Implied Death Threats in Fan Works.
Crossovers
- When HK suggests more lethal security measures for his ship in The Havoc Side of the Force, Harry responds that "anyone who ignores the first warning (a nasty electrical shock) becomes the second warning."
- Kara Summers aka Supergirl in I Can't See Kansas From My Front Porch
warns off a Russian fighter pilot engaged in saber-rattling with Japan by grabbing his plane and flying it back to his base at 16,000 kilometers per hour then scratching the words "Play Nice" into his windshield. - Suicidal Overconfidence: Although by the time he asks the question Bitsy is already doomed by insulting everything about him from his weight to his dead family, Wilson Fisk asks her whether she would rather have an open or closed casket funeral. Completely ignoring the implications of the question, Bitsy ultimately decides to go with closed casket. Fisk gives her a Slasher Smile and obliges her.
- The Unexpected Rookie: Whatever the Decepticons had planned for Tex Dinoco, it clearly would not have ended well for him.
- With Sprinkles opens with Xander running into D'Hoffryn, whom both acknowledge can kill him with a snap of his fingers, and whom Xander accidentally angered recently.D'Hoffryn: I'll make you a deal. You make one wish and I don't snap my fingers.
- In Three Strikes General Parrish drops his Affably Evil act immediately once he realizes Princess Rosa won't follow his ideal of using the drones to continue to wage war with Osea, sneering at her that she's nothing more than a pretty face to win over the hearts of the people and that he could find someone else to assume the throne. And since she backed General Labarthe, whom Parrish discovered to be The Mole for Osea, she's now a threat, and all threats 'have to be eliminated' for the good of the kingdom.
- All Assorted Animorphs AUs: In "What if they saved Jake's family?", Marco holds Tom at Dracon beam-point and says <there won’t even be enough of him left to bother putting in a casket> if the Berenson parents don't do as he says.
- In The Bug Princess, BJ explicitly promises not to kill Hugo after his magic ritual goes horrifically wrong. He says that instead, he will wait "ever so patiently" while Hugo finds a way to fix the problem.BJ: Because if you don't, I will personally see to it that every moment of the rest of your life is a completely hellish nightmare until you give up and die in self-defense!
- In Blackened Skies, Monosuke compliments Mondo on how thoroughly he beat the crap out of their Hammer Happy Havoc game table, noting how he got around all the rigging they'd set up. He then follows it up by issuing one of these to Mondo, making clear that he doesn't approve of him destroying any of their property.
- Danganronpa: Komm Susser Tod: Tetsuo gives one to Reiji at the end of his first Free Time Event, warning him that should Tetsuo believe that Reiji is evil, he will be killed:Tetsuo: Then I advise you to go out and do good in this world. Because if I hear that your soul is a black flame... it shall be extinguished quickly.
- Wolf in the Streets, Sardine in the Sheets: Emizel introduces himself to the new hire Fenrich this way:Emizel: Hey, you.
Fenrich: What?
Emizel: How long do you think you've got left to live? If you answer a few questions I can help estimate for you.
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged:
- Freeza seems to be the king of these, although others frequently drop some as well:Vegeta: (after Porunga vanishes) Wait, am I immortal?
Freeza: I don't know. Let's see. - Gohan, of all people, gives one to Bulma while she's bitching him out as they're escaping the doomed planet Namek.Bulma: Oh well, how nice of you to finally come and get me... Oh and you left me stranded all on my own to fend for myself. Planet's going to hell, I almost died, and I'M FREAKING THE F**K OUT!
Gohan: (calmly) Bulma, how high would you have to fall from to reach terminal velocity?
(Bulma shuts up immediately)
Gohan: I thought so. - Cell gives one to Mr. Satan when he mentions having a daughter.Cell: Oh, that poor orphan.
- Cell also gives another after possessing Piccolo's regenerative abilities saves his life.Piccolo: Ok, I am... ninety percent sure I can't do that.
Cell: (furious) We'll figure that out later. - The one from Gohan to Cell after he kills the Cell Jrs is downright savage:Gohan: I was scared of what would happen if I snap. Afraid that, if I lost it this time... I'd never come back. That I'd finally kill someone. But I'm not scared anymore, Cell.
Cell: Well, glad I coul— (gets kicked HARD by Gohan)
Gohan: Because there is no point in being afraid of the inevitable.
- Freeza seems to be the king of these, although others frequently drop some as well:
- In this short story, a mimic that takes the form of a chair and lives happily in a tavern run by the retired adventurer who unknowingly took them from their dungeon, confronts a would-be robber and, after telling them their life story (including the fact that over the years they have spawned several new mimics who call the tavern home, and that they're rather protective of the now-elderly adventurer and his family), gives them an ultimatum: they can drop what they've taken and leave peacefully with no harm done...Mimic: Or… you can find out just how many times I’ve spawned.
