History IncompatibleOrientation / FanWorks

* Many fans have written fanfics where Luna's [[TomboyishName female crush Sam]] isn't interested in girls. Given that this was hinted at but never outright stated concern in canon, it's no surprise fans have been intrigued by it. How much angst this causes depends on the work in question but Luna's always disappointed when Sam turns her down.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'': Bisexual Luna wants to date Sam but is told by Mick Swagger that she prefers blokes (the series later revealed that Sam is in fact either a lesbian or also bisexual).

* Less popular but still a thing is that Clyde's crush on Lori is being used to cover up feelings for the very straight Lincoln, whether consciously on Clyde's part or not. How much angst there is depends on the work in question but there's always initially awkwardness between the boys and Lori may even be drawn into it considering how weird it would be to [[SettleForSibling have someone's crush on you derive from feelings for your little brother]].
* ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'': Bisexual Luna wants to date Sam, but is told by Mick Swagger that she prefers blokes (the series later revealed that Sam is in fact either a lesbian or also bisexual).

* ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndNoire'': PlayedForDrama -- Alix is Aromantic and said as much as to Kim prior to the story. Unfortunately, [[DumbJock Kim]] back then thought she meant [[FunWithHomophones "arrow" instead of "aro"]], and later tried to ask her out for Valentine's Day. Alix, so frustrated that her friend was seemingly ignoring her sexuality and how it brought up old memories of others doing the same, get Akumatized into Aro Dynamix, who has the power to remove romantic feelings from others to try and get people to understand what's it like to be aromantic. After Alix is cured and Kim is told by Aurore what Aromantic means, the two agree to continue being VitriolicBestBuds.

* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14230488/29/ Fairytale of Doom]]'': In chapter 25, [[spoiler:when the trapped wizards try to confess their romantic feelings to escape the FairyTaleFreeForAll, Natsu finds out that Lucy likes him romantically. He admits that he's never been able to feel either romance or sexual. Lucy replies that she suspected for a while, joking that it explains why [[IgnoringTheFanservice he never made a move on a such a beautiful girl after so many times seeing her naked]]. It's impled that her suspicious on Natsu's orientation is one of the reasons why she never confessed her feelings for him]].

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''): Littlepip grows up with a crush on Velvet Remedy, who is straight. They later become best friends and Velvet goes so far as to become something of a motherly figure to her, [[spoiler:and they settle for other ponies who they're compatible with]]. Notable in that it's Littlepip's feelings for Velvet that compel her to leave the Stable when Velvet runs away, so this trope actually sets off the plot.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13590967/2/Hazbin-Ghost Hazbin Ghost]]'' (''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''): Angel Dust becomes attracted to Danny immediately after meeting him. You'd ''think'' the only problem would be that the one who is gay is attracted to the one who is straight, but you'd be wrong. Angel Dust's strong come-ons, innuendos, and constant use of the nickname "Daddy" [[AbhorrentAdmirer turn Danny off greatly]], to the point that he tries to avoid Angel Dust whenever possible.

* ''Fanfic/HowCanALittleGossipBe'': Many girls in Portorosso are smitten with Alberto because of his [[{{Hunk}} hunky]] [[HeroicBuild physique]] and his [[HotBlooded brave and confident personality]], but he only has eyes for Luca.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Moebius}}'' (''Manga/{{Bleach}}' 'and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'') has Homura fear this with Madoka, who has said she loves her, but Madoka uses that language with friends and family alike. While Madoka is aware of just how much Homura means to her via space-time shenanigans, Homura dreads the assumption that Madoka doesn't return those feelings the same way she feels about them. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she does. She was waiting for Homura to confess when she was ready.]]

* 'Fanfic/{{Moebius}}'' (''Manga/{{Bleach}}' 'and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'') has Homura fear this with Madoka, who has said she loves her, but Madoka uses that language with friends and family alike. While Madoka is aware of just how much Homura means to her via space-time shenanigans, Homura dreads the assumption that Madoka doesn't return those feelings the same way she feels about them. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she does. She was waiting for Homura to confess when she was ready.]]

* 'Fanfic/{{Moebius}}'' (''Manga/{{Bleach}}' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka'') has Homura fear this with Madoka, who has said she loves her, but Madoka uses that language with friends and family alike. While Madoka is aware of just how much Homura means to her via space-time shenanigans, Homura dreads the assumption that Madoka doesn't return those feelings the same way she feels about them. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she does. She was waiting for Homura to confess when she was ready.]]

