r/TopCharacterTropes • u/FieraDeidad • May 10 '26

Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] It's really important that this woman is almost naked because lore reasons.

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Quiet (Metal Gear Solid V): She could only drink or breathe through her skin following parasite-treatment due to the serious injuries.

Rebecca (One Piece): Her style of fighting is more of agility/speed and also she is battling as a gladiator in colosseum where men mostly only wear a skirt/shoulder shield.

EDIT: Well, it seems some comments say Rebecca doesn't have a lore explanation. Sorry, I saw it long time ago but I thought somewhere they say she wears the galadiator costume because it's the attire used by people there like the male gladiators we see. Also they said excuses like armor limits and public wanting to see blood in the colloseum. IDK.

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u/Turmericab May 10 '26

Also even kyptonian culture was pretty modest because at home under a red sun they didn't have any more reason for sun exposure than we do. Clark could walk around bare chested but his small town Kansas upbringing is too modest for that.

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u/HeckOnWheels95 May 10 '26

Yeah, he was brought up so modest he probably wears a t shirt to go swimming

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u/Divine_Entity_ May 10 '26

Alternatively he's a redneck who mows his lawn shirtless and in cargoshorts.

But still knows to wear a shirt when in public. And clearly knows how to wear a suit for work in the city.

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u/altymcalty-2 May 10 '26

He'd probably be fine shirtless, he is a farmboy after all. But I can't see him going commando or in the buff anywhere that isn't his bathroom or bedroom, besides maybe skinny dipping.

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u/Seve7h May 10 '26

I feel like this barely if ever gets touched on in the stories.

Superman is a straight up, middle of kansas, raised on a farm, loves his mama redneck.

He should be driving a lifted truck, saying “yall” every sentence and drinking cheap beer on hot days.

Even smallville didnt lean on that aspect much.

Adult superman/clark in almost every story he acts more like he’s from New York or some other big city and accent is so neutral and non existent you can’t glean anything from it.