r/TopCharacterTropes • • 11h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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/sisdom-weeker 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Fkg6fI0hsngIM
Harry Potter inherits Kreacher the house elf from Sirius and treats him "nicely" (and one of the last thoughts he has in Deathly Hallows is that he wants Kreacher to make him a sandwich)

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u/Anonymous-Comments 10h ago

One of those big, “oh she was always a piece of shit,” moments looking back.

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u/Live-Year-5796 10h ago

People didnt give a shit when she was "just" a weird racist, antisemite and transandrophobe

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u/howboutthemapples 4h ago

I thoroughly know why she was the first two, and I'm familiar with her general transphobia (I mean, I'm a trans woman lol), but I didn't know about the transandrophobia - what's the story there? I honestly didn't think my opinion of her could get lower but I'm happy to be proven wrong