Line #85 DeconstructionFic/AnimeAndManga


1	DeconstructionFic in UsefulNotes/AnimeAndManga.
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3	!!The following have their own pages:
4	[[index]]
5	* ''DeconstructionFic/MyHeroAcademia''
6	* ''DeconstructionFic/{{Naruto}}''
7	* ''DeconstructionFic/{{Pokemon}}''
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13	[[folder:B-L]]
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15	[[AC:''Manga/{{Bleach}}'']]
16	%%* ''Fanfic/{{Downfall\|Bleach}}''.
17	%%* ''Fanfic/HammeredDown''.
18	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9048866/1/Reality-Ensues Reality Ensues]]'' deconstructs Shunsui's apparent choice to sacrifice Unohana for the sake of making Zaraki stronger. Unohana is healed (against her wishes) and Shunsui is immensely confused as to why she'd believe he'd let the best healer Soul Society has die just to make the embodiment of UnskilledButStrong slightly stronger. What he had actually wanted was for her to properly train Zaraki and turn him into StrongAndSkilled.
19	%%* ''Manga/TheTruthAboutBleach''
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21	[[AC:''Manga/CaseClosed'']]
22	* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' is a deconstruction of both the superhero genre and each of the character's defining characteristics within the series.
23	** ''Dominoes'' deconstructs the characters by placing them in the positions that would most test their moral limits--for example, Yusaku, ever manipulative, is placed in a position of extreme responsibility and influence and ends up heavily abusive to those he has control over; Shinichi, who values truth and justice above all else, is placed in a position where no one will be honest with him and he cannot attain justice through legal means ''because'' of Yusaku and thus ends up [[spoiler:falling in with Kaitou Kid]]; Ran, whose defining traits are her love and constant stressful worrying for Shinichi and her faith in her friends, is placed on the sidelines as a superhero-in-training whose trusted boss Yusaku assures her that Shinichi's treatment is justified and necessary and ends up reinforcing this abuse out of a desire to keep Shinichi safe so she doesn't have to worry about him.
24	** The story acts as a deconstruction of the superhero genre as a whole by using the conflict between Yusaku and Shinichi to explore the implication of secrets when interacting with severe power disparities - contrasting the superheroic trope of "justice" with the equally superheroic trope of widespread inequality of information that, in the real world, often leads to power abuse. So far, the story seems to imply that secrets, when used to dodge accountability, are the enemy of justice, and thus no one who operates under a secret identity while holding so much power over the daily lives of others can stay, or truthfully claim to be, entirely just. This is evident in the change in dynamics in the cast: being put in a position of responsibility, the manipulative Kudo Yusaku ends up abusing his son because he believes it's for the greater good; abuse which others in the system take as an example and replicate out of trust that Yusaku knows better than them and that they collectively know what's best for the kept-ignorant Shinichi, reflecting how this inequality of power creates a mentality of condescension towards those who are deprived of key information - the "normals," whom superheroes claim they protect. Further, the Irregulars--who are basically rough {{Exp\|y}}ies of the Teen Titans--are exactly what you'd ''really'' get if you trained teenagers ([[TykeBomb and younger]]) to manage incredibly destructive abilities and weapons explicitly for combat with the goal of making them constantly deal with violent crises: despite the International Super-Hero Association's literal mood-altering propaganda department doing their best work, they can't hide from the reader that their teen heroes are literally just glorified [[ChildSoldier Child Soldiers]].
25	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9419802/1/Get-a-Clue Get A Clue]]'' deconstructs Yaoi shippers who ship Kaito and Shinichi ''as'' Conan and how, if it was a thing in universe without anybody knowing that [[OlderThanTheyLook "Conan" is actually 17,]] [[{{Squick}} the ship and its fans would almost be universally derided for being disgusting and amoral due to the obvious implied pedophilia support from those who think Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa is a minor and below even the lowest statute of consent in Japan.]] Helps that the fic is funny too.
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27	[[AC:''Anime/CodeGeass'']]
28	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9069985/1/ Code Geass Colourless-Memories Side Stories]]'', influenced by ''The Sum of Our Choices'' below, shows how hard a time Zero and the Black Knights would have in rebuilding a free Japan from chapter eight (when the arc in question starts). It also looks into Japanese customs and culture during that arc as well.
29	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4586845/1/ The Sum Of Our Choices]]'' deconstructs the idea of a successful Black Rebellion by the fact that a lot of self-declared governments-in-exile want a piece of the new government by Zero, while he also has to deal with vengeful Japanese and social unrests after Britannia withdraws. Also, it deconstructs the Britannian politics, by having the EU taking advantage of the incoming crisis due to the fact that Britannia shifted itself to be a sakuradite-based economy, thanks to the reserves in Japan.