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34709092/chapters/97713858 from porcelain to ivory to steel]]'': [[SparedByTheAdaptation Sherry Polnareff]] falls in love with Mohammed Avdol through the course of their journey, leading her to confess in chapter 13. Avdol somberly responds that while he loves her as a friend, he can't reciprocate her feelings since he is gay, and apologizes for unintentionally deceiving her. Sherry tells him he doesn't have to apologize and she'll be more than happy to be his friend. She even adds that he would have been a good match for her [[DeathByAdaptation late brother Jean-Pierre]], who was bisexual and had enjoyed dating another man in the past.

* ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven'': The story features a somewhat downplayed example; it sees Harry Potter form a harem with seven witches to save his life. While the girls are all attracted to Harry, their interest in doing anything sexual with ''each other'' varies, with some of them content to just watch Harry with other women while focusing on him to other girls embracing their bisexual awakening and enjoying pleasuring each other. This trope particularly applies to Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger, as Ginny finds herself acknowledging that she's fully bisexual and recognises that she's been attracted to Hermione for a while but accepts that Hermione isn't interested in doing anything with other women directly. Fortunately for Ginny, [[spoiler:Fleur Delacour turns out to be more willing to "experiment"...]]

* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Jara (lesbian) likes [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] (straight). Jara doesn't take rejection well at all, but at the end she accepts the fact that they can only be friends.

* ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven'': The story features a somewhat downplayed example; it sees Harry Potter form a harem with seven witches to save his life. While the girls are all attracted to Harry, their interest in doing anything sexual with ''each other'' varies, with some of them content to just watch Harry with other women while focusing on him to other girls embracing their bisexual awakening and enjoying pleasuring each other. This trope particularly applies for Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger, as Ginny finds herself acknowledging that she's fully bisexual and recognises that she's been attracted to Hermione for a while but accepts that Hermione isn't interested in doing anything with other women directly. Fortunately for Ginny, [[spoiler:Fleur Delacour turns out to be more willing to "experiment"...]]

* ''Fanfic/ThisIsAWildGameOfSurvival'': In the prequel ''Sun, Sea And Alcoholic Decisions, I-sak has a crush on Joon-yeong, and her and her best friend On-jo are quite excited about her asking him out and dating him. Unfortunately for her, Joon-yeong is gay and has secretly been in love with his own best friend for longer than she's known him.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10144263/1/Knights-Consort The Knight's Consort]]'': Kennedy the Vampire Slayer (a lesbian) slowly falls in love with Xander (not just a crush or a strong friendship, but actual romantic-poetry-flowers-and-schmaltzy songs love). Unfortuantely, the fact that he is male (and has no interest in not being male) keeps her from being attracted to him, or wanting to actually consummate their relationship beyond a single experimental kiss.

* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'': Leon ([[AdaptationalSexuality a bisexual in this continuity]]) used to have a crush on his straight best friend and future rescue team leader Drew when the both of them were in school. Drew, however, is 100% straight, and he ultimately let Leon down gently after Leon confessed said crush to him out loud.

* ''Fanfic/{{Pretender}}'': Robin is love with Chrom, who is straight and gets married to Sumia early in the story.

* A parody short posits that the reason Sonic makes such fast tracks when Amy's around is because he doesn't have the heart to tell her he and Tails have long since passed the point of goo-goo eyes. Amy is not impressed. It's later revealed that this was another scheme of his to keep her away, though when he later needs her help to avoid certain death [[GoneHorriblyRight she decides she's had enough and angrily dismisses him]].

* ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'': [[spoiler: Kazumi]] is in love with [[spoiler: Shizuka]], who is stated to be straight [[spoiler: and was possibly in love with someone during the year at Hope's Peak. Kazumi makes it clear though that she won't chase after her, though Shizuka's execution is not handled well.]]

** Hikaru Kurogane has a crush on his roommate Shigeru Kojima. Unfortunately, Kojima not only is heterosexual, but is infatuated with Akira Azuki, despite the fact that she personally finds him rather irritating.

* ''Fanfic/JackieChanAdventuresOlympianJourney'': When [[spoiler:Eros!Drew]] tries to charm Simone, she tells him, rather bluntly since he doesn't get it immediately, that she's gay. He decides to bypass this by forcing one of his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] chocolates into her mouth and altering her sexuality (though in an EvenEvilHasStandards moment he makes it clear that he's ''expanding'' her sexuality, not flipping it).

