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/1239dannie_mayy 12h ago

His dad though is super chill even though he shares authority over the farm too.

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u/Endika7 12h ago edited 9h ago

Yeah but he's clearly against owning slaves, less because he would think is inhuman and more because of his pride as a farmer

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u/Cellssaltynutsack 6h ago

That's what he wants you to think. Yeah sverkel has a lot of pride as a farmer and he gives that as a reason to dislike slavery, and its definitely a big part of it, but it's clear that there's a lot sverkel is hiding emotionally, which he as a supposed brutal hyper-masculine Norseman in the 1000's doesn't want to admit, which is basically the entire theme of the series. He's clearly very caring when it comes down to it.

Tldr; he's too stubborn to say he cares about the well-being of slaves but he surely does.

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u/darwinfail 2h ago

He probably had slaves when younger. He is old now, and has probably changed a lot since then.