[ SECRET POST #6478 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6478 ⌋

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[ariakas]

Sometimes I wonder how a YA or youth-targeted show where the hero was actually the best due to hard work and not being secretly special/inherently superior with no or little effort would be received. Not in an "anyone can be born special, no matter where they come from!" way like I think a lot of people wanted of Rey from the new SW, but in a legitimately "wasn't born innately more talented than anyone else, but succeeds through effort/cleverness/networking" way.

It doesn't provide anywhere near as much wish fulfillment, and as ugly as the "people who are born special are just better" message can be, I think certain people would take "you can improve your situation in life via your own efforts" and/or "people who are good at a thing tried very hard to be good at it, and so could you" even harder.

I mean, look at Michael Phelps, for instance. He tends to be the go-to example of "innate"/"unearned" advantages. Certainly, he did not put any effort into his unusual height-to-arm-length ratio, being double-jointed, or his more efficient lactic acid enzymes; he was born special at swimming so to speak. But here's the thing: he retired less than a decade ago, after a career that included races swum in now-banned swimsuits that confer measurable advantages in speed, and in the mere eight years since, every single one of his individual records has been beaten by relatively less advantaged, normal-bodied male swimmers, who simply had better technique or better training.

Imo, it would be incredibly fascinating to have a YA story where the Secret Magic Princess or the Divine Son of the Ninja President just gets bodied by some random who ate their vegetables and put in more time at the range.

[(Anonymous)]

You might enjoy the Protector of the Small series, by Tamora Pierce. The protagonist has no magic and works her ass off, although she does get help in life from people with magical talent.