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* The ''[[Death Note]]'' postseries fanfic arc ''Redeemer'' by [http://anime.adultfanfiction.net/authors.php?no=1296867228 CocoaCoveredGods] lays this on Light ''like woah''. Being stripped of his identity as Kira was only the beginning- so far, he's been {{spoiler|killed multiple times, buried alive, tortured, raped (again, multiple times), suffered two mental breakdowns and been attacked by an axe-wielding psychopath in a scene that even L found difficult to look at the aftermath of.}} And some of this at the hands of people he loves. {{spoiler|It's no wonder he's a gibbering wreck by the start of the fourth fic.}}

** So does [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3529129/1/True_Elision ''True Elision''] by Ezan, another post-series fanfic. Having been given a second chance to {{spoiler|have a proper afterlife}} and avoid being transformed in a Shinigami, Light is forced to face a [[Nintendo Hard|Trial from hell]] and battle his worst nightmares (which include {{spoiler|being torn apart by the thousands of people he directly killed with their bare hands [[And I Must Scream|while being unable to move]] and having a handful of hair forcefully shoved down his throat. Multiple times. [[Baleful Polymorph|And]] [[Rape as Drama|that's]] [[Incest Is Relative|just]] [[Humiliation Conga|the]] [[Nausea Fuel|first level]]...}}).

* This is [[Big Bad|Deadlock's]] intention in ''[[The Legend of Spyro a New Dawn ~~(Fanfic)~~|The Legend Of Spyro: A New Dawn]]''. She intends to inflict one on Spyro and Cynder because she suffered one that she blaims them for. Her own included having her mate and unborn children killed in front of her and {{spoiler|apparently having her adult children killed by Dark Cynder.}}

* This is [[Big Bad|Deadlock's]] intention in ''[[The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn|The Legend Of Spyro: A New Dawn]]''. She intends to inflict one on Spyro and Cynder because she suffered one that she blaims them for. Her own included having her mate and unborn children killed in front of her and {{spoiler|apparently having her adult children killed by Dark Cynder.}}

* The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' [[Zombie Apocalypse]] fanfiction ''[[Respawn of the Dead]]'' tortures just about ''every'' member of the team, but a special mention has to be given to [[The Medic]]. Over the course of the fic, he [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|gets the crap beaten out of him]] by The Soldier, {{spoiler|has to leave [[Bury Your Gays|The Heavy]] behind to be devoured by zombies,}} and after recovering from the [[Heroic BSOD]] caused by ''that'', he has to [[Mercy Kill]] his [[Morality Pet]], {{spoiler|the Pyro.}} [[The Woobie|Yeah.]]

* ''[[Fallout Equestria]]'' is no picnic for its protagonist Littlepip - continually shot at (she isn't nicknamed [[Fan Nickname|Bulletsponge]] for nothing), had friends die on her, the works. But its side fics ''[[Fallout Equestria Project Horizons (Fanfic)|Fallout Equestria Project Horizons]]'' and ''Heroes'' extend the Line even further.

* ''[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'' has Firefly, who had a [[Doomed Hometown|pretty]] [[Parental Abandonment|rough]] [[Kick the Dog|childhood]]... to say the least.

* ''[[~~Imperfect Metamorphosis (Fanfic)|~~Imperfect Metamorphosis]]'' has {{spoiler|Rin Satsuki}}, whose backstory ''starts'' with being kidnapped as a child by slavers and only gets worse from there. Over the course of the story itself she is attacked, brutalised, betrayed, at one point {{spoiler|her mind is literally ''shattered''}}, and nearly everyone in Gensoukyou wants her dead. It is no mystery whatsoever that {{spoiler|she becomes a [[Death Seeker]].}}

* ''[[Imperfect Metamorphosis]]'' has {{spoiler|Rin Satsuki}}, whose backstory ''starts'' with being kidnapped as a child by slavers and only gets worse from there. Over the course of the story itself she is attacked, brutalised, betrayed, at one point {{spoiler|her mind is literally ''shattered''}}, and nearly everyone in Gensoukyou wants her dead. It is no mystery whatsoever that {{spoiler|she becomes a [[Death Seeker]].}}

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* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: The Book of Job (from ''[[The Bible]]'') springs to mind.

** And it's pretty [[Narm|Narmful]] when Job's messengers come in one after the other to tell the bad news, and each starts talking before the previous one has finished. You can practically see Job [[Face Fault|Face Faulting]] and sporting a big [[Sweat Drop]] by the end of it.

** [[Robert A. Heinlein]] wrote a deliberate parody/deconstruction of Job in ''[[~~Job A Comedy Of Justice|~~Job: A Comedy of Justice]]'', in which the protagonist is subjected to a set of mind-twisting disasters and reality twists apparently being engineered by Satan. The twist comes after he's whisked away to Heaven in the Rapture, when it turns out that {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil|God was the one behind it all]]}}.

** [[Robert A. Heinlein]] wrote a deliberate parody/deconstruction of Job in ''[[Job: A Comedy of Justice]]'', in which the protagonist is subjected to a set of mind-twisting disasters and reality twists apparently being engineered by Satan. The twist comes after he's whisked away to Heaven in the Rapture, when it turns out that {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil|God was the one behind it all]]}}.

* ''[[Candide]]'' is the lord and master of this trope. Almost every single character falls victim to this.

* In ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'', Guy Montag by the end has had {{spoiler|his secret work for [[La Résistance]] discovered and smashed, his wife killed, his friend and mentor "disappeared", and been forced to burn down his own house}}, all the while his [[Magnificent Bastard]] of an opponent laughs about how they're [[Not So Different]]. It's a relief to see {{spoiler|Beatty meet his [[Karmic Death]] and Montag eventually get at least a [[Bittersweet Ending]]; the play makes it a [[Happy Ending]]}}.