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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBearsBigChapterBooks'': Done twice in ''The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Auto Graveyard'':
** Too-Tall may be a bully and a jerk, but he ''begs'' Brother and co. not to tell the cops they found stolen cars on his father's property (which had been hidden there by the real thieves), because it could ruin Two-Ton's business and get the whole family in trouble if he gets investigated by the police. Later, when he sees the actual culprits out in the yard, he rushes out to help his mom and sister, though it turns out they don't ''need'' his help (and he manages to get lost on the way there anyway).
** When the cubs find a bound and gagged Ralph Ripoff and remove the gag, his first word is "Squawk!", much to the cubs' surprise. Ralph has to explain that both he and Squawk, his pet parrot, have been tied up for over a day, and that he's more worried about whether the bird is all right than himself.
** Too-Tall may be a bully and a jerk, but he ''begs'' Brother and co. not to tell the cops they found stolen cars on his father's property (which had been hidden there by the real thieves), because it could ruin Two-Ton's business and get the whole family in trouble if he gets investigated by the police. Later, when he sees the actual culprits out in the yard, he rushes out to help his mom and sister, though it turns out they don't ''need'' his help (and he manages to get lost on the way there anyway).
** When the cubs find a bound and gagged Ralph Ripoff and remove the gag, his first word is "Squawk!", much to the cubs' surprise. Ralph has to explain that both he and Squawk, his pet parrot, have been tied up for over a day, and that he's more worried about whether the bird is all right than himself.
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* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': [[spoiler: Valerie]], easily the [[EvilSorcerer evilest]] [[ImAHumanitarian person]] in the entire party, lost her family and ''entire people'' to brutal slaughter by the Verdant Company, which is one reason she hates Fenwick so much.
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* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': [[spoiler: Valerie]], easily the [[EvilSorcerer evilest]] [[ImAHumanitarian person]] in the entire party, lost her family and ''entire people'' to brutal slaughter by the Verdant Company, which is one reason she hates Fenwick so much. It's clear that she loved them and also loves her familiar, the raven Nightshade, doting often on him.
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* ''Literature/TheBoneWars'': Algernon is a racist who robs and sabotages his rival fossil hunters. He treats his son with cold contempt at the best of times, has him beaten for calling out Algernon’s hypocrisy, and compares Julian to a mosquito that may be annoying but isn't worth expending energy or concern over. However, in his final scene, [[spoiler:he is horrified when Julian is in danger of being killed by a bomb that he planted to kill Thad and runs out of cover yelling for Julian to get away from the burning stick of dynamite. This one moment of acting like a real father ends up getting him killed when his less scrupulous henchman prepares to shoot Julian, and Julian impulsively throws the bomb in their direction in self-defense.]]
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* Part of the premise of ''Literature/PosterGirl'', as after most of the evil Delegation's leading members were killed in a revolution or executed afterwards, quite a large number of their loved ones remained. They, together with low to mid level members of the regime were locked into a ghetto called the Aperture by the victorious rebels.
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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': Perhaps the one retroactive nice thing established about drug-abusing thief and murderer Sharon is that ''Atomic Lobster'' indicates that she had a good relationship with her younger sister Rachael despite them being PracticallyDifferentGenerations. Sharon let Rachael (who grows up to be a less cold-blooded carbon copy of Sharon) crash with her sometimes. Ten years after Sharon's death, Rachael returns to the apartment due to a drug trip messing with her memories and making her think it is still a place where she's welcome. Rachael is also furious to learn that Serge and Coleman killed Sharon.
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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': ''Literature/SergeStorms'': Perhaps the one retroactive nice thing established about drug-abusing thief and murderer Sharon is that ''Atomic Lobster'' indicates that she had a good relationship with her younger sister Rachael despite them being PracticallyDifferentGenerations. Sharon let Rachael (who grows up to be a less cold-blooded carbon copy of Sharon) crash with her sometimes. Ten years after Sharon's death, Rachael returns to the apartment due to a drug trip messing with her memories and making her think it is still a place where she's welcome. Rachael is also furious to learn that Serge and Coleman killed Sharon.
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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': The one person Amarantha genuinely loves is her late sister Clythia; she couldn't even bring herself to turn against her when Clythia fell in love with a human general named Jurian. After Clythia was murdered by Jurian, Amarantha took a terrible revenge on him.
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** The Dursleys may be horribly abusive to Harry, but they genuinely love each other. For Vernon in particular, it's his ''only'' genuinely sympathetic trait.
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* ''Literature/TalesFromAlcatraz'':
** Infamous and (despite frequent PetTheDog moments) ruthless mob boss Al Capone receives loving visits from his wife and mother and talks about wanting to spend time with his son after leaving prison.
** It gradually transpires that prison guard Darby Trixle treats the prisoners like they're subhuman, displays a chillingly ableist attitude, sabotages his rivals, and is eventually implied to be taking bribes from Capone, but he can be very affectionate to his wife and seven-year-old daughter.
** The Count, an unrepentant con man convict from the third book, sends money to his daughter.
** Infamous and (despite frequent PetTheDog moments) ruthless mob boss Al Capone receives loving visits from his wife and mother and talks about wanting to spend time with his son after leaving prison.
