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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Something I never got about the "tied up on train tracks" trope is that the victim is never tied to anything. Can't they just wiggle out of the way?

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Honestly, I usually saw this alongside Wile E. Coyote style antics performed by someone literally twirling a mustache, so I was never looking for consistency!

And less charitably, the character tied rarely seemed to do more than protest delicately even when she wasn't tied...

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

i think what is going on here is making an example. This is not a moral problem with some kind of inevitability. This is an execution that is trying to make a point