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Finally, someone pointed this trope out; I hate seeing this trope in manga.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like Rey Skywalker.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Harry Potter for that matter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love how Dune flips it on its head, being the Chosen One is a very bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is (sort of...) my gripe with Disney's The Incredibles. The villain is a normal/non-super guy who becomes a phenomenal engineer/mad-scientist-type presumably through hard work and education. And he's the bad guy, while the people who were born special/super are the good guys.

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

I think he’s the bad guy because he killed like hundreds of people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hah, yes, my point was that they could have made such a character a hero, and the villain could just as easily been a super-turned-evil. (Sorry if a missed a whoosh...)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is why I've Always thought that Conan the Barbarian series was superior to Lord of the Rings, when it comes to early-mid 20th century Fantasy. Conan becomes king by the sweat of his own brow, by force of will, and by sheer tenacity. Aragorn, on the other hand, just happened to have been born to the right family.

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