History BlessedWithSuck / FanWorks

* Within the [[FanFic/TriptychContinuum Tripytch Continuum]], ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/131321/a-mark-of-appeal A Mark Of Appeal]]'' kicks off when a character supposedly "blessed" with ludicrous sex appeal comes to Luna with a simple request: to destroy her Cutie Mark, magic, or both, and damn the cost. Her "talent" has been growing stronger as she's aged, starting from simply inspiring look-here-first interest in her classmates. It's currently at the point where it crosses gender and species barriers within '''minutes''', creating infatuation, arousal, and then steadily strengthening both. ''Anyone'' she tries to speak with will eventually attempt seduction -- or worse -- and she can't turn it off. In effect, the "talent" offers the character a life of being sexually assaulted or being a hermit avoiding literally everyone until she dies. However, the act of directly changing or destroying a Mark is beyond even alicorn magic... [[spoiler: with a later chapter, it's been implied that the curse may actually be genetic, as her parents appear to have had their personalities consumed by their own talents....]]

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15139940/chapters/35107208 Prince Charming]]'', Adrien is blessed at birth with the gift of charm... which means that anyone he interacts with is brainwashed into his adoring slave within minutes.

* This is a major theme in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/203009 The Powers 'Verse]]'', expressed among the characters as 'Downside'. d'Artagnan's empathy is useful on missions, but also makes it hard for him to cope in busy, crowded Paris; Aramis can heal injuries and illnesses but is compelled to do so if he's near the injured party; Porthos is a very accomplished thief because people not only don't see him, they actively ignore him, but the longer he stays hidden the more people forget he ever existed; and Athos is very likely immortal and wil have to watch them all die. Some other Downsides are discussed at different times.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29076336/chapters/71373789 A Green Dragon's Hoard]]'': Izuku has SuperStrength, NighInvulnerability, and can turn into a massive dragon. The former two cause him to break a lot of objects growing up, including several cars that struck him when he wandered into the streets. The latter is so big as to be near worthless for most activities. It also paints a massive target on his back for people looking to steal powerful Quirks.

* Within the [[FanFic/TriptychContinuum Tripytch Continuum]], [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/131321/a-mark-of-appeal A Mark Of Appeal]] kicks off when a character supposedly "blessed" with ludicrous sex appeal comes to Luna with a simple request: to destroy her mark, magic, or both. (The short version: her talent has been growing stronger as she's aged, starting from simply inspiring look-here-first interest in her classmates. It's currently at the point where it crosses gender and species barriers within minutes, creating infatuation, arousal, and then steadily strengthening both. ''Anyone'' she tries to speak with will eventually attempt seduction -- or worse -- and she can't turn it off.) However, the act of directly changing or destroying a mark is beyond even alicorn magic... [[spoiler: With the most recent chapter, it's been implied that the curse may actually be genetic, as her parents appear to have had their personalities consumed by their own talents....]]
* [[Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds The Hasbroverse]]: In a RecursiveFanfiction of ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', [[spoiler: Megan Richards]] gets transformed into a powerful alicorn by the conversion bureau potion, instead of a "newfoal". That would seem like a dream come true. Unfortunately, the potion also had an added side effect of allowing TCB!Celestia to brainwash her if she gets too close. [[spoiler: Megan]] spends much of the story trying to shield her mind from TCB!Celestia's influence.

* All of the hybrids in FanFic/{{Morphic}} to a greater or lesser degree (it is a {{Deconstruction}} after all), but Gabriel, a half-[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Slugma Slugma]] really takes the cake.
** Doubled. Not only is he half a blob of magma, but if he absorbs mud or stone, he begins to heat and get fire powers, which is awesome ... until you realize that, as his body temperature goes up, major tissue and organ damage would result. He's only (part) human. Special mention also goes to Mia Kerrigan, the Scyther morph, who has bladed arms, lightning reflexes, accelerated growth and is probably the strongest of the cast ... but does not understand empathy, limits or self-control.

* Weiss's Passive is this in ''FanFic/ForgedDestiny''. [[RPGMechanicsverse Passives are unique abilities given to people at birth in addition to what Skills they gain over time.]] Weiss's makes it mandatory for her to use a sword, a weapon that, unlike a staff or wand, is never enchanted towards enhancing a Mage's stats . This means that she can't MinMax like everyone else and will almost always be objectively weaker than any properly-equipped mage at a similar level.

* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Haruhi realizes her power and nearly goes into a HeroicBSOD when she realizes just how sensitive it is. Yuki helps subvert this trope by becoming a buffer, and Haruhi runs a MemoryGambit on herself to limit herself to more manageable MindOverMatter powers.

