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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, only share a father Christopher.
* '''Exaggerated''': All of Alice’s misfortunes in life - from her mother’s abandonment, her failing marriage, her loss of several jobs and homes - result from her being only a half-sister to Bob.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is initially annoyed that she and Bob can’t be full siblings but later gets over it.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfair situation.
** Christopher is a billionaire who lives in a society where rigid and classist values prevail. His relationship with a woman of a lower class when he was young resulted in Alice’s birth, but he couldn’t be involved in her life because of their differing social statuses. However, Christopher married a woman of equal class and had Bob with her. When Alice grew up and learned the truth, she felt she was unloved by her father.
* '''Exaggerated''': All of Alice’s misfortunes in life - from her mother’s abandonment, her failing marriage, her loss of several jobs and homes - result from her being only a half-sister to Bob.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is initially annoyed that she and Bob can’t be full siblings but later gets over it.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfair situation.
** Christopher is a billionaire who lives in a society where rigid and classist values prevail. His relationship with a woman of a lower class when he was young resulted in Alice’s birth, but he couldn’t be involved in her life because of their differing social statuses. However, Christopher married a woman of equal class and had Bob with her. When Alice grew up and learned the truth, she felt she was unloved by her father.
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, only share a father father, Christopher.
* '''Exaggerated''': All of Alice’s misfortunes in life- -- from [[ParentalAbandonment her mother’s abandonment, abandonment]], her failing marriage, her loss of several jobs and homes - -- result from her being only a half-sister to Bob.
Bob.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is initially annoyed that she and Bob can’t be full siblings but later gets overit.
it.
*'''Justified''':
'''Justified''':
** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfairsituation.
situation.
** Christopher is a billionaire who lives in a society where rigid and classist values prevail. His relationship with a woman of a lower class when he was young resulted in Alice’s birth, but he couldn’t be involved in her life because of their differing social statuses. However, Christopher married a woman of equal class and had Bob with her. When Alice grew up and learned the truth, she felt she was unloved by her father.
* '''Exaggerated''': All of Alice’s misfortunes in life
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is initially annoyed that she and Bob can’t be full siblings but later gets over
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** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfair
** Christopher is a billionaire who lives in a society where rigid and classist values prevail. His relationship with a woman of a lower class when he was young resulted in Alice’s birth, but he couldn’t be involved in her life because of their differing social statuses. However, Christopher married a woman of equal class and had Bob with her. When Alice grew up and learned the truth, she felt she was unloved by her father.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice has angst for being the full sister of Bob.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice has angst for being the full sister ofBob. Bob.
** Alice is relieved not to be Bob's full sister, because he has qualities she'd hate to see in herself.
** Alice has angst for being the full sister of
** Alice is relieved not to be Bob's full sister, because he has qualities she'd hate to see in herself.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice is the happiest person in the universe until the moment she learns that she’s only Bob’s half-sister, at which point she assumes the role of the most angsty person of this universe and the next.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice is [[ThePollyanna the happiest person in the universe universe]] until the moment she learns that she’s only Bob’s half-sister, at which point she assumes the role of the most angsty person of this universe and the next. next.
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** Alice never angsts about being a half-sibling
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of their relation.
* '''Enforced''': The network decides to make Alice and Bob half-siblings in order to give Alice some more drama and stakes after the conclusion of a previous storyline.
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of their relation.
* '''Enforced''': The network decides to make Alice and Bob half-siblings in order to give Alice some more drama and stakes after the conclusion of a previous storyline.
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** Alice never angsts about being a half-sibling
half-sibling.
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of theirrelation.
relation, or [[NotBloodSiblings lack]] [[HappilyAdopted thereof]], as the case may be.
* '''Enforced''': The network decides to make Alice and Bob half-siblingsin order to give Alice some more drama and stakes after the conclusion of a previous storyline. storyline.
