History ItsAllMyFault / FanWorks

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* Used A LOT in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' Maliver fan fics, where something bad always happens (Alliance finds them, she gets raped, she has traumatic flashbacks, all of the above, and more), Mal always blames himself.

* ''Fanfic/JerkInSheepsClothing'': Adrien blames himself for Marinette being in a toxic relationship with [[ManipulativeBastard Henri [=LeRoi=]]]. This is because [[spoiler: Marinette told him (as Chat Noir) that]] the reason she always takes Henri’s side over her friends’ and automatically believes that they bully him instead of the other way around (which is what’s really happening), is because she lost faith in her friends after [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] got her claws into them. She also tells him she left out certain details about Lila’s true nature, like how she threatened Marinette in the bathroom, when talking to Adrien because of all the times [[PacifismBackfire he defended Chloé’s bullying in the past, so she didn’t think he’d take action should he know everything about Lila]]. Adrien believes that he could have nipped this whole thing in the bud [[ForWantOfANail if he had been more proactive in stopping Chloé. Then Marinette would have trusted him more, and they could have exposed Lila, meaning Henri would have never gotten the chance to sink his claws into her]].

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back]] that [[ThatManIsDead "That woman died when [he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know, Sharon bitterly fires back that [[ThatManIsDead "That woman died when [he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace.

* In ''Fanfic/BornOfHellsKitchen'', Malcolm spent seven years blaming himself for Jessica losing her baby, as saving him put her on Kilgrave's radar and led to Kilgrave forcing her to give her son up for adoption.

* ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'': Inverted twice.
** A short while after Oz decides to train Orchid, Oprah finds out about it and confronts Oz by saying it's his fault that it'll be [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world.]] Oz takes part of the blame, but he also shoulders some on Oprah for [[ClosetPunishment locking Orchid up in her dinosaur room forever]] instead of trying to unlock the true potential of her powers.
---> '''Oprah:''' This is all your fault. If you hadn't helped her, if you hadn't been so idiotically stupid, none of this would have happened!\\
'''Oz:''' I won't deny that it was my "fault", as you say, Ms. O, but I let her try because I thought that she was capable enough to control herself. Whereas you were just planning to keep her locked up forever. And I was right, and you were wrong. No offense, Ms. O.\\
'''Oprah:''' Plenty taken, Oz.
** Later on in the story, after Till finds out that Oz is dead and [[MistakenForMurderer thinks that Orchid killed him]], Orchid snaps back by saying that it's actually Till's fault Oz is dead. It only escalates from there, until Orchid kills Till by way of [[MindRape mental torture.]]
--->'''Till:''' ''[crying]'' He's dead! He's dead and you killed him!\\
'''Orchid:''' ''[crying]'' You abandoned him, Till! He thought you died and he lost control and used all his power there in Tunguska and then he shelled out and it's ''ALL YOUR FAULT!'' Oz is dead, Till!

* ''Fanfic/JerkInSheepsClothing'': Adrien blames himself for Marinette being in a toxic relationship with [[ManipulativeBastard Henri [=LeRoi=]]]. This is because [[spoiler: Marinette told him (as Chat Noir) that]] the reason she always takes Henri’s side over her friends’ and automatically believes that they bully him instead of the other way around (which is what’s really happening), is because she lost faith in her friends after [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] got her claws into them. She also tells him she left out certain details about Lila’s true nature, like how she threatened Marinette in the bathroom, when talking to Adrien because of all the times [[PacifismBackfire he defended Chloe’s bullying in the past, so she didn’t think he’d take action should he know everything about Lila]]. Adrien believes that he could have nipped this whole thing in the bud [[ForWantOfANail if he had been more proactive in stopping Chloé. Then Marinette would have trusted him more, and they could have exposed Lila, meaning Henri would have never gotten the chance to sink his claws into her]].

* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': Elyon and Will both have this attitude when they realize that Kage was innocent of having served Phobos, and they hurt her for no reason. Elyon especially has this, being the most remorseful and taking responsibility when Tynar confronts her, saying it's her fault. While she's furious to learn someone countermanded her orders about Kage (throwing her into the Infinite City dungeon when Elyon wanted her kept in the castle), she also acknowledges even without it that her own treatment of Kage was just as bad.

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