>Have a series start off with a protagonist who can’t keep up with the rest of his peers
>Turns put he has access to a super secret bloodline with one in a million odds of it happening to be him with access to godly powers
Why does this always happen in stuff like cartoons and anime?
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because of Japanese propaganda and culture
Why are they like it?
Several thousand years of imperial government does that to a culture, especially in theocratic imperial governments. The emperors of Japan are all literally supposed to be the descendants of Amaterasu. It wasn't until the US teabagged them with the actual divine touch of the stars that they were forced to say they were not divine. As such, the idea of some bloodlines being innately superior is strong with them in narratives, compared to the Western ideas of human will being the greater determining factor, where we love underdogs and people that are nothing special being able to temper their steel resolves and prove their just as good as those deemed superior by birth.
Well, except when race is involved. Then the West is exactly like Japan with chosen bloodlines
The fact that superhero comics exists already shows your theory doesn't hold up. Superman, born with his powers, Batman, born with his riches, Spiderman, getting granted Spiderpowers by accident, same with Flash. X-Men, all born with their powers. Iron-Man, born a rich super genius. Captain America, only chosen because "he is brave"(i.e. he got lucky he was chosen and not the million of other brave soldiers that exist). There was no "training", there was "overcoming obstacles", it was all just pure luck. And it's those stories that are the most loved by the mainstream american audience.
Like 70% of those have had retcons where they are super special
Especially Spider-Man and his Web of Life shit
Because they're cartoons you moron
Is the dub out yet
Because in real life spergs don't succeed or accomplish anything. I know because I am one
Plenty of spergs succeed, you just have to direct your weird ass into a specific obsession that's lucrative. The ability to disregard social norms is a powerful thing when used correctly
Reminder that gems can't actually reproduce and Steven is just PD's new personality after giving herself permanent ego death. The human body is just a vessel, like Lapis' mirror.
It’s not PD. It’s Pink Steven
How many times does Steven have to say it?
All he is, is a name, beyond that, he likely believes that he'd still exist if Pink never did. Sorry homosexual but if Greg hooked up with Vidalia we'd be getting The Onion Show
>if his parents didn't meet he wouldn't have been born
what a fricking amazing goddamn revelation
>she is gone
>her previous forms were still in the memory of the core when it reformed
>steven has constantly dreams about PDs past life
yeah, bullshit. Steven is PD just with memory loss
>>her previous forms were still in the memory of the core when it reformed
That’s just to show Pink became Steven. It also happens when Pearl reforms. It’s like a recap
If PD was truly "gone", there would be no recap you fricking moron. It happened to Pearl because Pearl is still Pearl, whenever she changed forms in the show she was still the same person just with new outfits. But suddenly when it comes to the pink diamond we change the rules? Stop trying to excuse the shitty writing of this show
Pearl wasn’t the same person at all. She became someone else. Like how Pink did. Just by an incredible amount
Okay, you're fricking moronic, thanks for saying it so early in the discussion so I know I don't have to spend more time on this
Steven Universe was special since the very first second of the show you fricking moron
Exactly. He was already special by virtue of being a human/gem hybrid. Why tack on the fact that his mother was ACKSHULLY a super duper important gem in the hierarchy and because of this steven has the most strongest powerz! If he just happened to be a half quartz like we were lead to believe, the antagonists wouldn’t have just been like “oh ok we’ll listen to whatever you say and stop our galactic tyranny” and he’d have lost. The only reason there was a happy ending is because steven happened to be special.
Well yes. Strength matters
That happens in a lot of stuff anon because it's cool. Would you rather the main character remain some low level scrub who fights goblin trash mobs while the super special chosen ones do all the cool stuff offscreen?
Quick I need help there was an image that was a wholesome edit of a guy cuddling with Ruby and Sapphire do any of you have it? Please I have lost it and need it
This it?
No it’s not
No it was black and white and I remember it was originally from trash the guy had a sly smile and a boner but it was edited to just have him smiling
I always forget the archives are a thing because I'm a fool
Pic not related I assume?
It’s an easy way to justify the hero catching up to people way older than them.
Because for all the talk about those series about how anyone can be anything they still push the reality that nepotism runs the world.
Average, subpar people will never be interesting, nobody wants to hear their boring stories. It's a testment that life is only meant to be truly lived by few lucky high borns.
Name 1 (one) anime
Naruto
Bleach, One Piece, Toriko
It's a metaphor that you always have power in you to make things better. You just haven't recognized it yet.
If we just openly told people that they are trash and they killed themselves there would be a lot less suffering in the world. But we woudl have to pay low skilled laborers a lot better wages I guess.
I love you anon
>Have a series start off with a protagonist who can’t keep up with the rest of his peers
>Series continues, he still can't do anything interesting, is often a liability, can't really help, isn't really good at anything
Woah, sounds great, sign me up bro
Why can’t they just be smart?
Thats boring