History Main / KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil

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* ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'': The big thing that marked Mary Asher as "The Selfish" was her lack of concern for her family. Not only did she kill her most recent husband during the course of the story, but her son Milo's journals feature her not only lying to, brainwashing and using him, [[spoiler:but also claim she not only tried to kill Milo's father, but also attempted to burn down her sister's, brother-in-law's, and young nephew's house to kill them as well.]]
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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Prince Gihren Zabi vaporizes his own father with a WaveMotionGun after being disappointed that he tries to establish peace talks with the Federation. His sister, Kycilia, is not pleased with this and shoots him in the head. But again, Kycilia is already a villain and almost get away until Char sends her a rocket to the head.

** Near the end of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', Barty Crouch Jr. admits under a Truth Potion that he killed his own father, Transfigured his remains into a bone and buried it in the Forbidden Forest.

** Oberyn Martell's bastard daughters, the Sand Snakes, are disappointed with their uncle and cousin's lack of support on their revenge plan against the Lannisters for the deaths of the relatives which includes their father. Though their father's lover, Ellaria, is the one who murdered their uncle so that they can take over Dorne, the eldest daughter, Obara, kills her cousin by stabbing him at the back of his head with a spear. This is against what Oberyn intended because while he also wanted revenge on the Lannisters for brutal deaths of his sister, niece and nephew, he abhorred killing children which is tragic that [[MoralMyopia his own daughter murdered his nephew in the name of "revenge"]].
** [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton]] hits the point of no return when he kills [[spoiler: his father, his stepmother, and his newborn brother]] in order to take control of his house.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton]] hits the point of no return when [[spoiler: he]] kills [[spoiler: his father, his stepmother, and his newborn brother.]]

In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' Fëanor and his sons perform the First Kinslaying. And the Second and Third, too, while trying to reclaim the Silmarils. Due to these deeds, (among others) they lose the right to ever reclaim the Silmarils again.

** Tolkien's Legendarium:

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' Fëanor and his sons perform the First Kinslaying. And the Second and Third, too, while trying to reclaim the Silmarils. This is considered particularly evil - due to these deeds, they lose the right to ever reclaim the Silmarils again.
** There's also [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sméagol]], who strangled his brother Déagol to steal the ring from him, and then fled into a cave and turned into Gollum.

* WebVideo/TribeTwelve: The big thing that marked Mary Asher as "The Selfish" was her lack of concern for her family. Not only did she kill her most recent husband during the course of the story, but her son Milo's journals feature her not only lying to, brainwashing and using him, [[spoiler:but also imply she not only tried to kill Milo's father, but also attempted to burn down her sister's, brother-in-law's, and young nephew's house to kill them as well.]]

* ''Film/Aquaman2018'': Both Orvax and Orm are characterized as villains by their willingness to murder their kin, Orvax in sending his wife Atlanna to the Trench to be killed and Orm repeatedly trying to kill off his brother Arthur in order to protect his throne. Nereus, who has sided with Orm, is redeemed by his refusal to allow his daughter Nera to come to any harm even as she is acting against the will of the reigning king of Atlantis.

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* WebVideo/TribeTwelve: The big thing that marked Mary Asher as "The Selfish" was her lack of concern for her family. Not only did she kill her most recent husband during the course of the story, but her son Milo's journals feature her not only lying to, brainwashing and using him, [[spoiler:but also imply she not only tried to kill Milo's father, but also attempted to burn down her sister's, brother-in-law's, and young nephew's house to kill them as well.]]
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* In ''Webcomics/GirlGenius'', Aaronev's attempt to destroy his daughter's mind in order to get his old lover back, which ultimately kills her, is another thing that casts him as more evil than the rest of the mad scientists around him.

** Both Randyll Tarly and Tywin Lannister have tried [[LoopholeAbuse to get around the taboo]] so they can get rid of [[TheUnFavourite the son they hate the most]], Samwell Tarly and Tyrion Lannister respectively. Randyll threatens Samwell by saying he'll be involved in a HuntingAccident, while Tywin hopes Tyrion will get himself killed in battle. Tywin's hatred of Tyrion stems from being accused by him of kinslaying as [[MaternalDeathBlameTheChild his mother died giving birth to him]]. Eventually, he fingers Tyrion for King Joffrey's murder in hopes he'll get executed, [[LaserGuidedKarma leading to Tyrion becoming an actual kinslayer]] [[{{Patricide}} by shooting him with a crossbow in retribution]].

* ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'': A young Palpatine ends up killing his entire family to ensure he can train [[BastardUnderstudy and eventually usurp]] Darth Plagueis. It's also stated that Palpatine has wanted [[{{Patricide}} to kill his father]] as long as he could remember, in order to establish that [[EnfantTerrible he was born evil]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'' has [[spoiler: Magica de Spell]] kill her niece, and that alongside her ambivalence about her safety earlier and general abuse helps sell her AdaptionalVillainy.

** Cain is known as the father of murder after he kills his younger brother Able. God marked him so anyone who encountered him would know that Cain is to be shunned and that murdering him will encounter punishment from God, as Cain is intended to live a long-life of shame as punishment for his crime.

