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* Mary Bennet from ''{{Literature/PrideAndPrejudice}}'' is an insufferable know-it-all who never misses an opportunity to lecture her siblings on the finer points of morality and virtue. However, she is also the plainest of the 5 girls and the most overlooked, being TheUnfavorite to both of her parents and actively ignored by everyone around her. Also, despite her technically skilled but emotionally stunted musical talents, she is said to be constantly working to improve herself, while her more attractive siblings rest on their laurels.
* [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]]. Living in dire poverty, her father is dead, forced into an arena where the only way to survive is to kill everyone else not once, but twice, forced into being in love with someone who she barely knows, caught up in the middle of a war between EvilVersusEvil, and the leader of her side is trying to kill her and does [[spoiler: kill her little sister]], and she knows it, and forced repeatedly to kill innocents. On the other hand, though, she, despite complaining about being forced to do it, quickly, readily, and with no moral objection kills other tributes who are simply trying to defend their own life, and she's extremely suspicious and judgmental of everyone she meets despite often having no real reason for it.

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** [[BigBad Caine Soren.]] Sure, he brought almost all of the pain he endured [[LaserGuidedKarma on himself,]] and made everyone else suffer with him, but considering that he went through ParentalAbandonment twice, life in a school which more resemmbled a military prison in North Korea, starvation, attempts on his life from his girlfriend, brother [[spoiler: and daughter]], [[spoiler: his girlfriend leaving him for his arch nemesis and brother]], and watching everything he ever wanted being handed over to a brother who never wanted it in the first place, his actions can come off as sympathetic almost as much as they do loathsome.
* Mary Bennet from ''{{Literature/PrideAndPrejudice}}'' is an insufferable know-it-all who never misses an opportunity to lecture her siblings on the finer points of morality and virtue. However, she is also the plainest of the 5 girls and the most overlooked, being TheUnfavorite to both of her parents and actively ignored by everyone around her. Also, despite her technically skilled but emotionally stunted musical talents, she is said to be constantly working to improve herself, while her more attractive siblings rest on their laurels.

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** Dudley Dursley is a FatBastard, very much a SpoiledBrat whose parents spoil him even more. Dumbledore points out that his spoiled attitude is purely caused by the way said parents treated him, and pities the way he's been traumatised as well as raised into believing that he is entitled to treat others badly. Also, despite bullying Harry for their entire childhood, after he [[spoiler:gets attacks by dementors, he's forced to see himself for how he really is. He reforms and tries to make it up to his cousin, and the two continue to visit each other as adults.]]
** Draco Malfoy is classist, spoiled, egotistical, and a supporter of FantasticRacism, not to mention an extreme coward. However, once again, many argue that it's simply caused by indoctrination and his upbringing. [[spoiler: When he joins the Death Eaters to kill Dumbledore, he suffers a mental break-down at the first-row sight of what the Death Eaters will do, the knowledge that he's not talented enough, and Voldemort's threat of killing his parents if he fails. Even though he never supports Harry, in the final battle, he stops fighting for the Dark Lord.]]
** And Severus Snape, the champion of this trope in the Harry Potter universe. He is cruel and rude, bullies and torments not only Harry, but plenty of other characters, and has threatened animal abuse (though, to be fair, this seems fairly common in the wizarding world). However, [[AbusiveParents his parents weren't exactly the best]] (it's all but stated that Tobias was abusive, while Eileen was neglectful) and he lived a lonely childhood where [[spoiler:his only friend was Lily Evans, who he grew to love. At school, he was bullied by his rival James Potter and his friends, and at some point, a very stupid trick by Sirius Black nearly led to him being killed, with only James' timely intervention saving him. He joined the Death Eaters, thus commiting the grave mistake of embracing FantasticRacism. However, one day, while being hunged upside down by James in front of the many students, he pressed Lily's BerserkButton to the core, [[KickTheMoralityPet via calling her "mudblood"]]; she was so upset after having been patient with him for ''years'' that she cut off all ties to him, and as he refused to leave the Dark Arts behind, he lost her friendship forever, and thus he watched her get married to his biggest rival -- because James [[InformedAbility learned his lesson and grew into a decent guy]]. His working for Lord Voldemort directly led to her death...and having seen how his actions had cost him his only friend, he spent the rest of his life grieving for her and protecting her son, who (he thinks) happened to look ''just'' like James, and whom he '''still''' horribly and very undeservedly abused -- only to discover that he was about to be killed in the end, eventually. He had to live for years as a spy, bitter and alone, forced to kill the mentor he respected and cared for, and then was murdered himself]]. Does it make up for everything he did? Leave it to yourself to decide.

