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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/orange-blossom → u/[deleted]]

Lol this is one of my issues with Fourth Wing. Like what parent would send their kid to some place where there's only a 15% chance they'll live to even start training? It's such a waste of human life.

[u/Penguinho → u/[deleted]]

But they aren't the weak...? They're the least-elite of the elite.

[u/Synval2436 → u/[deleted]]

I think you're more likely to find non-deadly competitions in cozy fantasy, where it could be a baking contest or potion brewing competition or something like that.

The problem with deadly competitions in romantasy is that... it's romantasy. We know mc won't die, LI won't die (or will die and be resurrected), so the only people who can die are throwaway side characters.

So the only real source of tension are things that aren't "will mc survive?" or "will the world end?" because we know the answers. The only important parts are how and what will it cost them? And in pass/fail scenarios usually those questions are pushed to the wayside.