History NeverMyFault / FanWorks

* Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange
** No matter what she does or what effect it has on those around her, Dana '''NEVER''' believes that she is the one in the wrong. She basically blames Mary for all the problems in her own life even when it couldn't have possibly been her fault or it's pretty blatantly her own. All her efforts to "cure" Mary aren't helping? She insists it's because everyone else is enabling her "bad habits". Causing a scene in a bookstore when she tries to stop Mary from stimming and actually hurting her, much to the horror of Todd, Reagan, and all of the other witnesses? She blames Mary and everybody else without hesitation and even rewrites things in her blog to make herself look like the one in the right. Mary runs away because of the abuse Dana heaped on her? She believes Mary must've actually been kidnapped by a predator and blames Todd and Reagan for making her "vulnerable". Everybody else rightfully calls her out on her actions? She believes they're "disrespecting" her and not appreciating all of her "hard work". The cops interrogating her about her blog [[spoiler: and showing disgust at Dana wanting to forcibly sterilize Mary]]? Dana complains that they had no right to invade her privacy like that even though she shared her thoughts on a public blog and didn't even bother to hide anybody's names. [[spoiler: Even after her HeelRealization, she still refuses to own up to her actions directly, cutting off contact with her family except for child support checks in the mail and not deleting the blog or confessing that she lied about Mary's behavior]].

--->'''Simba:''' "I've never stopped worrying. And really, if you think about it, it's kinda your fault."\\
'''Nala:''' "Huh? What makes it ''my'' fault?"

*** One chapter reveals that Naru and Motoko once sent a boy to the hospital for the high crime of telling Su that she was making his friends uncomfortable by forcing her way into their space. Naru dismisses this incident as 'irrelevant', showing absolutely no regret or remorse.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16822540/ The Lost and Forgotten]]'' features Peter Parker being forced to accept all memory of his existence being erased from the rest of the world by Seftis, a mysterious entity who warned Peter that the Avengers would die if they remembered him. However, when the others start to remember Peter again, [[spoiler:Seftis claims that he did all this to stop Peter becoming a villain who kills Seftis and others in the future, only for Peter to realise that Seftis is doing this because he saw ''himself'' become the villain in the future; Seftis is so consumed by the idea that his people are "good" that he couldn't accept that he turned evil on his own accord, blaming Peter for his fall rather than take responsibility for his own sins]].
* In ''Fanfic/LegacyDocSuess'', when confronted after Peter's video, Tony denies culpability for Peter's resentment towards him and treating it like the tantrum of a SpoiledBrat, this being TheLastStraw for Pepper.

** Adrien also provides a subtle, {{Downplayed}} example when Witch Hunter [[InternalReveal reveals how]] Lila threatened Marinette in the bathroom. His reflexive reaction is surprise and disappointment that ''Marinette'' didn't mention that back when he was scolding her about how she needed to [[TurnTheOtherCheek take the high road]] and leave Lila be, as obviously he would have changed his tune if he'd known. The notion that she feared he [[CassandraTruth wouldn't believe her]] -- or worse, [[NoSympathy wouldn't care]] -- flies right over his head.

* ''Fanfic/TheBabysittingFiasco'': Alya and Nino knew perfectly well that they were TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity and sneaking around behind their parents' backs, having Marinette babysit their siblings while they made sure to get back from their outings before their parents got home. Once they get got, Alya is convinced that ''somebody'' must have "ratted them out". She's also quick to pin all the blame for her problems onto Lila once she learns she was a BitchInSheepsClothing all along, refusing to take any responsibility for her own choices.

* In ''Fanfic/EverydayLifeWithUltimateGirls'', [[spoiler: one of Junko's traits is that she never takes responsibility for the consequences of her despair-causing plans, just like in canon. When Ryoko, [[AdaptationalHeroism here an alternate personality analogous to her conscience]], chastises her for being responsible for getting Akane's siblings lost in Aokigahara Forest, Junko claims she didn't make them go there. One aspect of her HeelFaceTurn is that she finally starts taking responsibility for her actions, apologizing for the first time in her life and even asking if she said the words "I'm sorry" correctly.]]

