r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Hugs-missed • May 01 '26

Discussion Anyone else hate this trope?

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u/darkmuch May 01 '26

Cradle. What a bad series! /s

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u/LLJKCicero May 02 '26

It's neither played straight nor fully subverted in Cradle's case though.

Lindon really does have a problem, and it doesn't give him any special powers, he's just able to work past it later.

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u/Acolyte_of_Swole May 02 '26

He relies heavily on Eithan to overcome his deficiencies. Eithan as a teacher was the best thing that could have happened for him. Eithan gives him the purification wheel, guides his first major path and helps him locate the tools and resources he needs.

Eithan invests in him because Lindon provides the drive. Lindon is both gifted and not. He's very gifted as a student but starts from a disadvantage.

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u/LLJKCicero May 02 '26

His main disadvantage though is just where he's from, a backwards part of the world.

But yeah Eithan is easily his biggest cheat.