History WellIntentionedExtremist / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/WhatTheCatDraggedIn'': This is the result when Hawk Moth [[BrainwashedAndCrazy akumatizes]] [[spoiler:Tony Stark]]. The villain essentially wants to teach people to defend themselves against supervillains, without having to depend on heroes to save them...except they do this by [[spoiler:trapping people in replicas of the Iron Man armor that only he can control]]. They also want to get Ladybug and Chat Noir out of the way in the process, because A) [[KidHero they're teenagers]] and he genuinely believes people as young as them shouldn't take up the burden of being a superhero ([[spoiler:which is also part of what triggered Tony's akumatization in the first place]]); B) without heroes to hide behind, the citizens of Paris will have to accept his methods; and C) because Hawk Moth wants their [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]].

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': Doctor Strange is this. Thanks to his unsurpassed skills as a master of [[TimeMaster Time Magic]] and as a {{Seer|s}}, he saw that in the vast majority of futures, humanity fell to Thanos, along with the rest of the universe. As a result, he set about weaponizing the ForWantOfANail trope (he even quotes the original poem in chapter 80 of Book 1 when explaining himself, rhetorically asking if he'd have been more help as just one more warrior, or as someone able to provide that nail) via extensive time travel and [[ManipulativeBastard epic scale personal manipulation]], to guide Earth to the best possible future, one where it can take on Thanos and win, shaping Harry into the tip of the spear. The measures he takes to ensure this happens, and the things he allows to happen lead to him sadly [[FallenHero reflecting that]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters in many ways he is as much a monster as the creatures he fights]] in the sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past.'' His main redeeming features, such as they are, are that [[PetTheDog he does little kindnesses where he can]], he will not put anyone through something that he won't put himself through, his methods of shaping Harry into a soldier involve giving him a strong support system in the form of a loving FamilyOfChoice, and when he [[MyGreatestFailure fails]] [[spoiler: Rachel/Maddie]], he almost kills himself frantically rearranging the timeline to make amends and give her a happy ending.

* ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'': Oprah locks up and seals Orchid in her dinosaur room as a sort of ClosetPunishment because she feels that she is too powerful and will destroy the world. She is right -- that is Orchid's fate as an awoken ''lambero'' -- but she fails to train her to use her powers correctly and get rid of her PowerIncontinence, having practically given up on doing so. As such, she comes off as a {{Jerkass}} to other characters all throughout the story, especially when they confront her about her actions. Oz eventually takes up the mantle in training Orchid, and when Oprah finds out about it, she snaps at him. Overall, while she does have good intentions, she fails to realize that her actions are hurting Orchid in the long run rather than helping her, which isn't helped by her regret of being a kindhearted pacifist who saved Orchid when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally murdered]] Edward J. Grimes rather than killed her on the spot.
-->'''Dove:''' She could do great things, Oprah, if you nurtured her power instead of crushing it down.\\
'''Oprah:''' She could do great things, but she could also do terrible things. I'm not willing to take that risk.\\
'''Dove:''' I don't know how you got to be the head of an Odd Squad office. You are so close-minded. You refuse to see what is right in front of you. A great opportunity is in place for both you and little Orchid, if you would but open your eyes. But you won't because you refuse to believe.

** The Harvesters, as it turns out, aren't destroying planets ForTheEvulz. They deem it as a necessary evil to prevent life from evolving in a way that would bring back the Reapers, and/or enabling them to strengthen themselves for when the Reapers do come back.

** Red Eye is this, and naturally fits FaceHeelTurn too. He started his own personal quest to rebuild Equestria, probably long before Littlepip even found her Cutie Mark, but became so driven to reach this huge goal that he let go of his morals. Soon, he had built up an empire upon the backs of slaves, hired merciless mercenaries to protect his assets, and forged a deal with The Goddess (which he planned to break once he worked out how to become a God himself, and kill The Goddess), who was a genocidal maniac herself. All of the things he did, no matter how horrible, were done to achieve the noble goal of rebuilding Equestria and bettering the lives of its inhabitants.

* ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'': Sarah [[spoiler:the Force-sensitive Siren]] falls into this category. Stopping an alien invasion that ends up taking over a galaxy and nearly taking over a second in the span of ''[[CurbStompBattle a few years]]'' may seem to cross the GodzillaThreshold, especially when the aliens in question are [[spoiler:the Flood]]. However, Samantha Shepard, et. al. take issue with killing hundreds of millions of people or leaving the Terminus systems as a sacrifice to save Council Space--which [[AllForNothing doesn't even work in the end]].

