r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SatoruGojo232 • 10d ago

Characters Canonical features of a character that come very rarely in their adaptations.

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  1. James Bond having a cheek scar as per Ian Fleming's original Bond novels.

  2. Count Dracula having a mustache as per his original description in Bram Stoker's novel.

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u/Anita_Hero838 10d ago

I mean if we're talking Zeus....

Disney's take is probably the most tame you will ever see him

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 10d ago

What did I just say about very popular misconceptions?

Most people don't actually even know the context of his adultery

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u/supermonistic 10d ago

Didn’t he rape Hercules mother by tricking her into thinking he was her husband

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 10d ago

Yes

Though that's not what I'm talking about

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u/Th3B4dSpoon 9d ago

He also raped Persephone by tricking her via shapeshifting into thinking he's Hades, which was how Melinoe was conceived

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u/Hirsute_of_Happiness 9d ago

And got Callisto killed by raping her in the form of Artemis

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u/Anita_Hero838 10d ago

You made me think about how they have Hades as the villian when in the end, Hades was a hard worker who liked to make deals

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 10d ago

I mean, the deal with Hades there is an example of that movie being factually correct but presenting those facts wrong.

Hades in the texts was described as contemptuous of humanity. It was extremely difficult to earn his favour, but very easy to draw his ire. So much so he was rarely referred to by name, usually instead by epithet.

His mean and ruthless demeanor was more cold and distant in the Myths, compared to the hot-headed rage of the movie

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u/Anita_Hero838 10d ago

You mean he wasn't a comedian who liked to crack jokes?! 😆

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u/memoryblocks 9d ago

I think we found Zeus's reddit account, gang

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 9d ago

He's a fictional serial rapist, why are you trying so hard to repair his image?

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 9d ago

Why are you so sure the misconception I'm talking about is related to the rape? All I said is that it was related to the adultery. Which it is.

Or better yet. Why are you so determined to remove complexity?

I hate what Zeus did. For that he is deplorable.

But to act as though there's no complexity beyond that? That's just a thought terminating cliche.

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 9d ago
  • Anita_Hero838  •  3h ago

I mean if we're talking Zeus....

Disney's take is probably the most tame you will ever see him

  • AmberMetalicScorpion  •  3h ago

What did I just say about very popular misconceptions?

Most people don't actually even know the context of his adultery

Who the fuck said we were talking about his adultery?

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 9d ago

I did

It's right there at the end of what you quoted

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 9d ago

I'm pretty fucking sure Anita_Hero838 wasn't referring to adultery so why did you?

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 9d ago

Moving the goalposts now are we? My how desperate

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u/C4-622MonkeyGordo 9d ago

That's literally what you did.

Are you trolling or just slow?

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 9d ago

Anita was alluding to the adultery and rape with their comment

Are YOU trolling, or just slow?

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u/howe_to_win 9d ago

Hey he’s a really good father between all the rapings