History SmugSnake / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': Kennedy Jennkins acts cocky and tough when things seem to be going his way, with his team backing him up outnumbering his enemies and barking orders at them. However, he gets easily angry and scared when things start to go south for him. He honestly believes [[ConsummateLiar The Governor]] intends to honor his agreement to pay him billions for killing [[TheHero Luz]], with no intention of sharing any of it with any of his teammates, when reality the ArcVillain doesn't intend to let any of kids live out of FantasticRacism. When Luz starts wiping out his 22 strong team one-by-one in her BloodLust fuelled RoaringRampageOfRevenge while stealing their Quirks for herself, he has a complete VillainousBreakdown and tries to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandoning his comrades to [[DirtyCoward to try and save himself]]. He spends his last moments [[VillainsWantMercy begging for his life]], as Luz finishes him off.

* ''Fanfic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Masaru Miyata, a YoungEntrepreneur who is actually the youngest of the graduates at seventeen. His title? Super High School Level CEO. Despite [[ImpoverishedPatrician his business suffering]] due to the Worst, Most Despairing Event in the History of Mankind, he looks down snidely upon the others, and even [[spoiler:works with the Mastermind, killing one of his peers when they get too close to discovering his ally's identity]]. Not even [[spoiler:being convicted of murder]] dampens his attitude; [[spoiler:realizing that he's still going to be executed, on the other hand...]]

* Doumon from the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' is a manipulative, condescending and arrogant bitch who casually dismisses Takato as a threat, treating him like a small child who needs to learn his place. Which makes it all the more satisfying when Takato calmly points out to her just how [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed she is]].

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'': ''Dumbledore'', to sociopathic degrees. He's constantly over-estimating his political capitol and squandering it on petty, self-centered matters. He completely (and regularly) ignores good advice from Flitwick and Snape warning him about mistakes he's making, or how he's misjudging the student body. He thinks that he can do four important jobs all at once even as it becomes painfully clear to the readers that he's failing at all of them. He's remained painfully oblivious towards major threats such as the Exchequer. He treats any defiance against his authority with an ItsAllAboutMe attitude. He makes deals with dangerous factions while remaining dismissive of the potential blowback and blind to any evidence of their instability or evil nature simply because their "Light" factions. By the winter break of Alexandra's third year, most of the characters agree that he's setting himself up for a hard fall, and are patiently (and often eagerly) waiting for it, while Dumbledore himself remains utterly confident of his own righteousness and invincibility.
* ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiary'': Tom Riddle is certainly very dangerous and manipulative, but he's not as clever as believes himself to be. He repeatedly underestimates Ginny, [[spoiler: and thus constructs an incredibly weak backstory. All it took was Ginny asking a few uncomfortable questions, and his ruse was undone. Even when he starts outright possessing Ginny, she still finds ways to delay his plans, to which his only response is angry, impotent threats]].

* ''Fanfic/MallRats'' features Frank, who is arrogant and cocky about his ability to choose the correct movie.

* Zhuge Liang in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. He's the world's greatest genius because the narrative says so, and he won't shut up about it.
* ''Fanfic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Masaru Miyata.

* ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'' has Cinder Fall, once again. As in canon, she thinks of herself as all-powerful and a cunning mastermind, convinced that she has every Jaune on Salem's side under her control and thoroughly manipulated. This couldn't be further from the truth, as each of the Jaune iterations could ''easily'' kill her or simply leave her command if they so wished. The only reason they don't is because they each have their own motivations that require them to play nice; one of them isn't even ''on'' her side, being a third party in the conflict that's happily manipulating both Salem and Ozpin's forces. The closest she has to a Jaune who can't leave is Ashari, and even that's purely because he doesn't want to upset Emerald ([[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment who he treats as his daughter]]), rather than either of them actually having the power to defeat him.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Prince Jewelius is a [[ManipulativeBastard skilled manipulator]] and [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] who successfully usurps Equestria's throne by using the events of "A Canterlot Wedding" to destroy the reputations of the princesses, Shining Armor and the friends of Twilight Sparkle as well as [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt the latter into turning against them]]. As Equestria's king, however, he quickly lets his ego get the better of him to the point that [[spoiler:he [[JustBetweenYouAndMe reveals to]] the disgraced and [[ItsAllMyFault ashamed]] heroes that he worked with Queen Chrysalis to overtake Canterlot before double-crossing her]]. He's arrogant whenever he believes he has the upper hand, but he's in reality a DirtyCoward who relies on his more powerful allies/pawns to do the fighting for him. He's partly inspired by [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] and even [[spoiler:dies much the same way; he refuses to do anything about the escaped Changeling army before he's done with the heroes, and once the heroes have cornered him, the Changelings appear and take their revenge by [[DevouredByTheHorde eating him alive]]]].
-->'''Fluttershy''': [[ShoutOut You won't get away with this!]]\\
'''Jewelius''': [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Oh, I already have!]]
* ''Fanfic/MallRats'', a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', features Frank, who is arrogant and cocky about his ability to choose the correct movie.
%%* ''Fanfic/MegaManReawakened'' has Dr. Wily, as well as several Robot Masters.
* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Kluge, SEELE's [[TheDragon Dragon]] and TheHeavy of the story, presents most of traits: he's an arrogant, overconfident, manipulative bastard who treats everyone with arrogance and disdain and will stop at nothing to destroy NERV. He's cunning and dangerous, but he isn't powerful or smart enough to be the real Big Bad, and ultimately [[spoiler:he dies at the hands of [[AIIsACrapshoot the Emerald Tablet]] whom he foolishly [[EvilIsNotAToy thought he was controlling]]]].
* Fanfic/TheNuptialverse: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Olive Branch]], the BigBad of ''Families'', turns out to be this. While he starts off as a master [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]] (bordering on being a MagnificentBastard), when he finally reveals his master plan to [[spoiler: force Celestia to [[ImmortalitySeeker make him immortal]]]], it turns out he ''massively'' overestimated his minions and underestimated the Mane Six, and his plans fall apart completely [[spoiler: and he's arrested]].

* ''Fanfic/OldWest'': Benjamin Hares, the estranged gopher snake husband of [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]], is a cowardly ConMan who's often in trouble due to his lack of forethought. He tries to use his still valid marriage with Grace to sell her property to [[BigBad Dufayel]] behind her back, but that fails because a representative of the bank becomes suspicious of him and fetches Grace, and the (not [[AmoralAttorney amoral]]) attorney puts the case on hold until he's provided with legal documents.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': [[EvilSorcerer Lung]] sees himself as the next Daolon Wong, and is utterly convinced of his brilliance and power. And yet, when his plan to break [[VillainProtagonist Jade]] to his will fails, he simply blunders ahead with it, even when it's clear he's killing her. [[spoiler: This gets him killed by her vengeful bodyguards.]]
** FillerVillain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Anton Mortimer]] thinks that his money and power makes him some sort of criminal mastermind who can threaten the J-Team into backing off without consequence. However, it's clear that he [[PointyHairedBoss can't even really run his own company efficiently]] without his HypercompetentSidekick's assistance, and when Jade shows up at his mansion looking for the Oni mask he recently acquired (and quickly lost), her minions easily overpower him and rob him blind, all while she gives him a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on just how pathetic he truly is.
* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': Throughout chapters 30 and 31, Kano simply laughs off the girls' threats as he's blackmailing and photographing them, confident that, between the pictures he's taken and the group's current shaky situation in the academy, he's untouchable. He's proven wrong at the end of chapter 31 when Luna eats the entire back half of his head as he's about to force himself on Mizore.
* Doumon from the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' is a manipulative, condescending and arrogant bitch who casually dismisses Takato as a threat, treating him like a small child who needs to learn his place. Which makes it all the more satisfying when Takato calmly points out to her just how [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed she is]].
* Blaze and Indus in ''Fanfic/TeamLVDR''. While both are incredibly monstrous, they both fail spectacularly in their first attempt to kill the heroes.

