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-->'''Fiver:''' "What the fuck are you actually doing, Kurogiri? You think you're staying out of it, when you let scum like Giran work your bar? Get bent. You’re not neutral, you just roll over for whoever's already winning."

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-->'''Fiver:''' "What What the fuck are you actually doing, Kurogiri? You think you're staying out of it, when you let scum like Giran work your bar? Get bent. You’re not neutral, you just roll over for whoever's already winning."
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* ''Fanfic/{{Foxfire}}'': Jet considers the Gaang to be just as responsible for Li's condition as Azula was, believing that they didn't even ''bother'' looking for him.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Foxfire}}'': ''Fanfic/{{Foxfire|RaharMoonfire}}'': Jet considers the Gaang to be just as responsible for Li's condition as Azula was, believing that they didn't even ''bother'' looking for him.

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** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': Lillie sees her brother this way after realizing that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot much of the drama surrounding the Nihilego incident could have been avoided]] if Gladion had simply ''told someone'' what he witnessed that night. Instead, he took off with Type: Null to train, trying to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop... effectively abandoning her for ''years'' in the process.

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** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': Lillie sees her brother this way after realizing that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot much of the drama surrounding the Nihilego incident could have been avoided]] if Gladion had simply ''told someone'' what he witnessed that night. Instead, he took off with Type: Null to train, trying to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop... effectively abandoning her for ''years'' in the process. Dulce would later turn this around for her; she knew all the time she had problems. So ''why not tell her mom about them''?




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* ''Fanfic/AMothersTouch'': Sylvio is mostly to blame for the duel that nearly killed four students (his Action Duel put them on the spire of a tower), but Yoko hastily points out that Reiji watching the duel could've stopped it, or Sylvio's kiss-up squad (who was watching from afar) could have warned Sylvio of the consequences. [[MamaBear Yoko]] is not amused to hear the LDS people whine and complain but not do anything about it.
-->'''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?
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** In "Zombizou", Marinette reaches her RageBreakingPoint and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Mme. Bustier on her refusal to ever punish Chlo&ecute; for her bullying, as she prefers to passive-aggressively pressure the ''victims'' into [[EasilyForgiven forgiving their abusers]] instead.

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** In "Zombizou", Marinette reaches her RageBreakingPoint and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Mme. Bustier on her refusal to ever punish Chlo&ecute; Chloé for her bullying, as she prefers to passive-aggressively pressure the ''victims'' into [[EasilyForgiven forgiving their abusers]] instead.

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* In ''Fanfic/TowardsTheSun'', Zuko [[BrutalHonesty bluntly informs]] Captain Izumi that he sees her as purely LoyalToThePosition, not to ''him''. While Izumi is initially offended, she later realizes that he was right when she doesn't do anything to stop [[spoiler:the Agni Kai]], even when she realizes that [[spoiler:Zuko is having a heart attack right in the middle of the fight]].


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* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': Felix Agreste combines this with IHatePastMe, as he's a LiteralSplitPersonality-slash-DecompositeCharacter who became the ''new'' Adrien's older brother while retaining all of the original Adrien's memories from the previous reality. He holds himself personally responsible for [[TheBadGuyWins Hawkmoth's victory]], as not only did he tend towards passivity and inaction, he chose not to warn Ladybug about some critical information he'd discovered.
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* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'':
** 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.
** 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]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'': The Irregulars repeatedly fail to do anything about Yuusaku's [[AbusiveParents flagrant abuse]] of his son Shinichi, even after all plausible deniability about them "having no idea" just how bad it is gets utterly ''destroyed'' by him subjecting Shinichi to an utterly ''brutal'' BreakingSpeech right in front of them. This spurs Shinichi to conclude that all of them ''agree'' with Yuusaku, including his supposed girlfriend Ran, whom he accuses of sharing his father's views [[spoiler:while breaking up with her]].

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* In ''Fanfic/CursedBlood'', Izuku has [[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange a powerful regenerative Quirk]]. Since this granted him an impressive HealingFactor, Katsuki took his {{Barbaric Bully}}ing much, ''much'' further. The staff at [[SuckySchool Aldera Middle School]] were fully aware of this, but turned a blind eye, insisting that "[[ExactWords no injuries were found on the alleged victim]]" so they could keep Katsuki's records squeaky clean. This makes them partly responsible for Katsuki [[IRejectYourReality completely losing his grip on reality]], as he's used to others agreeing with his delusions.



