History Main / HonorThyAbuser

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:'' Endeavor's redemption arc plays with this. On the one hand, Fuyumi accepts Endeavor's redemption and just wants the Todoroki family to be whole again, but Natsuo isn't as quick to forgive him and gives him a ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Shouto, who arguably suffered the most by his hands, takes the neutral ground. He doesn't quite forgive him for what he had done, but he acknowledges that he's trying to improve himself.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5''is a huge deconstruction of ItCantBeHelped and depicts most of the main characters abused by the authority figures in their lives and how both of these tropes are often little more than excuses to let those in powers walk all over those around them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' was really bad with this. Three primary examples occur.
** Yumi is painted as in the wrong for not caring that her father, who abandoned her, is dying.
** The moral of Yukiko's Social Link is that she learns to accept that she has to run her family's Inn, despite her objections.
** Mr. Morooka was a JerkAss that insulted his students any chance he got, put the Protagonist on his "shit list" for calling him out, and slut-shamed Saki at her memorial. And yet, when [[spoiler: he dies, not only do his students mourn him, but they consider his replacement even worse]].
** While Ryotaro Dojima isn't the worst example of this, he never gets called out for neither his knee-jerk reaction to [[spoiler: getting sent a threatening letter by nearly disowning the Protagonist and having him sent to the station for questioning]], nor [[spoiler: leaving Nanako home alone, leaving her open to abduction]].
* The sequel ''VideoGame/Persona5'' however is the antithesis! As the game is a huge deconstruction of ItCantBeHelped and depicts most of the main characters abused by the authority figures in their lives and how both of these tropes are often little more than excuses to let those in powers walk all over those around them.

'''Bob''': Oh, [[FreudianExcuse so that makes it okay for my dad to treat me bad]]? Feh, liberals.\\

* ''Manga/LoveHina:'' Despite all the years of Naru beating Keitaro to near-death for every minor infraction, he not only forgives her, but [[spoiler: marries her]]. To make matters worse, the series ends with Keitaro [[spoiler: accidentally ripping Naru's wedding dress]]. [[UnprovokedPervertPayback Three guesses what that leads to]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a scene where Izumii's father breaks his nose for his room being set on fire, under the belief that he was smoking. However, Izumii entirely holds a grudge against Aoba, who set his room on fire just to get back at him for hitting him. The reason why Izumii hit Aoba in the first place was because he believes his parents favor and spoil him.

** Tohru forgives [[spoiler: Akito]] for the various atrocities she committed against the Sohma clan, and most of other Sohmas either forgive her or have moved on to the point where they stopped caring. The only one that doesn't forgive her is Rin, but even she feels rotten for not being able to.

* In ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne, Tara's mom is a verbally and physically abusive addict. Later, however, she is one of the few parents to care about and help her children, and shares a load of helpful exposition and advice in a tearful goodbye to Tara.
* Discussed and defied in ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'': Detective Sawyer's father once locked her in a tool shed when she was a child because he was worried she was going to Hell for being so butch. After Sawyer broke her way out, her mother met her, crying, talking about how he did it out of love for her. Sawyer doesn't forgive him, and later says that she isn't a particularly forgiving person.

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** Mr. Morooka was a JerkAss that insulted his students any chance he got, put the Protagonist on his "shit list" for calling him out, and slut shamed Saki at her memorial. And yet, when [[spoiler: he dies, not only do his students mourn him, but they consider his replacement even worse]].

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata:'' There's a sidequest where 2B and 9S have to retrieve a machine that ran away from home after an argument with his mother. The machine is painted as a BrattyHalfPint for running off even though the reason he did so was because his mother favored his older brother, blamed him for something that was his younger sibling's fault, and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blamed him when his older brother hit him]].

* The abuser believes MiseryBuildsCharacter.

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:'' How some people view Shoto's relationship with his parents. Despite his mother throwing boiling water on him when he was five, Shoto focuses all of his anger on his father. While Endeavor is no saint and can be blamed for his mother's mental breakdown, some are baffled that Shoto holds no resentment for his mother.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:'' How some people view Shouto's relationship with his parents. Despite his mother throwing boiling water on him when he was five, Shouto focuses all of his anger on his father. While Endeavor is no saint and can be blamed for his mother's mental breakdown, some are baffled that Shouto holds no resentment for his mother.

** Kyo attempts this with his father near the end. His father regularly blamed him for the suicide of his mother, but it's heavily implied that he was a DomesticAbuser that drove her to do it. When Kyo tried to make amends with him, he wouldn't stop hurling insults at him. Kyo finally realizes that his father is a lost cause and cuts him from his life.

