Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Yesss, I have some sibling relationships (usually fairly strained ones but still) and in none of them is the older sibling shown as evil or bad just because.
Joan and Nell are pretty close; Giana is never shown as bad for being more cold, just a bit standoffish to Vivian; Victor values Claire and her safety more than just about everything else; Morgan tries her hardest to stay in touch with her sisters and brother; Oliver doesn't have a close relationship with Therese, but he still loves her and trusts her; Emily's death is literally the catalyst for the rebellion; Daniel is kind of distant but still loves Della; Alice watches over her sister and brothers quite a bit; Francesca will do anything to protect her sisters; Amira doesn't always spend tons of time with Meg and they're distant now, but they still love each other; etc.

Yeah, it's either "siblings who are super super super close" or "siblings who loathe each other" and there's no in-between.

When in reality, I sometimes really dislike my little brother, but I don’t hate him. And sometimes I’m just sort of apathetic to my sibs.

Yeah same, my sister annoys the hell out of me at times, but I wouldn't sell her out for a piece of Turkish Delight, you know?

Still wouldn't have been worth it

Your at the time were entirely innocent siblings who had done nothing to you other than say be nice when you were making fun of your little sister for something that turned out to be true. I loathe Edmund with a burning passion.

It can't rival my hatred of amy (the most wonderful woman in the world) March

Oh pretty woman in the woods giving me addictive candy. Nevermind what my sister said about her being bad or her clearly terrible plans and her being clearly evil. Lemme just go with her

Kids aren't that dumb!

Can we at least agree that amy (the most wonderful woman in the world) March is horrible?

The youngest sister in Little Women

She burns Jo's manuscript for her book. In the 1800s so she had no backup.

Because she was petty and mad that Jo wouldn't take her ice skating.

Yeah….my sister is obnoxious and rude, but she would NEVER do something like that.