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12->''This is probably a bit too dark for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. Oh well, when has that ever stopped me?''
13 -->-- Author's Note on ''Fanfic/KingdomOfIsolation''
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15Deliberately writing a serious version of events related from a story which was originally quite lighthearted, "serious" in this case being more bleak, horrific, dark and/or possibly sadistic. Indeed, Dark Fic veritably ''wallows'' in (or savors) misery and darkness. This is sometimes satire, based on memes, or just writers flexing their creative muscles and showing us certain {{canon}}ical elements [[FridgeHorror that have the potential to be]] NightmareFuel. Or maybe the writer just [[ForTheEvulz enjoys depressing people]] with [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood their writing style]].
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17When badly done (especially when the original work was a comedy), it will do nothing but {{squick}} readers, who will [[TooBleakStoppedCaring quickly abandon it]]. [[TheScrappy Or it would unfairly ruin their views on certain characters]]. [[{{Narm}} Or it would be so bad that it would even make them laugh]]. When well done, though, it can provide an intense and unsettling view of something supposedly familiar. [[BlackComedy Or it can make people laugh]].
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19The FanFic version of DarkerAndEdgier. Related to {{Grimmification}}. Often the result of FridgeHorror, in which case it is the fandom equivalent of AscendedFridgeHorror.
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21Contrast with FixFic. A Dark Fic may or may not be the end result of a DeconstructionFic. If the series was already dramatic and dark, it shouldn't really be here (e.g. it's impossible to make a dark fic of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' unless you ''really'' take it to another level).
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23Comedies or series on the "idealistic" side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism tend to inspire Dark Fic; similarly, "realistic" or darker stories inspire SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} fanfic. Can also be a DarkParody if it's a ParodyFic.
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25Usually overlaps with RonTheDeathEater, due to the characters frequently being portrayed in a villainous or horrific light in these stories.
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27[[AC: Examples are sorted by the medium of origin]]
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29!!Example subpages:
30[[index]]
31* DarkFic/AnimeAndManga
32* DarkFic/VideoGames
33** ''DarkFic/TheLegendOfZelda''
34** ''DarkFic/{{Pokemon}}''
35** ''DarkFic/SuperMarioBros''
36* DarkFic/WesternAnimation
37** ''DarkFic/{{Frozen}}''
38** ''DarkFic/TheLoudHouse''
39** ''DarkFic/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
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42!!Other examples:
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44[[folder:Comic Books]]
45* ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse got one dark story titled ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfGyro'' which involve the friendly inventor Gyro Gearloose going disturbingly insane and doing some truly despicable things to other characters (from kidnapping and starving their children to burning down their home) with complete lack of motivation and while having a deadpan expression on his face which makes the entire thing extra eerie (even if some parts are clearly played for [[BlackComedy laughs]]). [[http://panmilus.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-adventures-of-gyro.html Dark Fic indeed...]]
46* ''Fanfic/{{Eugenesis}}'' is an incredibly dark continuation of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', one that plays the horror of war utterly straight, and subverts or even outright averts some of the usual tropes of Transformers fiction. Characters, even important or beloved ones, can die horrible and sudden deaths. And that's before we even get to [[BodyHorror what the villains of the piece do]]. Interestingly, its author, James Roberts, would later go on to write for Creator/IDWPublishing's ''Transformers'' comics, [[AscendedFanon incorporating several of the concepts and characters created by his fanfic group into the comic's universe]]. ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'', in particular, touches on many of ''Eugenesis''' themes.
47* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' is [[VillainProtagonist pretty]] [[CrapsackWorld dark]] on its own, to the point that even its LighterAndSofter derivatives would be considered pretty twisted in a majority of the other fandoms. The darker stuff can still outdo the original if done right, with such shining examples as the ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3558377/1/Little_Red_Letter Little Red Letter]]'' trilogy (which among [[MindScrew other things]] kills any [[ForegoneConclusion hope]] for the fan-beloved {{child|renAreInnocent}} ComicBook/{{Squee}}) and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6356806/1/Beyond-the-Wall Beyond the Mirror]]'' (enjoy the [[YouCantFightFate fatalism]] and [[LossOfIdentity horror]] of the {{world|HalfEmpty}}).
48* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BlueMoonNursery'' inititally starts out as an adoption story in a similar vein to ''Fanfic/MyLittleDashie'', but gradually escalates into a series of grim events such as rescues from disturbing smuggling rings, getting into gruesome accidents, and witnessing graphically-detailed torture and cruelty. All on baby smurfs.
49* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' is a fan-continuation of the original comic. It has delved into DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier aspects, most infamously [[spoiler:Tekno suffering SanitySlippage and attempting to kill a villain by beating him to death]].
50* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': Being a RealityWarper whose powers can manifest subconsciously, it's easy to write Wiccan in the most [[FridgeHorror creepy light imaginable]] without making him OOC. [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/189471 This fanfic]] takes the cake.
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54* It probably won't take long for someone to find a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' dark fic, such as ''FanFic/CampNightmare''. Calvin is signed up for a day camp which has a really cheery atmosphere and people dressed like clowns...[[spoiler: then Calvin and Hobbes discover a room full of the corpses of partially eaten children and it goes all downhill from there]].
55** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4567411/ Tiger Chronicles: Catch 22 Syndrome]]''. In it, after narrowly avoiding summer school in a heavy-handed boot camp, Calvin begins to research this supposed place of reform... only to find a conspiracy devoted to barbaric ideology. Very dark and with heavy themes of child abuse, but beautifully-written.
56** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12285813/1/Stripes-or-Pink Stripes or Pink]]'' is a crossover between ''Calvin and Hobbes'', WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther, and [[spoiler:Franchise/NancyDrew]]. It features elements that are pretty dark for C&H and PP, such as a criminal organization that sends a cold-blooded attacker after [[spoiler:Nancy]], putting Calvin and the others in danger.
57** ''Calvin and Hobbes'' invites a whole category of darkfic, dark cartoons, etc., in which Calvin comes to realize that Hobbes is really a stuffed toy, and the live tiger was a figment of his imagination.
58** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10817058/1/A-Special-Place-To-Meet A Special Place to Meet]]'', it's implied that Calvin (who's now a teenager) died in a car crash and his mom put Hobbes on the spot as a memorial, meanwhile Hobbes [[InnocentInaccurate doesn't know what's going on]].
59** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9322876/1/The-End-of-Calvin-and-Hobbes The End of Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin crashes his sled and is never found. Then, six years later, his sister Claire finds him and he's dead.
60** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9815315/1/No-More-Tigers No More Tigers]]'' has Calvin failing to imagine Hobbes, then finding out that tigers have gone extinct (not counting zoo tigers).
61** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11708240/1/Let-s-Go-Exploring Let's Go Exploring]]'' is about Calvin as an adult being ''suicidal''.
62* Arguably, ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''. [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Jon]] is clearly insane in those, after all...
63* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
64** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3174346/1/High_School High School]]'' probably takes the cake. All the characters are teenagers. [[spoiler:Pig-pen gets Violet pregnant. Snoopy gets rabies, kills Woodstock and Linus and infects Sally with the disease. Schroeder is a [[DepravedHomosexual gay psychopath]] who kills Lucy, kills the rabid Snoopy, and then admits his love to Linus as he dies. Peppermint Patty and Marcie are {{les|Yay}}bians with AIDS. Charlie Brown is {{emo|Teen}} and commits suicide.]]
65** The ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'' series is a twisted version of the Peanuts characters All Grown Up in a post-apocalyptic world. Nearly ''everything'' that's ever been on the funny pages makes a cameo, but notable major characters are "Chairman Horns" from ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', "Warden King" and The Wizard from ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', "Anne" from ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'', and "Pops" (from ''Thimble Theatre'', but you know him better as ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}). And then there's [=CAL-v.1n=].
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69* ''Fanfic/DucktalesTwentyYearsLater'' despite the title, is in fact both this and a ContinuationFic of WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon. Where after all their years of adventuring together, Scrooge finally died, splitting his fortune among his 3 grandnephews. But with the march of time, not only did the heroes start to grow apart or die, but the villains became even more vile. And when a conspiracy to overthrow Dewey Duck is launched, a grand and terrible globetrotting adventure begins with dramatic injuries, threats of rape, a conspiracy for [[spoiler: WarForFunAndProfit]] and some darker implications behind the universe everyone was a part of. Still, like a good disney property, there is heavy EarnYourHappyEnding vibes coming through the struggle.
70* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' crossover, ''Fanfic/MiraculousKnight'', tonally hews closer to stuff like the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'', the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'', and the ''Ladybug'' promotional video than ''Miraculous'' proper or, say, the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' as people are seriously hurt or even killed over the course of it and doesn't avoid WouldHurtAChild.
71* ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'' is both a DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier take of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' where Bloom and Stella are assassinated and [[FanCreatedOffspring their daughters]] are left to battle the new multidimensional menace by themselves. That Magix is now a CrapsackWorld must have something to do with the fact this is a {{crossover}} with ''Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and, thus the Burning Legion can use dimensional travel to attack it. Teeth-clenched alliances and corrupt governing entities ensue.
72* ''Fanfic/{{Reborn}}'', as a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and Franchise/TheCrow, is naturally this.
73* The ''Film/LoveSimon'', ''Series/LoveVictor'', and ''Literature/TheHateUGive'' fanfic “Twelve Months” is this. It starts with Simon going missing, and his boyfriend, [[spoiler:Bram,]] dealing with the aftermath. [[spoiler: It’s revealed Simon was sold into sex trafficking, and is only discovered when he’s brought to the hospital by the HumanTraffickers with a STD.]]
