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* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine gets this a lot. A lot of times, the people saying it are right. Even Constantine agrees. To rub salt in it, when we see another universe where John's stillborn brother survived instead of him, he's well-adjusted and liked, implying that it really ''should'' have been John.
* In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'', the murder of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El changes his wife Alura into a cold, short-tempered and harsh person who abuses her daughter constantly. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', Kara reaches her breaking point after several weeks putting up with Alura's mistreatment, and wonders why Reactron couldn't have killed her mother instead of her father.
-->''"Lana, what's wrong with her? Why is she so horrible to me? I do what she asks. I try so hard to help her, and all I get is her anger. Her disapproval. She wasn't like this when dad was alive. I can't help but wonder, Lana... Why c--"'' (whispering) ''"...Why couldn't [Reactron] have killed her instead of father?"''
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach's backstory reveals that [[SonOfAWhore his mother was a prostitute]], and as a child, he interrupted her while she was busy on the job. Her john left, paying only a token amount, and she descended angrily on her son--slapping him, shaking him, and shouting "I should have had that abortion!" As an adult, when he was informed of his mother's death, he responded with a single word: "Good."
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': In the final arc, an accident results in an explosion that hits Old Lace and Klara. Old Lace covers Klara, shielding her from the blast, and apparently dies as a result. Throughout the arc, Chase makes it abundantly clear that he wishes Klara had died instead. Later, when the team shows up in ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', it's heavily implied that Klara's developed such severe SurvivorsGuilt that she blames herself for the accident.
* In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'', the murder of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El changes his wife Alura into a cold, short-tempered and harsh person who abuses her daughter constantly. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', Kara reaches her breaking point after several weeks putting up with Alura's mistreatment, and wonders why Reactron couldn't have killed her mother instead of her father.
-->''"Lana, what's wrong with her? Why is she so horrible to me? I do what she asks. I try so hard to help her, and all I get is her anger. Her disapproval. She wasn't like this when dad was alive. I can't help but wonder, Lana... Why c--"'' (whispering) ''"...Why couldn't [Reactron] have killed her instead of father?"''
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach's backstory reveals that [[SonOfAWhore his mother was a prostitute]], and as a child, he interrupted her while she was busy on the job. Her john left, paying only a token amount, and she descended angrily on her son--slapping him, shaking him, and shouting "I should have had that abortion!" As an adult, when he was informed of his mother's death, he responded with a single word: "Good."
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': In the final arc, an accident results in an explosion that hits Old Lace and Klara. Old Lace covers Klara, shielding her from the blast, and apparently dies as a result. Throughout the arc, Chase makes it abundantly clear that he wishes Klara had died instead. Later, when the team shows up in ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', it's heavily implied that Klara's developed such severe SurvivorsGuilt that she blames herself for the accident.
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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': In ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'', following the events of ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver]] states that if the world was fair, Roy Harper would be alive and Wally West would be dead, as Wally cause the explosion that killed Roy.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': John Constantine gets this a lot. A lot of times, the people saying it are right. Even Constantine agrees. To rub salt in it, when we see another universe where John's stillborn brother survived instead of him, he's well-adjusted and liked, implying that it really ''should'' have been John.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': In the final arc, an accident results in an explosion that hits Old Lace and Klara. Old Lace covers Klara, shielding her from the blast, and apparently dies as a result. Throughout the arc, Chase makes it abundantly clear that he wishes Klara had died instead. Later, when the team shows up in ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', it's heavily implied that Klara's developed such severe SurvivorsGuilt that she blames herself for the accident.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'', the murder of Supergirl's father Zor-El changes his wife Alura into a cold, short-tempered and harsh person who abuses her daughter constantly. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', Kara reaches her breaking point after several weeks putting up with Alura's mistreatment, and wonders why Reactron couldn't have killed her mother instead of her father.
-->''"Lana, what's wrong with her? Why is she so horrible to me? I do what she asks. I try so hard to help her, and all I get is her anger. Her disapproval. She wasn't like this when dad was alive. I can't help but wonder, Lana... Why c--"'' (whispering) ''"...Why couldn't [Reactron] have killed her instead of father?"''
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach's backstory reveals that [[SonOfAWhore his mother was a prostitute]], and as a child, he interrupted her while she was busy on the job. Her john left, paying only a token amount, and she descended angrily on her son--slapping him, shaking him, and shouting "I should have had that abortion!" As an adult, when he was informed of his mother's death, he responded with a single word: "Good."
