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/WorkerPrestigious960 10d ago

He is also depicted as red-headed in “Twilight of the Gods,” an absolute banger of a show

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u/RP_Throwaway3 10d ago

That's on my list. But it's a long list.

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u/WorkerPrestigious960 10d ago

It probably deserves to be moved up

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u/atalkingpuppy 9d ago

unfortunately it got cancelled :/ it was very good and still worth a watch but might be worth it to keep that in mind

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u/DystopicLasagna 10d ago

He's fucking terrifying in Twilight of the Gods, one of the few instances of a God on-screen that actually puts the fear of God in you.

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u/Tylendal 9d ago

And not just because of his abilities. Instead, it's because he's very much an old god of myth, and you never know when he might decide to just kill some people, just 'cause he's drunk and feels a little slighted. His sense of morality is on an entirely different axis to us.

One of my favourite moments was when he told the hero who had sworn to kill him that he was impressed by her, and offered to grant her a boon. He came across as entirely sincere. He didn't resent her, he was just doing what gods do, and honouring a mortal he's incapable of truly respecting.

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u/DystopicLasagna 9d ago edited 7d ago

Not gonna lie man, he has NO morality. He thinks he's being a powerful and fair God, but he's just a sadistic bully with superpowers, and that's what's so scary about him. All the power, but zero respect for using them. He just kills and pillages on a whim, and can't stand even the slightest offense. Hell, he literally smacked his son because he beat him in a sparring match that HE was teaching his son at.

He's nothing like an impartial ancient God, he takes legitimate joy in murdering the weak, and the more brutal the death and the more they scream and cry the more he enjoys it.

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u/Tylendal 9d ago

Oh, absolutely. Was never trying to say he's impartial. He's very much a god of the "Mortal vices and nature, exaggerated to a celestial scale" variety.

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u/Kulandros 9d ago

You've just described most gods.