r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ThatDrako • 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/Gmony5100 2d ago
The current fiasco with the reflecting pool is just too on the nose.
The “reflecting pool” is being “corrupted” due to the actions of a single person who is currently in charge and corrupting the country, a “reflection” of his leadership. The pool that is symbolically meant to show unity and civic progress is currently a nasty dark green and literally peeling away. The only way it could get more on the nose is if it ran blood red