Line #47 HisStoryRepeatsItself/FanWorks


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7	Times where HisStoryRepeatsItself in FanWorks.
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10	* ''Fanfic/HeroesOfMan'': The new lives of the reincarnated Servants tend to follow the same story beats as their respective legends. For instance, a four-year-old Cu kills a noble's dog, then offers to replace it as his penance, Nitocris loses her brother and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Astoria has to deal with a BigSisterBully...
11	* ''Fanfic/NightsQuatroFacetsOfDreams'':
12	** Much like her adventure in the Other World, Coraline finds herself once again visiting a strange new reality that tailors itself to her needs, meeting a mysterious duo that act as her friends and guide her while hiding a secret -- one that she discovers during her third visit. This time around, Coraline [[spoiler:realizes that [=NiGHTS=] has more in common with Other Wybie than Other Mother; not only does this help her rekindle her friendship with them, it helps her overcome her belief that all magical creatures are evil]].
13	** Similarly, Mabel quickly warms up to their quirky new guardian [=NiGHTS=], while Dipper takes a longer time to come around. When they find out their guardian's darkest secret, the decision about how to handle this ultimately falls upon Mabel's shoulders, much like in ''Not What He Seems''. [[spoiler:She sides with Dipper; while this turns out to be the wrong choice in the long run, it also reveals to Dipper how guilty she feels about the past incident with Stan.]]
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15	[[AC:''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'']]
16	* In ''Fanfic/TheWorstPrisoner'', Pakku's chauvinistic and misogynistic drives Katara to leave the Northern Water Tribe, just like how her grandmother had chosen to leave decades earlier.
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18	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Batman}}'']]
19	* ''Fanfic/{{one day at a time\|Nyame}}'':
20	** Jason met Terry and Matty in almost the exact same way Bruce met him all those years ago: as Batman, in Park Row, with his future children trying to steal parts of the Batmobile. Just like him, Terry became Robin and grew increasingly violent, leading to a confrontation [[spoiler:with the Joker]] in which he almost died. ''Unlike'' him, Jason's love for Terry manages to reach the latter, and not only does Terry ''not'' follow the dark path Jason did, he also proves himself to be the true successor to Jason as Batman.
21	** [[spoiler:David Cain killed Carolyn Wu-San to "free" her sister Sandra, the woman that would become Lady Shiva]]. [[spoiler:Decades later, he kills Shiva to "free" their daughter Cassandra from their legacy and then sacrifices himself to save her from Shiva cultists, finally allowing her to live her own life]].
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23	[[AC:''Franchise/DanganRonpa'']]
24	* ''FanFic/BlackenedSkies'':
25	** During a late-night conversation, Kaede inadvertently hits Mondo's BerserkButton, sending him into a blind rage. In the heat of the moment, he [[spoiler:nearly brains her with a dumbbell]], mirroring a tragic incident from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc his past]]. Once he comes back to himself and realizes what happened, he's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone completely aghast]] and [[HeroicBSOD temporarily shuts down]].
26	** After getting [[TapOnTheHead brained by an iron beam]], Monotaro [[EasyAmnesia loses his memories]] [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony once again]] and mistakes Kaede for his mommy.
27	* ''FanFic/DanganRonpaAssassinatingFriendship'': Komaeda was previously subjected to ''another'' mutual killing game, wherein he attached himself to [[spoiler:Amami Rantaro]] as a PsychoSupporter, believing that their Hope would be strong enough to grow into something truly impressive. This didn't work out, and he wound up the SoleSurvivor. For this ''new'' killing game, he quickly joins up with [=K1-B0=], impressed by the robot's resolve to avoid killing anyone and find another way out. [[spoiler:He then abandons him after [=K1-B0=] is forced to kill in self-defense]].
28	* In ''Fanfic/FracturedFates'', [[spoiler:Kaneki failed to save her younger sister, Yuna, from dying in an accident that Kaneki herself was indirectly responsible for]]. [[spoiler:Several years later, she befriends her classmate [[TokenMiniMoe Asuna Izumi]] during the killing game, becoming something of a surrogate big sister towards her to try and make up for what happened to Yuna]]. [[spoiler:Then, in Chapter 2, Kaneki finds out that Asuna is most likely being targeted for murder]]. [[spoiler:Kaneki vows that "it'll be different this time" and that she will do whatever it takes to prevent Asuna from dying as Yuna did; she ultimately succeeds but ends up murdered in Asuna's place]].
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30	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'']]
31	* ''Fanfic/TyrantlyEverAfter'':
32	** Artina was once [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished punished harshly]] for her compassion, culminating in her own countrymen labeling her traitorous and [[KillTheCutie executing her]]. Following the events of ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Disgaea 4]]'', she finds herself in a CrisisOfFaith, wondering whether God is punishing her for following her morals and helping the Hades Party.
33	** She also worries that Nemo's DarkAndTroubledPast is repeating itself with how the other prinnies are bullying him.
34	** Ultimately, [[spoiler:Celestia reacts hostilely upon learning of her defection, intending to drag her back and punish her in much the same way her homeland did]]. Valvatorez immediately recognizes this as familiar and is utterly ''outraged'', intent upon ensuring things don't play out the same way.
