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I hate the " The Good Brother and The Bad Brother" trope (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by So0Mais0um0Joao@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I see it mainly in Fantasy Books.

One Brother is the good one, he is manly, strong, don't care about riches, and have a good heart. He will be the protagonist or the protagonist friend.

The other one is the Bad Brother, he have a more weak body, have femine traits, always using fancy clothes and jewels, is less loved by others, and he is jealous. He will be the antagonist.

In a arc of >!Ranger!< this trope is reverse, which was a breath of air.

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[–] ThaWZA@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm currently re-reading through The Fencer Trilogy by K.J Parker and it does a good job subverting this by having both brothers be pieces of shit, just one is slightly worse than the other.