Ok, this is a thing that really bothers me about Western movies/TVs/books this days, maybe someone has some insight. Every hero is the "chosen one", everyone has been foretold in a prophecy- they are just badass for no reason but birthright. They do absolutely nothing to earn it.
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Since movies are made for accessibility and tend to not take too many risks, they repeat the tropes that sell. If you look at recent fantasy/sci fi (and even a few YA) books that are actually winning awards you’ll find many more nuanced stories. 2/
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I don’t have enough experience with chinese literature to speak authoritatively on it, but it seems very similar to the Xianxia trope of “being the only one who remember his past life” and using that as an advantage
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