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Author: KiwiMaxim

Aug 1st 2017 at 11:45:48 PM

Might there be a relation here with LaResistance? Those guys are always the opposition against the greater power, but the trend for the examples here is that the characters in question aren't actively doing anything to the guys that oppose them, and the opposing parties are usually reacting to the ''potential'' danger rather than an active threat. If this includes people who actively use their powers in a way that harms people, a lot of {{Big Bad}}s fit the bill.

Anyway, some examples, if they fit:

[[AC:Anime]]
* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'' is about Albion, which was split East and West after a revolution following the huge boost in global power that they gained thanks to their monopoly on [[AppliedPhlebotinum cavorite]]. 
* The titular character of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' was shunned throughout his childhood, being a victim of SealedInAPersonShapedCan. What was sealed in him had the power to basically destroy his home village, and being the vessel of such a dangerous being made him despised by association. (As suggested by jahman)

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' explores this, as the ever-changing public view of [[AntiHeroTeam the Phantom Thieves]] is a central aspect of the story. They and the villains they fight are on different sides of a GrayAndGrayMorality, and while they spend the whole game with the cops on their tails, the general public appreciates their deeds because they only use their nonlethal HeelFaceBrainwashing powers on actual, obviously morally-corrupt people. [[spoiler:Late in the game they become framed for murder in a case where, as far as the public knows, only they with their unique abilities could've killed the victim in that specific manner. Their reputation plummets, and final few acts of the story focus on them turning it all around.]]