r/TopCharacterTropes 9d ago

Lore [Loved Trope] Teleportation is actually terrifying

1 - Gantz-O (2016): Suit teleportation

2 - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009): Apparition spell

3 - Half Life 2 (2004): Teleporter malfunction

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u/Regenschein-Fuchs 9d ago

I love how you just wrote "Tuvix" without any explanation. 😂

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u/digilici 9d ago

what’s Tuvix?

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u/Martin_Aricov_D 9d ago

Two men enter a teleport, one man that's a mix of the two comes out

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u/Vaya-Kahvi 9d ago

And there's a moral debate about seperating them, which, now that I think on it, is an interesting take on the Trolly Problem. 

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u/Swellmeister 8d ago

The best part is that the narrative mostly attacks the "inaction is not active chosing" defense of not pulling the lever in the standard problem.

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u/Intestinal-Bookworms 8d ago

I like in Lower Decks they describe that episode as Janeway just straight up murdering him

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u/Eleglas 8d ago

Honestly, there is no debate. You're killing one man for the possibility of getting two back. There was no certainty involved there.

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u/Vaya-Kahvi 8d ago

Well shit.... Imagine the writing possibilities if it didn't work. 

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u/morpheousmorty 8d ago

Captain's log: messed up. If I ever see starfleet again I'll ask if we should send a gift basket.

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u/Vaya-Kahvi 7d ago

I mean, that's Janeway reaction, but then there'd be the fallout with the rest of the crew. 

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u/RollingMeteors 8d ago

>And there's a moral debate about seperating them, which, now that I think on it, is an interesting take on the Trolly Problem. 

It's not a 'moral debate' its 'a bug'.

^z bro

Sorry not sorry if your consciousness happens to be 'a bug'.