriel-wins-where-the-classalya This collaborative work]] explores a scenario where Lila convinced the whole class to [[FaceHeelTurn side with Hawkmoth]], helping him make his Wish to bring his wife back... [[BalancingDeathsBooks at the cost of Marinette's life]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Gabriel]] then attempts to {{Gaslight|ing}} his son into believing that the only way to bring Marinette back is by [[SadisticChoice sacrificing his mother]], only for Adrien to pick another option in several different ways:

** In the second, Adrien takes this even further, deciding that Gabriel alone couldn't ''possibly'' be enough payment for somebody as vibrant as Marinette... so he sacrifices Nino and the rest of his friends as further fuel. Including Lila, who spends her last moments desperately begging Adrien to hate her.
--->'''Adrien:''' Despite everything Lila. Even with how horrible and nasty of a person you were. I still saw you as a potential friend.\\

* ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'': In his first deliberate act as a {{Vigilante|Man}}, Izuku comes across a mugger in an alleyway. Being unable to take on the mugger himself, but unwilling to abandon the victim to the mugger's mercy, he instead heckles the pro-hero Amplifier into following him into the alleyway by throwing a rock at him, managing to slip away when Amplifier noticed the mugging and watching the battle from a safe distance.
* In ''Fanfic/WalkAMileinAnothersShoes'', All for One takes Inko hostage to threaten Izuku into spying for him. Izuku frequently tries to find ways around All for One's orders, with mixed results. At U.S.J., Izuku betrays the attack to the heroes but also helps Tomura escape to make it seem like he's still on the villains' side.

** The second test was the Forest of Death, with the rules that teams must arrive with both the Heaven and Earth scrolls, but can't come with 2 scrolls or they'll be disqualified. Team 7 takes it to mean they'll have to team up with another team that has the opposite scroll, and does so with the team from Rain (Haku, Kabuto, and Suigetsu), who came to the same conclusion. While they pass, they learned that Team Gai and Team Baki both pass by bringing ''three'' scrolls each.

* ''Fanfic/WolfAndCub'': After the Kumo incident, Hiashi Hyuuga is faced with a SadisticChoice. Either hand over his brother to be killed by Kumo in his place, or let Konoha be dragged into a war that they can't afford to fight. He instead invents a political fiction that Hizashi had a psychotic breakdown, kidnapped Hinata, went missing-nin and killed the Kumo ambassador on his way out of Konoha. That allows everyone to keep face.
** Later on he has to chose if his nephew Neji is going to be branded, as the elders demand, or defy tradition. He instead emotionally blackmails Asuna into making Neji his apprentice and taking him to the Twelve Ninja Guardians.

* ''Fanfic/ABlightOnBonesborough'': When the case of BothSidesHaveAPoint desolves into a massive argument, [[spoiler:Hunter suggests the portal key be kept in the Human Realm with someone timing when and for how long the twins and Clara cross into the Demon Realm to see Amity; that way, the key never has to enter the latter realm again (or at least until Belos is overthrown). Although everyone agrees, it's {{subverted}} when Hunter admits he only suggested it to stall for time while the sleeping nettles knocked them out.]]

* In the game, the rank 9 of most of the female confidants ends with either the protagonist accepting their romantic feelings for him or coldly dismissing them. ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12591444/chapters/28678984 Confidantial Confessions, A Tale of Third Choices]]'' is about the meta third option, where protagonist [[PlatonicLifePartners Akira]] reassures the girls that he'll be there to support them as a good friend.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has a pretty big one in [[WhamEpisode Chapter 34]]. Sabrina kidnaps Ash Ketchum using an Abra to teleport him to her gym, and intends to force him to fight his way through her hordes of Psychic-type Pokémon. He could try and go to the top floor to get a Marsh Badge, or to the basement [[spoiler: where she has Ash's Primeape captive]]. In the end, [[spoiler: Ash's Pokédex uses a group of Exegguttor Ash caught in the Safari Zone to teleport all of Ash's Pokémon from Oak's ranch, [[DynamicEntry and they break through the ceiling]] [[BigDamnHeroes to join the fray]] [[TheCavalry and level the playing field]]. During the break in, a few Marsh Badges fall from above, and Squirtle snatches one, while Ash sends the Raichu that used to belong to Paul to the basement to rescue Primeape.]]