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* The Literature/HarryPotter/Franchise/MarvelUniverse crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9443327/1/ A Third Path to the Future]]'' has Melody, a young mutant whose powers change anything she sees into music. While Melody can tell exactly what kind of person someone is by the songs she hears from them, her mind has been so warped that she has no concept of numbers and has little to no social skills. According to Xavier, she's one of the few mutants in [[TheAlcatraz The Vault]] simply because she's incapable of taking care of herself.
* ''FanFic/TheThreeKingsHunt'': The Mages who get magical powers which can be very powerful but are also very specific and limited; these same powers also cause mages to be hunted down and killed by wizards. Further according to the author not all these magical powers are very useful (for example generating globes of light)
* [[Anime/CodeGeass Shirley Fenette]] in ''FanFic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'' has technopathic powers and a clockwork body. On one hand, this gives her total control over machines and super-strength. On the other hand she can't heal naturally, frequently suffers PowerIncontinence, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking has this pink antenna things that make her look like a robot]].
* In ''FanFic/TheBridge'', [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Aria Blaze]] manages to sing a melody that calms down the human transformed [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars Kaizer Ghidorah]]. Pro? She avoids getting killed by Kaizer and siphons a large boost in energy from him that amplifies her own powers. Con? [[spoiler: She did it right when another kaiju named Enjin was hunting Kaizer, tracking him via his energy signature. An energy signature Aria now shares, causing Enjin to target her too]]. Oops.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7115615/1/Shinigan Shinigan]]'' Naruto gains the [[LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]. While his power has a surprising amount of versitility (such as removing Sasuke and Anko's Cursed Seals with a senbon), for a long time anything he looked at with his Shinigan on would fall apart along the lines. Seeing walls and furniture randomly collapse in pieces freaks Naruto out but seeing ''people'' falling apart nearly drives him insane. Naruto had to learn the Bringer Of Darkness technique to temporarily blind himself to save his sanity.

* Guardians and Cambions in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'', whose ''very transformations'' [[HumanoidAbomination can leave them utterly inhuman in mind]] [[BodyHorror and body]]. Not to mention they can transform others into being like them if they like it or not.

* Tails gets infected by Shroud in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'', which ends up giving him a LovecraftianSuperpower and makes him immune to the influence of Dark Tails. Except he still feels the corrupting influence of Dark Tails at every moment, and he starts to gain BizarreAlienBiology by the bucketload. And his temper gives him the chance of losing control of said superpower at any moment - he nearly destroys the Blue Typhoon and devours his friends at the end of Episode 73.

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* ''FanFic/{{Bird}}'' features this as an ongoing theme; whether it's [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Mimi]], or [[TheOphelia Elle]], or [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Charnel]], or [[AdorableAbomination Sveta]]. In fact, one could argue that every patient in Alchemilla falls into this to some degree.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Mistakes}}'' uses the common {{Fanon}} that the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification nations]] can't be killed by physical means and [[GoodThingYouCanHeal can recover from apparent "death"]]. This isn't necessarily a good thing when the fic starts with China being effectively [[{{Squick}} gang-raped to death]] and being thoroughly traumatised on waking (particularly since up until it happened to him he thought rape was unimportant and murder actually fun, since human morality doesn't quite work with immortals), and the Koreas [[spoiler:trapped in Unit 731, where they get dissected again and again and again]] ...

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* ''FanFic/{{Mistakes}}'' uses the common {{Fanon}} that the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification nations]] can't be killed by physical means and [[GoodThingYouCanHeal can recover from apparent "death"]]. This isn't necessarily a good thing when the fic starts with China being effectively [[{{Squick}} gang-raped to death]] and being thoroughly traumatised on waking (particularly since up until it happened to him he thought rape was unimportant and murder actually fun, since human morality doesn't quite work with immortals), and the Koreas [[spoiler:trapped in Unit 731, where they get dissected again and again and again]] ...

* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light/Kira becomes [[DeathActivatedSuperpower the Prince of the Shinigami]] which means he's been powered up into a FlyingBrick PhysicalGod InvincibleHero. However this is balanced out by SEVERE BlessedWithSuck: He lives in constant pain, [[BodyHorror because he's technically dead any wound he sustains will never heal]], [[NeverHurtAnInnocent he needs to kill innocents]] [[HorrorHunger to survive]], and since he shares an empathic connection with the Death Notes if one is destroyed he slips into a ConvenientComa for a week. Also his powers are [[ComesGreatInsanity driving him crazy]] [[SanityHasAdvantages or more accurately even crazier]] [[spoiler: [[DeusAngstMachina and that is on top of]] [[DamagedSoul the trauma of DYING]]]]. ALSO, as a Shinigami he is bound by their rules and naturally [[KidWithTheLeash L ends up with the leash]]. Naturally since becoming a Shinigami he now has the Shinigami eyes but Light thinks it would be more useful ''[[RulesLawyer not]]'' to be able to see the lifespan of a Death Note holder.

* In the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'', [[spoiler: as the vessel of Chaos, Takato]] is gifted with immense power, but that same power is slowly and painfully killing him from the inside out.

* In ''Fanfic/RedLikeBlood'', [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Ruby]] gains vampire powers a la ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}, but they're a lot more trouble than their worth. She's prone to SensoryOverload many times since she doesn't know how to work with her enhanced senses, sunlight hurts like Hell, she frequently struggles to keep her bloodlust in check, she now has many razor-sharp canine teeth that freak anyone out when they see them. Really, it's pretty accurate to call her powers a curse.

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* ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'': Sure, Barnes now has a cool semi-sentient NighInvulnerable spaceship with powerful enough weapons to qualify it as a WMD, but the mental piloting style and later mind-meld wreaks havoc on his brain, and would probably majorly suck even for a pilot that doesn't share Barnes's poor mental health. Every flight leaves Barnes reeling and exhausted, and his taking the spaceship honestly puts a bit of a halt on his mental and physical recovery.

* The [[Myth/CelticMythology Bradan Feasa/Salmon of Knowledge]] in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheWesternSea'' possesses [[TheOmniscient all the knowledge in the world]], including being able to see the prophecies of others but excluding exact knowledge of the future, but being unable to use it (due to being a fish) and being sought after to be eaten to gain that knowledge. When the Salmon tries to convince Percy that the prophecy means Percy would have to eat him to gain that knowledge, Percy states that he wouldn't want all the knowledge in the world, because then what would be the point of traveling?

* [[Videogame/FinalFantasyVIII Quistis]] in ''[[http://ficwad.com/story/239863 Eroninja]]'' has a kekkei genkai much like the Sharingan in that it allows her to learn any jutsu. The problem is that she has to be hit by said jutsu first.

* A Naruto/negima crossover Fanfic, "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7441275/1/ Broken Faith]]" by [=Kur0Kishi=] has this in spades. Naruto inherited Kyuubi's core and powers before he came into Negima's era, giving him an extended and merged version of the red Kyuubi Cloak and the golden Kyuubi Chakra Mode from Canon manga with awesome horns and chains to boot, rendering him a literal God on the battlefield. The problem? It burns his flesh away every second unless he reinforces his organs liberally with Chakra first, to the point where people start to see his bones if he holds the mode up for anything longer than 5 minutes.
** Doubled in that using the power accelerates the breaking of the seal that's keeping him weak and stuck in Mahora. Sounds good doesnt it? It isn't, if the seal is released in a way it wasn't meant to ( i.e ; Breaking), both him and the tree go up in an explosion powerful enough to kill Divinity, taking everything in radius along with him at the same time.

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'' the Emperor merges with [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Tarrasque]], giving him phenomenal psychic power, resilience and physical strength, but first, he's really, really large, which carries its own batch of problems, and second, a Tarrasque is a daemon in this setting, causing panic and multiple friendly fire incidents nearly everywhere he appears.

** Victims of the villain Priestess get access in exchange for their past life's memories and skills, and thus, by extension, their past life's personality and habits. 96% of those affected quit the hero life because they weren't warriors in their past lives and lack the drive to continue their hero career. Of the remaining 4%, one fourth of them turn to villainy because their past life was evil. Those that remain still have to deal with having perpetual personality shifts for the rest of their lives.

* Taylor suffers this in ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'', owing to her nature as a Kryptonian. She constantly fears hurting friends and loved ones with her titanic strength.

* Taylor Hebert's new friend in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12849311/1/Snuggles-the-Symbiote Snuggles the Symbiote]]'' is a mutant whose power amounted to super hormones that ruined her immune system and kept medication from working. Luckily, her symbiote "Snuggles" feeds of hormones and can keep her from getting sick, along with giving her the standard Spider-man powers.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10600870/1/A-Semblance-of-Failure A Semblance of Failure]]'' is set in a support group for people with useless Semblances. One guy can tell exactly how much salt there is in his proximity; another can grow her nails at an accelerated rate.