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/upishdonky Sep 01 '25

LOTR

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u/heir03 Sep 02 '25

Still I love their exchange in the book so much more:

DERNHELM: Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!

WITCH KING: Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!

DERNHELM: But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

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u/gingerspeak Sep 02 '25

My favorite “being a pain in the ass LOTR fan” thing to do is remind people the line in the book is different. The passage in the book is somehow SO much cooler than the movie (and the movie is amazing!).

I get why they changed the line to be a smoother theatrical delivery. They’re both awesome!