* ''Fanfic/AvengerOfSteel'' includes a rare example where the villain has a legitimate point; the Hand blame Wilson Fisk for the fact that the attempt to deliver Black Sky to New York was intercepted by Superman and the Masked Man, but Fisk did his best to prevent any police presence at the docks and cannot be held accountable for what a group of vigilantes choose to do.

* Peter Pettigrew clearly believes this in ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls''. Yes, he betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, but he believes that because he didn't actually do the deed, he is not at fault for their deaths. Ditto for selling out Molly Prewitt-Weasley's brothers to the Death Eaters
* Vernon Dursley in ''FanFic/HelluvaWizard'' blames Harry for the fact that he and his family are in hell instead of realizing that they only ended up there because they were [[AssholeVictim horrible people]] in life.

** [[spoiler: When Vera's team is ready to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm throw in the towel when half of them are captured and wounded]], she abandons without remorse the friends she deceived to follow her on her selfish suicide mission and blames them for being too weak to get the job done and Elyon for ordering the northern army to abandon the siege of Snowpoint and by extension, [[RevengeBeforeReason Vera's quest for revenge]].]]

* ''Fanfic/WeCanBeHeroesStevenUniverse'': Ambassador Honest Ironbeak is half diplomat, half PR guy on behalf of the shady Megacorp known as Tschermacorp, and part of his job is to alleviate the concerns of citizens who raise an eyebrow at the company's underhanded practices by blaming them on someone else. When he tries this in Golden Acres however, the mayor throws a ''number'' of incidents the company won't accept responsibility for back in his face such as children being injured by an unsafe ride at a company-sponsored amusement park and a botched gas mining operation poisoing a planet's sea, causing the ambassador to storm off in a huff.
* At the start of the third volume of ''Fanfic/AdventuresOfTheGems'': Steven and Connie lash out at each other over the decision of Steven's twin sister, Nora, to stay behind. Connie ends up being called out by Steven for caring more about getting home than Nora's safety despite the fact that she told him that his sister was stranded on Homeworld because of him giving Peridot the list. Connie ended up taking it too far by shifting the blame to Steven and wished she never met him. She then left Steven, not wanting anything to do with the argument [[spoiler: at the expense of Lion being angry with her for hurting him and not apologising either.]]
** However, during the few weeks with her childhood friend,[[spoiler: she later [[ItsAllMyFault regretted arguing with Steven, believing that her anger was what caused the two not seeing each other for a few weeks]] despite what Steven accepting that he should have listened to Zach and calmed down.]]

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13887970/1/The-Brother-s-Grimm The Brother's Grimm]]'', the Grumpy Passenger refuses to acknowledge that the reason he lost his tour and was forced to swab the deck of the Sea Emperor is because he was so rude and accusatory to [[OriginalCharacter Bernard]]. He later blames Bernard and Emily for getting him in trouble with the law, even though it was his own decision to antagonise and cane them. It takes being made homeless and penniless for him to admit that he has only himself to blame for what happened to him.

* Near the ending of ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Ashes]]'', [[HotWitch Andraya]] hands [[MacGuffinSuperPerson Kathryn]] over to [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Fankil]] to get back at Smaug for [[spoiler:killing her daughter Freyja]]. She feels justified in pursuing this [[RevengeByProxy eye-for-an-eye justice]][[note]](which puts the world in the danger of [[SealedEvilInACan Morgoth's]] return)[[/note]], despite two facts. Firstly, Smaug would never have been around to [[spoiler:kill Freyja]] if Andraya hadn't resuscitated the [[HumanityEnsues dragon-turned-human]] to bargain with him. Secondly, if Andraya had not framed Smaug for [[spoiler:King Wilhelm's murder]] and thus forced Smaug to escape from Vathvael with Kathryn, [[spoiler:Freyja wouldn't have tagged along with Faervel to Emyn Muil to rescue Kathryn and end up being killed by Smaug]].

* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', Avalina is kidnapped from [[ResurrectedForAJob the Horned King's]] (her [[LimaSyndrome captor's]]) lands by a man belonging to a bandit group (that happens to comprise of [[spoiler:the Horned king's still living former henchmen]]) with the intention of selling her illegally into slavery. Soon the Horned King arrives with [[SycophanticServant Creeper]] and [[GiantFlyer Addie the gwythaint]], frees her and kills all the bandits. Before dying, Avalina's captor tries to kill her, blaming her of leading the Horned King back to them. Avalina had no intention of interacting with them; had they not taken the initiative by kidnapping her, the Horned King wouldn't have shown up as a SuperweaponSurprise.

** Averted with Luz. [[spoiler:After she punches Hunter in the face and chews him out for destroying her Gravesfield in their fight, Luz acknowledges her role in the tragedy and states she has no reason to fight him anymore. She decides to leave him him be and fly off to Bonesborough.]]

* ''Fanfic/SupportingAHero'': Upon being expelled and blacklisted from every hero course across the planet for his AttemptedMurder on Izuku, he refuses to accept the fact that it was his own damn fault to begin with. When screaming that he was [[NotHelpingYourCase 'doing the world a favor by getting rid of Deku']] to the Ectoplasm clones, they conclude that Bakugou never deserved to be a hero to begin with.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloe's Lament]]'' shows that the titular SpoiledBrat is practically the embodiment of this:

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* In ''Fanfic/EverydayLifeWithUltimate Girls'', [[spoiler: one of Junko's traits is that she never takes responsibility for the consequences of her despair-causing plans, just like in canon. When Ryoko, [[AdaptationalHeroism here an alternate personality analogous to her conscience]], chastises her for being responsible for getting Akane's siblings lost in Aokigahara Forest, Junko claims she didn't make them go there. One aspect of her HeelFaceTurn is that she finally starts taking responsibility for her actions, apologizing for the first time in her life and even asking if she said the words "I'm sorry" correctly.]]

** Tyler also plays this straight when he puts a hit on Camila telling Riley she should blame All For One, aka Luz, for she did not die as God (aka him) decreed. [spoiler:He also doesn't show any remorse for his role in the destruction of his ancestral home or the lives lost; only that (he thinks) Luz is dead and done "God's work".]]

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-->'''Sonic:''' "If it weren't for ''you'' and your friend, you wouldn't even ''be'' in this mess!"

** PlayedForLaughs with Master Fu at the start of the series. Rather than putting the box with the Ladybug Earrings into Marinette's bedroom, he [[ForWantOfANail slipped it into her purse instead]]... only for [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] to steal it. Upon seeing this mysterious girl in action as [[NominalHero Scarlet Lady]], Fu immediately declares to Wayzz that "This one is not my fault." By the time Adrien has a chance to [[WhatTheHellHero confront him]], however, Fu is more willing to acknowledge that he made a mistake, though he still makes clear that he did ''not'' choose her, and that the only reason he hasn't reclaimed the earrings is that he doesn't know who she is.

* ''Fanfic/PeacesApprentice'': Aizawa [[ForWantOfANail expels Izuku on his first day]] in order to make room for Shinsou in his class. This causes Toshinori to ResignInProtest, while his [[{{Nepotism}} blatant favoritism]] encourages Shinsou to mistreat his classmates, with everyone in 1-A knowing that Aizawa won't step in beyond {{blaming the victim}}s. The culture of fear and distrust he cultivates results in the League's attack on the USJ going far worse, with two of his students becoming {{Accidental Murder}}ers, [[spoiler:Minata dying]], and [[spoiler:Shinsou's throat being injured to the point he loses his Quirk]]. So far as Aizawa is concerned, he's responsible for precisely ''none of this'', blaming everyone else for the fallout of his decisions.

** Katsuki [[InSpiteOfANail still failed to pass the Provisional License Exam]] on his first attempt. He blames this upon the fact that, during said exam, he noticed somebody who happened to look like Izuku. After learning that Izuku ''didn't'' give up on his dreams after [[ForWantOfANail Aizawa expelled him on their first day]], and that he's become the Quirkless Pro Sleeper Hit, Katsuki flashes back to that moment and instantly decides that Deku ''deliberately'' sabotaged him. The fact that Izuku went out of his way to avoid him doesn't matter; just seeing him in passing distracted him enough to cause Katsuki to fail, and that's ''clearly'' Deku's fault, right?

