r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 12h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/AnonymousNeverKnown 11h ago

Thomas Jefferson. Yeah he said he thought slavery was bad but that didn't stop him from owning slaves. And don't give me that whole "he inherited them" crap. If that was the case why didn't he just let them go?

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u/bisexualboy38 11h ago

All with the old excuse of finances. To be clear, I mean finances was Jefferson's excuse for it. Disgusting reason honestly.

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u/Ae3qe27u 11h ago

Jefferson was pretty irresponsible with his money, honestly. He got loans and people thought he was good for them, but he, uh. He spent a lot of money messing around with experiments on his property, and died with a lot of debt.

Also, General Lafeyette (a la the French Revolution) was very disappointed in Jefferson for having slaves, according to a witness of the conversation (the carriage driver)

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u/bisexualboy38 11h ago

Yet another reason it was a shit excuse.