just asking cuz i dont really get why people do this. dont you think its more interesting to have the mc excel at what everyone else does? theres so many of these novels that use a magic system or something and then just give the mc some weird concept power like darkness or void just to make them special. its almost like writing a harry potter fanfiction and making the mc use jutsus from naruto. it feels weird and impossible to measure the mc with other people. the trope of mc appearing weak to everyone because he is outside of their system is so overused im seriously confused why authors do it so often. its at the point where the general story map is exactly the same in all of these novels that are derivatives of the authors pov..
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LIKEif you want to call being on the same frame of reference overused thats fine. also, the mc doesn't need to be better than their elders, just their age group (at least for wish fulfilment).