History Main / LackOfEmpathy

** [[BigBad Doctor Sivana]] doesn't bat an eye when his head researcher gets disintegrated in front of him, only caring that he finally found what he was searching for his entire life. He would follow up on this with a massacre of his father's board members, none of whom were shown to have done anything wrong to him.

* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Sweet Pete couldn't care less about dooming the lives of multiple toons for his own selfish needs.

* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Sweet Pete couldn't care less about dooming the lives of multiple toons for his own selfish goals.

-->'''BJ:''' A new beginning, an eternal night, wrath like never before cleansing society and all I ever wanted was to feel. To feel anything, pain, love, anger.

* The [[AliensAreBastards Boglodite]], Boris the Animal (and presumably all his other [[PlanetLooters world stripping brethren]]), in ''Film/MenInBlack3'' is definitely this. When he goes back in time to correct the mistakes by aiding his younger self in killing Agent K and preventing the energy shield that would protect the Earth in the present day leading to his entire races' extinction, the first thing he does upon meeting his 1960s self is loudly proclaim him a "pathetic waste of Boglodite flesh" and voices killing him right then and there if he didn't value his own life. In turn, the younger Boris accuses the present one of weakness for being defeated by a human, '''''despite planning to do the exact thing that led to his defeat in the first place if not for the older one's intervention!''''' Is it any wonder they managed to work together to achieve their goals so far into the movie?

* [[TeensAreMonsters Shelby]] from ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' makes fun of Sam for her SoulSuckingRetailJob as a waitress and remorselessly drives Sam to tears by [[TheFreelanceShameSquad having the entire school chant "diner girl" at her]].

* [[TeensAreMonsters Shelby]] from ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' makes fun of Sam for her SoulSuckingRetailJob as a waitress and remorselessly drives Sam to tears by having the entire school chant "diner girl" at her.

* [[TeensAreMonsters Shelby]] from ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' makes fun of Sam for her SoulSuckingRetailJob as a waitress and remorselessly drives Sam to tears by having the entire school ruthlessly chant "diner girl" at her.

* [[TeensAreMonsters Shelby]] from ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' doesn't care that Sam lives in an abusive household, as she makes fun of her for her SoulSuckingRetailJob as a waitress. And then she drives Sam to tears by having the entire school ruthlessly chant "diner girl" at her. She even continues to have them harass her as she's crying in the hallway.

** The Breyer Brothers not only have zero qualms against physically assaulting a disabled kid, but they are perfectly willing to mock said disabled kid for not having a mom.

** Syndrome [[ItsAllAboutMe cares for nobody except himself]] and is willing to murder a bunch of innocent superheroes in order to replace them in his own image. When he mocks Mr. Incredible over the supposed death of his family, the latter grabs Mirage and threatens to kill her if Syndrome doesn't release him, only for Syndrome to tell him to "go ahead" and then calls him weak when he doesn't go through with it. When Mirage calls him out for endangering her life, Syndrome is still completely confused as to why she is upset.
** Gilbert Huph, Bob Parr's MeanBoss, is willing to scam people out of the insurance claims they're rightfully entitled to so he can earn more money. When Bob informs him that a man is getting mugged across the street from his window, he coldy responds that they shouldn't cover him, and then threatens to fire Bob if he goes out to help.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Hal Stewart/Titan doesn't care who gets injured or killed during his rampage. Even prior to gaining powers, he was completely apathetic to Metro Man's alleged death and decided to use it as an opportunity to hook up with Roxanne -- while she was grieving for Metro Man.

->'''Inu-Yasha:''' Do you know how many villages were destroyed just so you could lure Kikyō out?!\\

-->-- ''Manga/InuYasha''

