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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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[–] vivahermione@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also, in fairy tales, the oldest child is inevitably the villain. There might've been some truth to that back when the eldest (usually a son) inherited the family's wealth, but it's no longer universally applicable, especially in America where younger children tend to be favored.

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

it depends, this may be survivorship bias, because when a brother is a villain, it is usually the eldest

however, when a brother isn't the villain, the protagonist is usually the firstborn. especially in the Fairy Books, there's a bunch of mentions of "so-and-so had other 19 younger brothers and sisters" and things like that