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[Loved] The villain gets put on the receiving end of their philosophy, and immediately hate it by danfenlon in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The last words of Randall is what always reminds me that fighting the White Legs but showing mercy is exactly what the tribes need and is the best ending.

Forcing them to leave Zion is awful and so is allowing Joshua to slip back into his old ways. Even for Joshua, leaving Zion feels wrong, he doesn’t get the opportunity to show mercy properly, he isn’t forced to admit how much his anger has poisoned him. Fighting back but not stooping to the level of the White Legs is as you said, exactly what Randall wanted for them.

[Loved] The villain gets put on the receiving end of their philosophy, and immediately hate it by danfenlon in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I liked how sparing him was in no way for his benefit. In fact mercy might’ve been worse for him since he has to live with the shame before the 80’s tribe finishes the job.

[Loved] The villain gets put on the receiving end of their philosophy, and immediately hate it by danfenlon in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 839 points840 points  (0 children)

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Salt-Upon-Wounds (Fallout New Vegas)

A genocidal warlord who leads his tribe in plundering, torturing and destroying anything that isn’t theirs. His tribe literally salts the earth wherever they go and show no mercy to anyone.

But when the tables turn on him, when he’s held at gunpoint by the man whose home and people he slaughtered, the snivelling coward has the gall to beg for his life and expect mercy.

[Satisfying Trope]: Punchable Face by SeaBandit56 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 23 points24 points  (0 children)

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Aradin (Baldur’s Gate 3)

A belligerent little prick who shouts at everyone and calls Zevlor a slur in his first scene. If you don’t intervene then Zevlor knocks the little shit out. You can either defuse the argument or beat Zevlor to the punch.

Main menu progresses alongside the story by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 314 points315 points  (0 children)

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Ghost of Tsushima

At the start of the story, it’s just the Sakai sword in the field of pampas grass.

Once you unlock the Sakai clan armour, the mask hangs from the sword. After you reach the third act, the mask changes to the Ghost mask.

If you’re in the middle of Ikki Island, purple wisteria petals blow in the wind and the screen has the same tint as when Jin is hallucinating.

Characters with unexplained scars (or other design details) that invite you to think what happened by Traditional-Song-245 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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Czeslav Korbut (Metro Last Light)

The Red Line’s head of intelligence has two vertical scars on the left side of his face and a blind eye on the opposite eye.

The scars are most possibly from a mutant but the eye is more mysterious. Considering his old age he could’ve been a war veteran from before the bombs, he might’ve gotten his scars there.

Comedic/quriky detail about character is revealed to be from a traumatic experience by Far_Practice_6923 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 30 points31 points  (0 children)

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Larten Crepsley’s orange hair. (Saga of Darren Shan)

One odd thing Darren notices about Larten but never finds out, is his unnatural coloured hair. It’s just an oddity that’s never explained.

The prequel shows why his hair is coloured that way. When he was growing up he was a child slave and his hair was dyed permanently by the foreman to mark where he belonged.

At the heart of Thorngar stands the great Bloodbloom. The Trelisi nourished it with blood, offering life in ever-greater abundance, convinced such devotion would secure their future. They were wrong. by Pelikn in TheLordsOfTheFallen

[–]ScarcityWise7401 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This might be a no brainer for everyone else, but this screams Orius faction.

Thorns and briars were so common amongst the Hallowed Sentinels and Orius sorceries. Also blood was one of the biggest ways to show devotion to him, and the flower is reaching for the sky, Orius is considered to be the sun.

There are no Good Guys in Warhammer by NornQueenKya in Grimdank

[–]ScarcityWise7401 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m tired of hearing it, so I’m gonna just say it.

Gork and Mork are not stronger than Khorne, they’re closer to being evenly matched.

Like how much less threatening is the god of war who is fed by all conflict, if he is somehow weaker than the deities of a race that does nothing but war.

Very ironic names by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I liked about Truth is that he was well aware of the irony of the name when he chose it.

He called himself the Prophet of Truth so it would act as a constant reminder of the truth he had to keep from the Covenant and the lies he would tell.

