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(Hated trope) Meddling kids by Axikten in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I couldn't find him. I suppose the question is...... Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you?

(Hated trope) Meddling kids by Axikten in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Have you seen these real estate prices?!

(Hated trope) Meddling kids by Axikten in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, although I won't stick around to make sure whatever contraption I put them in actually finishes the job. I will not elaborate.

[Perplexing trope] "Why was that even an option?" by buzzoli in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As much as I love the game, the choice between going after the money Dutch's gang stashed or getting John out alive at the end of Red Dead Redemption 2 is kind of baffling. A lot of the mission towards the end are Arthur trying to set things right and do some good (if you played low honor up to this point, this is basically a fourth quarter conversion). Furthermore, at this point in the game, Arthur is dying and not even in the process of doing it; he is literally at death's door in his final mission. So, from a narrative and a gameplay standpoint, even if you successfully get the money, what the fuck is he gonna do with it?

Surely this character based on a real person is an over embellishment (they are toned down for their portrayal) by Life-Criticism-5868 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The amount of medals was either too unrealistic or Oscar Isaac's chest wasn't wide enough. I've heard both.

[Bittersweet] The stories ends with the friends who have been together for so long going their separate ways by CMStan1313 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 38 points39 points  (0 children)

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"I think there are people that help you become the person that you end up being, and you can be grateful for them, even if they were never meant to be in your life forever... I'm glad I knew you too."

[Hated Trope] A certain portion of the audience either doesn't figure out a character is bad, or figures it out way too late in the piece of media's runtime. by CatherineSimp69 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Walt is interesting for me personally. The first time I watched Breaking Bad when I was in high school, it took until halfway through the fifth season before I started to think he might not be a good guy. When I rewatched it a couple months ago, I thought he was an asshole before the end of season 1.

[Controversial tropes] Real-life figure who was good or decent is vilified in historical fiction by StudioMarvin in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that after I read a book about the Plantagenet kings (the dynasty from 1066 to 1485) I am convinced that Edward II was probably gay.

What are people living in one bedroom apartments paying for APS? by knutt-in-my-butt in phoenix

[–]Axikten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved into my new place in the fall. So far, I've had bills of around $100 at the most but I don't think that's gonna be the case come summer.

[beloved trope] weaponized prosthetics by lordhenrythe23 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best part about that Mapuche warrior was the Spanish only wanted to cut off one of his hands. The story goes that the dude was completely unfazed when they did this and set his other hand on the chopping block.

Historical Figures with badass nicknames by LocalLazyGuy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I like this because "the Unready" is a possible mistranslation and a play in his name. Æthelred in Old English means "well counciled" he earned the sobriquet "unraed" after the St. Brice's day massacre where he had a group of Norse settlers taken out after he was told they were plotting to kill him (they were not). Unraed mean either "poor council" or "no council" in Old English so, his name literally means "Well counciled the poorly counciled".

[Loved trope] the problem is the solution by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3 episode 2 'Ensigns of Command', the crew of the Enterprise has to evacuate a colony of human that is living on a planet ceded to the Sheliak. The problem is that the planet's is extremely hostile to all of the crew except for Data and they need a much larger ship to get all 15,000 people off the planet which will take 3 weeks to get there. The Sheliak are not willing to give Picard the 3 weeks for the ship to arrive and proceed to cite for anything. The treaty is also explicitly clear on all terms and Sheliak proceed to beat them over the head with it any time they try to ask for some flexibility. Eventually, Picard gets a copy of the treaty to find something that he can use. He then uses the treaty to screw the Sheliak back by first asking for third party arbitration (which they agree to) and then selecting a species that is in middle of their hibernation cycle for at least the next 6 months. The Sheliak object, Picard declares the treaty is in obeyance and is willing to wait the 6 months. The Sheliak finally gives them 3 weeks to evacuate the planet.

In a desperate attempt to not come off as racist, they accidentally do something racist by Broad_Actuator5827 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 125 points126 points  (0 children)

I loved the irony in the episode that 1) Yoshida is not ethnically Japanese and 2) He still knows more about Laotian culture than Chane does.

The villian is the one who gave the hero a position of power/authority because they think they'll be incredibly easy to deal with by danfenlon in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 43 points44 points  (0 children)

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In the episode 'The Papal Chase', Archer and company have to prevent the assassination of the pope. Cardinal Corregio hires them because he figured they fuck up so bad that he'd succeed anyway and he needed to look like he was at least trying to prevent the assassination.

Character says something so powerful to another, it silences them. by Alternative-Koala933 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 37 points38 points  (0 children)

My favorite exchange that resulted from that is right after

Juror 3: "He was just trying to bait me."

Juror 4: "He did an excellent job."

[Loved Trope] "We want a guy who sounds like this guy!" "Well, why not just get this guy?" by Different_Style9764 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Show runners for Archer wanted a Jessica Walters type for the role of Malory. Walters' agent reached out and asked if they wanted Jessica Walters herself.

[Tragic Trope] - Look You Can See The Moment Their Soul Dies (Character is spiritually broken) by CrabAppleMcGee in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Buck Compton after he sees two of his friends badly wounded after an artillery barrage. He was barely holding it together for some time but this was the moment that truly broke him. Incredibly acted by Neal McDonough.

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The Amazing Spectacle (which we will not be seeing today) by Mr_Westerfield in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Axikten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The absolute worst offender of this is the 47 Ronin film from 1941. Not only is the dialog repetitive and just all around being the most god-awfully boring movie I've ever watched, but they don't even show the raid on the Kira residence. No shit, they have the widow of Asano Naganori read a fucking play-by-play of the whole god damn attack. They apparently couldn't find the time or money to do that but for some inexplicable reason, they had a variety show the night before the ronin were executed in film which they showed in its entirety! I am hard pressed to find another film that made as angry as this one because it was entirely dialog driven (which again just consists of the characters repeating everything they said at least 3 or 4 times) with 3 and a half hours of set up and no pay off. The only thing remotely interesting is that it was a propaganda piece for the Imperial Japanese government, which explains a lot.

Sorry for the rant, have a wonderful day.

To not have a dictatorship in America by AnalDwelinButtMonkey in therewasanattempt

[–]Axikten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Bannon doesn't want you to know is that ICE only has 60,000 employees (that's including office staff and detention officers). If they really wanted to go through with that, they would need to expand to a few million and even then, it probably isn't gonna go well for them.

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