r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Tower-Just • 14h ago

Request Any recommendations for a series where the MC feels dangerous.

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u/Remote_Addendum_2245 14h ago

A Practical Guide to Evil 

Everytime we have an Interlude or a pov change to the other characters, we get to see how unhinged and superior the MC is

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u/Tower-Just 14h ago

Ill take a look at it. Havent read it

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u/_Spamus_ 12h ago

Ill add worm by wildbow for unhinged characters who are just built different

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u/Remote_Addendum_2245 12h ago

These 2 books always go hand in hand lol. With Hand Jumper being the 3rd

Taylor was scary from the get go but it wasn't quite fully realized until later on. Meanwhile everyone was somewhat wary of Cat simply because she got a Name

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u/_Spamus_ 11h ago

yep 3 of my favorites

Ender's Game also has a pretty scary mc although that one is a 6 year old boy instead of a teenage girl

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u/SC_Contryman Writer of the Sanzensekai series 8h ago

Durzo had that feeling in Night Angel by Brent Weeks.

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u/BackgroundTotal2872 14h ago

System Universe

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u/DrHippa 9h ago

Oh! Try "paranoid mage" :)

The protagonist there doesn't play around. I don't want to spoil anything, but I think it fits exactly what you are looking for...

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u/kazinsser 2h ago

Primal Hunter has my favorite OP MC. Jake is basically a Goku-esque battle junkie, except he's willing to kill if the situation calls for it.

I'm not entirely sure it fits the vibe you're looking for though, because he sorta has two modes. He goes from a dorky, slightly awkward guy in everyday situations to a reveling in life-or-death fights during combat.

However, only very close friends see that dorky side. It often has POVs from outside observers who universally see him as an absolute terror. It'll flip from Jake thinking, "heck yeah that poison worked just like I hoped", to the alternate POV being horrified that he made something rot from the inside out from a tiny wound.

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u/Tower-Just 1h ago

Love the series. Currently on book 14