r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 15d ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs 15d ago

Tanya the Evil is a fun subversion of that because he's already a complete psychopath (he's a high ranking corporate executive who gets murdered by one of his employees he abused) before he gets isekai'd

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u/Syndacate4 14d ago

Yes Tanyas a sociopath pre reincarnation (and post to), but i just want to say he was 100% right to fire that guy, he was constantly late to work after multiple warnings, and his response to getting fired was to push a man onto traintracks. Not exactly the type of guy you want to work for you. (also not a exec, but a HR manager, point was he is a corporate drone following the orders of higher ups without question.)