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** Dudley Dursley is a FatBastard, very much a SpoiledBrat whose parents spoil him even more. Dumbledore points out that his spoiled attitude is purely caused by the way said parents treated him, and pities the way he's been traumatized as well as raised into believing that he is entitled to treat others badly. Also, despite bullying Harry for their entire childhood, after he [[spoiler:gets attacked by dementors, he's forced to see himself for how he really is. He reforms and tries to make it up to his cousin, and the two continue to visit each other as adults.]]
** Draco Malfoy is classist, spoiled, egotistical, and a supporter of FantasticRacism, not to mention an extreme coward. However, once again, many argue that it's simply caused by indoctrination and his upbringing. [[spoiler: When he joins the Death Eaters to kill Dumbledore, he suffers a mental breakdown at the first-row sight of what the Death Eaters will do, the knowledge that he's not talented enough, and Voldemort's threat of killing his parents if he fails. Even though he never supports Harry, in the final battle, he stops fighting for the Dark Lord.]]
** And Severus Snape, the champion of this trope in the Harry Potter universe. He is cruel and rude, bullies and torments not only Harry, but plenty of other characters, and has threatened animal abuse (though, to be fair, this seems fairly common in the wizarding world). However, [[AbusiveParents his parents weren't exactly the best]] (it's all but stated that Tobias was abusive, while Eileen was neglectful) and he lived a lonely childhood where [[spoiler:his only friend was Lily Evans, who he grew to love. At school, he was bullied by his rival James Potter and his friends, and at some point, a very stupid trick by Sirius Black nearly led to him being killed, with only James' timely intervention saving him. He joined the Death Eaters, thus committing the grave mistake of embracing FantasticRacism. However, one day, while being hanged upside down by James in front of the many students, he pressed Lily's BerserkButton to the core, [[KickTheMoralityPet via calling her "mudblood"]]; she was so upset after having been patient with him for ''years'' that she cut off all ties to him, and as he refused to leave the Dark Arts behind, he lost her friendship forever, and thus he watched her get married to his biggest rival -- because James learned his lesson and grew into a decent guy. His working for Lord Voldemort directly led to her death... and having seen how his actions had cost him his only friend, he spent the rest of his life grieving for her and protecting her son, who (he thinks) happened to look ''just'' like James, and whom he '''still''' horribly and very undeservedly abused -- only to discover that he was about to be killed in the end, eventually. He had to live for years as a spy, bitter and alone, forced to kill the mentor he respected and cared for, and then was murdered himself]].

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** To name a few: Jaime Lannister, who consistently does horrible things to protect his family, but [[NeverLiveItDown who is widely despised]] for the ''best'' thing he ever did; Tyrion Lannister, who has even worse publicity than his brother, and responds by [[SnarkKnight acting like a jerk despite having good intentions]]; Arya Stark, a bitter girl with increasingly sociopathic tendencies [[spoiler:following the murder of her family]]; Sandor Clegane, a ruthless killer who turns out to be a conflicted {{Woobie}}; Daenerys Targaryen, a ruthless warlord whose brother put her through hell; Theon Greyjoy, whose [[spoiler:treason]] and JerkAss tendencies arise from [[WellDoneSonGuy a need for acceptance]] and who has recently undergone [[spoiler:ColdBloodedTorture]]...yep, the list goes on. And on and on and on.
* VillainProtagonist Lucrezia Borgia from ''Literature/MirrorMirror'' is a rare example of this as the BigBad. She's a [[AndYourLittleDogToo child-killing]], [[RichBitch vain]], [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and [[ILied inconstant]] ''bitch'', yet between her character exposition and [[FreudianExcuse messed-up backstory]] (not to mention the SelfInflictedHell she puts herself through), you still sympathize with her. When her inevitable (and horrible) death finally occurs, you feel [[LaserGuidedKarma satisfied that justice was served]], ''yet you still wish that she'd been a KarmaHoudini.''

