Here's a little fuel for the fire; Why is it almost always accepted for a protagonist to be skilled, but not TOO skilled (i.e. needing friends and such), but it's a hugely popular trope that the villains are just that much better at so much? I mean, I know it's obviously to do with the whole theme of needing a nigh insurmountable obstacle for the heroic character to overcome...but doesn't the villain's existence in itself point out that yes, someone can be insanely skilled? (just that it might not be you. And that through the power of narrative plot, you can kick their ass anyway.)
tldr: Fiction is full of people who are crazy skilled. It generally means nothing in a narrative sense unless you want it to, and in an RP setting wanting it to and giving consent mean more than any six hundred page backstory regaling the tales of how he once killed two dragons with one punch.
tldr: Fiction is full of people who are crazy skilled. It generally means nothing in a narrative sense unless you want it to, and in an RP setting wanting it to and giving consent mean more than any six hundred page backstory regaling the tales of how he once killed two dragons with one punch.