* ''Fanfic/BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic'':
** Sunset accuses Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna of not doing anything about the Anon-A-Miss situation because they [[WrongAssumption wrongly assumed]] that she ''was'' the culprit, and were letting the students punish her for what happened at the Fall Formal. While this isn't true, both admit to themselves that they ''severely'' underestimated how bad cyberbullying could be, since they hadn't had to deal with it while growing up, and that a lot of pain and suffering could have been avoided if they'd intervened sooner.
** Flash Sentry didn't believe that Sunset was Anon-A-Miss, and didn't participate in any of the punishment others were inflicting upon her. But he didn't go out of his way to help her, either, much to his regret. He attempts to make up for this by encouraging Sunset to stop bottling up her anger, offering himself up as a potential target for her rage. [[spoiler:This results in her breaking a mirror instead, injuring herself badly enough while venting that she has to be rushed to the hospital.]]



* ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': [[{{Foil}} Unlike Iruka]], Kakashi doesn't say a word when Sasuke cruelly berates Sakura in front of him, even when Sasuke declares that the civilian-born Sakura will never be anything more than a 'paper chuunin' at best... or outright CannonFodder. This convinces her that Kakashi agrees with everything her teammate said, and that he considers her [[WeHaveReserves just as disposable]].

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* ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': [[{{Foil}} Unlike Iruka]], Kakashi doesn't say a word when Sasuke cruelly berates Sakura in front of him, even when Sasuke declares that the civilian-born Sakura will never be anything more than a 'paper chuunin' at best... or outright CannonFodder. This convinces her that Kakashi agrees with everything her teammate said, and that he considers her [[WeHaveReserves just as disposable]].
disposable]]. It certainly doesn't help that Kakashi outright ''encourages'' Sasuke to be resentful of her by [[IWasBeatenByAGirl taunting him with her successes]] rather than praising her, or that he expects her to [[WomenAreWiser act calmer and more mature than the boys]] and keep the pair in line without losing her temper with them.

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* ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'':
** In "Zombizou", Marinette reaches her RageBreakingPoint and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Mme. Bustier on her refusal to ever punish Chlo&ecute; for her bullying, as she prefers to passive-aggressively pressure the ''victims'' into [[EasilyForgiven forgiving their abusers]] instead.
--->'''Marinette:''' All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do ''nothing''. And ''you'' did nothing, Mme. Bustier.
** After the titular akuma is dealt with, the rest of the class collectively admits that they're ''also'' sick and tired of her passively enabling the SpoiledBrat. Save for Chloé herself, who buys her a late birthday present as a reward for her blatant favoritism.
** Sabrina also notes that Bustier has known for ''years'' that Chloé was forcing her to do all her homework for her, but stood by and let it happen.



* ''{{Fanfic/{{New Game Plus|OnePiece}}'': Luffy incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech to Garp, pointing out that no matter how well he toed the line, the World Government would eventually turn on him for [[SinsOfOurFathers being Dragon's son]]. And that could lead to them targeting anyone whom they deemed to have had a hand in Luffy surviving to this point, such as attacking Dadan and Foosha for not lynching a child.

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* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien is fully aware of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]]; however, he doesn't want to deal with the potential drama of being the one exposing her to everyone. So he sits back and lets her do as she pleases, manipulating his classmates and increasingly isolating Marinette. This causes the karmic backlash Lila's accumulating to splash onto ''him'' as well, considering him to be just as responsible for the harm she's caused.
** Lila also exploits this, knowing that contrary to what Adrien believes, the others ''won't'' easily forgive her for what she's done... and if they learn he knew all along and never warned them, they'll hold ''him'' responsible as well.

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Adrien is fully aware of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]]; however, he doesn't want to deal with the potential drama of being the one exposing her to everyone. So he sits back and lets her do as she pleases, manipulating his classmates and increasingly isolating Marinette. This causes the karmic backlash Lila's accumulating to splash onto ''him'' as well, considering him to be just as responsible for the harm she's caused.
** Lila also exploits this, knowing that contrary to what Adrien believes, the others ''won't'' easily forgive {{easily forgive|n}} her for what she's done... and if they learn he knew all along and never warned them, they'll hold ''him'' responsible as well.




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* ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'':
** It doesn't escape Ms. Bustier's notice when most of the class turns against Marinette. Yet she intentionally turns a blind eye, ignoring it even when they start tripping Marinette and shoving her around right in front of her. Why? Because she hopes this will encourage her "star student" to become an ExtremeDoormat. And when this instead leads to Marinette transferring to another school to escape the torment, she spitefully reveals that it's her last day, fully expecting this to turn her bullies into an angry mob.
** Adrien is just as intent on BlamingTheVictim as their teacher. As far as he's concerned, Marinette brought all of this upon herself by [[CassandraTruth trying to expose]] that Lila was lying to everyone. At one point, he witnesses Kim and Alix subjecting Marinette to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown... and calmly turns his back and walks away.
** 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]].



