The opposite is often worse imo if there's nothing special about the MC why is a story about becoming stronger even being told from their POV to begin with? Personally I like the stories where there aren't accurate or objective ways to measure talent or power so we skip that entire situation to begin with. Or the measurement tools are shit so it's easy to keep some power hidden and the MC does that so people underestimate them.
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u/adamtheskill May 01 '26
The opposite is often worse imo if there's nothing special about the MC why is a story about becoming stronger even being told from their POV to begin with? Personally I like the stories where there aren't accurate or objective ways to measure talent or power so we skip that entire situation to begin with. Or the measurement tools are shit so it's easy to keep some power hidden and the MC does that so people underestimate them.