History Fanfic / CatarinaClaesMustDie

* AdultFear: Duke Luigi and Duchess Millidiana Claes learn that a student at the Sorcier Academy of Magic tried to kill their daughter Catarina, which by itself terrifies them. When they arrive to check up on her, they are heartbroken and scared for Catarina's mental state after [[ItsAllMyFault she blames herself for said student's murder attempt.]]

* MirrorCharacter: There's a cruelly ironic symmetry between Henrietta and the girls who bully Maria in canon. In her previous life Henrietta had been a bullied girl who deeply identified with Maria's and Keith's suffering and detested the classism, power abuse, and cruelty demonstrated by the nobles who hurt them. In this life, however, Henrietta's Catarina-specific sadism inspires her to ironically [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis adopt the worst traits she identifies and dislikes in those bullies.]] Like the girls who harass Maria, Henrietta alleges that status and magical ability bias how the school handles grades in order to belittle those who succeed, only permits friendship with lackies who blindly support her, [[spoiler:tells the school's resident "peasant" to "know her place," and uses her magic to attack the object of her hostility.]]

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Geordo and Mary agree to confront Henrietta in the cafeteria partly to send a message to anyone else who might wish Catarina harm. Although they get what they want, it also opened another can of worms as at the end of the confrontation, Catarina ends up having a HeroicBSOD that her doom is inevitable.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Henrietta Garland was the privileged, talented, and much-loved daughter of an Earl with a bright future... until she woke up with the memories of a deeply emotionally damaged and unstable social outcast who died young, and happened to have had a cathartic and vengeful obsession with Catarina Claes' Doom Endings in '"Fortune Lover.'' From that point onward, no matter how much her logical mind initially tries to consider the possibility that this world could be very different from the story she remembers, Henrietta cannot let go of her desire for Catarina's cathartic suffering. Unable to cease letting the traumas of her past control her life, Henrietta becomes obsessed with seeing Catarina meet her doom in the place of the bullies who hurt her, unable to comprehend that any other reality or outcome could be justified given her prior suffering, to the point that she came to enjoy and fantasize about Catarina's suffering and considered the suffering of innocents pitiable but worth it if it meant Catarina also eventually suffered. Henrietta's deeply disturbed idea of right and wrong and her poor relationship with reality eventually leads her to commit monsterous acts without a shred of remorse, for which she is initially hesitant but eventually proudly proclaims to the world. [[spoiler:She eventually has a HeelRealization but by that point she's already made herself the villain and suffered her own downfall.]]

* KirkSummation: Geordo gives one to Henrietta, saying that in spite of her claim of wanting to help Maria and Keith, she ''never'' once tried to intervene when Maria was bullied [[spoiler: despite the fact that she knew that Maria would be bullied upon entering the Academy, unlike Catarina, who also knew the same thing would happen and instead ''actively'' protected Maria and other classmates from those that would take advantage of them. Instead, all that Henrietta wanted was to see Catarina die painfully as she had in ''Fortune Lover's'' Bad Ends. Furthermore, she has no right to pull the NotSoDifferent card with Catarina because while they are both ignorant of how the world they live in doesn't follow the events of ''Fortune Lover'', [[NotSoSimilar Catarina is trying to make the most of her current life by surviving, helping others, and certainly not trying to harm anyone on purpose.]]]] This leads to Henrietta's VillainousBSOD.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In a desperate attempt to justify her actions, Henrietta says that she is [[spoiler: NotSoDifferent from Catarina due to their respective ignorance of their situations when Geordo and Mary interrogate her in the jail. Geordo promptly shoots this down by pointing out that while both had foreknowledge of events that would happen, Catarina's actions led her to change things for the better and her actions were genuine instead of acts of self-preservation, while Henrietta did nothing because all she wanted was to see Catarina suffer, and that if she truly cared for Maria's well-being, Henrietta would've intervened to stop the bullying.]] This particular speech alongside Mary's summation are what finally snap Henrietta out of her self-righteous attitude and pave way to her VillainousBSOD.

* AdultFear:
** Duke Luigi and Duchess Millidiana Claes learn that a student at the Sorcier Academy of Magic tried to kill their daughter Catarina, which by itself terrifies them. When they arrive to check up on her, they are heartbroken and scared for Catarina's mental state after [[ItsAllMyFault she blames herself for said student's murder attempt.]]
** It can be inferred that Earl Simon and Countess Julia Garland are also facing this trope when they find out that their daughter attempted to kill a noblewoman that is not only above their rank, but also adored by the entire Academy and is engaged to the third prince of the royal family.