* ''FanFic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': Kurogiri believes that he's left his criminal past behind him after All For One's demise, running a bar that he treats as a neutral space, only intervening when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards notices things he dislikes]], such as kicking bar brawlers out or ejecting [[SlippingAMickey anyone he catches tampering with drinks]]. Fiver, however, challenges his supposed neutrality, calling him out for everything he ''doesn't'' intervene with, such as Giran's shady dealings.

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* ''FanFic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': ''Fanfic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': Kurogiri believes that he's left his criminal past behind him after All For One's demise, running a bar that he treats as a neutral space, only intervening when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards notices things he dislikes]], such as kicking bar brawlers out or ejecting [[SlippingAMickey anyone he catches tampering with drinks]]. Fiver, however, challenges his supposed neutrality, calling him out for everything he ''doesn't'' intervene with, such as Giran's shady dealings.



* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.

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* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' ''Fanfic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.



* ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New Game Plus]]'': Luffy incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech to Garp, pointing out that no matter how well he toed the line, the World Government would eventually turn on him for [[SinsOfOurFathers being Dragon's son]]. And that could lead to them targeting anyone whom they deemed to have had a hand in Luffy surviving to this point, such as attacking Dadan and Foosha for not lynching a child.

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* ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New ''{{Fanfic/{{New Game Plus]]'': Plus|OnePiece}}'': Luffy incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech to Garp, pointing out that no matter how well he toed the line, the World Government would eventually turn on him for [[SinsOfOurFathers being Dragon's son]]. And that could lead to them targeting anyone whom they deemed to have had a hand in Luffy surviving to this point, such as attacking Dadan and Foosha for not lynching a child.



* In ''[[Fanfic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]'', [[spoiler:Pluto]] sets off the entire plot by [[spoiler:standing by and letting Emerald escape to the past]].

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* In ''[[Fanfic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]'', ''Fanfic/ImHereToHelp'', [[spoiler:Pluto]] sets off the entire plot by [[spoiler:standing by and letting Emerald escape to the past]].
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* ''[[Fanfic/{{TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship}} Tanjiro & Kagome: A Taishō-Heisei Friendship]]'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him a slap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].

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* ''[[Fanfic/{{TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship}} Tanjiro & Kagome: A Taishō-Heisei Friendship]]'': ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaishoHeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him a slap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].
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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45751708/chapters/115134271 I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors]]'' features Lila thanking Adrien profusely for enabling her to deceive the whole class for so long.

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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45751708/chapters/115134271 I ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors]]'' Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'' features Lila thanking Adrien profusely for enabling her to deceive the whole class for so long.
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'''Lila:'' Oh, Adrien, don't be ridiculous! ''You're'' the one who told Marinette to stop trying to expose me in order to keep the peace! Surely you remember the spiel, 'hurting the villain never made them a better person'! Inspirational, truly.

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'''Lila:'' '''Lila:''' Oh, Adrien, don't be ridiculous! ''You're'' the one who told Marinette to stop trying to expose me in order to keep the peace! Surely you remember the spiel, 'hurting the villain never made them a better person'! Inspirational, truly.
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* [[https://birdycrown.tumblr.com/post/713357490667077632/ Chapter Five]] of ''I See What You Did Behind Closed Doors'' features Lila thanking Adrien profusely for enabling her to deceive the whole class for so long.

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* [[https://birdycrown.tumblr.com/post/713357490667077632/ Chapter Five]] of ''I ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45751708/chapters/115134271 I See What You Did Do Behind Closed Doors'' Doors]]'' features Lila thanking Adrien profusely for enabling her to deceive the whole class for so long.
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* [[https://birdycrown.tumblr.com/post/713357490667077632/ Chapter Five]] of ''I See What You Did Behind Closed Doors'' features Lila thanking Adrien profusely for enabling her to deceive the whole class for so long.
-->'''Lila:''' For someone who knew all about me, he was the best accomplice I'd ever had.\\
'''Rose:''' What!? IS THIS TRUE?!?!\\
'''Adrien:''' Huh? No, of course not! Why would I--\\
'''Lila:'' Oh, Adrien, don't be ridiculous! ''You're'' the one who told Marinette to stop trying to expose me in order to keep the peace! Surely you remember the spiel, 'hurting the villain never made them a better person'! Inspirational, truly.
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* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Played with in regards to Sara Lance. The premise of the story is that Laurel and Sara's mother Dinah traded Laurel to the League of Assassins in exchange for Sara's freedom. To help absolve herself of the guilt, she coerced a traumatized Sara into agreeing to let it happen. Sara came to regret it after the trade was completed and eventually went back on it by telling Oliver about when he came home so he could rescue Laurel in her place. The story explores the complexity of the situation; while Dinah is the one mostly at fault, for taking advantage of Sara's trauma in order to bully her younger daughter into agreeing with the decision, that doesn't change the fact that Sara did, ultimately, choose to let Laurel be traded to the League and did nothing to stop their mother. Thus, she's wracked with guilt for the entire story, and both Oliver and Laurel are understandably angry with her, even though they acknowledge it wasn't entirely her fault.

