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* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', after Arthur learns the truth about his birth, he tries to confront Uther about this revelation, musing to himself that he could accept his father’s actions if Uther just admitted he approached a sorceress for help and genuinely didn’t know the consequences of such a deal. However, Uther unknowingly costs himself any respect Arthur might have for him when he continues to deny that he did anything wrong and just blames magic for Ygraine’s death instead of accepting his own role.

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* ''FanFic/ContractLabor'': After attacking Keitaro over [[OneSideOfTheStory a misunderstanding]], Motoko adamantly refuses to take responsibility for her own actions and instead blames ''Keitaro'', the victim in the whole situation, for everything, electing to challenge him to an honor duel... which ends badly for her.

** Lila accuses Marinette of enabling her reign of terror, claiming that she didn't ''try hard enough'' to expose her [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature]] and that she's more responsible for her actions than Lila herself is. She also accuses her of anatognizing her by [[EntitledBastard refusing to give her what she wanted]]. This BreakingSpeech moves Marinette to TearsOfRemorse.

** In a lot of these stories the bigots are a vocal minority, and the other Slytherins are blamed for their beliefs and actions simply by virtue of being in the same house. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Is it any wonder that some of them become radicalized by the only people that will have friendly interactions with them?]]

* ''FanFic/SleeperHitAU'':

* PlayedWith in ''FanFic/ThreeGuysGoToABarAndThenTheyBeatYouWithIt''. Aizawa didn't agree with Principal Nedzu's plan to change the final exams, and only went along with it because he didn't see any better options. However, he gave no indication of this to the students affected -- instead, he plays up the image of being a SadistTeacher and threatens to expel them if they don't comply. When he later complains to Kayama about the fallout, she points out his BetrayalByInaction.

* ''Fanfic/OneStepAhead''

* "[[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]].

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6351946/1/The-Sorcerer-s-Bride The Sorcerer's Bride]]" features a comparatively positive version of this, as Uther muses that he was unable to divorce Ygraine even when he knew that she was barren and couldn't give him the heir he needed because he loved her too much.

* ''Fanfic/AGreenDragonsHoard'': According to Inko and Nemuri, multiple drivers have hit Izuku when he thoughtless wandered into the streets. But since Izuku is so tough that said cars are totaled while he's unharmed, the drivers blame him.

* In ''Fanfic/ContactAtKobol'', after [[Franchise/StargateVerse the Tau'ri]] make contact with [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 the Twelve Colonies]], most of the initial tension between Earth and the Colonies basically comes about because Cain wants the Tau’ri to be punished for the Colonial soldiers killed in their first confrontation, ignoring the fact that she instigated the conflict that killed the soldiers in the first place.

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Cersei has an impressive breakdown after the Wolf abducts her where she blames her entire downfall on Tyrion. The Wolf, despite needling her into it, doesn't insist on making her realize her situation is her fault. Later chapters hint he's involving her with Slaanesh, whose cultists do tend towards the narcissistic (much as water tends towards wetness).

** Of course, in a lot of these stories the bigots are a vocal minority, and the other Slytherins are blamed for their beliefs and actions simply by virtue of being in the same house. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Is it any wonder that some of them become radicalized by the only people that will have friendly interactions with them?]]

* In ''Fanfic/ThePartsWePlay'' series, the Games in the opening fic ''Spectator'' see Clove basically blame Peeta for everything that went 'wrong' in the Games during their final confrontation. The only thing that Clove can even remotely blame Peeta for is not dying like he was 'supposed' to, when it would be more sensible for her to blame the girl who was meant to volunteer for Two this year and chose to let Clove get Reaped, forcing Clove into a position where she had to MercyKill Cato after he was too badly injured to continue.

* 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.

** Lila absolutely ''loathes'' both Marinette and Ladybug with a burning passion due to how they [[LiarRevealed called her out on her lies]] in front of Adrien. The fact that they would never have been able to do so if she hadn't lied in the first place is completely lost upon her, and even when Marinette spells that out to her in exacting detail, she remains in denial.

** Nino promises Marinette that [[RichBitch Chloé]] won't be involved with his movie, as she isn't interested in the project. Then Chloé finds out and forces her way in, threatening to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections ensure he gets disqualified]] if he doesn't let her join. Nino deliberately doesn't warn Marinette, knowing she wouldn't come if she knew her long-time bully was involved, then acts as though that justifies the omission -- that ''she'' is honor-bound to keep ''her'' end of the promise despite him breaking his. Furthermore, he claims that it's [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming entirely her fault she got bullied in the first place]], and that she wouldn't have suffered so much if she stood up for herself more.

* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': '''Alya'''. After [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Ladybug]] and [[TheBadGuyWins helping Hawkmoth make his Wish]] -- along with Wishing herself to [[IntrepidReporter become a great reporter]] -- she finds herself in [[RewritingReality a world reshaped by their desires]]. When Chat Noir starts haunting the Traitor Trio, she theorizes that the reality shift is causing other former Miraculous bearers to suffer SanitySlippage and bring out their worst traits. The notion that his anger at her is entirely valid is something she dances around to the best of her ability, not wanting to acknowledge that she made a mistake.

