History HeroWithBadPublicity / FanWorks

** Others at the statue unveiling witness him lying to Theo about his supposed relationship with Ladybug, as well as how this nearly gets the sculptor akumatized. Only Ladybug's presence and quick intervention prevents disaster, and the crowd [[DeathGlare glares at Chat Noir]] for his carelessness, with video evidence of the incident spreading online.

* ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'' has Midoriya Izuku, who's MadeOutToBeAJerkass for the high crime of fighting to become a Pro Hero despite society deeming him worthless for his Quirklessness. Whenever he refuses to bow his head and take the abuse heaped upon him by bullies like Bakugou, [[SadistTeacher Aizawa]] or anyone else, it's spun around and turned upon him. This really starts ballooning out of control during the Sports Festival, as his rebuke of Monoma is played for the public ''without sound'' so that they don't hear Monoma accusing him of being ''happy'' about the League attacking the USJ [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity just to get attention]]; they just see Monoma [[HeelRealization tearing up]] after being called out. And when he's pitted against Ochako for his first tournament match, Present Mic encourages the crowd to root against him.

** Others at the statue unveiling witness him lying to Theo about his supposed relationship with Ladybug, as well as how this nearly gets the sculptor akumatized. Only [[ForWantOfANail Ladybug's presence]] and quick intervention prevents disaster, and the crowd [[DeathGlare glares at Chat Noir]] for his carelessness, with video evidence of the incident spreading online.

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic A Canterlot Wedding]]", [[ManipulativeBastard Prince Jewelius]] [[TyrantTakesTheHelm usurps Equestria's throne]] [[ForWantOfANail right after he and Twilight have stopped the Changeling invasion]] by blaming Princess Celestia, Shining Armor, the Mane Five, and Spike for not listening to Twilight's [[CassandraTruth suspicions regarding the false Cadance]]. He [[MadeASlave sentences the Mane Five and Shining Armor to slavery]] and banishes the princesses and Spike from Equestria, turning the public and [[CorruptTheCutie Twilight]] against them. When the fugitives return to Canterlot one week later [[MustMakeAmends to redeem themselves and make it up to Twilight]], they discover that [[spoiler:Jewelius provided Queen Chrysalis the means to infiltrate Canterlot before double-crossing her [[ICanRuleAlone to become the sole ruler of Equestria]], and purposely turned everypony else against the heroes to steal the throne unobstructed]]. Twilight and Canterlot's citizens don't believe them when they try to expose this (partly due to their own failure to uphold their trustworthiness by dint of their short-sighted actions that led to the invasion happening), but [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some]] [[VillainBall serious]] [[JustBetweenYouAndMe shortsightedness]] from the {{Big Bad}}'s part enables the fugitives to clear their names. [[spoiler:Not to mention that the town of Ponyville does not consider them traitors because [[HitlerAteSugar Jewelius has made the life there difficult]] ever since his rise to power]].

* ''Fanfic/ScarletLady'': When he and Scarlet Lady start out as heroes, Scarlet Lady (here Chloe with the Ladybug Miraculous (which she stole from Marinette's purse)) does the bare minimum in fights but soaks up the attention from adoring Parisians while downplaying Chat Noir's efforts. [[spoiler:As the series goes on, though, people begin to notice Scarlet Lady's laziness/selfishness and give him more appreciation.]]

* ''Fanfic/SpotsOff'' turns Marinette into one of these when Alya accidentally leaks Ladybug's identity. Once people learn that Ladybug is nothing more than a teenage middle-schooler, people start to slap her with the "JustAKid" label, asking whether she is actually fit to protect Paris. It gets to the point where [[spoiler:Mayor Bourgeois' more-powerful associates try to blackmail him into labelling Ladybug a vigilante, exposing her to legal consequences]]. [[ItsAllMyFault Alya, for her part, takes it]] ''[[ItsAllMyFault very]]'' [[ItsAllMyFault poorly]]. Part of the fic deals with Marinette and company trying to get past this image.

* Alexstrasza in ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-nerubians-journey-warcraft-si.1042773/reader/ A Nerubian's Journey]]'' quickly earns a much more negative reputation than canon among the Alliance due to her heavy-handed methods. While she and her dragonflight did end the war against the Horde in minutes, it's noted that they also ignored the war for years, only to arrive when the Alliance was already on the verge of victory. Then in the aftermath, she dictates terms to the Alliance about what to do with the Horde and has to be "unsubtly prompted" into helping with the solution she insisted on[[note]]Alexstrasza point blank refuses to allow the Horde to be genocided, sent back to Draenor, or shipped off to Kalimdor Since the Nerubians point out that the only place on Northrend the orcs could survive runs the very real risk of reawakening the Vrykul, the Alliance is stuck with feeding, housing, and clothing a massive army during an ongoing food and housing crisis of their own. While Alexstrasza volunyrrtd to temporarily use her powers to encourage crop production, it takes much more effort to get her to agree to help pay for the camps the orcs will be housed in[[/note]]. Not helping matters is Alexstrasza admitting to not interfering with other ongoing genocides, which causes some of the leaders to feel like she's needlessly interfering now.

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