** It gradually transpires that prison guard Darby Trixle treats the prisoners like they're subhuman, displays a chillingly ableist attitude, sabotages his rivals, and is eventually implied to be taking bribes from Capone, but he can be very affectionate to his wife and seven-year-old daughter.
** The Count, an unrepentant con man convict from the third book, sends money to his daughter.
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* Joe Keller of Arthur Miller's ''All My Sons'' is a warm, likable, friendly fellow who genuinely loves his son and his wife. He also [[spoiler:deliberately sold defective parts to the Air Force that got 21 pilots killed and framed his partner for it. Eventually, his justifications get broken down and he kills himself offstage at the end of the show]].
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* Joe Keller of Arthur Miller's ''All My Sons'' ''Theatre/AllMySons'' is a warm, likable, friendly fellow who genuinely loves his son and his wife. He also [[spoiler:deliberately sold defective parts to the Air Force that got 21 pilots killed and framed his partner for it. Eventually, his justifications get broken down and he kills himself offstage at the end of the show]].
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** Averted with Gregor Clegane, who straight-up murdered most of his family (father, little sister, and at least two wives), earning him the undying hatred of his younger brother Sandor. Inverted with Sandor himself, whose ''hatred'' of Gregor is part of what makes him such a compelling character.
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** Averted with Gregor Clegane, who straight-up murdered most of his family (father, little sister, and at least two wives), earning him the undying hatred of his younger brother Sandor.Sandor whom he brutally traumatized. Inverted with Sandor himself, whose ''hatred'' of Gregor is part of what makes him such a compelling character.
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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': Perhaps the one retroactive nice thing established about drug-abusing thief and murderer Sharon is that ''Atomic Lobster'' indicates that she had a good relationship with her younger sister Rachael despite them being PracticallyDifferentGenerations. Sharon let Rachael (who grows up to be a less cold-blooded carbon copy of Sharon) crash with her sometimes. Ten years after Sharon's death, Rachael returns to the apartment due to a drug trip messing with her memories and making her think it is still a place where she's welcome. Rachael is also furious to learn that Serge and Coleman killed Sharon.
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* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Durga, though a ruthless crime boss like most Hutts, does genuinely love his parent Aruk, to the point that he keeps its extent a secret (most of their kind would see this as unseemly, if his affection were ever shown greater than his desire for self-gain). He's distraught when Aruk is killed, and hunts down the murderers. It's subverted with Jabba, who though fond of his aunt Jiliac doesn't let this get in the way of his ambitions.
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** In ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'', sadistic slaver Tereonza feels constant sorrow about how the Hutts refuse to give him vacations to visit his mate (sadly admitting that if AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder for her, he will understand), and is horrified [[spoiler:by her death in the third book]].
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*** Durga, though a ruthless crime boss like most Hutts, does genuinely love his parent Aruk, to the point that he keeps its extent a secret (most of their kind would see this as unseemly, if his affection were greater than his desire for self-gain). He's distraught when Aruk is killed, and hunts down the murderers. It's {{subverted}} with Jabba, who though fond of his aunt Jiliac doesn't let this get in the way of his ambitions.
*** Sadistic slaver Tereonza feels constant sorrow about how the Hutts refuse to give him vacations to visit his mate (sadly admitting that if AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder for her, he will understand), and is horrified [[spoiler:by her death in the third book]].
*** Durga, though a ruthless crime boss like most Hutts, does genuinely love his parent Aruk, to the point that he keeps its extent a secret (most of their kind would see this as unseemly, if his affection were greater than his desire for self-gain). He's distraught when Aruk is killed, and hunts down the murderers. It's {{subverted}} with Jabba, who though fond of his aunt Jiliac doesn't let this get in the way of his ambitions.
*** Sadistic slaver Tereonza feels constant sorrow about how the Hutts refuse to give him vacations to visit his mate (sadly admitting that if AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder for her, he will understand), and is horrified [[spoiler:by her death in the third book]].
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** In ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'', sadistic slaver Tereonza feels constant sorrow about how the Hutts refuse to give him vacations to visit his mate (sadly admitting that if AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder for her, he will understand), and is horrified [[spoiler:by her death in the third book]].
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* In ''Literature/StephenKingsFairyTale'', Hana the giantess is feared all throughout Empis due to, among other things, being a child-eating cannibal who sits on a throne of skulls. But, if she has one redeeming quality, it's her love for her daughter, Red Molly.
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* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'':
** Alejandra Medina is a psychotic and rage-filled necromancer, but she cares deeply for her sister. In fact, her sister's murder (and the destruction of her body so that she could not be raised from the dead) provides much of Alejandra's motivation.
** Gelila Wongel calmly admits that she'll kill whoever she needs to kill in order to rebuild the Ethiopian Empire, even threatening to murder the protagonist. Gelila also loves her goat {{familiar}} dearly, and she's upset when another student attacks that goat.
** Alejandra Medina is a psychotic and rage-filled necromancer, but she cares deeply for her sister. In fact, her sister's murder (and the destruction of her body so that she could not be raised from the dead) provides much of Alejandra's motivation.