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31	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'']]
32	* Many fics deconstruct the "happy ending" DistantFinale of ''Digimon Adventure 02'', such as ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2329750/1/Zero_2_Housemates Zero 2 Housemates]]'', the stories made by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/74952/Ultra_Sonic_007 Ultra Sonic 007]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1048339/xXxThe_BeastxXx xXxThe BeastxXx]], the now DeadFic ''Diablo Ortus: Rising Sun Chronicles'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/950512/The_Two_One_Five Guitardude]], ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/351386/1/Darkness_Reborn Darkness Reborn]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6113565/1/Empire Empire]]''.
33	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3330996/1/And-it-s-not-easy And it's not easy]]'' (along with other fics by the author) deconstructs SlashFic by placing it in a world full of HeteronormativeCrusaders.
34	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/224577/1/Caring_Hearts Caring Hearts]]'' deconstructs Hikari Yagami's TheHeart and AllLovingHero status.
35	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4122403/1/bDavis_bs_bTears_b Davis's Tears]]'' deconstructs TrueCompanions and the KidHero. If it isn't united then it's only a matter of time before they'll be crushed by the enemy, and the kid hero is just a {{Child Soldier\|s}} with some special powers. Without them he'll end up just like any soldier on the frontlines.
36	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4607975/1/Daviss_Pain Davis's Pain]]'' deconstructs ThePowerOfFriendship, Gennai's mentor status and Mummymon's HarmlessVillain status. The power of friendship is sometimes not enough to defeat extremely strong and totally ruthless enemies, especially if the TrueCompanions are in a [[DividedWeFall semi-civil war]], and Mummymon is only "harmless" because he lacks self-confidence, but once Oikawa let him take charge for a while, he gains enough self-confidence to show off what a dangerous, sadistic psychopath he actually is.
37	* ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'' deconstructs the whole ChangingOfTheGuard and the establishment of a new generation of Digidestined by showing much distrust and internal conflicts between the Digidestined to the point of even being detrimental towards their goals. Ultimately, their inability to reconcile within one another and dramas indirectly caused the true death of a Digidestined.
38	* ''Fanfic/TheTeacherOfAllThings'' deconstructs the ExperiencedProtagonist. Tai's experience from ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' means that he's an expert at handling the digital world, but also that he has a plethora of issues and preconceptions. Such as problems trusting others, the belief that he needs to do everything himself like before, and what's all but outright stated to be PTSD and depression from both his battles and losing his previous partner. This leads to him having serious problems bonding with Agumon, keeping the group in the dark about his past even after it becomes relevant, and leaving his friends unprepared for when he's not around to handle everything. While he is a major factor in the group's survival, Tai's attitude creates a lot of problems for the Digidestined, even after he starts working past it.
39	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/81143/1/Walkabout Walkabout]]'' deconstructs Daisuke Motomiya's ButtMonkey and IdiotHero status.
40	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/100836/1/Yolei_Rise_Learn_Grow Yolei: Rise, Learn, Grow]]'' deconstructs the ThouShaltNotKill rule the Digidestined had in ''02''.
41	* ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'' deconstructs the whole ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' series, as well as the MartyStu OriginalCharacter.
42	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2702089/1/Zero_2_Battle_of_the_Shinobi Zero 2 Battle of the Shinobi]]'' deconstructs the {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s.
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44	[[AC:''Anime/DragonBallZ'']]
45	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12356933/1/Disgruntled Disgruntled]]'' deconstructs Chi Chi's marriage to Goku, detailing the kind of psychological toll being married to someone like Goku would take on a person.
46	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' deconstructs the nature of an ActualPacifist. During the Cell Saga, Gohan's disdain with the idea of fighting continues to grow to the point where, despite having trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Goku for a year, Gohan refuses to lay a hand on Mr. Perfect Cell. At first, he tells Cell that he doesn't want to because he's scared of the power he has dormant, but that backfires when Cell unleashes the Cell Jr.s on the Z Warriors. At that, Gohan quickly begs Cell to call them off, that he doesn't want to fight him and that this was Goku's fight from the start. Both Perfect Cell and Android 16 call out Gohan for this attitude as it only makes him a HolierThanThou DirtyCoward who'd rather let the world be destroyed than abandon his morals.
47	* ''Fanfic/NoMoreForgiveness'' attempts to deconstruct Goku's behavior, specifically his parenting decisions, by showing ''just'' how badly repeated ParentalAbandonment and being forced to fight monsters from a young age could have affected Gohan if he wasn't so forgiving. Gohan grows angry and disowns his father. While Goku does [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize the error of his ways]] and tries to improve, he [[BittersweetEnding fails to patch things up with Gohan and by end, have now lived their own separate lives with no signs of reconcilement between the two]].
