r/TopCharacterTropes • • Sep 06 '26

miscellaneous Tropes that became problematic

The Persistent Suitor: A guy who is after the girl and just wont take no for an answer. Nowadays we just call stalking and harassment, but it used to be romantic. Example: The Notebook (2004), Noah asks Allie out while she's on a date with another man. She refuses, but he threatens to let go and fall unless she agrees to go out with him.

Comedic Woman On Man Violence: Mostly seen in anime, recently it has decreased a lot but years back every show had a woman hitting a guy and showed it as funny. Example: Toradora!, where the quintessential tsundere, Taiga, beats up the MC regularly.

Kid Bags Adult Baddie: I remember a few of these, sometimes it was to show how cool and awesome a kid was because an adult woman fell for him, now it's just seen as problematic shit. Example: Blank Check, the woman likes the kid and kisses him telling him to look for her in 10 years.

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u/naquoae Sep 06 '26

My wife is one of them. Has naturally curly/wavy hair, but straightens it daily because of things like this.

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

Or maybe she just doesn't like her naturally curvy hair. I know it's hard concept for some men to realize that women aren't dumb and actually know what they want and what they like.

Just because it was a popular cliche back in a day, doesn't mean that we got traumatized into straightening our hair.

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u/relliotts Sep 06 '26

Or…. hear me out….. maybe she told her husband that she straightens her hair in part because of this type of thing.

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

"Because of things like this" is another word for "idk why, I am just making shit up".

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u/pajamakitten Sep 06 '26

God forbid people have different life experiences to you.

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

God forbid they don't.

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u/BetterFinding1954 Sep 06 '26

Why are you insisting on making yourself look ridiculous?

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

Why are you insisting in voicing your opinions. Nobody cares about you.

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u/strawberry-soy-milk Sep 06 '26

wait, but you think people give a shit about you and yours? lmfao

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

apparently they do

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u/JackLaytonsMoustache Sep 06 '26

Jesus that was a ride. 

You really just tried to tell everyone that you knew better than the guys wife? And that everyone had the same experiences as you?

What a weird hill to die on. 

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u/chuueeriies Sep 06 '26

I'm just saying that you and your opinions about what I did here are irrelevant. You joined the conversation because at least once in your insignificant existence you could finally score an easy goal and get some karma in exchange.

But in the end, you will stay just as insignificant as you were before you saw my comment.

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u/JackLaytonsMoustache Sep 06 '26

Lol, looks like I touched a nerve. 

Its kind of funny to watch you double and triple down on this. Funny and sad actually. But I find it more so funny. 

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