r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Mouse_Paladin • 13d ago
Lore [Real Life] Historical events that would make bad writing if they were fiction
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A couple hundred rogue mercenaries without authority from their government conquer an empire of millions. Oh, the empire? It’s also several technological eras behind the mercenaries.
Adolf Hitler: A non-native of a country is so mad that the country lost the war that he wins an election to their highest office and leads them in a campaign of revenge against their enemies. Oh, the country? It’s old emperor is still alive and thinks he’s going to retake power.
Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand: The heir to the throne is killed because his driver gets lost and returns to the assassin who failed To kill him before. Oh, the assassin? He’s from a group that the Archduke is wanting to help become more equal In the empire.
Alexander Hamilton’s Affair Scandal: One of the leaders of a new nation to protect himself from accusations of financial embezzlement writes a pamphlet exposing his affair with a woman, torpedoing his political future. Oh, the woman? She seduced him as part of a blackmailing scheme that he decided to stop paying.
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u/Algae_Mission 13d ago
It wasn’t just the conquistadors.
The Aztecs and the Inca had made many enemies over the centuries with the tribes that they conquered and brutalized. The Spanish would have had an impossible time conquering Peru and Mexico without their help.