History NeverMyFault / FanWorks

* Samurai in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11803928/2/Challenger Challenger]]'' yells at Ash because Ash's Sandile broke his katana, conveniently ignoring that he woke up Ash by pointing said katana at his neck.
* Almost none of the Soul Reapers in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12394742/1/ The Defeated]]'' are willing to admit anything could possibly be their fault and instead blame Ichigo and his friends. Besides condemning Ichigo and Orhime for [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal joining Aizen]] after their friends were killed by Soul Society and they were tortured (and raped in Ichigo's case) by Soul Reapers, Soifon blames them for Yoruichi's death and Byakuya blames Ichigo for Rukia's. Soifon blames Ichigo because Yoruichi was helping him, ignoring that she helped kill her. And Byakuya blames Ichigo because [[GenderFlip her]] sister was wrongfully executed for helping him, ignoring that Byakuya herself not only did nothing to prevent said execution but actively worked to stop anyone trying to prevent it.
* ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'': Despite being the one who pushed Sci-Twi into unleashing the magic, Cinch tries to put all the blame for Midnight Sparkle on Sci-Twi and calls her a monster. She also puts the blame on Canterlot High School and tries to get them to quit the games. Sunset explains to Sci-Twi that this was the reason why Cinch deserved to be fired and blacklisted, when the latter feels like she doesn't deserve forgiveness.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': When [[TheCaligula Jewelius]] loses the trust of Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot, he blames it on the fugitive heroes. Ignoring the fact that [[spoiler: he stopped putting forth effort into his lies and gradually let his selfish nature come out. Notably, despite Twilight expressing the desire to forgive her loved ones and reconcile with them, she is willing to support Jewelius [[EveryoneHasStandards so long as he acts like a responsible ruler]]. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain However]], once Jewelius proves the fugitives' CassandraTruth about him true by gloating to Twilight, she immediately severs all ties with him and flees to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/PersonaEG'': Several characters have blamed their problems or the actions they have done on others, ignoring that they themselves have still done bad deeds and are not completely blameless for their own misfortunes. This usually results in others calling them out on their attitude and pointing out they brought their problems on themselves.
** [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Fluttershy]] was bullied when she first came to CHS, so she used her knowledge of computers to become a cyber-bully and ruin anyone who ever messed with her, and this was before she discovered [[EldritchLocation Zodiac]]. After her identity as Eris is discovered by ZIT she lists all the bad things that have happened to her, including Sunset's blackmail on her, Rainbow rape checking her, and Flash grabbing her breast, ignoring that she tried to kill ZIT multiple times even though they have done ''nothing'' but try to be her friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Sunset has this attitude when she [[LivingWithTheVillain moves into the dorm]]. She expects everyone to just [[EasilyForgiven forgive her]] right away when she [[KnowWhenToFoldThem doesn't want to fight them anymore]] because they forgave Fluttershy, but she continues to mess with them just to get reactions from them. She is finally called out on this when Twilight and Flash confront her for sleeping with Shining Armor.]]
** [[spoiler:Twilight breaks up with Flash after finding out [[YourCheatingHeart he had sex with Trixie]] because she feels she can no longer trust him and spends the next couple of days depressed in her room. While what Flash did ''was'' wrong, he had already shown countless times that he loved Twilight and was faithful to her, yet she got on his case for only having female friends and his pervert nature. This lack of trust from Twilight is what caused Flash to cheat on her to get back at her, and he regretted it immediately afterward. Pinkie and Sonata [[WhatTheHellHero call her out]] on her attitude and point out she hurt Flash just as much as he hurt her.]]
* In ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** Discord has a ''major'' problem with this, as despite ''literally'' everything bad that's happened to him since he came to Equus being his own fault for [[spoiler:choosing his sadistic games over the loved ones he made as [[AmnesiacDissonance Dissy]]]], he blames everyone but himself from his parents to Fate.
