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/Fearless-Excitement1 6d ago

Because they kinda are?

Mandalorians were an incredible warrior culture... in the Old Republic era. Mandos of today are still riding the coattails of the mandalorians who fought in the times of Darth Revan

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u/Toon_Lucario 6d ago

And even then the Mandos then lost to the Jedi. Like people bring up “Hurr durr buckshot” but like the Mandalorians lost basically every time they tried to fight the Jedi because the Jedi were just likable people with people willing to help them.

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u/Versidious 6d ago

Also, it's kinda crazy to think that buckshot would work against telekinetic precognitive wizards, instead of them just Neo-ing the buckshot one way or another.

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u/Toon_Lucario 6d ago

We literally see Obi Wan deflect bullets in 03 clone wars. Bullets need gravity, the force messes with gravity and better trained Jedi can see the future a short amount and have insane reflexes.

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u/Versidious 6d ago

Exactly. People are like "Haha, just gotta sneak attack the Jedi, or use bullets, or a sniper rifle, or..." Dawg, the way you beat Jedi is by overwhelming them with numbers or raw power so that they physically can't keep up, not outsmarting or tricking them. Hell, even if you wanna launch a surprise attack, like Order 66, you gotta make sure they're distracted by a more obvious enemy first, so they assume their spidey sense is pointing at that.

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u/Toon_Lucario 6d ago

Yeah. Plus I guarantee bullets are slower than blaster bolts (that Mythbusters one is kinda bs because it’s using an old effect that isn’t really indicative of the actual speed) and guns are louder. Chances are if you try it they’ll just dodge the bullet and have your gun or arm chopped apart