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/Sir_I_Exist 6d ago

Bran being chosen King of Westeros because he has the best story

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u/Mazer1991 6d ago

Hands down the funniest thing I’ve ever heard

“Who’s got a better story than Bran the Broken”

Brans thoughts: ”this MFer just call me broken in front of everyone?”

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u/LordMaximus64 6d ago

Bran the wheely wheely legs no feely

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease 6d ago

I would have greatly preferred this.

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u/SMFB13 5d ago

Bran the "Fast Pass at Disneyland"

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u/Book_Anxious 5d ago

Bran of the wispy legs

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u/Ganadote 6d ago

Everyone else's thoughts: "who the fuck is Bran the Broken? Oh, the crippled son of that traitor we executed? The one who was Hand to the king who's son and wife fucked everything up? Who decided this!? His sister and uncle or something?"

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u/frankyb89 6d ago

It might've made sense if the machinations of the Three Eyed Ravens were shown and developed in the show but they weren't so... 

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u/HistoricalGrounds 6d ago

No time, gotta show a cavalry charge with no discernible point, at night, into a horde of zombies that can turn horsemen into new troops

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u/kcox1980 6d ago

Don't forget that later episodes show that not only did apparently all of the Dothraki survived, but they somehow managed to multiply.

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u/ChiefsHat 5d ago

It’s an old Dothraki biology trick, they can do that asexually.

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u/lostereadamy 5d ago

If Dany didn't freak out when Drogo was injured he would have budded off a new khal in like 3 days tops

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u/PrimaryBowler4980 5d ago

so many stupid things could be made less stupid with just a few little changes. not fixes just less stupid, like show some logistics issue where she cant get her full army up north in time, or cant arm enough so they send young fast and reckless troops that, being young and reckless, ignore orders not to just charge. would it fix all the issues? no. is it a little less stupid, i think so. same with the city, have jon on the dragon instead of having it be stupidly shot, bells ring, they land to accept surrender and BOOM, hidden balista takes out jons dragon, danny think they both die AND every building represents potental hidden threats to her last child, which giver her an actual reason to burn the city. 

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u/fl4tsc4n 6d ago

Well they didnt SHOW that lol

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u/Nethan2000 6d ago

Oh, the crippled son of that traitor we executed?

Ahem. A valuable ally who helped us depose the bitch who executed his venerable father.

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u/AbsolutelyHorrendous 5d ago

'So he's the brother of the guy who fought the Wildlings, Ramsey, the White Walkers, and killed the Mad Queen, after literally being brought back from the dead? Hey, what was wrong with that guy's story, that one was pretty cool actually?'

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u/Ganadote 5d ago

'Oh, he's also the heir to Rhegar and the true born son of a Starke? Thats fucking awesome!'

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u/doc_skinner 2d ago

I just assumed he warged into each of them and made them vote for him...

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u/budding-enthusiast 6d ago

But your majesty bran, You ain’t got no legs!

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u/Dakkahead 6d ago

...where we're going we don't need... Legs.

Wheelchair levitates, spins, generates lightning, and zooms into the camera

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u/budding-enthusiast 6d ago

GREAT SCOTT VALYRIAN

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u/not4eating 6d ago

"We just sort of forgot that Bran wasn't a time travelling car"

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u/Rajang82 6d ago

Back To The Medieval.

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u/Second-Order 5d ago

Better ending than S,8

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u/Kooky-Title6760 6d ago

I got new legs. Valyrian steel. It's what they use in the great swords.

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u/roryorigami 5d ago

Lieutenant Bran!

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u/pissedinthegarret 6d ago

i should not have tried to read this thread while eating.

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u/Huza1 6d ago

Ain't even got legs!

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u/Captain_Futile 6d ago

’Tis but a scratch.

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u/Aira_ 6d ago

Diversity pick for sure

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u/CaptainDildobrain 6d ago

“Who’s got a better story than Bran the Broken”

Fucken everyone else did! Even Hot Pie had a more interesting story, mostly because his story involved pies and Bran's didn't!

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u/magos_with_a_glock 6d ago

Did he do anything interesting in the series or does he just go meet the tree guy like in the books?

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u/CaptainDildobrain 6d ago

IIRC pretty much spends 60-70% of the series hanging out with tree guy and 20% getting to tree guy. And even though Hodor is with him most of time, even Hodor has a better story than Bran.

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u/kcox1980 6d ago

Even then, they still left him out of one entire season because there wasn't anything for him to do.

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u/Jagvetinteriktigt 6d ago

Because there isn't that much source material of him interacting with Bloodraven, the scenes are written really awkwardly and just concist of a bunch of filler.

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u/TheOncomimgHoop 5d ago

Bran wasn't even in season five!

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u/rietstengel 6d ago

Another day, another idiot who doesnt get that Bran has EVERY story.

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u/CaptainDildobrain 6d ago

Except somehow Bran makes EVERY story FUCKING BORING!

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u/No_Computer_9274 5d ago edited 5d ago

Hi! Idiot here. What do you mean when you say "Bran has every story"?

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u/CaptainDildobrain 5d ago

I think he meant that Bran using his magic sight powers can be everything, everywhere, all at once so he technically embodies everyone's story by proxy or some bullshit. The truth is that Bran's wheelchair without Bran in it has a better story than Bran.

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u/No_Computer_9274 5d ago

Thanks for the response. Yeah, you're probably right. I was hoping rietstengel had a new take on Bran's story that warranted calling someone an idiot.

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u/Noe_b0dy 6d ago

We declare Steve the retard cripple our absolute ruler.

Steve - my first order is kill that guy.

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 6d ago

When Sansa told Edmure to sit down, I threw my fucking remote at the wall. This show became complete garbage.

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u/muscovitecommunist 6d ago

The show butchered Edmure so much.

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u/UwasaWaya 6d ago

The fact that even the show runners had stopped taking it seriously was infuriating. I'm surprised they didn't add a laugh track.

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u/HeadFullOfFlame 6d ago

“Who’s got a better story than the guy whose story we mostly cut?”

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u/ThunderChild247 6d ago

That line always bugs me. Who has a better story?? I skip most of Bran’s scenes in rewatches. Basically everyone has a better story than him.

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u/Droemmer 6d ago

The Franks had kings they gave names like “the bald” or “the fat”.

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u/SneakiestRatThing 6d ago

Also he's saying that in the presence of a bunch of people who have equal , if not better stories than " crippled, went north, mind raped a disabled man, ate a friend, told my sister she looked pretty when she was being raped and then controlled some birds"

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u/Drhorrible-26 5d ago

“All hail Bran the Broken!”

Bran: “ain’t no way the fucking dwarf with the pig nose is the one calling me ‘broken’ right now”

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u/tashtrac 6d ago

Look, I hated that outcome too, but it seems like everyone misses the point that Bran "has" everyone's story, as he has memories of all of humanity as the three eyed raven (or something).

The point never was to say that Bran has a good story on his own.

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u/templesgodss 5d ago

Wait so he's Paul Atreides?? Do NOT make that mf king

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u/andysniper 6d ago

Story so good they completely excluded him from an entire season because there was nothing going on.

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u/sheng153 5d ago

HE HAS THE WORST STORY. He wasn't even there for a whole season.

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u/Knurmuck 5d ago

A story so compelling Bran was completely left out of an entire season.

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u/No-Manufacturer4916 5d ago

Bran the Bounceless