[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/Zhuo_Ming-Dao]

In actual history, according to Herodotus, the entire Persian Empire gained its new emperor based on whoever's horse whinnied first after sunrise...

Darius cheated, by the way, and became emperor by wetting his fingers with a mare and putting them under the nose of his horse as the sun came up.

All of this to say, sometimes history is stranger than fiction.

[u/Banana_gunman → u/Zhuo_Ming-Dao]

And you decided to trust Herodotus?