History WhatAnIdiot / FanFic

** At one point, Daphne arranges a meeting with the head of the Nimbus broom company and tells him she can increase the efficiency of between 5% and 10%.\\

* At one point in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11669575/13/For-Love-of-Magic For Love of Magic]]'', Penelope Clearwater's future career is ruined by Lucius Malfoy [[DisproportionateRetribution because she once gave his son detention]]. After learning what happened, Penelope goes to her boyfriend Percy Weasley and tells him.\\

'''Even Worse''': They considered taking a more inconspicuous ship but decided the Falcon's speed in case they get caught was more important than ''actually lowering the odds of getting caught''..

* ''[[FanFic/NewLookSeries Ash's New Look]]'' has Ash went into an place called Salon Rocket where he meets Team Rocket who are [[PaperThinDisguise in disguise as stylists]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Considering Ash's past experiences with Team Rocket and their disguises he should see through them and get out of there.\\
'''Instead:''' Ash doesn't see through their disguises until they reveal themselves.

'''Even Worse''': They considered taking a more inconspicuous ship but decided the Falcon's speed in case they get caught was more important than ''actually lowering the odds of getting caught''.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14750820/chapters/34105899 To Intervene]]'', Tony Stark spends months negotiating with the US government to hand over leadership and liability of the Avengers to the Defense Intelligence Agency, making a point to send emails to the Avengers any time there's any change in the negotiations.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The other Avengers to keep up to date on what's happening since it has a significant impact on their operations.\\
'''Instead:''' Steve just gives an offhand reply thanking Tony for the update without ever reading the emails.\\
'''The Result:''' The Avengers are completely unprepared when contacted by the DIA for the expected meet and greet.\\
'''Even Worse:''' Steve tries to blame Tony for not keeping him updated, and when it's proven Steve was replying to emails without reading them, he tries to claim that Tony should've given them a heads up if it was important, ignoring that's ''exactly what said emails were doing''.
** Before this, Tony retires from the Avengers and eventually decides to hold a press conference detailing that he's stepped down from the Avengers entirely and plans to have no more dealings with them outside end of the world scenarios.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Steve to offer no comment on it since Tony's been officially retired from the Avengers for months.\\
'''Instead:''' He furiously calls up Tony and lambasts him for talking to the press without clearing it with him first and demands to know what Tony is thinking retiring from the Avengers.\\
'''The Result:''' Steve solidifies Tony's decision to wash his hands of the Avengers and further proves to him that none of them, barring Vision was ever actually his friend.

'''Even Worse:''' Steve tries to blame Tony for not keeping him updated, and when it's proven Steve was replying to emails without reading them, he tries to claim that Tony should've given them a heads up if it was important, ignoring that's exactly what said emails were dong.

'''You'd Expect''': The Rebel Alliance would send a few minor or lesser known members in a common ship.\\
'''Instead''': Han and Leia go in the Millenium Falcon. The two most recognizable members in the most recognizable ship they have.\\
'''The Result''': They get captured pretty much the moment they entered Coruscant's atmosphere, though it was partly due to Vader ordering all ships to be on the lookout of any YT series Corellian freighters. The only reason they escaped was because Vader ''let them''.\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12942482/3/Out-of-Time Out of Time]]'', Izuku is one of the original quirk users who gets thrown roughly two centuries into the future. Naturally, Yuuei wants to meet with the original IdealHero but Izuku gets attacked by Shiragaki before they can and is badly injured.\\

'''Instead:''' They leave Midnight and Snipe guarding Izuku, so upon waking up from being badly injured, drugged, and kidnapped, the first thing Izuku sees is the woman who drugged him and a man pointing a gun at him.\\
'''TheR Result:''' Izuku freaks, breaks out of the room, and goes on a rampage through the facility against the faculty.

* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11634797/1/Killing-Your-Dark-Future Killing Your Dark Future]]" Seryu and her Teigu Koro are about to kill Sheele, Sayo has only one explosive arrow left.\\

'''The Result:''' Surge's Raich [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] his Charmander.