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** To name a few: Jaime Lannister, who consistently does horrible things to protect his family, but [[NeverLiveItDown who is widely despised]] for the ''best'' thing he ever did; Tyrion Lannister, who has even worse publicity than his brother, and responds by [[SnarkKnight acting like a jerk despite having good intentions]]; Arya Stark, a bitter girl with increasingly sociopathic tendencies [[spoiler:following the murder of her family]]; Sandor Clegane, a ruthless killer who turns out to be a conflicted [[TheWoobie Woobie]]; Daenerys Targaryen, a ruthless warlord whose brother put her through hell; Theon Greyjoy, whose [[spoiler:treason]] and {{Jerkass}} tendencies arise from [[WellDoneSonGuy a need for acceptance]] and who has recently undergone [[spoiler:ColdBloodedTorture]]...yep, the list goes on. 
* VillainProtagonist Lucrezia Borgia from ''Literature/MirrorMirror'' is a rare example of this as the BigBad. She's a [[AndYourLittleDogToo child-killing]], [[RichBitch vain]], [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and [[ILied inconstant]] jerk, yet between her character exposition and [[FreudianExcuse messed-up backstory]] (not to mention the SelfInflictedHell she puts herself through), she's not entirely unsympathetic.

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* Vera from Creator/VCAndrews' ''My Sweet Audrina''. She's a ManipulativeBitch who constantly belittles and schemes against her half-sister Audrina, tries to steal Audrina's boyfriend/husband away from her ([[TheVamp when she's not chasing after other guys]], that is), and crosses the MoralEventHorizon at least ''twice'' by [[spoiler:being heavily implied to be the one who pushed Audrina down the stairs, nearly killing her, and being revealed to be the one who set up Audrina to be raped by a pack of boys while walking home from school on her birthday, which so [[BreakTheCutie horribly traumatized]] Audrina that her father had to deliberately invoke TraumaInducedAmnesia for her to even be remotely happy again]]. And yet, the heavy implications that her being like this is mainly due to her adoptive father [[ParentalFavoritism constantly ignoring her in favor of his daughter Audrina]] and even spanking her when she desperately tried everything she could think of to gain his love, plus her being [[IllGirl VERY prone to injury]], garners her enough Woobie points for the audience, along with Audrina herself, to constantly swing between hating her and feeling sorry for her.

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* Vera from Creator/VCAndrews' ''My Sweet Audrina''. She's a ManipulativeBastard who constantly belittles and schemes against her half-sister Audrina, tries to steal Audrina's boyfriend/husband away from her ([[TheVamp when she's not chasing after other guys]], that is), and crosses the MoralEventHorizon at least ''twice'' by [[spoiler:being heavily implied to be the one who pushed Audrina down the stairs, nearly killing her, and being revealed to be the one who set up Audrina to be raped by a pack of boys while walking home from school on her birthday, which so [[BreakTheCutie horribly traumatized]] Audrina that her father had to deliberately invoke TraumaInducedAmnesia for her to even be remotely happy again]]. And yet, the heavy implications that her being like this is mainly due to her adoptive father [[ParentalFavoritism constantly ignoring her in favor of his daughter Audrina]] and even spanking her when she desperately tried everything she could think of to gain his love, plus her being [[IllGirl very prone to injury]], garners her enough Woobie points for the audience, along with Audrina herself, to constantly swing between hating her and feeling sorry for her.

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25th Feb '13 6:05:22 PM Craver357

