History WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / WebOriginal

* In ''[[WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries The Blackrock Chronicles]]'', LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} runs the risk of becoming this, after LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck leaves to go elsewhere and LetsPlay/DuncanJones and LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} harass him. While dangerously destructive and nearly as bad as Duncan and Sjin were (for context, their mini-war pretty much destroyed the first LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} Tekkit server), there's no doubt that he's gone through a ''lot'' of hardship.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': The Foundation has several [=SCPs=] like this.

* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries The Blackrock Chronicles]]'', LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} runs the risk of becoming this, after LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck leaves to go elsewhere and LetsPlay/DuncanJones and LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} harass him. While dangerously destructive and nearly as bad as Duncan and Sjin were (for context, their mini-war pretty much destroyed the first LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} Tekkit server), there's no doubt that he's gone through a ''lot'' of hardship.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has one in the form of their ArcVillain for Season 15, Mark Temple. Originally part of [[spoiler:the oldest groups of Sim Troopers to exist - and in fact, the template that was used for the Blood Gulch Crew, Temple was forced onto the blue side while his childhood friend Biff was placed on the red side. They hatched a plan where Temple would shoot off Biff's finger to earn him a medical discharge and a way to return to his pregnant lover]], only for Carolina and Tex to show up and [[spoiler:play capture the flag with their teams]], with the pair of troopers following them to get witnesses for [[spoiler:the finger plan]]. Suddenly, [[spoiler:Carolina grabs Biff and uses him as a human shield. Tex then throws the flag pole like a javelin at Carolina, who deflects it ... causing Biff to get impaled through the stomach and die]]. The revelation that the Sim Troopers were essentially slaves to Project Freelancer caused Temple to lose his sanity, [[spoiler:recruit the surviving Sim Troopers and go around killing everyone involved with Freelancer]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[spoiler:Salem yearned for freedom, [[GirlInTheTower locked in isolation]] by her father until rescued by the legendary hero, Ozma, with whom she fell in love. Devastated when he dies from sickness, she begs the [[LightIsNotGood God of Light]] to resurrect him and then, when he refuses, the [[DarkIsNotEvil God of Darkness]]. Restoring Ozma provokes a [[SiblingYinYang confrontation]] with the God of Light, where Ozma is repeatedly killed and resurrected in front of Salem's eyes until she turns on the [[JerkassGods two gods]] in rage. They punish her with [[BarredFromTheAfterlife immortality]] to prevent her reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife until she learns the value of life and death. DrivenToSuicide, but [[CompleteImmortality unable to die]], Salem raises an army [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods]]; in retaliation, the God of Darkness destroys humanity before both gods depart the world, leaving Salem to exist alone for years until she tries to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever end her curse]] by throwing herself into the God of Darkness's Pools of Annihilation. She's instead [[YinYangBomb transformed]] into a being of pure destruction. When humanity returns to the world, the God of Light [[ResurrectiveImmortality reincarnates Ozma]] to guide them to redemption. Salem [[HatesBeingAlone finds freedom]] by raising a kingdom and family with Ozma until he becomes so worried by her [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans destructive urges]] that he absconds with their children. Confronting him, their [[WomanScorned ensuing battle]] destroys her freedom, home, kingdom, and children. Now [[BigBad Salem]] is [[LoveMakesYouEvil determined]] to ruin [[BigGood Ozma's mission]] by [[KillAllHumans destroying humanity]], trapping them forever in a war of hate that [[ForeverWar has no end]].]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{Glitchtale}}'' has a truly disturbing example, given how near-universally reviled the character is due to their actions, with a huge amount of viewers (and virtually the entire cast of characters) still not knowing the truth. Despite being portrayed as a complete and utter HateSink and TheSociopath in the series proper, [[spoiler:Bête Noire]] of all people has by far [[TragicVillain the most screwed up existence out of the entire cast.]] [[spoiler:Brought into existence using a murdered girl's body and the soul of said murderer, she must fulfill her mission to wipe out all monsters and rule over humanity to prevent another devastating war between the races from potentially happening in the future. [[AndIMustScream Oh, and she was created specifically to ''not have'' emotions such as love or empathy so as not to distract her from her purpose, meaning that she never had a chance at being a good person. Ever. Even if she were able to feel that desire.]] Furthermore, because this leaves her as a psychotic sadist, her horrific screeching demise is treated as a straight-up extremely satisfying triumph when the truth is she could hardly even be held responsible for her own evil. Even WordOfGod loathes her and enjoyed butchering her as excruciatingly as possible. Nobody found out the truth of her tragic existence and Papyrus was the only one who felt anything resembling pity for her, stating that he did not want to hurt her despite all that she did, reemphasizing his nature as a BadassPacifist. He ''wishes'' he could have wanted to kill her, since he might have saved his family a lot of pain and misery.]]

