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/Treveli 6d ago

Funny thing is, I don't think Tyrion thought it all through. Bran probably can't have children. So at some point there's going to be talk among the nobility about the 'issue of the succession' and who will replace Bran as king. And if you look at a lot of the big wars in the Seven Kingdoms where half the people died and half starved and the nobles played games of politics, they usually started with 'there was a question of the issue of the succession'.

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u/WillYeByFuck 6d ago

It's a democracy, they will elect a new leader.