* ''Fanfic/FieldOfInnocence'': Lu Ten is portrayed a loving family...who nevertheless is convinced of the Fire Nation's superiority and need to conquer the other kingdom.

* ''Fanfic/WalkingInCircles'': As in per canon, Solas is this trope with his goal of taking down the Veil and thus destroying the current world, along with many lives in it. But later, his lover Evelyn also becomes one due to her experience before and during the Mage Rebellion. Even Solas’s taken surprised by her decision and he grieves for her loss of innocence to become like that.

* ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'': Damballa ''A Month of Sundays'', [[spoiler: transformed Shotaro, Haruto and Eiji into {{Creepy Doll}}s because he has been trying to find a way to revive his own grandson who got lost in the struggle of the War of the Stars. Unfortunately, he's forcing the transformation on them, shattering their minds in the process and he truly cannot grasp the idea of a human mind. Thankfully, [[TheHeart Jun]] helps him see the light and reunites him with his grandson.]]

* ''Fanfic/XMen1970'': The "Students Against the Vietnam Insanity" activist group want to raise awareness about the Vietnam War by taking over a building and threatening to set off a bomb if their demands aren't met.

* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien attempts to excuse Hawkmoth this way upon learning his motivations. However, these efforts are quickly shot down. The fact that Adrien had ''already'' tried downplaying and dismissing Hawkmoth's villainy by claiming that Ladybug's [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] [[ResetButton always fixed everything]] certainly didn't help his case.

** Dr. Rose, Twilight's doctor who uses highly questionable methods, but it is to make sure that no unicorn ever has to be "cured" by a Keratotomy[[note]]A procedure that lobotomizes unicorns by removing their horns and a good chunk of their brains[[/note]]. Or at least, that's what claims. Just like most things in ''Asylum'', it is hard to say if this is true or just a lie used to cover a much more sinister motive.

* ''Fanfic/{{Misunderstandings}}'': The conspiracy against Peter Collins, a human who ends up Equestria, is actually a subversion but in different ways. For many of the nobles out to get Peter, it is subverted on the "well-intentioned" part. They seek to target Peter, but only because they see him as a way to discredit Princess Twilight in the eyes of Princess Celestia and seek other personal gains, and show almost no concern for who gets hurt in the process. For Sergeant Peppermint York, it is subverted on the "extremist part". She genuinely believes Peter is a dangerous monster [[spoiler:and in all fairness Peter did almost fatally shoot Aircolt Swift Wind]] but is unwilling to hurt other ponies to get to him, and finds herself more and more [[EvenEvilHasStandards infuriated by the actions of the conspirators which have endangered lives]] than with Peter being free in general. [[spoiler:When Peter is proven to be totally innocent of any wrongdoing, she confesses to the role she played.]]

* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' has the Unicorn chief Phantom Spell. He is an autocratic Unicorn chief stallion, is very (large emphasis on "very") strict on his orders and rules, and has zero tolerance on misbehavior and internal conflict, but he did so to keep his herd safe from the frequent dangers of the Everfree Forest where they live in (such as the Ursa Major that passed through the Unicorn territory later).

* {{Deconstruct|ionFic}}ed in ''Fanfic/TheKakashiWay'': Hiruzen believes his old rival Danzo to be one of these, which is how he justifies his reluctance to act against him. Sure, Danzo is [[AmbitionIsEvil highly ambitious]] and wishes to become Hokage himself, but Hiruzen clings to the belief that at his core, Danzo is driven by a sincere love for Konohagakure and an equally sincere desire to protect the village from any threats. Problem is, the Sandaime ''severely'' underestimates what qualifies as a "threat" in Danzo's eyes -- as far as he's concerned, anything that threatens his rise to power counts. And since {{Virtue|IsWeakness}} and {{Love|IsAWeakness}} are weaknesses in his eyes, he [[TargetedToHurtTheHero ruthlessly targets]] anyone connected to these perceived threats, causing a lot of pain, heartache and suffering to the very village he's supposedly protecting. Once this starts coming out, Hiruzen is left [[PostSupportRegret deeply regretting]] how he'd misjudged his long-time comrade and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper enabled him to go effectively unchecked for so long]].

* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'' also paints Oprah as this, although it's less well-intentioned. Following on the heels of Precinct 13579's previous leader, Olesya, she creates a tight regime where IndividualityIsIllegal -- agents are free to have their expertise lie in subjects that aren't mathematics-based, but it's to be expected that they will conform to loving, and gaining knowledge of, mathematics in due time, just like every other agent. Mariana Mag had a run-in with this regime and tried to justifiably fight back to no avail, and as a result, she tried to rebel by creating a HostageSituation where she turned numerous agents and parts of Headquarters into anagrammed objects while offering to Oprah freedom of her agents and her Headquarters pieces in exchange for incorporating language into the precinct's doctrine. The Director agreed to the deal but did not uphold her end as Mariana upheld hers, instead [[TurnInYourBadge firing Mariana from Odd Squad]], demoting her partner Oksana to the Food and Beverage department for being a GuiltRiddenAccomplice who kept silent about her rebellion, and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wiping part of her memory,]] something that she describes as being akin to a vivisection. At the end of the story, Oprah has a HeelRealization and apologizes to Mariana, resurrecting her after her defeat at the hands of Otto and offering her a chance to start her life over in running her aquarium.
* ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'': Oprah locks up and seals Orchid in her dinosaur room as a sort of ClosetPunishment because she feels that she is too powerful and will destroy the world. She is right -- that is Orchid's fate as an awoken ''lambero'' -- but she fails to train her to use her powers correctly and get rid of her PowerIncontinence, having practically given up on doing so. As such, she comes off as a {{Jerkass}} to other characters all throughout the story, especially when they confront her about her actions. Oz eventually takes up the mantle in training Orchid, and when Oprah finds out about it, she snaps at him. Overall, while she does have good intentions, she fails to realize that her actions are hurting Orchid in the long run rather than helping her, which isn't helped by her regret of being a kindhearted pacifist that saved Orchid when she [[AccidentalMurder accidentally murdered]] Edward J. Grimes rather than killed her on the spot.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13106990/13/Round-Two Round Two]]'': Makoto's antagonism to Akira is explained like this. In her eyes, a convicted criminal rumored to be a rapist is spending time with her former friend [[GenderFlip Ryuko Sakamoto]] and could very well bring harm to her, which is why she reported to Shujin's headmaster that he was acting violent to other students. The action is stilled viewed as jarring to Akira, [[PeggySue who remembers her as his loyal tactician]].

* ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'': Joe Dark [[spoiler: THINKS]] he is one of these, but as Alex points out to him [[spoiler: after learning of his backstory]], his ends don't really justify the means.

** Ashfur believes that killing Hollyleaf, Lionblaze and Jayfeather will protect the Clans due to the danger of having cats more powerful than [=StarClan=], and this and the fact he did not work with Hawkfrost here lead to [=StarClan=] accepting him. However he is still the CrazyJealousGuy he is in canon and is also partially motivated by wanting to cause Squirrelflight pain.

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* ''Fanfic/AlexMovieVillain'': The titular character wants to make Marceline [[LaserGuidedKarma pay for everything she has done]] by getting her position as the new Vampire Queen. How does she do that? Turn the Land of Ooo into a dark swamp and blame her for it.

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* ''Fanfic/AnotherBrother'' has Prince Iroh, who's determined to bring his nephew home. Unfortunately, the nephew is very keen on avoiding this and constantly flees away. Iroh's reaction to that -- having come to the not entirely unreasonable conclusion that his nephew is BrainwashedAndCrazy -- is to burn anyone and everything in his way to help the boy. He's also out to unite the world under the Fire Nation, seeing it as NecessarilyEvil because [[spoiler: Sozin wiping out the Air Nomads put the world ''seriously'' out of balance. The Air Nomads were, well, nomads, and nowhere near all those of Airbender heritage lived in the Temples, yet no new Airbenders have been born. Therefore, something is ''very'' wrong. As a result, when the spirits come back in earnest during Harmonic Convergence, they are going to be ''pissed'', and humanity could easily be wiped out entirely. Ergo, humanity needs to be united beneath the Fire Nation's rule to even stand a chance]]. However, he stops both of these after realizing that neither situation is quite as it seems: Zuko's not brainwashed, and [[spoiler: as Gyatso, his spirit-guide, shows him, at least some of the Air Nomads survived by physically moving into the Spirit World]].
* ''Fanfic/FieldOfInnocence'': Lu Ten is portrayed a loving family...who nevertheless is convinced of the Fire Nation's superiority and need to conquer the other kingdom.
* ''Fanfic/ReluctantHero'': The Northern Water Tribe tries to restore balance in the world and searches for the Avatar in order to fulfill this goal. When they find the teen, they abduct him -- [[TheKindnapper while thinking they're rescuing him from the Fire Nation]] - basically imprison and force him to follow their customs, and consider wiping his memory clean from everything related to the Fire Nation in order to help him progress. Is that such a wonder that the kid escaped?

