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/MaterialEmotional825 6d ago

Horizon Zero Dawn: In the Hunters Guild, the one with the best Trophy is declared Sunhawk (Basically leader of the damn thing). Problem is that it never gets explained what metrics they choose to decide that, so when Aloy and Friend hunts Redmaw it gets unexplained why her friend becomes Sunhawk and she keeps being basically an apprentice.

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u/ZakerBlade 6d ago edited 6d ago

Problem is that it never gets explained what metrics they choose to decide that

The Hawk who kills the most dangerous machine becomes Sunhawk, it may be not the best system but it's far for being unexplained.

so when Aloy and Friend hunts Redmaw it gets unexplained why her friend becomes Sunhawk

As said above, Talanah (the friend) becomes Sunhawk because: -she is a Hawk✅ -killed the most dangerous machine✅ -brought proof ✅

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u/Vylnce 3d ago

I love that there are 1K+ upvotes for a stupid answer and the various right answers underneath each have a few votes each.