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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Discworld would be a good example of fantasy that doesn't follow this trope (pretty sure in that world anyone can study magic, but like everything else that doesn't mean everyone is good at it).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's also an explicit subversion of fantasy. I don't know if that counts.