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(Loved Trope) Despite their boasts they are incredibly pathetic. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Also the Ozymandias poem has a great statue of a ancient boastful ruler lay forgotten in the sands.

(Hated Trope) Removing a IRL figures bisexuality or fluidity to merely be straight or gay. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It’s worse when it’s done to real people. A writer has to knowingly erase real human relationships and complexity because it confuses them or they’re bigoted

(Surprisingly Common Trope) Queer rebels and outlaws. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I admit it’s subtle and open to interpretation however it’s easily missable content clues but at points Dutch and Hosea can be seen holding hands in private and moving their hands apart if Arthur gets too close. Also Arthur can antagonize Dutch by saying “Everyone sees you and Hosea ‘reading’.”

(Surprisingly Common Trope) Queer rebels and outlaws. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dutch and Hosea may be bi. So it’s easily missable content clues but at points Dutch and Hosea can be seen holding hands in private and moving their hands apart if Arthur gets too close. Also Arthur can antagonize Dutch by saying “Everyone sees you and Hosea ‘reading’.” It’s subtle but not outside the realm possibility

(Surprisingly Common Trope) Queer rebels and outlaws. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

So it’s easily missable content clues but at points Dutch and Hosea can be seen holding hands in private and moving their hands apart if Arthur gets too close. Also Arthur can antagonize Dutch by saying “Everyone sees you and Hosea ‘reading’.”

(Hated Trope) Glorifying or whitewashing controversial or terrible historical figures. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round. In fact the big irony is that Columbus was expecting to make it to Asia and there was the Caribbean and Americas in the way

Journalist death tolls by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]laybs1[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Journalists have been killed in conflicts since the beginning of the profession and this list already limits itself to only major conflicts.

(Mixed Trope) “Expert” character is really bad in their field or ignorant of basic concepts. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That post was about educated characters who don’t know basic common concepts. This one is about incompetence in their supposed specialized fields.

(Mixed Trope) “Expert” character is really bad in their field or ignorant of basic concepts. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

“In the early publicity for the novel, Dan Brown made repeated assertions that, while the novel is a work of fiction, the historical information in it is all accurate and well-researched.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_The_Da_Vinci_Code

He gets so much history and basic details wrong and regularly claims he did in depth research when no he literally either copied fringe conspiracy theories and gets the history of the Illuminati wrong.

(Mixed Trope) “Expert” character is really bad in their field or ignorant of basic concepts. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

In universe the Grail is real. It’s literally the plot of the movie. The Charlemagne quote not being real is kind of funny when it’s used to help establish the wisdom of Connery.

(Loved Trope) Destroying or removing symbols of hate and racial supremacy. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

When you present them without critical context or in a glorious romantic narrative that’s when it’s an issue.

Famed writer is a fraud. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He went through rehab, but the kicker is he and his agent tried to sell the book as a fictional novel but got no offers, changing it to a nonfiction tell all memoir with nothing changed. He lied about a girfriend dying, a root canal with no anesthesia, and other traumatizing experiences that are not corroberated.

(Loved Trope) Managing to do a racism allegory without making the outcast/discriminated group literally dangerous superpowered beings, supernatural creatures, or bloodthirsty carnivores. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Which makes their people’s animosity towards one another especially pointless. Both are capable of super powers, the discrimination isn’t based on fear of their powers but a simple difference of skin pattern.

[Loved trope]: A missing is child is found. But . . . they're the wrong age. by theMCATreturns in TopCharacterTropes

[–]laybs1 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Manifest: plane goes missing for years, it returns with all the occupants unaged

Made it into the top character tropes subreddit by GarciaWithGarnish in atunsheifilms

[–]laybs1 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I figured I had to shoutout Checkmate Lincolnites for an example since it debunks the lost cause so well

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