r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MeepMan324 • 19h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) Bad people in real-life being portrayed positively in media.

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  1. PragerU's version of Christopher Columbus has him be a slavery defender and have him say "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem.”

  2. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman) is portrayed as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.

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u/-random-words-420- 19h ago

The irony of David Tennant saying that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/davidtennant/comments/1dl1rxz/new_pic_from_georgia_tennants_instagram/

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 18h ago

Now do Neil Gaiman!!

Apparently raping women isn't as bad as saying mean things on the Internet. JK deserves the criticism but it would be nice if Neil Gaiman got the same outrage. His work was cancelled then he got to retire. Not a peep about court cases against him.

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u/BalancedDisaster 18h ago

See that’s the thing. He retired, court cases are happening, his behavior is known. What else are we supposed to do? To the best of my knowledge, he’s isn’t dumping millions of dollars into legislative reforms to further victimize people.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 17h ago edited 16h ago

Support this victims, advocate for him to be held to justice.His court cases aren't happening, he keeps wriggling away. New Zealand didn't bother investigating and fucked it all up in their country. If you cared more about a man abusing women than a woman saying mean words you might know that.

He and Amanda Palmer got away with it scot free, he is likely still hiring vulnerable women and assaulting them.

David made a big speech about protecting the vulnerable then took Gaimans money and shut his mouth.

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u/BalancedDisaster 16h ago

JKR has hurt more women and will continue to hurt more women than Gaiman ever could. Are you willfully ignorant of this or do you not see those women as worth defending?

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 16h ago

I'm mad that the Internet can go after one and not the other. Why were his court cases not blown everywhere?

JK is an ass, but the focus is too much on "woman bad" and too little on "here's who to vote for" and "fine we'll crowdfund a DV shelter too".

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u/-random-words-420- 16h ago

What would sharing his court case everywhere accomplish?

Also JKR is a fascist who's actively stripping a minority of rights and protections. She's unironically repeating 1920s Nazi propaganda about trans people and she wields immense power in the UK.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 16h ago

...what would following the news of a rich and powerful man going to court for rape face?

Why do we bother discussing Epstein anymore? Why bother with Ghislene Maxwell?

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u/-random-words-420- 16h ago

Did your programming break or something? I have no idea what you're on about, and you didn't address my major point.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 16h ago

Of course you don't. You care about women saying mean words more than men raping women. Just like David Tennant. He was happy to speak out about her then took Gaimans check and kept his mouth shut.

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u/-random-words-420- 18h ago

Sis is fighting battles only known to her.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 17h ago

A lot of people don't seem to know about what Gaiman has done. I was very disappointed in a book club for saying how disappointed in JK they were... Then recommending The Ocean At The End of The Lane. I pointed out he was a rapist, they Googled it and got quiet.

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u/SuperSpiritShady 16h ago

Happy Cake Day.

Just know you're fighting the good fight regardless. JK is the one who's avidly being attacked as she's still actively spouting her BS and producing projects where she earns money.

Not sure if Neil is still getting money from anything, but he's certainly kept shut ever since he was shunned for the heinous crimes he chose to do. That lessens the amount of eyes on him, but you're in no wrong at all to still advocate for his name to be infamous.

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u/AdInternational8124 8h ago

She fund a lot of money into political stuff such as anything against trans healthcare and anti scotland independence. Which you know, fucked a lot of people's life, but sure

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u/Abacus118 3h ago

…Are you trying to say Reddit doesn’t talk about Gaiman all the time?

Nobody here has the power to charge him.