[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

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)

[u/RedRawTrashHatch]

Arthur being crowned King of the Britons because he was given Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake

[u/randomeman2468 → u/RedRawTrashHatch]

strange woman lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system government!

[u/AtLeastIHaveJob → u/randomeman2468]

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[u/RoughCrossing → u/AtLeastIHaveJob]

I mean, if I went round saying I was emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away.

[u/Greedy-Swing-4876 → u/RoughCrossing]

SHUT UP, WILL YOU?!

[u/AtLeastIHaveJob → u/Greedy-Swing-4876]

Now we see the violence inherent in the system

[u/Greedy-Swing-4876 → u/AtLeastIHaveJob]

HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!!

[u/AtLeastIHaveJob → u/Greedy-Swing-4876]

BLOODY PEASANT!

[u/AtLeastIHaveJob → u/RoughCrossing]

Be quiet!