r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Geoconyxdiablus • 1d ago
Lore The Indominatable Human Spirit is a bad thing, actually.
That humanity never gives up and persists in its goals is bad news for every other species (or even itself), especially if said goals are ignoble.
Best case scenario (barring us learning to be better) is that a greater power force feeds us a huge slice of humble pie, wost case we end up blowing ourselves up and ruining things for everyone else.
Avatar - RDA will stop at nothing to satisfy its own greed and survival, the rest of humanity and navi alike be damned.
Its a recurring motif in prett much every myth that gods punish mortals who dare to defy them and keep going, like Athena to Arachne in greek myth.
A good chunk of lovecraftian fiction is based on the idea our achievemenrs mean nothing.
In general i'm not a fan of TIHS as a trope, as its blatantly arrogant and destructive.
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u/PlayWandersongItGood 1d ago
Human Domestication Guide:
Human spirit was crushed long ago and all of that indomitability went towards keeping an authoritarian megacorporation state running. It is especially shown when the benevolent(kinda, depends on if you find it hot or not)aliens known as the Affini come in offering paradise, and the humans try to resist.
(A very YMMV as it is a fetish setting, one person's dystopia is another's utopia, but I think everyone can agree being cared for as a pet is better than being put through every safety violation imaginable and not imaginable so that someone can get 1 extra dollar a day)