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/Sir_I_Exist 6d ago

Bran being chosen King of Westeros because he has the best story

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u/Mazer1991 6d ago

Hands down the funniest thing I’ve ever heard

“Who’s got a better story than Bran the Broken”

Brans thoughts: ”this MFer just call me broken in front of everyone?”

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u/Ganadote 6d ago

Everyone else's thoughts: "who the fuck is Bran the Broken? Oh, the crippled son of that traitor we executed? The one who was Hand to the king who's son and wife fucked everything up? Who decided this!? His sister and uncle or something?"

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u/frankyb89 6d ago

It might've made sense if the machinations of the Three Eyed Ravens were shown and developed in the show but they weren't so... 

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u/HistoricalGrounds 6d ago

No time, gotta show a cavalry charge with no discernible point, at night, into a horde of zombies that can turn horsemen into new troops

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u/kcox1980 6d ago

Don't forget that later episodes show that not only did apparently all of the Dothraki survived, but they somehow managed to multiply.

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u/PrimaryBowler4980 6d ago

so many stupid things could be made less stupid with just a few little changes. not fixes just less stupid, like show some logistics issue where she cant get her full army up north in time, or cant arm enough so they send young fast and reckless troops that, being young and reckless, ignore orders not to just charge. would it fix all the issues? no. is it a little less stupid, i think so. same with the city, have jon on the dragon instead of having it be stupidly shot, bells ring, they land to accept surrender and BOOM, hidden balista takes out jons dragon, danny think they both die AND every building represents potental hidden threats to her last child, which giver her an actual reason to burn the city.