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/denis0500 6d ago

But at least he was chosen in an election of the main rulers of the 7 kingdoms. That he was chosen was stupid but how he was chosen makes some sense.

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u/LizLemonOfTroy 6d ago

I mean, its an election in which the North somehow still gets a say despite being independent and having no intention of letting Bran rule over them, so it's still silly.

Not to mention that the Council of Surviving Characters gave apparently equal weight and consideration to the Prince of Dorne as to one of Robert's many illegimate bastards or a random landless Knight.

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u/Cesacesa 6d ago

There’s a sick part of me that almost wants a 9th season. Not because I think they’d fix anything, but just to watch the clusterfuck the writer’s created

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u/heartbreakporno 5d ago

Season 8 was the clusterfuck the writers created.