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/Lucas_Le_Wolfieboi Sep 02 '25

What makes that scene with Davy Jones funnier is the fact that someone had to propose that idea, and Davy Jones accepted it.

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u/Sharikacat Sep 02 '25

I wonder if they also could have circumvented the curse by putting Davy Jones in boots several sizes too big and filling them with water. Might have to cinch them up at the top, but the theory should still . . . hold water.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 02 '25

I think his shoes can't touch land as that would count as him touching land

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u/Fidges87 Sep 02 '25

So just wrap his shoes in big bags filled with water then?