* ''Fanfic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' has Blackheart, [[DirtyCoward a much more cowardly version]] of [[{{Expy}} Badrang]] from the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' franchise, Jurlick, a JerkJock who bullies Benrath and isn't capable of defending himself when it comes to a fight, and Darktail, [[CunningLikeAFox a sly fox]] who tries to use his words to his advantage, and tends to fail.
* Veran in the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fic ''[[Fanfic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Wisdom and Courage]]''. While she is indeed very powerful and dangerous, her ''massive'' arrogance, tendency to KickTheDog as much as possible, and her constant [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating of Link and Zelda]] place her in this category. In fact, during her fight with Fierce Deity Link in chapter 29, the minute she realizes that Link is more than a match for her with the Fierce Deity's power even with the Triforce and Majora on her side, she bails.

* In ''Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury'', there is of course Higuchi of Yotsuba. On the heroes' side, L comes across as this and a BadBoss to the task force, [[PerpetualFrowner minus the constant smirks that would normally characterize such a character.]] The story is told from OC Erin's point of view however, so he may only appear to be this because her relationship with him [[AMatchMadeInStockholm is pretty rocky]] and she [[WhatTheHellHero doesn't like how he does things]], especially when he's supposed to be the BigGood in the fight against Kira. [[spoiler:He defies the trope by [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing his own life]] to expose Light, who is revealed to be Kira and an actual if high-functioning SmugSnake, and taking Erin's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at the end of it all exceptionally well. It's implied that he actually doesn't think that highly of himself.]]

* Veran in the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fic ''[[FanFic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Wisdom and Courage]]''. While she is indeed very powerful and dangerous, her ''massive'' arrogance, tendency to KickTheDog as much as possible, and her constant [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating of Link and Zelda]] place her in this category. In fact, during her fight with Fierce Deity Link in chapter 29, the minute she realizes that Link is more than a match for her with the Fierce Deity's power even with the Triforce and Majora on her side, she bails.

%%* ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'' has Dr. Wily, as well as several Robot Masters.

* FanFic/TheNuptialverse: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Olive Branch]], the BigBad of ''Families'', turns out to be this. While he starts off as a master [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]] (bordering on being a MagnificentBastard), when he finally reveals his master plan to [[spoiler: force Celestia to [[ImmortalitySeeker make him immortal]]]], it turns out he ''massively'' overestimated his minions and underestimated the Mane Six, and his plans fall apart completely [[spoiler: and he's arrested]].

* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': [[EvilSorcerer Lung]] sees himself as the next Daolon Wong, and is utterly convinced of his brilliance and power. And yet, when his plan to break [[VillainProtagonist Jade]] to his will fails, he simply blunders ahead with it, even when it's clear he's killing her. [[spoiler: This gets him killed by her vengeful bodyguards.]]

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': Throughout chapters 30 and 31, Kano simply laughs off the girls' threats as he's blackmailing and photographing them, confident that, between the pictures he's taken and the group's current shaky situation in the academy, he's untouchable. He's proven wrong at the end of chapter 31 when Luna eats the entire back half of his head as he's about to force himself on Mizore.

* Doumon from the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' is a manipulative, condescending and arrogant bitch who casually dismisses Takato as a threat, treating him like a small child who needs to learn his place. Which makes it all the more satisfying when Takato calmly points out to her just how [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed she is]].

* ''FanFic/TheVerySecretDiary'': Tom Riddle is certainly very dangerous and manipulative, but he's not as clever as believes himself to be. He repeatedly underestimates Ginny, [[spoiler: and thus constructs an incredibly weak backstory. All it took was Ginny asking a few uncomfortable questions, and his ruse was undone. Even when he starts outright possessing Ginny, she still finds ways to delay his plans, to which his only response is angry, impotent threats]].

