CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
My question is, how long do you guys think this’ll remain popular?
Because I’m being reminded of all those Bleach, Harry Potter, High School DxD, Naruto fanfics
Written by authors who more or less bash the original protagonists for NOT gaining thousands of seperate powers from the start or not learning and gaining everything super early and calling them “weak” for NOT being overpowered
These powers aren’t like say One Piece or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure wherein you mostly have a single power and try finding out as many possible uses for it
Instead these ones seem more like becoming your own Dovahkiin and actually canonically having every single spell and weapon and armor and skill
Not to say I’m against having extra abilities or skills and equipment, but if the author’s gonna boast about how smart the MC is, may as well show it by them operating from a position of “weakness” and finding out enemy strengths & weaknesses and whatever they can improvise
Sword&Sorcery Protagonists are essentially Polymaths, but far from overpowered or able to have the right thing quickly for every situation
Admittedly, I think this is in part because the authors who write their stuff are just doing it on their spare time and not really making big plans or want to spend much time on say, making an epic battle that’s not just a curbstomp
Because I’m being reminded of all those Bleach, Harry Potter, High School DxD, Naruto fanfics
Written by authors who more or less bash the original protagonists for NOT gaining thousands of seperate powers from the start or not learning and gaining everything super early and calling them “weak” for NOT being overpowered
These powers aren’t like say One Piece or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure wherein you mostly have a single power and try finding out as many possible uses for it
Instead these ones seem more like becoming your own Dovahkiin and actually canonically having every single spell and weapon and armor and skill
Not to say I’m against having extra abilities or skills and equipment, but if the author’s gonna boast about how smart the MC is, may as well show it by them operating from a position of “weakness” and finding out enemy strengths & weaknesses and whatever they can improvise
Sword&Sorcery Protagonists are essentially Polymaths, but far from overpowered or able to have the right thing quickly for every situation
Admittedly, I think this is in part because the authors who write their stuff are just doing it on their spare time and not really making big plans or want to spend much time on say, making an epic battle that’s not just a curbstomp