74* ''[[http://imago.hitherby.com/2004/02/rainbow-noir/ Rainbow Noir]]'' and its prequel, ''[[http://imago.hitherby.com/2009/12/rainbow-noir-the-mountains-and-the-sky/ The Mountains and the Sky]],'' are a pair of philosophical Literature/HitherbyDragons crossover stories between ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' and ''Franchise/CareBears'' that focus on the reveal that Wisp is an ArtificialHuman, the death of Starlite, the off-screen destruction of Rainbow Land, the introduction of Nihilism Bear, and the creation of a CrapsackWorld where there is so little color that people will kill each other to get it.
75* When you think about it, ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' turns the concept of an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny into this because of their rule that ''every'' fight has to end in a killing blow. Meaning every hero who shows up will either murder someone, any ThouShaltNotKill rule being flat-out removed as stated by the rules, or be murdered themselves. And the series loves to ramp up the brutality of the kills.
76* There's a song called "After Ever After" which parodies several Disney movies and is a dark sequel to all of them: for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', Ariel is a victim of the BP Oil Spill and several of her friends (including Flounder) have been eaten, for ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the title character has been abducted, for ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Belle is accused of bestiality and being Satan (although she likely didn't have sex with the Beast until he turned human anyway), and for ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', John Smith gave Pocahontas an STD.
77* ''Fanfic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights'': A MagicalGirl CrisisCrossover in which the universes of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', the ''[[Anime/PrettyCure Precure]]'' metaseries, ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', and ''Franchise/MadokaMagica'' converge, and the main characters are fighting a war to try to prevent the end of all reality.
78* Both ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10658046/1/Dreams Dreams]]'' and ''Fanfic/DestinyAfterandalasia'', as well as another series of the same name written for Afterandalasia, have several Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon films as really being AllJustADream set either while a main character (usually the main female) is dying or while they are going through their miserable lives.
79* ''Fanfic/LostTalesOfFantasia'', now with its own page, combines every Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} story (every single one) into a single world, while answering some FridgeLogic questions with FridgeHorror. Why are WesternAnimation/PeterPan's ears pointy? [[spoiler:Tinker Bell was his mother. She almost died in childbirth due to the size difference, and only survived thanks to the magic flower from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'']]. Why is Captain Hook such a bumbling figure compared to the original works? [[spoiler:He's holding back a little because Peter's his son. He only wants to kill Tinker Bell, and only because he's slowly been driven mad by the forces of Hell. By the way, Hell is [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]], and the Queen of Hearts is an EldritchAbomination]]. Oh, and the story takes place during World War Two. So Hitler has a VillainSong.
80* [=Jeftoon01=] has drawn a series [[http://jeftoon01.deviantart.com/gallery/11344500 called]] ''Fanfic/TwistedPrincess'' wherein various [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] are portrayed in macabre styles, ranging from creepy to plain horrific. Each drawing has an accompanying short story that details how the princesses came to share such dark fates. He is also working on a similar set, ''Twisted Fairies'', with descriptions connecting fates of each Disney Fairy to a larger MythArc. [[http://jeftoon01.deviantart.com/gallery/26266974 Here y'go]].
81* ''Fanfic/{{Fairytales}}'' is a Disney crossover story that adds a level of grounded realism to the stories and darkens them up as well. For example, Snow White became [[TeenPregnancy pregnant at only fourteen]] and [[DeathByChildbirth died]] because her body couldn't handle birth.
82* In the SlashFic ''Fanfic/ArielAndBelle'', Ariel has developed a prejudice against humans after her harsh treatment from them, Belle [[spoiler:spent some time in an asylum as a child while dealing with her grief over her mother's death]], and the final confrontation [[spoiler:graphically describes Gaston stabbing Ariel before Belle pushes him to his death]].
83* ''Fanfic/{{Somnium}}'' is a ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' take on ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries''. It features dark themes including implications of murder, war, and rape. Aurora is a {{seer|s}} on a journey with Mulan and Giselle.
84* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku,'' the "Dark Steel - Kryptics" series of short stories twists popular ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic ideas into something horribly wrong.
85* The Creator/DCComics[=/=]''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'' plays with this.
86** On the DC side, many of DC's darker stories are part of this universe's history including [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the crippling of Barbara Gordon at the hands of the Joker]], [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily the deaths and]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood resurrections of Jason Todd]] [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman and Superman]] and [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Damian Wayne being a]] ChildByRape. Additionally, the Penguin has the rougher personality of his ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' incarnation, Scarecrow and Trigon appear alongside the Joker, and Brainiac retains his "Collector of Worlds" shtick. That said, the Batfamily is intact with Jason having a better relationship with them. Speaking of Brainiac, he's the reason the story happens...
87** On the ''RWBY'' side, there's the fact that Brainiac's invasion means he pretty much crashed the Vytal Festival, so while Cinder doesn't get to enact the Fall of Beacon and thus [[spoiler:[[AbledInTheAdaptation Yang gets to keep her right arm]] and [[SparedByTheAdaptation Pyrrha, Ozma's Ozpin form, and Penny's original body are still alive]]]], things are much worse as a whole as Brainiac bottled Vale and destroyed the rest of Remnant. While teams RWBY and JNPR managed to escape to Earth, they're forced to start over--and they're the lucky ones as Vale is now at Brainiac's mercy, Ozpin is frequently questioned by Brainiac personally, Salem's plans are now squat, Cinder is one of Brainiac's test subjects, Roman and Adam have pretty much gone full ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''/''[[Film/EscapeFromLA LA]]'' (or, in keeping with the fact it's a crossover with DC, ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'') on Vale, and depression is on the rise (with Taiyang, Qrow, and Ironwood descending into alcoholism). That said, RWNY JNPR are dealing with what happened relatively well.
88** And there are some non-canon vignettes that go DarkerAndEdgier than the main story which play this straight. While the first two were preceded by lighter fare (one featuring Ozpin meeting [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Death]] and another about Ruby's attempts to wear a SexyWhateverOutfit for Halloween over Yang's objections), there's one based on ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' where Blake ends up in a similar place to Orion, forced to kill someone with a connection to her (Darkseid/Adam), take over leadership from that someone (Apokolips/The White Fang), and end up just as bad as the person she's replacing and another, [[spoiler:while LighterAndSofter in its ending that the story it's based on]], being about ''ComicBook/DCeased'', with a whole chapter based on ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon''. Chapter 52 features a ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''-inspired short -- [[MoodWhiplash and followed it up with two inspired by]] ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth'', with all the horror that those concepts have.
89* Where do we even start with ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheBerserker''? It's a crossover between ''Literature/HarryPotter'', a British children's novel series and ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', an incredibly violent Japanese seinen (adult) manga. For the ''Potter'' side of things, it means plenty of things that the franchise would not even touch as graphic violence, explicit sexual content and some strong language (such as the F-word).
90* ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'':
91** A Zigzagged example, the series is a crossover between ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/LoveLive'', ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' and ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}}'' that, while balanced out by LighterAndSofter stories that are similar to ''Love Live!'' and ''[=TokiMemo=]'' proper, especially ''[[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival School Idol Festival]]''/''[[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars ALL STARS]]'', does have stories/story arcs that are closer to the likes of ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' and the darker moments/backstory of the ''Pokémon'' games, since it turns out that [[spoiler:the [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Ultra]] [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Beasts]] do exist and are certainly capable of lots of death and destruction, and have actually destroyed an alternate [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Knothole]] [[ComicBook/ComicsSonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Village]] before]]! Not to mention that, at least in the "Ideal Hero" Side Story arc (Which is an adaptation/[[AdaptationExpansion expansion of]] "[[Recap/PokemonGenerationsE15TheKingReturns The King Returns]]" from ''Pokémon Generations''.), the ''PokéLive!'' version of Eggman is more willing to commit murder to achieve his goals (Just ask ''PokéLive!''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] and ''PokéLive!''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Natural "N"]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Harmonia]] about it.) despite ''PokéLive!''Eggman being just as comedic and [[LargeHam over the top]] at times as his canon counterpart, in addition to [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]]]] making his debut in "Way of the Naganadel!", [[spoiler:and threatening to raze Shizuku Osaka's World as well as the alternate universe that an alternate Mio Kisaragi and an alternate Yoshio Saotome hail from with Ultra Beasts, after a Naganadel he summoned from a wormhole was defeated by Shizuku's Mega Evolved Ampharos]], clearly shows that even a [[IdolSinger School Idol]], at least in that continuity, may have to become a Pokémon Trainer to save the world/defend their way of life from villains who wish to destroy you or force you to bow to them/praise them!
92** In addition, other dark themes explored across the series are [[spoiler:being orphaned while still a child (As the death of [[OriginalCharacter Yoko]]'s biological parents can attest to.), DeathByChildbirth (A deceased [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide Daisy Wakaouji]] says hello!), apocalyptic scenarios (The aforementioned destruction of Knothole at the hands of Ultra Beasts, Infinite's [[ForTheEvulz threat]] to raze Shizuku's World and the Earth of an alternate TokiMemoverse using Ultra Beasts, [[HistoryRepeats just like]] Knothole before them and a [[GlobalWarming possible future]] where only portions of the former Arctic and Antarctic tundra and ice caps are the remaining habitable land for humans caused by Eggman [[TheBadGuyWins achieving victory]] against Yoko and her friend [[OriginalCharacter Elesis/Ellie]] during their final battle with the doctor.) and even villains from other universes wishing to rule over any survivors of an armageddon of their own making, as per the goal of the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Dark Masters]] in the "Multidimensional Dark Masters" crossover arc]].
93* ''Fanfic/ThePixarTheory'' makes the world of Pixar much darker than in the actual films, most notably in the GreatOffscreenWar, which is not sugarcoated ''at all''.
94* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': Downplayed. Serious topics do show up in the main fic and side stories (such as coping with death of a loved one, abuse, family fallouts, gender dysphoria, cannibalism, etc.), but the main plot stays relatively lighthearted (three villagers travel the region together.)
95* ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' is darker than [[Franchise/KamenRider both of]] [[Anime/ReCreators the stories]] it crosses over. While the story's tone is comparable to the early Heisei Riders (namely [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga]] and [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Agito]] with the themes of mass murder and suicide respectively), that same tone could not be said for Re:CREATORS, which only dealt with ''one'' character who went on a killing spree and only one suicide [[PlotTriggeringDeath that's mostly part of the story's set up]].
96* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with a heavy focus on sexual assault, but there is also violence, kidnapping, torture, and other dark things. Several stories take canon elements and turn them into something far more disturbing.
97* ''Fanfic/TellHimAllButTheTruth'' is a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' and ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' that sees Victor's life go to hell after he injures himself during a training exercise and he finds out [[spoiler:he's a HalfHumanHybrid with psychic powers]]. There's a fair bit of gore in the fanfic. Plus, Professor Professor suggests a lobotomy at one point in order to [[spoiler:permanently inhibit Victor's powers]], but changes his mind once Victor's mother gives him documents showing how horrible lobotomies are.
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101* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4255110 Three Wishes]]'' is an ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' fic where Jasmine brutally tortures Jafar in revenge for years of physical and [[RapeAsDrama sexual]] abuse.
102* ''Fanfic/{{Bruises}}'': Professor Callaghan kidnaps Hiro and forces him to be a ReplacementGoldfish for his daughter Abigail, regularly beating and starving Hiro so that he won't/can't fight back.
103* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'':
104** "The Blood Brother" deals with the subject of bigotry and sees Bolt's murderous friend Duke die when he is hit by a truck.
105** "The Survivor" presents Mittens's {{Backstory}} living with her abusive owners, who abandon her in a Manhattan alley and later die in a [[EveryCarIsAPinto fiery]] [[DrunkDriver drunk driving]] car crash.
106** "The Wind" sees Bolt enter into a relationship with his [[DrugsAreBad addict girlfriend]] and nearly get killed in a harrowing dog fight trying to rescue her.
107** "The Seven" presents Bolt's {{Backstory}}, in which his mother dies and he and his puppy friends narrowly escape death in an abandoned puppy mill.
108** The opening sections of "The Gift" show Mittens visiting the gravesites of Bolt and Rhino, as well as the deaths of Bolt and Mittens. Eventually, the three pets are reunited in an afterlife referred to as Nirvana, [[LaserGuidedKarma populated by beings who have learned all their karmic lessons]].
109* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/373563 Consumed]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' fanfic where Cinderella gets revenge on her step-family. Cue Cinderella getting Anastasia assassinated, [[FamilialCannibalismSurprise having her body fed to her mother and sister]] (off-screen), and getting both of them put into jail for assumed murder and cannibalism. [[spoiler:Drizella opts to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled kill herself instead of being hanged]]]].
110* The Disney/Pixar movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' (plus [[WordOfGod some things the director has said]]) has given fans a lot to work with:
111** Many fics delve into the backstories of the adult characters. In particular, many cover what Imelda must have dealt with as a single mother in the 1920s, and even more cover what may have happened to Héctor [[spoiler:during the 96 years he was separated from his family]] (and given the state he's in in the movie, he clearly hasn't had the best time). As for Ernesto... dealing with the fact that [[spoiler:he murdered his best friend]] surely wasn't easy.
112** Other fics taking place post-movie explore the resulting PTSD some characters would likely go through, such as Héctor after learning he was [[spoiler:murdered by his best friend]], and Miguel after [[spoiler:nearly being murdered twice]].
113* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fandom has no shortage of this. One of the most popular, ''Fanfic/ToExtinguishTheSun'', involves Camilo [[RapeAsDrama dealing with molestation.]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40993689 The alternate universe version that has Camilo kidnapped at the beginning]] is arguably darker.
114* The reputation ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' has for being a DarkerAndEdgier Disney movie makes it one of the few where violent fics feel warranted. One in particular, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23890891 Justice in Paris]]'', involves Frollo succeeding in [[spoiler:stabbing Quasimodo]] following Esmeralda's DisneyDeath, only for her to seemingly rise from the dead and [[ItsPersonal take revenge]] by [[spoiler:strangling him to death]].
115* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'':
116** Some morbid fans seem to be [[FandomSpecificPlot keen on the idea of]] Riley [[DeathFic dying]]. This is a plot point in the stories ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11415751/1/The-Death-of-Riley The Death of Riley]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11599094/1/Goodbye-Riley Goodbye, Riley]]'' ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11349155/1/Until-the-End Until the End]]'' (added angst because it's due to a sickness), and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11335768/1/Going-Dark Going Dark]]''.
117** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11538844/1/Yellowjacket Yellowjacket]]'', Riley, Jordan, Meg, and others get a zombie virus.
118* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': Rhombus's ''Fanfic/TheSevenHunters'' has the premise "What would happen if Littlefoot and his friends were suddenly turned into carnivores?", and plays the premise to logical but horrifying conclusions.
119** Another ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' DarkFic is ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4164198/1/The-Land-Before-Time-the-Return-of-Sharptooth The Return of Sharptooth]]'' which features the Sharptooth from the first movie, the same one that famously [[YouKilledMyFather killed Littlefoot’s mother]] and was also the same dinosaur that scarred Doc the Lone Dinosaur, turning out to have survived his defeat at the hands of Littlefoot and his friends. Sharptooth kills Red Claw, Screech, and Thud for claiming to be more ferocious then him, and arrives at the Great Valley, starts killing the dinosaurs there, and begins a seven-year-long reign of terror which lasts into the gang’s adulthood, all the while manipulating Chomper into committing a FaceHeelTurn. Littlefoot and Chomper each suffer [[EyeScream eye damage]] (''intentionally'' in Chomper’s case, to be more like Sharptooth) and Littlefoot’s grandmother, Cera’s father Topsy, Doc/The Lone Dinosaur (who turns out to be Sharptooth’s old enemy) and many other dinosaurs all die horrific, violent deaths at Sharptooth’s jaws (Littlefoot’s grandfather also dies, but it’s [[LifeWillKillYou a much more peaceful death from old age]]) before Sharptooth is finally killed for good in revenge by Cera, Littlefoot, and their friends.
120* While ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' delved into mature subjects such as dealing with loss and grief, the original film and its sequels were still mostly light-hearted. Then there's the story ''Fanfic/EmpireOfThePacific'', which centers around the eponymous Lilo and Stitch traveling back in time to prevent the deaths of Lilo's parents. Sounds harmless enough, except the duo unwittingly create a BadFuture where Stitch is now the ruler of the entire Pacific Region, since the timeline was altered to where Lilo never had a reason to meet Stitch and teach him how to be good. In the story, human society is practically on the brink of collapse, there's a great deal of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath death]], and the tone overall leans heavily on the cynical side.
121* Considering how cruel nature is and how dark the films are, it's unsurprising that ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' has a lot of these (especially fanart). A popular [[FandomSpecificPlot concept]] revolves around Zira murdering Simba's and Nala's first cub, Kopa (a semi-official character from books that predate the sequel film), and that being why she was exiled.
122* The ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' fanfic "Heroic Sacrifice" deals with [[spoiler:what would have happened if Katie was killed in the final battle. It also touches on Jade coming from a homophobic family and being deeply in love with Katie]].
123* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'':
124** ''Fanfic/SoRotVieBlut'' is a grimmified fanfic where Snow White is the murderous step-daughter of Grimhilde.
125** The oneshot ''Fanfic/FairestAfterandalasia'' incorporates the Brothers Grimm ending into the plot and plays it for horror. Snow White's torture of her step-mother makes her new husband rethink their marriage.
126* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'':
127** ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1123577 Fractals & Flames]]'' revolves around something that appears in quite a few ''Tangled'', and less so ''Frozen'', works: What if Rapunzel's or Elsa's powers made them [[TheAgeless immortal]]?
128** In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4326594 Unraveled]]'' Rapunzel is immortal and has trouble [[WhoWantsToLiveForever dealing with it]]. She ends up [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide.]]
129** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10034019/1/Prisoner-of-Time Prisoner Of Time]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9638917/1/Time-Passes Time Passes]]'' both feature an immortal Rapunzel and her dealing with her troubles as she goes through the centuries. [[spoiler:In both, she dies when the sun finally goes out]].
130** ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/503575 Flynn Rider And The Feral Princess]]'' has Gothel's abusive qualities ramped up significantly. Rapunzel is [[WildChild feral]], [[OlderThanTheyLook severely stunted]] in terms of growth, and has suffered horrible abuse. The punishment Gothel receives for everything she's done is also horrific; Rapunzel's mother ends up [[spoiler:drinking every last drop of her blood]].
131** Fanfics like ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8859473/1/Missing-Mother Missing Mother]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8111263/1/Mourning-Mother Mourning Mother]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6694533/1/Nostalgia Nostalgia]]'' deal with Rapunzel averting AngstWhatAngst and having trouble adjusting to the reveal that Gothel kidnapped her and was using her for her powers.
132* ZigZagged by ''Fanfic/TheOtherSide''. The fanfic series as a whole isn't necessarily darker and edgier than the original ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' movie (asides from other fanfics integrated into the multiverse that the second fanfic follows upon), but is full of violence and [[ActionizedAdaptation action]] compared to the movie's mild use of it. That being said, it still balances its more dramatic moments with much more lighthearted ones.
133* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', unlike the movie which is about friendship and accepting yourself, this involves Mei being experimented on and tortured because of her giant red panda form.
134* The ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7998221/1/The-Real-Reason-He-Ran-Away The Real Reason He Ran Away]]'' has Louie learning that he has no home to go back to. Why? Because his parents (along with his unborn sibling) were killed in a car accident while looking for him, leaving him an orphan. He ends up being comforted and adopted by Rex and the other dinosaurs.
135* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': ''Webcomic/IWillSurvive'' is a particularly [[MemeticMutation infamous]] short comic where Judy ends up pregnant with Nick's child. Judy doesn't want to keep it, mainly citing health reasons and her career, but Nick wants to. This leads into an argument which ends in Nick leaving Judy after she says she isn't changing her stance.
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139* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
140** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''
141*** Margo_Kim's [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/541006 "The Value of Strength"]] has the premise "what if [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is secretly a complete sociopath?" and ruthlessly reinterprets the events of the film and its [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger predecessor]] and predicts the future actions of the character based on that.
142*** In ''[[http://avengerkink.livejournal.com/6021.html?thread=9006213#t9006213 Steve He Saved for Last]]'', Tony flips a coin every New Year's Eve to decide whether to spend the year good or evil. This fic is what happens when he flips evil.
143*** ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/591731 Draining the Oasis Dry]]'' features a Bruce Banner and Tony Stark who are secretly evil, and, as a couple, are sexually aroused by murdering people in situations where they've ostensibly attempted to SAVE them.
144** The Winter Soldier's capture, brainwashing, and abuse as depicted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' are already pretty dark fare for the franchise, and serve as rich sources of inspiration for writers who'd like to go a bit further than the popular "WS recovery" FandomSpecificPlot.
145*** ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1815529/chapters/3897427 Chyetirye]]'', the first part of the FanFic/{{Ipseity}} series, focuses not only on the Winter Soldier's torture, but also on sexual abuse inflicted onto him and the resulting [[SplitPersonality Dissociative Identity Disorder]].
146*** The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/361655 Alphabet]]'' series opens with a seriously mentally ill, nearly nonverbal Winter Soldier who is a heartbreaking flavor of PsychopathicManchild. He then gets kidnapped by a SHIELD that barely treats him better than his old masters and put to work destroying HYDRA.
147*** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11801256/chapters/26619633 The Waves Above Us]]'' features a severely depressed, suicidal, drug-abusing, and staunchly pro-socialist Steve Rogers and later Bucky Barnes. The fic is deeply cynical, with strong anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian sentiments that spare nothing for Stark Industries, SHIELD, or anybody who stands by them, and it takes a long, hard look at how America and society treats its weakest, and how deeply and thoroughly those systems have failed and abused Steve and Bucky. The story is seriously impressive for managing to convince several readers to genuinely ''want'' Steve and/or Bucky to succeed in committing suicide.
148* ''Fanfic/LostCauses'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' backstory fic for [[MsFanservice Jessica Rabbit]], which reveals she was created solely [[SexSlave for pornography and prostitution]], with her consent not mattering because [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman she's a Toon]]. She faces FantasticRacism both from other Toons for not being funny and from humans for being a Toon. She falls in loves with Roger because he's the first person who treated her like a person instead of a sex object.
149* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': In the oneshot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7699957/1/Labyrinth Labyrinth]]'', Mrs. Bucket feels weird about Willy Wonka, but her family think she's being paranoid. As it turns out, her worries are warranted.
150* In-Universe example in the German movie ''Harte Jungs (Tough Boys)'': Axel Stein's character tells some girl at his school of his headcanon about the smurfs, namely that Smurfette must be the village whore. Her reaction: "You've just fucked up my whole childhood!"
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154* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'': Subverted in the LDD-fanfic, ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'', which has its share of dark themes and storylines (Human trafficking? Substance abuse? Unplanned pregnancy? Attempted female-on-male rape?), but at least it concludes with a happy ending.
155* Creator/NeilGaiman has written a ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' darkfic called "Literature/TheProblemOfSusan" about Susan after her siblings are killed so they can stay in Narnia. It also involves [[spoiler:White Witch/Aslan sex]]. He also wrote ''Snow, Glass, Apples'' which makes "Literature/SnowWhite" much darker by telling it from the Queen's point of view and making Snow White the villain.
156* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': ''Fanfic/DiaryOfAWimpyKid25YearsLater'' is a sequel story set when the characters are adults. It starts with Greg being a miserable adult. He's distant from Manny, his father is dying of lung cancer, and he hasn't talked to Rowley in seven years after a failed love confession.
157** Its AlternateUniverse, ''Fanfic/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRichAndFamous'' also starts dark, with Greg ''suffocating'' Frank for threatening to reveal his bisexuality. [[spoiler:Frank is revealed to have survived this on Page 13, by the way.]]
158* ''Literature/GoodOmens'':
159** ''Fanfic/TheSacredAndTheProfane'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Aziraphale fell instead of Crowley, which causes their canon personalities to become thoroughly warped: Aziraphale's affability becomes the [[StepfordSmiler facade]] Zirah assumes to convince others ([[WhatHaveIBecome and himself]]) that he's really an angelic soul when he's not [[DissonantSerenity casually offing]] [[AxCrazy people]], Crowley's [[HoYay tendency to]] [[NobleDemon be not so evil]] around Aziraphale is translated into Caphriel's [[LoveMartyr inability to let go of his love for]] Zirah despite him being a psychopath, and their relationship, which is normally a happy and loving one in fanfic, is a tragic DestructiveRomance here that leads to [[spoiler:Caphriel ''outright killing'' Zirah to get over his unhealthy love for him]]. And all because an angel had the wrong thought in the wrong place.
160** Other Dark Fics in the ''Good Omens'' fandom include ones about a Second Apocalypse that the characters [[YouCantFightFate have no hope of averting]], Crowley and/or Aziraphale being punished for averting Armageddon or [[ForbiddenLove being in love with each other]], or Crowley revealing that his NobleDemon personality was an act all along and making Aziraphale suffer for his misguided trust/love.
161* Many, '''many''' ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfics. Before book 7, most were of "What if Voldemort wins" variety (''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1090830/1/Amicus-Draconis-1st-Cycle-Cycle-of-the-Badger Cycle of the Badger]]'', for example). After that, they mostly flesh out what was happening with the rest of the Wizarding World during the book. Also, the First War is quite popular.
162** ''Fanfic/DeadThings'': Although he defeats Voldemort like in canon, Harry becomes the next dark wizard with extremist ideals (he thinks change can only be achieved through force) and a concerning lack of ethics (he experiments with Necromancy and soul magic). The reason is that on top of suffering lots of trauma during his life, having the Horcrux in him so violently removed has left a mark on Harry's soul -- he's (emotionally) incomplete. He's therefore DrivenToSuicide but, alas, he already died, so Death won't embrace him. Moreover, the narrative proves Harry's radical ideas right: Hermione's efforts to rid the wizarding society of prejudice through lawful means (she's the new Minister of Magic) are ineffectual and challenged at every turn.
163** ''Hogwarts Exposed'' is something of a Dark Fic, full as it is of rape, pedophilia, torture, and bodily functions; the author [[FlipFlopOfGod disagreed with himself]] as to the extent to which this was intentional.
164** The ''Padfoot Tragedies'' series, a "what if" story except the what if in question is "What if Sirius killed himself in his sixth year following years of abuse from his family, pedo!Fenrir Greyback and Hogwarts head girl, and Remus as a DomesticAbuser? And that meant Voldemort never fell? And then Sirius somehow comes back from the dead 20 or so years later?"
165** How do you make a magical world even darker? By crossing it over with ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2452681/1/Evil_Be_Thou_My_Good/ "Evil Be Thou My Good"]]. It's actually a bit of a subversion as things end relatively happily... [[spoiler:so long as you are Harry or one of his friends. The Dursleys, Death Eaters, Umbridge... yeah, things don't go well for them.]]
166** ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiary'', focusing on the relationship between Tom Riddle and Ginny Weasley, is a downplayed example. The ''Harry Potter'' books get pretty damn dark, but they don't get ''this'' dark until the fifth or sixth book in the series. This story takes place during the second -- but, aside from a couple minor details that got OutdatedByCanon a few years after the story's publication, it's ''entirely canon compliant''. Part of what makes it so terrifying is that it's 100% plausible that this is what was happening offscreen during the second book.
167** ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', though poorly-written, still counts: Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys (or rather, this fanfic's version of them) all have negative backstories ([[RapeAsBackstory rape]], dead parents, etc), there's lots of self-harm (although apparently the vampires do self-harm just because they're bored without being depressed), and Draco Malfoy commits suicide (although [[BackFromTheDead he does it twice]] [[UnexplainedRecovery and comes back both times.]])
168* The ''A dance of Shadow and Light'' series by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3779251/Ocadioan Ocadioan]] takes the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' and makes it significantly darker and more brutal. Especially as of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9998018/1/Phoenix-fire Phoenix Fire]]'', where the body count in the first ten chapters alone reach above 250,000.
169* ''[[http://karaokegal.livejournal.com/913625.html A Shot of the Needful]]'' deals with manipulation, alcoholism and sexual abuse... in the ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' fandom. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]
170* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fandom has plenty of these, many involving Elves and HoYay. However, one fan fic stands out as being extremely disturbing: ''And These Pearls That Were Her Eyes''. A story based on ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' segment about the last king and queen of Númenor, it's a dark tragedy about spousal violence and rape. (Not that ''The Silmarillion'' isn't pretty dark to begin with.)
171** Some of the "what-if" theories on the ''Lord of the Rings'' Youtube Channel Men of the West fit the bill.
172*** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYLwOQ7Q-2s&list=PLziriZRzCYwtYGU8P3SmEeZfl24uzSWXK What if Boromir Had Lived?]]'' has Boromir surviving turning the story into a massive AnyoneCanDie and the Shire being enslaved by brigands.
