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** Catelyn Stark dislikes her husband Ned Stark's illegitimate child, [[HeroicBastard Jon]], in ''A Game of Thrones''. After her own son Bran is critically injured after being pushed from a tall window, Catelyn tells Jon that it should have been him.
** A poignant example appears in the {{Prequel}}, ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' where at the end of "The Hedge Knight", Prince Valarr [[spoiler:grieves for the loss of his kind father, the beloved Baelor Breakspear, and wonders how a hedge knight like Dunk gets to live instead of the man who had the potential to be the greatest of the Targaryen Kings.]]
** Sansa tells her sister Arya she should have been killed instead of her pet direwolf Lady. Sansa fails to realize that Lady's death is partly her own fault as she refused to admit to the king that Arya attacked Joffrey out of self-defense.

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** Catelyn Stark dislikes resents the presence of her husband Ned Stark's illegitimate child, [[HeroicBastard Jon]], in ''A Game of Thrones''. After her own son Bran is critically injured after being pushed from a tall window, Catelyn tells Jon that it should have been him.
him. WordOfGod is this was the only time she took her usual neglect and clear dislike of Jon to the point of verbal abuse.
** A poignant example appears in the {{Prequel}}, ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' where at the end of "The Hedge Knight", Prince Valarr [[spoiler:grieves for the loss of his kind father, the beloved Baelor Breakspear, and wonders how a hedge knight like Dunk gets to live instead of the man who had the potential to be the greatest of the Targaryen Kings.]]
kings]].
** Sansa tells her sister Arya that she (Arya) should have been killed instead of her Sansa's pet direwolf Lady. Sansa fails to realize that Lady's death is partly her own fault as she refused to admit to the king that Arya attacked Joffrey out of self-defense.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Some people in Monarch, particularly those who were close friends with Dr. Vivienne Graham, wish that it had been [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Mark Russell]] instead of her who died during Ghidorah's awakening, especially since her going out of her way to save Mark's life when she could've run was a contributing factor to Ghidorah noticing and chomping her. Mark is aware of it even if none of them say it to his face except for Mariko, who straight-up tells Mark that she thinks Vivienne losing her life saving ''him'' was a pointless waste. Mark [[SurvivorGuilt is actually inclined to agree with them all on it]].
** Mark moves past it by the fic's canon ending, but in a [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/700972045402603520/ non-canon crossover with MonsterVerse canon]] where he meets his [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell canon self]] during ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', ''Abraxas'' Mark is disgusted that his other self hasn't gone through as much CharacterDevelopment as him and is refusing to parent Madison ideally, culminating in ''Abraxas'' Mark telling Canon Mark that it's a real shame Canon Vivienne didn't survive and become Canon Madison's guardian instead of him.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Some people in Monarch, particularly those who were close friends with Dr. Vivienne Graham, wish that it had been [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Mark Russell]] instead of her who died during Ghidorah's awakening, especially since her going out of her way to save Mark's life when she could've run was a contributing factor to Ghidorah noticing and chomping her. Mark is aware of it even if none of them say it to his face face, except for Mariko, Mariko who straight-up tells Mark that she thinks Vivienne losing her life saving ''him'' was a pointless waste. Mark [[SurvivorGuilt is actually inclined to agree with them all on it]].
the matter]].
** Mark moves past it by the fic's canon ending, but in a [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/700972045402603520/ non-canon crossover with MonsterVerse canon]] where he meets his [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell canon self]] self during ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', ''Abraxas'' Mark is disgusted that his other self hasn't gone through as much CharacterDevelopment as him and is refusing to parent Madison ideally, culminating in ''Abraxas'' Mark telling Canon Mark that it's a real shame Canon Vivienne didn't survive and become Canon Madison's guardian instead of him.

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