* From ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', James Gordon Jr. [[VirtueIsWeakness sees empathy as a weakness]]. His main plan involves [[TheCorrupter turning children]] into sociopathic [[SerialKiller murderers]] like him.
* A vast majority of Supervillains from Creator/{{DC|Comics}} and Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} comics. ComicBook/NormanOsborn, a.k.a. The Green Goblin is a notable case. This trait is highlighted in "The Green Goblin's Last Stand", Franchise/SpiderMan's (original) showdown with his arch-nemesis, where Spider-Man destroys Osborn's prized glider. Gobby fights with renewed anger, vowing to make Spider-Man pay for this travesty, while pointedly brushing off the fact that he just ''murdered'' Spidey's girlfriend an hour ago.
* The Indigo Tribe, a relatively new element in the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' mythos, represents the emotion of compassion. While on the side of the good guys, they're mysterious and kind of creepy. It's eventually revealed that the tribe is made up of those who ''lack'' compassion and need it ''forced'' on them.
* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the writing]], ComicBook/RedSkull is either the second-or-third-worst [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish bastard]] in all of Marvel comics, or a disturbingly ''un''selfish and even more dangerous [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Nazi true believer]] who will run roughshod over millions to avenge Hitler's death and restore his idea of the perfect fascist utopia. Either way, he won't be stopped by any appeals to mercy or pity.
* Several of the Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. Despite being {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of concepts very much tied to emotions, only [[{{Irony}} Death and Destruction seem to hold much appreciation for how others feel]]. In Dream's case, it's probably his most noticeable character flaw after his obsession with duty, [[spoiler:although his second incarnation seems to be slightly better in that regard]]. Destruction notably is the only Endless who ''quit'' his job and wanders creation to try and be something besides Destruction incarnate. Death makes a point of becoming mortal for a day every now and then to avoid losing touch with her charges.

* The ComicBook/New52 version of ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|New52}}''. Although in Issue #6, he suspects that he's starting to feel a spark of it, and he eventually evolves into an AllLovingHero.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': During the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, there is a scene where two Kryptonians take a walk down the street, discussing Franchise/{{Superman}} and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood his bizarre desire to protect these]] PunyHumans. A car crashes. The bystanders, recognizing them as Kryptonians, beg them to help. The duo doesn't even react to them and continue their talk, eventually flying away.

** Not as bad as some of the others on the team, but as Tony Stark notes in Ultimates 2, he can be spectacularly unpleasant when dumping women.
** Betty Ross/Ultimate ComicBook/SheHulk worked as the head of PR for S.H.I.E.L.D. and [[AlphaBitch came across as a]] CorruptCorporateExecutive rather than a government employee. She callously dumped Bruce before taking him back [[InLoveWithYourCarnage after he killed hundreds of civilians as]] ComicBook/TheHulk, and eagerly reported approval ratings following the Ultimates' fight with him to Nick Fury [[LastDisrespects at the funeral for his victims.]]
--->'''Nick:''' What's the ''matter'' with you, Betty? You born without an ''off switch'' or something?
--->'''Betty:''' Oh, sure. Like ''you'' were in there praying for all the itty-bitty children, soldier-boy?

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} cultivates a lack of empathy for lowly "[[{{Muggles}} flatscans]]" and teaches his followers to do the same. Though, DependingOnTheWriter, he can vacillate on this, but usually the vacillation is only in his own mind -- ''X-Men'' (vol 2) #85 for example features a Mags on the cusp of starting another bid at exterminating humanity and deciding to "test" whether or not humanity deserves extinction by finding a random man to serve as his "average specimen of humanity" and then testing his prejudices. But when this random man, Bill Jones, doesn't take his FantasticRacism bait and proves to not be the slobbering racist Mags subconsciously wants him to be, he can't accept it and pushes Bill harder, eventually getting him to confess to wanting him, Magneto, dead (by threatening his family), which Mags takes as the proof he's looking for that "even an {{Everyman}} with a kind heart becomes a rabid beast at the sight of that which he does not understand." That, of course, was the conclusion Magneto had drawn ''from the start'', and Bill was just the excuse he was looking for to justify his fundamental... well, Lack of Empathy.
** This is an [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] biological trait of the Brood race. All Brood are screened for compassion at birth, and those who "fail" are killed. However with the recent mass extinction due to [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} The Annihilation Wave]] this policy was dropped. It's also possible for Brood, such as [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk No-Name]], to learn compassion, but to gain it suddenly (such as by psychic projection), is such a shock that it is instantly fatal to the Brood in question.