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* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Played with in regards to Sara Lance. The premise of the story is that Laurel and Sara's mother Dinah traded Laurel to the League of Assassins in exchange for Sara's freedom. To help absolve herself of the guilt, she Dinah coerced a traumatized Sara into agreeing to let letting it happen. Sara came to regret it after the trade was completed and eventually went back on it by telling Oliver about the truth when he came home so he could rescue Laurel in her place. The story explores the complexity of the situation; while Dinah is the one mostly at fault, for taking advantage of Sara's trauma shocked state of mind in order to bully her younger daughter into agreeing with the decision, that doesn't change the fact that Sara did, ultimately, choose to let Laurel her sister be traded to the League and did nothing to stop their mother. Thus, she's wracked with guilt for the entire story, and both Oliver and Laurel are understandably angry with her, even though they acknowledge it wasn't entirely her fault.
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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaishoHeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him a slap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].

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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaishoHeiseiFriendship'': ''[[Fanfic/{{TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship}} Tanjiro & Kagome: A Taishō-Heisei Friendship]]'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him a slap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].
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* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Played with in regards to Sara Lance. The premise of the story is that Laurel and Sara's mother Dinah traded Laurel to the League of Assassins in exchange for Sara's freedom. To help absolve herself of the guilt, she coerced a traumatized Sara into agreeing to let it happen. Sara came to regret it after the trade was completed and eventually went back on it by telling Oliver about when he came home so he could rescue Laurel in her place. The story explores the complexity of the situation; while Dinah is the one mostly at fault, for taking advantage of Sara's trauma in order to bully her younger daughter into agreeing with the decision, that doesn't change the fact that Sara did, ultimately, choose to let Laurel be traded to the League and did nothing to stop their mother. Thus, she's wracked with guilt for the entire story, and both Oliver and Laurel are understandably angry with her, even though they acknowledge it wasn't entirely her fault.
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*** In the anime, it's noted that Goh's parents were heavily concerned on Goh not having a social life because he spent all his time in front of his computer to search for Mew. This fanfic shows that they did ''nothing'' to help their son at all -- preferably to get his ass off his chair to go see Chloe -- that contributed to him having very little social skills, sympathy or emotional intelligence.

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*** In the anime, it's noted that Goh's parents were heavily concerned on about Goh not having a social life because he spent all his time in front of his computer to search searching for Mew. This fanfic shows that they did ''nothing'' to help their son at all -- preferably to get his ass off his chair to go see Chloe -- that contributed to him having very little social skills, sympathy sympathy, or emotional intelligence.



* In ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'', Tyrion tears a new asshole into Cersei when she tries to defend herself by saying she did nothing, when it was precisely that - doing nothing to curb Joffrey's cruelty or work towards a peaceful resolution of the War of the Five Kings - that caused it to happen [[spoiler:and also Sansa Stark's death]].

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* In ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'', Tyrion tears a new asshole into Cersei when she tries to defend herself by saying she did nothing, nothing when it was precisely that - doing nothing to curb Joffrey's cruelty or work towards a peaceful resolution of the War of the Five Kings - that caused it to happen [[spoiler:and also Sansa Stark's death]].



* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.

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* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, afterwards since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.
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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaishoHeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].

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* ''Fanfic:RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': '''''IS THERE A SINGLE HONEST PONY AMONGST YOU?!''''' The answer is "no" as, while not every member of Luna's Night Court engaged in corrupt practices during their tenure, the ones who didn't instead witnessed one of the former acts and did nothing. Excuses be damned — [[WeNeedToGetProof they couldn't prove it]], [[CassandraTruth nopony would]] [[YouHaveToBelieveMe believe them]], [[HeKnowsTooMuch they'd be silenced if they tried to come forward]] — they didn't even ''try'' to do the right thing, and to Luna that made them just as culpable.

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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].

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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship'': ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaishoHeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].
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* ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New Game Plus]]'': Luffy incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech to Garp, pointing out that no matter how well he toed the line, the World Government would eventually turn on him for [[SinsOfTheFathers being Dragon's son]]. And that could lead to them targeting anyone whom they deemed to have had a hand in Luffy surviving to this point, such as attacking Dadan and Foosha for not lynching a child.

