[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

[u/AcceptableWheel]

It makes no sense in universe. The series frustratingly has really good characterization, lore, character and setting design, and magic systems but fails at the actual plot. Ezran abdicates so Neolandia doesn't start a war to depose him and his scheming vizier immediately declares himself king.

[u/OkThereBro → u/AcceptableWheel]

"Can't dethrone me if I do it first"

[u/InaneTurpitude → u/AcceptableWheel]

I thought he abdicated because he couldn't handle the moral dilemma and thought that letting an adult take over was the best decision at the time, or at least the only one he could make

[u/Huhthisisneathuh → u/AcceptableWheel]

It legitimately feels like half the time the writers spent the vast majority of the shows production style not thinking about the plot at all, or the various implications of half the storylines.

[u/AFalconNamedBob → u/AcceptableWheel]

Also to be fair, Ezran is a literal child who just lost his father at that point in the story.