History DespairEventHorizon / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/WhatHaveYouDone'': Twilight does this after her friends abandon her at the Canterlot Wedding rehearsal; unlike canon, Chrysalis [[ForWantOfANail simply leaves Twilight there]], deciding she's already been dealt with due to her despair. In her grief, Twilight leaves the wedding and [[spoiler:''frees Discord'']]. The rest of the Mane Six, along with her mother, subsequently discover that [[spoiler:her Element of Magic has turned ''pitch black'']].

* ''Fanfic/RWBYReckoning'': After being called out for wearing the uniform of the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters White Fang]], [[AuthorAvatar Darrel]] accidentally reveals the truth about himself. He reflects on the [[ForWantOfANail changes to the plot]], and deduces that they all lead back to [[ItsAllMyFault his presence.]] Coupled with the fact that [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Kim]][[TheMentor ba]] had taken him from his home, [[YouCantGoHomeAgain without any guarantee he could return]], and thrown him into [[AdventureFriendlyWorld Remnant]] for [[SecretWar a war no one knows or cares about]]... well, put simply, he finally crumbles.

* ''Fanfic/PointOfDivergence'': [[spoiler:Pekoyama]] crosses it after [[spoiler:Kuzuryuu dies]] as [[spoiler:she failed as his bodyguard, in addition to [[BodyguardCrush her being in love with him]]]]. She's just barely pulled back from it, both mentally and [[DrivenToSuicide literally]].

* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': Hinata reaches hers in the nine days after the raid on Seireiko's base in the Land of Steel, with Naruto thought dead. She cannot care for herself, or even eat, just lie in bed and cry. Fortunately, [[DisneyDeath Naruto is tougher than a little bomb blast.]]

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* Adrien falls into this in the first chapter of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41831907/chapters/104960430#workskin Not Always Sunshine]]''. First his classmates don't immediately believe that Lila had threatened Marinette and had been sexually assaulting him. Then when they try to report Lila's assault, the police don't want to take action since his father heard about it and didn't take action, and they are afraid of taking action against him. As they leave the station, he sees Lila watching and knows she will make a lie that will lead Gabriel to pull him out of school and keep him locked in their home. In panic, he runs off in panic and ends up on a subway track with a train approaching him. Adrien ends up so consumed by despair that [[DrivenToSuicide he was willing to let himself be hit and end it all]] if Marinette didn't tackle him out of the track in time.

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* ''Fanfic/TheRonlessFactor'' opens with Ron being killed in a car crash, which sends Kim through a range of emotional extremes. By the time of Ron's funeral, she is shown thinking about how she wishes she could find the driver of the car that caused the crash and tear him apart until he feels as incomplete as she does, and this is ''before'' she learns that the driver was a hired killer rather than the crash being a terrible accident. While she doesn't outright make an attempt, she admits at one point that she actually contemplated killing herself to join Ron after she first heard the news, explaining that she just felt lost without Ron. It takes learning that Ron's ghost is still around and trying to help for her to get back to herself.

* Aang and Co. seem to be nearing this after Zuko and Azula attack the Western Air Temple in ''Fanfic/TheMasksWeWearAvatarTheLastAorbender''.

* Aang and Co. seem to be nearing this after Zuko and Azula attack the Western Air Temple in ''Fanfic/TheMasksWeWear''.