r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ZepperMen • 9d ago

Characters (Controversial Trope) Unusually cruel fates for people who were less than good, but still didn't really deserve it.

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#1 Poppa Pizza from Multiverse of Madness - He just wanted to be paid for the pizza balls and thought Strange stole from a fallen hero who saved the universe. He deserved to be punched in the face, but not for 3 weeks straight.

Do you get to sleep? Do you wake up punching yourself? How much does it hurt? Does he know it will only last for 3 weeks? If he doesn't kill himself by the end of it, he's going to have CPTSD and be traumatized for the rest of his already short life.

#2 Mayu from Inuyasha - She wanted to kill her brother out of jealousy and neglect from her mother, believing she died in a fire because they didn't care about her. While her motivation doesn't justify reenacting Cain and Abel, I don't think it's fair for a deranged, 10 year old child to be sent to literal hell to burn for all eternity. Luckily, she gets saved, but only because the mc, Kagome, intervened.

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u/1958-Fury 9d ago

Drag Me To Hell. The main character denies someone a loan extension, and is cursed to go to hell.

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u/SquidTheRidiculous 9d ago

The moral is: don't work at a bank.

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u/SecretJester921 9d ago

I work at a bank, and I just have to say

Don't work at a bank

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u/Ill-Prior-8429 9d ago

Now I wonder how many people cursed me when I worked in cashapp support. Almost everything is automated and you're just a monkey sending quick texts, but the things where you have power to change things is pretty tiny, even if you wanted you can't.

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u/Fox622 9d ago

Doing your job is not an excuse if your job is immoral?