- In the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Rest of the Sentence, Harry kills Hagrid with the Ogden spell. In the next chapter, Harry attempts to use Ogden on Malfoy. Afterwards, Hermione says "You are Hagrid now, Malfoy."
- Harry Potter in A MODern Man is seen disposing of his future body by Draco Malfoy. When Draco asks who that was, Harry claims it was someone who thought he saw something he shouldn't, then asks Draco if he's seen anything. Draco promptly insists that he hasn't seen anything then flees.
- In Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, Harry Potter responds to a student (jokingly) trying to blackmail him over the fact she knows where Sirius is by telling her it would "End very poorly for everyone involved." Luna chips in, "Especially for you. We'd make sure of it."
- In Training of the Shrew, Lucius Malfoy gives one to Amelia when he hears Snape's policies have resulted in Draco being rendered sterile. Notably, he's threatening Snape, not Amelia.Lucius: You will ask for the Kiss or my barrister will have him out of prison within the hour. Dementors are hard to come by but anyone can get a lethifold for the right price.
- In Binding Resolution, Vanessa gives one to her lover, the Prince, by talking about her previous fiance who had "mysteriously disappeared" after she feels the Prince is spending too much time away from her.Vanessa: Ohhh, my prince, my prince. You remember what happened to my last fiance?
The Prince: I'm not like him. I'll stay.
Vanessa: He said the same thing. Then he disappeared.
The Prince: I'm not like him, Vanessa.
Vanessa: You heard the rumors, haven't you? About how he might have disappeared. About how it might not have been his choice to be hardly more than a memory now?
(The Prince falters)
The Prince: I'll stay.
- Satsuki to Mikisugi in Casualty"Mikisugi. Do not seek to trifle with me or my sister on this day. Either your bedside manner improves, or your graveside one does. Choose wisely."
- Bruce Banner gives one in We're Taking Over when the Avengers attack the Triskelion to stop HYDRA.Bruce: You have five minutes before I get angry.
(Gun turret tries to shoot him)
Bruce: Okay, after that little stunt, five minutes just got a lot shorter.
- In Bite off more than you can chew and you will choke, Lila attempts to make Marinette trip down the stairs with a can of soda, only for Adrien to catch the latter before she falls and issue a warning.Adrien: You know, we have bins for a reason, Rossi. Be sure to chuck your litter away or else someone could get hurt.
- Secret-Keeper is an AU where the kwamis are less connected to human morals and enforce an Alternate Identity Amnesia on their chosens to make them more efficient, regardless of any turmoil or risks to the human's well-being. To anyone who tries to get in their way, they deliver these threats in frightening ways.
- The Secret Kept From Yourself: After Ladybug explains to Alya the memory separation between her and her civilian identity and Alya promises not to tell Marinette, Ladybug detransforms with an ominous smoke surrounding and staring at her with a warning gaze. Even without knowing what the threat is, Alya knows very well she can't tell Marinette what happened once she wakes up.
- Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat, but the Cat Might Kill the Curious: When Kagami tries to fight the Black Cat Kwami and stop it from making Adrien fight the akumas, it destroys her fencing foil with a simple thought and tells her not to interfere again or it will deem her a liability. It's a clear message that it will Cataclysm her if she gets in its way.
- The Secret Kept From Yourself
- In Crimson and Emerald, All for One is disgusted by how Hawks' and his mother were effectively sold into slavery by her parents, his in-laws, promising to pay the ones responsible a visit.
- In the snippet I've Had This Unicorn For One Hour, after Mineta says he "can't wait to see what Eri looks like in 10 years", Momo picks him up by his skull and threatens to "Turn the Geneva Convention into a fucking checklist."
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Aftermath of the Games: In Intergration, Chrysalis offers the guard who didn't properly check the I.D. card Adagio swiped a chance to redeem himself by tracking them down. She then tells him to go home to his family, reminding him that if he tries to run, he won't be the only one who gets a bullet in him.
- After Asuma convinces Naruto to spare Kurenai in Black Flames Dance in the Wind: Rise of Naruto, he returns to Kurenai's apartment to find Naruto filled her room with Yakumo's paintings (both of Kurenai dying and of Yakumo committing suicide) and left a clone to watch her. Asuma understands the implications that if Kurenai steps out of line again, they both die.
- Minato keeps a perfectly polite smile on his face while issuing one of these in Catch Your Breath, while leaking Killing Intent, in response to an implied threat to one of his students. Who is the host of the Three-Tailed Turtle. The recipient, an ANBU captain, immediately deflates.Minato: Honaka-san. At this point I'd like to remind you that S-ranked secrecy exists for a reason.
