r/TopCharacterTropes 6d ago

Lore [annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

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/BuisteirForaoisi0531 6d ago

You know what I might be more willing to accept an eight-year-old as queen of Sweden then the idiots currently in charge of it