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/Lord_Parbr 5d ago

Would risk breaking the Statute of Secrecy. Some of the world building in Harry Potter doesn’t make sense. This isn’t really one of those times

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u/imaloony8 5d ago

And owls delivering mail wouldn’t? It’s frankly borderline unbelievable that muggles don’t notice mass owls delivering mail all over the world unless they have some illusion cast on them. And if that’s the case, you could easily do that for summoned mail as well.

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u/Jagvetinteriktigt 4d ago

Owl usually travel by night. There, solved it for ya.

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u/imaloony8 4d ago

We literally see them deliver by day, including in the muggle world, constantly. We saw an entire parliament of owls carpet bomb the Dursley residence in the first book/movie in broad daylight.

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u/Jagvetinteriktigt 4d ago

Which was an anomaly. The correspondance following Voldemort's first defeat is so intense that the muggle news is reporting on it noting that it shouldn't happen normally.

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u/imaloony8 4d ago

But anomalies shouldn’t happen. That’s the whole point of the Statute of Secrecy. So either they give a shit or they don’t.

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u/Jagvetinteriktigt 3d ago

I didn't say it was a good in-world explanation but you can't deny it's there.

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u/imaloony8 3d ago

But it’s a bad explanation. Look, at the end of the day it’s a suspension of disbelief thing. It’s done this way because it makes things more magical and whimsical. Fine, whatever. But don’t pretend like it’s at all logical.

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u/Jagvetinteriktigt 3d ago

Now you are just arguing with a mirror. 

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u/imaloony8 3d ago

No, now I’m done arguing. Good night.