r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Character_Growth_397 • 13h ago

Hated Tropes Things meant to be progressive just end up being incredibly offensive

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What If - In one of the comics Miles becomes Thor, and it's full of stereotypes about black people such as the Mjolnir having graffiti on it and the infamous "by Odin's fade"

Emilia Perez - Everything about the movie

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u/Wrong-Mouse-6499 13h ago

"by odin's fade"

*by odin's beautiful shiny scalp

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u/That-Rhino-Guy 12h ago edited 12h ago

I hate that this Odin actually looks cool considering the story he’s from

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u/rapscallionofreddit 12h ago

Character design shafted by writers. Many such cases

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u/Ramekink 10h ago

Same thing happened with Nick Fury, who endes up being the main one in the MCU continuity lol

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u/That-Rhino-Guy 9h ago

Not comparable at all, the MCU took inspiration from the Ultimate Universe and Fury was still pretty cool in the movies

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u/slomo525 10h ago

I like to imagine that this what if was just "what if everyone was race swapped" and all the black characters are now white and obsessed with potato salad and talking about "the game last night."

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u/HoneyPastaSweets 9h ago

I would love that it’d be hilarious

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u/No_Proposal_3140 13h ago

By Odin's bald ass head!

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u/Purrczak 13h ago

We are simply unworthy to see it

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u/Nick_the_bunny 13h ago

the fade's not on the head.