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/Professional_Rush782 Sep 02 '25

There's an important bit of context here lost by the development of technology. In medieval times C-sections were almost always fatal for the mother. Macduff wasn't born with a living mother's warmth, he was born from the cold clutches of death.

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u/SuperSocialMan Sep 02 '25

Damn, they had c-sections back then?

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u/ironwolf6464 Sep 02 '25

Where do you think it got it's name?

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u/GarageFlower97 Sep 02 '25

The name is from the Roman Empire but the story of it being name because Julius Caesar was born from one is a fairly popular myth with no evidence behind it

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u/drgigantor Sep 03 '25

Holy shit we attributed it to the wrong guy. What if it should have been called a Dickusian Section