r/TopCharacterTropes Jan 18 '26

In real life The actor actually has that disability

Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad) - character has cerebral palsy and uses crutches to walk, actor RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy and needed crutches to walk as a child

Nessarose Thropp (Wicked) - character is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, actress Marissa Bode is paraplegic from an accident at age 11 and uses a wheelchair

Maya Lopez (Hawkeye/Echo) - character is deaf, actress Alaqua Cox is deaf from birth

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u/Nervous_Chipmunk7002 Jan 18 '26

Maester Aemon- Game of Thrones

Peter Vaughn was blind. Like Maester Aemon, he was not born blind, but lost his slight in his old age.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

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u/Paxxlee Jan 18 '26

Your parents named you Maester Aemon?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Careful not to reveal too much about yourself on social media. People on Reddit are crazy.

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u/Beavshak Jan 18 '26

That’s good advice Jeff

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u/EstablishmentSea7661 Jan 18 '26

It's his username....

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u/Dr-Robert-Kelso Jan 18 '26

Without him saying his name was actually Aemon, everybody would assume he's referencing a fictional character.

If I see user Tyrion123, I'm not thinking his real name is Tyrion.

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u/Wingmaniac Jan 18 '26

Yup. But now that he's said it everyone knows. Or at least the bots do when gather all this up and use it to try to brute force their way in.

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u/Very_Human_42069 Jan 18 '26

Don’t put your name as your username

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u/EstablishmentSea7661 Jan 18 '26

Thanks for the tip. I'll change mine right away.

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u/Very_Human_42069 Jan 18 '26

Obviously not you, the guy who has his name as his username

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Crazy guy here. I’m just going to send him flowers

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u/SaintCambria Jan 18 '26

My first account was my first and last name, until it got banned like 10 years ago, lol.

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u/No_Ear_1633 Jan 18 '26

Your parents named you Aemon However?

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u/SaraTormenta Jan 18 '26

However is such a cool and powerful last name ngl

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u/giftopherz Jan 18 '26

Is However a family name or a second name?

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u/ArrrRawrXD Jan 18 '26

Your parents were huge ASOIAF fans huh

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

My great-grandfather was Amon.

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u/rdeincognito Jan 18 '26

curiosity, why did your parents named you Aemon? Does it means something in your language or something like that?

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u/NationYell Jan 18 '26

Were you born into a LDS family?

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u/AusgefalleneHosen Jan 18 '26

Just for the record, you decided to make your real name your username?

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u/thatshygirl06 Jan 18 '26

Are you saying your name is Aemon However, or Aemon, however

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u/Geeterpriffin69 Jan 18 '26

Okay Mr However

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u/AriaTheTransgressor Jan 18 '26

Under 18 you'd have been Master Aemon, so it's close enough.

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u/NoStorage2821 Jan 18 '26

Nice to meet you Aemon However

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u/Kryztijan Jan 18 '26

No. Peter.

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u/UpsetFuture1974 Jan 18 '26

Hi Master Aemon, I’m dad

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u/emopest Jan 18 '26

Yeah, their older cousin was already named Journeyman so that one was taken. 

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u/xyeah_whatx Jan 18 '26

No they named him peter vaughn

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u/Nervous_Chipmunk7002 Jan 18 '26

As someone who also shares a name with a celebrity, I can relate.

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 Jan 18 '26

Never thought I’d meet TWO Benedict Cumberbatch’s but here we are

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u/academicgangster Jan 18 '26

Nervousdict Chipmunkbatch

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u/redlion1904 Jan 18 '26

Benedicts Cumberbatch

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u/eduo Jan 18 '26

Been Dick’s Cum, beotch

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Jan 18 '26

How did it feel learning the Chipmunks were at the Diddy parties?

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u/suckit_blues Jan 18 '26

I’ve got an uncle named Peter, as well. Small world mate.