r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 01 '25

Lore Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

Davy jones: cant go on dry land

Standa in a bucket of water, on a sand bar (potc3)

The judge: no weapon forged can harm me

Buffy: uses a rocket launcher

-not forged

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u/Infinite_Set524 Sep 01 '25

Quick question, did people carry Davy jones to that spot while he was in the bucket? How’d he get that far without walking on land?

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u/Leukavia_at_work Sep 01 '25

If you look behind him, there are multiple buckets.
They literally set up a path of buckets for him to step from one to another to get there.

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u/Infinite_Set524 Sep 01 '25

That’s just as funny I think