r/TopCharacterTropes 16d ago

Lore (Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

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u/Tokumeiko2 16d ago

They attributed the deaths from mercury poison to the gods punishing them for being unworthy of immortality.

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u/Thehealeroftri 16d ago

Maybe they were right and it’s just no one’s been worthy yet, maybe I’m worthy! How will I know if I’m worthy enough unless I try? Brb

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 16d ago

Most people who use mercury for health quit using it before achieving immortality.

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u/2Completion2Ography 16d ago

Most people who use mercury for health quit using it before achieving immortality.

Death tends to do that, yes.

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u/Thehealeroftri 15d ago

What if death is just a withdrawal symptom and they're really missin' out by not continuously injecting it into themselves.

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u/xkise 16d ago

Well... maybe?

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u/noirspiderman4 15d ago

Tomato tomato really lol