*** '''You'd Expect''': Her to attemt escape and her family to rescue her.

'''Instead:''' They do it in a ''kitchen'' with barely any precautions. As a result Dahlia sends half of the cast to the hospital and almost kills Athena with kitchen knife.

'''Instead:''' She gets into a fight with another student who teased her, which earns her a scolding from Celestia and a recommendation that she transfer to another school, which is basically a warning that she'll be expelled if she doesn't clean up her act.\\

'''You'd Then Expect:''' Dawn to finally realize that holding on to her pride has cost her ''literally everything,'' and maybe learn some humility.\\

* PlayedForLaughs in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' [[TheHero Harry]] kvetches to Carol about having to drag Ron up the stairs at Hogwarts after the latter fell into a food coma in the kitchens.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The guy with both magic ''and'' telekinesis to find some way of lifting and carrying Ron without having to drag him.\\
'''For Added Stupidity:''' He has two pony-sized loyal wolves with him. One of them could presumably carry Ron as well.\\
'''Instead:''' Harry has to lug his friend all the way up several flights of moving stairs.
** In the next book, it's much more serious, after the Triwizard Champions meet and [[spoiler: Harry's name comes out of the Goblet of Fire]], and Snape, as per canon, makes a snarky remark about it.\\
Snape makes a snarky remark, as per canon, about Harry [[spoiler: putting his name in the Goblet of Fire]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Knowing that Harry is a very powerful demigod who hates him for having been a SadistTeacher, Snape would keep his mouth shut.\\
'''Instead:''' Snape antagonizes Harry, who's recently been through a TraumaCongaLine and so is obviously quite touchy, and gets a ''nasty'' ShutUpHannibal.

* In ''Fanfic/SoullessShell'', Arnold has been sentenced to death for rape by Leif, who is the [[GodModeSue incredibly powerful]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking leader]] of the vermin of Redwall, but manages to escape and convince his guards to join him.\\

'''Instead''': They leave him in the pool, underwater, for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrives, which helps cause him to become mentally retarded (and this is following the in-story logic behind this, as Arthur would be dead in real life).

'''You'd Expect:''' Dawn to focus on keeping her job, which she needs in order to survive, now that she no longer has Celestia's favor.\\
'''Instead:''' Dawn continues to hold on to her pride, thinking she's too good for low-class jobs as Celestia's former student, and subsequently gets fired. This apparently happens several times in a row, until she can only get a job at a clothing store out of pity, and she even gets fired from that one.\\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' Dawn to finally realize that holding on to her pride has cost her literally everything, and maybe learn some humility.\\

* ''Vengeance of Dawn:'' Breaking Dawn was formerly Princess Celestia's personal student, but due to her bad behavior and repeated breaking of school rules, which she previously used [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her status as the Princess's student]] to get away with, she is stripped of her position and replaced by a young Twilight Sparkle, but allowed to stay at the School for Gifted Unicorns.\\

'''Instead:''' She gets into a fight with another student who teased her, which earns her a scolding from Celestia and a recommendation that she transfer to another school.\\

'''Instead:''' She impulsively attacks Twilight in a fit of rage. This is the final straw that forces Celestia to expel her from the school.\\

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.\\

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.\\'''You'd Expect''': He would run directly to school.\\

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.
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'''You'd Expect''': He would run directly to school.\\

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.\\

'''Instead''': He decides to run to the bus stop.
'''Later:''' In his first class, English, the students have a weekly assignment where they have to write journal entries, which the teacher then reads at random to the class.
'''You'd Expect''': Sonic would realize this and not write anything too personal or embarrassing in there.
'''Instead''': He decides to write about how his balls itch, embarrassing himself in front of the whole class.
'''You Might Also Expect''': The teacher would see what he's written and decide to read a different entry, thereby sparing Sonic from embarrassment (and thus sparing the class from disruption.)
'''Instead''': She reads it anyway.

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.
'''You'd Expect''': He would run directly to school.

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool Sonic High School]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.

* ''[[FanFic/{{SonicHighSchool}}]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.

* ''[[FanFic/SonicHighSchool]]'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.