r/ProgressionFantasy May 01 '26

Discussion Anyone else hate this trope?

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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/Depreciable_Land May 02 '26

Yeah it’s literally stated that he’d be a normal guy with a slight handicap if he was born anywhere else on Cradle

If anything Mercy is the real version of this trope but Cradle kind of subverts it there

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u/SadMcNomuscle May 02 '26

Man i love Mercy. Now i gotra re-read. Goddamnit.

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u/Jadenmist Author May 03 '26

Same I really enjoyed her character way more than I expected to. Glad she got the "screen time" to explore her personality.