* ''Fanfic/CatRa'': The story's take on the scene in "No Princess Left Behind" where Catra lets Adora go with the sword instead has Adora giving Catra the choice to come back to the Horde, or leave without the sword. Catra manipulates their friendship to give Adora a hug making her think she's coming back, only to steal the sword and run.

* ''Fanfic/ReimaginedEnterprise'': Meta-example. Many fans disliked the overly [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]-like aesthetic from the source material and most fan reimaginings give ''Enterprise'' a more [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]-like aesthetic instead. Rather than doing this, [=BlackWave=] instead created his own 22nd century aesthetic that's halfway between contemporary spacecraft like the Space Shuttle or Dream Chaser and TOS, logically enough.

* In the ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'' series, earlier we have it where Ran, Chen, and Flandre encounter a starving Reimu. At first, Ran has the notion to take Reimu to a hospital but acknowledges that cannot really be done without either Reimu dying enroute from the cold, as a hospital is a long ways off from where they were, or having a risk of being captured for being youkai, something that could lead to all of their demises, so Ran decides to eliminate both possibilities by placing her under a hibernation spell (Think Sleeping Beauty) that wasn't to be broken until Yukari returns.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24549205 Squeakin']]'', the class is throwing a Disney themed costume party and both [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] and [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] attempt to pressure Adrien into being the prince to the princess they are dressing as (Cinderella and Belle respectively), which Adrien naturally doesn't want to do. His solution? Come dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]] and go all out, banking on the movie's quotability (and his classmate's support) to keep both girls from getting sympathy from the class over it.

* [[https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/post/185555861020/betrayal-au-gabriel-wins-where-the-classalya This collaborative work]] explores a scenario where Lila convinced the whole class to [[FaceHeelTurn side with Hawkmoth]], helping him make his Wish to bring his wife back... [[BalancingDeathsBook at the cost of Marinette's life]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Gabriel]] then attempts to {{Gaslight|ing}} his son into believing that the only way to bring Marinette back is by [[SadisticChoice sacrificing his mother]], only for Adrien to pick another option in several different ways:

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53824 The Case of Ichabod Crane and Dr. Frankenstein]]" features Ichabod Crane (''Film/SleepyHollow1999'') meeting the Literature/{{Frankenstein}} family and learning of the existence of the creature Victor Frankenstein created. When Victor admits his fears if he creates a mate for the creature that could go on to breed a new race of beings like themselves, rather than let Victor destroy the female creature he has created, Ichabod points out to Victor that there is an alternative; simply remove the female creature's reproductive organs so that she literally ''can't'' give birth.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11820723 Shipping Wars]]'' has Dia and Kanan pulling their friends into a debate over whether [[Anime/LoveLive Eli Awase should be with Nozomi Tojo or Umi Sonada]]. When Hanamaru is left as the tie-breaker, Ruby assures her to pick whichever ship she wants rather than be pressured by the older girls. Encouraged by this, Hanamaru happily proclaims that her favorite ship is... Rin and Hanayo, causing everyone else to face fault

* ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'': In his first deliberate act as a {{Vigilante|Man}}, Izuku comes across a mugger in an alleyway. Being unable to take on the mugger himself not leave the helpless bystander at the mugger's hands either, he instead heckles the pro-hero Amplifier into following him into the alleyway by throwing a rock at him, managing to slip away when Amplifier noticed the mugging and watching the battle from a safe distance.

* ''Fanfic/WolfAndCub'': After the Kumo incident Hiashi Hyuuga is faced with two difficult choices. Either hand over his brother to be killed by Kumo or let Konoha be dragged into a war that they can't afford to fight. He instead invents a political fiction that Hizashi had a psychotic breakdown, kidnapped Hinata, went missing-nin and killed the Kumo ambassador on his way out of Konoha. That allows everyone to keep face.

* In the fanfic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11630308/1/Coffin-for-Two Coffin for Two]]", when Darla traps Buffy and Angel [[BuriedAlive in a coffin]] after breaking Buffy's right arm, Angel notes that Darla's plan is to force him to either watch Buffy suffocate or try and fail to dig her out himself (as it's currently daylight, even if he reached the surface in time he would then be destroyed by the sun and the collapsing earth once his body was dust would just leave Buffy to suffocate again). Fortunately, he realizes that the coffin is close enough to an underground utility line that they can dig a hole out that way, although Angel has to drink some of Buffy's blood to give himself the necessary strength to break the concrete wall of the tunnel.