* ''Fanfic/{{Space to Breathe|Naruto}}'': According to Sasuke, every problem he has can be traced back to ''somebody else's'' decisions. Like Sakura; he ''loves'' blaming her for how things went downhill after she [[ForWantOfANail left Team Seven]], even while [[DoubleThink simultaneously insisting]] that ''he'' drove her away and is better off for it, as she was "holding him back". When he gets into trouble for attacking [[spoiler:Nanako]] in public, attempting to ''kill'' his fellow leaf-nin with the Chidori? They brought it upon themselves by "insulting his clan name" and denying him the rematch he was demanding!

* In the ''[[Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire Mastermind]]'' [[Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy series]], Katsuki refuses to admit that [[StartOfDarkness he helped drive]] Izuku into villainy. He ''does'', however, hold himself responsible for not noticing that his former friend was SlowlySlippingIntoEvil... because he believes that Deku '[[FantasticRacism forgot his place]]' and that he could have beaten some sense back into him. In other words, Katsuki sincerely thinks that he didn't bully him ''enough''.

** After getting into serious trouble for posting MaliciousSlander on her 'news blog', AU!Alya insists that she shouldn't be blamed for how untrustworthy her sources turned out to be. The notion that she could have ''researched'' their claims like the IntrepidReporter she claims to be is completely lost upon her.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheWolvesInTheWoodsMiraculousLadybug The Wolves in the Woods]]'':

** Alya blames Lila for turning her and the rest of Marinette's former friends against their 'Everyday Ladybug'... despite how ''this'' Lila [[EverybodyHasStandards was actually horrified]] by how far they were willing to go and actually tried to ''protect'' Marinette from them.

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** {{Downplayed}} with Tensei; While he ''was'' [[UnwittingPawn manipulated by Aizawa]] into believing Izuku was responsible for Tenya's training accident, he still knew that it was wrong to vent and reveal Izuku's name to the press. He did it anyway, and despite recognizing and accepting that the consequences spiraled far out of his control, doesn't believe he should be completely castigated for having a MomentOfWeakness or trusting that Aizawa had told him the truth.

* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/TheLastPrayer''. When Choji's parents learned he unknowingly drugged someone with a powerful aphrodisiac, Choji's mother initially blames her husband for not explaining what the drug was to their son, even though Choji had asked her and all she gave was a vague and misleading explanation that it "allows shinobi and kunoichi to be friendly". As a result, Choji gave it to Ino (though he's forced to swear to never reveal her identity), thinking it'd make her more friendly towards her teammates. Instead, she jumped the closest man nearby and demanded he have sex with her. It's only pure chance Ino was off in the forest with Naruto rather than a more unsavory type.

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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/8454/Running-From-Myself Running From Myself]]'', two former classmates of Twilight's blame her for getting them suspended. The entire reason for their suspensions were because they were bullying Twilight to the point where she suffered problems well into adulthood. When they try to get sympathy from Rarity, she calls them out on this. Not that they listen.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26693095/chapters/83491480 Everything You Deserve]]'': Adrien makes a selfish Wish to [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy try and twist reality]] to his liking. When his requests aren't granted in ''[[ExactWords precisely]]'' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the manner he desired]], he blames Chloé, noting that she was usually to blame for things going wrong at school, but since he was rarely the victim of her bullying and constant cruelties, [[ItsAllAboutMe he'd never really cared]].

** When Ladybug finally [[WhatTheHellHero reads him the riot act]] for recklessly endangering Purple Tigress and almost hitting her with his ''Cataclysm'', Chat Noir proceeds to blame both of them, saying that the incident wouldn't have happened if Purple Tigress hadn't been present in the first place. Ladybug hits him with a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, spelling out how he's repeatedly demonstrated that she can't rely upon him, yet he continues blaming Tigress for "causing the problem" by ''[[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence existing]]''.