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* ''Jacob Have I Loved'' takes this to biblical proportions, as implied by the title. The protagonist is overshadowed by her twin sister from birth, first because of the latter's frail health, then because of her beauty and musical talent. The title comes in when she parallels herself to Esau, Jacob's older, less fortunate brother, and decides she must be ''God's'' UnFavorite.
* Subverted in ''[[Dragonlance]]'' because Raistlin Majere appears to be [[The Unfavorite]] of the universe while his twin brother Caramon is well-liked by damn near everyone he meets; really, though, people don't like Raistlin because he's a [[Jerkass]].
* Jochi in the ''[[Conqueror]]'' books is disdained by his father, Genghis Khan, due to [[Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe|suspicion]] he was conceived as a result of Borte's rape by Tartars. In [[Real Life]], this resulted in tension between Jochi and Chagatai, which in turn was part of the reason the great khan named his third son as his successor. In [[Real Life]],
** In [[Real Life]], [[Elective Monarchy|the great khans were elected]], however.
* ''[[Outbound Flight]]'' features a minor character who hates his Jedi sister because, since she wasn't around to do anything less-than-perfect, he was forced to endure an entire childhood of "[[Why Couldn't You Be Different?|Why couldn't you be more like your sister?]] I bet ''she'' never [INSERT CHILDHOOD HIJINK HERE]."
** Survivor's Quest has him, much older and as one of the main characters, realize that it wasn't quite like that.
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