History BetterThanItSounds / FanWorks

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Vampiolence}}'']: A white horse's dad sister visit her and her girlfriend's house. Tragedy and horror ensues.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame'']]: A Dutch hypnotist [=YouTuber=] with a CompellingVoice, an [[GenkiGuy energetic]] [[CanadaEh Canadian]] fan, and a [[DeadpanSnarker stoic]] [[{{Eagleland}} American]] fan [[{{Tsundere}} with a crush]] are all transformed into Pokémon. They fight off an evil Dutch Mewtwo who wants to kill all hypnotists. A [[ShrinkingViolet panicky]] yellow snake Pokémon joins them, and pop-culture references are abound.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/BlueSky'']]: A moron returns from space and must work hard to earn forgiveness and trust from the very same girl whom he betrayed.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'']]: Nine people on an old ship try to keep ahead of their problematic histories ''[[FightMagnet and]] [[WeirdnessMagnet fail]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou spectacularly.]]'' [[PaintingTheMedium Weird formatting ensues.]]

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'']]: A MadScientist decides to be nicer to her daughter.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'']]: A ten year old is upset that everyone around her has different hobbies than her and gets to be a betrayal fic protagonist for a while, until everyone reminds her that she's not.

** Or: [[CanonDefilement Canon is raped]] in [[CharacterDerailment the IdiotPlot worst ways possible]]. [[SoBadItsGood You laugh.]]

** Or: [[CanonDefilement Canon is raped]] in [[RonTheDeathEater the]] [[IdiotPlot worst ways]] [[DracoInLeatherPants possible]]. [[SoBadItsGood You laugh.]]

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/ACrewForAKing'']]: A pirate's sister and some other friends join her crew [[ForWantOfANail instead of]] parting ways with them, leading to changes that compound over time.

* [[spoiler:''WebOriginal/DirtyLaundryAnAlternate1980s'']]: A musician's solo career dies on impact, and manages to [[ForWantOfANail smack]] TheEighties [[AlternateHistory upside the head]] as a result.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/AnEagleAmongLions'']]: After [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], a [[YoungConqueror young emperor]] is thrown back in time on the night of her honeymoon and awakens in a world where [[ForWantOfANail she wasn't put in a position to take over the world in the first place]].

* [[spoiler:''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48419284/chapters/122125915 Fission]]'']]: [[Series/QuantumLeap A man]] pretends to be a pair of identical twins. [[ForWantOfANail But,]] rather than being a trucker and a teacher, he's a draftee and a draft dodger. [[InSpiteOfANail Somehow, a fight still happens.]]

* [[spoiler:''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2071641/chapters/4504584 If One Should Fall]]'']]: [[ForWantOfANail A mom unintentionally thwarts an arson attempt.]] She then gets the arsonist to help her try and kill her husband.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'']]: [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures A certain little lovable rascal]] is [[{{Crossover}} included]] to the second half of the plot of [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} another fantasy series]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks make]] [[ForWantOfANail interesting alterations]].

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/AManOfIron'']]: A rich idiot becomes [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros']] first [[ComicBook/IronMan superhero]], and [[ForWantOfANail upends events]].

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty'']]: A princess picks a jock for her student [[WhatIf instead]] of a scholar. Things [[ForWantOfANail change]], but [[InSpiteOfANail stay the same]].

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/ReversalOfFate'']]: A ForWantOfANail fiction that depicts the male lead being the one who lost his memories instead of the princess with the NaiveNewcomer princess being the one to help reclaim the memory feathers back.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Strays}}'']]: A bat decides to adopt some children, [[ForWantOfANail albeit earlier]]. Has nothing to do with the above.

* [[spoiler:''Literature/ThatWackyRedhead'']]: A studio merger never happens [[ForWantOfANail thanks to a ghost]]. HilarityEnsues.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/TheUnabridgedMemoirsOfDarthPlagueisTheWise'']]: An old man [[ForWantOfANail doesn't drink quite as much]], and as such survives his employee's attempted [[KlingonPromotion power grab]]. He then sets out to find a new assistant, who [[DatingCatwoman hooks up with]] his worst nightmare, while getting into a political chess match with another old man.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/AWorldWithoutRainbows'']]: An alternate universe fic that borrows elements from Series/{{Fringe}} and concerns [[ForWantOfANail a certain-kind of rainbow not occurring]] and the lives of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles 6 horses]] [[WhatIf without it]].

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'']]: A nobleman's more proactive steps when dealing with a [[TheCaligula mad ruler]] ends up [[ForWantOfANail triggering a series of events]] that completely changes the status quo on two continents.

* [[spoiler:''Code Geass: Reverse'']]: An ex-BigSisterBully and her paraplegic blind little brother team up with their {{Childhood Friend|s}} and their LivingDistantAncestor [[Anime/CodeGeass to overthrow their father and his empire]].

** [[spoiler:''Radiance'']]: After a long and complicated series of events, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]] takes over the world.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/TheVow'']]: [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Deep in the heart of ancient China]], a touching and tragic love story occurs between a pale peacock and a [[{{Expy}} swan]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess princess]].

[[spoiler:''Fanfic/TheTwilightMan'']]: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure The same story of same-name family members with crazy lives and odd superpowers]], this time with {{Polyamory}} and {{Half Human Hybrid}}s.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/AMothersTouch]]: A former delinquent changes the fate of a universe all because she rips apart two rich idiots.

* [[spoiler:''Fanfic/{{Oblivion}}'']]: The story of the new kid in school, the garage band he joins, an environmentalist group getting [[DisproportionateRetribution unfairly harassed over their green-tech display,]] shape-shifting objects like guitars and keys, and a CorruptCorporateExecutive and his cadre of scientists trying to initiate the end of the world.