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* ''FanFic/TheDilgarWar'': Supreme Warmaster Gar'shan, the saner members of the Warmaster Council (like the protagonist Jha'dur, also known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathwalker]]), and the Dilgar emperor are trying to save the Dilgar race from the imminent explosion of their homeworld's sun. To do so they invaded the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, with the intent of conquering a paradise planet with adequate infrastructure already present for their people and the rest of the League for their advanced technology and worlds in which their population would be able to move when they'd grow too much for a single world, and intend to kill or enslave ''and'' work to death every single inhabitant of the League to make space and have the workforce they'll need for the first period. To be fair, they know exactly what they are, and their plan also includes making sure the next generation of Dilgar will be better people than themselves.

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* ''FanFic/AProtectorsPride'': Ichigo says this about Aizen. Ichigo claims that Aizen might have wanted to change Soul Society for the better, but he, unfortunately, took to AGodAmI. Along with his inability to talk to others as equals, this led to the monster he became.

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** [[spoiler: Fluttershy]], the Second Kira, likewise believes in Kira's message and is willing to kill anypony who speaks against her. [[{{Hypocrite}} Twilight objects to this.]]

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Both [[spoiler: Empress]] Mercury and The Light qualify in different ways. Mercury wishes to return home, despite bonding to a Dungeon Heart, which means if she succeeds she will draw the Dark Gods after her. The Light knows that Mercury is an unwilling Keeper and has no intention of harming her native world, or the world she now lives in. However, they see no alternative but to oppose her as there seems to be no way to help her without also helping the Dark Gods.

* No one in-universe has a problem with [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] wanting to wipe out the [[AliensAreBastards Incubators]] in ''Fanfic/KwamiMagiHomuraMagica''. Everyone who knows what they are agrees they are the worst. The problem they have with Homura's goals is her solution is [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug making a wish with the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses]] to do so, which will at ''minimum'' [[ApocalypseHow wipe out the current reality to do so and at most destroy reality as it remakes itself due to how much the Incubators have gotten their hooks into everything.]]

* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' (part of ''FanFic/ProjectDarkJade''), has one of these, in the backstory -- long ago, a disciple of Kandrakar, Althair the Mad Sage, led a crusade across the Known Worlds, killing thousands (especially children) in order to prevent Oracle N'ghala's vision of the "Incoming Darkness" from coming to pass. Nerissa ''believes'' she is one, but thinks that the best way to a peaceful universe is through obedience to her and her alone.

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* ''Fanfic/TheTieThatBinds'': After [[MentalFusion Ven and Vanitas merge]], the new Ventus ends up keeping Ven's motivation of protecting his friends. However, he also keeps Vanitas's selfishness and affinity for violence, and ends up doing things like [[spoiler:encouraging Terra's/Xehanort's experiments in Radiant Garden and joining the Organization.]]

* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'': After dealing with several villain attacks targeting his students, Aizawa's convinced that there ''must'' be a mole at U.A. Upon identifying a promising suspect, he and his co-conspirators abduct the student and spirit him off to be interrogated, intending to secure a confession [[WouldHurtAChild by any means necessary]]. Unfortunately for them, Midoriya Izuku is completely innocent, and Aizawa's campaign against him is nothing more than a [[WindmillCrusader Windmill Crusade]].

* In ''Fanfic/BloodSisters'', this is basically Trick's reasons for preventing Dyson from being aware that Bo was his imprint, as he was worried that if Bo did turn out to be affiliated with Aife she would drag Dyson down with her. As Dyson observes, imprinting on Bo wouldn't actually have turned him against Trick like that if he ''really'' objected to what Bo was doing as the effect of an imprint on the wolf in question isn't so great that he wouldn't be able to resist Bo if she did something he didn't believe in.

* No one in-universe has a problem with [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] wanting to wipe out the [[AliensAreBastards Incubators]] in Fanfic/KwamiMagiHomuraMagica. Everyone who knows what they are agrees they are the worst. The problem they have with Homura's goals is her solution is [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug making a wish with the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses]] to do so, which will at ''minimum'' [[ApocalypseHow wipe out the current reality to do so and at most destroy reality as it remakes itself due to how much the Incubators have gotten their hooks into everything.]]

* No one in-universe has a problem with [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] wanting to wipe out the [[AliensAreBastards Incubators]] in [[https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/119524126#main Kwami Magi Homura Magica]]. Everyone who knows what they are agrees they are the worst. The problem they have with Homura's goals is her solution is [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug making a wish with the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses]] to do so, which will at ''minimum'' [[ApocalypseHow wipe out the current reality to do so and at most destroy reality as it remakes itself due to how much the Incubators have gotten their hooks into everything.]]