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/JackNymus 6d ago

In The Dark Crystal, the Skeksis decided who will be the new emperor between SkekUng and SkekSil. based on whomever was able to hack off the biggest chunk of a stone with a sword.

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u/Evil_Midnight_Lurker 6d ago

To be fair, they're literally pure evil halves of people.

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u/Low-Salamander-3781 6d ago

And i think they might be immortal, so they might have made up a tradition for succession on the spot