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* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9166728/1/Purple-Jealousy This]] ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' story. We're meant to root for Raven and hope that she gets with Beast Boy. However, between Raven's irrational jealousy of Beast Boy's new girlfriend and her controlling, downright abusive attitude, it's hard to really feel for her. During one chapter where she questions and criticizes Beast Boy for finding his new significant other, she berates him and insults his choice in women; when he retorts that she too once fell in love with someone who manipulated her, [[{{Hypocrite}}Raven acts shocked and hurt]] and we're meant to be on her side. She comes across as more of a SpoiledBrat who is upset because her LoveInterest doesn't bow to her every whim. It's a story where you actually [[UnintentionallySympathetic feel more inclined]] toward the RomanticFalseLead.
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* In ''Fanfic/NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder'', Saya, the protagonist, comes off this way after the first trial, when she gets upset over Lucina [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out over her manipulative tactics during the trial]], and [[CantTakeCriticism becomes very defensive]]. What's worse, she's more upset over Lucina's reasonable points than she is over the deaths of the first victim and culprit.
* ''Fanfic/{{Coyote}}'': Riley and Izuku, due to the discrimination they faced for being a foreigner and Quirkless respectively, dig up information on all of their potential teachers and send it to any student who wants to know more information about those teachers. Barring how {{disproportionate|Retribution}} this attitude is, Riley is even worse in this regard by deciding to charge people money for this information. Additionally, if his treatment of Aizawa is any indication, Riley is not above physically assaulting teachers he does not like. Moreover, the story does not acknowledge the possibility of how their system could be used to spread false information about teachers they don't like and get their way (especially in [[EveryoneIsASuper a world where nearly everyone has a Quirk]]).
* ''Fanfic/{{Coyote}}'': Riley and Izuku, due to the discrimination they faced for being a foreigner and Quirkless respectively, dig up information on all of their potential teachers and send it to any student who wants to know more information about those teachers. Barring how {{disproportionate|Retribution}} this attitude is, Riley is even worse in this regard by deciding to charge people money for this information. Additionally, if his treatment of Aizawa is any indication, Riley is not above physically assaulting teachers he does not like. Moreover, the story does not acknowledge the possibility of how their system could be used to spread false information about teachers they don't like and get their way (especially in [[EveryoneIsASuper a world where nearly everyone has a Quirk]]).
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* In ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-30806/Manchester+Silent+Reproach.htm Silent Reproach]]'', [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve "Captain America" Rogers]] gives a polite and understated but firm QuitYourWhining to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] about her life as a Slayer, likening her to a draftee during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and saying that whether drafted or volunteers, the soldiers simply did their jobs. We're meant to conclude that this is a well-deserved reality check for Buffy, but Cap fails to acknowledge that not only has Buffy been fighting for much longer and [[ChildSoldiers from a much younger age than he has]], but she also receives much less help and no pay, [[ResignationsNotAccepted with her duty only ending when she dies]]. One reviewer even points out that Cap should be outraged over Buffy being treated this way. Someone later wrote a response to the story where Xander chews Steve out over those exact points, including that Buffy died ''twice'' to save the world.
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* In ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-30806/Manchester+Silent+Reproach.htm Silent Reproach]]'', [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve "Captain America" Rogers]] gives a polite and understated but firm QuitYourWhining to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] about her life as a Slayer, likening her to a draftee during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and saying that whether drafted or volunteers, the soldiers simply did their jobs. We're meant to conclude that this is a well-deserved reality check for Buffy, but Cap fails to acknowledge that not only has Buffy been fighting for much longer and [[ChildSoldiers from a much younger age than he has]], but she also receives much less help and no pay, [[ResignationsNotAccepted with her duty only ending when she dies]]. One reviewer even points out that Cap should be outraged over Buffy being treated this way. Someone later wrote a [[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-32046/Sorentia+Disapproval+Earned.htm response to the story story]] where Xander chews Steve out over those exact points, including that Buffy died ''twice'' to save the world.
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* In ''Faery Heroes'', Harry, Hermione, and Luna are shown to be [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] who have to do terrible things for the greater good. Even as they belittle their peers, rob the Purebloods blind (likely ruining lives in the process), and, oh yeah, ''inflict '''multiple''' [[FateWorseThanDeath Fates Worse Than Death]] on their enemies''.
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* In ''Faery Heroes'', Harry, Hermione, and Luna are shown to be [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] who have to do terrible things for the greater good. Even as they belittle their peers, rob the Purebloods blind (likely ([[FridgeHorror likely ruining lives in the process), process]]), and, oh yeah, ''inflict '''multiple''' [[FateWorseThanDeath Fates Worse Than Death]] on their enemies''.
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* In ''Faery Heroes'', Harry, Hermione, and Luna are shown to be [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] who have to do terrible things for the greater good. Even as they belittle their peers, rob the Purebloods blind (likely ruining lives in the process), and, oh yeah, ''inflict '''multiple''' [[FateWorseThanDeath Fates Worse Than Death]] on their enemies''.
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Sue is Flame Bait and fails to explain why they were supposed to be sympathetic. Sounds like a Sadist Show where we're not supposed to like them.
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* In ''Fanfic/SuperSmashBrosTheAnimatedSeries''...oh dear lord. ''Most'' of the cast are major jackasses at best, and sadistic monsters at worst—including our [[BastardBoyfriend romantic lead]], Meta Knight. ''[[JerkSue Especially]]'' [[JerkSue Meta Knight]]. It's telling that, out of all the characters, the most sympathetic are the unnamed extras (some of which our "[[DesignatedHero heroes]]" go out of their way to torture).
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Dr. Gero's obsession with killing Goku becomes somewhat more understandable when [[spoiler:Bulma finds out that his son (whom he built Android 16 to resemble) was among the many Red Ribbon Army soldiers who died when Goku destroyed the organization's HQ during his youth. There is just one problem with that. The Red Ribbon Army was a tyrannical organization responsible for the injuries and deaths of many innocent people, including several of Goku's friends, and had several dangerous fighters in the ranks before King Piccolo came about. And Gero and his son willingly worked for these people despite most likely knowing that. Goku's rampage that took Gero's son was most likely triggered when they screwed with him and his friends for the umpteenth time, so you can't say that Goku didn't go after them unprovoked]].
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Dr. Gero's obsession with killing Goku becomes somewhat more understandable when [[spoiler:Bulma finds out that his son (whom he built Android 16 to resemble) was among the many Red Ribbon Army soldiers who died when Goku destroyed the organization's HQ during his youth. There is just one problem with that. The Red Ribbon Army was a tyrannical organization responsible for the injuries and deaths of many innocent people, including several of Goku's friends, and had several dangerous fighters in the ranks before King Piccolo came about. And Gero and his son willingly worked for these people despite most likely knowing that. Goku's rampage that took Gero's son was most likely triggered when they screwed with him and his friends for the umpteenth time, so you can't say that Goku didn't go went after them unprovoked]].
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* In ''Fanfic/SuperSmashBrosTheAnimatedSeries''...oh dear lord. ''Most'' of the cast are major jackasses at best, and sadistic monsters at worst—including our [[BastardBoyfriend romantic lead]], Meta Knight. ''[[JerkSue Especially]]'' [[JerkSue Meta Knight]]. It's telling that, out of all the characters, the most sympathetic are the unnamed extras (some of which our "[[DesignatedHero heroes]]" go out of their way to torture).
