History Main / Forgiveness

** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', [[spoiler:Sirus and Remus]] ask for, and receive, forgiveness for their suspecting each other of being a traitor in the past.

** Goh's Cinderace, as Scorbunny, and its Trainer had a fallout when it wanted to learn a move on the type it is but he didn't want it to. Although its Trainer teach the move and evolved into Raboot, Cinderace was still upset with Goh for the way he didn't consider its feeling and believed he didn't cared about it. However, in ''Goodbye, Friend'', Cinderace not only realized how wrong it was into thinking that Goh didn't care about it but was also convinced to forgive him.

* At the end of ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers apologizes to her friends for using her personal issues as an excuse for becoming a jerkass. They accept her apology.

** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' Fate was willing to give her EvilMatriarch of a mother a second chance despite the sheer amount of emotional and physical abuse she recieved (although Precia didn't take her up on the offer). Exactly how much of this was due to her being a LoveMartyr at the time isn't made clear. It's more definite ten years later in ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers StrikerS]]'', since she not only keeps a picture of Precia by her bed, but tells Vivio that both [[GoodParents Lindy]] ''and'' Precia [[HasTwoMommies are her mothers]].

** Tia Dalma and Davy Jones continually tear each other up not so much for their past sins as because they can't forgive each other. Will is deeply moved watching them, and quite possibly inspired to avoid that, despite the wrongs he and Elizabeth had done each in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]], by asking Elizabeth to marry him during the battle; since TheyDo, they know they can forgive each other.

* In the 2008 animated adaption of ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', Horton easily forgives the Sour Kangaroo for her endless attempts to destroy the speck with the Whos' world on it, even offering her a cookie.

* ''Fanfic/EdenObsessmuch'': Hermione falls in love with Lucius tells him she forgives him for all he had done to her; kidnapping her, torturing her, [[spoiler:killing her parents, raping her, becoming her abusive lover and willing to abandon her and their yet to be born son]]. Lucius makes it clear he doesn't believe he deserves forgiveness, hating all he had done to Hermione.

* ''Fanfic/EdenByObsessmuch'': Hermione falls in love with Lucius tells him she forgives him for all he had done to her; kidnapping her, torturing her, [[spoiler:killing her parents, raping her, becoming her abusive lover and willing to abandon her and their yet to be born son]]. Lucius makes it clear he doesn't believe he deserves forgiveness, hating all he had done to Hermione.

* EdenByObsessmuch: Hermione falls in love with Lucius tells him she forgives him for all he had done to her; kidnapping her, torturing her, [[spoiler:killing her parents, raping her, becoming her abusive lover and willing to abandon her and their yet to be born son]]. Lucius makes it clear he doesn't believe he deserves forgiveness, hating all he had done to Hermione.

The necessity of Forgiveness and its effects are all over the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. While it commonly appears as the best choice, it's not anywhere near universal. It should probably be noted that '''every''' major real world religion insists forgiveness is necessary from its practitioners.

* Not taking revenge will emotionally destroy the characters ... at least in the short run. In the long run they might be better off, unless the overarching aesop is TheFarmerAndTheViper.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': When he first goes to Hogwarts, Loki is confronted by several of the students, who had relatives that died in [[Film/TheAvengers The Battle of New York]]. The ReformedButNotTamed Loki, who is actively a part of the Avengers here and trying to make up for his actions in said battle, to the point of looking up and memorizing the people killed in it, flat-out ''gives them permission to kill him if they want''. While none of the students are truly willing or able to kill him, at least one says that he isn't willing to forgive or forget what he's done. [[TheAtoner Loki says he expects nothing less]].

* ''LightNovel/TheFarawayPaladin'' has Mary who, in order to [[spoiler:seal the Demon King]], betrayed her goddess in order to accept a deal from Stagnate. Every day she prays to her goddess and is burned with holy flames as punishment. However when Mary is in danger of being fully claimed by Stagnate, her goddess personally intervenes to save her soul. Will realizes at that moment that the goddess had forgiven Mary long ago; the only reason she was burned was that Mary could not forgive ''herself'' and so prayed for punishment.

*** After [[spoiler:Athrun]] [[HeelFaceTurn joins the good guys]], Miriallia overhears a conversation between him and Kira and learns that it was him who killed her boyfriend Tolle. When questioned about how she feels about this, Miriallia just walks away, saying that revenge won't change anything, thus becoming the first character in the show to actually forgive a misguided enemy.

* In ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', When Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess accidentally opened Axia, which led to the Phantom Empire, and also Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender's capture, Tender's own sister, Iona/Cure Fortune declares [[ThisIsUnforgivable she would never forgive Hime for it]]. It took her second fight against Phantom, who then whoops her ass and destroys her PreCards (originally Cure Tender's), coupled with revealing that Cure Tender's capture was Iona's fault, not Hime's, to get her forgive Hime when she saves her from Phantom and gives away the PreCards she collected so she can use them to restore her powers.

** And then, later on, Zuko [[spoiler:finds forgiveness at the hands of Iroh, who reveals that he had always loved Zuko despite all the bad things that he had done.]]
*** Technically speaking, Iroh never forgave Zuko [[spoiler: as that would imply that he was actually angry with him to begin with.]]

** The sequel series, ''The Legend of Korra'' features decades long sibling rivalries, first between Tenzin and his older brother Bumi and older sister Kya, and Lin Bei Fong and her younger half-sister Suyin, that provoke much angst for all involved but ultimately end with the siblings managing some degree of forgiveness and coexistence. Lin also finds herself apologizing to her niece Opal for not being particularly nice to her at first, and fortunately for her Opal doesn't hold grudges and forgives her.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' episode "Franklin Forgives," Franklin's sister Harriet accidentally knocks the bowl of Franklin's goldfish, Goldie, into the local lake, causing Goldie to be lost. Franklin is devastated and angry with Harriet. She tries various ways to make it up to him, but he eventually realizes how he would feel [[AdultFear if he lost her when she tries to go search for the fish on her own]].

* Azmuth wasn't pleased when Ben tried to hack the Omnitrix in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and he declared that he won't help him anymore because his actions caused him to lose faith in him. However, despite not willing to forgive Ben for his actions, Azmuth not only went back on his word and helped him in his time off need but also somewhat appreciated his help when he needed it the most, which got him to regain some of his trust in him. In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' episode ''The Ultimate Sacrifice'', upon witnessing Ben willing to risk his life to help the Ultimate aliens leave the Ultimatrix, Azmuth was convinced to forgive him for his actions and fully trusts him again.