* IRejectYourReality: Henrietta rejects Francine's explanation of events repeatedly, insisting that what she witnessed went just like it did in ''Fortune Lover'' when Francine tries to explain what actually happened. The last time it happens, Henrietta severs their friendship, believing that Francine has allowed herself to fall under Catarina's supposed corrupt influence and [[KarmaHoudini allowed her to escape her doom.]] In a manner common for people with deeply emotionally investing delusions with a persecutory aspect, Henrietta regards pointing out flaws in her delusions as personal attacks, feels deeply betrayed when her friend and fiance don't agree with her assertions, and ultimately ends up doubling down on her delusions every time they're challenged due to how completely she's allowed herself to be comsumed by her false reality after cutting out dissenting voices and how deeply she now feels the need to be right for the sake of her own personal validation and catharsis, until nearly all that's left of her is deranged, homicidal loathing. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, when she finally faces reality, there is so little left of her life outside of that hate anymore that its dissipation causes VillainousBSOD]].

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Henrietta to Francine. Henrietta uses Francine's trust in her to get Francine to join her in avoiding Catarina after Catarina expressed overtures of friendship to Francine; Henrietta keeps this going [[IRejectYourReality despite reality not matching what she tells Francine]] by using the threat of revoking their friendship as leverage to force Francine to comply and refuse offers of friendship based on Henrietta's approval. Not only would rejecting the opportunity to form a friendship with Catarina have actual serious political implications for Francine's future, but the lack of high-status friends ironically makes Francine, a fairly low-tier noble, an easy target for the school's ''real'' bullies. [[spoiler:Understandably, once Francine does allow herself to interact with Catarina, this dynamic slowly falls apart--because Catarina is a much better friend who goes out of her way to support and protect Francine regarding problems that Henrietta was too self-absorbed at the time to even notice. After failing to reconcile or even secretly continue her simultaneous friendships with both of them, Henrietta coldly enforces her ultimatum and Francine sides with Catarina.]]

* IRejectYourReality: Henrietta rejects Francine's explanation of events repeatedly, insisting that what she witnessed went just like it did in ''Fortune Lover'' when Francine tries to explain what actually happened. The last time it happens, Henrietta severs their friendship, believing that Francine has allowed herself to fall under Catarina's supposed corrupt influence and [[KarmaHoudini allowed her to escape her doom.]] In a manner common for people with deeply emotionally investing delusions with a persecutory aspect, Henrietta regards pointing out flaws in her delusions as personal attacks, feels deeply betrayed when her friend and fiance don't agree with her assertions, and ultimately ends up doubling down on her delusions every time they're challenged due to how completely she's allowed herself to be comsumed by her false reality after cutting out dissenting voices and how deeply she now feels the need to be right for the sake of her own personal validation and catharsis, until nearly all that's left of her is deranged, homicidal loathing. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, when she finally faces reality, there is so little left of her outside of that hate anymore that its dissipation causes VillainousBSOD]].

** She claims that Catarina bullied and abused Maria for being a commoner, but when Maria protests that it's not true, Henrietta yells at her and calls her an "ungrateful peasant" for not backing her up.

* IRejectYourReality: Henrietta rejects Francine's explanation of events repeatedly, insisting that what she witnessed went just like it did in ''Fortune Lover'' when Francine tries to explain what actually happened. The last time it happens, Henrietta severs their friendship, believing that Francine has allowed herself to fall under Catarina's supposed corrupt influence and [[KarmaHoudini allowed her to escape her doom.]] In a manner common for people with deeply emotionally investing delusions with a persucatory aspect, Henrietta regards pointing out flaws in her delusions as personal attacks, feels deeply betrayed when her friend and fiance don't agree with her assertions, and ultimately ends up doubling down on her delusions every time they're challenged due to how completely she's allowed herself to be comsumed by her false reality after cutting out dissenting voices and how deeply she now feels the need to be right for the sake of her own personal validation and catharsis, until nearly all that's left of her is deranged, homicidal loathing. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, when she finally faces reality, there is so little left of her outside of that hate anymore that its dissipation causes VillainousBSOD]].

* IRejectYourReality: Henrietta rejects Francine's explanation of events repeatedly, insisting that what she witnessed went just like it did in ''Fortune Lover'' when Francine tries to explain what actually happened. The last time it happens, Henrietta severs their friendship, believing that Francine has allowed herself to fall under Catarina's supposed corrupt influence and [[KarmaHoudini allowed her to escape her doom.]] In a manner common for people with deeply emotionally investing delusions with a persucatory aspect, Henrietta regards pointing out flaws in her delusions as personal attacks, feels deeply betrayed when her friend and fiance don't agree with her assertions, and ultimately ends up doubling down on her delusions every time they're challenged due to how completely she's allowed herself to be comsumed by her false reality after cutting out dissenting voices and how deeply she now feels the need to be right for the sake of her own personal validation and catharsis, until nearly all that's left of her is deranged, homicidal loathing. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, when she finally faces reality, there was so little left of her outside of that hate that its dissipation causes VillainousBSOD]].