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* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'': Beast Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. He is supposed to be seen as a guy tragically separated from his true love and betrayed by his friends; but his whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra, and he resigns from the Titans because, after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:Meanwhile, Count Logan being a [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Count Bleck]] {{Expy}} means he is also intended as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, but this is undermined by his sheer AdaptationalVillainy by comparison. Bleck carried a heavier implication of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption]], underwent a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone crisis]] from [[MoralityPet Tippi]]'s mere presence, actually [[DeathSeeker wanted the good guys to stop him]] and [[GracefulLoser was pleased when they did]], and then helped fix everything via HeroicSacrifice. Logan's FaceHeelTurn comes across as more voluntary, he actively invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, and he's ultimately a stubborn and {{Wangst}}y SoreLoser.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'': Beast Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. He is supposed to be seen as a guy tragically separated from his true love and betrayed by his friends; but his whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra, and he resigns from the Titans because, after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:Meanwhile, Count Logan being a [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Count Bleck]] {{Expy}} means he is also intended as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, but this is undermined by his sheer AdaptationalVillainy by comparison. Bleck carried a heavier implication of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption]], underwent a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone crisis]] from [[MoralityPet [[MoralityChain Tippi]]'s mere presence, actually [[DeathSeeker wanted the good guys to stop him]] and [[GracefulLoser was pleased when they did]], and then helped fix everything via HeroicSacrifice. Logan's FaceHeelTurn comes across as more voluntary, he actively invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, and he's ultimately a stubborn and {{Wangst}}y SoreLoser.]]
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* In ''Fanfic/OneWorld'', [[Franchise/HarryPotter Ron Weasley]] ended up becoming this ''before he even appeared in the story''. After some people complained about the author's decision to stick with canon pairings, the author said that he'd portray Ron as "[[JerkAss a prat and a git]]" but not [[RonTheDeathEater a Death Eater]]. For some readers, this wasn't enough, and they insisted that Ron's BelligerentSexualTension with Hermione would inevitably lead to a toxic and abusive relationship. That being said, other readers believe that [[UnintentionallySympathetic the author's analysis of Ron ignores his more positive aspects and the reasons for his behavior (both for good and for ill).]]
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!!The following have their own pages:
* ''UnintentionallyUnsympathetic/FriendshipIsFailure''
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* ''UnintentionallyUnsympathetic/FriendshipIsFailure''
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* [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] tends to be this in just about any work made by Creator/DakariKingMykan, namely because of him being little more than a walking, talking AuthorTract. However, in ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', he really goes off the deep end. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}. He essentially stalks Terra and resigns from the Titans because, after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:He then becomes Count Logan and destroys entire worlds [[EvilIsPetty simply because people have nicer lives than he does]], specifically making it a point to destroy Tamaran in front of Starfire just because she hooked up with Robin. He also invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, going so far as to [[{{Gaslighting}} blame her]] for his StartOfDarkness.]] And that's not getting into the ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'' version of the story where he goes to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild rips off Flurry Heart's head in front of her parents]]]]. And the kicker in all of this? Once [[spoiler:he's revealed as the villain]], the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol (and the Mane 6 in ''Friendship is Failure'') are the ones that feel remorse for how they treated Beast Boy while the latter resumes his MotiveRant, and they even [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him when he dies]].
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* [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'': Beast Boy]] tends Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. He is supposed to be this in just about any work made seen as a guy tragically separated from his true love and betrayed by Creator/DakariKingMykan, namely because of him being little more than a walking, talking AuthorTract. However, in ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', he really goes off the deep end. His his friends; but his whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}. He {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra Terra, and he resigns from the Titans because, after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:He then becomes [[spoiler:Meanwhile, Count Logan and destroys entire worlds [[EvilIsPetty simply because people have nicer lives than being a [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Count Bleck]] {{Expy}} means he does]], specifically making it a point to destroy Tamaran in front of Starfire just because she hooked up with Robin. He is also intended as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, but this is undermined by his sheer AdaptationalVillainy by comparison. Bleck carried a heavier implication of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption]], underwent a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone crisis]] from [[MoralityPet Tippi]]'s mere presence, actually [[DeathSeeker wanted the good guys to stop him]] and [[GracefulLoser was pleased when they did]], and then helped fix everything via HeroicSacrifice. Logan's FaceHeelTurn comes across as more voluntary, he actively invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, going so far as to [[{{Gaslighting}} blame her]] for his StartOfDarkness.]] And that's not getting into the ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'' version of the story where he goes to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild rips off Flurry Heart's head in front of her parents]]]]. And the kicker in all of this? Once [[spoiler:he's revealed as the villain]], the Teen Titans he's ultimately a stubborn and Doom Patrol (and the Mane 6 in ''Friendship is Failure'') are the ones that feel remorse for how they treated Beast Boy while the latter resumes his MotiveRant, and they even [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him when he dies]].{{Wangst}}y SoreLoser.]]
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Dr. Gero's obsession with killing Goku becomes somewhat more understandable when [[spoiler:Bulma finds out that his son (whom he built Android 16 to resemble) was among the many Red Ribbon Army soldiers who died when Goku destroyed the organization's HQ during his youth. There is just one problem with that. The Red Ribbon Army was a tyrannical organization responsible for the injuries and deaths of many innocent people, including several of Goku's friends, and had several dangerous fighters in the ranks before King Piccolo came about. And Gero and his son willingly worked for these people despite most likely knowing that. Goku's rampage that took Gero's son was most likely triggered when they screwed with him and his friends for the umpteenth time, so you can't say that Goku didn't go after them unprovoked]].
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* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job. The writer of the story later rewrote the chapter to exclude that portion. Instead, Erika's just a jerk who gets in trouble for denying Ash a battle simply due to his hatred of perfume.
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* The author In the original version of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' Road]]'', the author clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' just as bad if not worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality without a care care]] that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job. [[AuthorsSavingThrow The writer of the story later rewrote the chapter to exclude that portion.portion]]. Instead, Erika's just a jerk who gets in trouble for denying Ash a battle simply due to his hatred of perfume.
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** From the same author, in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13422981/1/ Broken Legs, Unbroken Love]], as a reviewer points out, Misty fails to gain empathetic reactions from her situation (having both legs broken), other than some faint sympathy you'd have for someone you don't know being in a similar situation. It straddles the line between AngstWhatAngst and {{Wangst}}, given that the author doesn't specify exactly how grave Misty's injuries are (nor how she sustained them, for that matter), other than saying she'd take a full year to recover, so it's hard to tell whether it's a MajorInjuryUnderreaction or a MinorInjuryOverreaction.
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** From the same author, in [[https://www.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13422981/1/ Broken Legs, Unbroken Love]], Love]]'', as a reviewer points out, Misty fails to gain empathetic reactions from her situation (having both legs broken), other than some faint sympathy you'd have for someone you don't know being in a similar situation. It straddles the line between AngstWhatAngst and {{Wangst}}, given that the author doesn't specify exactly how grave Misty's injuries are (nor how she sustained them, for that matter), other than saying she'd take a full year to recover, so it's hard to tell whether it's a MajorInjuryUnderreaction or a MinorInjuryOverreaction.
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** From the same author, in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13422981/1/ Broken Legs, Unbroken Love]], as a reviewer points out, Misty fails to gain empathetic reactions from her situation (having both legs broken), other than some faint sympathy you'd have for someone you don't know being in a similar situation. It straddles the line between AngstWhatAngst and {{Wangst}}, given that the author doesn't specify exactly how grave Misty's injuries are (nor how she sustained them, for that matter), other than saying she'd take a full year to recover, so it's hard to tell whether it's a MajorInjuryUnderreaction or a MinorInjuryOverreaction.
