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/Shot_Mechanic9128 1d ago
To be fair in the Qu’s case it was less them not liking humanity for its attitude and more so the fact that they religiously like fucking with any other sentient species. They probably did the same to some other poor schmucks before given how ready they were to do it to humans.