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of their
* '''Enforced''': The network decides to make Alice and Bob half-siblings
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* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her. Years later, when she has two children through two marriages, Alice decides to treat them with equal love and gets over her previous hang-ups regarding her half-sibling status.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her. Years later, when [[GenerationXerox she has two children through two marriages, marriages]], Alice decides to treat them with equal love and gets over her previous hang-ups regarding her half-sibling status. status.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice indulges in ComicalOverreacting upon finding out that she and Bob aren't full siblings.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice indulges in ComicalOverreacting upon finding out that she and Bob aren't full siblings.
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Back to HalfSiblingAngst.
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Back to HalfSiblingAngst.HalfSiblingAngst.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice doesn't have a good relationship with Bob at first because they're half-siblings and he stands to inherit their wealthy father Christopher's millions when the man dies while she gets nothing. Eventually however, Alice decides to befriend Bob when she realizes that she's fine without the money and as a change of heart, Christopher wants to include Alice in the will. However, this action pisses Bob off to the point of pushing Alice away, but Christopher dies in an accident before he can include her. Nevertheless, Alice's relationship with Bob is permanently strained afterwards.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice doesn't have a good relationship with Bob at first because they're half-siblings and he stands to inherit their wealthy father Christopher's millions when the man dies while she gets nothing. Eventually however, Alice decides to befriend Bob when she realizes that she's fine without the money and and, [[HeelFaceTurn as a change of heart, heart]], [[PetTheDog Christopher wants to include Alice in the will. will]]. However, this action pisses Bob off to the point of pushing Alice away, [[BusCrash but Christopher dies in an accident before he can include her.her]]. Nevertheless, Alice's relationship with Bob is permanently strained afterwards.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Like I don't understand why he doesn't like me, we have the same father." "Half-siblings, eh?"
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Alice doesn't have a good relationship with Bob at first because they're half-siblings and he stands to inherit their wealthy father Christopher's millions when the man dies while she gets nothing. Eventually however, Alice decides to befriend Bob when she realizes that she's fine without the money and as a change of heart, Christopher wants to include Alice in the will. However, this action pisses Bob off to the point of pushing Alice away, but Christopher dies in an accident before he can include her. Nevertheless, Alice's relationship with Bob is permanently strained afterwards.
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared father Christopher.
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared only share a father Christopher.
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** Alice lives in a StepfordSuburbia where only nuclear families are tolerated while those who don’t fit into that mold (i.e. a half-sibling) is ostracized.
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** Alice lives in a StepfordSuburbia where only nuclear families are tolerated while those who don’t fit into that mold (i.e. a half-sibling) is are ostracized.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her regardless of her half-sibling status. Years later, when she has two children through two marriages, Alice decides to treat them with equal love.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her regardless of her half-sibling status. her. Years later, when she has two children through two marriages, Alice decides to treat them with equal love.love and gets over her previous hang-ups regarding her half-sibling status.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is told from the moment she was born that she would never be a true member of the family because she’s the illegitimate daughter while Bob is the legitimate son and heir to the family fortune. This eventually causes her to resent her family and her status as a half-sister.
* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her regardless of her half-sibling status. Years later, when she has two children through two marriages, Alice decides to treat them with equal love.
* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Alice decides that her family’s emotional abuse is too much and decides to cut them off and live with her FamilyOfChoice who actually cared about her regardless of her half-sibling status. Years later, when she has two children through two marriages, Alice decides to treat them with equal love.
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** Bob blames Alice for ruining his parents' marriage because she had been the result of Christopher's affair with her mother. Alice, being a young child, believes this for a while.
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* '''Inverted''': ???
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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice has angst for being the full sister of Bob.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice is the happiest person in the universe until the moment she learns that she’s only Bob’s half-sister, at which point she assumes the role of the most angsty person of this universe and the next.
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** Alice is a six-year-old girl who’s still getting used to the idea of a younger half-brother, thinking that he’s replacing her as Christopher’s favorite child.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice learns that Christopher is her father, thus making her friend Bob her half-brother. But Alice doesn’t care that she’s his half-sister...
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* '''Subverted''': Alice learns that Christopher is her father, thus making her friend Bob her half-brother. But Alice doesn’t care that she’s his half-sister...Bob is simply her half-brother...
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* '''Subverted''': Alice learns that Christopher is also her father and doesn’t care that she’s simply his half-sister...