48	* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/1628189/1/A-Simple-Wish A Simple Wish]]'' deconstructs OvershadowedByAwesome since Chi-Chi feels unappreciated and wishes that she never existed.
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50	[[AC:''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'']]
51	* The fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658968/1/Enslaved Enslaved]]'' is ''The Familiar of Zero'' with 'For The Laughs' removed. The summoning ritual does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, summoning a creature to be branded and then enslaved by the influence of the mark. There is nothing happy about it. Saito is fully aware of how wrong the situation is and responds as rationally as he can, Louise is not the classic violent tsundere and the plot advances in a more realistic--and admittedly darker--serious way.
52	* The fic ''Fanfic/TheFall'' is a deconstruction of Reverse Summon plots of sending Louise to another world to become a Badass, namely focusing on how hard it would be on her biologically, no NoBiochemicalBarriers here as the background radiation in the ''Fallout'' world, even in a place relatively untouched as the [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Mojave]], and due to her not having the centuries to adapt to it, causes her to slowly absorb radiation while she's on earth. Consequently, Louise is going to be sinking a lot of time into paying for medicine to keep it at bay, and avoids all combat for as long as she can, unlike jumping right into the action as in most other fics.
53	* ''Fanfic/StupidDevilDog'' features Japanese-American MilitaryBrat Saito getting so fed up with Louise's [[SpoiledBrat brattiness]], he outright leaves her. The humiliation makes her a bigger failure in front of her peers.
54	* ''Fanfic/{{Unfamiliar}}'' closely examines the dark implications of the abuse that Louise would often inflict on Saito. Louise and her group all travel to Mott's palace to rescue Siesta, and find that she wasn't the only commoner that was in his clutches. There were others that suffered so much abuse that many of them have been broken both physically and [[BreakTheCutie mentally]]. Mott doesn't even consider the commoners, outright calling them "dogs" and "bitches", showing that he went off the deep end long ago. Louise ends up being so horrified and disgusted with everything she's seen that she particularly sics her familiar, in this case being ''[[HumanoidAbomination Alex]]'' ''[[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Mercer]]'', on him.
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56	[[AC:''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'']]
57	* ''Fanfic/IPutOnMyRobeAndWizardHat'' is another of those Deconstructive AffectionateParody fics that go through periods of popularity. Re-imagining Shirou as a child of the chan boards is only the beginning. ''Apostles In Leather Pants'', the sequel, does ''Tsukihime''.
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59	[[AC:''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'']]
60	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6533816/1/Forgive_Us_Our_Trespasses Forgive Us Our Trespasses]]'' deconstructs the notion of an [[SailorEarth eighth homunculus]], where the main character is shown actually ''hating'' her current state, and generally [[{{Buttmonkey}} being treated like crap by the other homunculi]]. It also touches upon [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity the effects of the red stones on one's psych]], and plays [[DracoInLeatherPants Envy]]'s character [[KickTheDog fairly]] [[{{Jerkass}} straight]].
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62	[[AC:''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'']]
63	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7887927/1/Mistakes Mistakes]]'' deconstructs the RonTheDeathEater trope as commonly applied to Japan, and the canon characters' blase attitude to war.
64	* ''[[http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/21125.html?thread=86901637#t86901637 No Regrets]]'' deconstructs both the relaxed attitude to war mentioned above and the idea that the [[MoeAnthropomorphism Nation-tans]] [[HumanoidAbomination aren't human]].
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66	[[AC:''Manga/LoveHina'']]
67	* ''Fanfic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'' decided he wasn't bound by a ChildhoodMarriagePromise he made when he was five. So instead of spending years trying to get into UsefulNotes/TokyoUniversity, he picked another college and has moved on with his life. Granny Hina's attempts to manipulate him into taking over the Inn create massive rifts in their family, and the various issues of her tenants start blowing up in their faces. This is only amplified by their refusal to [[NeverMyFault admit any responsibility]] for their actions.
68	* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'' has Keitaro [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere deciding to stop managing the Inn after three years of abuse.]] In addition to the girls having to face serious consequences for their actions, Keitaro is taken to task for helping enable their bad behavior by being an ExtremeDoormat.
69	* Not that Keitaro is the only vector for a good deconstruction; ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/566170/1/Last-Dance-with-Shinobu-chan Last Dance with Shinobu-chan]]'' deconstructs not just the many relationships within the Inn, but also many archetypical romantic ideals, all while giving Shinobu a rather bittersweet coming of age story.