%% We don't want real-world individuals as examples under the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

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* A frequent trait of webcomic characters, such as Black Hat Guy from Webcomic/{{xkcd}} and Belkar from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''[[note]]although Belkar gradually got better through a fake-it-'till-you-make-it scheme[[/note]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4303 when Slick's heart is pulled into the porn-world,]] we see the [[InTheHood hooded executioner]] hack it with his axe, and letters forming "empathy" fall out.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': [[VillainProtagonist Orange]] shows very little concern whenever the other foods get brutally murdered, instead continuing his routine of comedy

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': [[VillainProtagonist Orange]] shows very little concern whenever the other foods get brutally murdered, instead continuing his routine of comedy

* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': The film's whole plot happens in the first place because the seven Puritans being this trope very much. They took a [[spoiler:young girl]] away from her mother, and as Judge Hopkins told her [[ToThePain how she was to be hanged by the neck until she dies]], they were [[DissonantSerenity eerily calm]] when [[spoiler:the girl]] was crying out of fear. [[spoiler:They later subvert this after they had a HeelRealization.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'':

Not to be confused with NoSympathy, which refers to characters who supposedly ''do'' have an ability to empathize, but completely fail to demonstrate it. KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, and AdultsAreUseless often have this trope, though these can be (partially) excused by the cognitive faculties required for empathy having had insufficient time to develop (the former more so than the latter; anyone who's been around toddlers will tell you that they can be selfish little bastards/bitches). The person in question doesn't have to be human per-se, but if empathy is an entirely foreign concept to the character because they don't see things the way that we/the character do, it may be a form of BlueAndOrangeMorality instead where the goal-posts of "empathy" have shifted from what one would expect.

** [[BigBad Doctor Sivana]] doesn't bat an eye when his head researcher gets disintegrated in front of him, only caring that he finally found what he was searching for his entire life.

* The Boov from ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', embracing a DirtyCoward mentality for their whole society, have absolutely no regard for any of the natives they forcibly relocate as they conquer Earth. When Oh finally gets that perspective and the courage to stand up to Captain Smek about what they are doing to humanity, ''everything'' changes for them.

%%* Almost every Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} villain is like this, though the Queen from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' are probably the best examples.

* Slade from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' feels no sympathy for all the people he's hurt in his various actions, from mistreated underlings to people he's harmed in his plans. When Robin calls him out for [[spoiler:helping Trigon destroy the world]], Slade rationalizes his role in it, and when Robin points out that Slade's made people suffer, Slade coolly says "It's what I do best."
* Captain Tunas in ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' is [[AnimalNemesis obsessed]] with killing the Ramlak, a monster who destroyed his home, and has no regard for the lives of his crew, who he sees as a bunch of worthless weaklings. He strikes up a rapport with protagonist Lion-O, who also desires [[RevengeBeforeReason vengeance]] on a villain who destroyed his kingdom. But after seeing where Tunar's [[HeWhoFightsMonsters actions lead]], Lion-O turns from his course.

