Born with the shame of unmarried parents, the Bastard Bastard is marginalized at best, reviled and banished at worst (not to mention unable to inherit) — but unlike the Heroic Bastard, the Bastard Bastard is also a bastard in the other sense and the reason for the negative connotation of the word. His Parental Abandonment has created the ultimate Freudian Excuse. He's the Jerkass Woobie who's got it in for his father, his siblings, or maybe even the world. His issues have driven him to seek revenge, or made him vulnerable to manipulation by the forces of Evil. Generally male, although female examples are becoming more common.
Fan Casting
Shauna Krawly
Ramsay Bolton
Joffrey Baratheon
Craster
Zelena
Tess Mercer
Bojack Horseman
Delphini "Delphi" Riddle
Jafar (Once Upon a Time)
Goro Akechi
Delilah Copperspoon
Cesare Borgia (Assassin's Creed)
Hawkfrost (Warrior Cats)
Brokenstar (Warrior Cats)
Peter Griffin
Billy Kincaid
Don John (Much Ado About Nothing)
Edmund (King Lear)
Eric Cartman
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