** When the class discovers how Sabrina's hand was caught in Marinette's diary trap, Chloé immediately declares that going after it was entirely ''Sabrina'''s idea, and that she had nothing to do with it.

** Katsuki [[InSpiteOfANail still failed to pass the Provisional License Exam]] on his first attempt. He blames this entirely 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?

* In ''FanFic/PokemonAMarvelousJourney'', the entire story starts because Julia's older sister, Amara Parisa, ran away from home, deciding to become a Pokemon trainer against her parents' wishes and the government, blaming them for every bad thing that ever happened in her life and convinced they don't care about her. But the thing is, Amara is banned by the government from having any Pokemon due to repeatedly abusing them, including her own starter Pokemon, for trivial reasons, and whenever her family does try to help her in any way, she continually pushes them away out of a sense of misguided hatred. She also frequently accuses her old friends of never caring about another one of their friends, the late Chanel, while conveniently ignoring every attempt they ever made at reaching out to her in her grief, and is angry at ''them'' for being angry at her for revealing their private secrets to people who had no right to know said secrets as a means to get back at them for their supposed lack of concern for Chanel.

* 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]].

** {{Subverted|Trope}}. When Bloo complains that Mac is being a baby for not visiting him and that he gets over it because he is one step ahead, Wilt angrily slaps Bloo in the face. Wilt tells Bloo that he went too far with his prank and that since he has moved into the house, he mistreated Mac and everyone else. Wilt admits to Bloo that he does not know how he suckers him and everyone to join in his prank, but Mac is never coming back, and we all are getting punished for what we did.

** Bloo refuses to consider that he went too far with his latest prank on Mac from the episode "I Only Have Surprise for You". Bloo thanks that Mac is just being a baby and will get over it when Mac does not visit him, despite his friends who unfriended him telling him that he went too far and Mac will never return. Bloo refuses to believe that, thinking that Mac will come back because he can't live without him. Three years later, when Mac still has not visited, Bloo, still in denial, decides to find Mac and force him back from his miserable life. Bloo finds to his shock that Mac is happy with a girlfriend named Sam and has a better relationship with his brother Terrence; Bloo goes home in shock, finally realizing that he lost his friend Mac and his life is better without him.
** {{Subverted|Trope}}. When Bloo complains that Mac is being a baby for not visiting him and that he gets over it because he is one step ahead, Wilt angrily slaps Bloo in the face. Wilt tells Bloo that he went too far with his prank and that since he has moved into the house, he mistreated Mac and everyone else. Wilt admits to Bloo that he does not know how he suckers him and everyone to join in his prank, but Mac is never coming back, and they all are getting punished for what he (Bloo) did.

** Bloo refuses to consider that he went too far with his latest prank on Mac from the episode I Only Have Surprise for You. Bloo thanks that Mac is just being a baby and will get over it when Mac does not visit him, despite his friends who unfriended him telling him that he went too far and Mac will never return. Bloo refuses to believe that, thinking that Mac will come back because he can,t live without him. Three years later, when Mac still has not visited, Bloo, still in denial, decides to find Mac and force him back from his miserable life. Bloo finds to his shock that Mac is happy with a girlfriend named Sam and has a better relationship with his brother Terrence; Bloo goes home in shock, finally realizing that he lost his friend Mac and his life is better without him.
** {{Subverted|Trope}}. When Bloo complains that Mac is being a baby for not visiting him and that he gets over it because he is one step ahead, Wilt angrily slaps Bloo in the face. Wilt tells Bloo that he went too far with his prank and that since he has moved into the house, he mistreated Mac and everyone else. Wilt admits to Bloo that he does not know how he suckers him and everyone to join in his prank, but Mac is never coming back, and we all are getting punished for what we did.

* 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.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31237946 The Outbreak]]'', Felicity uses the ATOM suit to save Oliver, despite Ray insisting he needs it to distribute a vaccine for the Alpha and Omega virus. She wrecks the suit doing so, leading to the virus being uncontained and the deaths of many people. She refuses to acknowledge that this is her fault, and acts as if that she didn't mean for it to happen absolves her of all responsibility.

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* Aoshima in ''[[http://anime.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600055428 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.

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* In ''Fanfic/ATheoryOfButterfliesAndOtherInsects'', Sasha [[RoleSwapAU winds up in]] [[UntrustingCommunity Wartwood]], and promptly proceeds to conduct herself just like she did back home. Namely, breaking and ignoring rules while pursuing whatever avenues for 'fun' she can come up with. This nets her a reputation for delinquency that she finds she can't charm her way out of, and she blames the frogs for this, complaining about their refusal to warm up to her despite not doing anything to ''earn'' their regard.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31237946 The Outbreak]]'', Felicity uses the ATOM suit to save Oliver, despite Ray insisting he needs it to distribute a vaccine for the Alpha and Omega virus. She wrecks the suit doing so, leading to the virus being uncontained and the deaths of many people. She refuses to acknowledge that this is her fault, and acts as if that she didn't mean for it to happen absolves her of all responsibility.
* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'':
** Even when Laurel confronts Quentin about the implications of Darhk having a private army and his past association with the League of Assassins, her father continues to claim that this is only her fault for not turning herself in.
** Once Oliver [[spoiler:finally learns both the truth about what's happening in Starling City and that Felicity was hiding it from him, she refuses to apologize or admit she was wrong to do so. When this ends their relationship, Felicity acts as if she was blameless for how it turned out]].

