History GreyAndGrayMorality / WebOriginal

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. The default characterization seems to be 'incompetent jerk', with variations lying mostly in the type and degree of incompetence and/or {{jerkass}}ery.

* The online book ''Literature/ImperialDawn'' is centered around a war between those who support democracy, and those who are moving towards an arguably better new government system. Neither side is presented as wholly good nor bad.

* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfTaras'' the hero is a psychopathic, snarky teenage girl with a penchant for martial arts and mass slaughter, while the bad guys are scientists [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans who just want to make the world a better place]] and see her as a test subject for their horrific BioPunk Experiments.

* Comes up in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', and PlayedForDrama. What happens when you take two people who are supposed to be friends and colleagues and have circumstances beyond their control place them on opposite sides of a conflict like this? [[spoiler:Just ask Weiss and Blake. Weiss is the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, and Blake is a former member of the White Fang terrorist group. Weiss and her family have been targeted by members of the White Fang for as long as she can remember, and it's also implied that [[AbusiveParents her ill-tempered father took his frustrations out on her]], but where Weiss is wrong is that her personal prejudices cross the boundaries onto ''all [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] in general''. While it is true that Blake was a member of the White Fang, she left because they began terrorising and killing innocent people, which she objected to. Despite this, she still feels compelled to defend their cause and their actions. Of the two, Blake is perhaps the more sympathetic, but Weiss remains a TragicBigot]].

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', almost none of the heroes and villains neatly fit the 'good' or 'bad' labels. Even the best heroes make questionable decisions and the worse ones like Shadow Stalker are needlessly violent and dangerous. Most of the villains care about their friends and family and do their best to avoid needlessly hurting bystanders, and VillainProtagonist Taylor spends the majority of her time actually trying trying to help people. The only really unambiguously evil characters are the Slaughterhouse Nine and the Endbringers, but even then [[spoiler: Bonesaw makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end and the Endbringers help in the fight against Scion.]]

* ''Series/CobraKai:'' While it was never {{black and white|morality}} to begin with, the initial grudge between Johnny and Daniel (who were the finalists in the tourney shown in Film/TheKarateKid) culminates in the realization that they're NotSoDifferent anymore.

** The story's main overarching conflict at first averted this, being pretty much BlackAndWhiteMorality. However, later on the story becomes much more nuanced, with the villains being revealed to have sympathetic qualities and the BigGood having a shady past.

** The story's main overarching conflict at first averted this, being pretty much BlackAndWhiteMorality. However, later on the story becomes much more nuanced, with the villains being revealed to have sympathetic qualities and the BigGood having a shady past. The story could be considered more or less [[DownplayedTrope light grey vs dark grey]].

* ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy''. Sort of. Creator/{{Montyoum}} always said right from the start that the series isn't about which side wins, or which is better, or which is good or bad, and that [[RuleOfCool everyone should just focus on the fighting]].

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', almost none of the heroes and many of the villains neatly fit the 'good' or 'bad' labels. Even the best heroes make questionable decisions and the worse ones like Shadow Stalker are needlessly violent and dangerous. Most of the villains care about their friends and family and do their best to avoid needlessly hurting bystanders, and VillainProtagonist Taylor spends the majority of her time actually trying trying to help people. The only really unambiguously evil characters are the Slaughterhouse Nine and the Endbringers, but even then [[spoiler: Bonesaw makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end and the Endbringers help in the fight against Scion.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', almost none of the heroes and many of the villains don't neatly fit the 'good' or 'bad' labels. Even the best heroes make questionable decisions and the worse ones like Shadow Stalker are needlessly violent and dangerous. Most of the villains care about their friends and family and do their best to avoid needlessly hurting bystanders, and VillainProtagonist Taylor spends the majority of her time actually trying trying to help people. The only really unambiguously evil characters are the Slaughterhouse Nine and the Endbringers, but even then [[spoiler: Bonesaw makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end and the Endbringers help in the fight against Scion.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', almost none of the heroes and many of the villains don't neatly fit the 'good' or 'bad' labels. Even the best heroes make questionable decisions and the worse ones like Shadow Stalker are needlessly violent and dangerous. Most of the villains care about their friends and family and do their best to avoid needlessly hurting bystanders, and VillainProtagonist Taylor spends the majority of her time actually trying trying to help people. The only really unambiguous characters are the Slaughterhouse Nine and the Endbringers, but even then [[spoiler: Bonesaw makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end and the Endbringers help in the fight against Scion.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the majority of heroes and villains don't neatly fit the 'good' or 'bad' labels. Even the best heroes make questionable decisions and the worse ones like Shadow Stalker are needlessly violent and dangerous. Most of the villains care about their friends and family and do their best to avoid needlessly hurting bystanders, and VillainProtagonist Taylor spends the majority of her time trying trying to help people.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', both heroes and villains tend to be ambiguous, whether 'good' or 'bad'.

** {{Averted|Trope}} in regards to the story's main overarching conflict, which is pretty much BlackAndWhiteMorality at least early on; later on the story becomes much more nuanced, with the villains being revealed to have sympathetic qualities and the BigGood having a shady past, and morally complex characters like Raven Branwen (who is basically a {{Byronic|Hero}} AntiVillain).

** {{Averted|Trope}} in regards to the story's main overarching conflict, which is pretty much BlackAndWhiteMorality.

* "Champions of Meridell" in ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' is the first war between Meridell and the Darigan Citadel, after the greedy king Skarl stole the orb of prosperity from the originally PerfectPacifistPeople of Darigan for his own glory and power, causing them much misery and pain and mutating them into vengeful monsters who try to destroy Meridell. There are both good and evil in both sides, with the heroic Jeran serving the villainous Skarl, and the anti-villain Darigan seeking to return the orb to his people.
* In ''WebOriginal/{{Pokegirls}}'', humankind survives entirely due to a system of raping and brainwashing the eponymous female subspecies... which are themselves notorious for rape and ''murder''.

* Comes up in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', and PlayedForDrama. What happens when you take two people who are supposed to be friends and colleagues and have circumstances beyond their control place them on opposite sides of a conflict like this? [[spoiler:Just ask Weiss and Blake. Weiss is the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, and Blake is a former member of the White Fang terrorist group. Weiss and her family have been targeted by members of the White Fang for as long as she can remember, and it's also implied that [[AbusiveParents her ill-tempered father took his frustrations out on her]], but where Weiss is wrong is that her personal prejudices cross the boundaries onto ''all Faunas in general''. While it is true that Blake was a member of the White Fang, she left because they began terrorising and killing innocent people, which she objected to. Despite this, she still feels compelled to defend their cause and their actions. Of the two, Blake is perhaps the more sympathetic, but Weiss remains a TragicBigot]].

* In ''{{Pokegirls}}'', humankind survives entirely due to a system of raping and brainwashing the eponymous female subspecies... which are themselves notorious for rape and ''murder''.

* ARG/DarkDreamChronicle. One side has [[CuteButPsycho the Laughing Clown]] and [[WouldHurtAChild Darkness]] as two of its primary members. The other is trying to warp humanity for their [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Cause]] and are more than willing to use violence to get there. Oh, and it's led by the [[TheSlenderManMythos Slender]] [[HumanoidAbomination Man]].

* "Champions of Meridell" in ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'' is the first war between Meridell and the Darigan Citadel, after the greedy king Skarl stole the orb of prosperity from the originally PerfectPacifistPeople of Darigan for his own glory and power, causing them much misery and pain and mutating them into vengeful monsters who try to destroy Meridell. There are both good and evil in both sides, with the heroic Jeran serving the villainous Skarl, and the anti-villain Darigan seeking to return the orb to his people.