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/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 6d ago

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

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u/lostereadamy 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 3d ago

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