r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 12d ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/MGD109 12d ago

To be completely fair, Uncle Remus in Song of the South isn't a slave, the film is set after the Civil War. Part of the plot is that he's nearly forced to leave to seek employment elsewhere. If he were a slave, he wouldn't even be allowed to leave.

His actor was even in favour of empathising more in the script that he was a free man to ensure there was no confusion, but the director wasn't interested.

The film isn't released anymore cause it simply hasn't aged well in other areas.

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u/Beautiful_Answer_202 12d ago

It's interesting to hear the actor wanted more emphasis on that fact, because I remember watching it and thinking they did a poor job of making it clear that it was set after the civil war. Memory is fuzzy, but I think a title card at the beginning says the year its set, but you would have to know when the civil war ended for that to help. (Being english, I have little knowledge of civil war dates) 

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u/MGD109 12d ago

Yeah, it's understandable where the confusion comes from. Shame he didn't get it. Still, other elements still wouldn't have aged so well regardless.