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* '''Subverted''': Alice learns that Christopher is also her father and father, thus making her friend Bob her half-brother. But Alice doesn’t care that she’s simply his half-sister...
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** Christopher is a billionaire who lives in a society where rigid and classist values prevail. His relationship with a woman of a lower class when he was young resulted in Alice’s birth, but he couldn’t be involved in her life because of their differing social statuses. However, Christopher married a woman of equal class and had Bob with her. When Alice grew up and learned the truth, she felt she was unloved by her father.
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** Alice is a {{Wangst}}y teenager who thinks that her father hates her since he had her half-brother Bob with her stepmother.
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* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob’s father have
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* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob’s father Christopher tells his children from a young age that even if they don’t have the same mother, they’re still equally loved and are siblings regardless.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice’s EvilUncle Christopher, knowing Alice’s angst over her half-sibling status, uses her to get back at his brother and sue him to get them into the will.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice’s EvilUncle Christopher, David, knowing Alice’s angst over her half-sibling status, uses her to get back at his brother Christopher and sue him to get them into the will.
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared father.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared father.
father Christopher.
* '''Exaggerated''':???
All of Alice’s misfortunes in life - from her mother’s abandonment, her failing marriage, her loss of several jobs and homes - result from her being only a half-sister to Bob.
* '''Downplayed''':???
Alice is initially annoyed that she and Bob can’t be full siblings but later gets over it.
*'''Justified''': ???'''Justified''':
** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfair situation.
** Alice lives in a StepfordSuburbia where only nuclear families are tolerated while those who don’t fit into that mold (i.e. a half-sibling) is ostracized.
** Christopher [[ParentalFavoritism favors Bob, while ignoring Alice]], possibly because Bob looks like him and Alice doesn’t.
** Christopher makes it clear he doesn’t think that, as an illegitimate daughter, Alice will ever be up to the challenge of being a true family heir, causing Alice to lash out against him and those who believe him.
** Alice and Bob had a close relationship until it was revealed that they were “only” half-siblings, causing an estrangement, which made Alice angst that she could never be “fully” like Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''':
* '''Downplayed''':
*
** Bob is the legitimate son to a wealthy billionaire Christopher and is included in a will granting him billions upon Christopher’s death. Alice, being Bob’s older paternal half-sister born out of wedlock, is either not in the will or written out completely, causing her to be angry at the unfair situation.
** Alice lives in a StepfordSuburbia where only nuclear families are tolerated while those who don’t fit into that mold (i.e. a half-sibling) is ostracized.
** Christopher [[ParentalFavoritism favors Bob, while ignoring Alice]], possibly because Bob looks like him and Alice doesn’t.
** Christopher makes it clear he doesn’t think that, as an illegitimate daughter, Alice will ever be up to the challenge of being a true family heir, causing Alice to lash out against him and those who believe him.
** Alice and Bob had a close relationship until it was revealed that they were “only” half-siblings, causing an estrangement, which made Alice angst that she could never be “fully” like Bob.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice learns that Christopher is also her father and doesn’t care that she’s simply his half-sister...
* '''DoubleSubverted''': ???Subverted''': ...at first until she learns that Bob stands to inherit millions while she gets nothing when their father dies.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
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* '''Averted''': ???
'''Averted''':
** Alice never angsts about being a half-sibling
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of their relation.
* '''Enforced''':???The network decides to make Alice and Bob half-siblings in order to give Alice some more drama and stakes after the conclusion of a previous storyline.
** Alice never angsts about being a half-sibling
** Alice and Bob have a great relationship regardless of their relation.
* '''Enforced''':
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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice is a method actress whose character is a woman who {{Wangst}}s over her status as a half-sister rather than a full sister.
* '''Exploited''':???
Alice’s EvilUncle Christopher, knowing Alice’s angst over her half-sibling status, uses her to get back at his brother and sue him to get them into the will.
* '''Defied''':???Alice and Bob’s father have
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''':
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'''Basic Trope''': A character feels troubled over the fact they share only one parent with another character.
* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared father.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Straight''': Alice hates the fact that she and her brother, Bob, don't look like their shared father.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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