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* [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] tends to be this in just about any work made by Creator/DakariKingMykan, namely because of him being little more than a walking, talking AuthorTract. However, in ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', he really goes off the deep end. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}. He essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:He then becomes Count Logan and destroys entire worlds [[EvilIsPetty simply because people have nicer lives than he does]], specifically making it a point to destroy Tamaran in front of Starfire just because she hooked up with Robin. He also invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, going so far as to [[{{Gaslighting}} blame her]] for his StartOfDarkness.]] And that's not getting into the ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'' version of the story where he goes to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild rips off Flurry Heart's head in front of her parents]]]]. And the kicker in all of this? Once [[spoiler:he's revealed as the villain]], the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol (and the Mane 6 in ''Friendship is Failure'') are the ones that feel remorse for how they treated Beast Boy while the latter resumes his MotiveRant, and they even [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him when he dies]].
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* [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] tends to be this in just about any work made by Creator/DakariKingMykan, but in ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', he really goes off the deep end. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}. He essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:He then becomes Count Logan and destroys entire worlds [[EvilIsPetty simply because people have nicer lives than he does]], specifically making it a point to destroy Tamaran in front of Starfire just because she hooked up with Robin. He also invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, going so far as to [[{{Gaslighting}} blame her]] for his StartOfDarkness.]] And that's not getting into the ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'' version of the story where he goes to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild rips off Flurry Heart's head in front of her parents]]]]. And the kicker in all of this? Once [[spoiler:he's revealed as the villain]], the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol (and the Mane 6 in ''Friendship is Failure'') are the ones that feel remorse for how they treated Beast Boy while the latter resumes his MotiveRant, and they even [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him when he dies]].
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* [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] tends to be this in just about any work made by Creator/DakariKingMykan, but namely because of him being little more than a walking, talking AuthorTract. However, in ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', he really goes off the deep end. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}. He essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him. [[spoiler:He then becomes Count Logan and destroys entire worlds [[EvilIsPetty simply because people have nicer lives than he does]], specifically making it a point to destroy Tamaran in front of Starfire just because she hooked up with Robin. He also invokes KickTheMoralityPet on Terra, going so far as to [[{{Gaslighting}} blame her]] for his StartOfDarkness.]] And that's not getting into the ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'' version of the story where he goes to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild rips off Flurry Heart's head in front of her parents]]]]. And the kicker in all of this? Once [[spoiler:he's revealed as the villain]], the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol (and the Mane 6 in ''Friendship is Failure'') are the ones that feel remorse for how they treated Beast Boy while the latter resumes his MotiveRant, and they even [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him when he dies]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', Beast Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him.
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* ''FanFic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'' had Princess Luna learn of the assignation plot, but fails to stop it due to TheMole she planted being ousted. She then take revenge against [[TheManBehindTheMan the mastermind behind it]] by [[DreamWeaver giving then nightmares]] until it desired their sanity, [[TragicMistake unaware of how it would lead his daughter to become a more dangerous villain]]. But despite this willingness to act Luna never does more to stop the plot or even warn Twilight or others about it. When she does act her unwillingness to straight-up kill allowed him to corrupt their daughter making it obvious Luna's impulsive act of revenge would do more harm than good. When the author [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/860419/looking-back-at-assassinationverse-warning-spoilers-for-those-who-have-not-read-the-series looked back on the series]], they admitted Luna's handling was a mistake.
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* ''FanFic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'' had Princess Luna learn of the assignation assassination plot, but fails to stop it due to TheMole she planted being ousted. She then take takes revenge against [[TheManBehindTheMan the mastermind behind it]] by [[DreamWeaver giving then them nightmares]] until it desired destroyed their sanity, [[TragicMistake unaware of how it would lead his daughter to become a more dangerous villain]]. But despite this willingness to act act, Luna never does more to stop the plot or even warn Twilight or the others about it. When she does act act, her unwillingness to straight-up kill allowed him to corrupt their daughter daughter, making it obvious Luna's impulsive act of revenge would do more harm than good. When the author [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/860419/looking-back-at-assassinationverse-warning-spoilers-for-those-who-have-not-read-the-series looked back on the series]], they he admitted Luna's handling was a mistake.
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* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/225148/little-sun Little Sun]]'' has [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Sunset Shimmer as Princess Celestia's biological daughter]], with her anger over being given up for adoption and keeping it secret during years as Celestia's student leading to her StartOfDarkness. This was ''after'' Celestia saved her from an assassination attempt, showing that the reasons for secrecy, which weighed heavily on Celestia and leaked through no fault of hers, were [[ProperlyParanoid fully justifiable]]. Then there's Sunset [[JerkassBall inexplicably, instantaneously becoming a jerk]], forgetting all [[ParentalSubstitute the good times they had together]] and rejecting everything Celestia offers to reconcile insisting she be made an [[WingedUnicorn ailcorn]], the one thing beyond her power.
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* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/225148/little-sun Little Sun]]'' has [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Sunset Shimmer as Princess Celestia's biological daughter]], daughter, with her anger over being given up for adoption and keeping it secret during years as Celestia's student leading to her StartOfDarkness. This was ''after'' Celestia saved her from an assassination attempt, showing that the reasons for secrecy, which weighed heavily on Celestia and leaked through no fault of hers, were [[ProperlyParanoid fully justifiable]]. Then there's Sunset [[JerkassBall inexplicably, instantaneously becoming a jerk]], forgetting all [[ParentalSubstitute the good times they had together]] and rejecting everything Celestia offers to reconcile insisting she be made an [[WingedUnicorn ailcorn]], alicorn]], the one thing beyond her power.
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* ''FanFic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'' had Princess Luna learn of the assignation plot, but fails to stop it due to TheMole she planted being ousted. She then take revenge against [[TheManBehindTheMan the mastermind behind it]] by [[DreamWeaver giving then nightmares]] until it desired their sanity, [[TragicMistake unaware of how it would lead his daughter to become a more dangerous villain]]. But despite this willingness to act Luna never does more to stop the plot or even warn Twilight or others about it. When she does act her unwillingness to straight-up kill allowed him to corrupt their daughter making it obvious Luna's impulsive act of revenge would do more harm than good. When the author [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/860419/looking-back-at-assassinationverse-warning-spoilers-for-those-who-have-not-read-the-series looked back on the series]], they admitted Luna's handling was a mistake.
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I've read the fan fic and the scene in question, and Sylvia absolutely does not do things like that. The first thing she does when the girls jumps off the bridge is get help. Plus, Moondancer's view of the disabled girl changes over the course of the story.
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* The eponymous character of ''Fanfic/SylviaTheSylveon'' is admittedly a naive, frightened lost child, but more often than not comes off as selfish, willfully ignorant, and even TooDumbToLive. To put it into perspective, she encounters a human teenager who is DrivenToSuicide and makes no effort to approach her, and then proceeds to mentally pontificate about [[ItsAllAboutMe how everyone will hate her for not saving the human.]] She also abandons an elderly and dying human caretaker who was looking after her and other abandoned Pokemon without a second thought. In addition, Moondancer, one of Sylvia's brothers, refers to an autistic girl as "dribbling" and "addle-brained".
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* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job. The writer of the story later rewrote the chapter to exclude that portion. Instead, Erika's just a jerk who get in trouble for denying Ash a battle simply due to his hatred of perfume.
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* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job. The writer of the story later rewrote the chapter to exclude that portion. Instead, Erika's just a jerk who get gets in trouble for denying Ash a battle simply due to his hatred of perfume.
