History WhatAnIdiot / WebOriginal

* In RoosterTeeth's LetsPlay of Minecraft part 37, Jack, Ray, and Ryan all have one point on the board and you need 2 points to win. Gavin nears the end of the course with Ray already there and the obsidian placed in front of his block. Gavin kills Ray and after retrieving the Tower, he gets his batteries stolen in real life by Ray as revenge.
'''You'd expect:''' Gavin to mine the obsidian and move it over to his space and stack it there, since nobody was anywhere near him.
'''Instead:''' Gavin doesn't move the obsidian and stacks the Tower of Pimps on Ray's space, causing Ray to win.

When Zacharias made his first appearance, he made a big speech about how all fans should follow canon religiously or else they didn't belong in fandom. Naturally, pretty much everyone told him to stuff it and that his way wasn't the only way.\\

** When Zacharias made his first appearance, he made a big speech about how all fans should follow canon religiously or else they didn't belong in fandom. Naturally, pretty much everyone told him to stuff it and that his way wasn't the only way.\\

** When Trisha was banned from the Gundam forums, she immediately accuses Janet Majors of perpetrating the ban. She's quickly corrected by Ralph, the object of her [[ClingyJealousGirl affections]]/
'''You'd expect:''' She'd apologize to Janet and back off, so as not to incur Ralph's anger.
'''Instead:''' She keeps trying to justify her blame of Janet, while bashing Janet's essays and fics about characters she doesn't like all the while.
** When Zacharias made his first appearance, he made a big speech about how all fans should follow canon religiously or else they didn't belong in fandom. Naturally, pretty much everyone told him to stuff it and that his way wasn't the only way.
'''You'd expect:''' That Zach would realize he wasn't going to have any impact on these people, and that they didn't care what he had to say and found him ridiculous.
'''Instead:''' He kept obsessively replying to every comment trying to "prove" his superiority and quickly made many enemies.
'''Furthermore:''' He attempted to use logic and reason on Patrick. Not that picking on [[TheScrappy Patrick]] is a ''bad'' thing, but any War Comms member worth their salt knows it's pointless to use logic and reason on him.

* ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': In Act III, Dr. Horrible has finally turned the tables on his ArchEnemy, Captain Hammer, by shooting him with a [[TimeStandsStill Freeze Ray]].

'''Instead''': Mora goes completely berserk and savagely attacks Rachael, loudly declaring her intention to beat her to within an inch of her life and then dump her broken, bloody body in the nearest alley. [[ItGotWorse Things go downhill from there]].

'''Instead''': He goes directly home and wants to hang out in his living room while the Thieves' Guild is obviously still in the middle of the operation. He couldn't have been gone ten minutes since Sending takes that long to cast and the cleric casting it couldn't finish. He is caught by the people he betrayed and nicknamed "Brainy Pete" by his old friend whom he betrayed, as a CallBack to a line about when dealing with thieves, you should never name yourself after a body part you can't afford to lose.

'''Instead''': He goes directly home. He couldn't have been gone ten minutes since Sending takes that long to cast and the cleric casting it couldn't finish. He is caught by the people he betrayed and nicknamed "Brainy Pete" by his old friend whom he betrayed as a CallBack to a line about when dealing with thieves, you should never name yourself after a body part you can't afford to lose.

* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', Old Blind Pete betrays his friend, Haley, Belkar, and Celia so he can get his sight back. After selling them out, he goes to the temple so he can get his eyes repaired.\\

* In ''GirlGenius'', [[LargeHam Othar Tryggvassen]] ('''''GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!''''') has been "kidnapped" by Ferretina, the Weasel Queen, who has made it [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080125 extremely clear]] that she will offer sexual favors in return for companionship and understanding to help her get over her self-esteem issues.\\

'''Instead''': she doesn't. It ends in her squadmate's blood.

** '''Instead''': His first wish is to be ''hung like a herd of bucking broncos. Clydsdale''. ''You sure?'' ''YES!'' This ends, well, just about as well as can be expected. Oh, as a bonus, ''You want the stamina?'' '''Yes.'' ''Give the girls the same stamina?''' ''Yes!'' End Result: Demoness gets a TF field day. His next wish? ''I want a cowgirl. Can you make me one?'' The rest get worse.

** '''You'd Expect''': He evacuates everyone from the hotel and calls the bomb squad to deal with it.

'''Instead''': He announces on YouTube that he's going back to the house, along with ''the date''. He goes alone, at night. Predictably, he's jumped by a creepy guy in a WhiteMaskOfDoom on his way out of the house.\\

* In {{Shadowhunter Peril}}, Valentine, a Darth Vader-like overlord, has total control over the four of the 6 main communities of Earth: Downworlders, Nephilim, Demons, and Humans (the ones not under his control being Phoenixes and Angels). With all that power under his control, Valentine is easily the strongest person on the entire planet.
** '''You'd Expect''': That the moment the Resistance appears, Valentine would send every available creature at his disposal to go and burn the Resistance to the ground (he is aware of their general location, after all).
** '''Instead''': He sits around with his thumb up his ass, locked up in his own palace, and occasionally sends a small group of demons in an attempt to kill them. He isn't even seen until the final battle except for a few scenes in which he monologues to a helpless captive.
** '''However''': Recently he {{Took A Level In Badass}}, as he is seen killing Alex and then manages to steal a Mortal Instrument that can turn him into an angel, which would grant him unlimited power.

