#is it said in a self-deprecating/depressed way? is it said with resentment and snark?
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i've noticed a common generic idea beneath my fave stories
#self esteem issues#fiction tropes#siblings#~my stuff~#the best part is all the ways you can spice this up#is it said in a self-deprecating/depressed way? is it said with resentment and snark?#is it said one way to cover up the fact they mean it the other way?#younger sibling thinking theyll never match up to perfect older sibling? older sibling thinking younger sibling is a 'do-over baby'?#twins where its believed one is 'more behaved' than the other?#maybe theres even more than two siblings that are all angry and resentful toward each other#do the siblings come together to reconcile and realize these expectations are bullshit and/or their parent(s) is a dick?#or is it tragic and they go to their graves forever thinking they were a blight upon their family name?#AND THEN THE PARENT OR PARENTS#are they alive & encouraging this? do they not realize they are putting these expectations on their kids and try to fix it when they learn?#or are they dead and their kids are simply ~thinking~ this is what their parents thought?#if the parent(s) try to fix it do the siblings work with them to become a family again? or is that trust forever broken?#i am NOT tagging the mainline fandoms for this post if it breaches containment it will do so NATURALLY like GOD INTENDED#i will tag my ocs tho#ellen#merek
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