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* In ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-30806/Manchester+Silent+Reproach.htm Silent Reproach]]'', [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve "Captain America" Rogers]] gives a polite and understated but firm QuitYourWhining to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] about her life as a Slayer, likening her to a draftee during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and saying that whether drafted or volunteers, the soldiers simply did their jobs. We're meant to conclude that this is a well-deserved reality check for Buffy, but Cap fails to acknowledge that not only has Buffy been fighting for much longer and [[ChildSoldiers from a much younger age than he has]], but she also receives much less help and no pay, [[ResignationsNotAccepted with her duty only ending when she dies]]. One reviewer even points out that Cap should be outraged over Buffy being treated this way.
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* In ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-30806/Manchester+Silent+Reproach.htm Silent Reproach]]'', [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve "Captain America" Rogers]] gives a polite and understated but firm QuitYourWhining to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] about her life as a Slayer, likening her to a draftee during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and saying that whether drafted or volunteers, the soldiers simply did their jobs. We're meant to conclude that this is a well-deserved reality check for Buffy, but Cap fails to acknowledge that not only has Buffy been fighting for much longer and [[ChildSoldiers from a much younger age than he has]], but she also receives much less help and no pay, [[ResignationsNotAccepted with her duty only ending when she dies]]. One reviewer even points out that Cap should be outraged over Buffy being treated this way. Someone later wrote a response to the story where Xander chews Steve out over those exact points, including that Buffy died ''twice'' to save the world.
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* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job.
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* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job. The writer of the story later rewrote the chapter to exclude that portion. Instead, Erika's just a jerk who get in trouble for denying Ash a battle simply due to his hatred of perfume.
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* In ''Fanfic/WishingWell'', Wysteria and Sparkleworks have a voltaile relationship full of BelligerentSexualTension, with Wysteria usually being the instigator of the arguing. They switch between periods of arguing, go into a SickeninglySweethearts phase where they [[MakeOutKids do nothing but kiss]], before going back to their arguing. On at least one occasion Sparkleworks has ended up bruised. None of the other ponies care much about their arguing due to how common it is. Sparklework's and Wysteria's relationship is supposed to be seen in a light-hearted relationship, but it comes off more as [[DomesticAbuse abusive]].
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* In ''Fanfic/WishingWell'', Wysteria and Sparkleworks have a voltaile relationship full of BelligerentSexualTension, with Wysteria usually being the instigator of the arguing. They switch between periods of arguing, go constant arguments, before going into a SickeninglySweethearts phase where they [[MakeOutKids do nothing but kiss]], before then going back to their arguing. On at least one occasion Sparkleworks has ended up bruised. None of the other ponies care much about their arguing due to how common it is. Sparklework's and Wysteria's relationship is supposed to be seen in a light-hearted relationship, but it comes off more as [[DomesticAbuse abusive]].
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* In ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'', Prince Zuko, upon finding out that Mai hid his letters to Katara, hits her, divorces her and runs off to go to Katara. He's meant to be motivated by love and reacting to Mai's betrayal, but he comes off as an abusive husband and irresponsible ruler. Similarly, Katara is portrayed as grieving over her baby's death, but comes off as selfish by inexplicably emphasizing that her unborn son died a day before her birthday, and the morality of her decision to [[spoiler:kill Mai with bloodbending instead of taking her in alive]] comes off as fairly questionable.
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** Prince Zuko, upon finding out that Mai hid his letters to Katara, hits her, divorces her and runs off to go to Katara. He's meant to be motivated by love and reacting to Mai's betrayal, but he comes off as an abusive husband and irresponsible ruler.
** Similarly, Katara is portrayed as grieving over her baby's death, but comes off as selfish by inexplicably emphasizing that her unborn son died a day before her birthday, and the morality of her decision to [[spoiler:kill Mai with bloodbending instead of taking her in alive]] comes off as fairly questionable.
** Prince Zuko, upon finding out that Mai hid his letters to Katara, hits her, divorces her and runs off to go to Katara. He's meant to be motivated by love and reacting to Mai's betrayal, but he comes off as an abusive husband and irresponsible ruler.
** Similarly, Katara is portrayed as grieving over her baby's death, but comes off as selfish by inexplicably emphasizing that her unborn son died a day before her birthday, and the morality of her decision to [[spoiler:kill Mai with bloodbending instead of taking her in alive]] comes off as fairly questionable.
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* In ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-30806/Manchester+Silent+Reproach.htm Silent Reproach]]'', [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve "Captain America" Rogers]] gives a polite and understated but firm QuitYourWhining to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] about her life as a Slayer, likening her to a draftee during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and saying that whether drafted or volunteers, the soldiers simply did their jobs. We're meant to conclude that this is a well-deserved reality check for Buffy, but Cap fails to acknowledge that not only has Buffy been fighting for much longer and [[ChildSoldiers from a much younger age than he has]], but she also receives much less help and no pay, [[ResignationsNotAccepted with her duty only ending when she dies]]. One reviewer even points out that Cap should be outraged over Buffy being treated this way.
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* ''Fanfic/FrigidWindsAndBurningHearts'' claims to be even-handed when it comes to Princess Luna vs. Princess Celestia, but swiftly comes down on Luna's side. Even as it reveals she was perfectly willing to have all of Equestria collapse into riots and civil war if it meant she could leave. Even as she bullies, lies, and manipulates every other pony she meets to have her way.
* In ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'', Prince Zuko, upon finding out that Mai hid his letters to Katara, hits her, divorces her and runs off to go to Katara. He's meant to be motivated by love and reacting to Mai's betrayal, but he comes off as an abusive husband and irresponsible ruler. Similarly, Katara is portrayed as grieving over her baby's death, but comes off as selfish by inexplicably emphasizing that her unborn son died a day before her birthday, and the morality of her decision to [[spoiler:kill Mai with bloodbending instead of taking her in alive]] comes off as fairly questionable.
* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': According to the author, you are supposed to ''like'' Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way. For those who don't know, Ebony is every negative stereotype about [[SubcultureOfTheWeek goths]] made manifest, in the vessel of a self-centered sociopath. Of course, it could be INTENTIONALLY Unsympathetic if you subscribe into the theory that it's a TrollFic instead of just really bad writing.
* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', Beast Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him.
* Despite Creator/CoriFalls going out of her way to make them sympathetic [[TheWoobie woobies]], her versions of Jessie, James, and Meowth become ''very'' unsympathetic as her stories go on, not only in their [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal]] [[DisproportionateRetribution treatment]] of characters like Ash, but in their self-righteous behavior, [[{{Wangst}} constant whining about their bad lot in life]], and [[NeverMyFault blaming their (usually self-inflicted) problems on anyone but themselves]].
* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]] in ''Fanfic/{{Chains}}''. Even though it's made clear she didn't enjoy turning the humans living in Equus into [[SlaveRace slaves for the ponies]] and she is [[OutDamnedSpot genuinely haunted by her decision]], the fact that [[TheReveal the flashbacks explaining why humanity was enslaved]] in Chapter 15 made Celestia look like she was carrying a massive IdiotBall, her weak attempts at justification to a very angered Luna, as well as the fact that she refuses to just overturn slavery overnight have made her come off like a weak and incompetent leader easily manipulated by her {{Evil Chancellor}}s to many a reader. The fact that it took protests from pegasus abolitionists to outlaw the practice of human gladiatorial rings, as well as the fact that a great many slaves ''are'' being mistreated (Twilight and Applejack are very clearly exceptions rather than the rule), yet Celestia doesn't seem to have done much to improve those conditions doesn't exactly help her case either. The author eventually had to pull an AuthorsSavingThrow of sorts with the reveal that Celestia [[spoiler:funds anti-slavery movements and is playing the LongGame]], and with Celestia herself feeling she can never truly atone for what she did, but for some readers it just didn't cut it.
