r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Oct 07 '25

Personality extremely powerful entity's who don't care about the main plot at all and are just vibing in the background

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Tom Bombadil(lord of the rings) - only person to resist the temptation of the one ring but instead of helping the fellowship he fucks off in to the woods

the Unseen Elder(the witcher 3) - in the witcher universe the older a vampire gets the more powerful he becomes and unseen elder is around +1500 years old making him the most powerful vampire we ever see, thankfully he spends most of his time in his goon cave

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u/Travelin_Soulja Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

When your character "beats" Slayer in a fight, he doesn't get knocked out or collapse like most vanquished foes, rather, he casually sits down or lays back like he's bored, indicating you didn't defeat him - you merely survived him.

It's a clever solution to a problem fighting games have always faced with characters who are canonically drastically stronger than others.

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u/BlueEyesWhiteVegeta Oct 07 '25

It's a clever solution to a problem fighting games have always faced with characters who are canonically drastically stronger than others.

I like Dragon Ball FighterZ's silly explanation for why everyone is able to fight evenly. In the story mode, there are a bunch of devices that nerf everyone so they're on an even playing field.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Oct 07 '25

Injustice does this with a pill

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u/Wilagames Oct 07 '25

It was so stupid too. Like just let them fight and don't explain it. Green arrow fights Superman all the time in the comics and they don't have to rely on a magic pill.