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* ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New Game Plus]]'': Luffy incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech to Garp, pointing out that no matter how well he toed the line, the World Government would eventually turn on him for [[SinsOfTheFathers [[SinsOfOurFathers being Dragon's son]]. And that could lead to them targeting anyone whom they deemed to have had a hand in Luffy surviving to this point, such as attacking Dadan and Foosha for not lynching a child.
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* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unreliable as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasingly horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recognizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unreliable as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasingly horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without doing anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recognizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]
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* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'' uses this to compare and contrast Kim and Nino. Both failed to help her out against her long-time bully Chloé; Kim was nursing a crush on the RichBitch while Nino feared personal retaliation. While Kim comes to realize his mistake and tries to make amends, Nino [[BlamingTheVictim blames Marinette]] for not standing up for herself, straining their relationship further until she questions whether Nino was anything more than a FairWeatherFriend.

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* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'' uses this to compare and contrast Kim and Nino. Both failed to help her Marinette out against her long-time bully Chloé; Kim was nursing a crush on the RichBitch while Nino feared personal retaliation. While Kim comes to realize his mistake and tries to make amends, Nino [[BlamingTheVictim blames Marinette]] for not standing up for herself, straining their relationship further until she questions whether Nino was anything more than a FairWeatherFriend.

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* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unreliable as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasingly horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recognizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]

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* ''Fanfic/TanjiroAndKagomeATaisho-HeiseiFriendship'': Kagome is ''furious'' at Inuyasha for standing by and letting Inosuke beat up Zenitsu rather than intervening, giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap and [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on it]].
* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unreliable as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasingly horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recognizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]
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* ''Fanfic/SeeItAllInBloom'': ''will i ever be more than i've always been'' has Bakugou confront his former principal, calling him out on how he ''allowed'' him to be a BarbaricBully, terrorizing Izuku and his other classmates while the teachers and staff at Aldera did nothing to stop them.


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* In chapter 54 of ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'', Damon executes a mook who, although not a direct perpetrator of a certain evil, did nothing to stop it from happening and can't offer a good reason why.
* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien is well aware that [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] is a ConsummateLiar, but decides to stand by and let her turn the rest of the class against Marinette through MaliciousSlander. Even worse, he attempts to convince Marinette that it's ''her'' fault for standing up for herself rather than "taking the high road" like him. When Cole and the rest of her new GirlPosse find out, they're understandably ''furious'' and accuse him of this.
** Adelaide's thoughts in ''The Night After'' make clear that she sees Principal Damocles as one. While he ''does'' act after Alya assaulted her daughter and punishes Ms. Bustier for her attempt to victim-blame Cole for the attack, he's only doing so for fear of facing legal recourse (which ultimately doesn't work since Adelaide still ends up suing the school), since he allowed [[BullyingTheDisabled the ableist bullying against Cole]] to go on completely unaddressed until circumstances ensured he couldn't ignore it anymore.

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* In chapter 54 of ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'', Damon executes a mook who, although not a direct perpetrator of a certain evil, did nothing to stop it from happening and can't offer a good reason why.
* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien is well aware that [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] is a ConsummateLiar, but decides to stand by and let her turn the rest of the class against Marinette through MaliciousSlander. Even worse, he attempts to convince Marinette that it's ''her'' fault for standing up for herself rather than "taking the high road" like him. When Cole and the rest of her new GirlPosse find out, they're understandably ''furious'' and accuse him of this.
** Adelaide's thoughts in ''The Night After'' make clear that she sees Principal Damocles as one. While he ''does'' act after Alya assaulted her daughter and punishes Ms. Bustier for her attempt to victim-blame Cole for the attack, he's only doing so for fear of facing legal recourse (which ultimately doesn't work since Adelaide still ends up suing the school), since he allowed [[BullyingTheDisabled the ableist bullying against Cole]] to go on completely unaddressed until circumstances ensured he couldn't ignore it anymore.
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* In ''Fanfic/HarrysNewHome'', Snape and Harry start distrusting and in the latter case, outright fearing Dumbledore when they realize it was Dumbledore's fault that no one checked up on Harry and why Sirius never got a trial.
* This is why Marinette considers Adrien to be [[ThisIsUnforgivable completely unforgivable]] in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23773411 i'll come back like a boomerang]]''. Unlike the rest of their class, he ''knew'' that Lila was lying and manipulating everyone, but despite claiming that he'd support Marinette, he proceeded to stand by and let her get bullied for [[CassandraTruth trying to warn everyone]]. Making matters worse, when the truth finally comes out, he arrogantly declares that there's nothing ''to'' forgive in his case: [[InsaneTrollLogic since he knew all along, she can't POSSIBLY be mad at him for being fooled, right]]?
* In ''[[Fanfic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]'', [[spoiler:Pluto]] sets off the entire plot by [[spoiler:standing by and letting Emerald escape to the past]].