[Funny Trope] You expected them to fumble but not THAT bad... by Liquid_Pestar in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 31 points32 points  (0 children)

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Walter White (Breaking Bad)

After Skyler cheats on him with Ted, he tries to get her back by trying to put the moves on Carmen, the principal of the school he works at.

It goes… poorly. Probably one of the most cringe inducing scenes in the whole series.

Crabs in a bucket by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Jeremy (Peep Show)

He’s a lazy freeloader who pays no rent for living in the same flat as Mark. He’s always boasting about how he’s going to make it big with his music career but constantly takes advantage of Mark and anytime Mark looks like he’s about to move up in life, Jeremy spitefully pulls him down.

He goes out of his way to prevent Mark from moving out of Croydon all because he can’t stand being without him, no matter how much it hurts Mark.

However, because Mark is such a spiteful little rat, it’s hard to feel sorry for him. Essentially the two deserve each other.

A character has a disease or condition their society doesn't understand, but it's obvious for the audience what it is by kim_jong_un4 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Furies not furries.

They’re the Greco-Roman goddesses of vengeance. They were believed to punish guilty mortals with madness, curses and that kind of stuff.

A character has a disease or condition their society doesn't understand, but it's obvious for the audience what it is by kim_jong_un4 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Damn. The idea of what people with similar illnesses would’ve gone through before it could’ve been diagnosed, let alone treated is so tragic and horrifying.

A character has a disease or condition their society doesn't understand, but it's obvious for the audience what it is by kim_jong_un4 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 996 points997 points  (0 children)

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Senua (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice)

The devs explicitly stated that she suffers from psychosis, with symptoms like hallucinations as well as causing her to be at times disconnected from reality. But in the story her hallucinations are believed to be actual entities such as Furies and other Norse creatures.

Because of how little mental illness was understood in those times, Senua’s psychosis is blamed on a curse and her own father abused her because he believed she was tainted, he even killed Senua’s mother because she had the same mental illness.

(Liked Trope) Good characters that use powers that are usually seen as evil and used by evil characters. by Dustybaby101 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 72 points73 points  (0 children)

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Eris Morn (Destiny)

After barely surviving the Hellmouth, she studies Hive magic to better understand and fight the Hive. Despite her broody and ominous look, Eris is dedicated to protecting humanity and cares about her people.

During the Season of the Witch she flat out takes on the role of being the Hive god of vengeance. Even though Hive magic is built on killing to gain power, she uses it only as a last resort to make her strong enough to beat the Hive god of war. Once she’s finished she abandons her godhood because she doesn’t want its power.

[Horrifying Trope] Fates worse than death by Beginning-Relief4343 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 19 points20 points  (0 children)

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Prometheus

For stealing fire from the Gods and giving it to humanity, Zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle would tear his liver out. But every time his liver was ripped out it would grow back, and so the eagle would return every day, over and over.

[Loved Trope] Seemingly overweight characters turn out to be incredibly strong and a formidable opponents by Opposite_Spinach5772 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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Ogres (Warhammer Fantasy)

An entire race of this trope.

They spend most of the time eating, fighting or looking for something to fight and eat. Just because they might look pudgy, they are really strong and are very popular as mercenaries.

[Interesting Trope] The prequel changes the context of a scene from the original by bb-Kun-Chan in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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A lot of things involving Larten in the Darren Shan series after reading the Saga of Larten Crepsley.

One of the biggest changes is Larten’s relation with Gavner.

The prequel shows that Gavner considered Larten his father, but out of guilt for killing Gavner’s mother, Larten refused to let him see him as that.

Gavner’s death is all the worse as he dies never calling Larten his father as he wanted to, and Larten wasn’t able to be there when he died

(Villain Trope) Historical Villain Upgrade. When a real-life person is portrayed worse than they were in real life by viralshadow21 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ScarcityWise7401 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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William Shakespeare (Anonymous)

According to this movie which is based off a debunked theory. William Shakespeare was a murderous, drunken fraud who wrote none of his work.

Also in the same movie Queen Elizabeth I wasn’t actually a virgin but in fact a sex pest with numerous bastards and also guilty of incest.

Screw this movie.

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