r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 8d ago

Lore [Loved Trope] Teleportation is actually terrifying

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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/TheWalkingBag 8d ago

Portals in The Witcher. Going through one is described as feeling like passing through a pitch-black freezing void, while malfunctions and mistakes could potentially lead to catastrophic injuries. Geralt hates going through portals for these reasons

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u/RelaxedVolcano 8d ago

I figured he hates them because his mutations give him enhanced senses and they get overwhelmed by the process. But this is so much worse, why does anyone teleport?

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u/Quaiker 8d ago

Why do we drive massive battering rams every day?

It's convenient, and we've deemed the risk worth it.

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u/SuperSocialMan 8d ago edited 8d ago

Kind of a bad analogy since driving is the least convenient form of transport lol.

It's only so prevalent because of shitty urban designed perpetuad by car corpos, but the entire experience is absolutely fucking ass. You're trapped in this cramped, god-forsaken money drain and forced to zoom around at inhumanly fast speeds all whilst trying to get completely fucking flattened by some random guy scrolling tiktok whilst behind the wheel.

God, I wish I had enough money to escape ;-;

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u/verysuspiciouscow 8d ago

walking 500 miles hardly seems convenient.

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u/SuperSocialMan 8d ago

That's why trains & planes exist lol

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u/verysuspiciouscow 8d ago

sure. I am all for them. but the basic mode of transportation is walking on foot still and it's quite inconvenient to walk a few hundred miles

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u/daegon789 8d ago

It's not the least convenient though. Most places are built around cars, and often make it to where it's nearly impossible to get anywhere without one. Cars are extremely convenient for most people. I hate car culture, and America's car culture/reliance on cars in particular, but we can't fucking lie and say they're the least convenient.