* Handled rather maturely in ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'', as Bob's father passes away, having always been an unrepentant JerkAss with his son, and Bob is disturbed to learn that he actually went to ''Heaven'' instead of Hell. At the end of the episode, God and Bob play a round of pool.

'''God''': Now ''he'' was a scary guy.\\

* Handled rather maturely in ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'', as Bob's father passes away, having always been an unrepentant JerkAss with his son, and Bob is disturbed to learn that he actually went to ''Heaven'' instead of Hell. At the end of the episode, God and Bob play a round of pool.

'''God''': [[JerkassHasAPoint You're right]]. And you're right to be mad at him. [[GodIsGood But it's not your job to forgive him]], it's mine... Did you know your grandfather?\\

* In fantasy stories, their actions were a JerkassFacade as part of a BatmanGambit to lead the hero in the right direction.

** It turns out some of Snape's actions were all [[spoiler: a JerkassFacade to help Harry kill Voldemort]]. While [[spoiler: killing Dumbledore made sense since he was dying anyway and it was an assisted suicide]], that doesn't justify his years of bullying Gryffindors because of a childhood grudge. Harry (after years of spitting at his name) forgives him and gives him some respect and even [[spoiler: names one of his children after him all the while still seeing him as flawed and wrong about lots of things]].

** It turns out some of Snape's actions were all [[spoiler: a JerkassFacade to help Harry kill Voldemort]]. While [[spoiler: killing Dumbledore made sense since he was dying anyway and it was an assisted suicide]], that doesn't justify his years of bullying Gryffindors because of a childhood grudge. Harry (after years of spitting at his name) forgives him and even [[spoiler: names one of his children after him]].

** When Ron returns from his departure in ''Deathly Hallows,'' Hermione beats the crap out of him. Even though his actions were partially under the influence of a Horcrux, Ron thinks he deserves it and tries to win Hermione back. This was thankfully removed from the movie. Hermione instead verbally chastises him, and Ron has a DudeWheresMyRespect response.

* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books have a problem with this.
** It is revealed that one of the reasons Dumbledore let Harry live with the Dursleys despite their abuse is that he believes an abusive upbringing will make him more humble and willing to sacrifice himself.
** When Ron returns from his departure in ''Deathly Hallows,'' Hermione beats the crap out of him. The kicker? Even though his actions were under the influence of a Horcrux, Ron thinks he deserves it and tries to win Hermione back. This was thankfully removed from the movie. Hermione instead verbally chastises him, and Ron has a DudeWheresMyRespect response.
** It turns out Snape's actions were all [[spoiler: a JerkassFacade to help Harry kill Voldemort]]. While you can justify him [[spoiler: killing Dumbledore to some extent since he was dying anyway and it was an assisted suicide]], that doesn't justify his years of bullying Gryffindors because of a petty childhood grudge. Harry easily forgives him and even [[spoiler: names one of his children after him]].

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata:'' There's a sidequest where 2B and 9S have to retrieve a machine that ran away from home after an argument with his mother. The machine is painted as a BrattyHalfPint for running off even though the reason he did so was because his mother favored his older brother, blamed him for something that was his younger sibling's fault, and [[VictimBlaming blamed him when his older brother hit him]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Marge is repeatedly shown to be just as abusive as Homer. Just like him she quickly gave up on Bart when it was clear he was having trouble in kindergarden. In fact as the series when on she was the more likely of the two to give up on him when put in the same situation (such as learning to discipline him). She’s also more prone to tell him that he will be a FutureLoser. Her ParentalFavoritism also reaches the point of sadism as she’s not only convinced Bart to give up something he loved and made him a better person, but also stay crippled because Lisa couldn’t handle the fact that he was a better musician and him continuing to be so somehow be cruel. She then twice turned around forced him to play instruments he didn’t want to. She’s even kicked him out of the house because he didn’t take her side in an argument. However because she’s not physically violent or overtly negative Bart is MommasBoy.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket:'' Tohru forgives [[spoiler: Akito]] for the various atrocities she committed against the Sohma clan, and most of other Sohmas either forgive her or have moved on to the point where they stopped caring. The only one that doesn't forgive her is Rin, but even she feels rotten for not being able to.

* In the 2017 series of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}, Dr. Hayes performed genetic-engineering experiments on her children, encouraged them to have sex with each other in the hopes of producing a super-powered grandchild, performed medically-unnecessary tests on her granddaughter, and attempted to harvest genetic material from the Runaways without their knowledge or consent. In spite of this, the series treats her sympathetically because her children are dead (never mind that those children grew up to be supervillains who died during a failed attempt to bring about the end of the world), and the Runaways elect not to harm her despite her enthusiastic efforts to kill them.