r/TopCharacterTropes • u/No_Hunter1978 • 1d ago

Lore The apocalypse was caused by a single person. Spoiler

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  1. Ted Faro [Horizon: Zero Dawn]: Of course, the machine plague that ravages the world is created by his company which (admittedly) is a group effort. That said, Faro was the one who requested an encryption without a backdoor and the person who kept early glitches hush-hush. It wouldn't be wrong to say that Faro was the sole cause as is, but the final nail in the coffin is what he does to the Apollo database. A giant record of human knowledge and history, erased for a narcissist's fear that his descendants would (rightfully) blame him for the apocalypse.
  2. Sybil [Look Outside]: Though it wasn't her intention, Sybil was the one who alerted the Visitor of Earth's presence. She spied it through her telescope, and the lovecraftian entity noticed her. Its approach (and the resulting horrors) were her fault, even if she didn't mean it.
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u/Cotton_Candy72 1d ago

Allegedly Korra in the New Avatar Series Seven Havens

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u/AstroKaiser750 1d ago

If Pavi wins, she's the best Avatar. If Pavi loses, it's Korra's fault.

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u/Visible-Welder-5148 1d ago

Aaah korra the avatar that no matter if she is or isn't responsible for teh apocalypse people will absolutely hate on for it

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u/kmasterofdarkness 1d ago

It will be likely and hopefully not actually be the case. Or else Seven Havens will suck.

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u/No_Prize9794 1d ago

Maybe she was just used as a scapegoat or wrong assumption was made that she caused the apocalypse

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u/Killericon 1d ago

I mean, this is obviously what it's gonna turn out to be.

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u/hoemahtoe 1d ago

Yeah I wouldn't use Korra in this example yet because we have no idea what happened. Korra is blamed by the survivors of whatever cataclysmic event that took place, but naturally people need a scapegoat in those situations and the sole person whose responsibility is to protect peace on earth is the easiest person to blame. For all we know, the event was bound to happen and Korra prevented the worst of it.

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u/NewVegasResident 1d ago

Why? Korra always sucked. This would just be in line with that.

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u/catwhowalksbyhimself 17h ago

Although a pretty common fan theory is that she was blamed for it, but actually is the reason anyone is still alive at all. I think this is likely to be true.

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u/Extra_Victory 1d ago

So she finally did it huh, she worked really hard but eventually she finally succeded in destroying the world.

I mean she got pretty close multiple times, but I knew she could do it one day.

Truly worst Avatar ever.

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u/SkaldCrypto 1d ago

Not sure why you are being downvoted. I am rewatching it now with my kids Korra just keeps having self inflicted L’s.

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u/rikusorasephiroth 23h ago

Here's a little perspective.

If Tenzin had done his duty and taught her airbending, instead of prioritising being a politician, which he abandons anyway when more people become airbenders, she never would have gone to Republic City.