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* Sharon Kay Penman's ''[[The Sunne in Splendour]]''. The last fourth of the book involves nearly everyone close to Richard either dying or betraying him, to the point where he more or less stops caring. Justified because all of these events come out of the historical record, turning the whole thing into a major [[Tear Jerker]].
* Sharon Kay Penman's ''[[The Sunne in Splendour]]''. The last fourth of the book involves nearly everyone close to Richard either dying or betraying him, to the point where he more or less stops caring. Justified because all of these events come out of the historical record, turning the whole thing into a major [[Tear Jerker]].
* ''[[The Aeneid]]''. Juno (who in an earlier epic poem is actually called an "eternal bitch") gets angry at the Trojans. Therefore, Aeneas' city (Troy) is defeated and burned. As he's escaping, he loses his wife, and his frantic midnight search for her only turns up her ghost. Then he has to lead a bunch of refugees across the known world in search of a safe place to resettle. They are caught in numerous storms, and accidentally burn down their own fleet at one point. He is forced to abandon the first woman he falls in love with, leading to her suicide. When they finally reach a point where they think they can settle down and rebuild their lives, Virgil says "Only look upward" and reminds the reader that the bitchy goddess is still after them... enter war and death and destruction.
* ''[[The Aeneid]]''. Juno (who in an earlier epic poem is actually called an "eternal bitch") gets angry at the Trojans. Therefore, Aeneas' city (Troy) is defeated and burned. As he's escaping, he loses his wife, and his frantic midnight search for her only turns up her ghost. Then he has to lead a bunch of refugees across the known world in search of a safe place to resettle. They are caught in numerous storms, and accidentally burn down their own fleet at one point. He is forced to abandon the first woman he falls in love with, leading to her suicide. When they finally reach a point where they think they can settle down and rebuild their lives, Virgil says "Only look upward" and reminds the reader that the bitchy goddess is still after them... enter war and death and destruction.
* The backstories of the [[Stationery Voyagers]] and their allies take the [[Humans Are Bastards]] concept to extremes.
* The backstories of the [[Stationery Voyagers]] and their allies take the [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] concept to extremes.
** Arnold "Pextel" Rubblindo is ignored by his little sister, treated with complete apathy when worried about his missing girlfriend, discovers that his father has the Stationery being equivalent of Pick's disease, fears his mother might have it also, gets in an agonizing car crash brought on by a police chase gone wrong against a drug smuggler who was working for the company owned by his girlfriend's parents, is transformed against his will into a robot to save his "life," is assigned a job as a ship captain and ambassador to several other planets by an organization that has effectively enslaved him, and is eventually rejected by his own mother because [[Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?|no son of hers is a Mechie]].
** Arnold "Pextel" Rubblindo is ignored by his little sister, treated with complete apathy when worried about his missing girlfriend, discovers that his father has the Stationery being equivalent of Pick's disease, fears his mother might have it also, gets in an agonizing car crash brought on by a police chase gone wrong against a drug smuggler who was working for the company owned by his girlfriend's parents, is transformed against his will into a robot to save his "life," is assigned a job as a ship captain and ambassador to several other planets by an organization that has effectively enslaved him, and is eventually rejected by his own mother because [[Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?|no son of hers is a Mechie]].
** Pinkella discovers that her parents have sold themselves and the company out to evil foreign terrorists who want to poison the candy and make children become helplessly sexually compulsive as early on as possible. Then, she finds out her parents have an open marriage and don't care. Then, they turn their backs on everything that they ever taught her in her youth, and try to get her to find someone to have sex with other than her boyfriend, who's "beneath" them. ''[[It Got Worse|Then]]'', her attempt to escape an unpleasant vacation results in her nearly getting raped by her would-be rescuer. Who is eaten by a shark after he falls overboard. And leaves her looking like a suspect of grand theft boat. Then, her brother turns out to be a [[Depraved Homosexual]] whose boyfriend has connections with a [[Sleazy Politician]]. The brother proceeds to murder her parents, then make an attempt on her life. Only to be betrayed and murdered by his gay partner, who then takes over the company. She finds herself effectively in almost the exact same position as Pextel, minus the being turned into a robot.
** Pinkella discovers that her parents have sold themselves and the company out to evil foreign terrorists who want to poison the candy and make children become helplessly sexually compulsive as early on as possible. Then, she finds out her parents have an open marriage and don't care. Then, they turn their backs on everything that they ever taught her in her youth, and try to get her to find someone to have sex with other than her boyfriend, who's "beneath" them. ''[[It Got Worse|Then]]'', her attempt to escape an unpleasant vacation results in her nearly getting raped by her would-be rescuer. Who is eaten by a shark after he falls overboard. And leaves her looking like a suspect of grand theft boat. Then, her brother turns out to be a [[Depraved Homosexual]] whose boyfriend has connections with a [[Sleazy Politician]]. The brother proceeds to murder her parents, then make an attempt on her life. Only to be betrayed and murdered by his gay partner, who then takes over the company. She finds herself effectively in almost the exact same position as Pextel, minus the being turned into a robot.
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