-->'''Celestia:''' Luna, please, I need your help. I want your help to bring things to how they should be, with humans free.\\
'''Luna:''' [[JustEatGilligan Why don't you just force the council to do as you command?]]\\
'''Celestia:''' That would not solve the problem. Ponies have had humans as slaves for centuries, to just force them to give it up would be difficult, these things will take time, but...\\
'''Luna:''' [[WhatTheHellHero You say you want to set things right]], [[ArmorPiercingQuestion but you're not willing to do so in the quickest and simplest way?]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/225148/little-sun Little Sun]]'' has [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Sunset Shimmer as Princess Celestia's biological daughter]], with her anger over being given up for adoption and keeping it secret during years as Celestia's student leading to her StartOfDarkness. This was ''after'' Celestia saved her from an assassination attempt, showing that the reasons for secrecy, which weighed heavily on Celestia and leaked through no fault of hers, were [[ProperlyParanoid fully justifiable]]. Then there's Sunset [[JerkassBall inexplicably, instantaneously becoming a jerk]], forgetting all [[ParentalSubstitute the good times they had together]] and rejecting everything Celestia offers to reconcile insisting she be made an [[WingedUnicorn ailcorn]], the one thing beyond her power.
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfic ''Fragments'' tries to be a FixFic for the Tenth Doctor's regeneration. Here 10 comes across as incredibly selfish, hating 11 just for being the next Doctor and wishing he could die so he was the last. And for this he gets Rose. [[KarmaHoudini Karma Houdinis]] together.
* The ''Anime/AxisPowersHetalia'' Alternate Universe fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7715672/1/Not-Everything-Is-Silver-and-Gold Not Everything is Silver and Gold]]'' tries to paint Prussia/Gilbert as sympathetic because [[spoiler: he lost Ludwig, and can't get him back unless he finds a Pure One, a being that can find treasure easily, to Arthur, the guy who murdered the reader's parents]]. However, the fact that chapter 2 involves [[spoiler: Gilbert raping you instead of explaining what's going on, and why]], then constantly forcing himself onto you and basically behaving like an abusive boyfriend doesn't exactly win sympathy from the readers.
* Emerald of ''Fanfic/ImHereToHelp'' can come across this way, especially if one interprets the fic as him being right.
** Various records throughout the fic hint at an extensive terrorist record in the future, which involve multiple attacks on Crystal Tokyo that put a lot of people's lives in danger. It doesn't help matters that the senshi of the future aren't shown having actually done much wrong and actually try to create a peaceful world where everyone's safe.
** The fact that it's implied that Emerald and his teammates chose to attack the senshi first makes them not come across as particularly admirable or make the senshi look very unlikable for choosing to send them away regardless of who was in the right about the purification.
* Iris lands in this territory in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9550053/1/The-Fey-Family-Cousin The Fey Family Cousin]]''. Not only in this continuity she was watching Phoenix's trial and haven't lifted a finger to help him(in canon it was heavily implied that she didn't know about it until it was already over), but her motivation for not telling him the truth about herself mas moved from canon "IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy" to "I don't want to be hated" and from there to "just leave me alone" making her seem rather selfish.
* In ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'', pretty much all the protagonists are this. The {{Original Character}}s come off as racist and sexist, treat everyone with different views than them as enemies that need to be destroyed or re-educated, and change Equestria's society into [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything what reads uncomfortably like a fascist regime]]. The canon characters have been [[{{Flanderization}} reduced to one-note caricatures]] almost solely devoted to either CharacterShilling the [=OCs=] or clutching the IdiotBall. As a result, it becomes hard to sympathize with any of them.
* In ''FanFic/TheRealUs'', Harry and Hermione are pathological liars (The ''entire canon series'' is pretty much lies they told), have a sociopathic disregard for anyone who isn't them and won't worship at their feet (for example, manipulating the Weasleys, including by using memory charms at the slightest provocation), manipulate the law and their status as heroes of the Wizarding World to visit DisproportionateRetribution on their personal enemies, and are [[SmugSnake insufferably smug]] about everything, outright ''boasting'' about how they lied to and manipulated everyone. Is it any wonder that they come off as outright villainous?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9976928/9/The-Bloody-Ashikabi The Bloody Ashikabi]]'' tries to make Lily and James Potter out to be sympathetic in their introduction by revealing that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou they had Harry sent away to protect him from Death Eaters wanting to avenge Voldemort's death]]. The problem is that not only did they never BOTHER checking up on Harry or see where Dumbledore left him (which should have ''clearly'' been their first priority to begin with), some reviewers pointed out that they had ''more'' children, making their point about Death Eater attacks void, as they are just putting more kids in danger. Not only does it fail to present them as ParentsAsPeople, but it makes them borderline incompetent. [[WhatTheHellHero Their anger at Dumbledore]] should have made them out to be MamaBear and PapaWolf respectably, but again, they never bothered checking to see if Harry was safe to begin with, meaning they had no right to be angry at the old man when they acted no better.
* The eponymous character of ''Fanfic/SylviaTheSylveon'' is admittedly a naive, frightened lost child, but more often than not comes off as selfish, willfully ignorant, and even TooDumbToLive. To put it into perspective, she encounters a human teenager who is DrivenToSuicide and makes no effort to approach her, and then proceeds to mentally pontificate about [[ItsAllAboutMe how everyone will hate her for not saving the human.]] She also abandons an elderly and dying human caretaker who was looking after her and other abandoned Pokemon without a second thought. In addition, Moondancer, one of Sylvia's brothers, refers to an autistic girl as "dribbling" and "addle-brained".
* One notorious Rule34 fic featured [[Literature/{{Redwall}} Matthias and Cornflower]], the supposed Messiah figure and his girlfriend, responding to overhearing someone being raped and tortured to death by randomly starting to have sex.
