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Rule people (lemmy.world)

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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 15 points 4 months ago

There must be.

Haven't read it, yet, but I have high hopes for the Earthsea books.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Discworld would be a good example of fantasy that doesn't follow this trope (pretty sure in that world anyone can study magic, but like everything else that doesn't mean everyone is good at it).

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago

It's also an explicit subversion of fantasy. I don't know if that counts.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

As far as I can remember, the main character is just some random son of a smith.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago

Only just finished the first entry, and this is still the case by the end of that book at least. The main character does have a kind of "raw power" that goes beyond what others have innately, which is a bit exceptional-ising.

It's hard to pin down, but the tone is more community oriented, and less about this one Special.