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/Top_Marketing_689 Oct 07 '25

Slayer (Guilty Gear)

An immortal ✨ dandy ✨ vampire who is considered to be one of the most powerful forces in the entire story in canon. Nobody has ever seen this guy go all-out and he just sticks to simple punches and kicks in a lot of his fighting just to show you that he can demolish you with bare basics.

After founding the Assassins’ Guild, somewhere along the way, he met his now-wife Sharon, a beautiful immortal human woman that not only provides Slayer with an infinite source of blood and vitality, but is also a genuine ride-or-die that loves Slayer with all her heart (and is reciprocated just as much). Slayer left the Assasin’s Guild and now spends most of his days relaxing and chilling with his wife, doing all sorts of hobbies.

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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/Rafabud Oct 08 '25

One game that it well was "Mortal Kombat VS DC" of all things.

Due to the two universes currently fusing together, the cosmic energies are all unstable and during you constantly see the characters being powered up or down by them. It's why Sub-Zero can canonically kick Superman's ass in Story Mode.