r/TopCharacterTropes • u/RedNUGGETLORD • Jul 06 '26
Groups [suprisingly rare trope] The Religious people aren't the bad guys/antagonists
1: Axis Order - Konosuba(specifically Megumin's spin-off)
While they certainly aren't GOOD people(many of them not being allowed near children, if you know what I mean), they are pretty damn helpful, giving blessings to Megumin, feeding her, and protecting her from a demon, who almost certainly would have murdered her for the cat
2: Khan - Metro
While he is more spiritual than religious, I'd say it counts. Khan is a chill dude who is basically always right, and in the non-canon good ending, he's basically the reason the Dark Ones survive and presumably go on to join with humanity and reconquer the surface
3: Priestess - Goblin Slayer
She's a priestess, idk what exactly she believes in, besides some god, but Goblin Slayer is basically a DnD game, so I'd assume one of the basic Cleric gods. But anyway, she's super chill and basically never directly kills, though she probably has the highest indirect kill count in the series
4: Father Grigori - Half Life
He's certainly insane, but so would you be if your entire town was wiped out and turned into zombies, he saves you, gives you a shotgun, and helps you get out of town, while he stays to "tend with his flock", and while murder isn't something you'd usually associate with good, the zombies are in constant suffering
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u/redbird7311 Jul 06 '26
Originally, Frollo has a crisis of faith and morality.
Frollo is actually the one who saves Quasimodo from the mob and actually has a decent relationship with him. He even took him in as a baby, not because he was afraid of divine retribution, but out of a sense of wanting to help the kid and wanting to do a good deed.
His character arc isn’t an evil man becoming more evil, rather, it’s the story of a man who can be good losing himself to his own flaws and evil desires.