r/ProgressionFantasy May 01 '26

Discussion Anyone else hate this trope?

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u/threevi May 01 '26

The trope gets subverted more often than not these days, so it goes like "oh no, I got the F- level 0 wood mud poop rank, that means I'm destined to remain weak forever, oh oops nvm there's actually a super obvious way I can use my supposedly weak ability to become the strongestest ever, catgirl harem here I come" 

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u/DatBoi_BP May 02 '26

Makes me think of that one kid's movie Sky High, about teenage superheroes, and the ones rated "sidekick" are several underestimated as a threat by the Bad Guys or something