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/CegeRoles 13h ago

The, "-exagerrated swagger of a black teenager" line from the Gamespot review of Spider Man Miles Morales. The guy who wrote the review and spoke the line is black though, so I'm not sure if that makes it more or less cringe.

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u/Ibrahim77X 13h ago

It definitely doesn’t make it less cringe

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u/Haunting-Orchid-4628 13h ago

Wait, did people actually get offended by that?? It was so funny

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u/CegeRoles 12h ago

It wasn’t really seen as “offensive”, just very cringe and awkward.

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u/justagenericname213 12h ago

Its hilarious but it doesnt make it feel less like a stereotype

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u/Pumpkin_Sushi 11h ago

Well its not offensive but it was hilariously cringey

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u/Ayotha 1h ago

White people, likely

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u/Arria_Galtheos 6h ago

It's one of those things that's only offensive to white people.