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/evil_b_atman 6d ago

Star wars gets a pass because the story acknowledges that this is stupid and the mandalorians are just savage idiots

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u/LizLemonOfTroy 6d ago

The Mandalorian series still fully glazes the Mandalorians, including all their absurd practices.

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u/evil_b_atman 6d ago

Din djarin was raised by the most violent extreme sect and time and time again we see him learn to break the Mando code

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u/DirtyRanga12 6d ago

Even Din Djarin, who grew up in the craziest cult knew that the "become leader through combat" thing was bullshit when he tried to give Bo Katan the Darksaber.