70	* Similarly, ''Fanfic/LoveHinaLikeItCouldHaveBeen'' deals with Haruka taking over the Inn after the girls drive Keitaro away right from the start. Outraged by how they treated her relative, she gives them a hard dose of reality by informing them they'll all have to split the duties ''he'' would have handled.
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72	[[AC:''Manga/LuckyStar'']]
73	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13596987/1/Weight Weight]]'' takes the show's recurring gag of Kagami's complaints about her weight, and presents it instead as full-blown anorexia nervosa.
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76	[[folder:M-N]]
77	[[AC:''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'']]
78	* ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory\|LyricalNanoha}}'' deconstructs the anime by showing just what would happen if Fate's loyalty was from Precia actually treating her well (though she won't be winning any prizes for model parent) and just how easily the TSAB could have seriously botched things up by unintentionally driving Nanoha to work with Precia. It also deconstructs a number of tropes, such as CrazyEnoughToWork, and the KidHero elements of the original work get savaged particularly hard. [[spoiler:[[DeconReconSwitch But in the end]], things turn out [[EarnYourHappyEnding happier]] than in canon.]]
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80	[[AC:''Anime/MyHime'']]
81	* ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'' uses a ParodySue pileup to show what would happen if they did not have preferential treatment by the author. As a result, the horde engages in reckless and amoral behavior (as a result of not understanding what they're doing is wrong, or because they think they can get away with it) that ends in their defeats to the Himes, and their attempts to do away with the canon protagonists to change the world as they see fit quickly establish them as antagonists, especially given the nature of the changes they want to see happen. Various other tropes get deconstructed, such as ShipperOnDeck ([[spoiler:Two characters not only have strong opinions on who is right for each other, but the ability to alter people's personalities to make their desired relationships reality]]).
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83	[[AC:''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
84	* The famous ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' manages to be a FixFic and a Deconstruction Fic ''simultaneously''. On one hand Shinji fixes a lot of problems, both literal and mental, and has resulted in the heroes escalating themselves to unprecedented levels. On the other hand, it deconstructs the fanon idea that Shinji being badass is going to fix the whole series; ''the enemies'' have also escalated, and while the firepower thrown around in the original series is nothing to scoff at it can't compare to one Angel killing ''tens of millions of people'' by bombing cities across the planet, another Angel used to unleash a ZombieApocalypse on steroids, or [[spoiler:rendering most of Europe completely barren within days]]
85	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4109686/1/Taking_Sights Taking Sights]]'' by Lavanya Six deconstructs many of the PeggySue standbys of ''Evangelion'' {{Fix Fic}}s; it's ''[[ManipulativeBastard Gendo Ikari]]'' who goes back to fix ''his'' mistakes. In the process he manages to make things worse for himself, both through not understanding ''why'' things originally broke down, resulting in his fixes just blowing everything to hell, and through [[ButterflyOfDoom the butterfly effect pissing on his plans]]. Going crazy probably doesn't help much, either.
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88	[[folder:O-Y]]
89	[[AC:''Manga/OnePiece'']]
90	* ''[[Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge Marie D Suesse And The Mystery New Pirate Age!]]'' deliberately invokes as many ''Manga/OnePiece'' fanfiction cliches as possible, then breaks down and explores what would happen in those cases if [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome surpringly realistic outcome]] happened. As a lot of those fics involve girls falling into the One Piece world and new generations of [[ThirtySuePileup OC pirates]] after the deaths of the original crew, the results could be considered quite a GenreShift if not for the [[DeconReconSwitch reconstruction efforts]] that start emerging in the later chapters.
91	* ''Fanfic/MellorineMellorine'' deconstructs Sanji's [[ChivalrousPervert treatment of women]] by saddling him with three [[GenderBender Gender-Bent]] crewmates. Luffy immediately starts exploiting his '[[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey must please pretty girls]]' mentality to wreck havoc on their food supply, Zoro is '''enfuriated''' by his fawning, and Usopp's insecurities are ''severely'' worsened by Sanji gushing over how ''delicate'' and ''slender'' his new body is. Sanji is increasingly forced to recognize that his habits are hurting ''everyone'' much more than they're helping.
92	* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' not only takes apart aspects of the original series but also certain {{Fandom Specific Plot}}s and the SelfInsert genre.
93	** Cross himself deconstructs the idea of someone from the real world being thrown into a fictional universe. While Cross did get his wish for some god-like force to send him to the world of one of his favorite mangas, the force that did is a sadistic bastard who did it for his own amusement and didn't even give him a choice. Additionally, other than his foreknowledge, Cross has no special abilities and is actually ''[[MadeOfPlasticine extremely]]'' fragile due to MadeOfIron being the baseline for the universe. Case in point, Nami was able to knock him out for several minutes with one punch. B.R.O.B. even admits they threw Cross into the One Piece world expecting them to die quickly, mentioning that the earliest would have been back at Loguetown, by saying the wrong thing to Smoker and having his MadeOfPlasticine status cause one punch to be a fatal blow. They also wholeheartedly admit they've been doing this countless times over before Cross, "throwing ants into a giant pond to watch them drown".