* ''FanFic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' has Blackheart, [[DirtyCoward a much more cowardly version]] of [[{{Expy}} Badrang]] from the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' franchise, Jurlick, a JerkJock who bullies Benrath and isn't capable of defending himself when it comes to a fight, and Darktail, [[CunningLikeAFox a sly fox]] who tries to use his words to his advantage, and tends to fail.
* Uwabami [[EstablishingCharacterMoment swiftly proves herself]] to be this in the ''[[FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors Good Neighbors]]'' series when she catches someone posing as a press intern. As she can't resist [[EvilGloating gloating to them]] about how the arrest will get her manager off her back, since said manager wants her to make more arrests and be more active as a Pro Hero, but she'd rather not risk getting injured during an actual fight. Not when she's got so many modeling contracts to fulfil.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' plays with this through [[CoolTeacher Mr. Bradbury]]. While he's the most ReasonableAuthorityFigure in Chloe's life and one of her only ''true'' supporters, as the other adults in her life are [[AdultsAreUseless largely useless]] or ignorant of her struggles, he reveals a less pleasant side later on. Once the full extent of the bullying and cruelty she was dealing with comes out, he spends a lot of time crowing about how [[IWarnedYou he warned others]], taking particular pleasure in rubbing this into her father's face. Yes, it wasn't right for the professor to dismiss him before, but does that justify gloating about how ''both'' of his children need therapy now...?

* ''FanFic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Masaru Miyata.

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Prince Jewelius is a [[ManipulativeBastard skilled manipulator]] and [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] who successfully usurps Equestria's throne by using the events of "A Canterlot Wedding" to destroy the reputations of the princesses, Shining Armor and the friends of Twilight Sparkle as well as [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt the latter into turning against them]]. As Equestria's king, however, he quickly lets his ego get the better of him to the point that [[spoiler:he [[JustBetweenYouAndMe reveals to]] the disgraced and [[ItsAllMyFault ashamed]] heroes that he worked with Queen Chrysalis to overtake Canterlot before double-crossing her]]. He's arrogant whenever he believes he has the upper hand, but he's in reality a DirtyCoward who relies on his more powerful allies/pawns to do the fighting for him. He's partly inspired by [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] and even [[spoiler:dies much the same way; he refuses to do anything about the escaped Changeling army before he's done with the heroes, and once the heroes have cornered him, the Changelings appear and take their revenge by [[DevouredByTheHorde eating him alive]]]].

'''Jewelius''': [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Oh, I already have!]]

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* Uwabami [[EstablishingCharacterMoment swiftly proves herself]] to be this in the ''[[FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors Good Neighbors]]'' series when she catches someone posing as a press intern. As she can't resist [[EvilGloating gloating to them]] about how the arrest will get her manager off her back, since said manager wants her to make more arrests and be more active as a Pro Hero, but she'd rather not risk getting injured during an actual fight. Not when she's got so many modeling contracts to fulfil.
* ''FanFic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Masaru Miyata.

* ''FanFic/TheVerySecretDiary'': Tom Riddle is certainly very dangerous and manipulative, but he's not as clever as believes himself to be. He repeatedly underestimates Ginny, [[spoiler: and thus constructs an incredibly weak backstory. All it took was Ginny asking a few uncomfortable questions, and his ruse was undone. Even when he starts outright possessing Ginny, she still finds ways to delay his plans, to which his only response is angry, impotent threats]].
* Veran in the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fic ''[[FanFic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Wisdom and Courage]]''. While she is indeed very powerful and dangerous, her ''massive'' arrogance, tendency to KickTheDog as much as possible, and her constant [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating of Link and Zelda]] place her in this category. In fact, during her fight with Fierce Deity Link in chapter 29, the minute she realizes that Link is more than a match for her with the Fierce Deity's power even with the Triforce and Majora on her side, she bails.
* Zhuge Liang in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. He's the world's greatest genius because the narrative says so, and he won't shut up about it.
* ''FanFic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' has Blackheart, [[DirtyCoward a much more cowardly version]] of [[{{Expy}} Badrang]] from the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' franchise, Jurlick, a JerkJock who bullies Benrath and isn't capable of defending himself when it comes to a fight, and Darktail, [[CunningLikeAFox a sly fox]] who tries to use his words to his advantage, and tends to fail.

