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@Aella_Girl
one concept i use a lot for myself is what i call the "Kvothe Effect", because based on my very faint recollection of NotW the character goes through a lot of time learning skills that seem kinda incomplete and meaningless until later on when they all become important 1/
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
i *really* feel like this about my own life, like so many random skills and half-skills I picked up along the way that seemed to have no greater purpose until suddenly aha i have been called on stage and my half-skill is invaluable because of the context
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Like, I'm not really top-tier at anything, but I have a bizarre collection of unusual, mediocre skills that, when combined in my context, become powerful in a way I could never have predicted. Hence, I have a bunch of the Kvothe Effect!
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I'm sure this is smwht of an illusion - I'm not seein all the ways I could have a cooler life if I'd had a diff set of skills, and opportunities sometimes arise for me *in response* to skills, not my skills coincidentally fitting, but still, the illusion kinda *is* the point
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@Aella_Girl
I think this privately whenever I see a friend of mine pursuing a random skill down an obscure path, or finding themselves in a situation where a past skill seems to suspiciously fit perfectly. They're setting themselves up for, or experiencing, the Kvothe Effect
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