* ''FanFic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': Kurogiri believes that he's left his criminal past behind him after All For One's demise, running a bar that he treats as a neutral space, only intervening when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards notices things he dislikes]], such as kicking bar brawlers out or ejecting [[SlippingAMickey anyone he catches tampering with drinks]]. Fiver, however, challenges his supposed neutrality, calling him out for everything he ''doesn't'' intervene with, such as Giran's shady dealings.
-->'''Fiver:''' "What the fuck are you actually doing, Kurogiri? You think you're staying out of it, when you let scum like Giran work your bar? Get bent. You’re not neutral, you just roll over for whoever's already winning."
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien is fully aware of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]]; however, he doesn't want to deal with the potential drama of being the one exposing her to everyone. So he sits back and lets her do as she pleases, manipulating his classmates and increasingly isolating Marinette. This causes the karmic backlash Lila's accumulating to splash onto ''him'' as well, considering him to be just as responsible for the harm she's caused.
** Lila also exploits this, knowing that contrary to what Adrien believes, the others ''won't'' easily forgive her for what she's done... and if they learn he knew all along and never warned them, they'll hold ''him'' responsible as well.
* This is also the treatment of Dumbledore in ''Fanfic/ALittleLightReading''.



* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.
* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unrealible as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasely horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recgonizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]

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* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.
* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unrealible unreliable as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasely increasingly horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recgonizes recognizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]] ]]

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* In ''Fanfic/HarrysNewHome'', Snape and Harry start distrusting and in the latter case, outright fearing Dumbledore when they realize it was Dumbledore's fault that no one checked up on Harry and why Sirius never got a trial.
* This is also the treatment of Dumbledore in ''Fanfic/ALittleLightReading''.

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* In chapter 54 of ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'', Damon executes a mook who, although not a direct perpetrator of a certain evil, did nothing to stop it from happening and can't offer a good reason why.

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* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien is well aware that [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] is a ConsummateLiar, but decides to stand by and let her turn the rest of the class against Marinette through MaliciousSlander. Even worse, he attempts to convince Marinette that it's ''her'' fault for standing up for herself rather than "taking the high road" like him. When Cole and the rest of her new GirlPosse find out, they're understandably ''furious'' and accuse him of this.
** Adelaide's thoughts in ''The Night After'' make clear that she sees Principal Damocles as one. While he ''does'' act after Alya assaulted her daughter and punishes Ms. Bustier for her attempt to victim-blame Cole for the attack, he's only doing so for fear of facing legal recourse (which ultimately doesn't work since Adelaide still ends up suing the school), since he allowed [[BullyingTheDisabled the ableist bullying against Cole]] to go on completely unaddressed until circumstances ensured he couldn't ignore it anymore.
* This is why Marinette considers Adrien to be [[ThisIsUnforgivable completely unforgivable]] in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23773411 i'll come back like a boomerang]]''. Unlike the rest of their class, he ''knew'' that Lila was lying and manipulating everyone, but despite claiming that he'd support Marinette, he proceeded to stand by and let her get bullied for [[CassandraTruth trying to warn everyone]]. Making matters worse, when the truth finally comes out, he arrogantly declares that there's nothing ''to'' forgive in his case: [[InsaneTrollLogic since he knew all along, she can't POSSIBLY be mad at him for being fooled, right]]?
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien is fully aware of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]]; however, he doesn't want to deal with the potential drama of being the one exposing her to everyone. So he sits back and lets her do as she pleases, manipulating his classmates and increasingly isolating Marinette. This causes the karmic backlash Lila's accumulating to splash onto ''him'' as well, considering him to be just as responsible for the harm she's caused.
** Lila also exploits this, knowing that contrary to what Adrien believes, the others ''won't'' easily forgive her for what she's done... and if they learn he knew all along and never warned them, they'll hold ''him'' responsible as well.



* ''Fanfic/SVWishes'': Shen Qingqiu is mistreated and neglected by servants despite serving as Yue Qingyuan's sole spouse for a decade and still high ranking as Second Husband. Does Yue Qingyuan actually intervene on his long-time spouse's behalf? Nope. Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge's opinions of the Lord of the Household sink once they realize this. Luo Binghe justifiably worries about Shen Qingqiu's condition when they are separated because he knows Yue Qingyuan won't think to help him.




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* ''FanFic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': Kurogiri believes that he's left his criminal past behind him after All For One's demise, running a bar that he treats as a neutral space, only intervening when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards notices things he dislikes]], such as kicking bar brawlers out or ejecting [[SlippingAMickey anyone he catches tampering with drinks]]. Fiver, however, challenges his supposed neutrality, calling him out for everything he ''doesn't'' intervene with, such as Giran's shady dealings.
-->'''Fiver:''' "What the fuck are you actually doing, Kurogiri? You think you're staying out of it, when you let scum like Giran work your bar? Get bent. You’re not neutral, you just roll over for whoever's already winning."
* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.
* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.