(shortly thereafter)
Genma: So, execution order? I had no idea you were this popular, Kei-san. - Kakashi, or rather Anbu agent Hound, in The Fire Quenched insure Sasuke will never defect from Konoha with a subtle threat. When the Sound Four try to tempt Sasuke with promises of power, Hound appears and kills all of them easily before saying, "So end all enemies of Konoha." Sasuke understands the lesson very well: Do not make an enemy of Leaf Village.
- Naruto pulls off two (one nonverbal) in Kyubed: Shinobi's Revenge on Naruto after Hiashi makes multiple attempts to have him and/or his teammates killed for knowing a secret technique that renders both the Byakugan and Juuken useless. The first is a simple reminder that Naruto's wife, aka the Kyuubi, only promised not to attack Konoha; she never said anything about wiping out a single clan. The second is immediately after when Hiashi wakes up and thinks he dreamed the entire meeting: he finds a kunai from the Hyuuga armory on his pillow next to his head. Further investigation shows that a kunai was placed next to the head of every main branch Hyuuga and all from their own armory.
- In Chapter 5 of OSMU: Fanfiction Friction, Orla threatens Opal following the Interrupted Bath ordeal in the previous chapter, squeezing her cup of pomegranate juice hard enough for it to snap in two as she begins to warn her that if any more of her ideas to have a good fanfic written about the Mobile Unit harm Oswald again then she won't hesitate to kill her. Opal gets the message before the Ancient Agent can even deliver the threat in full.
- This Bites!:
- After overhearing Cross' claim regarding the truth about the death of Queen Otohime, Warlord of the Sea Jinbe appears behind Cross and demands an explanation while he considers the substantial size of Cross' bounty.
- A group of hooded figures approach a slaver on Sabaody Archipelago and offer him two choices; either he can give them all of his money and free all of his slaves, or they will give him a lifetime supply of chocolate. The bemused slaver decides to accept the chocolate, so the figures hand him... a single candy bar. Even more confused and irritated, the slaver asks how that could possibly last him the rest of his life. The group then throws off their cloaks revealing not only that they are all armed and angry pirates, but that one of them is Eustass Kid.
- After the events of Marineford, Blackbeard gives a speech to the Blackbeard pirates about how nothing will stop him from reaching his dream of becoming King of the Pirates. No matter what he has to do, where he has to destroy, or who he has to kill. He says this after having killed World for his attempted mutiny, stole his More-More Devil Fruit, and was at the time drowning San Jaun Wolf.
- In the Gensokyo 20XX
- Ran does this twice:Regarding Reimu: If Reimu dies, your ass is grass and I will....mow...it!
To the Komeiji sisters: If you dare tell anyone about what you just saw, I will kick both of your asses and tie you into one great big knot until your bodies merge and become so intertwined that you'll become one colossal freak of nature. - Her fiance-turned-husband Ren delivers this to his brother in 20XXV:"[...]if you do, well, we will never at all hesitate and will act as we see best, be you my older brother or not."
- Ran does this twice:
- A Darker Path has several:
- After triggering, Taylor asks Madison to pass on a message to Emma and Sophia then tells her a story about a farmer with a stubborn mule. When the mule stops suddenly, the farmer strikes the mule and says "That's one." When the mule stops again, the farmer strikes it with the butt of his shotgun and says, "That's two." When the mule stops a third time, the farmer declares "That's three," and shoots it in the head.Madison: What... what's the message?
Taylor: The message is... that's two. - When Atropos visits Uber and Leet to arrange them loaning her their Snitch bot, she warns them that, should they do another episode where other people get hurt, she'll come by to have another chat - an extremely brief one.
- When she calls Mayor Christner to request him to form a committee that will manage the implementation of Accord's city rejuvenation plan, she warns him that, should any of them think that it is a bright idea to skim from the funds, their colleagues will soon be dissuaded from trying something similar. Two of them still try., Atropos blinds them and cuts off their left hands, and that's only because Danny asked Taylor to leave them alive.
- After triggering, Taylor asks Madison to pass on a message to Emma and Sophia then tells her a story about a farmer with a stubborn mule. When the mule stops suddenly, the farmer strikes the mule and says "That's one." When the mule stops again, the farmer strikes it with the butt of his shotgun and says, "That's two." When the mule stops a third time, the farmer declares "That's three," and shoots it in the head.
- From Episode 57 of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series:Ishizu: (gazing out of the window) I spy with my little eye something beginning with C...
Melvin: (entering the room) Let me guess. Is it "corpse"?
Ishizu: It was "cloud", actually.
Melvin: Oh, darn. Close but no cigar.
Ishizu: There aren't even any corpses in here.
Melvin: Give it time.
