forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @HighPockets group

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Everyone at school is so nice to her and she's just like "they don't understand me, no one here likes me :("

Man, I'm really sick of the stereotypical 'uptight older sister, rebellious spunky little sister' thing. Maybe it's just because my family isn't like that but it's weird that it's in like. every book.

Wait that's an actual thing??
(I need to go tell my older sister this so we can laugh for a hundred years since it's the exact opposite in our case
UPDATE: she told me I was a rebellious teen in the sense that I was rude to our parents. Thanks for that.)

My sister Lol.

Not to mention older siblings who are portrayed as "bad guys." Just ughhh.

Yesss, I have some sibling relationships (usually fairly strained ones but still) and in none of them is the older sibling shown as evil or bad just because.
Joan and Nell are pretty close; Giana is never shown as bad for being more cold, just a bit standoffish to Vivian; Victor values Claire and her safety more than just about everything else; Morgan tries her hardest to stay in touch with her sisters and brother; Oliver doesn't have a close relationship with Therese, but he still loves her and trusts her; Emily's death is literally the catalyst for the rebellion; Daniel is kind of distant but still loves Della; Alice watches over her sister and brothers quite a bit; Francesca will do anything to protect her sisters; Amira doesn't always spend tons of time with Meg and they're distant now, but they still love each other; etc.

They always take the two extreme routes when in reality it’s somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, it's either "siblings who are super super super close" or "siblings who loathe each other" and there's no in-between.

When in reality, I sometimes really dislike my little brother, but I don’t hate him. And sometimes I’m just sort of apathetic to my sibs.

When in reality, I sometimes really dislike my little brother, but I don’t hate him. And sometimes I’m just sort of apathetic to my sibs.

same here

Edward Eager did a good job with sibling relationships in my opinion.

When in reality, I sometimes really dislike my little brother, but I don’t hate him. And sometimes I’m just sort of apathetic to my sibs.

Yeah same, my sister annoys the hell out of me at times, but I wouldn't sell her out for a piece of Turkish Delight, you know?

That is both a great line and relatable.

Though to be fair to Edmund, it was far more than the candy.

Still wouldn't have been worth it

Well she got him addicted and promised him a kingdom.

And he never thought he was selling them out.

Your at the time were entirely innocent siblings who had done nothing to you other than say be nice when you were making fun of your little sister for something that turned out to be true. I loathe Edmund with a burning passion.

It can't rival my hatred of amy (the most wonderful woman in the world) March

Oh pretty woman in the woods giving me addictive candy. Nevermind what my sister said about her being bad or her clearly terrible plans and her being clearly evil. Lemme just go with her

He was a kid! And he grew up to be the best king of Narnia.

Kids aren't that dumb!

Idk about that…

I mean
idk if this makes it better but if they were fleeing from WW2 they would have also been living with rations. Edmund hadn't seen candy in years, probably.

Also Jadis only said she wanted to see them. Granted, it was pretty suspicious, but she gave him candy, all but said she loved him, and offered to make him a king. And he was ten.