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* In the [[Harry Turtledove]] novel ''[[The Guns of the South]]'', the AWB crosses this when they gun down Robert E. Lee's family in the middle of a crowd. The fact that they would be so single-mindedly callous turns pretty much the entire Confederacy against them.
** It wasn't the collateral damage, or even the fact that President Lee lost his wife, it was the fact that the AWB tried to "undo" a democratic election by assassination that was the MEH.
** Driving the point home is the fact that ''Nathan Bedford Forrest'', Lee's opponent in said election in an alliance with the AWB, requests permission to lead the Confederate Army against them. Which means they must REALLY have crossed the MEH: Forrest is generally regarded as a real life [[Complete Monster]].
* In ''[[Modern Faerie Tales]]'' there is an interesting example: Roiben, a noble knight of the seelie court, is mystically compelled to obey the commands of the sadistic unseelie queen. Her idea of a good time is forcing him to do what would normally cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] or make a [[Sadistic Choice]].
* Starting from ''Dark Moon'' in ''[[The Firebringer Trilogy]]'', the once honourable and noble unicorn king Korr starts getting...a little crazy. At one point, he charges two innocent mares, with the clear intent to kill at least one of them. But he truly crosses the line when his own daughter steps in front of him...''and he doesn't so much as falter''.
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