** [[spoiler:Nightmare Eclipse, the true BigBad of the [[BadFuture Dark World Arc]], blames literally everything on Discord. While it is true at first he ''was'' to blame for everything, by the present the ''only'' reason he's evil anymore is because she's literally ''forcing'' him to be an evil overlord so she can punish him for it.]]
** This is one of the main themes with Hell/Tartarus in this series: the condemned are largely there because they refuse to accept their actions were wrong and evil, even when the Gods ''show'' them the damage they've caused. This is the only thing ''[[SelfInflictedHell keeping]]'' them there, as if they accept it and genuinely repent then they'll be set free.
* In ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/89379/1/vengeance-of-dawn/fateful-day Vengeance of Dawn]],'' Breaking Dawn is Princess Celestia's former personal student who grew entitled and spoiled because of the privileges that her status allowed her. When Celestia replaced her with a young Twilight but allowed Dawn to stay at the School for Gifted Unicorns, Dawn physically attacked Twilight in a fit of rage, forcing Celestia to permanently expel her. Years later, Twilight has become an alicorn princess as a result of her studies and hard work, while Dawn is living in a poor apartment and is unable to hold down even a simple job at a clothing store because she believes herself too important to work like an ordinary pony. Rather than admit that it was her own fault that she lost her position as Celestia's student, Dawn chooses to believe that Twilight deliberately stole everything from her--Celestia's love, her status as a royal student, her supposed great destiny, the Element of Magic, and the princesshood that she would have had--and plots an elaborate revenge against her.
* Aoshima in ''[[http://anime.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600055428&chapter=9 The Vain Rose's Garden]]'' refuses to acknowledge that his ruined reputation is his own fault. When he tried to extort Belldandy into sleeping with him, she responded by throwing him into a dumpster. Because several people got pictures of both the event and Aoshima having to climb out afterwards, his reputation was destroyed so he decides to blackmail Belldandy for it.
* ''Fanfic/OldWest'': Benjamin Hares, the estranged husband of [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]], is a conman prone to blameshifting and running away from his own troubles. He used to guilt-trip his devoted wife whenever they argued before he skipped town because of his debts, leaving Grace behind penniless and pregnant. When he reappears ten years later, he proves that he hasn't grown out of this vice. When Grace refuses to let him sell her out to [[BigBad Dufayel]], he dares to claim that the problem is Grace's stubbornness instead of him and that he left because she didn't love him enough. When she's had enough and tries to throw him out, [[DomesticAbuse Benjamin assaults her]], shamelessly saying that she should have obeyed him.
* Detective Stabler in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?no=10229&rewrite=true Father Goose and the Black Knight]]'' assaults Xander Harris and when his temporary boss and the ADA are sent photos of the event with a warning not to do so again or there will be charges, Stabler is disgusted at "being blackmailed by some scumbag". That he and Benson physically assaulted a crippled man whom they have no evidence of committing a crime beyond a "gut feeling" completely escapes 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 entirely 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]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMoreThingsChange'' has Ryouga, who holds the firm belief that it's ALWAYS Ranma's fault, no matter what. Ryouga rescues Akane, making the whole school think he's hitting on her? Ranma's fault, even if he wasn't even around.
-->How did things get this ugly? Why was this happening to him?\\
Suddenly, he knew. He didn't know how he knew, he just knew who to blame for this mess. After all, it was always his fault, somehow.\\
"RANMAAA! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
* Higa in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11701126/9/Anything-Goes-Game-Changer Anything Goes Game Changer]]'' always blames others for the consequences of his actions. Most recently, he blames Ranma for daring to kill his two strongest Sekirei ([[KilledOffForReal and unlike most deactivations, their deaths are very permanent]]) even though Higa was the one to send his Sekirei to engage someone who regularly takes on four Sekirei at once and wins handily.
