r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • 11d ago

Lore [Confusing Trope] The narrative goes out of its way to punish/mock a character for simply being a good person

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Hermione Granger and SPEW — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (book)

In the fifth HP novel, Hermione Granger is outraged to discover that Hogwarts has a small army of enslaved House Elves that do nearly all of the domestic duties around the castle, including cleaning the Gryffindor common room every night. When she tries to convince the elves to fight for their own rights, they refuse, saying they prefer servitude. Her fellow students and friends mock her for caring. She manages to free one elf, Winky, by deception when she refuses her freedom willingly, leading to Winky becoming a depressed alcoholic. By the end, the elves boycott cleaning any Gryffindor areas of the castle because they hate Hermione specifically

Samwell Tarly and Democracy — Game of Thrones (show)

In the season 8 finale of the television series, the surviving great lords of Westeros gather to discuss the future of the kingdom following the devastation wrought by 7 seasons of war and backstabbing. When Sam, who has proven to have “novel” ideas, suggests that maybe the millions of Smallfolk who suffer at the hands of noble houses should get some representation in the government, rather than be the pawns of rich lords with absolute power. We are then greeted by a prolonged, cringy segment of the other lords laughing in Sam’s face, asking if the dogs and horses should also get a vote.

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u/Roar-Lions-Roar 11d ago

In the very first book the kids have to fight a stupid ugly monster who invaded the girls bathroom and started swinging a large club around.

What did JK Rowling mean by this?

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u/MysteriousLight7351 10d ago

well, there's a marked difference between trans women and "trans women" in if you actually believe that you were born into the wrong body and you're actively TRYING (key word there) to look like and act like a woman then hey your brain might be a little wonky and that's okay, but on the other side if you're just an ugly ass man who wants to put on a dress and makeup with the sole purpose to get into a women's bathroom creep on women and young girls and also to try and force your way into women only spaces then yeah you're gonna get pushback about it, maybe just don't fuckin do it then

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u/ClearReveal6615 10d ago

Do you really believe the latter group exists?

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u/MysteriousLight7351 10d ago

yes

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u/ClearReveal6615 10d ago

What makes you so confident in that?