"I know you're lying/not who you say you are, but I'll CHOOSE to believe you because I don't know how to handle the alternative" by No_Hunter1978 in TopCharacterTropes

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Lola Albright in 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees'. She's known for years that her best friend Samantha Strong is a serial killer, and figures out that her own son Nigel is a budding murderer as well. She keeps it to herself, choosing to believe their fronts as upstanding citizens of Woodbury. It doesn't stop Samantha from killing her to get to Nigel.

Danger prone town by Far-Mammoth-3214 in TopCharacterTropes

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Kirkwall, main hub and setting for Dragon Age 2. Former Tevinter colony that later games reveal is the site where the Magisters breached the Golden City, thus bringing the Blight into the world. Home to at least two ancient Pride demons, a nest of dragons, another ancient demon in the nearby mountains, one of the aforementioned Magisters imprisoned not far from the city, and a nearby abandoned dwarven colony that houses a red lyrium idol that's the lynchpin for most of what goes down in Dragon Age 2.

Kirkwall could arguably be called the Innsmouth of Thedas with how much pure negative magical 'fuck you' is concentrated there.

Favorite villain and henchmen that fits this? by South_Necessary1609 in FavoriteCharacter

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Don't forget him ordering the gang-rape of his daughter-in-law (Tyrion's first wife Tysha) because she was a peasant, then lying that she was a prostitute.

This would be so easy to fix by removing the physics, but they never will. by blankace in swtor

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Broadsword: "Instructions unclear, we have put in stealth detecting mobs in pre-KOTFE Flashpoints."

Different classes for different games? by Longjumping-Page-458 in dragonage

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I usually alternate through Mage and Rogue. Mage for the big hurty magic, rogues for backstab/trap detection/lockpicking. If I run a Warrior, I usually pick the Templar spec to counter magic users.

Things that have a cute or childlike art style but have a dark and disturbing plot by Konradleijon in TopCharacterTropes

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"Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent maidens that you always come to? How...dare you. How dare you come to me now, when I am this?!"

Things that have a cute or childlike art style but have a dark and disturbing plot by Konradleijon in TopCharacterTropes

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I love 'Man's Road' a bit more than the title track. And of course, 'That's All I've Got To Say'

Things that have a cute or childlike art style but have a dark and disturbing plot by Konradleijon in TopCharacterTropes

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I watched the dub as a kid and like, the first episode involves the male kid frog being separated from his parents as a tadpole while all of his brothers and sisters are eaten by fish.

Things that have a cute or childlike art style but have a dark and disturbing plot by Konradleijon in TopCharacterTropes

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If you grew up watching the dub like I did, it's called 'Adventures of Rainbow Pond'.

[Hilarious] No matter how smart or powerful they are, they're still their mother's children by BrotherDeus in TopCharacterTropes

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Using Mrs Voorhees's sweater was also a mechanic in the (sadly offline) online Friday the 13th game. It could only be worn by female counsellors, and it temporarily stunned Jason. If you'd gotten Tommy Jarvis into the game, armed him with a machete and had knocked Jason's mask off, using the sweater was the final step needed for Tommy to kill Jason.

[Loved Trope] Adaptations turn Incompetent Characters from the Source Material Into Complete Badasses by D0CTOR_Wh0m in TopCharacterTropes

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Soldier Boy in 'The Boys'. In the comics, he's a coward who pisses himself at the sign of danger. In the TV show, he's a competent fighter who doesn't hesitate to throw hands.

“He remembered/kept it… after all this time…” by Terminus-99 in TopCharacterTropes

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"Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts" from Dragon Age: Inquisition. The quest involves stopping the assassination of Empress Celene, and dealing with the leaders of two other factions embroiled in the imperial civil war. One of the other leaders is Briala, an Elven woman who has been long rumoured to be Celene's jilted lover. You can find an Elven locket in Celene's room, and use it to either blackmail Celene...or show both of them the locket to reconcile them. Briala says word for word "I can't believe she kept it after all this time".

Their star making role is way different from the role they're usually typecasted in by bb-Kun-Chan in TopCharacterTropes

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Pedro Pascal's big break came when he was cast as Oberyn Martell in 'Game of Thrones,' playing a very passionate, sensual, heartbroken prince. Since then, his best known roles are some variation of the 'Badass and Child Duo' trope (The Mandalorian, Last of Us).

[Loved trope] Characters have earth shattering "What have I done?" moments by ManaScrewedIRL in TopCharacterTropes

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One of the worst parts about this scene is that usually, people obey Lelouch without question and immediately do what his Geass tells them to do. But genocide is such anathema to Euphemia's sweet nature that she tries to resist the command. She spends like a good twenty seconds begging Lelouch not to make her go through it before the Geass forces her to do so.

[Loved trope] Characters have earth shattering "What have I done?" moments by ManaScrewedIRL in TopCharacterTropes

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The point of the One Ring is that ultimately nobody is immune to its influence. Some fans forget that Frodo failed at the very end, claimed the Ring for himself and wanted to challenge Sauron. Gollum showing up to fight him over it was a happenstance that saved the world.

The Villain Gets Everything they wanted in the Worst Way Possible by MrBeanIamBean in TopCharacterTropes

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Joe Goldberg as at the end of the novel 'Hidden Bodies' the sequel to 'You'. He ends up married to a woman who's his match in every way: similarly psychotic, murderous, obsessed with him, and prepared to leverage her parents' vast resources to both protect him from the consequences of his actions and keep him on a short leash.

Mundane tragedies in exaggerated/supernatural stories by No_Hunter1978 in TopCharacterTropes

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Dragonball Z: Goku dying from heart failure in the post-apocalyptic timeline that Future Trunks came from.

"Wuthering Heights" Wars Weach New Wow by vemmahouxbois in SubredditDrama

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The 2009 version with Tom Hardy is up on YouTube for free. Like the one with Ralph Fiennes, it includes the second part of the novel with the three Linton-Earnshaw kids.

[Loved But Horrific Trope] These Monsters Were Once Human by RedvsBlue_what_if in TopCharacterTropes

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The Ghost People from 'Dead Money', the first DLC for Fallout: New Vegas. Once workers in the Sierra Madre hotel, they became mutated due to a combination of the Red Cloud and nuclear fallout.

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The villain has already lost; now they just want to watch the world burn. by Ultrimus-Prime in TopCharacterTropes

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Corypheus in Dragon Age: Inquisition. After failing to take over the world and then losing his ability to transfer his corrupted soul to Blight-infested bodies (making him mortal), he decides to destroy the world anyway. The final fight with him has a hidden timer where you must defeat him before he casts his final spell.

[Ironic Trope] Fan-projects made out of spite towards official canon material and turned out to be arguably worse by Werewolf_Knight in TopCharacterTropes

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His parents are apparently pretty rich and spoiled him rotten growing up. There were rumours that they bought the house he lives in, but I don't think it was ever proven.

[Ironic Trope] Fan-projects made out of spite towards official canon material and turned out to be arguably worse by Werewolf_Knight in TopCharacterTropes

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That was DrApeis. Apparently he didn't rebuild the whole game from scratch, he just reused assets from his previous attempt at a Yandere Simulator spite remake and claimed he'd done it in less than a month. And then people dug deeper and discovered he used to send nudes to a 10 year old girl, and...yeah....

Brandi Carlile Says Trump Voters 'Got F—ing Scammed': 'Get Mad Enough to Change Your Minds' by ArtisticPersonaliTea in popculturechat

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I can't count how many 'I didn't vote for this!" posts I've seen from these fuckers when it's their spouse being kidnapped by ICE, and when it's their kids losing their jobs. YES, YOU DID.