* Veran in the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fic ''[[FanFic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Wisdom and Courage]]''. While she is indeed very powerful and dangerous, her ''massive'' arrogance, tendency to KickTheDog as much as possible, and her constant [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating of Link and Zelda]] place her in this category. In fact, during her fight with Fierce Deity Link in chapter 29, the minute she realizes that Link is more than a match for her with the Fierce Deity's power even with the Triforce and Majora on her side, she bails.
* Zhuge Liang in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. He's the world's greatest genius because the narrative says so, and he won't shut up about it.

* Doumon from the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' is a manipulative, condescending and arrogant bitch who casually dismisses Takato as a threat, treating him like a small child who needs to learn his place. Which makes it all the more satisfying when Takato calmly points out to her just how [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed she is]].
* Blaze and Indus in ''Fanfic/TeamLVDR''. While both are incredibly monstrous, they both fail spectacularly in their first attempt to kill the heroes.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': [[EvilSorcerer Lung]] sees himself as the next Daolon Wong, and is utterly convinced of his brilliance and power. And yet, when his plan to break [[VillainProtagonist Jade]] to his will fails, he simply blunders ahead with it, even when it's clear he's killing her. [[spoiler: This gets him killed by her vengeful bodyguards.]]
** FillerVillain [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Anton Mortimer]] thinks that his money and power makes him some sort of criminal mastermind who can threaten the J-Team into backing off without consequence. However, it's clear that he [[PointyHairedBoss can't even really run his own company efficiently]] without his HypercompetentSidekick's assistance, and when Jade shows up at his mansion looking for the Oni mask he recently acquired (and quickly lost), her minions easily overpower him and rob him blind, all while she gives him a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on just how pathetic he truly is.
* FanFic/TheNuptialverse: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Olive Branch]], the BigBad of ''Families'', turns out to be this. While he starts off as a master [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]] (bordering on being a MagnificentBastard), when he finally reveals his master plan to [[spoiler: force Celestia to [[ImmortalitySeeker make him immortal]]]], it turns out he ''massively'' overestimated his minions and underestimated the Mane Six, and his plans fall apart completely [[spoiler: and he's arrested]].
* In ''Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury'', there is of course Higuchi of Yotsuba. On the heroes' side, L comes across as this and a BadBoss to the task force, [[PerpetualFrowner minus the constant smirks that would normally characterize such a character.]] The story is told from OC Erin's point of view however, so he may only appear to be this because her relationship with him [[AMatchMadeInStockholm is pretty rocky]] and she [[WhatTheHellHero doesn't like how he does things]], especially when he's supposed to be the BigGood in the fight against Kira. [[spoiler:He defies the trope by [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing his own life]] to expose Light, who is revealed to be Kira and an actual if high-functioning SmugSnake, and taking Erin's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at the end of it all exceptionally well. It's implied that he actually doesn't think that highly of himself.]]
* ''FanFic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' has Blackheart, [[DirtyCoward a much more cowardly version]] of [[{{Expy}} Badrang]] from the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' franchise, Jurlick, a JerkJock who bullies Benrath and isn't capable of defending himself when it comes to a fight, and Darktail, [[CunningLikeAFox a sly fox]] who tries to use his words to his advantage, and tends to fail.
%%* ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'' has Dr. Wily, as well as several Robot Masters.
* ''FanFic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Masaru Miyata.

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': Throughout chapters 30 and 31, Kano simply laughs off the girls' threats as he's blackmailing and photographing them, confident that, between the pictures he's taken and the group's current shaky situation in the academy, he's untouchable. He's proven wrong at the end of chapter 31 when Luna eats the entire back half of his head as he's about to force himself on Mizore.
* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Kluge, SEELE's [[TheDragon Dragon]] and TheHeavy of the story, presents most of traits: he's an arrogant, overconfident, manipulative bastard who treats everyone with arrogance and disdain and will stop at nothing to destroy NERV. He's cunning and dangerous, but he isn't powerful or smart enough to be the real Big Bad, and ultimately [[spoiler:he dies at the hands of [[AIIsACrapshoot the Emerald Tablet]] whom he foolishly [[EvilIsNotAToy thought he was controlling]]]].
* ''FanFic/TheVerySecretDiary'': Tom Riddle is certainly very dangerous and manipulative, but he's not as clever as believes himself to be. He repeatedly underestimates Ginny, [[spoiler: and thus constructs an incredibly weak backstory. All it took was Ginny asking a few uncomfortable questions, and his ruse was undone. Even when he starts outright possessing Ginny, she still finds ways to delay his plans, to which his only response is angry, impotent threats]].