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* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'': Executing or being caught murdering one of your relatives or dynasty members causes your character to get the trait "Kinslayer" (subdivided in the 2.8 update into degrees of severity depending on how closely related you were). This inflicts significant penalties to the Diplomacy stat and other characters' opinions of you, and getting rid of the trait is very difficult. There are exceptions, though:
** Muslims are exempted because succession and decadence mechanics often require kinslaying. This is a loose adaption of Ottoman history: historically the sultanate went to whichever prince could get back to the capital first, meaning fratricide was somewhat common.
** Using a close relative as a HumanSacrifice in pagan rituals (e.g. Norse blots) doesn't count as kinslaying, nor does simply locking them up in a dungeon until they die of natural causes.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''. Atreus expresses shock and disgust when they encounter a ghost of a man who was killed by his son. The idea of a son killing his father clearly is unfathomable to Atreus. Several times he questions out loud to Kratos what would lead a someone to do such a thing. Players who know Kratos' back story know that Kratos himself killed his father, Zeus, so he defers from answering. Later, when they find the murdered body of the son, Atreus says that the son got what he deserved. However, when Kratos' patricide is revealed to Atreus, the boy is more distressed by the idea that as a god, he may be destined to end up killing Kratos. When Kratos assures him that this doesn't have to be their fate, Atreus accepts his word and their relationship resumes as normal.
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* In ''Videogame/KingOfDragonPass'', kinslaying is considered one member of a clan killing another member (with slaves being exempt) and is an extreme crime, which is why those guilty of other crimes are typically outlawed so they are no longer part of your clan and can be killed freely. There's a reason for this: kinslaying invites the [[EldritchAbomination forces of Chaos]] and curses the clan wherein it happens for years on end. One event chain in the game involves a drunken brawl ending in a kinslaying, and your entire clan ends up greatly disheartened and you have a much higher chance of suffering negative events for the next few years before the curse passes.

** Averted in T'Challa and Killmonger's final fight. The juxtaposition between the two characters is shown T'Challa offers to get Killmonger the medical care needed to save his life when Killmonger is mortally wounded in their fight.

* Cain is known as the father of murder after he kills his younger brother Able. God marked him so anyone who encountered him would know that Cain is to be shunned and that murdering him will encounter punishment from God, as Cain is intended to live a long-life of shame as punishment for his crime.
* Subverted with Abraham and Isaac. God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son, knowing that in addition to the grand taboo around kinslaying, Abraham and Sarah prayed for decades for a son and considered Isaac their miracle baby. The sacrifice is a test of Abraham’s faith and love for God. When Abraham moves to do as asked, God stopped Abraham and sent a ram to be slaughtered instead.

** The hero Orestes becomes a matricide when he slays his mother Clytemnestra; although he did this in revenge for Clytemnestra slaying his father and on the direct instructions of the god Apollo, his act of kinslaying still drove the Furies — supernatural spirits of vengeance and pursuers of criminals — to hound and torment him for many years as punishment for his deed. He was only able to get the Furies off his back after defending himself in a trial presided over by Athena and with Apollo as his defense attorney, which also more or less redefined the universal laws governing vengeance, justice and retribution as it did so.

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* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'': Executing or being caught murdering one of your relatives or dynasty members causes your character to get the trait "Kinslayer" (subdivided in the 2.8 update into degrees of severity depending on how closely related you were). This inflicts significant penalties to the Diplomacy stat and other characters' opinions of you, and getting rid of the trait is very difficult. There are exceptions, though:
** Muslims are exempted because succession and decadence mechanics often require kinslaying. This is a loose adaption of Ottoman history: historically the sultanate went to whichever prince could get back to the capital first, meaning fratricide was somewhat common.
** Using a close relative as a HumanSacrifice in pagan rituals (e.g. Norse blots) doesn't count as kinslaying, nor does simply locking them up in a dungeon until they die of natural causes.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''. Atreus expresses shock and disgust when they encounter a ghost of a man who was killed by his son. The idea of a son killing his father clearly is unfathomable to Atreus. Several times he questions out loud to Kratos what would lead a someone to do such a thing. Players who know Kratos' back story know that Kratos himself killed his father, Zeus, so he defers from answering. Later, when they find the murdered body of the son, Atreus says that the son got what he deserved. However, when Kratos' patricide is revealed to Atreus, the boy is more distressed by the idea that as a god, he may be destined to end up killing Kratos. When Kratos assures him that this doesn't have to be their fate, Atreus accepts his word and their relationship resumes as normal.

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* WebVideo/TribeTwelve: The big thing that marked Mary Asher as "The Selfish" was her lack of concern for her family. Not only did she kill her most recent husband during the course of the story, but her son Milo's journals feature her not only lying to, brainwashing and using him, [[spoiler:but also imply she not only tried to kill Milo's father, but also attempted to burn down her sister's, brother-in-law's, and young nephew's house to kill them as well.]]

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'': Scar had always been seen as a dark part of the community but is point of no return was when he sent his brother, Mufasa, hurtling to his death and instructed the hyenas to murder his nephew in order to allow Scar to ascend to the throne. When the truth is eventually revealed, the pack turns on Scar and he is exiled under threat of death.

** It is cemented that Killmonger is a hateful character by how gleeful he is at the opportunity to kill T'Challa, his cousin who has personally never done anything wrong to Erik. Whenever we've seen T'Challa engage in ritual combat, he has always given his opponents, including Killmonger, multiple opportunities to yield rather than be killed. Killmonger takes obvious pleasure in throwing T'Challa off the mountain to his apparent death.