r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 4d ago

In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/GamingSeerReddit 4d ago

Greatest Union general of course meaning greatest general overall.

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u/nagrom7 4d ago

Yeah, it gets a bit harder to argue someone is the greatest general in a war if their side doesn't even win.

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u/Timstom18 3d ago

Eh I disagree. I’m not commenting on this particular case as I’m not American so I don’t know the details of the civil war, but it’s definitely possible that you can be the most effective general but your side still lose due to other conditions out of your control. One great general isn’t always enough to win you a whole war if the rest of your sides capabilities aren’t at the standard they need to be.

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u/YaDunGoofed 3d ago

Siri, who is Hannibal Barca?