** Acererak from the ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'' quest, Full stop. He decides to become immortal by becoming a lich, and when his body begins to fail after several centuries, he begins to plot ascending into becoming the ruler of all dead by building a tomb filled with hideous traps that can (and will) kill even the strongest of adventurers, all in his honor. Then when it is finished, he kills all the ones who built it AND his followers, kidnaps an innocent Siren and places her in a cavern, shackled through magical means. Why? Just for his own amusement of seeing adventurers go paranoid whether she is a trap or a monster. And finally, when adventurers DO reach his chamber, he sucks their soul out, just like that.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Like in Franchise/MonsterVerse canon, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Alan Jonah]]. He has no compunctions against having anyone who becomes more trouble than they're worth for him killed in cold blood, and if neither that nor his inhumane experiments on [[TwoBeingsOneBody Monster X]] (half of which is a [[{{Metamorphosis}} formerly-human being]]) are bad enough, then [[spoiler:his PlayingWithSyringes with turns multiple victims into {{Artificial Zombie}}s]] definitely is.
* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': One of the Marco-halves in "What if Marco was the one split in half in #32?" is single-mindedly fixated on destroying the Yeerks, no matter the cost. [[spoiler:By the end, he kills Eva, Alloran, and Tom just because he saw them as distractions, even though two of them are related to the Animorphs.]]
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In the proper series ''nothing'' was as important to Gendo as Yui. As long as he managed to save her he did not care for the pain his actions and behavior caused on people like his children or the girl his son loved. It bit him in the arse later when [[spoiler:Yui returned, expressed how disgusted she was at his actions, and said she could not forgive him unless he earned their children's forgiveness first.]]
* Bill Cipher, like in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', has this in ''Fanfic/ATriangleInTheStars''. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Gendo, to even higher levels than shown in the series proper. He's downright [[spoiler:angry when the pilots opt to try and successfully save their friend from Bardiel, purely because it wasn't what they were ordered to do.]]
* Acedia in the ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' series. Although since he's a literal demon of sloth and despair, it's not exactly surprising.
* ''Fanfic/DanganRonpaAssassinatingFriendship'': Komaeda Nagito wants nothing more than to put his [[WindsOfDestinyChange Luck cycle]] to good use by supporting whoever has the most Hope and ensuring they survive Vorpal Pier's mutual killing game. Unfortunately, he subscribes to an [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity all-or-nothing]] philosophy. Any sign of wavering, of self-doubt or weakness, and he will dismiss you as 'just another piece of hopeless trash'. This even extends to [[spoiler:Amami Rantaro]], whom he once wholeheartedly supported until [[spoiler:Rantaro took his own life to ensure Nagito survived]].
* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', after Piccolo destroys Dr. Gero[=/=]Android #20's right arm.
-->'''Dr. Gero''': You miserable reprobates! What have I ever done to you?!\\
'''Piccolo''': ...Pretty sure you vaporized half a city.\\
'''Dr. Gero''': I meant ''recently''!\\
'''Piccolo''': That was an ''hour'' ago.\\
'''Dr. Gero''': Semantics!
* Silva from ''Fanfic/AnEmeraldUnearthed'' does not give two fucks about anyone other than himself. Killing is as natural as breathing to him. He’d kill his subordinates, rivals, and people’s loved ones. When she thinks Emerald died when she messed up a jump from a window, he doesn't seem particularly perturbed by it. And he won’t even acknowledge why Emerald might have a problem working with him after killing her parents.
* ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheMoon'': [[spoiler:In her true identity of Spliced Genome, Doa literally doesn't care if what she does is good or not, only if it's interesting to her.]]
* In ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'', apparently this is the case with Yume Ni "Yu" Yakumo, a child, be noted, who apparently has this, seeing as she tried to throw another kid over a railing, the which of could have either killed or injured her, along with a nonchalant to eager tone about the other kids being her bitch. This isn't also helped in that she is also the bully.
* In ''Fanfic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'', this is what makes [[BigBad Checker]] [[TheSociopath Monarch]] so utterly terrifying. At the same time, however, it's also her FatalFlaw, as she is [[EvilCannotComprehendGood unable to anticipate ponies acting on compassion]] rather than act the way she's trying to manipulate them.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' has [[EvilTwin Satan]] [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Girl]] and her son Berserker/Nemesis. The former is a mass of negative emotions given sentience and physical form, hence she lacks pity or compassion and regards people as playthings to be toyed with and then destroyed. Her son exhibits her same sociopathic ruthlessness, exacerbated by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s grooming.
