r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Character_Growth_397 • 12h 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/That-Rhino-Guy 11h ago edited 11h ago

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

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u/rapscallionofreddit 11h ago

Character design shafted by writers. Many such cases

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u/Ramekink 9h 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 8h 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 9h 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 8h ago

I would love that it’d be hilarious