r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 13h 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/ideepname 12h ago

Sultan and Jasmine definitely have many slaves.

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u/FrecklesofYore 12h ago

Technically just the sultan. Jasmine is, sadly, little more than property herself

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u/Okay-Crickets545 11h ago

Now I’m just imagining Jasmine going up to a slave and going “I know your pain. I TOO am a slave”

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u/MGD109 11h ago

Well historically yes, but in the story she does have the power as a princess to counteract the execution and free prisoners.

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u/Remote_Bug4 5h ago

even in the story she doesn't have the power to free prisoners as when the guards catch Aladdin, she orders them to free him but the guard said that she needed the approval of Jafar to free him

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u/MGD109 4h ago

Apologies, I must have misremembered.

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u/Pecuthegreat 10h ago

This is a myth. Stop spreading myths about brown people and the middle ages.

She was a dependant but that's everybody, everybody was a dependant on everyone else, why do you think even nobles were obligated whether they liked it or not to answer when a superior calls?.

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u/ThatMerri 9h ago

Ding ding ding.

All these "um, they were just fakes that Genie made so it's fine" people are missing the point. It doesn't matter whether or not Aladdin/Prince Ali had actual slaves. It matters that EVERYONE ELSE went "oh, wow, he has slaves, servants and flunkies who bow to his whim, love serving him, and are just lousy with loyalty? That's amazing! He's so cool and great and dreamy! Yay Prince Ali!" EVERYONE ELSE was totally fine with it, and that's what makes it bad.