* As of Chapter 30 of ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'', [[spoiler:Enlil]] suffers from this. For instance, not understanding why Precia is upset that [[spoiler:Alicia's brain has been overwritten and is currently serving as Enlil's new body]]. Or why the protagonists are upset. [[spoiler:This turns out to be foreshadowing. Enlil lacks empathy because [[TheManBehindTheMan Yggdrasil]] actively suppressed it.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'' features this as one of Adrien's {{Fatal Flaw}}s. So long as ''he's'' not being directly hurt by something, he doesn't care about the impact it has upon others; with Lila, he knows that she's a ConArtist, so he figures that [[OriginalPositionFallacy she'll never be able to trick HIM]] into falling for her claims... so why should it bother him that she's scamming his friends or isolating Marinette?
** Since the Agrestes have [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense plenty of money]], he presumes that everything Lila is tricking his friends into donating to her [[FakeCharity fake charity drives]] and other false causes is easily replaceable. When Plagg points out that not all of his friends come from rich families, he blows him off, claiming that they wouldn't give up anything they couldn't afford to lose.
** He also has no empathy for the countless victims of Hawkmoth's akuma attacks. So far as he's concerned, fighting akumas is tons of fun, giving him the chance to goof around and flirt with Ladybug~! And her [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] can magically repair all the damage done by their rampages and bring back the dead, so what's the big deal? The notion that these assaults are still traumatic for his partner, the akumatized victims and everyone else involved is completely lost upon him.
* ComicBook/LexLuthor from ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' has become utterly incapable of understanding or caring for other people after decades spent hating Franchise/{{Superman}}. Whoever isn't on his side simply deserves to die, and Lex refuses to admit it's him who has systematically pushed everybody away.
* ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'':
** ''Gabriel's Lament'': Not only did Gabriel never care who might get hurt during his terrorist spree as Hawk Moth, he never considered how his son felt about being locked in a GildedCage or having his life be [[ControlFreak so tightly managed]] by his [[ParentalNeglect otherwise neglectful father]]. When he [[TheBadGuyWins got to make his Wish]], his apathy about how others would be affected by [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy by reality being rewritten]] enabled ''somebody else'' to find the Butterfly Brooch and become the new world's version of Hawk Moth. Unfortunately for him, his beloved Emilie becomes [[AdaptationalHeroism one of Paris' defenders]], while his thoughtless treatment of their son builds up [[TheResenter so much resentment in Adrien]] that he gets perma-akumatized into Chat Blanc.
** ''Chloe's Lament'': Chloe's complete lack of concern or care about [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone other than herself]] renders her [[EvilCannotComprehendGood completely unable to comprehend the notion that others DO care]] about that sort of thing. This [[HoistByHisOwnPetard bites her in the butt]] when she Wishes to [[RoleSwapAU trade places with Marinette]], [[WrongGenreSavvy assuming that she'll get all the adoration and accolades]] Marinette formerly enjoyed while the other girl winds up HatedByAll... as she's unable [[IRejectYourReality and unwilling]] to see that it's her own selfish behavior that made her so despised.
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'':
** Even after everything, neither Gendo nor Ritsuko cared about the welfare or mental health of the NERV pilots. [[spoiler:Keiko]] gets hurt and Asuka has another break-down? Who cares?
** [[SmugSnake Kluge]] is obsessed with destroying NERV one way or another. At a point he blatantly and nonchalantly says that innocent lives don't matter to him at all.
* ''Fanfic/PersonaTheSougawaFiles'' has two villains who are extremely lacking in empathy.
** Nobuyuki Itou is the BigBad for most of the story, and displays many traits of [[TheSociopath a psychopath]], this trope being one of them. He spends most of the fanfiction trying to kill a bunch of teenagers (with one exception) who... didn't really do anything wrong; the most they've been doing are rescuing their friends. [[spoiler:He's even willing to ransack TheHero's apartment, beat her sister to near death, and leave behind a threatening note]]. Guilt for any of this? Zero; he views it as justified because it's for "the good of Sougawa".
** Yuudai Honda works for Nobuyuki as his head scientist and treats the kids... oddly. Similarly to Nobuyuki, he shows no guilt for some rather immoral actions, though he's played more for [[VileVillainLaughableLackey comedy]]. [[spoiler:That is, until he's revealed to be the main villain, where his actions proceed to ''eclipse'' Nobuyuki's in sheer uncaring -- he experimented on a girl implied to be his daughter for fourteen years, treated her as a "sacrifice" for his greater goals and [[ItIsDehumanizing called her "it"]], desires to turn the entire city into blissful husks because [[WellIntentionedExtremist they'll all be happy that way]], and mercilessly beats down TheHero in a brutal CurbStompBattle complete with MindRape. ''Yikes'']]. As mentioned, like Nobuyuki, he shows no regret for any of this. [[spoiler:The best part is, he's fully aware of his lack of empathy, and even factors it into his plans at one point]].
* ''Fanfic/PokeWars'': Uxie seems to be incapable of understanding anyone else's feelings. He casually discusses and plans genocide with the ease of someone planning a dinner party.
* Several characters in ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak'', most notably Shadow, Scourge and Mephiles. Shadow learns to become a kinder, less selfish person as time goes on. Scourge and Mephiles don't. Omega also has shades of this, being a robot programmed to follow orders and nothing more. However he frequently overrides his own programming as he starts to empathize with the inmates, leading him to defy several orders and even help them on occasion.
* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':
** The original Jovian and Jacqueline Kikion display this masterfully, as shown in Jovian's merciless execution of Apoch in Act III chapter 41. Rason even outright states in Act IV chapter 24 that the two have no regard for the lives of others. In Act V chapter 35, when Render and Leon call Jovian out for murdering innocent humans who had nothing to do with their fight, Jovian responds:
--->'''Jovian''': You speak as if I ''care''.
** Having been the Kikions' original master, Hokuto is just as much disregard for life as they do. Throughout his screen time, he repeatedly blows off any and all pain and anguish he causes, insisting that it's all for a "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt higher cause]]." His idea of causing a distraction while he breaks into Yokai Academy's secured levels to steal an ArtifactOfDoom is setting Kuyou loose on the academy, and his idea of proving a point to Moka that human/monster coexistence is a fool's dream is by deliberately breaking TheMasquerade and trying to get Tsukune and co. killed by humans while [[ForcedToWatch making Moka watch]]. On top of it all, he is an adamant nihilist who considers ''all'' forms of life, human or monster, to be meaningless trash.
** Hex has little concern for the affairs of lesser beings. In Act VI chapter 52, when the group chews him out for not willingly helping Complica even though it's in his power to do so, Fang Fang remarks in disgust that even if they are "lesser beings" to him, at least they understand the value of life, to which Hex responds:
--->'''Hex''': It's not that I don't understand. It's just that I couldn't care less.
** Evil Falla has a disregard for other people's lives that borders on sociopathic, openly comparing everyone around her to [[PitifulWorms worms and bugs]] and having done such things as send her ''own little sister'' Complica to her death ForTheEvulz. She even openly states that ''nothing'' matters to her more than power, not even her own family.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSevenHunters'', a ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' fanfic, Calin is very clearly a sociopath. He thinks very little of his fellow packmates and shows no emotion as several of them are lost during a battle. He even puts on a fake smile and a cordial demeanor as ''he is telling a rival pack they are about to be exterminated''. Calling him callous would be an understatement.
* ''Fanfic/StressRelief'':
** Agent South Dakota treats Agent Connecticut as completely disposable. She rapes C.T. and then moves on with her life until the next time she needs to use her to relieve some tension.
** Agent Wyoming completely blows off South violently attacking her brother, Agent North Dakota, and even finds it entertaining. Basically, any time a fight is about to go down, Wyoming will be asking you to PassThePopcorn.
** Agent Florida trumps both of them! He has a friendly conversation with the guard he was assigned to take out and kills him just as casually without remorse. Even while noting that the man has a daughter. He treats the fact that she'll never see her father again like a mild inconvenience.
** The writer has confirmed that the Counselor's lack of response about [[spoiler:South molesting C.T.]] is because of this.
--->''"By the way, if it ever seems like Price really doesn't give two craps about what happens one way or another, it's because he doesn't."''
* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': {{Subverted}}. Shinji is very empathic... because understanding people is a necessary prerequisite to manipulate them. And being empathic does not mean he is sympathetic. He may understand someone else's troubles without caring for them.
** However later it is proved that he does not understand everybody as well as he would like to believe, and not giving a damn about someone else's troubles came back to bite him in the bum later.
* In ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{Warp}}'', decades of making harsh choices for the greater good have rendered Doctor Mother almost unable to feel pity or remorse. In her defense, her answer to being told she'll be killed by one of her victims is that she obviously had it coming.
-->'''Victoria Dallon:''' You called her Garrotte. After you took her name. She's in the asylum now, struggling to come to terms with all the people her body chose to kill. She came here because she wanted answers. She wanted to know who had done that to her and why and -- And you don’t care.\\
'''Doctor Mother:''' If we could control the results of the formula, we would. We cannot, and I won't insult your intelligence by feigning remorse for trying to do something about our imminent extinction in spite of that lack of control.
* ''Fanfic/{{What Lies Beneath|OrangeCat64}}'': When everyone thinks that Hiccup and Zephyr perished when their house caught fire during a raid, Jerrik tactlessly says that they won't have to worry about securing an heir since Astrid is pregnant and hopes that it take more after Astrid than Zephyr did. Astrid responds by going from bottomless grief from wanting to murder him in an instant and no one stops her until she gets a few hits in.
* Horribly averted by the interrogator in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]''. Played straight by Queen Chrysalis, whose reaction to forcing him to torture a prisoner is to only dryly remark what a drag it is that changelings experience what they inflict on those they torture.
* ''Fanfic/ZimTheWarlordIrkenReversion'': Gaz reflects at one point how she doesn't feel sympathy for other people except for very rare occasions.
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