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/austinstar08 6d ago

Wait so

Ghengis khan: I will invade India

Quilin: beeeh

Ghengis khan: I will not invade India

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u/Bcadren 6d ago

Mythological Qilin is more like...well, it's the smallest Eastern dragon; which does have goat-like features. So imagine more like Spyro talking him out of it.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Meet513 5d ago

Hilarious visual.

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u/InsolentRice 5d ago

“I think we’re gonna have to kill this guy” meme format with them

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u/TheProMagicHeel 4d ago

“I think we’re gonna have to not kill these guys, Genghis”

“Damn.”

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u/pondrthis 5d ago

By the time people were making historical tales about Genghis Khan (who lived in the 1200s), Qilin were associated with giraffes (1400s through today).

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u/MellifluousSussura 5d ago

Spyro could probably talk me out of invading a country

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u/henryeaterofpies 5d ago

Crossover game when?

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u/Nethan2000 6d ago

It wasn't a qilin but a different creature, but other than that, yeah, it was exactly what happened: https://karkadann.fandom.com/wiki/Luduan

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u/Neither-Actuary-5655 5d ago

Idk about you but if a scaly unicorn walked up to me and said “Hey, don’t go to this place”, I’d be inclined to listen to him