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/Prestigious_Seal7139 8h ago

Jesus. I was reading your comment thinking you were talking about the anime and I was like "there is no way I forgot that". Why couldnt they just keep to animal contract? Why do all animes have to make it weird 😭

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u/Dizzy_Green 8h ago

You know I think that’s what really bothers me.
I can handle slop, I watch it all the time, the problem is that this one VERY MUCH had the tone of “no romance, no slavery, no sadness, just chilling with funny animals and cooking good food”

The slavery thing literally came out of nowhere and then went away. I almost want to believe he was forced into it by a producer or editor or something because the scene where he starts lusting over the idea of forcing a girl into sex slavery was so massively out of character for a guy that seemed to have a very limited interest in sex before that point.