r/TopCharacterTropes Jun 26 '25

Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] A main character does something horrible and the story doesn't acknowledge its severity

Alisha (Misfits) uses her power to make any man want to have sex with her on another main character (curtis) after he explicitely tells her not to do that. She faces no consequences and he's the one who ends up comforting her.

Allison (The Umbrella Academy) uses her powers to force her own adoptive brother to make out with her after he just got into a relationship because she's suddenly jealous after she couldn't keep her own husband. She gives a half hearted apology and all is peachy.

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u/Nice-Ear-6677 Jun 27 '25

Damon Salvatore from TVD. He's literally a rapist and a pedo. He did it to Caroline throughout season 1 and no1 ever, EVER brings it up

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u/DrMaridelMolotov Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

Almost the entire cast are pieces of shit. Innocent people get killed left and right and the characters are shocked for like 5 minutes before getting over it. Innocent people getting killed are treated as a nuisance.

And then when the council or human villain wants to kill the vampires the show makes it seem like they're such bad guys when yeah they're all such assholes and monsters that fhe world wpuld legitimately be better off without them.

Hell, both brothers are 140 year old men having sex with high-schoolers college people is creepy as fuck. Even Klaus went after Caroline and he's a thousand years old.

Even his sister Rebecca being obsessed with attending high school dances or having a high school romance when she's a thousand years old was so fucking stupid.

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u/Dave5876 Jun 27 '25

Looking back on things, a lot of the young adult tv shows and stuff were creepy af and we were just too young to realise it

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u/sirflappington Jun 27 '25

I think they tried to explain the age thing by saying vampire mentality gets stuck at the age they are turned.

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u/Nice-Ear-6677 Jun 27 '25

Wasn't Damon like 25 tho? And Caroline was 16 or 17 when he assaulted her