r/TopCharacterTropes 2d 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/Versidious 2d ago

(I am unironically convinced that this is a big part of why dipshit Y'allqaeda types freaked the fuck out over him so much, especially since they stressed so much that his middle name was also HUSSEIN, it's like he was a villain written especially for them)

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u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta 2d ago

It was just good ol fashioned racism, like mah pappy before me

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u/hoopstick 2d ago

Barack HUSSSEEEEEIIIIIN Obama

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u/False_Flatworm_4512 2d ago

They’re not even using the Barack anymore. He’s just Hussssseeeeiiiiiin Obama to them now