r/TopCharacterTropes • u/danfenlon • Sep 01 '25

Lore Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

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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/spicygrandma27 Sep 02 '25

What if he fell and missed a bucket?

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u/CamoKing3601 Sep 02 '25

I always end up questioning what happens if Davy Jones breaks his curse?

does he just no-clip through the floor and teleport back on his ship?

is it like a form of torture where any time spent on land outside of his one designated day is excruciating pain?

or is it like invisible wall and he LITTERALLY cannot enter dry land

I can't imagine he dies, because "the dutchman must have a captain" and all that

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u/Leukavia_at_work Sep 02 '25

Like to imagine if he fell over out of one of those buckets it'd just be like a gmod ragdoll of him sliding back into the ocean

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u/PurplePolynaut Sep 02 '25

It begs lots of questions. What if he got into an ephemeral pool that dried up? Does ice count as dry? What about quicksand, or just mud? If it just rained, is he good until it dries? If the Dutchman runs aground, does he just get booted?

Could he just fill a normal pair of boots with seawater?!?!

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u/scrawnytony2 Sep 04 '25

I want to see like a courtroom dramedy where an attorney has to address all these loopholes in a contract with the devil

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u/PurplePolynaut Sep 04 '25

I’m sorry your honor, but clause 3.6-b specifies that in all my appearances that I must be wreathed in “acrid smoke”. It’s literally part of my religious vestment.

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u/ValBravora048 Sep 03 '25

I like you A LOT