* Many fans have written fanfics where Luna's [[TomboyishName female crush Sam]] isn't interested in girls. Given that this was a hinted at but never outright stated concern in canon, it's no surprise fans have been intrigued by it. How much angst this causes depends on the work in question but Luna's always disappointed when Sam turns her down.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37286020 (pockets full of) Stones]]'': Adrien discovers he is [[AdaptationalSexuality both aromantic and asexual]]. Not only does he genuinely see Marinette (and Ladybug) as just a friend, he also gets frustrated when their friends try to matchmake them and thinking he's just UnknowinglyInLove.

* ''[[Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty The Dashverse]]'': Cloud Kicker eventually confesses to Twilight that she actually ''is'' in love with Rainbow Dash. Unfortunately for her, Dash is not only straight, but completely oblivious to her feelings, as she just assumes its part of Cloud Kicker's [[TheTease usual personality]].

* ''Fanfic/AStallionsMan'': This trope is the driving force behind the plot, which designates a man named Barrett as the object of the affections of [[UnwantedHarem seven eager]] -- [[Rule63 and familiar]] -- [[CastFullOfGay stallions]],[[note]]Princess Luna is represented as Prince Artemis and also has a crush on him[[/note]] all of whom cannot accept that his barn door doesn't swing that way (it's only a gender barrier, though; InterspeciesRomance doesn't bother him and in fact he wants a marefriend). He outright tells them, but only a few acknowledge hearing it -- regardless, none give up on winning his heart, certain that they can [[ICanChangeMyBeloved change his mind]] and [[ClosetKey bring out the repressed homosexual they're certain lurks underneath]]. How exactly Barrett ended up in this situation is [[NoodleIncident uncertain as of right now]], but it's possible that, in order to escape a dreary life back home, he wished to end up in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]] with all the main characters fawning over him... and just failed to specify which gender he was actually into, or something else that he didn't think he had to clarify. Now he's stuck with it, with no way back. The fic also greatly [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] the implications of this trope, making several -- if not all -- of his harem's members boy-crazy to an [[ExaggeratedTrope over-the-top]] extent [[PlayedForLaughs just for laughs]].

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34709092/chapters/97713858 from porcelain to ivory to steel]]'': [[SparedByTheAdaptation Sherry Polnareff]] falls in love with Mohammed Avdol through the course of their journey, leading her to confess in chapter 13. Advol somberly responds that while he loves her as a friend, he can't reciprocate her feelings since he is gay, and apologizes for unintentionally deceiving her. Sherry tells him he doesn't have to apologize and she'll be more than happy to be his friend. She even adds that he would have been a good match for her [[DeathByAdaptation late brother Jean-Pierre]], who was bisexual and had enjoyed dating another man in the past.

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* ''Fanfic/ThisIsAWildGameOfSurvival'': In the prequel ''Sun, Sea And Alcoholic Decisions, I-sak has a crush on Joon-yeong, and her and her best friend On-jo are quite excited about her asking him out and dating him. Unfortunately for her, Joon-yeong is gay and has secretly been in love with his own best friend for longer than she's known him.

* ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndNoir'': PlayedForDrama -- Alix is Aromantic and said as much as to Kim prior to the story. Unfortunately, [[DumbJock Kim]] back then thought she meant [[FunWithHomophones "arrow" instead of "aro"]], and later tried to ask her out for Valentine's Day. Alix, so frustrated that her friend was seemingly ignoring her sexuality and how it brought up old memories of others doing the same, get Akumatized into Aro Dynamix, who has the power to remove romantic feelings from others to try and get people to understand what's it like to be aromantic. After Alix is cured and Kim is told by Aurore what Aromantic means, the two agree to continue being VitriolicBestBuds.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25927015/chapters/75073416 Crimson and Noir]]'': PlayedForDrama -- Alix is Aromantic and said as much as to Kim prior to the story. Unfortunately, [[DumbJock Kim]] back then thought she meant [[FunWithHomophones "arrow" instead of "aro"]], and later tried to ask her out for Valentine's Day. Alix, so frustrated that her friend was seemingly ignoring her sexuality and how it brought up old memories of others doing the same, get Akumatized into Aro Dynamix, who has the power to remove romantic feelings from others to try and get people to understand what's it like to be aromantic. After Alix is cured and Kim is told by Aurore what Aromantic means, the two agree to continue being VitriolicBestBuds.