173*** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmisXZmTtzo What If Gandalf Had Taken the One Ring?]]'', Gandalf takes the One Ring, uses it to painfully torture Saurman. He then [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope becomes an insane dictator]], resembling to the council of Elrond a servant of Morgoth. When Elrond tries to separate the ring from Gandalf, Gandalf burns Elrond alive along with the rest of Rivendell. He then breeds his own Orcs and launches an attack on Middle Earth. It ends with him enslaving the Shire and planning to attack Valinor.
174*** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9WtEYqt_o&t=816s What if Saurman Had Claimed the One Ring]]'', Saurman takes the one ring and breaks Gandalf mentally, turns the Nazgul against Sauron. He eventually takes over Middle Earth and is manipulated centuries later by Sauron to release Morgoth from the Void, leading to the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Dagor Dagorath]].
175** ''Fanfic/{{Splint}}'' (and its spin-off ''Fanfic/FreedomsLimits''), which explores more of the Orcs' perspective of the War of the Ring and its aftermath. Not that ''The Lord of the Rings'' is all rainbows and sunshine, but this fic is most definitely aimed at mature audiences, with a great deal more graphic violence, profanity, sex and moral ambiguity.
176* ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'':
177** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9536599/1/It-Wasn-t-Sleep It Wasn't Sleep]]'' is about Katie dying on a mission. Sticky [[BigSleep mistakes her for sleeping]].
178** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6502542/1/Invincible Invincible]]'' is a graphic Katie death fic.
179** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8283245/1/The-Rain-s-Fault The Rains Fault]]'' has Reynie dying after a fire breaks out while he's visiting a circus.
180* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' have developed a niche fanbase filled with these, mostly due to [[CreepyAwesome dark!Percy]] and his OneSceneWonder fight with Akhlys. Some, like [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6366367 this one]] attempt to resolve his inner turmoil, while some, like [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3538292/chapters/7786868 this one]], simply enjoy and explore the theme.
181* Due to its nature, ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is rich with possibilities. The Phantom is a StalkerWithACrush, who has been watching a little girl for years as she grows up (hidden behind her mirror, no less), who has a history of assassination and dark magic (among other things), and whom most of the fans ''still'' want to see get the girl. Ironically, this goes back to the original interpretation of the character, prior to [[AudienceColoringAdaptation the musical version]], which made the Phantom LighterAndFluffier.
182* In the ''Simon Vs The Homosapien Agenda'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32795773/chapters/81373786 The Uncle]]'' fits this to tea. It starts with Jack and Emily Spier dying in a car accident. Since Alice can't take them in, Simon and Nora move in with their uncle. [[spoiler: It's revealed he makes SnuffFilm. The fic ends with Simon and Nora being killed due to injuries since they were forced to be in them.]]
183* The ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is not really lighthearted fare as it is, given that it doesn't shy away from showing the horrors of war and [[DeathOfAChild child death]] for the Aerial Corps' cadets and [[PluckyMiddie midwingmen]], but all of that is contrasted by protagonist William Laurence's unshakably strong moral compass and his friendship with his dragon, the eponymous Temeraire. The fanfic ''Fanfic/BlackWingsBlackSails'' removes all of that by separating Laurence and Temeraire, and bringing Laurence to turn to piracy. More than anything else, the fic shows what could happen if William Laurence went bad, with all his strength of conviction, leadership skills, and military experience as a master prize-taking captain behind him. Knowledge of canon, especially of Temeraire and Laurence's unbreakable bond, makes this fic a heart-wrenching affair to behold.
184* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'':
185** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4516602/1/The_Paper_Doll_Kindergarten The Paper Doll Kindergarten]]''. Remember Nessie (or Renesmee Carlie, if you prefer), Bella's super-quick-growing genius vampire baby? Well, Nessie isn't happy. Sadly, this fic is no longer available for whatever reason.
186** "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8285629/1/What_Dreams_May_Come What Dreams May Come]]", which just applies the "vampire hypnotism" found in so many other works of vampire literature to ''Twilight'', while simultaneously showing Edward in the most creepy possible light. MindRape ensues.
187** Nessie inspires a lot of this. There are two companion fics, called "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4567400/1/Seven Seven]]" and "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4942443/1/Eighteen Eighteen]]" which deal with two possible interpretations of her strange aging.
188** For a look at the horrors of imprinting from the other side, ''Fanfic/ForYouIWill'' {[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7586237/1/For-You-I-Will found here]]) is an ''incredibly'' dark work that has Embry imprinting on a vagrant named Melanie Sampson. Everyone promptly accepts it as True Love like in the books... except [[TheSociopath Melanie]] is ''nothing'' like the other "wolf girls", and starts using the [[MoreThanMindControl imprinting bond]] to get away with [[DomesticAbuse abusing]] Embry and getting him to do all sorts of horrific things with her. [[spoiler:By the end of the fic, Melanie is forcing Embry to help her brutally sodomize and murder brown-haired women. [[HopeSpot Jacob and the other werewolves manages to figure this out]], but the story ends with Melanie ordering Embry to secretly kill them all, so they can't interfere.]]
189* ''Literature/WheresWally'':
190** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9183160/1/Searching Searching]]'' is a one-shot describing a darkly different interpretation of the Where's Waldo scenes that makes entirely too much sense.
191** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11025163/1/What-Is-Lost What Is Lost]]''add is a story about an OC named Gabby who has never able to find Waldo due to being red/green colorblind, and when she finally admitted her condition to her class, she was constantly ridiculed. Suffering from anxiety and self-harm because of this, she blames Waldo for it all. When her only friend gives her a magic ''WW'' book, they enter it to find Waldo and presumably do something nasty to him. Sadly, [[DeadFic it ends there]], but the fact that somebody had the idea at all is mind-boggling.
192* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'': ''[[http://www.skrause.org/humor/poohgoesapeshit.shtml Pooh Goes Apeshit]]'' (extremely not safe for work, lunch, or your sanity).
193* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
194** ''Fanfic/{{Cenotaph}}'' both plays this straight... and inverts it. On one hand [[spoiler:Taylor's father is murdered by Bakuda and she almost dies]] on the other, Taylor doesn't spend the first month of her cape career fighting for her life against ''both'' sides of the law.
195** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11359049/1/Stepping-On-Worm Stepping On Worm]]'' by the infamous Perfect Lionheart wants to think it's a FixFic. But the changes made to the background setting end up creating a far darker and more disturbing world than canon - for one, a notorious supervillain is the power behind the US government - and things just get worse from there.
196* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
197** ''Fanfic/ApprenticeAndPregnant'' covers TeenPregnancy more blatantly than the books. It also features rape, suicide, profanity, and other topics the series won't touch.
198** ''Fanfic/BloodRustyAU'' is a fic where Rusty joined [=BloodClan=] instead of [=ThunderClan=]. It contains more violence and darker themes than the official books.
199** In ''Fanfic/BluefursChoice'' there's never-ending bloodshed between the Clans as they fight for territory. The story has an almost AnyoneCanDie attitude after it hits the midway point.
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203* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'':
204** In ''Fanfic/MorticiaIsPregnant'', Morticia gets depressed twice (suicidal the first time), kidnapped twice, raped once, and severely injured twice. Also, [[spoiler: Gomez, two fetuses, and one OC baby of Morticia die.]]
205** ''Fanfic/DoYouStillLoveMe'' focuses on Morticia dealing with being raped.
206** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11744870/1/Morticia-Please Morticia Please]]'' makes Gomez [[OutOfCharacter grumpy, overprotective]] and eventually [[RonTheDeathEater beating up another guy]], who has suffered abuse due to being trans.
207* Series/{{Arrowverse}}: ''Fanfic/ArrowRebirth'', which does not shy away from vividly describing the darker aspects of criminality in Starling City and the world as a whole.
208* ''Series/DadsArmy'', of all things, gets the bleak and surprisingly plausible ''[[https://tetsell.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/dads-army-fanfic/ Dads Army Fanfic]]''. In short, the worst fear of the Home Guard finally takes place, and the South coast of England is invaded by Nazis. The typically comically inept Home Guard are now tragically incapable of offering any real resistance.
209* ''Fanfic/{{Day of the Barney|Trilogy}}'', which depicts [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]] as an evil immortal overlord bent on conquering the world (his first and only successful attempt involves inciting every child in the world into a riot against everyone else), not being afraid to murder in graphic manners while maintaining his sickeningly sweet personality. Oh, and his backstory holds him responsible for killing the dinosaurs, corrupting Caligula, unleashing the Black Plague, rescuing UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and leading ThoseWackyNazis to Anne Frank.
210* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' has, among others, ''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-long-war-nubsg.250397/ The Long War]]''. Rather than chase after the Galactica and search for Earth, the POV fleet decides to remain at the colonies and keep fighting the Cylons. Despite a few victories and poor Cylon tactics, they are slowly suffering from attrition and the Cylons are starting to learn. The fleet's commander is slowly going insane and the overall outlook looks even bleaker than the television series.
211* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3779708/1/A-Sweater-Stitched-with-Lies A Sweater Stitched in Lies]]'' is a dark fic of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' (yes, really) featuring murder, attempted murder, insanity, meth addiction, domestic and child abuse, and lots of sex. Sondra goes insane after Elvin and the twins are murdered in their home (or she murders them, it's not clear), and everything goes downhill from there, with the family falling to pieces while trying to cope.
212* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is almost custom made for this. Even beyond the Doctor being a [[TheWoobie well-baked angst muffin]] with psychological scars so deep you can fit entire lost civilisations in them, the legions of vicious, dangerous and destructive aliens and monsters that have been featured, the sheer potential of a vehicle that can appear anywhere in time and space, and a universe that is [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed Always Doomed]] all combine to contain endless possibilities. Fans have not ignored any of this.
213** On a more subtle note, ''[[http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=7981&warning=Adult Psycho Savior, qu'est-ce que c'est?]]'' features a pretty dark take on the Ninth Doctor, who was never exactly a sunshiney kind of guy to begin with. Fortunately, the writer never forgets that the Doctor is, in fact, a {{Big Damn Hero|es}}, which keeps the story firmly on the side of pretty damn good.