* While all of Team Captain America have this problem to an extent in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10312091/chapters/27955800#workskin Tony's Girl]]'', Hank Pym and Clint are by far the worst. Clint blames Tony and Natasha for his family almost being kidnapped by Ross even though the former saved them and the latter had been kidnapped, drugged, and tortured for weeks before giving up the information. Hank Pym pretty much believes that "Stark" is synonymous with evil and helped Team Captain America in the hopes they'd bring him down. When his association with known terrorists comes to light, his company's stock "plummets like a plane crash" so Stark Industries bail them out by buying 25% of the company's stock at it's market value from two days before the press conference airing said news. Naturally, Hank blames Tony for it, including his daughter saying on international television that Tony is a far better man than he is.
* ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndEmerald'': Despite Shiketsu nearly being being UA's equal, the majority of the Top Hundred Heroes are UA graduates. Shiketsu blames their graduates for not representing the school properly when their strict attitudes and restrictions causes their graduates to be too inflexible to survive in the field.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8456958/1/Impossible Impossible]]'', [[Manga/FairyTail Lucy]] gets pushed between a brawling Natsu and Gray, resulting in her being seriously wounded. Natsu then goes off on a rant complaining that she should have been strong enough to protect herself from their attacks, rather than accepting that he and Gray shouldn't have been fighting each other with magic inside the guild hall. Makarov is furious.
-->'''Makarov''': FIRST YOU ATTACK HER! [[LampshadeHanging THEN YOU BLAME HER FOR YOUR INABILITY TO CONTROL YOURSELVES]]! YOU EVEN GO AS FAR AS TO CALL HER WEAK! YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR BOY! COME TO MY OFFICE!
* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': Grand Hoof's son Doom Raizer blames his father for everything that has ever happened to him in his life. This ranges from his childhood to the deaths of his mother and wife and even what has happened to his own son Lightning Blitz. While Grand admits he should have done a better job raising Doom and being in his life more, he also states he has brought his misfortune on himself. This is made prominent when Grand says his CatchPhrase "count up your sins" to Doom before their battle, and Doom responds that he has no sins.
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': As ComicBook/LexLuthor's niece tells the origin of the feud between her uncle and ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, it soon becomes obvious to her audience that Lex always came up with absurd rationalizations to blame the Kryptonian hero for his own actions.
-->"Lex got to thinking that maybe he was a lamebrain for leaving that door open and not looking after Lena any better than he had. But when he thought harder, he said, he thought Superboy was a lamebrain himself for giving him that alien thing, even after he'd asked him to. He thought Superboy should have had better sense than that. What can I say?"\\
Starfire thought she might say that her cousin was a guilt-transferring jerk, but she kept her peace.
* ''Fanfic/StressRelief'': Agent South Dakota shows a complete refusal -- or even outright ''inability'' -- to ever see herself as the issue. She will always find a way to pin her own mistakes and failings on anyone or anything other than herself.
* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' Corona blames Luna for the fact everypony is still afraid of her after a thousand years exile. It has nothing to do with the fact Corona is literally insane, and prone to threatening anyone who irritates her with immolation, it's all Luna's fault for turning them against her. Luna even points out in their first reunion that she had nothing to do with her sister's bad PR a thousand years ago. Even when she mellows out and starts edging back to sanity, Corona's still got a lot of problems in this arena. For example, she apologises to [=BonBon=] for abducting her... because it turned [=BonBon=] against her, not because it traumatised her.
* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'':
** Tucker refuses to believe the reason he keeps getting bad dates is because of his profile, which is dishonest and exaggerates the kind of person he is.
** Dash Baxter. Everytime he tries to intrude on Danny's dates, something bad happens to him that he blames Danny for.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/65/ The Longest Road]]'' has a rather egregious example in Chapter 65. Ash's Squirtle/Wartortle gets badly injured during a battle against Lance, and Ash then says it's Misty's fault. Why? Because she ''failed to convince Ash'' to let Wartortle do something as dangerous as fight Lance's Dragonite.

* ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'': Petrov in "The Silver Man and the Burning Flame" from ''Blue Alert'' has this attitude. Even as his experiments with Jean's Phoenix powers go wrong and lead to his death, he's blaming every superior he's ever had.

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': [[BigBad Jinnai]] expected to be betrayed. But the thought that he would be betrayed because he is a ManipulativeBastard, a psychotic jerkass, a BadBoss and a borderline rapist never ever crosses his mind. The notion that Shinji and Asuka could turn against him because he turned them into their tools and he virtually raped Asuka hundreds of times for two years never occurs to him. No, no, it has to be because Asuka is a traitorous slut and Shinji his plaything. [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal There cannot be another reason]].
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Gendo blamed Shinji, Asuka and Rei for disobeying his orders when they fought Bardiel. Never mind his strategy was dumb and nearly got them killed. Never mind they HAD to disobey his commands in order to adapt and survive the enemy attack. Never mind they [[spoiler:won, destroying Bardiel, rescuing the pilot and recovering the Unit hijacked by the enemy]] by ignoring his interfering commands. He blamed them for "insubordination" and "endangering humanity", he punished Shinji and Asuka with unemployment and threatened Rei with death. [[spoiler: This backfires on him spectacularly.]]
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': Asuka suffered a minor case of this in third chapter when she complained that she was being blamed for hitting Shinji even though he had got her nearly killed (forgetting that Misato clearly told her that getting angry and shouting at him was reasonable but hitting a fellow pilot was utterly unacceptable and THAT was what she was being scolded for) and for botching the latest mission (which was completely her fault). In her favor, she was under much distress at the moment and not thinking clearly, and she got over that attitude straight after.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', Simba tries to pin the blame on others a couple of times.
** He does this jokingly to Nala in ''Who Are You?''
--->'''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?
** A more serious example occurs in ''The Curse of Death'', where Simba blames [[spoiler: the Hermit of Hekima]] for causing him trouble, despite it being all his fault.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'', Sybilla ''always'' blames [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Katherine]] for everything, no matter what. She picks a fight with Kath, puts her in medical care and is disciplined because of it... and she blames Kath.
* Fanfic/{{Assumptions}}: Rainbow Dash's huge ego makes it downright impossible for her to apologize to Caramel, [[NiceGuy who has been nothing but kind to her]], after he finds out she nearly killed him with a botched aerial trick. Rainbow chooses to fly away in shame rather than admit she wronged him, but later halfway-apologizes, which Caramel accepts.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''
** There have been quite a few fanfics written from the point of view of the Slytherin students. Very often in these stories, the Slytherins view themselves as the victims of injustice, of rampant "anti-Slytherin prejudice." The fact that people dislike or distrust the Slytherins ''never'' seems to be the Slytherins' fault for being bigots, bullies, or otherwise openly cruel and hostile to other students, [[FantasticRacism particularly Muggle-borns]]. The real kicker is that [[MisaimedFandom the writers of these stories (and their supporters)]] [[DracoInLeatherPants actually seem to believe that the Slytherins are right]]. No matter how horribly the Slytherins behave, the writers always seem to attribute any display of animosity toward them to "anti-Slytherin prejudice."
** In [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8657 this]] Fic, Sirius blames Dumbledore for getting the Potters killed because he didn't warn them about Voldemort until a week before he showed up, seemingly forgetting that he had a much bigger role in causing their deaths: [[spoiler: he suggested they make Peter Pettigrew the Potter's secret keeper, and Pettigrew subsequently betrayed them to Voldemort]]. Bizarrely, the author didn't think that Sirius would admit his responsibility for this, even though he does ''exactly that'' in the third book.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13279982/5/Harry-Potter-and-the-Burning-of-Bridges Caring For Crookshanks]]'', Hermione refuses to accept responsibility when faced with proof that Crookshanks killed Scabbers, merely calling the evidence circumstantial from a certain point of view, and is punished by having to send Crookshanks home and giving up her Time Turner. Hermione blames Ron for snitching ([[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine much like she did about the Firebolt]]) and ends the chapter by telling [=McGonagall=] about the Maurader's Map.

-->'''Sonic:''' If it weren't for ''you'' and your friend, you wouldn't even ''be'' in this mess!
* [[ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse Elly Patterson]] loves doing this in ''FanFic/TheNewRetcons'' though the rest of her family isn't exactly innocent either. One example is blaming April for letting Farley and Sera get together while Sera was in heat when neither Elly nor Sera's owner Connie had bothered to spay/neuter their dogs. (And remember, April was ''four'' at the time.)

