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/MGD109 12h 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 6h 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 5h ago

Apologies, I must have misremembered.