** Gelila Wongel calmly admits that she'll kill whoever she needs to kill in order to rebuild the Ethiopian Empire, even threatening to murder the protagonist. Gelila also loves her goat {{familiar}} dearly, and she's upset when another student attacks that goat.
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* In ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', all vampires tend to love their mates. The motive of the antagonist of books 2 and 3 is revenge for her dead mate.
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* In Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's HistoricalFantasy novel ''Literature/TheSpiritRing'' Uberto Ferrante is a ruthless killer: a condottiere (the captain of a mercenary company) turned ruler of a small Italian principality, and the primary antagonist of the book. He is nonetheless clearly deeply upset by the death of his groom (a young boy) when the boy is killed in an assassination attempt on Ferrante, and not because it somehow makes Ferrante look bad.
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** The Draco/Lucius/Narcissa Malfoy family has no morally positive traits (well Draco has a select few), save for that they genuinely love each other, culminating when [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy lies to Voldemort to save her son ''and gets away with it.'' In fact, since that lie ultimately resulted in Voldemort's death, [[RedemptionEarnsLife the Malfoy family was pardoned for their crimes]]]].
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** The Draco/Lucius/Narcissa Malfoy family has no morally positive traits (well Draco has a select few), save for that they genuinely love each other, culminating when [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy lies to Voldemort to save her son ''and gets away with it.'' it'', with her sister Bellatrix backing her up in spite of being AxCrazy. In fact, since that lie ultimately resulted in Voldemort's death, [[RedemptionEarnsLife the Malfoy family was pardoned for their crimes]]]].
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* ''Literature/TheDiariesOfTheFamilyDracul'': Zsuzsanna continues to hold some affection for her brother Arkady even as she plots against him with Vlad, and she breaks down in tears upon his death. She also cares for her maid, Dunya, and transforms her into a vampire to spare her from death.
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* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'':
** Some of the more unrepentantly murderous and sadistic collaborators in ''Like a Mighty Army'' are members of a mountain clan who mourn how their own children are suffering from cold and hunger due to the supply shortages.
** A bishop who orders mass arrests and torture of people with legitimate grievances against Clynthahn is thinking about how nice it would be to take his wife and kids on a vacation right before LaResistance takes revenge on him.
** Some of the more unrepentantly murderous and sadistic collaborators in ''Like a Mighty Army'' are members of a mountain clan who mourn how their own children are suffering from cold and hunger due to the supply shortages.
** A bishop who orders mass arrests and torture of people with legitimate grievances against Clynthahn is thinking about how nice it would be to take his wife and kids on a vacation right before LaResistance takes revenge on him.
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* James Venamun AKA The Gemini Killer in ''Legion'', the book version of ''Film/TheExorcistIII'', may be a serial killer so brutal that he managed to impress a demon enough to allow him to live on after death in a new body, but he's shown to genuinely love his deceased twin brother, Thomas, whose death indirectly caused by their father's abuse was the tipping point causing him to kill others in the first place. In the present, James communicates with Thomas's spirit, with Thomas sometimes speaking through Damien Karras's body as well, showing that Thomas returns James's love for him. [[spoiler:When their father dies offscreen, James decides he has no more reason to murder, and so he begs Kinderman to believe that he really is the Gemini Killer, because otherwise, Thomas refuses to pass on, and James doesn't want to go on without him. Kinderman obliges, and James finally dies for good, reuniting with Thomas.]] The plotline with the brother was AdaptedOut for the movie adaptation.
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*** A more extreme example is when Albrecht comforts Aldona Anisimovna after informing her that her mentor, Isabel Bardesano, was killed when would-be defector Jack [=McBryde=] took out the Gamma Center (and he WAS working with the heroes).
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* ''Literature/IntoTheDrowningDeep'': [[UnholyMatrimony Jacques and Michi]] are married big game hunters killing [[EgomaniacHunter just for the thrill]], sometimes [[EvilPoacher endangered species as well]], but truly love each other. When they aren't hunting, they're either preparing or having sex. [[spoiler: Jacques is devastated when Michi's killed.]]
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* In Creator/DonaldWestlake's "After I'm Gone" Ralph Banadando, second-in-command to Mafia bigwig Giacomo Polito, plans to betray Polito to his enemies because he had Banadando's son Robert killed for having sex with Polito's wife.
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* In Creator/DonaldWestlake's "After I'm Gone" Ralph Banadando, second-in-command to Mafia bigwig Giacomo Polito, plans to betray Polito to his enemies because he had Banadando's son Robert killed for having sex sleeping with Polito's wife.
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* In Creator/DonaldWestlake's "After I'm Gone" Ralph Banadando, second-in-command to Mafia bigwig Giacomo Polito, plans to betray Polito to his enemies because he had Banadando's son Robert killed for sleeping with Polito's wife.
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* In Creator/DonaldWestlake's "After I'm Gone" Ralph Banadando, second-in-command to Mafia bigwig Giacomo Polito, plans to betray Polito to his enemies because he had Banadando's son Robert killed for sleeping having sex with Polito's wife.
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