* ''[[FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria: A History Revealed]]'':
** For an InUniverse example, the LemonyNarrator often does this when explaining the clear holes in her conspiracy theories, choosing to blame either the reader or traditionalist historians, even when the fault clearly lies in the InsaneTrollLogic she used to get these theories.
** One of the chapters starts out with a lawsuit to a publishing company of a book she had previously used, stating that the love potion she made following its instructions was faulty, even though it was clear earlier on that she had completely botched the recipe. It is also HilariousInHindsight knowing that even the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the show somehow did a better job than her in following the recipe. It becomes even worse when she says that she was aware of the "Do Not Try at Home" section prefacing the book, but states that she "chose not to read that part, so she can't possibly be held accountable for that."
* In the Vocaloid fanfic, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7757302/1/From-Concert-to-Chaos From Concert to Chaos]]'', [[EvilCounterpart Miku Zatsune and Rin Arakawa]] use this excuse to justify [[CurbStompBattle their attack on Miku and Rin]] ''[[FromBadToWorse during a concert AND in front of over 16,000 fans]]''. They genuinely believed that their boyfriends, Mikuo and Len, broke up with them because of Miku and Rin interfering, [[MisplacedRetribution even though Miku and Rin were completely and utterly innocent]].
* In ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' fanfic, ''FanFic/MaylusRevenge'', has Maylu pinning the blame of Roll turning against her in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy "Evil Empress Roll"]] on Roll all because she said she's ready for the "Super Great White Angel" when in fact, it was Maylu who suggested this strategy.

* [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tenten and Neji]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5537220/1/The-Darkest-Light The Darkest Light]]'' have this regarding Naruto/Naruichi.
** Tenten badmouthed Naruto, who's considered a favorite grandson by the local [[TheDon quadrant boss]], and said quadrant boss right in front of both. She's flat-out told the sole reason she wasn't killed is because Naruto knocked her out and asked for mercy. But all Tenten cares about is that he beat her effortlessly at swordsmanship (Naruto gave her a sword then used a stick to beat her for an hour). As a result she wants him dead for humiliating her.
** Neji tried to humiliate (and possibly traumatize) Hinata by having her "manhandled by a commoner" and having her father find out when he hired Naruichi to give her a massage. Unfortunately for him, Hiashi not only found out immediately, Naruichi also had a receipt showing exactly who hired him. While Hiashi was [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown "training"]] Neji in the dojo, Naruichi fixed a problem with Hinata's spine, leading her to be both more skilled and more confidant. Like Tenten, Neji has had it explained to him that what happened (particularly Hinata activating his seal while thanking him) is his own fault but instead only cares about making Naruichi pay.
* ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'': [[BigBad Titan]] blames the ponykind for the deaths of [[spoiler: his wife and sons]], although it was Discord who was responsible for [[spoiler: First Empyrean's death, and Titan ''himself'' was responsible for the deaths of his first wife, Harmony and Empyrean II]].

* Naru and Motoko also suffer from this to an extreme in ''FanFic/ForHisOwnSake''. No matter how badly they screw up, they both adamantly refuse to take responsibility for their own actions and will always pin the blame on somebody else, typically Keitaro. This is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] as the tendency has caused them all manner of grief and loss of sympathy from everyone around them, but they ''still'' refuse to learn their lessons. However, as of chapter 24, Motoko has [[spoiler: ''finally'' begun to avert this and realize that ''all'' of her misery was her own damn fault]].

