Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where the abused forgives their abuser.
Seeing abusers be forgiven or absolved of their actions can be very painful for abuse victims, particularly when the forgiveness is portrayed as something the victim "owes" to the abuser or the victim is portrayed as being bitter/ungrateful for things the abuser did for them/selfish/otherwise bad or in the wrong until they forgive the abuser.
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
93
No
3
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
82
No
3
8
Anonymous
Longtime viewers of the Saw franchise will know that the relationship between Amanda and John is very unhealthy and complicated.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
75
No
41
11
cherry
S1
E1
a character has a very complicated relationship with their loving but very flawed adoptive father, who in some ways made their life much worse. they feel a mixture of devotion and frustration toward him.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
68
No
9
7
glance
Amanda claims that Jigsaw "helped her" when he put her in a trap.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
61
No
3
11
oakbee
Throughout the show, Will Graham repeatedly forgives Hannibal.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
57
No
3
8
SamanthaBattaglia
S3
E3
one of the characters like really sucks and sucks even more when he gets possessed but he “sacrifices” himself after one of the main characters exposes his old memories. they kinda like gloss over how awful he was for the whole season and his sister who he abuses for a lot of the show like forgives him for like everything for whatever reason. even for literally trying to kill her boyfriend
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
55
No
6
12
Mousestar369
S2
E2
In the finale, one of the characters is shown returning to a group that was semi-abusive toward them.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
55
No
3
4
An abused wife refuses to press charges on her violent husband. When her loved pnes express concern, she claims they don’t understand love.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
49
No
2
3
dylster
S2
E2
Main character hallucinates abusive ex, apologizes to hallucination for leaving.
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
46
No
9
6
Anonymous
No BUT he does return to his abuser in the final episode for closure and is manipulated into agreeing to work with him again.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
46
No
2
2
Smiliey
Slater talks about playing tennis with a person abusing him and his sister as a child. Also the ending
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
44
No
10
3
JGlasser5
S3
E3
Despite not actually forgiving her abuser, Starlight is forced to say publicly that she has forgiven the man who sexually assaulted her
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
44
No
1
0
eviewhite4963
briefly for short periods of time, but overall no
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
42
No
16
1
cha0ticneutralsys
Worth noting that John was verbally, emotionally and sometimes physically abusive towards Sam and Dean as well as neglectful
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
42
No
1
1
idk._.KRAKEN
the child forgives the mother after she abused him. see 'is a child abused'. *edit, some of the abuse was while she was possessed, and some wasnt. i think most of the verbal abuse hapoened while she wasnt possessed but i could be mistaken.
Video Game Report
Yes
41
No
5
4
Violet111
In the series finale Tommy makes up with Dream, aka his abuser and the series' main antagonist. But like, the finale sucks, don't watch it
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
41
No
11
6
Vampirewithagun
In a way. One girl is continuously attempting to sexually & emotionally abuse a guy, who forgives her for most of it. (partially because he is much older than her)
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
41
No
4
5
Penji
S8
E8
A character credits her abusers for making her a stronger person
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
41
No
0
1
GhostlyHeaven
Maddy constantly goes back to Nate despite his abusive behaviour.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
40
No
15
4
shaymin
many of the romantic relationships in thr show are unhealthy in one way or another
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
32
No
10
4
Pantalones
Negan may qualify for this. He has a redemption arc in later seasons and is seen protecting Rick's daughter and finding some level of acceptance among people he terrorized.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
32
No
8
5
In the early stages of hunter’s character, he tends to try and make excuses for his uncle’s abusive behavior.
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
32
No
1
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
31
No
18
1
JackRozsa
A man bullied/beaten in early episodes forgives one of his bullies towards the end of the series
Movie • 2005 Report
Yes
31
No
1
7
Anonymous
a survivor works with jigsaw after escaping a trap
Anime • 2016 Report
Yes
30
No
3
3
jdpamv
Endeavor (an abusive father) gets a redemption arc. Bakugou is abusive to Midoriya to the point of telling him to unalive himself and he is forgiven.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
30
No
1
6
kath5168
**spoiler** at the end of the movie, anora has sex with the man that assaulted her earlier in the film. He (and maybe the director) insists that it wasn’t assault.
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
29
No
4
7
antagonist forgives and visits her agent at a psych ward at the end of the film (spoiler: the agent was behind everything)
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
29
No
2
1
abd57900
Steven is big on talking not fighting, so forgiveness happens kind of a lot and several characters who did very bad things in the past come to the Crystal Gems' side and are forgiven
Video Game • 2016 Report
Yes
29
No
0
7
RowanOakley
As mentioned above, Penny and Pam's relationship is very rocky, but it's supposed to be all better when you build them a house.
Bella also seems to genuinely love "God" even after finding out he did some very unethical surgery on her.