* IRejectYourReality: Henrietta rejects Francine's explanation of events repeatedly, insisting that what she witnessed went just like it did in ''Fortune Lover'' when Francine tries to explain what actually happened. The last time it happens, Henrietta severs their friendship, believing that Francine has allowed herself to fall under Catarina's supposed corrupt influence and [[KarmaHoudini allowed her to escape her doom.]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Henrietta to Francine. Henrietta uses Francine's trust in her to get Francine to join her in avoiding Catarina after Catarina expressed overtures of friendship to Francine; Henrietta keeps this going [[IRejectYourReality despite reality not matching what she tells Francine]] by using the threat of revoking their friendship as leverage to force Francine to comply and refuse offers of friendship based on Henrietta's approval. Not only would rejecting the opportunity to form a friendship with Catarina have actual serious political implications for Francine's future, but the lack of high-status friends ironically makes Francine, a fairly low-tier noble, an easy target for the school's ''real'' bullies. [[spoiler:Understandably, once Francine does allow herself to interact with Catarina, this dynamic slowly falls apart--because Catarina is a much better friend who goes out of her way to support and protect Francine regarding problems that Henrietta was too self-absorbed at the time to even notice. After failing to reconcile or even secretly continue her simultaneous friendships with both of them, Francine ultimately chooses the latter.]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Henrietta to Francine. Henrietta uses Francine's trust in her to get Francine to join her in avoiding Catarina after Catarina expressed overtures of friendship to Francine; Henrietta keeps this going [[IRejectYourReality despite reality not matching what she tells Francine]] by using the threat of revoking their friendship as leverage to force Francine to comply and refuse offers of friendship based on Henrietta's approval. Not only does rejecting the opportunity to form a friendship with Catarina have actual serious political implications for Francine's future, but the lack of high-status friends ironically makes Francine, a fairly low-tier noble, an easy target for the school's ''real'' bullies. [[spoiler:Understandably, once Francine does allow herself to interact with Catarina, this dynamic falls apart--because Catarina is a much better friend who goes out of her way to support and protect Francine regarding problems that Henrietta was too self-absorbed at the time to even notice. After failing to reconcile her simultaneous friendships with both of them, Francine ultimately chooses the latter.]]

** Henrietta repeatedly calls Catarina this despite it being false.
** Francine uses the words against Henrietta after she attacks her following Henrietta's declaration that she was trying to murder Catarina.
** After hearing Henrietta declare for a second time that either he or Keith will kill Catarina when they find out "the truth" about her, Geordo calls Henrietta that.
** Finally, Henrietta uses the words against ''herself'' after her meeting with Catarina, [[IronicEcho underscoring how wrong her actions were.]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Henrietta is eager to see Catarina die horribly, but the worst thing she does is simply let the story as she thinks is playing out happen, which means not intervening when events where Maria would be bullied happen. But after Catarina wakes up from her dark magic coma, Henrietta concludes that [[KarmaHoudini Catarina is unfairly escaping her doom]] and attempts to kill Catarina as well as frame another student for the crime.

A ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic.

Lady Henrietta Garland, the daughter of Earl Garland, wakes up after a fall from a horse with memories of her past life as a [[BullyMagnet horribly bullied]] {{otaku}}. She soon realizes that she had been reincarnated into the world of the {{otome game}} ''Fortune Lover'', and now wants a front-row seat to the destruction of her favorite HateSink, [[AlphaBitch Catarina Claes.]] Just one problem: [[NiceGirl Catarina]] isn't the villainess of ''this'' story.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26654806/chapters/65003890 Catarina Claes MUST DIE!]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SixthOctavarium/pseuds/SixthOctavarium SixthOctavarium]].

** She claims she tried to kill Catarina to save Maria and Keith from her, but as Geordo points out when he and Mary interrogate her in the jail, she had foreknowledge of Maria being bullied but did nothing because what she really wanted was for Catarina to suffer. Mary also adds that Catarina made everyone's lives better than before and that includes her younger brother. Henrietta just willfully ignored the signs of Keith's pleasant and cordial relationship with his sister.

** Finally, Henrietta [[spoiler: uses the words against ''herself'' after her meeting with Catarina, [[IronicEcho underscoring how wrong her actions were.]]]]