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** And Severus Snape, the champion of this trope in the Harry Potter universe. He is cruel and rude, bullies and torments not only Harry, but plenty of other characters, and has threatened animal abuse (though, to be fair, this seems fairly common in the wizarding world). However, [[AbusiveParents his parents weren't exactly the best]] (it's all but stated that Tobias was abusive, while Eileen was neglectful) and he lived a lonely childhood where [[spoiler:his only friend was Lily Evans, who he grew to love. At school, he was bullied by his rival James Potter and his friends, and at some point, a very stupid trick by Sirius Black nearly led to him being killed, with only James' timely intervention saving him. He joined the Death Eaters, thus commiting the grave mistake of embracing FantasticRacism. However, one day, while being hunged upside down by James in front of the many students, he pressed Lily's BerserkButton to the core, [[KickTheMoralityPet via calling her "mudblood"]]; she was so upset after having been patient with him for ''years'' that [[WeUsedToBeFriends she cut off all ties to him]], and as he refused to leave the Dark Arts behind, [[DidNotGetTheGirl he lost her friendship forever]], and thus he watched her get married to his biggest rival -- because James [[InformedAbility learned his lesson and grew into a decent guy]]. His working for Lord Voldemort directly led to her death...and having seen how his actions had cost him his only friend, he spent the rest of his life grieving for her and protecting her son, who (he thinks) happened to look ''just'' like James, and whom he '''still''' [[DisproportionateRetribution horribly and very undeservedly abused]] -- only to discover that he was about to be killed in the end, eventually. He had to live for years as a spy, bitter and alone, forced to kill the mentor he respected and cared for, and then was murdered himself]]. Does it make up for everything he did? Leave it to yourself to decide.

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** And Severus Snape, the champion of this trope in the Harry Potter universe. He is cruel and rude, bullies and torments not only Harry, but plenty of other characters, and has threatened animal abuse (though, to be fair, this seems fairly common in the wizarding world). However, [[AbusiveParents his parents weren't exactly the best]] (it's all but stated that Tobias was abusive, while Eileen was neglectful) and he lived a lonely childhood where [[spoiler:his only friend was Lily Evans, who he grew to love. At school, he was bullied by his rival James Potter and his friends, and at some point, a very stupid trick by Sirius Black nearly led to him being killed, with only James' timely intervention saving him. He joined the Death Eaters, thus commiting the grave mistake of embracing FantasticRacism. However, one day, while being hunged upside down by James in front of the many students, he pressed Lily's BerserkButton to the core, [[KickTheMoralityPet via calling her "mudblood"]]; she was so upset after having been patient with him for ''years'' that she cut off all ties to him, and as he refused to leave the Dark Arts behind, he lost her friendship forever, and thus he watched her get married to his biggest rival -- because James [[InformedAbility learned his lesson and grew into a decent guy]]. His working for Lord Voldemort directly led to her death...and having seen how his actions had cost him his only friend, he spent the rest of his life grieving for her and protecting her son, who (he thinks) happened to look ''just'' like James, and whom he '''still''' horribly and very undeservedly abused -- only to discover that he was about to be killed in the end, eventually. He had to live for years as a spy, bitter and alone, forced to kill the mentor he respected and cared for, and then was murdered himself]]. Does it make up for everything he did? Leave it to yourself to decide.

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* The ''Literature/{{GONE}}'' series:
** [[InsufferableGenius Astrid Ellison]] had to [[spoiler: See her little brother, the only member of her family left die.]] granted though, she's the one who [[spoiler: pushed him, ]] which might be why some readers were hesitant to mentally wrap her up in a blanket after she broke down in tears afterwards. Either way, there's no question she's been through a lot. Except the majority of which is self inflicted.
** [[TheAtoner Orc]] has a death count of 2 little girls- both under 10 who were completly innocent. These were however, both accidents (though he did beat the first one up), and plague him for the rest of the series. He spends a long time trying to put his wrongs right, and seems genuinely guilty for what he's done. Yet, he still on occasion uses violence.  
** [[DarkChick Diana Ladris]]. She may have supposedly pushedher mother down the stairs and framed her father for it, she may have lied to every friend she had, she may have spied and betrayed every alliance she's been on for the sake of self preservation but the plot '''REALLY''' makes her suffer for it, particularly in ''FEAR'' when she [[spoiler: is forced to give birth age 15 in a pitch black, smoldering hot mine. She is also being tortured down there, and it's implied that she's suffering from post partum depression. Quite understandably.]] 
** [[BigBad Caine Soren.]] Sure, he brought almost all of the pain he endured [[LaserGuidedKarma on himself,]] and made everyone else suffer with him, but considering that he went through ParentalAbandonment twice, life in a school which more resemmbled a military prison in North Korea, starvation, attempts on his life from his girlfriend, brother [[spoiler: and daughter]], [[spoiler: his girlfriend leaving him for his arch nemesis and brother]], and watching everything he ever wanted being handed over to a brother who never wanted it in the first place, his actions can come off as sympathetic almost as much as they do loathsome.

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