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': John Constantine gets this a lot. A lot of times, the people saying it are right. Even Constantine agrees. To rub salt in it, when we see another universe where John's stillborn brother survived instead of him, he's well-adjusted and liked, implying that it really ''should'' have been John.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': In the final arc, an accident results in an explosion that hits Old Lace and Klara. Old Lace covers Klara, shielding her from the blast, and apparently dies as a result. Throughout the arc, Chase makes it abundantly clear that he wishes Klara had died instead. Later, when the team shows up in ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', it's heavily implied that Klara's developed such severe SurvivorsGuilt that she blames herself for the accident.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'', the murder of Supergirl's father Zor-El changes his wife Alura into a cold, short-tempered and harsh person who abuses her daughter constantly. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', Kara reaches her breaking point after several weeks putting up with Alura's mistreatment, and wonders why Reactron couldn't have killed her mother instead of her father.
-->''"Lana, what's wrong with her? Why is she so horrible to me? I do what she asks. I try so hard to help her, and all I get is her anger. Her disapproval. She wasn't like this when dad was alive. I can't help but wonder, Lana... Why c--"'' (whispering) ''"...Why couldn't [Reactron] have killed her instead of father?"''
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach's backstory reveals that [[SonOfAWhore his mother was a prostitute]], and as a child, he interrupted her while she was busy on the job. Her john left, paying only a token amount, and she descended angrily on her son--slapping him, shaking him, and shouting "I should have had that abortion!" As an adult, when he was informed of his mother's death, he responded with a single word: "Good."
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This is a fan theory. Not actually "heavily implied" by the books.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Wormtail tries to justify to Harry, Sirius, and Lupin his betrayal of Lily and James Potter, claiming that Voldemort would have killed him if he hadn't told him where they were. Sirius shouts furiously, "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!" Justified in that Sirius isn't saying that, all other things held equal, it would have been better for Peter to die than James and Lily; rather, he's specifically berating Peter for giving up his friends to save his own skin.
** This trope is heavily implied to be the reason behind [[SadistTeacher Professor Snape's]] reprehensible treatment of [[ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom]] throughout all his time at school. [[spoiler: Neville and Harry were ''both'' the potential subject of the prophecy Snape had overheard and relayed to Voldemort years before, and Voldemort choosing the latter over the former led to the death of Harry's mother and Snape's [[AllLoveIsUnrequited childhood love]], Lily.]]
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Wormtail tries to justify to Harry, Sirius, and Lupin his betrayal of Lily and James Potter, claiming that Voldemort would have killed him if he hadn't told him where they were. Sirius shouts furiously, "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!" Justified in that Sirius isn't saying that, all other things held equal, it would have been better for Peter to die than James and Lily; rather, he's specifically berating Peter for giving up his friends to save his own skin.
** This trope is heavily implied to be the reason behind [[SadistTeacher Professor Snape's]] reprehensible treatment of [[ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom]] throughout all his time at school. [[spoiler: Neville and Harry were ''both'' the potential subject of the prophecy Snape had overheard and relayed to Voldemort years before, and Voldemort choosing the latter over the former led to the death of Harry's mother and Snape's [[AllLoveIsUnrequited childhood love]], Lily.]]
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
**''Literature/HarryPotter'': In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Wormtail tries to justify to Harry, Sirius, and Lupin his betrayal of Lily and James Potter, claiming that Voldemort would have killed him if he hadn't told him where they were. Sirius shouts furiously, "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!" Justified in that Sirius isn't saying that, all other things held equal, it would have been better for Peter to die than James and Lily; rather, he's specifically berating Peter for giving up his friends to save his own skin.
** This trope is heavily implied to be the reason behind [[SadistTeacher Professor Snape's]] reprehensible treatment of [[ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom]] throughout all his time at school. [[spoiler: Neville and Harry were ''both'' the potential subject of the prophecy Snape had overheard and relayed to Voldemort years before, and Voldemort choosing the latter over the former led to the death of Harry's mother and Snape's [[AllLoveIsUnrequited childhood love]], Lily.]]skin.
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** This trope is heavily implied to be the reason behind [[SadistTeacher Professor Snape's]] reprehensible treatment of [[ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom]] throughout all his time at school. [[spoiler: Neville and Harry were ''both'' the potential subject of the prophecy Snape had overheard and relayed to Voldemort years before, and Voldemort choosing the latter over the former led to the death of Harry's mother and Snape's [[AllLoveIsUnrequited childhood love]], Lily.]]
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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.
** 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 TargaryenKings.]]
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** Sansa tells her sister Arya that she (Arya) should have been killed instead ofher 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.
** 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
** Sansa tells her sister Arya that she (Arya) should have been killed instead of
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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.
** 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.
** 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