94	*** Cross' foreknowledge is also deconstructed. While it gives him an advantage in planning, he has to be careful with what he reveals and when, lest it blow up in his face. And the further in the story he goes, the more his actions divert events away from his knowledge of the baseline events, meaning more and more unexpected outcomes happen as a result. This puts pressure on Cross, making him feel like he ''has'' to always know how to deal with a situation where losing basically equates to dying terribly or worse.
95	*** Another deconstruction is how Cross's opinion of the characters changes now that he's meeting them in person, particularly with Aokiji. At first, Cross saw him as a potential ally that just needed convincing, and although he didn't like his methods, he still hoped he could convince him to be part of the World Masons. But after Aokiji brutally breaks the will of Robin, whom Cross had come to develop a sibling-like relation with, [[BrokenPedestal Cross's attitude towards him nosedives to the point of outright hating him]], refusing to want anything more to do with the admiral.
96	--->'''Cross''': You saw the debt you owed to Saul fulfilled, you saw Robin in her place. For a minute, I thought that I may have underestimated how decent of a Marine you are, I thought I could give you a ''chance''. And then you said it. You said that parting shot, which we ''both'' know was taken how you intended it to be read. You were aiming to shatter what little happiness she had found, and you saw just what kind of a ''hell'' it took to get it back for her. Do you have any ''idea'' what that bastard did to her? How many bones he broke, how close she came to ''dying?''
97	** The FandomSpecificPlot of [[spoiler:Vivi permanently]] joining the Straw Hats is given a tragic twist. [[spoiler:Vivi's love for her country and how serious she takes her royal responsibilities]] make it impossible for it to happen, no matter how close friends the Straw Hats are. Here, [[spoiler:the World Nobles learn about her infiltration of Baroque Works and use it to frame her for treason, forcing her to flee Alabasta to save herself and her countrymen]].
98	* ''Fanfic/TilYouFeelItAllAroundYou'' picks apart the [[FountainOfYouth De-Aging Fic]] by hitting Zoro, Usopp and Robin with one that rewinds them to the point where they experienced a great personal trauma. The other Straw Hats find themselves with mixed feelings about the situation, noting that while they could grow up surrounded by a new family, they wouldn't turn out the same as the friends they're already familiar with... and that's not even taking into account all the dangers of the Grand Line.
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100	[[AC:''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'']]
101	* ''Fanfic/MagicaMadokaVeneficusPuella'' deconstructs the typical FixFic expected for this fandom, though it swings back and forth between this and FixFic.
102	* At first, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10676754/1/Puella-Magi-Mary-Sue-Magica Puella Magi Mary Sue Magica]]'' seems like a typical ParodySue Fic, [[spoiler:but as the story progresses and the titular character starts going through a major Main/SanitySlippage it shows that this is still Madoka Magica. And all things in the series have tragic consequences no matter how powerful a Magical Girl might appear to be]].
103	* It should be mentioned that ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' has been interpreted as a deconstruction of the series' {{Fan Work}}s. [[spoiler:The beginning of the movie comes straight from fan works, but it's portrayed as [[AffectionateParody silly]] [[LotusEaterMachine and fake]]. The ending of the movie comes straight from FixFic, but like everything in the series, it comes at a price.]]
104	* ''Fanfic/TheSoulmateTimeline'' is one of the ''SoulmateAUFic'' variety of Madoka fics.
105	** First of all, Madoka itself doesn't have soulmates in canon. This is reflected in Homura, who ends up in a timeline with one during a timeloop and ''immediately'' gets confused and disturbed as common tropes of the genre hit her without warning. To Homura, strange marks appearing on her hand, becoming cold to the touch until she finds certain people, and feeling others emotions isn't romantic, but incredibly disturbing and horrifying.
106	** Next is the part is that the Madoka series doesn't just have soulmate tropes put in, they are combined into the world itself. Society and history has changed for it, and Kyubey is still baffled by them even after thousands of years as something magical that he isn't responsible for. They are strange and mysterious things that no one seems to truly know the rules of. They are often seen as divine blessings, which can and does have affects on a person's mindset: Kyoko's parents were Soulmates and that drove Pastor Sakura to certainty about his actions as a result.
