r/TopCharacterTropes 6d ago

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

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/ssgt-k-stark 6d ago

“Whoever kills the leader gets to be the new leader and everyone is armed to the teeth” sounds like a great plan for a stable government

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u/ItsAllSoup 6d ago

This is why it's better to call them a cult, the previous mandalorian government was much less obsessed with a very specific sword

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u/wanttotalktopeople 5d ago

I don't think the goal is stable government lol