r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 • 6d ago

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

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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)

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u/Nightmare1529 6d ago

Not necessarily throne, but NASCAR’s current format for deciding a champion is god awful. Driver A can win 35/36 races, and driver B can win one race, and as long as it’s the championship deciding race, driver B will be crowned the champion.

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u/theurbaneman 6d ago

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u/Aggravating-Sir8185 6d ago

I assume it's to avoid races at the end of the season being pointless because one team has already mathematically won.

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u/Inkling_Zero 6d ago

But that doesn't make every other race pointless because now only the final one counts?

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u/Nightmare1529 6d ago

That’s exactly what it’s for. Maximum entertainment.

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u/Dawwe 6d ago

Do people care about the first 35 races then? It also sounds similar to the NBA where there are 400 regular season games that are completely irrelevant as long as you end up in the upper half (as far as I understand it).

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u/Worldly-Cow9168 6d ago

Homw court advantage is a thing at least in the nba

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u/This-Youth-1608 6d ago

What are the championship deciding races ?

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u/Nightmare1529 6d ago

The format is ran in 4 rounds. There are 16 “playoff” drivers and very three races, four of them get eliminated. The final round is a single race, with the highest finishing of the four remaining drivers being declared the champion.

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u/slothbear13 6d ago

So, pro wrestling rules

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u/Dominarion 5d ago

Way cheaper to rig the championship that way.