* VideoGame/PokemonZetaAndOmicron has an interesting case of this with [[spoiler:Zeta[=/=]Omicron, your EvilTwin who corrupted and stole the signature [[OlympusMons Legendary]] Pokemon of the Gold, the protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver, resulting in him becoming a FallenHero in an effort to get it back. They are clearly not supposed to be a sympathetic character, as they smugly rub their theft in Gold's face, show little concern when you snag said signature Pokemon from them, and acted out said theft ([[ForWantOfANail which ultimately resulted in every bad thing that happens in the game]]) [[EvilIsPetty solely so they could be the owner of every Pokemon in the world]]; despite this, it's clear that the creator intended for them to have a biting NotSoDifferent WhatTheHellPlayer moment, when ([[TimeyWimeyBall after going back in time and witnessing them stealing said Pokemon]]) they tell you that you're no different since you snag every Shadow Pokemon you find (including [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Brendan's]] Rayquaza, which indirectly causes his death), capture every OlympusMons you can, and never care to think of the consequences, before leaving [[KarmaHoudini without any consequence for her actions]]. The problem (aside from them being a massive {{Hypocrite}} with a super-flimsy AtLeastIAdmitIt justification) is that ''[[SemanticSlipperySlopeFallacy the circumstances are almost entirely different]]'': the player was [[{{Railroading}} railroaded]] into snagging Brendan's Rayquaza (and on the Heroic Route, you're doing it to stop a much larger threat), and have been snagging Shadow Pokemon to free them from their Shadow state (including the aforementioned Rayquaza); Zeta[=/=]Omicron ''deliberately'' transformed Gold's signature Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon for ''entirely'' selfish reasons, and has made absolutely no efforts to purify it (thus causing it to suffer, as Shadow Pokemon are TheHeartless). Because of all this, Zeta[=/=]Omicron come across not as [[VillainHasAPoint an unrepentant monster who nonetheless raises some serious moral questions]], but an unrepentant monster whose actions are made even worse by her almost [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] lack of self-awareness.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12598315/1/Secret-Love Secret Love]]'' is a [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Land Before Time]] fic where Ducky and Petrie fall in love and have to keep up the secret, learned by their friends, their mothers, and Littlefoot's grandparents. The fic tries to show Ducky and Petrie as being victims of prejudice (which is brought up quite a bit in the story), but those who do protect them are bound to be very angry with those who don't tolerate them (such as Mr. Threehorn, who got a RonTheDeathEater treatment and got turned into an intolerant interspecies-hating jerk). There's also a chapter when Hyp's father is chewing out Hyp for being a bully, but he seems [[SkewedPriorities more angry that his son is against Petrie and Ducky's secret relationship]] than he is about Hyp swatting Ducky into a tar pit.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8823994/ Bring Me Home]]'', Adrien falls into this pretty heavily after his decision to shut Ladybug out of his life without saying goodbye after the defeat of Hawk Moth, and it unfortunately still applies even after the story's attempts to redeem him for it, thanks to a few unaddressed factors:
** First of all, regardless of Adrien's actions toward Ladybug, his overall situation is frankly not as bad as it's made out to be. We're told more than once that he "lost everything that day" after his father was unmasked as Hawk Moth, but the fact is that we see little evidence of him suffering socially or financially from this, since he willingly sold the mansion and his stake in his father's company the first chance he got, none of his school friends have been shown to treat him differently because of his father, and he isn't shown to have any regrets about leaving behind modelling to pursue his interest in teaching, nor does he seem to deny that he has a lot more freedom now than he ever had when Gabriel was running his life. For comparison, other noteworthy fanfic portrayals of Adrien in a similar position have had Gabriel being killed in the final confrontation and Adrien being taken in by {{resentful guardian}}s in another country (''Fanfic/BackToUs'') or had Adrien's career explicitly suffering because of his father's reputation and forcing him to leave Paris just to find designers willing to work with him (''Fanfic/RuinedWithYou''). It ''is'' eventually revealed that he's been suffering nightmares of the final battle, but that only excuses so much.
** While this isn't the first "post-victory separation and reunion" fic to involve Adrien consciously choosing to leave Ladybug behind without revealing his identity because of his father, it comes across as a lot more unforgivably callous here because, as Marinette points out, he always had the choice to come back to her. For comparison, ''Ruined With You''!Adrien made a snap-judgement to return his Miraculous to Master Fu without waiting for Ladybug, thus leaving her with no illusions about seeing her partner again, and he regretted it later but couldn't take it back so easily. ''Bring Me Home''!Adrien knows that Ladybug has been sitting on their rooftop meeting place every night for years, occasionally crying, but despite still having the ring locked in a safe in his bedroom, he still isn't willing to return to her. And while he is of course [[WhatTheHellHero/FanWorks called out on it]] after the reveal, it arguably becomes a case of EasilyForgiven due to subsequent events, thus pushing him further into this category.
** One of Adrien's stated excuses for not contacting her is that he honestly thought she was crying over some problem in her civilian life, because he didn't think that she'd miss Chat Noir this much if she only saw him as a friend. Even if any of this had still been correct, it doesn't make it any less callous that he wasn't willing to comfort her over whatever this civilian problem was, especially after he saw her crying for multiple years without getting better. It also raises troubling implications about how much Adrien values his other friends such as Nino.
** In one of Adrien and Marinette's scenes together before the reveal, he calls her out on the way he's been shutting people such as Alya and her parents out despite her obvious growing depression. Okay, it's a fair assessment (especially after we learn that Tikki herself had been encouraging Marinette to reveal herself and get support), but coming from him it's staggeringly hypocritical given what he's been doing to Ladybug so far. Particularly jarring is this line delivered without a hint of self-awareness: "You’re not the only one who’s hurting. My mother’s dead, my father’s in jail, I’ve pushed the only woman I’ve ever loved away, and yet you don’t see me going around making everyone pay for my sorrows." In fact, he outright states eventually that one of his reasons for abandoning her was not wanting to burden her with his family's problems. He apologises for the outburst later that night, but the hypocrisy goes unaddressed.
** As for why Adrien's "redemption" does little to turn any of this around, it comes shortly after the reveal and Marinette's justifiably furious reaction to it. When Tikki flies in his window and alerts him to Marinette getting in a car crash just outside the city, which no one else will be able to rescue her from in time, Adrien refuses to put his ring back on because he wants to avoid Plagg's anger at him for taking it off in the first place. Even when Tikki tells him that he's going to need Cataclysm to get her out of the car, he still insists on leaving the ring behind, once again putting the pain he wants to avoid above that which he knows the woman he loves is going through, and it takes a withering verbal beatdown from Tikki to change his mind. As such, what was almost an effective (if rather contrived) redemption falls flat because he fails to demonstrate that he's learned anything from the consequences of his mistakes. Nevertheless, it's accepted as one in-universe and he and Marinette have only gotten closer since.
** Marinette also comes across unsympathetic. She spent years refusing to open up to anyone about her problems, despite Tikki encouraging her to unmask herself if it would help and despite Alya, her parents and others being openly worried about her, and it seems that she never went to any effort to track down Chat Noir beyond sitting at their meeting place - if Ladybug had spoken to the Ladyblog about his disappearance, Adrien at least wouldn't have been able to fool himself about what she was crying about. Her excuse for this is that to unmask to anyone before Chat Noir would have felt like she was betraying him, but she continues to do this even after finding out he was Adrien (and had effectively betrayed her first), choosing to leave town rather than seek help from Alya or her parents (which gets her into the aforementioned car crash). What's more, after the rescue and her reconciliation with Adrien, she lies to them about the cause of her depression and why she walked out on Adrien, and there's little indication that she's planning to reveal to them despite the story having progressed two years since this scene. [[spoiler:Eventually Alya finds out herself but doesn't tell them, for some reason feeling guilty about not being there for her even though she had clearly ''tried'' to be.]]
* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job.
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* In ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'', Prince Zuko, upon finding out that Mai hid his letters to Katara, hits her, divorces her and runs off to go to Katara. He's meant to be motivated by love and reacting to Mai's betrayal, but he comes off as an abusive husband and irresponsible ruler. Similarly, Katara is portrayed as grieving over her baby's death, but comes off as selfish by inexplicably emphasizing that her unborn son died a day before her birthday, and the morality of her decision to [[spoiler:kill Mai with bloodbending instead of taking her in alive]] comes off as fairly questionable.
* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': According to the author, you are supposed to ''like'' Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way. For those who don't know, Ebony is every negative stereotype about [[SubcultureOfTheWeek goths]] made manifest, in the vessel of a self-centered sociopath. Of course, it could be INTENTIONALLY Unsympathetic if you subscribe into the theory that it's a TrollFic instead of just really bad writing.
* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', Beast Boy is this, [[spoiler:even before he becomes Count Logan and starts destroying entire worlds]]. His whining over Terra wanting a normal life, even one away from him, easily qualifies as {{Wangst}}, he essentially stalks Terra, and resigns from the Titans because after they [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on beating up Terra's friends]], he's convinced none of them like or appreciate him.
* Despite Creator/CoriFalls going out of her way to make them sympathetic [[TheWoobie woobies]], her versions of Jessie, James, and Meowth become ''very'' unsympathetic as her stories go on, not only in their [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal]] [[DisproportionateRetribution treatment]] of characters like Ash, but in their self-righteous behavior, [[{{Wangst}} constant whining about their bad lot in life]], and [[NeverMyFault blaming their (usually self-inflicted) problems on anyone but themselves]].
* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]] in ''Fanfic/{{Chains}}''. Even though it's made clear she didn't enjoy turning the humans living in Equus into [[SlaveRace slaves for the ponies]] and she is [[OutDamnedSpot genuinely haunted by her decision]], the fact that [[TheReveal the flashbacks explaining why humanity was enslaved]] in Chapter 15 made Celestia look like she was carrying a massive IdiotBall, her weak attempts at justification to a very angered Luna, as well as the fact that she refuses to just overturn slavery overnight have made her come off like a weak and incompetent leader easily manipulated by her {{Evil Chancellor}}s to many a reader. The fact that it took protests from pegasus abolitionists to outlaw the practice of human gladiatorial rings, as well as the fact that a great many slaves ''are'' being mistreated (Twilight and Applejack are very clearly exceptions rather than the rule), yet Celestia doesn't seem to have done much to improve those conditions doesn't exactly help her case either. The author eventually had to pull an AuthorsSavingThrow of sorts with the reveal that Celestia [[spoiler:funds anti-slavery movements and is playing the LongGame]], and with Celestia herself feeling she can never truly atone for what she did, but for some readers it just didn't cut it.
-->'''Celestia:''' Luna, please, I need your help. I want your help to bring things to how they should be, with humans free.\\
'''Luna:''' [[JustEatGilligan Why don't you just force the council to do as you command?]]\\
'''Celestia:''' That would not solve the problem. Ponies have had humans as slaves for centuries, to just force them to give it up would be difficult, these things will take time, but...\\
'''Luna:''' [[WhatTheHellHero You say you want to set things right]], [[ArmorPiercingQuestion but you're not willing to do so in the quickest and simplest way?]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/225148/little-sun Little Sun]]'' has [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Sunset Shimmer as Princess Celestia's biological daughter]], with her anger over being given up for adoption and keeping it secret during years as Celestia's student leading to her StartOfDarkness. This was ''after'' Celestia saved her from an assassination attempt, showing that the reasons for secrecy, which weighed heavily on Celestia and leaked through no fault of hers, were [[ProperlyParanoid fully justifiable]]. Then there's Sunset [[JerkassBall inexplicably, instantaneously becoming a jerk]], forgetting all [[ParentalSubstitute the good times they had together]] and rejecting everything Celestia offers to reconcile insisting she be made an [[WingedUnicorn ailcorn]], the one thing beyond her power.
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfic ''Fragments'' tries to be a FixFic for the Tenth Doctor's regeneration. Here 10 comes across as incredibly selfish, hating 11 just for being the next Doctor and wishing he could die so he was the last. And for this he gets Rose. [[KarmaHoudini Karma Houdinis]] together.
* The ''Anime/AxisPowersHetalia'' Alternate Universe fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7715672/1/Not-Everything-Is-Silver-and-Gold Not Everything is Silver and Gold]]'' tries to paint Prussia/Gilbert as sympathetic because [[spoiler: he lost Ludwig, and can't get him back unless he finds a Pure One, a being that can find treasure easily, to Arthur, the guy who murdered the reader's parents]]. However, the fact that chapter 2 involves [[spoiler: Gilbert raping you instead of explaining what's going on, and why]], then constantly forcing himself onto you and basically behaving like an abusive boyfriend doesn't exactly win sympathy from the readers.
* Emerald of ''Fanfic/ImHereToHelp'' can come across this way, especially if one interprets the fic as him being right.
** Various records throughout the fic hint at an extensive terrorist record in the future, which involve multiple attacks on Crystal Tokyo that put a lot of people's lives in danger. It doesn't help matters that the senshi of the future aren't shown having actually done much wrong and actually try to create a peaceful world where everyone's safe.
** The fact that it's implied that Emerald and his teammates chose to attack the senshi first makes them not come across as particularly admirable or make the senshi look very unlikable for choosing to send them away regardless of who was in the right about the purification.
* Iris lands in this territory in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9550053/1/The-Fey-Family-Cousin The Fey Family Cousin]]''. Not only in this continuity she was watching Phoenix's trial and haven't lifted a finger to help him(in canon it was heavily implied that she didn't know about it until it was already over), but her motivation for not telling him the truth about herself mas moved from canon "IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy" to "I don't want to be hated" and from there to "just leave me alone" making her seem rather selfish.
* In ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'', pretty much all the protagonists are this. The {{Original Character}}s come off as racist and sexist, treat everyone with different views than them as enemies that need to be destroyed or re-educated, and change Equestria's society into [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything what reads uncomfortably like a fascist regime]]. The canon characters have been [[{{Flanderization}} reduced to one-note caricatures]] almost solely devoted to either CharacterShilling the [=OCs=] or clutching the IdiotBall. As a result, it becomes hard to sympathize with any of them.
* In ''FanFic/TheRealUs'', Harry and Hermione are pathological liars (The ''entire canon series'' is pretty much lies they told), have a sociopathic disregard for anyone who isn't them and won't worship at their feet (for example, manipulating the Weasleys, including by using memory charms at the slightest provocation), manipulate the law and their status as heroes of the Wizarding World to visit DisproportionateRetribution on their personal enemies, and are [[SmugSnake insufferably smug]] about everything, outright ''boasting'' about how they lied to and manipulated everyone. Is it any wonder that they come off as outright villainous?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9976928/9/The-Bloody-Ashikabi The Bloody Ashikabi]]'' tries to make Lily and James Potter out to be sympathetic in their introduction by revealing that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou they had Harry sent away to protect him from Death Eaters wanting to avenge Voldemort's death]]. The problem is that not only did they never BOTHER checking up on Harry or see where Dumbledore left him (which should have ''clearly'' been their first priority to begin with), some reviewers pointed out that they had ''more'' children, making their point about Death Eater attacks void, as they are just putting more kids in danger. Not only does it fail to present them as ParentsAsPeople, but it makes them borderline incompetent. [[WhatTheHellHero Their anger at Dumbledore]] should have made them out to be MamaBear and PapaWolf respectably, but again, they never bothered checking to see if Harry was safe to begin with, meaning they had no right to be angry at the old man when they acted no better.
* The eponymous character of ''Fanfic/SylviaTheSylveon'' is admittedly a naive, frightened lost child, but more often than not comes off as selfish, willfully ignorant, and even TooDumbToLive. To put it into perspective, she encounters a human teenager who is DrivenToSuicide and makes no effort to approach her, and then proceeds to mentally pontificate about [[ItsAllAboutMe how everyone will hate her for not saving the human.]] She also abandons an elderly and dying human caretaker who was looking after her and other abandoned Pokemon without a second thought. In addition, Moondancer, one of Sylvia's brothers, refers to an autistic girl as "dribbling" and "addle-brained".
* One notorious Rule34 fic featured [[Literature/{{Redwall}} Matthias and Cornflower]], the supposed Messiah figure and his girlfriend, responding to overhearing someone being raped and tortured to death by randomly starting to have sex.