* ''FanFic/AShadowOfTheTitans'': [=HIVE=] Academy has a class named "Irrational Blame Assignment". According to Mammoth, "you can get a pass even if you fail by just making a good argument on why your lousy grade somehow wasn't your fault".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fic ''[[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.
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act VI'':
** In chapter 27, Arial, Dark's guardian angel and now mother figure, insists that Mizore is not good enough for Dark in part because Mizore doesn't respect her. As pointed out by the others, Mizore has good reason ''not'' to respect her, especially considering the fact that Arial nearly killed Mizore in a jealous rage less than twenty-four hours ago.
** In chapter 44, after Kokoa and Sun's conflict over Gin spiral out of control to the point where Kokoa attacks Sun and beats her so brutally that Sun is left brain dead, Kurumu joins in with the others in lambasting Kokoa; while Kokoa did indeed go too far, it was Kurumu's own teasing over seeing Kokoa have sex with Werewolf!Gin, which Sun was spying on, that set Kokoa off in the first place.
* ''FanFic/ShadowOfTheDragon'': In her EstablishingCharacterMoment, [[TheBully Satome's]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] shatters a plate of food while yelling at her son, and then blames ''him'' for it before beating the crap out of him.

-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' Just because something is my fault doesn't mean I'm not allowed to blame anyone else.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11121640/2/Birds-of-a-Feather Birds of a Feather]]'', the MBI adjuster who ran a botched procedure that left [[Anime/{{Sekirei}} Akitsu]] a Scrapped Number insists it's her fault the process failed and he was fired. Everything was clearly perfect because [[SmallNameBigEgo he ran the numbers himself]] so clearly she was destined to be Scrapped. He dies almost immediately after when he tries to attack her with a broken bottle.
* In ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'' fic ''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 compose 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 (again), 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.

* [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] deliberately exploits this in ''FanFic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist'' in order to keep [[UnwittingPawn Alya]] on her side. After [[BetrayalFic being betrayed by her]] in her civilian identity, Ladybug replaces her as the Fox Bearer and bluntly states in an interview that she only gives Miraculouses to those she trusts. Alya starts second-guessing herself, recalling how Marinette repeatedly warned her that Lila was a liar... but Lila spins a narrative that lets her instead see herself as an unfortunate victim of RevengeByProxy, where Ladybug's punishing her because her (nonexistent) friendship with Lila fell apart. Alya accepts this because the alternative is admitting that she made some serious mistakes, and [[spoiler:deletes the Ladyblog]].
* ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'' has two major examples:
** Alya causes the whole conflict by posting the photo she took in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E10Oblivio "Oblivio"]], knowing full well that Ladybug wasn't happy about it. When confronted about this, she repeatedly attempts to dodge around admitting that Ladybug didn't want her to post it, then insists that the superheroine has no right to privacy or protection against people taking things out of context, accidentally or otherwise. This leads to Ladybug [[StartMyOwn starting her own blog]] with [[SecretIdentity Marinette]]'s help -- something Alya sees as a great personal betrayal due to how it ruins her own blog's reputation. She's further upset by Ladybug finding a new Fox bearer, and when confronting her about it, only cuts off her angry rant when she realizes [[NotSoDifferent the parallels]] -- but still insists that "that's different!" She continues to see herself as the biggest victim to the point that she continues to insist that Marinette owes '''HER''' an apology even after learning she was right about [[ConsummateLiar Lila]].
** Adrien, meanwhile, believes that he and Ladybug are [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destined to be together]] -- meaning that he's [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her love]] [[YouCantFightFate regardless of her own feelings on the matter]]. He also refuses to take his duties as Chat Noir seriously, more interested in flirting, joking around and trying to force Ladybug to 'admit' that they're ''those'' kind of partners. As the consequences of his actions catch up with him, he refuses to believe that his newfound problems are due to anything other than Ladybug being stubborn, leading to him [[spoiler:losing the Black Cat after a live broadcast exposes his manhandling Ladybug and self-centered ranting to the public]].

