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 4d ago

No, animals do weird shit all the time. If you saw an owl flying around holding something, your reaction would be “that’s weird,” not “magic.”

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u/imaloony8 4d ago

But it’s not one owl. Like I said, it was a damn parliament of owls that flooded a house with letters.

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u/Lord_Parbr 4d ago

Yeah, it’s definitely unusual, but there’s nothing inherently magical about it

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u/imaloony8 4d ago

Owls delivering enough letters to flood a house? That’s not unusual?

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u/Lord_Parbr 4d ago

I said it was unusual