History ManlyTears / Fanfiction

ManlyTears in fanfiction.
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* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': [[RatedMForManly Germany]] sheds these [[spoiler:after Italy [[{{Polyamory}} proposed to both him and Japan]].]]
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': Shinji sheds them often in the doujin: after [[spoiler:finding out that Asuka survived the Unit-04's crash]], while [[CallingTheOldManOut retorting Gendo's lecture]], during [[spoiler:his marriage proposal to Asuka...]] And nobody ever suggests that he is somehow less masculine for it.
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In chapter 12 Shinji sheds a single tear after [[spoiler:Rei has said goodbye to him.]]
* In ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon after he learned [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rika's backstory]].
* Invoked in ''FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'' with Light. "HE started crying with happy but then stopped and man cried instead which was more manly."
* ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' has these shed by Commander Karrde when [[spoiler:the survivors of the 4th Recon Battalion unanimously volunteer to help serve as recon troops for the armored attack on the White House, after having suffered fifty percent casualties under his command just a day earlier.]]
* Lots of them in ''GuideMeHome'', especially at then end when [[spoiler:Ursa and Zuko are reunited]]. Then again, given [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the source material,]] ManlyTears are expected.
* In ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6902784/1/A_Game_Well_Played A Game Well Played,]]'' Arthur cries (but only two, silent, desperate tears, one at a time; thus, ''manly'') because he can't save Merlin from ColdBloodedTorture without betraying Camelot. And he ''won't'' betray Camelot.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill The Adventures Of Blinky Bill]]'' fanfic ''[[http://m.fanfiction.net/s/7782580/1/ Scars Are Forever,]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker Danny]] [[SmugSnake Dingo]] actually sheds a couple tears when he sees [[spoiler:Shifty Dingo dying of a coma in the hospital]]. Danny later breaks down crying in the final chapter when [[spoiler:He says his final goodbye to Shifty before committing suicide.]]
* In ''FanFic/HumanCuriosity'', Prussia cries in ''The Bonus Chapters'', when [[spoiler:he gets his memories back and reunites with Germany.]] One chapter also has England cry [[spoiler:when he learned that Portugal was "dead",]] which led to him waking up from the dream-memory while still crying.
* In one of the short fiction pieces accompanying the AlternateHistory timeline ''FanFic/OnTheShouldersOfGiants'', we're treated to the sight of an ArtificialIntelligence shedding these. (Or rather the alien equivalent, which is [[BizarreAlienBiology a bit complicated.]]) Given the circumstances, [[TearJerker the reader is probably doing the same]].
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Obsidian Citrine]] in the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning''. When he tears up during his interview, Caesar Flickerman cites this trope by name, and it certainly isn't the last time that Obsidian is brought to tears, either. (Yet he's still undeniably manly.)
* ''[[FanFic/RealityChecksNyxverse Alicornundrum]]'': Sundiver, one of Twilight and Nyx's personal Royal Guards, absolutely bawls during [[spoiler: Twilight and Ink Spot's wedding]], much to the disgust of his partner Lightning Blitz.
* In ''FanFic/RobbReturns'', Jorah Mormont cannot avoid crying when he meets the Company of the Rose and hears the Northern accent for the first time in years. [[spoiler:The Krats, too, as all the houses in the Company state they will, too, return home, and [[SdrawkcabName he retakes his true name]].]]
** Edric Dayne cries [[spoiler:as his father dies, after naming him the new Sword of the Morning]].
* In ''FanFic/ThisBites'', both Wiper and Cricket shed a few when promising to meet up in Skypiea.
* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', Night breaks down and lets loose with these when his parents finally show him affection for the first time in years.
* Commander Rex in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10129274/chapters/22628627#workskin Back From the Future]]'' is in the middle of submitting his monthly report on the battalions numbers when he realizes it's the first time ''ever'' that none of his men/brothers have died since he last submitted one. He breaks down sobbing over the revelation.
* When Literature/{{Temeraire}} rescues Laurence from arrest and flies him and his boarding crew back to their pirate fleet in ''Fanfic/BlackWingsBlackSails'', Laurence weeps without realizing it, overcome with being with the dragon he thought he would never see again.
* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Bolt and his father Blaze shed a few tears while giving each other a ManHug goodbye at the end of "The Cameo."
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* Anthony Darrow ([[GenderFlip male Ann Darrow]]) in the ''Film/KingKong2005'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13613007/1/More-Than-a-Monster More Than a Monster]]''. [[spoiler: After Kong has fallen to his death, [[AdaptationNameChange Jacklyn Drissel]] (female Jack Driscoll) walked up to give Anthony a much need hug as he finally breaks down.]]

* Anthony Darrow ([[GenderFlip male Ann Darrow]]) in the ''Film/KingKong2005'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13613007/1/More-Than-a-Monster More Than a Monster]]''. [[spoiler: After Kong has fallen to his death, [[AdaptationNameChange Jacklyn Drissel]] (female Jack Driscoll) walked up to give Anthony a hug, until he finally breaks down.]]

* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Obsidian]] [[{{Adorkable}} Citrine]] in the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning''. When he tears up during his interview, Caesar Flickerman cites this trope by name, and it certainly isn't the last time that Obsidian is brought to tears, either. (Yet he's still undeniably manly.)