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* In the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2910656/1/Checkmate Checkmate]'', Vlad puts Danny through one of these. After first injecting Jazz with nanomachines that kill her red blood cells, and only sparing her if Danny leaves behind his friends and family to join him, Danny is forced to live at Vlad's mansion. Due to disuse while there, his ghost powers begin to go out of control, eventually leading to them going completely berserk and forcing Vlad to use a device to short out his ghost powers to get him under control. Due to not only the agony of the powers going wild, but the dream he had throughout the whole thing (it mostly occurred while he was asleep), he ends up backing into a corner and sobbing with terror, ending up in a state that caused even the almost entirely heartless Vlad to ask himself; "What have I done?"

{{quote|Danny sat at the edge of the pool, crossed legged, watching carelessly the variety of fishes swimming about in the pool's surrounding aquarium. The tired and defeated expression on his face made him appear as if he had aged several years. There was no happiness or vigor in his eyes, leaving them a dull, lifeless blue. In short, he looked everything a broken hero would; and there was nothing more heartbreaking than that sight.}}

*** ''[[Fridge Logic|And that's not counting many nameless ponies who experience the horror of the war.]]''

*** Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in [[Tear Jerker|chapter 15]]. {{spoiler|Two of Derpy's best friends die, with Carrot Top [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dying in her arms]]. In fit of grief and rage, she attacks Firefly (who tried to sympathize with her!), but due to Fluttershy's intervention, she calms down. After Derpy leaves to see Dinky, Cloud Kicker, unable to damp her emotions any longer, bursts into tears, scared of hearing about several ponies dying and the scene mentioned ealier. Additionaly, she fears her best friend, Lightning Bolt, may die in the war as well}}. Yes, the most cheerful pony among the main heroines is briefly reduced to a ''sobbing wreck''.

* ''[[Hunting the Unicorn]]'' is a ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic that was literally [[Fix Fic|made]] to [[Deconstruction Fic|pulverize Kurt and Blaine]], the latter especially through a fleet of [[Cerebus Retcon|Cerebus Retcons]]. Blaine's [[Relationship Sue]] status is slowly broken down to show the emotional damage it would take to become one: His family lives at 432 [[Dysfunction Junction]] (and [[Lonely Rich Kid|most of them aren't even home]]), he constantly makes excuses for his father's [[Parental Neglect]], and he suffers a [[Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality]] because at sixteen, he had [[The First Cut Is the Deepest|a horrific breakup]] with {{spoiler|the first guy he slept with. Who was never that serious about him, and didn't realize that Blaine thought [[Sex Equals Love]](!)}}. That's not even getting into his [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|incredibly low self-esteem]] and the [[Fridge Horror]] of his characterization.

** Or, you know, the ''plot.'' Which involves {{spoiler|Blaine's stalker Alex, who has a ''very'' warped idea of Kurt and Blaine's relationship. In the nineteenth chapter after several background appearances, he kidnaps Blaine, Wes, and David and locks them in his basement.}} Blaine accidentally got concussed, and has woken up with no memory of this.

* ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/163260272-astral-journey-it's-complicated Astral Journey: It's Complicated]'', the narrator (Emma) is injured on the football (soccer) pitch after scoring the only goal in the game. She later is subjected to painful seizures, following her fight to regain control of her body. While the medicine is to help, the side-effects makes it hard to put up with.