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* 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.

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* 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.

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* ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'' has this dynamic in Sonia Taylors, Jess Aarons' girlfriend for over a year... until Leslie Burke is suddenly revealed to be alive (retconned from allegedly dying years ago), and returning to Jess' life while they're both teenagers. Sonia, despite being a rude, self-centered ManipulativeBitch and GreenEyedMonster who [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale physically assaults Jess for the slightest of reasons and receiving absolutely no comeuppance in the story]], ends up blaming Leslie when Jess eventually dumps her, repeatedly attempting to sabotage the relationship between Jess and Leslie. [[spoiler: Although ultimately Sonia TookALevelInKindness when she ends up with Scott Hoager in the story's Epilogue]].

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* In ''Fanfic/AMonstersNature'', this applies to Brandon to a degree, as he makes it clear as the story unfolds that he considers it humanity's fault if he has to resort to mass murder to make his points, rather than just destroying major attractions to show his power.

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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2052846/1/Faith-The-Series Faith: The Series]]'', new Slayer Tegan Austin-Meadows blames Faith for her mother's death, claiming that her mother only died because Faith wasn't doing her job. However, on the night that Tegan's mother died, Faith was busy tracking Balthazar's minions while Tegan was out at the cinema with Harmony, making it clear to the reader that Tegan was the one not working on the night in question and she is just too stuck-up to acknowledge that she is the one at fault.

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* ''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.

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* ''Fanfic/LilasLament'': Played straight and subverted.
** Lila blames Adrien for pushing Ladybug to antagonize her and making her life difficult by [[EntitledBastard denying her what she wanted]], so she decides to punish him and get what she believes she deserves by using the Miraculous to wish to have everything he had. When [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the Wish doesn’t turn out the way she expected]], she still blames Adrien for her problems, insisting to herself that he drove her to make the Wish, even though he was near-unconscious at the time.
** Marinette is confronted with the fact that she enabled Lila just as much as everyone else, in fact most of all, since she was perfectly aware of Lila’s [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature]] from the start and chose to do nothing for months, simply expecting everyone to suddenly realize the truth with no precedent and blaming others for the problems with Lila growing by believing her NiceGirl act. However, unlike Lila, when faced with her mistakes, she [[TearsOfRemorse tearfully acknowledges her shortcomings]] and [[HeelRealization expresses regret]] for not sooner taking responsibility for her part in Lila’s rise to power.

** Lila blames Adrien for pushing Ladybug to antagonize her and making her life difficult by denying her what she wanted, so she decides to punish him and get what she believes she deserves by using the Miraculous to wish to have everything he had. When the Wish doesn’t turn out the way she expected, she still blames Adrien for her problems, insisting to herself that he drove her to irk even though he was near-unconscious at the time.
** Marinette is forced to confront the fact that she enabled Lila just as much as everyone else, in fact most of all, since she was perfectly aware of Lila’s true nature from the start and chose to do nothing for months, simply expecting everyone to suddenly realize the truth with no precedent and blaming others for the problems with Lila growing by believing her NiceGirl act. However, unlike Lila, when faced with her mistakes, she tearfully acknowledges her shortcomings and expresses regret for not sooner taking responsibility for her part in Lila’s rise to power.

* Vernon Dursley in ''FanFic/BWLMeetsIMP'' 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.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29076336/chapters/71373789 A Green Dragon's Hoard]]'': According to Inko and Nemuri, multiple drivers have hit Izuku when he thoughtless wandered into the streets. But since Izuku is so tough that said cars are totaled while he's unharmed, the drivers blame him.

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Cersei has an impressive breakdown after the Wolf abducts her where she blames her entire downfall on Tyrion. The Wolf, despite needling her into it, doesn't insist on making her realize her situation is her fault. Later chapters hint he's involving her with Slaanesh, whose cultists do ten towards the narcissistic (much as water tends towards wetness).

* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'';
** Even when Laurel confronts Quentin about the implications of Darhk having a private army and his past association with the League of Assassins, her father continues to claim that this is only her fault for not turning herself in.
** Once Oliver [[spoiler:finally learns both the truth about what's happening in Starling City and that Felicity was hiding it from him, she refuses to apologize or admit she was wrong to do so. When this ends their relationship, Felicity acts as if she was blameless for how it turned out]].

* 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.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31237946 The Outbreak]]'', Felicity uses the ATOM suit to save Oliver, despite Ray insisting he needs it to distribute a vaccine for the Alpha and Omega virus. She wrecks the suit doing so, leading to the virus being uncontained and killing many people. She refuses to acknowledge this is her fault, and acts as if that she didn't mean for it to happen absolves her of all responsibility.