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6250877/1/Tempus-Fugit Tempus Fugit]]" sees Paige manage to change history by saving Prue's life, but this sets off a chain of events where Phoebe has to take on Cole's powers as Belthazor to escape the Underworld, with the demonic influence of those powers nearly driving Phoebe to attack Paige. This threat is dealt with when the powers are returned to Cole, but he accidentally "takes" Phoebe's premonitions in the process. The Elders subsequently foresee a future where Phoebe's experience with Cole's powers will lead to her being possessed by the Source, and thus contaminate the Power of Three. Since Phoebe cannot take back her powers without putting her at risk from the Source, and she refuses to let Cole take the power-stripping potion himself until the Source is defeated so that he won't suffer the same fate he did in Paige's original history, Phoebe accepts the third option of passing her powers to Paige (who has acquired her own unique powers in the new timeline) until the Source is vanquished.

* The WisePrince protagonist of ''Fanfic/DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns'' actually started off by ''creating'' a third option for a certain situation that came to pass later, after his [[spoiler:ZeroApprovalGambit.]]

* The SSHG fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6408692/1/The_Occluded_Soul The Occluded Soul]] is all about Snape's Third Choice.
* In [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5444360 primum mobile, or ten forgotten things ]], Draco Malfoy realizes he may have [[spoiler:moved he and Harry Potter to a reality where the wizarding world does not exist]] as a subconscious example of Taking a Third Option:
-->'''The Dark Lord gave me [[SadisticChoice two choices]]: one bad, the other worse. I suppose this is door number three.
-->Eventually, [[spoiler:both Draco and Harry begin to [[IdentityAmnesia forget the wizarding world altogether.]]]]

* In the fanfic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11800934/1/Heir-and-Pride Heir and Pride]]", this defines Hiccup's situation; with Stoick insisting that he train the dragons to basically serve as weapons for the Vikings, [[spoiler:and Valka willing to teach him the secrets she's learned about dragons but only if he abandons all human ties to the extent of leaving Astrid to be raped and murdered by the Outcasts]], Hiccup rejects both of them and pursues his own path of trying to teach others about dragons.

* In the fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/170403/chapters/248828 Her Kingdom As Great]]'' Sarah is embodiment of the third option, and doesn't understand how one would not choose it:

* ''Fanfic/ThanksButNo'': Tired of Fu constantly sending Marinette new Miraculous in hopes that she’ll accept, Wayzz convinces him to pass him instead. When the Turtle Kwami gets to Marinette, he tells her that if she doesn’t pass his Miraculous to anyone else, then she won’t have to worry about another Miraculous sent her way and he can get some peace of mind.

** Adrien ''attempts'' to do this after Felix verbally corners him, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asking him point-blank]] whether Lila has been lying or not. He doesn't want to confirm or deny it, and attempts to side-step the inquiry by insisting he just wanted to protect Lila from Marinette without directly addressing the matter of her truthfulness. This backfires when Marinette [[IronicEcho repeats his past reassurance to her]] that he ''knew'' Lila was a liar, convincing Alya and the others that [[RightForTheWrongReasons he was lying in order to manipulate her]].

* ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'': In his first deliberate act as a [[VigilanteMan Vigilante]], Izuku comes across a mugger in an alleyway. Being unable to take on the mugger himself not leave the helpless bystander at the mugger's hands either, he instead heckles the pro-hero Amplifier into following him into the alleyway by throwing a rock at him, managing to slip away when Amplifier noticed the mugging and watching the battle from a safe distance.
* In ''Fanfic/WalkAMileinAnothersShoes'', a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic, All for One takes Inko hostage to threaten Izuku into spying for him. Izuku frequently tries to find ways around All for One’s orders, with mixed results. At U.S.J., Izuku betrays the attack to the heroes but also helps Tomura escape to make it seem like he's still on the villains' side.

* Sunset Shimmer is faced with a choice: Remove all magic from the human world, or allow Equestrian magic to transform all of humanity into ponies. She instead asks the personification of human magic what she wants; Magic chooses to meld human and Equestrian magic together. Thus starts the ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld...''

