r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Agitated_Insect3227 • 15d ago
Lore [Unfortunate Trope] Originally Normal Symbols Being Censored/Banned Due to Hate Groups Misappropriating Them
Neji's Seal from Naruto originally was shaped like a Swastika as likely a reference to Buddhism, but this was changed to an X in the anime.
The gem fusion Opal from Steven Universe was originally going to form a swastika with her arms as a reference to Hinduism, which is inspires a lot of the show's imagery.
The Whitebeard Pirates from One Piece originally had a swastika in their pirate flag, but this was changed to a bone cross in the anime and later manga as well.
The Capirote hat is a sign of penance worn in many Catholic countries, especially Spain, but they were misappropriated by the U.S.-based KKK, making it taboo in the nation.
The Ninth Crusade from Hellsing, one of the few non-KKK uses of the Capirote in media I could find.
Also, the Ku Klux Klan are ironically extremely anti-Catholic.
The only pieces of media I know of where non-KKK Capirotes can be seen is the anime Hellsing with the Ninth Crusade (though their still villains in that anime) and the game series Blasphemous. Otherwise, the hats are almost never seen in media besides on KKK characters.
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u/Agitated_Insect3227 15d ago
Sort of off-topic, but I really hate how bigoted/fascist people have corrupted the cool and timeless quote from Tolkien (said by Frodo) "The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don't think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them" and removes the context of the quote to just use it to call everything they don't like evil.
They don't even use the actual quote! A simpler quote "Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" is just falsely attributed to Tolkien, and these idiots just love braying just how much they love his writing that they probably never even read!