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': When he loses the trust of Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot, Jewelius blames it on the fugitive heroes. Ignoring the fact that [[spoiler: he stopped putting forth effort into his lies and gradually let his selfish nature come out. Notably, despite Twilight expressing the desire to forgive her loved ones and reconcile with them, she is willing to support Jewlius so long as he acts like a responsible ruler. However, once Jewlius proves the fugitives' CassandraTruth about true by gloating to Twilight, she immediately severs all ties with him and flees to Ponyville.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' WesternAnimation, [[{{Series}} TV Series]], and ComicBooks.):

* Discord's fatal flaw in ''FanFic/BrideOfDiscord'' is this, as he blames Celestia and the ponies for the events that led up to his imprisonment, because they got mad at him for his reckless use of magic, instead of considering that maybe he it was his own fault and he shouldn't have let his anger get the best of him. This is taken to new extremes and played with later on, when he has a ''never your fault'' moment after Fluttershy seemingly says she doesn't love him and he takes it out on literally everyone in the immediate are '''except''' her.

** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13279982/5/Harry-Potter-and-the-Burning-of-Bridges Caring For Crookshanks]]'', Hermione refuses to accept responsibility when faced with proof that Crookshanks killed Scabbers, merely calling the evidence circumstantial from a certain point of view, and is punished by sending Crookshanks to her parents and giving up her Time Turner. Hermione blames Ron for snitching ([[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine much like she did about the Firebolt]]) and ends the chapter by telling [=McGonagall=] about the Maurader's Map.

** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13279982/5/Harry-Potter-and-the-Burning-of-Bridges Caring For Crookshanks]]'', Hermione refuses to accept responsibility when faced with proof that Crookshanks killed Scabbers, merely calling the evidence circumstantial from a certain point of view, and eventually being forced to send Crookshanks to her parents and give up her Time Turner. She then ends the chapter by telling [=McGonagall=] about the Maurader's Map.

* Fanfic/{{Assumptions}}: Rainbow Dash's huge ego makes it downright impossible apologize to Caramel, [[NiceGuy who has been nothing but kind to her]], after he find out she nearly killed him with a botched aerial trick. Rainbow chooses to fly away in shame rather than admit she wronged him, but later halfway-apologizes, which Caramel accepts.

* ''Fanfic/TheMoreThingsChange'' has Ryoga, who holds the firm belief that it's ALWAYS Ranma's fault, no matter what. Ryouga rescues Akane, making the whole school think he's hitting on her? Ranma's fault, even if he wasn't even around.

* ''OldWest'': Benjamin Hares, the estranged husband of [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]], is a conman prone to blameshifting and running away from his own troubles. He used to guilt-trip his devoted wife whenever they argued before he skipped town because of his debts, leaving Grace behind penniless and pregnant. When he reappears ten years later, he proves that he hasn't grown out of this vice. When Grace refuses to let him sell her out to [[BigBad Dufayel]], he dares to claim that the problem is Grace's stubbornness instead of him and that he left because she didn't love him enough. When she's had enough and tries to throw him out, [[DomesticAbuse Benjamin assaults her]], shamelessly saying that she should have obeyed him.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Gendo blamed Shinji, Asuka and Rei for disobeying his orders when they fought Bardiel. Never mind his strategy was dumb and nearly got them killed. Never mind they HAD to disobey his commands in order to adapt and survive the enemy attack. Never mind they [[spoiler:won, destroying Bardiel, rescuing the pilot and recovering the Unit hijacked by the enemy]] by ignoring his interfering commands. He blamed them for "insubordination" and "endangering the humanity", he punished Shinji and Asuka with unemployment and threatened Rei with death.

* Naru and Motoko also suffer from this to an extreme in ''FanFic/ForHisOwnSake''. No matter how badly they screw up, they both adamantly refuse to take responsibility for their own actions and will always pin the blame on somebody else, typically Keitaro. This tendency has caused them all manner of grief, but they ''still'' refuse to learn their lessons. However, as of chapter 24, Motoko has [[spoiler: ''finally'' begun to avert this and realize that ''all'' of her misery was her own damn fault]].

* Most of the girls at the Hinata Inn suffer from this in ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima''. Naru, Motoko, Haruka and Granny Hina are all ''especially'' bad about this.

* In ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'' fic ''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 compose 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 (again), blaming her of leading the Horned King back to them. In reality, the lich came after them solely because Avalina was [[LaserGuidedKarma captured by that man]].