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* ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': [[{{Foil}} Unlike Iruka]], Kakashi doesn't say a word when Sasuke cruelly berates Sakura in front of him, even when Sasuke declares that the civilian-born Sakura will never be anything more than a 'paper chuunin' at best... or outright CannonFodder. This convinces her that Kakashi agrees with everything her teammate said, and that he considers her [[WeHaveReserves just as disposable]].

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* In ''[[Fanfic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]'', [[spoiler:Pluto]] sets off the entire plot by [[spoiler:standing by and letting Emerald escape to the past]].

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* ''Fanfic/SVWishes'': Shen Qingqiu is mistreated and neglected by servants despite serving as Yue Qingyuan's sole spouse for a decade and still high ranking as Second Husband. Does Yue Qingyuan actually intervene on his long-time spouse's behalf? Nope. Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge's opinions of the Lord of the Household sink once they realize this. Luo Binghe justifiably worries about Shen Qingqiu's condition when they are separated because he knows Yue Qingyuan won't think to help him.

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* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.

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* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.
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* In chapter 54 of ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'', Damon executes a mook who, although not a direct perpetrator of a certain evil, did nothing to stop it from happening and can't offer a good reason why.
* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien is well aware that [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] is a ConsummateLiar, but decides to stand by and let her turn the rest of the class against Marinette through MaliciousSlander. Even worse, he attempts to convince Marinette that it's ''her'' fault for standing up for herself rather than "taking the high road" like him. When Cole and the rest of her new GirlPosse find out, they're understandably ''furious'' and accuse him of this.
** Adelaide's thoughts in ''The Night After'' make clear that she sees Principal Damocles as one. While he ''does'' act after Alya assaulted her daughter and punishes Ms. Bustier for her attempt to victim-blame Cole for the attack, he's only doing so for fear of facing legal recourse (which ultimately doesn't work since Adelaide still ends up suing the school), since he allowed [[BullyingTheDisabled the ableist bullying against Cole]] to go on completely unaddressed until circumstances ensured he couldn't ignore it anymore.
* Deconstructed in ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls'' when Oliver Wood and the Weasley Twins make comments about "That Time of the Month" when the Chasers get angry during a practice session. Because Harry didn't speak up at all in their defense, they took his silence as him agreeing with the other boys on the Quidditch team. They never considered that Harry might have thought that they had it well in hand, as Harry pointed out when they decided to get their revenge.
* In ''Fanfic/HarrysNewHome'', Snape and Harry start distrusting and in the latter case, outright fearing Dumbledore when they realize it was Dumbledore's fault that no one checked up on Harry and why Sirius never got a trial.
* This is why Marinette considers Adrien to be [[ThisIsUnforgivable completely unforgivable]] in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23773411 i'll come back like a boomerang]]''. Unlike the rest of their class, he ''knew'' that Lila was lying and manipulating everyone, but despite claiming that he'd support Marinette, he proceeded to stand by and let her get bullied for [[CassandraTruth trying to warn everyone]]. Making matters worse, when the truth finally comes out, he arrogantly declares that there's nothing ''to'' forgive in his case: [[InsaneTrollLogic since he knew all along, she can't POSSIBLY be mad at him for being fooled, right]]?
* In ''[[Fanfic/ImHereToHelp I'm Here To Help]]'', [[spoiler:Pluto]] sets off the entire plot by [[spoiler:standing by and letting Emerald escape to the past]].
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'':
** ''FanFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'':
*** When Miss April catches [[AlphaBitch Sara]] sneering about how Chloe doesn't ''deserve'' to have anyone searching for her, and that she hopes she's never found or returns home, she's deeply disappointed in her... and in the rest of her class. Not just for letting Sara's words go largely unchallenged, but for how they contributed to driving Chloe away in the first place.
*** Miss April herself is seen as one; while she did ''try'' to curtail the bullying, the Professor believes that she didn't try hard ''enough''. It doesn't help that she [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter misjudged one of their bullying tactics]]; in her eyes, Chloe's classmates talking to her about Pokémon was an improvement, as they were actually including her in conversations. She wasn't aware of how much Chloe ''hated'' Pokémon, or that the others were teasing her about this.
*** Professor Cerise regards his lab assistant Renji as one after learning that he was actually ''aware'' that Chloe was having issues, but chose not to say anything about it, mistakenly assuming that things would work themselves out without intervention.
*** Trip accuses Ash of being one as well. While he ''did'' attempt to invite Chloe to travel with them, he didn't make any effort to learn ''why'' she kept refusing, or try to connect with her in any other ways. Trip considers that lack of investment to be incredibly strange on Ash's part, and Ash himself struggles to figure out why he didn't try as hard with her as he has with other companions in the past.
