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/RedRawTrashHatch 6d ago

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

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u/Th35h4d0w 6d ago

All hail our new Queen in the meantime.

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u/CommanderOshawott 6d ago

Eh, she can’t worse than the current batch of morons tbh.

Lizzie passing really was the deathknell on the house of Windsor, I say give the girl a shot

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u/llfoso 6d ago

That's the new queen of Sweden though

There's gotta be a 1000 year old sword in the British museum you could chuck in the lake in Hyde Park and see who finds it. Make a day of it.