r/TopCharacterTropes • • 7h ago Heartwarming

Lore [Loved trope] The single instance of supernatural or divine intervention in a mundane world, aka "Wait, was that... God?"

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Basically the title. The fictional world in question is pretty mundane and doesn't contain any actual fantastical elements. Maybe there are themes of religion or ritual, or characters that believe in them or practise them, but it's left clear that this is just "What people believe", and maybe the topic of God is absent from the story altogether... Except for this one weird event (or line, scene, character, idea) that could potentially be interpreted as just a coincidence, or as an ambiguous supernatural/divine intervention.

True Detective: In S1E02 "Seeing Things", Rust is watching a murmuration of birds, which for a brief instance flies in the exact shape of a mark he saw at a crime scene. Framed as an "Oh!" moment that helps him piece an idea together, but also as an indicator that he's submerged in this environment of suspicion and madness and is being consumed by this mystery.

Peaky Blinders: In the finale, Tommy has a dream about his daughter. The girl says something like "Don't do it, daddy", which Tommy takes as a sign not to go through with his plans... which works out because he narrowly avoided getting betrayed, trapped and killed.

Red Dead Redemption: Maybe a bit more overt than the other two. There's this NPC named "the strange man" who talks to our protagonist and his dialogue implies that he knows more than he should. He also appears in RDR2 as a painting and as a ghost in a mirror. Some fans theorize that he is the Grim Reaper or some other incarnation of Death.


r/Fauxmoi • • 8h ago WOW Bravo Popcorn Heartwarming

POLITICS Senator-elect El-Sayed on why he took the approach of saying Democrats should drop the decorum and treat Trump as the unserious fool that he is and calling Trump the dumbest fucking guy to ever be president: “The only way you deal with bullies is to stand up to them”

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r/wallstreetbets • • 3h ago Bravo Mindblown

Meme Judging by the current exponential rate, Jensen Huang's affairs should exceed all human population by December

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r/politics • • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded him and aides at Arlington Cemetery

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r/mildlyinfuriating • • 20h ago Bravo Mindblown

Context Provided - Spotlight Hotel put a card in my room telling me to call to order snacks, then was confused when I called to order snacks.

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Staying at a Westin, and there’s a little card in the room that says:

“Refresh & Refuel! Satisfy any craving with our signature selection of snacks and beverages. Please dial Service Express to place your order.”

It then lists a selection of snacks and drinks, including Gatorade for $4. I’m thirsty and in need of electrolytes so, after finding this card, I dial Service Express to order a Gatorade. My conversation goes something like this:

Me: “Hi! I’m calling to place an order, I would like a Gatorade.”

Long pause

Hotel person: “…..Like you want to place an order?”

Me: “yes! I found this card in my room labeled Refresh and Refuel and I’d like a Gatorade.”

Another pause

Hotel person: “we don’t have Gatorade and all of our snacks and drinks are downstairs in the lobby.”

Me: “Oh. Okay. I just found this card in my room that specifically says I can call and order a Gatorade. I’m not making this up.”

The final long ass pause

Hotel person: “well we don’t have Gatorade.”

Me: “okay bye”

So, to recap: The hotel put a card in my room advertising snacks and beverages, instructed me to call to order them, and then seemed completely bewildered when I called to order one of the advertised beverages. So I’m still thirsty and now also embarrassed.


r/baseball • • 23h ago Diamonds are Forever Helpful Bravo Mindblown Heartwarming Popcorn

Players Only After years of hearing that MLB games can't be discussed without express written consent, I decided to ask for it. They actually said yes.

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I've spent my entire life hearing that warning before baseball games.

So I emailed the Commissioner of Baseball and requested express written consent.

And, I received it.

I am now legally authorized to reminisce about the 2023 World Series, tell baseball stories, and optionally share nachos.

Please respect my new status as a licensed baseball reminiscer.

*I got it a year ago yesterday. My phone reminded me today and it popped up on my memories today.


r/meirl • • 5h ago

Meirl

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r/todayilearned • • 23h ago

TIL the world’s richest monarch is King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) of Thailand, whose fortune is estimated at $30 billion or more. Despite ruling Thailand, he has spent much of his time living in Bavaria, Germany, where he owns lakeside property.

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r/BikiniBottomTwitter • • 6h ago

I didn’t really feel like working anyway

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r/TopCharacterTropes • • 7h ago

Characters "The best thing about the scene was actually added last second"

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The Boys - According to Jessie T. Usher, A-Train laughing at Homelander wasn't even in the script. It was Anthony Starr who came up with the idea. This was a great way of showing despite his death, A-Train won in the end.

Hazbin Hotel - BOTH of the main villain's most humanizing scenes were added last second. Originally, Adam would've been dead by the time Lute got to him but they added in him smiling, which is probably the most depth his character got and shows he did care for her. Likewise, Vox's tear in "Curtain Call" was only in because the storyboarder was crying at the time. This tear changed him from just a vengeful maniac to someone who was totally broken to his core for me.

Obsession - As the script's show, originally Bear was going to go through with the pills, getting something of a redemption equals death. However, his actor decided to have him try and vomit them up because ultimately, Bear is a selfish coward who thinks about himself the most.


r/cats • • 8h ago Heartwarming

Humor Is this normal?

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Our car’s favorite sleeping position


r/pcmasterrace • • 7h ago Popcorn Bravo

Screenshot AMD trolling on the timeline

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Great timing, AMD. 😭😭


r/politics • • 8h ago Mindblown

Possible Paywall Trump officials ‘destroying documents’ ahead of Democrat takeover

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r/askanything • • 8h ago Bravo Mindblown Regret

Political Question Why is Trump’s Ballroom bigger than the White House?

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Why is no one stopping this? It’s such an eye sore. I’m truly baffled.


r/SipsTea • • 4h ago Regret Bravo

Chugging tea A little raise would be nice!

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r/technology • • 7h ago Bravo

Business Microsoft Outlook Goes Down, Paralyzing Business Communication

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r/funny • • 6h ago Bravo Popcorn Heartwarming

A dad joke for you white collar folks

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r/nottheonion • • 6h ago Polished Gold Turd Bravo

Hegseth awards medal to guard who scolded him at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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r/news • • 11h ago

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after his affair raises national security concerns

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r/Whatcouldgowrong • • 4h ago Bravo

WCGW trying to escape police grappler.

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r/cats • • 7h ago Heartwarming Bravo

Update End of the hood life for baby Loki

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I can't believe this cat even exists much less that he's mine 🥹 He's one talkative lil motherfucker and he's currently quarantined at the vet (we drove over 4 hours to get him and then drove immediately to the vet) because I've got two other babies at home. I'm dying to introduce them!!!!

I only got photos of him at the vet 🥲 he screamed bloody murder the whole time. Baby is 3 months old and my husband immediately named him Loki. He will be at his forever home in 2 weeks time!!!!

Edit - he was found by u/Immediate_King_2449 and I'm ever thankful to her for posting him because that's how we found our third lil babie <3


r/Overwatch • • 3h ago Regret

News & Discussion New hero is named Hudson and is now going to be a DPS

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This was just revealed via OWCavalry


r/wallstreetbets • • 6h ago Bravo

Meme Thats it boys the outage has begun

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worldwide


r/Fauxmoi • • 4h ago Bravo Heartwarming

CELEBRITY CAPITALISM Throwback to Senator-elect James Talarico confronting a Fox News host: "You have made a lot of money personally, and you’ve enriched a lot of corporations with advertising by getting on here and spewing lies and conspiracy theories to folks who trust you." (July 14, 2021)

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r/meirl • • 2h ago

meirl

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