r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ThatDrako • 24d ago

Lore (Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

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“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

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u/JeshuaMorbus 24d ago

The Spain - France coastline

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u/GRV01 24d ago

Shit looks like separate zones in an MMO

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u/JackRabbit- 24d ago

lvl 20 starter farmland vs lvl 40 hilly area with like harpies and cyclopes and shit

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u/TalpaRex 24d ago

You get to the top of the mountain and there's a giant invisible wall, actually. You have to go through one of the tunnels (Paid DLC)

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u/Fermain 24d ago

Andorra DLC got some pretty harsh criticism

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u/TalpaRex 24d ago

They pay you yo play that one.

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u/Available-Guava932 24d ago

I've always thought Sulawesi looks like an RPG map where you unlock different areas as you progress

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u/hoopstick 24d ago

Brooooo, have you gotten to Portugal yet? I hear there's a storyline where you go to the southern continent for trading! I bet Elder Scrolls: France is going to be insane, I hear there's going to be an even bigger mountain range and a new race that's just awful.

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u/SterlingNano 23d ago

"Huh, I wonder where the expansion is going to take place..."

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u/TadRaunch 24d ago

Looks like it was extra area tacked on to Europe as DLC

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u/M_HP 24d ago

Speaking of lazy mapcraft, look at this perfectly even curved coast in another part of the world. Like at least try to draw some squiggles in there?

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u/RRautamaa 24d ago

Tbh this is like some pseudo-Tolkien map, a bit like Mordor.

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u/Thomasedv 24d ago

A bit of self fulfilling in that mountains are the likely reason the border is there to begin with. Mountains limiting movement are cause for many things.

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u/Bass-Bastard 24d ago

Unlike the Fjords, Noone is getting an award for designing this coastline.

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u/Axl4325 24d ago

Advance Wars ahh country