** Finally, Henrietta breaks down into tears [[spoiler: after she talks to Catarina while imprisoned, realizing that Catarina really is a kindhearted girl and that [[AllForNothing her actions led her to throw away a life that was far more comfortable than her previous one.]]]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: After Henrietta talks with Catarina while she's in the jail and sees up close how kind Catarina is, she is so overcome by guilt and regret that she decides to plead guilty to whatever crimes she is charged with so Catarina and Geordo don't have to deal with testifying at a trial. After Catarina and Geordo leave, her thoughts when she's back in her cell demonstrate just how wrong and short-sighted her actions were.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Henrietta''': ''I could've had a friend and instead wanted an enemy. I wanted to see an innocent woman suffer for my own selfish desires. I had happiness but threw it all away in favor of suffering. I am a vile woman and a fool.'']]

** She claims she tried to kill Catarina to save Maria and Keith from her, but as Geordo points out [[spoiler: when he and Mary interrogate her in the jail, she had foreknowledge of Maria being bullied but did nothing because what she really wanted was for Catarina to suffer. Mary also adds that Catarina made everyone's lives better than before and that includes her younger brother. Henrietta just willfully ignored the signs of Keith's pleasant and cordial relationship with his sister.]]

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Inverted. After Henrietta is interrogated by Geordo and Mary and realizes that her actions were based on incorrect assumptions, she wrote a letter to her parents stating that as of the day of her actions, she disclaimed herself from House Garland in order to save her family from the fallout. As a result of this and her genuine remorse, Geordo decides to absolve House Garland of blame for their daughter's crime. And played straight after her parents accept her [[DisinheritedChild disclaim]], telling her via letter that they need time before they will speak to her again. The effect of the disclaim is shown when Henrietta tells Catarina that the latter should address her as ''Miss'' Garland instead of ''Lady''.]]

* KirkSummation: [[spoiler: Geordo gives one to Henrietta, saying that in spite of her claim of wanting to help Maria and Keith, she ''never'' once tried to intervene when Maria was bullied despite the fact that she knew that Maria would be bullied upon entering the Academy, unlike Catarina, who also knew the same thing would happen and instead ''actively'' protected Maria and other classmates from those that would take advantage of them. Instead, all that Henrietta wanted was to see Catarina die painfully as she had in ''Fortune Lover's'' Bad Ends. Furthermore, she has no right to pull the NotSoDifferent card with Catarina because while they are both ignorant of how the world they live in doesn't follow the events of ''Fortune Lover'', [[NotSoSimilar Catarina is trying to make the most of her current life by surviving, helping others, and certainly not trying to harm anyone on purpose.]] This leads to Henrietta's VillainousBSOD.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: In a desperate attempt to justify her actions, Henrietta says that she is NotSoDifferent from Catarina due to their respective ignorance of their situations when Geordo and Mary interrogate her in the jail. Geordo promptly shoots this down by pointing out that while both had foreknowledge of events that would happen, Catarina's actions led her to change things for the better and her actions were genuine instead of acts of self-preservation, while Henrietta did nothing because all she wanted was to see Catarina suffer, and that if she truly cared for Maria's well-being, Henrietta would've intervened to stop the bullying. This particular speech alongside Mary's summation are what finally snap Henrietta out of her self-righteous attitude and pave way to her VillainousBSOD.]]

** Francine, Emily, and Samantha [[spoiler: tell Catarina after she begins recovering from her nervous breakdown about her positive reputation and how other students refer to her as the Academy Saintess. Catarina thinks it's a bit much, but nonetheless accepts the compliment.]]
** Her closest friends, [[spoiler: after they [[LoveConfession admit their feelings for her,]] spell out for her in plain language what she did for them. Geordo also explains that her empathy and kindness make her rare for a noblewoman, and that more than anything made him and everyone else fall in love with her.]]
** Finally, her parents [[spoiler: return to the Academy to comfort her after her nervous breakdown. Millidiana and Luigi both express their gratefulness, saying that she's been a blessing to their family and that she deserves to be loved.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Henrietta ends up being sentenced to at least twenty-five years in prison for her crimes, her fiancé breaks their engagement, and her parents accept her disclaim and tell her it'll be a while before they will be able to speak with her again. However, she receives letters from Francine and the other girls that beat her in the cafeteria apologizing for doing so, and Catarina visits her with Geordo, offering her friendship and visits every two weeks while she is imprisoned. Henrietta [[TearsOfJoy begins crying after hearing the offer,]] moved by Catarina's empathy and with a sense that her life has a chance to eventually improve.]]