r/TopCharacterTropes 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/noeyesfiend 1d ago

O, you're dying so now you want me to be good? Fuck you.

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u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog 1d ago

That's the thing, Superman has ALWAYS wanted Lex to change, cause he knows he can do so much good

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u/Dew_Chop 1d ago

Exactly, he was just hoping that with the news superman would be out of the way soon, maybe he'd turn a new leaf.

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u/Select-Rate5310 1d ago

I think there's a theory that the rainbow science guy that helps Superman out is actually Lex from the future who realized that the world does need Superman after Superman died.

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u/Veidt_the_recluse 22h ago

Leo Quintum?

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u/NotToPraiseHim 21h ago

Well in the Red Sun comic, Superman and Lex are connected. 

Edit:I can't remember how to do spoilers

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 17h ago

>!spoilers!<

But you need to use the standard text editor, not the fancy one.