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/237963/ Top Secret]]" is a triple crossover between ''Series/QuantumLeap'', ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Series/LoisAndClark'' that sees Project Quantum Leap faced with a blackmail threat from a corrupt businessman who all evidence suggests will create the Evil Leaper Project based on salvaged material from past Leaps, such as a recording Sam made under interrogation or the handlink Al lost in 1945. Al obviously refuses to give in to blackmail, but one of the senators on the funding committee reveals that the committee is contemplating pulling funding from the Project given this threat and handing the technology over to private business... and Al and Donna realise that the blackmailer is the one responsible for the business. Fortunately they are given an alternative when [[spoiler:Scully receives instructions from herself to Leap back a few years and save Mulder's life, as Mulder's would-be killer was connected to the man currently trying to blackmail the Project; getting him arrested removed the man's interest in taking the Project for himself]].

-->"That too. But no, I still think it's a false alternative. He made a choice between the two dreams, forsaking one to have the other, because you told him he could only have one and he believed you. When you told me the same thing, I believed you too, for a time. Then I decided I could have both, and so I can. But here he is sixty years later and he still thinks his ability to write poetry is lost."

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2166906 Wild Child AU]]" is an alternate take on the source material where Godzilla essentially adopts Madison Russell after the battle against the [=MUTOs=] because he assumes that her parents died in the battle. When she and Godzilla learn that Mark and Andrew Russell are still alive, Maddie is uncomfortable at the idea of returning to human civilisation full-time even if she wants to spend time with the Russells again, and equally doesn't want to abandon Godzilla. Since "Madison Russell" is still legally dead, and Maddie has [[AmbiguouslyHuman undergone various mutations]] due to spending so much time on Godzilla's home island, Doctor Serizawa suggests a compromise where Maddie is legally classified as a Titan herself, putting her under Monarch's jurisdiction and able to come and go as she pleases.

* In ''Fanfic/WolfAndCub'' After the Kumo incident Hiashi Hyuuga is faced with two difficult choices. Either hand over his brother to be killed by Kumo or let Konoha be dragged into a war that they can't afford to fight. He instead invents a political fiction that Hizashi had a psychotic breakdown, kidnapped Hinata, went missing-nin and killed the Kumo ambassador on his way out of Konoha. That allows everyone to keep face.

* In the game, the rank 9 of most of the female confidants ends with either the protagonist accepting their romantic feelings for him or coldly dismissing them. ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12591444/chapters/28678984 Confidantial Confessions, A Tale of Third Choices]]'' is about the meta third option, where protagonist [[PlatonicLifePartners Akira]] reassures the girls that he'll be there to support them as a good friend.

* “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14085217/1/A-Spider-s-Evolution A Spider’s Evolution]]” starts when the Brotherhood and the X-Men were each attempting to ‘recruit’ Rogue (''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', “[[Recap/XMenEvolutionS1E3RogueRecruit Rogue Recruit]]”), but ultimately a terrified Rogue chooses to go with ComicBook/SpiderMan after he showed up during her attempted escape, Rogue absorbing enough from him to be sure that he didn’t intend her any harm. Those inherited memories prompt her to visit the Parker house and ask May to give her somewhere to stay, with her and Peter subsequently becoming close friends.

* “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14085217/1/A-Spider-s-Evolution A Spider’s Evolution]]” starts when the Brotherhood and the X-Men were each attempting to ‘recruit’ Rogue (''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', “[[Recap/XMenEvolutionS1E3RogueRecruit Rogue Recruit]]”), but ultimately a terrified Rogue chooses to go with Franchise/SpiderMan after he showed up during her attempted escape, Rogue absorbing enough from him to be sure that he didn’t intend her any harm. Those inherited memories prompt her to visit the Parker house and ask May to give her somewhere to stay, with her and Peter subsequently becoming close friends.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11820723 Shipping Wars]]'' has Dia and Kanan pulling their friends into a debate over whether [[Anime/LoveLive Eli Awase should be with Nozomi Tojo or Umi Sonada]]. When Hanamaru is left as the tie-breaker, Ruby assures her to pick whichever ship she wants rather than be pressured by the older girls. Encouraged by this, Hanamaru happily proclaims that her favorite ship is... Rin and Hanayo.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24549205 Squeakin']]'', the class is throwing a Disney themed costume party and both [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] and [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] attempt to pressure Adrien into being the prince to the princess they are dressing as (Cinderella and Belle respectively), which Adrien naturally doesn't want to do. His solution? Come dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]] and go all out, banking on the movie's quotability (and his classmate's support) to keep both girls from getting sympathy from the class over it.

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