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36	[[AC:''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'']]
37	* A backstory told in ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'' reveals that Avalina's currently in the same situation with [[VillainProtagonist the Horned King]] as she was four years earlier with her CoolHorse Mitternacht, even if she's unaware of it. The girl alone could see that the [[HellishHorse furious horse]] everyone believed to be a lost cause was just acting out of grief from losing his rider, and she had to tame him before a time limit was up and he'd be put down. {{The dreaded}} Horned King has a time limit to complete his [[RedemptionQuest only chance]] to earn his freedom from [[SoulJar the Black Cauldron]], and Avalina slowly comes to make them both realize [[BeingEvilSucks how lonely he is]]. Also, Avalina met both Mitternacht and the Horned King after being lost, goes through physical and emotional pain before she gets through to them (a task no one quite believes to be possible), and [[MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast has her musical talents as an asset]].
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39	[[AC:''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'']]
40	* In the penultimate chapter of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7412923/27/Lancer-Gets-Serious Lancer Gets Serious]]'', Kotomine Kirei tells Lancer that throughout the entire story, he recreated the same events that happened in his myth as Cú Chulainn. He killed a watchdog and took her place[[note]]Rider guarding Sakura[[/note]], befriended a former enemy[[note]]Ferdiad in the past and Shirou Emiya in the present[[/note]], bedded a lover and left her the same night[[note]]Aife and [[spoiler:Taiga]][[/note]], and broke a vow and lost some of his strength[[note]][[spoiler:his vow to Rider to protect Sakura]][[/note]]. In the end, Kotomine's decision to let Lancer do whatever he wants to win the Grail War [[YouCantFightFate did nothing to prevent the Servant from repeating his old life]].
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42	[[AC:''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'']]
43	* Prior to ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', Jean-Pierre Polnareff was blindly caught up in [[BigBad DIO's]] charisma in the hopes of finding his sister's murderer, allowing DIO to put a flesh bud and put the swordsman under his control. In the post ''Manga/GoldenWind'' story ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34126339/chapters/84904411 Paralyzer]]'', Polnareff finds out that his new boss, Giorno Giovanni, is the son of DIO, meaning Polnareff had blindly put his fate in another charismatic blonde, [[DownplayedTrope though as he happily notes]], [[FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster Giorno]] is more like his biological father Jonathan in his morals [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon and not the same monster that DIO was]].
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45	[[AC:''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'']]
46	* ''Fanfic/TheSeaOrTheMountains'': When Najima was nine years old, she witnessed Yamai breaking a classmate's ribs [[ForTheEvulz simply because she could]]. When she told the teacher what happened, Yamai was taken away to be treated for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior; however, Yamai's screams as the police took her away haunted Najima, making her reluctant to reveal how Yamai has been tormenting Tadano, especially since Tadano keeps claiming that he's fine. Ultimately, Najima decides that she [[spoiler:can't keep her silence any longer and reveals what's going on]].
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48	[[AC:''Franchise/KungFuPanda'']]
49	* ''Fanfic/MemoirsOfAMaster'': [[spoiler:Shan]] betrays Shifu and their other allies by leading a coup against the emperor, slaughting [[spoiler:the whole clan of snow leopards of Mount Tai Shan]]. They also view Shifu as having betrayed ''them'', as they'd expected Shifu to join forces and help overthrow the emperor. Years later, Tai Lung goes on his ''own'' rampage, feeling betrayed by Shifu for not giving him what he believed he'd rightly earned.
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51	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']]
52	* ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'': Adrien [[SelectiveObliviousness acts unaware]] of Chloé's crush on him; however, when Lady [=WiFi=] falsely "exposes" her as Ladybug, he's suddenly willing to reciprocate. Once he learns the truth, he goes right back to ignoring Chloé's feelings. This process repeats over a longer period of time with [[spoiler:Marinette and Aurore]] since he convinces himself that they might hold the key to Ladybug's SecretIdentity. After seeing [[spoiler:the Future!Ladybug with Marinette]], he decides he was on the wrong track, and promptly ignores them the next time they encounter each other, treating them as though they don't exist or matter to him anymore.
53	* ''Fanfic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist'': Adrien's desire to TurnTheOtherCheek and ignore Lila led to Marinette transferring to another school before this fic begins. Over the course of the story, he grapples with the question of whether or not to stand up to Lila; when he does, he faces many of the same challenges Marinette did, such as [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] and being MadeOutToBeAJerkass. Eventually, he decides to [[spoiler:transfer to the same school as Marinette]].
54	* ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'': Alya's refusal to listen to Marinette costs her their friendship, despite her attempts to [[IRejectYourReality deny that painful truth]] and insistence that they're still friends. Later, [[NewTransferStudent Eden arrives]], and they become friends... until [[spoiler:Adrien accuses her of being Ladybug]]. At this point, Alya proves that [[spoiler:she's learned ''nothing'' from her past mistakes, furiously leaping to all the wrong conclusions, berating Eden, and ripping into her harshly enough that the poor girl dissolves into tears and winds up akumatized, effectively ruining ''that'' friendship as well]].
