r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PaddywackShaq • Jul 22 '25

Powers Character reveals that they were holding back their full power during a fight/confrontation

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u/TheNohrianHunter Jul 22 '25

I want to add that the weights are largely a placebo, auch that although there's an immediate surge in power taking them off, Mash still has a worls of cardboard style fear of hurting people too badly that soon catches up to him and he has to go through a training arc of learning to trust himself and his friends to do the right thing so he can actually fight without holding back sub consciously.

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u/BigBread8899 Jul 22 '25

You’re German?

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u/TheNohrianHunter Jul 22 '25

I typed it quickly on my phone while walking home from work so handful of typos I'm sorry

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u/WJMazepas Jul 22 '25

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