* [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Miles Prower]]]] in Sandbox/WhereWasMyHero [[MuggingTheMonster was bullied and tormented by everyone he knew]] and having never met Sonic in this timeline never had anyone showing him any kind of love. One day he finds an injured bird and taking pity upon it nurses it back to health, growing fond of it, he turned it into his LivingEmotionalCrutch, just when it looked like his luck was turning around, his two main bullies show up to destroy yet another of his creations and accidentally kill his bird, the poor boy, having crossed both the DespairEventHorizon AND the RageBreakingPoint at practically the same time, reacts violently, ''[[BloodbathVillainOrigin very]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes violently]]. Even after that, he ''still'' tried to be a hero instead of a force of evil, but when Sonic disaproves his [[MurderIsTheBestSolution "methods"]] he gives up on being a good guy. By the end, as he [[spoiler:lays dying, he starts reminiscing about FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen, made all the more tragic by the fact that this memories do ocurr, in the canon timeline.]]

* Zorc from ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged]]''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Q3uEHstpRwQ Who's that crazy kook destroying the world?]]
** Also from ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged]]'', Marik, driven to "evil" because his own father tortured and neglected him. Even his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide evil alter ego]] Melvin was originally created to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CatVJI_sD0 "give him all the hugs he ever needed"]]
* Amon in the sketches of something that may become [[http://https://www.youtube.com/user/GanXingba/videos Korra Abridged]].
--> ''"All I ever wanted was to someone laugh on my jokes, just once, but no one ever did. So I decided if I couldn't live my dreams, than I take everyone else dream by ridding the world of bending."''
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Several villains who have done disgusting and horrible things have some truly shitty backstories such as [[spoiler:how Riley became Bonesaw]], Bitch's entire life till the point she met Taylor, and the things Heartbreaker forced Regent to do as a kid.
** Poor [[spoiler:Scion]]. And what [[spoiler:Taylor]] does to [[spoiler:herself and everyone else]] to stop him.
* Dr. Horrible from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' becomes a combination of this and WellIntentionedExtremist at the end of [[spoiler:when his DespairEventHorizon caused by Penny's death plunges him into complete villainy]]
* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': How can anyone not want to give Dr Insano a hug after his plans go wrong?

* [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Monster X]] in ''WebAnimation/TohoKingdomToons''. Sure, he's well-aware that the fangirls call him a "{{Woobie}}", but he also says that he's not giving up without a "fighty-wighty"

* The Storyteller from Blog/OffThePageAndIntoLife. All she wanted was to be able to see her deceased friends again...
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' has Jaeris (aka the Gunslinger). ArcVillain he may be, but once you know his motives, its hard not to feel sorry for the guy.
** There's also [[spoiler: Margaret, the girl in Linkara's Magic Gun. The gun was created by Margaret's parents torturing and killing her as a sacrifice to their God, and in exchange she drove everyone who took up the weapon who was responsible for her death to madness and death.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'', Dictator Alfred is the AxCrazy megalomaniacal evil half of Alfred's SplitPersonality. Alfred was sexually abused as a child, and imagined himself in a happy fantasy world to escape what was happening to him... But it turns out that Dictator Alfred ended up being concious for him and had to take the abuse that Alfred couldn't. He ended up being very cold and vengeful because of this, and now wants to TakeOverTheWorld and force everyone to obey and love him. Yeah, it's [[MindScrew that kind of series.]]
* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries The Blackrock Chronicles]]'', LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} runs the risk of becoming this, after LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck leaves to go elsewhere and LetsPlay/DuncanJones and LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} harass him. While dangerously destructive and nearly as bad as Duncan and Sjin were (for context, their mini-war pretty much destroyed the first LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} Tekkit server), there's no doubt that he's gone through a ''lot'' of hardship.
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has one in the form of their ArcVillain for Season 15, Mark Temple. Originally part of [[spoiler:the oldest groups of Sim Troopers to exist - and in fact, the template that was used for the Blood Gulch Crew, Temple was forced onto the blue side while his childhood friend Biff was placed on the red side. They hatched a plan where Temple would shoot off Biff's finger to earn him a medical discharge and a way to return to his pregnant lover]], only for Carolina and Tex to show up and [[spoiler:play capture the flag with their teams]], with the pair of troopers following them to get witnesses for [[spoiler:the finger plan]]. Suddenly, [[spoiler:Carolina grabs Biff and uses him as a human shield. Tex then throws the flag pole like a javelin at Carolina, who deflects it ... causing Biff to get impaled through the stomach and die]]. The revelation that the Sim Troopers were essentially slaves to Project Freelancer caused Temple to lose his sanity, [[spoiler:recruit the surviving Sim Troopers and go around killing everyone involved with Freelancer]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[spoiler:Salem yearned for freedom, [[GirlInTheTower locked in isolation]] by her father until rescued by the legendary hero, Ozma, with whom she fell in love. Devastated when he dies from sickness, she begs the [[LightIsNotGood God of Light]] to resurrect him and then, when he refuses, the [[DarkIsNotEvil God of Darkness]]. Restoring Ozma provokes a [[SiblingYinYang confrontation]] with the God of Light, where Ozma is repeatedly killed and resurrected in front of Salem's eyes until she turns on the [[JerkassGods two gods]] in rage. They punish her with [[BarredFromTheAfterlife immortality]] to prevent her reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife until she learns the value of life and death. DrivenToSuicide, but [[CompleteImmortality unable to die]], Salem raises an army [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods]]; in retaliation, the God of Darkness destroys humanity before both gods depart the world, leaving Salem to exist alone for years until she tries to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever end her curse]] by throwing herself into the God of Darkness's Pools of Annihilation. She's instead [[YinYangBomb transformed]] into a being of pure destruction. When humanity returns to the world, the God of Light [[ResurrectiveImmortality reincarnates Ozma]] to guide them to redemption. Salem [[HatesBeingAlone finds freedom]] by raising a kingdom and family with Ozma until he becomes so worried by her [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans destructive urges]] that he absconds with their children. Confronting him, their [[WomanScorned ensuing battle]] destroys her freedom, home, kingdom, and children. Now [[BigBad Salem]] is [[LoveMakesYouEvil determined]] to ruin [[BigGood Ozma's mission]] by [[KillAllHumans destroying humanity]], trapping them forever in a war of hate that [[ForeverWar has no end]].]]

