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** Richard Abernathie, whose funeral begins ''After the Funeral,'' maintained the family business and raised six younger brothers and sisters after his [[Promotion to Parent]].

* [[Lindsey Davis]]' Marcus Didius Falco; his older brother was a [[Loveable Rogue]] who got himself killed in battle by being too dashing to wear his helmet properly, after which Falco cleaned up the messes his brother left behind (see especially ''Poseidon's Gold'').

** Important note: She probably would have been the good one anyway, but what she really wanted was the opportunity to ''choose'', which Lily took from her.

* In [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'':

** Percy Weasley {{spoiler|in the first four books}}: prefect in his fifth year (''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Philosopher's Stone]]''), Head Boy in his seventh year (''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]''), followed by the career his mother Molly approved of in the Ministry of Magic (''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]'') - but his no-nonsense attitude give him trouble with his family: Molly sang his praises throughout the first four books and seemed depressed when {{spoiler|he walked out on the family.}}; with Arthur, it's more a matter of absentmindedness than outright favoritism, and his siblings ''do'' love him but are peeved by his attitude (specially the ''very'' chaotic twins.) {{spoiler|(He even has a [[Face Heel Turn]], but returns home in ''Deathly Hallows'' just in time for the last battle).}}.

* Sostratos in ''[[Over the Wine Dark Sea]]'' by [[Harry Turtledove]]. He is a respectable young man who gets along well with his father and younger sister. When he goes to sea as supercargo in the Ancient Hellenic merchant galley Aphrodite, he is always beside himself trying to keep the captain, his cousin Menedemos, from getting into trouble and hurting the family business.

 

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