** '''However''': Recently he has {{Taken A Level In Badass}}, as he is seen killing Alex and then manages to steal a Mortal Instrument that can turn him into an angel, which would grant him unlimited power.

'''Instead''': He jumps to the conclusion his brother must be the murderer, disintegrates the body obliterating all the evidence and {{Wangst}}s about it before [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse confronting his brother in a handy out of the way place with no witnesses]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully it appears Vashiel is innocent, of that murder at least]].\\
'''However''': It's his brother. Killing your boss under unknown circumstances is [[KickTheDog one thing]]; killing your brother when asked- away from witnesses- if you did it is [[MoralEventHorizon quite another]]. Especially if said brother is already offering protection, and unlike you, ''can'' lie to the authorities.\\
'''Additionally''': On Earth at least, Rumisiel is ''much'' more powerful than Vashiel. See the whole experience with Kate's sister.

'''Instead''': [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive//20090730c18p005.jpg She jumps out loudly declaring a challenge]], completely blowing her cover. When she does actually fire she ''[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive//20090801c18p007.jpg misses]]'' several times and throws down her crossbow, allowing for a one-on-one match that she naturally loses in a CurbStompBattle that results in her death.\\
'''However''': Drow operate under HonorBeforeReason, and challenging someone clearly stronger is seen as honorable, and Syphile's never been shown as being able to think things through.\\
'''Additionally''': Her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive//20090804c18p009.jpg seed]]" had been strengthened so that if she released it the odds of her killing Quain'tana would be greatly increased. This however would be suicide, and instead Syphile takes the opportunity to [[CallingTheOldManOut call Quain'tana out]] on all the horrible things she's done.

'''Instead''': [[http://rainchildstudios.com/strawberry/?p=2493 Jessica forgot them in another set of clothes]].\\
'''However''': She made a total of 2 missions yet, one resolved without weapons. She is still a rookie, so it may be forgivable if she learns the lesson.

** '''Admittedly''', it was a ''commissioned'' story, so the whole wishes thing is basically a cheap plot device to get to the porn.
*** {{NSFW}} link. http://sofurry.com/page/61939

** '''Admittedly''', he was still trying to work up the courage to actually commit murder, ''and'' this was the first chance he'd had to really be Evil; he wanted to enjoy it.

** '''However''': Valentine has always had an ego, as well as being less than sane. And the fact that his giant army's only enemies are a ragtag group of about thirty or so prisoners and traitors...well, can you blame him for underestimating them?
** '''Still...''': About a third of the Resistance alone managed to infiltrate Valentine's city, Alicante, '''three fucking times in a row''', not to mention '''escaping with little to no causalities''' each time, and freeing a few prisoners, thereby adding to their own rank. You'd think, after the first escape, he should double the number of guards on the city gates.
** '''And Even Still''': The Resistance managed to kill a Greater Demon, Leviathon, without loosing anyone. Such skill should not go unnoticed, especially by ''the man who is their mortal enemy.''
** '''Also''': He delegates nearly all of the power of his army to Lilith, who is an uber-bitch and would probably be able to take out Valentine herself if she wanted to. Indeed, she even stated that her only reason for hanging around Valentine is because she is interested in his progress. She has no loyalty to him, or to anyone.
*** '''Although''': Lilith is the Mother of Demons, and demons make up nearly all of Valentine's army, so whether or not Valentine wanted to give her complete power over his army is moot because she already had it in the first place.
** '''In The End, However''': Valentine still remains the archvillain of {{''Shadowhunter Peril''}} because he is an unparalleled fighter, and his plan was the driving force behind his rise to power. Also, he could've wised up and alerted Lilith to his misgivings, which would have spurred her into action much quicker because, if Valentine believes something is wrong, then something really is wrong--because Lilith is much more observant than him. Thus, Valentine is still a moron.

'''You'd Expect''': He stays, at least long enough to help her out, convince her to stop attacking the villagers, and maybe pick up some "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean treats]]".\\

** '''You'd Expect''': He would [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim get on with the shooting]] bit, given that the Freeze Ray is MadScientist technology and such things always have a disturbing tendency to fail when it's most inconvenient.

** '''Admittedly''', it was a ''comissioned'' story, so the whole wishes thing is basically a cheap plot device to get to the porn.

* ''[=~Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog~=]'': In Act III, Dr. Horrible has finally turned the tables on his ArchEnemy, Captain Hammer, by shooting him with a [[TimeStandsStill Freeze Ray]].

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**'''Instead''': His first wish is to be ''hung like a herd of bucking broncos. Clydsdale''. ''You sure?'' ''YES!'' This ends, well, just about as well as can be expected. Oh, as a bonus, ''You want the stamina?'' '''Yes.'' ''Give the girls the same stamina?''' ''Yes!'' End Result: Demoness gets a TF field day. His next wish? ''I want a cowgirl. Can you make me one?'' The rest get worse. Admittedly, it was a ''comissioned'' story, so the whole wishes thing is basically a cheap plot device to get to the porn.