107	** The language of being Soulmates isn't just flowery: they literally are connected. They feel each others pain, emotions, and are connected and are all but legally married the moment they meet. Homura does love Madoka, but being randomly married to her doesn't sit comfortably with Homura, let alone Mami (to whom having her life tied to is not something Homura likes at all). It also essentially has made this the ''last'' timeline, as Homura can't leave the timeline without killing herself by being separated from her Soulmates. Their magic being connected also means that Madoka and Mami are now immune to Homura's time powers, meaning that before meeting her they had to deal with time randomly stopping for no reason.
108	** That being said, [[DeconReconSwitch the story also has a reconstruction tag]]. Yes, Homura is very, very, ''very'' confused and disturbed at first, but she adapts. Having people who instinctively trust her, care for her, and can understand her intent despite her NoSocialSkills is an invaluable asset, and the built in trust she gets from Madoka's loved ones by default lets her make more progress in a week than in most timelines in their entirety in keeping them all alive. She comes to love Mami as much as Madoka in a short while, not only just because of the genre rules, but because Homura is genuinely someone who can love anyone who treats her well and is genuinely touched by Mami's sure trust in her even in places they differ.
109	* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/625606?view_adult=true Truth and Illusion]]'' also does this, though much more decisively and dealing with the much-loved [[spoiler:"Sayaka comes back"]] plot exclusively.
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111	[[AC:''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'']]
112	* These tend to deconstruct the whole GenderBender[=/=]{{Shapeshifting}}, by overplaying the mental stress these put on the characters straight, and not for fun. Their over the top flaws from the manga (Ryoga and orientation, Ranma and socializing etc.) are used too. [[DownerEnding Usually this ends with a massive downer]].
113	* ''Fanfic/TheBitterEnd'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of BelligerentSexualTension. Ranma and Akane’s LoveEpiphany happens after a yearlong TimeSkip. During that year, Ranma goes through massive CharacterDevelopment, not only eliminating the {{Jerkass}} part of his JerkWithAHeartOfGold personality but getting rid of his UnwantedHarem.
114	** {{Tsundere}}: Instead of BelligerentSexualTension, Zen treats Akane’s actions as a serious mental disorder. While Ranma undergoes CharacterDevelopment, she still has the deep-rooted trust issues regarding him: he just didn’t do anything to set her off. So when they get married and finally become intimate, that is her RageBreakingPoint.
115	** DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Akane cannot mentally adjust to the idea of a mature and stable Ranma as a husband. While he made a serious effort to ''reform'' his behavior, it is so unlike the norm for Ranma that it has the opposite effect on Akane, making her ImproperlyParanoid. She would feel both inadequate and suspicious over imagined slights and the deep suspicion that Ranma was still being unfaithful, since the only reason he would be so nice is that he’d done something for which he was feeling guilty.
116	** TheUnfairSex: Akane’s behavior and Ranma’s passive acceptance of it is reinforced by Soun, Genma and Nodoka, who opt to IgnoreTheDisability and instead chastise Ranma for making her angry in the first place.
117	** UnprovokedPervertPayback: The work shows the dangers of hitting someone with a randomly grabbed object. Instead of a table or mallet, this time Akane grabs the Saotome Honor Blade.
118	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5966741/1/Dutiful_Child Dutiful Child]]'' by Luan Mao takes the "give the characters exactly what they want, in all its suck" route. There's an element of FixFic, but it's also a bitter breakdown of what kind of manliest man would result from Ranma's childhood. To explain:
119	** Ranma finally takes Akane seriously in training? He puts her through the same [[TrainingFromHell training]] he went through at ''age 6'' that she gives up on within a week while simultaneously breaking off their engagement for good.
120	** Happosai gets defeated and Ranma becomes Grand Master? He ends up being TheDreaded that even his dad and Suon are ''terrified'' of and become too afraid to face him head on or through stealth, taking away their control over him.
121	** Ranma's childhood and life itself? He ''hates'' his parents for trying to turn him into a MealTicket. In fact, the FixFic aspect of the story comes from him [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine exacting poetic revenge on them both]] by putting Gemna through [[TrainingFromHell a harsh training regiment for several years]] [[ScareEmStraight forces the man to abandon his unsavory tactics to survive]] while Nodoka [[HoistByHerOwnPetard is tricked into signing a contract to train into becoming a geisha or commit sepakku for the shame.]] [[BestServedCold All while acting as a "man upon men" in Japan would act...]]
122	* ''[[http://stefangagne.com/twoflower/fanfic/TheEnds.txt The Ends]]'' by @/{{Twoflower}} is meant to be "my farewell to Ranma ½, and my condemnation of it". It rips the very things needed to maintain the madcap comedy of the series to shreds, particularly the idea that it could result in a concrete, satisfying ending.