*** In the anime, it's noted that Goh's parents were heavily concerned on Goh not having a social life because he spent all his time in front of his computer to search for Mew. This fanfic shows that they did ''nothing'' to help their son at all -- preferably to get his ass off his chair to go see Chloe -- that contributed to him having very little social skills, sympathy or emotional intelligence.
** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': Lillie sees her brother this way after realizing that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot much of the drama surrounding the Nihilego incident could have been avoided]] if Gladion had simply ''told someone'' what he witnessed that night. Instead, he took off with Type: Null to train, trying to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop... effectively abandoning her for ''years'' in the process.
* ''FanFic/ItsOverIsntItItsOnlyJustBegun'': Kurogiri believes that he's left his criminal past behind him after All For One's demise, running a bar that he treats as a neutral space, only intervening when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards notices things he dislikes]], such as kicking bar brawlers out or ejecting [[SlippingAMickey anyone he catches tampering with drinks]]. Fiver, however, challenges his supposed neutrality, calling him out for everything he ''doesn't'' intervene with, such as Giran's shady dealings.
-->'''Fiver:''' "What the fuck are you actually doing, Kurogiri? You think you're staying out of it, when you let scum like Giran work your bar? Get bent. You’re not neutral, you just roll over for whoever's already winning."
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien is fully aware of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's true nature]]; however, he doesn't want to deal with the potential drama of being the one exposing her to everyone. So he sits back and lets her do as she pleases, manipulating his classmates and increasingly isolating Marinette. This causes the karmic backlash Lila's accumulating to splash onto ''him'' as well, considering him to be just as responsible for the harm she's caused.
** Lila also exploits this, knowing that contrary to what Adrien believes, the others ''won't'' easily forgive her for what she's done... and if they learn he knew all along and never warned them, they'll hold ''him'' responsible as well.
* This is also the treatment of Dumbledore in ''Fanfic/ALittleLightReading''.
* In ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'', Tyrion tears a new asshole into Cersei when she tries to defend herself by saying she did nothing, when it was precisely that - doing nothing to curb Joffrey's cruelty or work towards a peaceful resolution of the War of the Five Kings - that caused it to happen [[spoiler:and also Sansa Stark's death]].
* ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': During their trip to the USJ, several of Izuku's classmates decide to play a cruel prank on him, luring him into an improvised and involuntary bungee diving session. Aizawa is ready to expel the whole class save for him in one fell swoop afterwards, since the majority stood by and allowed it to happen.
* In ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', One gets called out on this by Four. When confronted with the fact that was going to allow Zero to murder the other Intoners and hiding everything she knew about the Flower, One tries to justify herself by stating that they would have gotten in the way of her plan to save the world from the Flower due to them JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as a whole, becoming unrealible as a result. Four ''furiously'' responds with the fact that One did ''nothing'' on her end to try and curb their increasely horrific behavior or actions, leaving them to rule their respective lands as they saw fit [[TheCaligula no matter how bad they have gotten]], while she herself stayed in Cathedral City the entire time without anything about it. [[JerkassRealization One recgonizes the truth in her words and apologizes.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': Nino didn't help Alya film Chat's LoveConfession. Nor did he agree with her plan to [[ManipulativeEditing edit the footage]] to make it look like Ladybug reciprocated and post the results on her blog. In fact, he was made rather uncomfortable by the whole thing. But rather than sharing his concerns, he stayed silent, standing aside and letting her do it. As a result, when Ladybug sidelines Rena Rouge for the summer, she decides to bench Carapace as well. Notably, Nino takes the news better than Alya; while not ''happy'' about it, he recognizes the point Ladybug's making.
* ''Fanfic/SVWishes'': Shen Qingqiu is mistreated and neglected by servants despite serving as Yue Qingyuan's sole spouse for a decade and still high ranking as Second Husband. Does Yue Qingyuan actually intervene on his long-time spouse's behalf? Nope. Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge's opinions of the Lord of the Household sink once they realize this. Luo Binghe justifiably worries about Shen Qingqiu's condition when they are separated because he knows Yue Qingyuan won't think to help him.
* While only a handful of Marinette's classmates help Alya and Lila rip apart her sketchbook in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21417982 to lose someone]]'', the rest of them stood aside and let it happen. Marinette also specifically calls out fellow artist Nathaniel not just for letting them ruin her work, but for never commenting on how none of them ever ''paid'' her for her efforts on their behalf.
* In ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'', Orange Lantern is infuriated that the Justice League lets Nabu possess Zatara without concern for Zatara himself or considering that Zatara's consent was meaningless due to being blackmailed by Nabu holding Zatanna hostage. Especially when Paul and Zatanna had to find out from the news [[spoiler:they let Nabu into the Justice League]].
* ''FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors'' has Mortar and other members of Endeavor's agency who are well aware of [[AbusiveParents how he treats his son]], but choose not to intervene. Shouto knows this, and his thoughts make clear that he resents their refusal to act.

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