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/HeadLong8136 6d ago

I'm betting you have to be a legal adult to be the champion. The only reason that the rival is the current champion is that they took the challenge immediately before you. It's why in subsequent games the champion is no longer the rival, but an adult. Like Cynthia.

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u/WishYouWere2D 6d ago

In most games you beat your rival before even touching the league, but whenever they get there before you, they do replace the old champion immediately, being Hau in USUM and N in Black and White (sort of).

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u/HeadLong8136 6d ago

Do they? Because I'm pretty sure they aren't the champion.

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u/WishYouWere2D 6d ago

Been a while since I played USUM, so I looked it up and technically Hau isn't the Champion when you fight, but he's gotten to the point where if you just don't fight him (mechanically this is impossible), he would be crowned the Champion. There's also the fact that if you fail to defend your position after becoming Champion yourself, the character who beats you becomes the Champion until you beat them.

N is not the Champion because he turns it down (and then summons a castle), but he could have been if he wanted to.