123	* ''[[http://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600095039 How I Learned to Love the Wild Horse]]'' (a PornWithPlot crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'') deconstructs the relationships with Ranma and the other characters, pointing out how they were basically one toxic relationship after another, to the point where Ranma (with help from Britney) ended up [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaving Nerima to start a new life in Beverly Hills]], spending the earlier parts of the fic in a near constant panic, partly from a conditioned response from the various abuses (to the point that the idea of a girl talking to him makes him fear a reprisal from Akane), and partly from the fear of his father, Akane, or the other members of the Nerima Wrecking Crew finding him. Meanwhile, WHOOP [[WrongGenreSavvy initially thinks the Wrecking Crew is some sort of terrorist group]], everyone is [[RefugeInAudacity equal parts skeptical and incredulous]] when Ranma talks about parts of his life (his TrainingFromHell, his various misadventures, etc.), and even ''[[AlphaBitch Mandy]]'' is [[EvenEvilHasStandards horrified]] when the extent of Ranma's abuse becomes apparent.
124	* ''Fanfic/TheKeyToASuccessfulInterview'', with additional TrollFic and RevengeFic elements. Notably, it also gives Ranma and Akane a much better first impression.
125	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/665845/1/Mamono-Hunter-Ukyou Mamono Hunter Ukyou]]'' (crossover with Anime/DevilHunterYohko), being a DarkFic, rips apart the SadistShow and DysfunctionJunction elements when [[DarkerAndEdgier the stakes are raised]]. It's mostly done with the usual angst mentioned above, with special note going to Kuno (his ego and CasanovaWannabe traits combine into sexual harassment), Principal Kuno (his sadistic eccentricity is not played for laughs at all), and the Tendos (they fall apart when their problems become too much to ignore). Most importantly, this fic shows that the LoveDodecahedron is ''not'' solved by Ranma and Ukyou becoming an OfficialCouple; they aren't completely out of the drama, and the other characters end up making the dodecahedron worse and worse now that the status quo has shifted.
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127	[[AC:''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'']]
128	* ''Fanfic/HeWhoFightsMonsters'' deconstructs the wacky hijinks of canon by removing the comedy and fanservice via Tsukune missing his fateful meeting with Moka. Without a powerful vampire friend to handle any threats, Tsukune is first tries to keep his head down but soon has to use lethal force against those who attack him. Afterwards, Tsukune takes to brutally killing anyone who fights him and semi-deliberately building up a reputation as TheDreaded. After only a single semester, Tsukune is made blatantly aware of the toll this is taking on his [[CoveredInScars physical]] and [[SanitySlippage mental]] health, to the point of brutally maiming a former bully and not recognizing a photo of himself from just before the semester. Furthermore, Headmaster Mikogami's TricksterMentor plan phenomenally blows up in his face. Rather than Tsukune acting as a bridge between humans and monsters, he becomes a worse monster than the actual monsters. When Mikogami finally approves Tsukune's transfer request, Tsukune instead rips up the paperwork and declares the headmaster won't get rid of him that easily.
129	* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'' provides a deconstruction of SelectiveEnforcement. Headmaster Mikogami repeatedly does next to nothing about the various bullies and {{Jerkass}}es who deliberately go out of their way to torment and harass Tsukune and his friends, but punishes Tsukune and co. for simply acting in legitimate self-defense against said bullies and Jerkasses, to the extent that he threatens to separate them if they get into another fight. The deconstruction comes into play when the other students find out and take advantage of it to actively harass the gang even more without fear of any retribution, and when [[CameraFiend Kano]] uses it to his advantage as well to blackmail the girls into letting him take dirty pictures of them and nearly rape them; Mikogami wises up after the Kano incident and reinstates their right to defend themselves so it doesn't happen again.
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131	[[AC:''Franchise/SailorMoon'']]
132	* ''Fanfic/BeautifulDestroyerSailorMoon'' goes the SatireParodyPastiche shock value route, but somehow manages to do it in a mostly upbeat feel-good manner. Basically, if your eyes have scars from assorted unpleasant things you've come across online, this might actually help.
133	* ''Fanfic/CelestialWarriorMoon'': The police get involved with the attacks, the monsters leave bodies, there is property damage, and the stress is showing signs of taking its toll on Usagi.
134	** The author has also made great use of news broadcasts to keep readers updated on [[BrokenMasquerade how much the general public has figured out for itself.]]
135	* Crystal Tokyo, the CrystalSpiresAndTogas {{utopia}}n [[TheFuture Future]], is frequently deconstructed into a KnightTemplar {{dystopia}} -- famously, in ''[[FanFic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]''. Neo-Queen Serenity, Sailor Moon's future self, is described as "cleansing the Earth's people of evil". That would be enough to plant EpilepticTrees, but then in the second season, the Black Moon Clan showed up, time-travelling antagonists who refused to be "purified" and left Crystal Tokyo forever. That just made removing people's "evil" sound even more like a euphemism for mass {{Brainwash\|ed}}ing.
