SOLSTORIA (which unfortunately hasn't updated in a while) is a webcomic with a very interesting twist on this sort of plot line Almost every human is magical; the protagonist is a rare "zero-type" that has no magic, and this actually makes her a priceless and desired asset
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @AmeliaRoseWrite and
because iirc nonmagic humans are, well, immune to magic so that makes them extremely powerful warriors, because, y'know, they're immune to most types of attack There's no stigma about being a zero-type at all, they're actually kind of beloved
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @AmeliaRoseWrite and
Codex Alera *sorta* does this - Tavi grows up with effectively no magical ability at all, and it does cause him a LOT of trouble in a society where magic is used for nearly everything... Even though he learns how to use magic eventually, going w/o shapes his worldview a lot.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
It teaches him mostly to actually approach problems as a bit more of an engineer/nerd, which is the obvious nerd power fantasy, but it ALSO encourages him to take an empathetic & non-traditional approach to diplomacy a lot rather than swinging his wizard-dick around to dominate.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
Which I actually found a lot more interesting - sure, Tavi pulls off a few Code Geass bullshit Gimmick Victories at various books' climaxes, but the BIG thing, the really big thing, is he has to learn how to think outside the box of his hidebound conservative society.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
Although, what always struck me as kinda hilarious? A standard Ancient Roman trebuchet is depicted as an advanced WMD, and Tavi proposing they bring this back is initially *laughed off* by everyone. Up until there's an invasion of the Not!Zerg.
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Replying to @fiddlersgreen92 @Nymphomachy and
Yeah! Because nobody's used to thinking in terms of *devices* anymore! It's all waving around your magic-dick and yelling I AM BIGGEST AND STRONGEST and the catapults end up being an implicit "fuck you, we don't NEED big magic to have a voice"
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
I remember someone even mentions in their POV that re-introducing siege weapons would, even if there wasn't an invasion of the Not!Zerg, irrevocably alter the playing field between magic users and normals.
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Replying to @fiddlersgreen92 @Nymphomachy and
Yeah, exactly, it's great! Side note: Alera *actually* does at least the beginnings of "yeah the corrupt old magocracy is being torn down and the protagonists are building something new and diverse," and even has elements of "maybe not all endings are totally happy" w/Crassus.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
It's been awhile, but Crassus was the guy who initially betrayed the heroes at the beginning of the series, was a recurring villain, but then kinda pulled a heel-face turn? I remember in a post-series interview Jim Butcher implied he'd play a hermetic "Yoda-like" role.
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No that's Fidelias
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Replying to @arthur_affect @fiddlersgreen92 and
Fidelias - another surprisingly great character! man I have good memories of Alera, it was just Butcher firing on all cylinders a lot and avoiding a lot of the shit Dresden Files just plunges into.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @fiddlersgreen92 and
His name is memorable because it's ironic (because the first thing he does in the books is turn traitor) Also it's really obviously not a name, it's an alias, and we never find out his actual name
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