55	* ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods\|MiraculousLadybug}}'': Alya corners Ben in the middle of Ms. Mendeleiev's classroom, which leads to her mother finding out when the teacher [[EngineeredPublicConfession calls her and lets her hear Alya threatening Ben]]. A remarkably similar scene plays out later on when she confronts Lila--once again, she attacks her victim in public, not caring or paying any attention to who's around her, and is caught by a relative who shuts her down.
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57	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']]
58	* ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'' opens with Sakura facing Sasuke in a sparring match. When she manages to eke out a slight CurbStompCushion, Sasuke soothes his wounded ego by going on a blistering rant, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech labeling her worthless]] and insisting that she'll never be anything more than CannonFodder. Sakura flees in tears. Later on, during the Chuunin Exam, she finds herself matched against [[WeUsedToBeFriends Ino]], who wastes no time delivering her own BreakingSpeech about how weak and worthless she is compared to her. This time, however, Sakura is much better prepared to face such abuse from somebody she cared about, standing up to her and fighting back.
59	* ''Fanfic/TheEchoRemainsButTheSongIsNotTheSame'':
60	** The Hyuuga Incident involved several Kumo-nin disrupting the celebrations of a peace treaty between their villages when they attempted to kidnap the young heiress Hinata. Years later, [[spoiler:the survivors of that conspiracy make another attempt, disrupting an otherwise peaceful mission for Team Eight]].
61	** When Haku was young, he witnessed his mother's death at the hands of his own father, spurring him to [[spoiler:kill him in response]]. In Wave, he witnesses [[spoiler:Zabuza's death at the hands of the Mizukage and several Kiri ANBU]], and [[spoiler:laments how he wasn't able to immediately avenge him in the same fashion]].
62	* ''Fanfic/{{What You Knead\|Naruto}}'':
63	** Sparrow angrily claiming that ''Kakashi'' was responsible for causing Itachi's FaceHeelTurn forcibly reminds him of how his father was previously treated as TheScapegoat by Konohagakure, culminating in Sakumo being DrivenToSuicide and Kakashi dedicating himself to restoring their family's honor by becoming a model shinobi. This time, rather than mutely accepting the blame, he decides enough is enough, retiring from ANBU and active service to become a baker.
64	** After Neji [[spoiler:nearly murders Hinata during their match]], Sasuke hallucinates an image of Itachi standing behind him, wondering if the Hyuuga realize that they're raising a potential clan-killer.
65	* ''Fanfic/YourMoveInstigatorDrawYourWeaponAndHoldYourTongue'': Aburame Shikuro notes that Orochimaru's decision to [[spoiler:take Tenten as an apprentice]] reminds them of how he previously [[spoiler:mentored Anko]].
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67	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']]
68	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10895506/15/Thunder-in-Kanto Thunder in Kanto]]'': In Celadon City, several people (including the heroes) are [[PersonaNonGrata banned from the Gym]] after expressing their distaste for perfume. This time, Erika herself is directly involved rather than the ban being created by her {{Overzealous Underling}}s. This results in Celadon Gym getting set ablaze again, and once more, somebody is trapped by the flames--Erika herself, necessitating a rescue from one of the very people she forbade from entering in the first place.
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70	[[AC:''Franchise/TheSmurfs'']]
71	* ''Fanfic/TheSmurfsThatCanonForgot'': In ''Smurf Village Upturned'', Dreamy notices that most of the smurfs who were previously lost in time [[spoiler:have been going missing]], making him extremely worried that they're about to face another tragedy on par with that displacement. His fear of this makes him declare that he'd sooner leave the village entirely than deal with another situation of that caliber.
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73	[[AC:''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'']]
74	* ''Fanfic/TheNorthRemembers'':
75	** Jaime must once again [[spoiler:kill another monarch in order to save King's Landing from being burned down by wildfire]].
76	** Bloodraven was forced to sacrifice his loved ones in order to become the three-eyed crow. The same fate eventually befalls [[poiler:poor Bran]].
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78	[[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']]
79	* ''Fanfic/TheJudgementOfTheWorld5Ds'': In their past life, Yusei was a warrior and Aki a high priestess who fell in love with each other despite [[UptownGirl the former's social status being far beneath the latter's]]. Their reincarnated selves, a marked criminal and the daughter of a senator, [[ReincarnationRomance fall in love once more]]. Additionally, Aki [[spoiler:wiped out her entire tribe with her powers]] in her previous life upon discovering that they had tricked her into [[spoiler:sacrificing Yusei due to feeling he was unworthy of their priestess]]. In the present, she enters HeroicBSOD and lets Black Rose Dragon (Aki's SoulFragment) go on a rampage [[spoiler:after learning that the practice dummy that she saw herself using her powers against in her VR headset was really Yusei]]. The entire thing was even engineered by a handful of members of the Arcadia Movement that she once belonged to, all of whom believed that [[spoiler:Yusei was holding Aki back, with many of them getting injured (and possibly even killed) in the ensuing destruction caused by Black Rose Dragon]]. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Aki's friends help her snap out of it the second time, and Yusei survives]].
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