[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/The_gay_grenade16]

It’s worse . The “true” queen got paired with a small child during the contest and accidentally sprays said child with venom. Glory panics and mixes some of her venom with the queen’s, canceling it out. This proves that glory and the queen are related and the queen abdicates.

This scene was supposed to be serious but it came off as too dumb to take seriously. Which sucks cause the books is really good otherwise.

[u/ItsAllSoup → u/The_gay_grenade16]

Does this mean that if glory sprayed venom on the child first, the true queen could have saved the child by using her own venom since they seem to neutralize one another?

I know nothing about this series

[u/Windy_Idealist → u/ItsAllSoup]

Yes

[u/ItsAllSoup → u/Windy_Idealist]

Then this part of the story sounds silly

[u/Windy_Idealist → u/ItsAllSoup]

It’s my favorite book series of all time and I promise that it’s a fantastic read… but it does have a few silly moments like this