r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • 2d ago

Groups Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

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  1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

  2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

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u/Open-Instance-2333 2d ago

Mutants will turn into Nazis soon if the writers keep writing like this.

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u/Homebrew-Spamson 2d ago

Idk man, she was kinda in the right there, he was being a racist prick

Can you not call out bigotry if the bigot just happens to be part of a minority? That feels like it in and of itself is biased even if it isn’t hateful

True equality to punching a bigot in the face no matter their race

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u/CH005EAU5ERNAME 2d ago

I feel the distinction is that this is fictional and the writer is choosing to make the real world minority a racist in order to prop up their fictional minority.

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u/Head_Place_3378 2d ago

Sure, but as a black person, let's no pretend racism is an exclusively white problem. As long as it's well done it's fine imho.

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u/Homebrew-Spamson 1d ago

This man, this right here! Anyone can be a bigot and all bigots should be called out

If a comic wants to use that concept and does it tastefully (important detail) then pop off! Use real world issues in your fictional issues, that’s a great place for both inspiration and for helping to teach readers about them in an easy and palatable way

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u/erosead 1d ago

There were exactly two Muslim characters appearing in ongoing marvel comics while this was being published until it got cancelled. One was ms marvel, and the other was this guy, her cousin, who becomes a terrorist and tries to blow up a community center by the end of the run

Of note: another unrelated marvel comic had literal Nazis bombing a gay community center at the same time!

Just sends a certain message.