* [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Miles Prower]]]] in Sandbox/WhereWasMyHero [[MuggingTheMonster was bullied and tormented by everyone he knew]] and having never met Sonic in this timeline never had anyone showing him any kind of love. One day he finds an injured bird and taking pity upon it nurses it back to health, growing fond of it, he turned it into his LivingEmotionalCrutch, just when it looked like his luck was turning around, his two main bullies show up to destroy yet another of his creations and accidentally kill his bird, the poor boy, having crossed both the DespairEventHorizon AND the RageBreakingPoint at practically the same time, reacts violently, ''[[BloodbathVillainOrigin very]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes violently]]. Even after that, he ''still'' tried to be a hero instead of a force of evil, but when Sonic disaproves his [[MurderIsTheBestSolution "methods"]] he gives up on being a good guy. By the end, as he [[spoiler:lays dying, he starts reminiscing about FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen, made all the more tragic by the fact that this memories do ocurr, in the canon timeline.]]

* [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Miles Prower]]]] in Sandbox/WhereWasMyHero [[MuggingTheMonster was bullied and tormented by everyone he knew]] and having never met Sonic in this timeline never had anyone showing him any kind of love. One day he finds an injured bird and taking pity upon it nurses it back to health, growing fond of it, he turned it into his LivingEmotionalCrutch, just when it looked like his luck was turning around, his two main bullies show up to destroy yet another of his creations and accidentally kill his bird, the poor boy, having crossed both the DespairEventHorizon AND the RageBreakingPoint at practically the same time, reacts [[{{Understatement}} violently]], ''[[BloodbathVillainOrigin very]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes violently]]. Even after that, he ''still'' tried to be a hero instead of a force of evil, but when Sonic disaproves his [[MurderIsTheBestSolution "methods"]] he gives up on being a good guy. By the end, as he [[spoiler:lays dying, he starts reminiscing about FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen, made all the more tragic by the fact that this memories do ocurr, in the canon timeline.]]

* How can anyone not want to give [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr Insano]] a hug after his plans go wrong?