* VideoGame/PokemonZetaAndOmicron has an interesting case of this with [[spoiler:Zeta[=/=]Omicron, your EvilTwin who corrupted and stole the signature [[OlympusMons Legendary]] Pokemon of the Gold, the protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver, resulting in him becoming a FallenHero in an effort to get it back. They are clearly not supposed to be a sympathetic character, as they smugly rub their theft in Gold's face, show little concern when you snag said signature Pokemon from them, and acted out said theft ([[ForWantOfANail which ultimately resulted in every bad thing that happens in the game]]) [[EvilIsPetty solely so they could be the owner of every Pokemon in the world]]; despite this, it's clear that the creator intended for them to have a biting NotSoDifferent WhatTheHellPlayer moment, when ([[TimeyWimeyBall after going back in time and witnessing them stealing said Pokemon]]) they tell you that you're no different since you snag every Shadow Pokemon you find (including [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Brendan's]] Rayquaza, which indirectly causes his death), capture every OlympusMons you can, and never care to think of the consequences, before leaving [[KarmaHoudini without any consequence for her actions]]. The problem (aside from them being a massive {{Hypocrite}} with a super-flimsy AtLeastIAdmitIt justification) is that ''[[SemanticSlipperySlopeFallacy the circumstances are almost entirely different]]'': the player was [[{{Railroading}} railroaded]] into snagging Brendan's Rayquaza (and on the Heroic Route, you're doing it to stop a much larger threat), and have been snagging Shadow Pokemon to free them from their Shadow state (including the aforementioned Rayquaza); Zeta[=/=]Omicron ''deliberately'' transformed Gold's signature Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon for ''entirely'' selfish reasons, and has made absolutely no efforts to purify it (thus causing it to suffer, as Shadow Pokemon are TheHeartless). Because of all this, Zeta[=/=]Omicron come across not as [[VillainHasAPoint an unrepentant monster who nonetheless raises some serious moral questions]], but an unrepentant monster whose actions are made even worse by her almost [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] lack of self-awareness.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12598315/1/Secret-Love Secret Love]]'' is a [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Land Before Time]] fic where Ducky and Petrie fall in love and have to keep up the secret, learned by their friends, their mothers, and Littlefoot's grandparents. The fic tries to show Ducky and Petrie as being victims of prejudice (which is brought up quite a bit in the story), but those who do protect them are bound to be very angry with those who don't tolerate them (such as Mr. Threehorn, who got a RonTheDeathEater treatment and got turned into an intolerant interspecies-hating jerk). There's also a chapter when Hyp's father is chewing out Hyp for being a bully, but he seems [[SkewedPriorities more angry that his son is against Petrie and Ducky's secret relationship]] than he is about Hyp swatting Ducky into a tar pit.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8823994/ Bring Me Home]]'', Adrien falls into this pretty heavily after his decision to shut Ladybug out of his life without saying goodbye after the defeat of Hawk Moth, and it unfortunately still applies even after the story's attempts to redeem him for it, thanks to a few unaddressed factors:
** First of all, regardless of Adrien's actions toward Ladybug, his overall situation is frankly not as bad as it's made out to be. We're told more than once that he "lost everything that day" after his father was unmasked as Hawk Moth, but the fact is that we see little evidence of him suffering socially or financially from this, since he willingly sold the mansion and his stake in his father's company the first chance he got, none of his school friends have been shown to treat him differently because of his father, and he isn't shown to have any regrets about leaving behind modelling to pursue his interest in teaching, nor does he seem to deny that he has a lot more freedom now than he ever had when Gabriel was running his life. For comparison, other noteworthy fanfic portrayals of Adrien in a similar position have had Gabriel being killed in the final confrontation and Adrien being taken in by {{resentful guardian}}s in another country (''Fanfic/BackToUs'') or had Adrien's career explicitly suffering because of his father's reputation and forcing him to leave Paris just to find designers willing to work with him (''Fanfic/RuinedWithYou''). It ''is'' eventually revealed that he's been suffering nightmares of the final battle, but that only excuses so much.
** While this isn't the first "post-victory separation and reunion" fic to involve Adrien consciously choosing to leave Ladybug behind without revealing his identity because of his father, it comes across as a lot more unforgivably callous here because, as Marinette points out, he always had the choice to come back to her. For comparison, ''Ruined With You''!Adrien made a snap-judgement to return his Miraculous to Master Fu without waiting for Ladybug, thus leaving her with no illusions about seeing her partner again, and he regretted it later but couldn't take it back so easily. ''Bring Me Home''!Adrien knows that Ladybug has been sitting on their rooftop meeting place every night for years, occasionally crying, but despite still having the ring locked in a safe in his bedroom, he still isn't willing to return to her. And while he is of course [[WhatTheHellHero/FanWorks called out on it]] after the reveal, it arguably becomes a case of EasilyForgiven due to subsequent events, thus pushing him further into this category.
** One of Adrien's stated excuses for not contacting her is that he honestly thought she was crying over some problem in her civilian life, because he didn't think that she'd miss Chat Noir this much if she only saw him as a friend. Even if any of this had still been correct, it doesn't make it any less callous that he wasn't willing to comfort her over whatever this civilian problem was, especially after he saw her crying for multiple years without getting better. It also raises troubling implications about how much Adrien values his other friends such as Nino.
** In one of Adrien and Marinette's scenes together before the reveal, he calls her out on the way he's been shutting people such as Alya and her parents out despite her obvious growing depression. Okay, it's a fair assessment (especially after we learn that Tikki herself had been encouraging Marinette to reveal herself and get support), but coming from him it's staggeringly hypocritical given what he's been doing to Ladybug so far. Particularly jarring is this line delivered without a hint of self-awareness: "You’re not the only one who’s hurting. My mother’s dead, my father’s in jail, I’ve pushed the only woman I’ve ever loved away, and yet you don’t see me going around making everyone pay for my sorrows." In fact, he outright states eventually that one of his reasons for abandoning her was not wanting to burden her with his family's problems. He apologises for the outburst later that night, but the hypocrisy goes unaddressed.
** As for why Adrien's "redemption" does little to turn any of this around, it comes shortly after the reveal and Marinette's justifiably furious reaction to it. When Tikki flies in his window and alerts him to Marinette getting in a car crash just outside the city, which no one else will be able to rescue her from in time, Adrien refuses to put his ring back on because he wants to avoid Plagg's anger at him for taking it off in the first place. Even when Tikki tells him that he's going to need Cataclysm to get her out of the car, he still insists on leaving the ring behind, once again putting the pain he wants to avoid above that which he knows the woman he loves is going through, and it takes a withering verbal beatdown from Tikki to change his mind. As such, what was almost an effective (if rather contrived) redemption falls flat because he fails to demonstrate that he's learned anything from the consequences of his mistakes. Nevertheless, it's accepted as one in-universe and he and Marinette have only gotten closer since.
** Marinette also comes across unsympathetic. She spent years refusing to open up to anyone about her problems, despite Tikki encouraging her to unmask herself if it would help and despite Alya, her parents and others being openly worried about her, and it seems that she never went to any effort to track down Chat Noir beyond sitting at their meeting place - if Ladybug had spoken to the Ladyblog about his disappearance, Adrien at least wouldn't have been able to fool himself about what she was crying about. Her excuse for this is that to unmask to anyone before Chat Noir would have felt like she was betraying him, but she continues to do this even after finding out he was Adrien (and had effectively betrayed her first), choosing to leave town rather than seek help from Alya or her parents (which gets her into the aforementioned car crash). What's more, after the rescue and her reconciliation with Adrien, she lies to them about the cause of her depression and why she walked out on Adrien, and there's little indication that she's planning to reveal to them despite the story having progressed two years since this scene. [[spoiler:Eventually Alya finds out herself but doesn't tell them, for some reason feeling guilty about not being there for her even though she had clearly ''tried'' to be.]]
* The author of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' clearly intends for the readers to side with Ash in regards to him being banned from Erika's Gym for not liking her perfume. Unfortunately, the fact that he gets her ousted from her job for being a ''lesbian'' (for some reason, the story reveals that LGBT members ''cannot'' be trainers, let alone Gym Leaders), makes him come across as ''extremely'' worse than Erika. Doesn't help that as soon as everything is said and done, he's all cheerful and ready to go to his next stop, like it's just everyday business, and without a care that the rest of the Gym's staff might find themselves out of a job.
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