The Un-Favourite
The nasty end of Parental Favoritism. Where there's an Alpha wolf, there's got to be a Beta. When there is a first banana, there is a second banana. This is the person in the family who can't get a break. For example, this is the child who's the big let-down to their parents, the daughter that was supposed to be a son (or vice-versa), the child the parents had by accident when they'd already decided they didn't need another mouth to feed, the adoptive, foster, or stepchild that came before the parents had a biological child
Saved By A Terrible Performance
You have something you enjoy doing. Everybody does. However, you are the worst at what you enjoy doing. Whether it is cooking, singing, or driving just about anything, you are often the last person people would turn to for these tasks. Then a situation arrives where you are the only person able to take care of the problem. Why? Because your terrible performance is the only solution.
This is moments where somebody being bad at something ends up ultimately being played off as a good thing. Maybe their horrible skill ends up pleasing a monster whereas a skilled professional only pisses it off even more. This may result in them
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Tropes Community Podcasts
166. Part 1: Afraid Not October 03, 2018