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[spoiler:Salem yearned for freedom, [[GirlInTheTower locked in isolation]] by her father until rescued by the [[HeroOfAnotherStory legendary hero]], Ozma, with whom she [[RescueRomance fell in love]]. Devastated when he dies from sickness, she begs the [[LightIsNotGood God of Light]] to resurrect him and then, when he refuses, the [[DarkIsNotEvil God of Darkness]]. Restoring Ozma provokes a [[SiblingYinYang confrontation]] with the God of Light, where Ozma is [[AndIMustScream repeatedly killed and resurrected]] in front of Salem's eyes until she turns on the [[JerkassGods two gods]] in rage. They punish her with [[BarredFromTheAfterlife immortality]] to prevent her reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife [[CurseEscapeClause until she learns]] the value of life and death. DrivenToSuicide, but [[CompleteImmortality unable to die]], Salem raises an army [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods]]; in retaliation, the God of Darkness [[ApocalypseHow destroys humanity]] before both gods depart the world, leaving Salem to exist alone for years until she tries to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever end her curse]] by throwing herself into the God of Darkness's Pools of Annihilation. She's instead [[YinYangBomb transformed]] into [[MonstrousHumanoid a being]] of pure destruction. When humanity returns to the world, the God of Light [[ResurrectiveImmortality reincarnates Ozma]] to guide them to redemption. Salem [[HatesBeingAlone finds freedom]] by raising a kingdom and family with Ozma until he becomes so worried by her [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans destructive urges]] that he absconds with their children. Confronting him, their [[WomanScorned ensuing battle]] destroys her freedom, home, kingdom, and children. Now [[BigBad Salem]] is [[LoveMakesYouEvil determined]] to ruin [[BigGood Ozma's mission]] by [[KillAllHumans destroying humanity]], trapping them forever in a war of hate that [[ForeverWar has no end]].]]

** To a lesser extent, [[Cinder Fell.]] Starting her life in an orphanage, she was bought by a hotel owner and her daughters who tormented her every day, denying her food as punishment and using a shock collar to control her. A well meaning Huntsman who frequented the hotel taught her how to fight in the hopes that she could escape her fate by joining the cause, but [[Cinder]] snapped after years and used her new skills to kill her abusers. Then, when the same huntsman tries to arrest her for the murders, she decides to kill him rather than lose her newfound freedom.

* Literature/{{Worm}}: Several villains who have done disgusting and horrible things have some truly shitty backstories such as [[spoiler:how Riley became Bonesaw]], Bitch's entire life till the point she met Taylor, and the things Heartbreaker forced Regent to do as a kid.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[BigBad Salem's]] descent into villainy was slow, gradual, and tragic. She was confined to an isolated tower in the middle of nowhere for much of her young life by a cruel father, the security so great that countless men who attempted to free her instead met their deaths. [[spoiler:When she is finally rescued and falls in love with her rescuer, Ozma, he is stolen from her by a fatal sickness. Grieving, she begs the gods in turn to restore him until one finally agrees to do so, but immediately loses him again when the gods realize she lied and manipulated them; they [[CompleteImmortality curse her with immortality]], preventing her from reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife until she can learn the importance of life and death. Once more isolated from humanity, she becomes so bitter and angry with the gods that she manipulates humanity into rising up against them, hoping that the gods will either be destroyed, so ending her curse, or that the gods will suffer as much as she does. Instead, the gods destroy the entirety of humanity, leaving her [[AndIMustScream alone in a ruined world, unable to die]]. When she tries to end her curse by drowning in the God of Darkness's pools of infinite destruction, she instead emerges as a being of pure destruction. Even then, she doesn't become the massive threat she now is until after the God of Light sends the reincarnation of Ozma back into the world to save the new version of humanity; after finding happiness with Ozma's reincarnation and having a family, it falls apart when he tries to leave her upon realizing she plans to kill all humans who don't worship them like gods. She attacks Ozma, accidentally killing their children and setting off a cycle of pain that leads to Salem's current attempts to destroy humanity.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[BigBad Salem's]] descent into villainy was slow, gradual, and tragic. She was confined to an isolated tower in the middle of nowhere for much of her young life by a cruel father, the security so great that countless men who attempted to free her instead met their deaths. [[spoiler:When she is finally rescued and falls in love with her rescuer, Ozma, he is stolen from her by a fatal sickness. Grieving, she begs the gods in turn to restore him until one finally agrees to do so, but immediately loses him again when the gods realize she lied and manipulated them; they [[CompleteImmortality curse her with immortality]], preventing her from reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife until she can learn the importance of life and death. Once more isolated from humanity, she becomes so bitter and angry with the gods that she manipulates humanity into rising up against them, hoping that the gods will either be destroyed, so ending her curse, or that the gods will suffer as much as she does. Instead, the gods destroy the entirety of humanity, leaving her [[AndIMustScream alone in a ruined world, unable to die]]. When she tries to end her curse by drowning in the God of Darkness's pools of infinite destruction, she instead emerges as a being of pure destruction. Even then, she doesn't become the massive threat she now is until after the God of Light sends the reincarnation of Ozma back into the world to save the new version of humanity; after finding happiness with Ozma's reincarnation and having a family, it falls apart when he tries to leave her upon realizing she plans to kill all humans who don't worship them like gods. She attacks Ozma, accidentally killing their children and setting off a cycle of pain that leads to Salem's current attempts to destroy humanity.]]