Key Conflict: Siblings weaponize childhood grievances during asset distribution. The Return of the Prodigal Outcast
Unlike friendships, family relationships are bound by a unspoken ledger of emotional and financial debts.
Controls through financial dependence, intimidation, or emotional withdrawal.
To move beyond cardboard cutouts, your characters must occupy specific, flawed roles within the family ecosystem. Complex relationships are rarely entirely hostile or entirely loving; they exist in the gray areas.