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137	[[AC:''Literature/SoundEuphonium'']]
138	* ''Fanfic/AmbitiousLove'' deconstructs Kumiko and Reina's personalities. Neither are able to cope with loss well and both react in overly emotional ways to issues. Reina's [[IJustWantToBeSpecial desire to be special]] is depicted as self-destructive. It leads to her staying in an abusive relationship because her husband has connections in the music industry. The fic also deconstructs Taki. His emotional issues over his [[TheLostLenore first wife's death]] cause him to abuse drugs and alcohol. It gets to the point where he refuses to let his wife [[spoiler:Reina]] leave him despite his DomesticAbuse.
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140	[[AC:''Anime/TokyoMewMew'']]
141	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7784423/1/Nice-Guys-Are-Boring Nice Guys are Boring]]'' gives the actual realistic outcome of the FanPreferredCouple trope between Ichigo/Kish and Ichigo/Ryou and the [[DieForOurShip Masaya-bashing]] that has been going in the fandom in order to give way to the aforementioned pairings. Here, Ichigo breaks up with Masaya not because he's unfaithful to her (a common device used in the fandom to separate them), but because she's bored with his nice-guy attitude of never trying anything risque with her. Kish is far from the LovableRogue the fandom often portrays him to be, and instead, although it was taken a bit to the extreme, is truer to his in-show personality: a deranged {{Yandere}} who only lusts after Ichigo's body and never really cared about her feelings at all. Ryou himself didn't get the better end of the stick either. His emotional scar of losing his mother prevented him from truly loving anyone else, including Ichigo. After knocking her up, instead of proposing to her and taking the responsibility, he simply gave her some money and an address to an abortion clinic. After everything had been said and done, Ichigo finds out that even though Masaya moved on and dated her best friend Lettuce, he still loves Ichigo all the same, even with her being pregnant with Ryou's child.
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143	[[AC:''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'']]
144	* ''Fanfic/{{Shatterheart}}'' deconstructs the concept of LovingAShadow and Creator/{{CLAMP}}'s concept of destined love. After the events of Acid Tokyo [[spoiler:Clone!]]Sakura never warms up to [[spoiler: Real!]]Syaoran. Both [[spoiler:Clone!]]Sakura and [[spoiler:Real!]]Syaoran know that the other is similar to their lover, but have too many differences to be them. Neither of them love each other because they don't want [[LovingAShadow love a shadow]]. Syaoran hasn't seen [[spoiler:Real!]]Sakura in years and he realizes it's unhealthy for him to devote his entire life to someone that he hasn't seen [[spoiler:or not even sure that she's alive]]. Despite literally being destined for Sakura, Syaoran moves on, [[SecondLove falls in love]] [[spoiler:and marries Kurogane]].
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146	[[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']]
147	* ''Fanfic/{{Hecate}}'': The fic somewhat deconstructs the numerous incidents of people getting hurt during the Battle City tournament, with Kaiba Corp falling under public scrutiny for (alleged) human endangerment.
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149	[[AC:''Anime/YuriOnIce'']]
150	* While the ''Fanfic/RivalsSeries'' ultimately stays true to the original anime and does [[{{Reconstruction}} come to the same conclusion]] regarding the story, it does take a closer look at some aspects of the anime and examines them in-depth:
151	** [[WeightWoe Yuuri's insecurity about his weight]]: while in the [[Anime/YuriOnIce original anime]] this aspect of Yuuri's character was mostly PlayedForLaughs, in the fic Viktor's [[spoiler:offhand jab at Yuuri's weight]] is ultimately what led to Yuuri's resentment of him. Especially since an impressionable twelve-year old is being insulted by their idol, Yuuri's esteem is crushed.
152	** Viktor's BrutalHonesty, in the same manner as the above, is shown to have [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistic]] (and horrible) consequences. Viktor's attempts at advice and criticism end up annoying at best and cruel at worst. Viktor's honesty unintentionally undermines Viktor's attempts to get Yuuri to like him and cause him to loathe him even more.
153	** Yuuri's [[HeroicSelfDeprecation low self esteem]] and its manifestation as [[InnocentlyInsensitive callousness]] [[LackOfEmpathy towards]] Viktor is carefully examined as well. Since Yuuri doesn't realize that Viktor is in love with him, he ends up leading Viktor into an emotionally-unfulfilling fuck-buddy relationship.
154	** Yuuri and Viktor's [[PoorCommunicationKills communication problems]], while present in the anime, take a front row in this fic and are explored to the greatest extent possible through the one-sided narratives.
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