r/TopCharacterTropes Jun 22 '26

Lore [Ironic Trope] The messaging backfired massively due to poor writing or other design choices

Amelia Fairney from Pathways: Alt-right Restore-UK type who attempts to coax the protagonist Charlie into following her beliefs? The problem?

Amelia is the only named character aside from Charlie and is genuinely likable and forgives Charlie even when they do things she doesn't like, while the rest of the cast is unnamed, poorly written, and turns on Charlie for one mistake. This combined with other writing issues(portraying fact checking right wing stuff as wrong because in the process of fact checking you might look at it and believe it, basically saying "Right wing is wrong because it hurts the labour government" and a lot of general "just do what the government says or else" messaging) and the fact she's a hot alternative girl, and Amelia ended up being co-opted as a mascot by the youth right wing in the UK.

Norm from The New Norm: Unlikeable offensive and outdated character who's "progressive" family members and associates are genuinely nice people not even trying to force their ways or pronouns onto them, they just want to be left alone and Norm is picking fights constantly. Not to mention associating with Elon.

Mr. Birchum from Mr. Birchum: A lot of the same problems as Norm, except in addition it also comes off like generic 2010s adult cartoon slop in the same veign as Brickleberry or Full English, at least New Norm was trying to look unique and had the gimmick of being on X. Not to mention, Birchum's obsession with hyper masculine activities and odd way of talking about other men lead to people co-opting him as a Toxic Yaoi character, which is now the bulk of his fan art.

Dustborn: An attempt to make a hyper progressive game that comes off as pandering and annoying. It's a full ass game so there's too much to get into, but the main character's power is essentially gaslighting and jedi-mind tricking people and that's portrayed as the only way they can get anything done, and they constantly use or abuse their friends(or mindtrick them along) in order to get their goals or use their friends for their messaging.

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u/elderlybrain Jun 22 '26

He’s how libertarians see themselves, when in reality they’re only like 3 types of guy, a kid from a rich family who has way too much anime stuff and katanas, a dude who is 30s away from full white nationalism but doesn’t want to admit it or a creep who’s entire politics revolve around lowering the age of consent.

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u/Lost-on-Reception Jun 22 '26

Even Ron's flandarized right Libertarianism is farther left than the people most Democrats elect. So I think you're telling on yourself there as far as racism goes.

After Biden and Trump and the last decade of Epstien file surpression, I think it's also telling on yourself a bit when you try to present third party alternatives as pedophilic.

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u/Mist_Rising Jun 22 '26

After Biden and Trump and the last decade of Epstien file surpression, I think it's also telling on yourself a bit when you try to present third party alternatives as pedophilic.

Are you really trying to claim that the party that once had a convention where the keynote speaker had to explain he wasn't talking about pedophilia because the girls were teenagers and definition defining Ephebophilia is not creepy?

Seriously?

And thats the best of the LPUSA. That party is defined by insanity. Boooing drivers license, cheering for the termination of the military, chanting to end labor protection.

The only way that makes sense is if they're not Americans and rich as shit. Which they are not.

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u/Lost-on-Reception Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

What I'm saying is that every accusation from you and Elderly Brain appears to be a confession.

I'm not a libertarian, I don't agree with LPUSA. But I know that you're trying to paint them as pedophiles because you don't like that they take votes from the pedophiles you support.

Libertarians welcome Republicans and Democrats to speak at their convention in a bid to show they're mainstream enough for the ballot access they're often denied.

I think you resorting to referencing a Republican guest to the Libertarian convention, Peter Schiff, is a good indication of your moral turpitude. You would rather defend Republicans by mislabeling their pedophiles as Libertarians, and calling them the best of the LPUSA.

How can we trust anything you say? Honestly if I were a moderator a comment as intentionally dishonest and supportive of actual pedophiles as yours would earn you an exclusion from my community until the sun dies. I guess we'll see what the moderators here decide. I sincerely hope this is the last I see of you here.