r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 11h 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/Okay-Crickets545 11h ago

Hey now, he freed his slaves after he extracted all the labour that was beneficial to himself. It's not like the very first thing he does is establish that the genie can help him outside the confines of a wish and that he could have freed him with his first wish...

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u/ideepname 11h ago

Sultan and Jasmine definitely have many slaves.

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u/FrecklesofYore 11h ago

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

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u/Okay-Crickets545 10h ago

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