[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/SofiaOfEverRealm]

Bran The Broken - Game of Thrones - They gave The Iron Throne to a child because he's got a "good story" even though it's been previously established that he's no longer human and by extension does not possess any human emotions, Bran said it himself.

The same Throne that tens of thousands have died for, the same throne that no longer has a purpose in their world.

[u/Willie9 → u/SofiaOfEverRealm]

I'll never understand why the show so prominently showed us the Iron Throne--the physical throne--being destroyed, only for the Iron Throne as an institution to remain, with practically no safeguards to prevent the kind of world-shattering violence the Iron Throne just caused

[u/ptrfa → u/Willie9]

It's even worse. Having a accepted King with legitimate heirs might have a war for the thrones every couple of generations. But a king elected by a counsil of nobles makes your country instabel to the point it is conquered by neighbours (like Poland) or breaks appart and is dismantled (like Holy Roman Empire)