214* Believe it or not, Website/FanFictionDotNet's small cache of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' fanfics consists ''almost entirely'' of Dark Fics, which is pretty surprising for a sitcom. There are a couple of fics where Debra cheats on Ray with Robert (including one where the result of this action is both Ray and Amy becoming dark and embittered souls who join forces to plot revenge), one where Marie has a heart attack and the other characters ''stand around sneering and laughing at her'' instead of calling an ambulance, and one that features teenaged versions of Ray and Debra as angst-ridden {{Emo Teen}}s who spend an afternoon cutting themselves.
215* In the ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' fanfic ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/1192123092-once-we-hit-the-24-hour-mark-we-may-never-be-seen Once We Hit The 24 Hour Mark We May Never Be Seen]]'', Ashlynn and Big Red get kidnapped by human traffickers. [[spoiler: Big Red ends up getting tortured, and Ashlynn is raped three times. [[RapeAndRevenge The other Wildcats aren't happy when they learn what happened.]]]]
216* ''Fanfic/HuntingTheUnicorn'' is a ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fic that's heavily influenced by ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn''. It {{deconstruct|ionFic}}s Kurt and Blaine's sugary, [[ButNotTooGay chaste]] romance by exposing just what would make them (and ''especially'' Blaine) act like they do in the show.
217* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has an ''[[http://himym-darkfic.livejournal.com/ entire livejournal community of darkfic]]'' -- an impressive feat for any fandom, let alone a ''sitcom''. Most of them involve various main characters getting into abusive relationships (either with each other or with one-shot or original characters, but most often Barney/Robin), extreme genre shifts changing the setting from comedy to crime/drama or thriller/horror multichapter stories, or subjecting one or more of of the characters' pasts to a CerebusRetcon, again, usually involving abuse. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1768063/idioticonion idioticonion]] is one of the fandom's most prolific darkfic writers.
218* ''Series/ICarly'' can get some pretty bleak fics:
219** They're usually based on Sam's potentially abusive mother, or the potential for a Sam/Freddie relationship to go horrifically off the rails and end up with Sam physically abusing Freddie (often including rape).
220** In the Carly/Sam fandom, fanfics relating to Sam's behavior pop up, especially self harm (cutting, drugs, alcohol abuse, etc) related ones.
221** In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6544954/1/iNternet-A-Tale-of-Unspeakable-Cruelty-and-Terror one fic]], the gang holds a segment on iCarly where anyone can suggest a website and they'll visit it. Someone links them to various {{shock site}}s. Needless to say, the kids are scarred, and it doesn't get any better from there. [[spoiler: Carly gets severe nosebleeds and nightmares from the trauma, Sam distances herself from her friends, and Freddie, already slightly mentally damaged from his [[MyBelovedSmother mother]], winds up not only starting to [[NightmareFetishist get off on gory and dark imagery]] like what’s on those shock sites, but also going [[SanitySlippage completely insane!]] By the end of the story, Freddie has killed his own mother, gutted Sam live on stream and committed suicide, Spencer is slightly disabled from a head injury and Carly is left traumatised and completely alone.]]
222* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'':
223** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/19/1/K-S-M-Kiss-Me K-S-M: Kiss Me]]'' is still kind of comedic, but it veers into BlackComedy: one of Lenny's relatives at a party drugs the punch with something that makes women lusty and tipsy, and Laverne drinks it. It wears off, but that's a bit heavy for Laverne and Shirley, and she ends up sick.
224** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10949590/1/A-New-Beginning A New Beginning]]'', Shirley dies, Laverne is a lot less HotBlooded than normal and it's implied that Squiggy is dead too.
225** ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Kath/WeightOfTheWorld.html Weight of the World]]'' is about Shirley dying.
226** ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Missy/TheIm1.html The Imperfect Man]]'', a psychic apparently predicts Laverne's death and she goes a bit insane and possibly tries to kill herself (but the alternate interpretation is that she thinks she's immune to death now). At the end, she's OK, but [[spoiler: Carmine dies]].
227** In ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Missy/Always.html Always]]'', Laverne is old and dying of cancer.
228** In ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Feen/MilwaukeeTerror1.html Milwaukee Terror]]'', a MonsterClown with balloons full of blood stalks the title characters and kills their friends, lying that he'll make them "float". He supposedly kills Laverne and Shirley too, but [[UnexplainedRecovery at the end, they're OK]].
229** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4865714/2/Somebody-to-Lean-On Somebody to Lean On]]'' has Laverne get raped [[DateRape by her boyfriend Mike]].
230** ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Missy/SinnersHaveSoul.html Sinners Have Soul]]'' has Laverne find Shirley unconscious or dead and bleeding.
231** In ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Missy/BloodyKisses.html Bloody Kisses]]'', Carmine turns into a vampire and kills several people ''including Laverne's dad''. He also turns Shirley into a vampire, who tries to bite Laverne. Eventually, Lenny and Squiggy kill Shirley and Carmine.
232** There's a whole series of {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s called ''[[http://knapp-street.org/bookendstimeline.html Bookends]]''. While not all the fanfics are dark, the timeline for the universe highlights some dark stuff, including Laverne's mother dying (canon) of lung cancer (fanon), Renna (a relative of Lenny's) getting a brain injury, six-year-old Laverne having trouble at school from distraction because her mother is unwell and being called a dummy, Laverne's social life being "the pits" a year after the show, Lenny's wife Karen getting post-partum depression, Laverne and Shirley not being as close as before (although that was temporary), Frank dying of a heart attack, Lenny's cat Bosco becoming sick and surviving but later dying anyway (along with a turtle, two frogs, and a dog), a nearly-elderly Laverne having a high-risk pregnancy, Shirley's daughter Eileen becoming an alcoholic and then dying in a car crash, Shirley's parents and Lenny's father dying, Carmine having a (non-lethal) heart attack, Squiggy's sister being suicidal, Sonny dying of a stroke, and finally Laverne finding out that she has low blood sugar.
233** There's a parody of the theme called ''[[http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/cyndigrecco3.shtml Laverne and Shirley Lose Everything in a Catastrophic Fire]]'', which has lyrics like "any dream we have cannot come true" and "this time, there's no hope for us".
234* Many ''Series/{{Mash}}'' fics focus on Hawkeye Pierce struggling to adjust to life after the war and often end with him being DrivenToSuicide. Arguably justifiable, as he always was a little bipolar and [[spoiler:had a complete psychological breakdown in the series finale (caused by witnessing a mother [[OffingTheOffspring smothering her own child to death]] because he demanded silence so that their bus’s location would not be revealed) that caused him to be committed to a mental hospital.]] Fanfic writer Meredith Bronwen Mallory has some disturbingly well-written darkfics on Website/FanFictionDotNet. Mostly SlashFic, but all haunting and brilliant.
235* The infamous ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' fanfiction ''Agony in Pink'', the far-too-long story in which the original Pink Ranger, Kimberly, is kidnapped, raped, tortured and snuffed by Lord Zedd in ''very'' graphic fashion. Some believe it caused an "international incident" (if being mentioned as a reason for filtering a site counts as such) and may have been the reason that Website/FanFictionDotNet stopped allowing NC-17 stories.
236** ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' in general seems to lend itself to darker fanfiction, though very few as dark as the above. There's a lot of potential darkness in a teenage strike team fighting aliens with the entire world at stake, and almost none of it gets explored on-screen in the TV-Y7 franchise where the heroes (very nearly) always win.
237* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'':
238** The fanfic ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/125688574-together-just-not-our-day Together]]'' is practically like a soap opera: first Mindy thinks she has a cold...which turns out to be the flu, Lily (the neighbour) gets [[RupturedAppendix appendicitis]] and Mork gets low blood sugar, then when they get better, Mork and Mindy [[FeudEpisode have a falling-out]], then when they make up, then Lily deals with an abusive boyfriend named Logan, then Mindy feels sad on Mother's Day because [[MissingMom her mother's dead]], then Lily gets lonely and dislikes her job, so she quits it, then they think Mork has to leave...but he doesn't...but he gets [[AmnesiaEpisode amnesia]]...then he goes back to normal but he and Mindy fight again, they make up but Lily gets insecurities...
239** Another ''Mork and Mindy'' fanfic that is dark is ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5545639/1/Goodbye Goodbye]]''. Basically, Mork gets severely injured in a car accident, then he dies, and seven years later, Mindy [[spoiler: goes insane and eventually kills herself.]]
240* ''Series/Numb3rs'' has ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/4016 Fractured]]'' series by Lyl, which has Megan, Don, and Charlie as serial killers who escape an asylum and they go on a killing spree and cause large amounts of damage to the city.
241* ''Series/OddSquad'' has quite a few dark fics. ''Odd Squad: Civil War'' was one that was popular in the fandom, which focused on Odd Squad being split into two warring factions following a series of new, unjust rules that were imposed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFAObrU2qO8 Two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXd7u_JN7WM mockup trailers]] for the movie ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' accompanied the fanfic, although the movie was not mentioned and it was not a {{Crossover}} fic. A few years after its release, it was taken down by the author.
242* There's a popular type of dark fic called JDA in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' fan fiction. In them, JD is often suicidal, abuses drugs, and has cancer in a few of them.
243* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has the Eurydice Verse, in which ''the damage doesn't reset itself after every episode''. The author probably thinks the characters should be a ''lot'' more screwed up than they appear to be in {{Canon}}.
244* ''Series/HarpersIsland'' has a lot of darkfic based on the BigBad's plan succeeding.
245* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', being the origin story for TheCape, Franchise/{{Superman}}, was fairly light until [[KnightOfCerebus Bizarro]] showed up, and more so after [[InvincibleVillain Doomsday]] entered the picture in season eight, but Dark Fics in the cheerful early seasons is quite common. ''[[http://two-of-us.svtometropolis.com/viewstory.php?sid=669&ageconsent=ok&warning=4 Crisis]]'', for example, with graphic descriptions of sexual assault, torture, attempted murder and copious amounts of angst.
246* Remember the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode with many Enterprises and a reality where [[spoiler:"Federation has lost and Borg are everywhere"]]? Well, there is a fanfic about it [[http://mabus101.livejournal.com/109438.html here]].
247** Speaking of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/125463/Djinn1 Djinn1]] is particularly good at this trope. See: the ''Original Series'' stories ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1228353/1/Dream_Until_Your_Dream_Comes_True Dream Until Your Dream Comes True]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1673933/1/Banshee Banshee]]'', and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2290262/1/Witness Witness]]''. There are many more; those are just the exceptionally good (and exceptionally dark) ones.
248** There are also some ''very'' dark ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fics and fanart depicting the [[AlternateUniverse Mirror Universe]]. One such fic is Naraht's ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/4619 How To Advance Your Career Through Marriage]]'' series -- taking the thesis put forward in Diane Duane's ''TNG'' Mirror Universe novel ''Dark Mirror'' that Mirrorverse Picard was [[UriahGambit much less... scrupulous about his attraction to Jack Crusher's wife]]. It focuses on Dr. Crusher's conflict about their undeniably imbalanced, ''profoundly'' unhealthy relationship and its impact on her family and well-being, while navigating a perilous Enterprise where assassination as a means of advance in rank is commonplace. (And it turns standard Picard's fondness for ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' into a bit of a bleak stealth joke.)
249** In ''Fanfic/AnEnduringSong'', Deanna Troi dies and Riker mourns her.
250** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/56431 Rewiring]]'' rewrites the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "The Wire" as taking place in the twenty-first century, everyone lives in an apartment building, Bashir and Kira work in a pizza restaurant (as part of the ''Fanfic/DeepDishNine'' universe) and the aliens are humans. In the actual episode, Garak is addicted to an implant in his brain that was meant to make him immune to pain while he was a spy, but in this fic, he's addicted to drugs and his addiction symptoms are much worse.
251** One user has made several ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfics called ''The Night X Went Crazy and Killed Everyone'', about a character doing just that. They've done it to [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/904050/1/The-night-Neelix-went-crazy-and-killed-everyone Neelix]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/900064/1/The-night-seven-went-crazy-and-killed-everyone Seven of Nine]], and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/898495/1/The-Night-The-Doctor-finally-went-off-the-deep-end the Doctor]], although his is called ''The Night the Doctor Finally Went Off the Deep End''.
252** The ''Fanfic/MarissaPicard'' storys [sic] are light-hearted ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' fanfiction centering on one self-insert character. These fanfic stories have attracted some of ''their own fanfics'', including some that are very dark indeed (such as ''[[http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mblackwl/darkm_1.txt Dark Marrissa #1: The Master Builders]]'' and ''Marrissa Pays Off Karma'').
253* Although ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is pretty dark to start with, some fanfics manage to make it worse, usually through a lot of torture and rape. One fic springs instantly to mind when [[SoullessShell Evil!Sam]] decides to make Dean his sex slave, mostly through raping the living daylights out of him, all in a world where [[HellOnEarth Hell had taken over]]. And any fic that takes place in the AlternateUniverse shown in [[BadFuture "The End"]], where the Sam and Dean [[TheBadGuyWins fail to stop The Apocalypse]] from happening and Sam agrees to be Lucifer's vessel.
254* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'':
255** ''Victorious'' has ''Fanfic/{{Stay|AnotherChapterOfMe}}'', a story about Jade getting [[RapeAsDrama raped]] and Tori helping her deal with the trauma.
256** ''Fanfic/ThingsJadeHates'' explores Jade's personality. It largely stems from past abuse, namely ParentalIncest and emotional abuse by her mother. Jade also {{Self Harm}}s in the fic.
257* ''Sweetly Rotten'' swings between being an example of RuleThirtyFour and this. It's about ''Series/TheWorstWitch'', and claims that while the principal Miss Ada Cackle's EvilTwin Agatha was in charge, she sexually assaulted the vice principal Miss Hecate "HB" Hardbroom. The fanfic switches between fetishizing the sexual assault and playing it for drama.
258** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15297000/chapters/35488701 Hold Me Down, I'm So Tired Right Now]]'', Miss Hardbroom becomes psychologically disturbed after losing her powers.
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261[[folder:Music]]
262* ''Music/TheProtomen'' is a dark fic for ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''.
263* Music/{{Vocaloid}} has some pretty dark fanfics:
264** Such as ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7757302/1/From_Concert_to_Chaos From Concert to Chaos]]'' which involves Miku and Rin's {{Evil Counterpart}}s rushing the stage ''during a concert'' and beating the daylights out of them ''in front of over 16,000 fans''.
265** If you think that's bad, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5639070/1/Looking-for-You-in-the-Sky These]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8794148/1/Darker-than-Death-Puppy-Mill three]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8400019/1/Darker-than-Death-Dust-in-the-Corner stories]] (last one mildly NSFW) are ''even worse''.
266* Almost all SlashFic for Music/XJapan is this in some way. For very, ''very'' valid RealLife reasons (namely, two of the original band members are ''dead'' after lives spent struggling with mental illness and alcohol/drug abuse, one of the three surviving original members spent 12 years in a dangerous ScamReligion before getting out, one is a hardcore alcoholic, and one has had a life of physical and emotional illness ''and'' the loss of a parent and a soulmate from self-inflicted deaths). The ''happiest'' any fic that is more than a one-shot [[NoPlotNoProblem Plot What Plot]] story ''can'' plausibly get there is EarnYourHappyEnding - and even some of that, when written involving Taiji before 2011, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot became much more sad]].
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270* Some of the FlavorText in ''TabletopGame/TwilightSparklesSecretShipficFolder'' references what appear to be dark fics. The most common source is Of Ponies And Peril, which apparently has Rarity as an evil dictator and might also involve time travel somehow...
271* Somehow, someone managed to write darkfic for ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the God-tier of {{Crapsack World}}s. In ''Fanfic/TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome'', the [[BloodKnight Orks]] and [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]] fuse to become an unimaginably powerful new organism to eat a ''third'' of all life in galaxy, the Astronomicon collapses leaving humanity to [[VestigialEmpire fracture into innumerable fiefdoms]], the [[TheLegionsOfHell hordes of Chaos]] spew from the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Eye of Terror]] to carve a quarter of the galaxy as their dominion, [[EldritchAbomination the Void Dragon and the Nightbringer]] awaken to lead their legions of impossibly advanced machines, the numerous vicious aliens the Imperium was holding back come out to play, and all of even the most marginally heroic characters die, go insane, or [[HeWhoFightsMonsters become monsters]]. The sequel, ''FanFic/TheAgeOfDusk'', is in some ways ''worse''. Although it [[AWorldHalfFull does get better in places]]...
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274[[folder:Theatre]]
275* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' is somewhat dark at times on its own, but somewhere on Platform/DeviantART, some fanfics are, instead of a surreal musical romantic comedy from the 80's based off of a dark comedy from the 60's, quite dark and dramatic, such as ''[[http://mjsmoothcriminal999.deviantart.com/art/Seymour-s-Nightmare-155889912 Seymour's Nightmare]]''.
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278[[folder:Toys]]
279* The original [[Toys/LEGODinoAttack Dino Attack]] line was just a couple of guys with high-tech vehicles and over-the-top weaponry fighting mutant dinosaurs in a city for no particular reason. ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'' manages to take the vague premise and run it into a much DarkerAndEdgier drama. In the RPG, the mutant dinosaur rampage isn't just affecting a city, but it's a global catastrophe ([[spoiler: planned by [[EldritchAbomination the Darkitect]]]]). Instead of just four guys, there are over two hundred people fighting to save the planet, many of whom have [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstories]], psychological issues, and [[CharacterDevelopment character arcs]] with tragic consequences. The rest of the story is filled to the brim with death, destruction, genocide, drugs, alcohol, sexism, smoking, homophobia, child abuse, murder, betrayal, and torture, just to name a few. There's even an [[WhatIf alternate ending]] that ends with an EarthShatteringKaboom and [[EveryoneDiesEnding everybody dying]]. Did we mention this was based on a Franchise/{{LEGO}} line?
280* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' had a few of these even predating ''Friendship Is Magic''. While not particularly gory they tend to be darker than the series, dealing with death and averting the [[AngstWhatAngst usual apathy]] the ponies have towards danger:
281** In ''Fanfic/{{Eternal|MLP}}'' it's shown that the unicorns are [[Really700YearsOld incredibly old]] and [[TheAgeless immortal]]. Unicorns are essential to the balance of the universe, but they view it as a curse that they pass down onto their children.
282** ''Fanfic/ScarsOfWar'' is an unfinished fanfic where the ponies of Dream Valley have just finished a traumatic war against another region.
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286* ''Webcomic/InanimateExperiments'' is an ''Webanimation/InanimateInsanity'' fan webcomic where Test Tube is [[AdaptationalVillainy portrayed]] as a MadScientist who kidnaps people and commits ColdBloodedTorture on them for her experiments.
287* ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/141034654-fear-garden-a-idfb-fanfic Fear Garden]]'' is a ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' fic based on the Music/{{Vocaloid}} song of the same name, in which Pin severs the hands of her friends to plant them in her garden.
288* ''Fanfic/MurderersRow'' is a '''brutal''' prison AU fic for ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. There is [[KilledOffForReal death]], [[ColdBloodedTorture disembowlment]], and [[RapeAsDrama a terrifying rape scene.]]
289* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
290** The infamous fanfic ''Blood Rose'' is pretty much the embodiment of this trope. Gore, graphic violence, cannibalism, and sexual assault are relatively common (and sometimes take place ''all at the same time'') What makes it even more disturbing is that Ruby, who is easily the most innocent and naive person in the show itself, is generally the one doing all of this. Unlike most fanfics of this degree of violence, though, it actually has a pretty decent plot.
291** ''Fanfic/RWBYDark'' is a series where Remnant is reimagined as a [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian wasteland]] where almost every ''RWBY'' hero recieves a hot dose of AdaptationalVillainy: Lord Ozpin is the tyrannical ruler of Remnant, Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren are his private assassin force, Blake is the leader of the White Fang terrorist organization, Weiss is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt CEO]] of the Schnee Dust Company, and Ruby is a bloodthirsty, perverted SerialKiller with Yang as her mutilated slave/trophy pet.
292** ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' is a dark retelling of ''RWBY''. The general story and characterization is similar to canon, however the world of Remnant is taken more seriously without any of the whimsy of the first two volumes. Grimm are dangerous beasts and many students don't even survive Beacon's initiation, which means many [[ShellShockedVeteran students show signs of PTSD before even graduating]]. The characters have also more fleshed out backstories, including more clear AbusiveParents on Weiss' part (which leads to Weiss being seriously mentally ill) and DomesticAbuse on Blake's part.
293** ''Fanfic/LetUsBeYourPoison'' is a rewrite of ''RWBY'' that works it into a "dark fairy-tale". Hunters work as military personnel (not Grimm killers) and the world is overall much darker.
294** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12674696/2/The-Mind-s-Eye The Mind's Eye]]'' starts out with Jaune's semblance grants him the power to read minds. It's all fun and games until he tries to read the mind of a Grimm, bringing him face-to-face with a very ticked off ''[[HumanoidAbomination Salem.]]'' Things quickly go down hill from there.
295* Dark Fics for ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' are pretty common too:
296** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14510493/chapters/33524196 "Disfigure"]], in which the Evil Director Guy from the episode "Spares" starts working with experiments that involve [[BodyHorror fusing people together]]. He ends up doing this to Edd, Matt, Tom and Tord and the resulting abomination is implied to kill him for it. Afterward, Paul and Pat sneak into the lab and end up separating the boys, freeing them from their horrible nightmare...only to end up as a conjoined monstrosity themselves. This one is noteworthy in that the author was kind enough to provide pictures of what the fusions looked like on their Deviantart account...let's just say, it isn't pretty...
297** [[https://nighted-doors-au.tumblr.com/tagged/ew+nighted+au+plot/chrono "Nighted Doors"]] is something of a CharacterBlog[=/=]AlternateRealityGame combo where a mysterious door materializes in the boys' house. After all attempts to get rid of it fail, it starts spooking them something fierce, plaguing them with terrifying nightmares and haunting them with a frightful presence none of them can explain. [[EvilDetectingCat Ringo]] seems to just straight up ignore the thing's existence, acting normally for the most part, but keeping her distance when she passes the door's location, like she senses something is off about it. Things only get worse when Matt disappears behind the door and the others have to enter it to rescue him. The interior is [[EldritchLocation exactly what you'd expect it to be]], and what's worse, it appears to be ''toying'' with them.
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301* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4647681/1/FROST This]] might be deserving of note for being a dark fic in Website/FanFictionDotNet's rather small ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' section. The actual comic got hit by CerebusSyndrome for a while, but ''ye gods''...
302* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has more than a few dark fics due to the sheer amount of FridgeHorror it has. Most commonly focused on the doomed timelines, but several [=AUs=] about a dystopian non-sgrub Alternia, a post-game world where either trolls or humans have enslaved the other species, or just canon continuity stories with a lot of rape, death, {{Wangst}} and abuse.
303** Almost all of this would go on to [[AscendedFridgeHorror become (dubious) canon]] in ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'', which even starts with a parody Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn description full of tags common to Dark Fic.
304* ''Fanfic/CWCollateralATaleOfTheResistance'' gives this treatment to the infamous ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'', while mixing it with HateFic. The story depicts the official comic as propaganda released by the oppresive and incomptent Chandler administration, while following the perspective of the villains, the PVCC, as they struggle against the Electric Hedgehog Pokémon regime.
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307[[folder:Web Original]]
308* Given the material, some of the timelines and stories on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom arguably fall under this in relation to AlternateHistory. These are generally brutal, {{Crapsack World}}s ranging from [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory victorious Nazis]] to [[WorldWarIII nuclear holocaust]].
309** One specific example would be ''Literature/AWorldOfLaughterAWorldOfTears'', which follows the unforeseen consequences of Creator/WaltDisney's election into the White House.
310** ''Literature/ForAllTime'' is basically what happens when FinaglesLaw is applied to history. Here, FDR dies of a stroke two weeks after Pearl Harbor, leaving the far less competent Henry Wallace in charge of the country during World War II. GoneHorriblyWrong doesn't even begin to describe it. Here, the most marginalized and insane figures become prominent leaders, ranging from American President [[spoiler: Jim Jones]] to Emperor [[spoiler: Jean-Bedel Bokassa]] of France to [[spoiler: Andrei Chikatilo]] becoming premier of the Soviet Union; nations break up, genocides and civil wars happen on a daily basis, and nuclear and chemical weapons become common tools for war.
311** ''Literature/TwilightOfTheRedTsar'' is about a world where Joseph Stalin survives his stroke. What happens when one of the most evil men in history lives a bit longer? The Dotor's Plot is carried out and escalates into [[spoiler: a Second Holocaust that claims the lives over a million Soviet Jews]]; the Baltic states face a mass ethnic cleansing that nearly depopulates them, the Sino-Soviet Split leads to a [[WarIsHell war]] that sees China [[spoiler: hit with nuclear and biological weapons, leading to millions of deaths, mass famine, and the worst refugee crisis in history.]] Things aren't much better outside the eastern bloc, with Egypt falling under control of [[spoiler: the Muslim Brotherhood]] and becoming a poverty-stricken hellhole where 'criminals' are mutilated, tortured or executed in public on a daily basis.
312** ''Literature/GreenAntarctica'' reimagines the southern continent as a habitable landmass, but also an absolute DeathWorld. The wildlife includes giant raping gorillas, fire-breathing ants, acid-spitting eagles, giant platypi that have evolved to be similar to crocodilians, [[DropBear Drop Bears]], a small mammal whose bite sends humans into comas, and it's just to name a few. The natives of such a land, the Tsalal, are an enormous and technically advanced civilization, but the brutality of their homeland also brought out the worst aspects of humanity in them: murder, rape, cannibalism, bestiality, necrophilia, torture, HumanSacrifice, you name it and it's probably normalized in at least one of their cultures. They were unaware of the outside world for most of history, until Captain Cook arrives in July 1774...
313--> '''Cook:''' ''"Truly, ignorance was a gift from God. It would be better for all if the civilized nations never knew such a people existed. But in the knowledge which must come, I can only hope that providence inspires the spirit of man to unite and exterminate these brutes. Yet in my heart, I feel fear, because now they know that we exist..."''
314* The fiction blog ''Literature/HitherbyDragons'' tries this with many of its entries, spanning from ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' (undergoing the Trail of Tears), to ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' (during the apocalypse), to ''Glow Worm'' (as a demon, fighting a doomed battle against worse horrors), to ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' (the heroine dies early on), to stereotypical high school MagicalGirl stories (the magical girls are the Four HorsemenOfTheApocalypse). In the bittersweet style of Hitherby, some such stories (like the one where Series/{{Teletubbies}} are suffering eternal punishment for their sins) turn things around on the reader ''again'' and manage to end on an uplifting note, while others do not.
315* ''Literature/SailorNothing'' takes the ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' style MagicalGirl genre and {{deconstruct|ionFic}}s it into a realistically horrifying tale similar, yet different to ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. The story follows a teenage girl who, after [[JumpedAtTheCall jumping at the chance to be a hero]], spends most of her time fighting evil rather than making friends, doing well in school, and generally living her life. This is made worse by the fact that it is during high school, so her social reputation is constantly demolished, and that she can never truly quit being a hero.
316* A popular meme on Website/{{Tumblr}} involves "genre swap" -- i.e., taking carefully-selected screenshots of a particular fandom and arranging them and moderately manipulating their tint, exposure, brightness, etc to make them fit a completely different genre. You've got some dark-to-light -- ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' as a romantic comedy! ''Series/BreakingBad'' as a Rogers and Hammerstein musical ("Albuquerque's Alive With The Sound Of Dealing")! -- but others are light-to-dark, such as ''Series/{{Glee}}'' as a [[http://all-delightedpeople.tumblr.com/post/8243635716/genre-swap-glee-as-a-horror-film horror film]], ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' as a [[http://echofades.tumblr.com/post/3623885710 murder mystery]] (involving the murder of the eponymous mother), or ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' as a [[http://skysearcher.tumblr.com/post/9674849908/genre-swap-tangled-as-a-psychological-thriller psychological thriller.]]
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320* A disturbing amount of ''Website/ChannelAwesome'' fanfiction is Dark Fic (the other half is CrackFic), mostly due playing crazy comedy characters for drama and the challenge of still keeping their personalities intact is more fun than it should be.
321** ''Fanfic/ThatGuyWithTheGlassesInSpace''. If a group of nerdy, fun internet personas becoming {{br|eakTheCutie}}oken -- but very, ''very'' Badass -- [[TheWoobie woobies]] due to war and experiments isn't dark then we don't know what is.
322** The Hooker Verse doesn't do too badly either in this department, either. The only difference is that it replaces war with, well, the internet personas either whoring themselves out, becoming pimps or paying for said whores.
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