* Uwabami [[EstablishingCharacterMoment swiftly proves herself]] to be this in the ''[[FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors Good Neighbors]]'' series when she catches someone posing as a press intern. As she can't resist [[EvilGloating gloating to them]] about how the arrest will get her manager off her back, since said manager wants her to make more arrests and be more active as a Pro Hero, but she'd rather not risk getting injured during an actual fight. Not when she's got so many modeling contracts to fulfil.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'': ''Dumbledore'', to sociopathic degrees. He's constantly over-estimating his political capitol and squandering it on petty, self-centered matters. He completely (and regularly) ignores good advice from Flitwick and Snape warning him about mistakes he's making, or how he's misjudging the student body. He thinks that he can do four important jobs all at once even as it becomes painfully clear to the readers that he's failing at all of them. He's remained painfully oblivious towards major threats such as the Exchequer. He treats any defiance against his authority with an ItsAllAboutMe attitude. He makes deals with dangerous factions while remaining dismissive of the potential blowback and blind to any evidence of their instability or evil nature simply because their "Light" factions. By the winter break of Alexandra's third year, most of the characters agree that he's setting himself up for a hard fall, and are patiently (and often eagerly) waiting for it, while Dumbledore himself remains utterly confident of his own righteousness and invincibility.
* ''Fanfic/MallRats'', a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', features Frank, who is arrogant and cocky about his ability to choose the correct movie.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'': ''Dumbledore'', to sociopathic degrees. He's constantly over-estimating his political capitol and squandering it on petty, self-centered matters. He completely (and regularly) ignores good advice from Flitwick and Snape warning him about mistakes he's making, or how he's misjudging the student body. He thinks that he can do four important jobs all at once even as it becomes painfully clear to the readers that he's failing at all of them. He's remained painfully oblivious towards major threats such as the Exchequer. He treats any defiance against his authority with an ItsAllAboutMe attitude. He makes deals with dangerous factions while remaining dismissive of the potential blowback and blind to any evidence of their instability or evil nature simply because their "Light" factions. By the winter break of Alexandra's third year, most of the characters agree that he's setting himself up for a hard fall, and are patiently (and often eagerly) waiting for it, while Dumbledore himself remains utterly confident of his own righteousness and invincibility.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'': ''Dumbledore'', to sociopathic degrees. He's constantly over-estimating his political capitol an squandering it on petty, self-centered matters. He completely (and regularly) ignores good advice from Flitwick and Snape warning him about mistakes he's making, or how he's misjudging the student body. He thinks that he can do four important jobs all at once even as it becomes painfully clear to the readers that he's failing at all of them. He's remained painfully oblivious towards major threats such as the Exchequer. He treats any defiance against his authority with an It's AllAboutMe attitude. He makes deals with dangerous factions while remaining dismissive of the potential blowback and blind to any evidence of their instability or evil nature simply because their "Light" factions. By the winter break of Alexandra's third year, most of the characters agree that he's setting himself up for a hard fall, and are patiently (and often eagerly) waiting for it, while Dumbledore himself remains utterly confident of his own righteousness and invincibility.

* Uwabami [[EstablishingCharacterMoment swiftly proves herself]] to be this in the ''[[FanFic/WitnessGoodNeighbors Good Neighbors]]'' series when she catches someone posing as a press intern. As she can't resist [[EvilGloating gloating to them]] about how the arrest will get her manager off her back, since said manager wants her to make more arrests and be more active as a Pro Hero, but she'd rather not risk getting injured during an actual fight. Not when she's got so many modeling contracts to fulfil.