History AccompliceByInaction / FanWorks

** This is used to set the pair up as {{Foil}}s, as well as {{foreshadowing}} their respective narrative arcs: Shinobu recognizes her own culpability and gets upset with herself for being such an ExtremeDoormat, while Mutsumi weakly insists that "that's just how Naru and Motoko are" and that Keitaro should stop "dwelling on the past". Shinobu subsequently goes on to [[GrewASpine grow a spine]] and learn how to stand up for herself, while Mutsumi doubles down and becomes obsessed with [[ShipperOnDeck getting Keitaro and Naru back together]], ignoring how neither one of them wants that.
** When Shinobu calls her out on her selfish, ItsAllAboutMe attitude, Naru prepares to subject her to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown while Motoko stands back, coldly watching. Fortunately, Haruka intervenes, but it still drives home how both of her self-appointed defenders were just [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]].

* ''[[Fanfic/RateThis (Trust is Hard to Come By)]]'': Adrien's refsual to do anything about Lila or about his classmates {{Cyberbullying}} Marinette results in him losing her trust... which gets exposed to the whole world when an akuma's power translates this in a numerical rating and warning labels. On a scale of 1 to 100, he comes in at a 14, and is labeled a DirtyCoward who's both spineless and pushy -- perfectly willing to lecture victims about how ''they're'' in the wrong, but an ExtremeDoormat otherwise.

** Ironically, this is {{Downplayed}} by [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Lila herself]]. While she hadn't expected the class to turn so ''viciously'' upon Marinette, she hesitates about trying to stop it herself, repeatedly asking Ms. Bustier to intervene only to see that their teacher isn't interested in doing so. When Ms. Bustier announces Marinette's transfer, however, Lila takes it upon herself to try and distract the mob, buying time for her to escape, proceeding to go through a HeelRealization and start making efforts to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone repair some of the damage she's done]].

-->'''Yoko:''' (when Mamabe pins the blame of Sylvio too focused on winning) Well, what about you? You egged him on! You told him to keep focusing on Yuya and not care about the consequences! Why didn't any of you ask Sylvio to stop? Did you not hear them screaming for help or how they were seconds away from falling to their dooms? Why didn't you try to help? Or were the three of you blind to the children of butchers, marine biologists, and engineers? Are all of us poor and middle class people the same in your eyes?

** Keitaro calls out Shinobu and Mitsumi for this while [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech confronting all of the Hinata Girls]] over how they treated them. While neither one ever attacked him themselves, they never spoke out or defended him against any of the other girls' {{Unprovoked Pervert Payback}}s. Even when they ''knew'' said accusations were completely unfounded.
** This is used to set the pair up as {{Foil}}s, as well as {{foreshadowing}} their respective narrative arcs: Shinobu recognizes her own culpability and gets upset with herself for being such an ExtremeDoormat, while Mitsumi weakly insists that "that's just how Naru and Motoko are" and that Keitaro should stop "dwelling on the past". Shinobu subsequently goes on to [[GrewASpine grow a spine]] and learn how to stand up for herself, while Mitsumi doubles down and becomes obsessed with [[ShipperOnDeck getting Keitaro and Naru back together]], ignoring how neither one of them wants that.