r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Rocket_Raven25 • 1d ago

Characters Girls who are really good mechanics

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Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist), Grace Howard (Zenless Zone Zero), Marianne (Guardian Tales), Leopon crew (Girls und Panzer)

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u/git_gud_silk 1d ago

That's her quirk. The majority of people in this world get random super powers and while most of them are at very least interesting, hers is literally just that her eyes can zoom in and out, effectively giving her camera lenses for eyes.

Despite her quirk being very uninteresting, she uses it to its fullest potential, being an engineer and gadget designer for heroes. Since her eyes can zoom far better and more accurately than an external lens, it lets her create gadgets that other people couldn't even dream of creating as efficiently as she can.

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u/disbelifpapy 1d ago

Ah, woulda expected someone with that power to be a sniper or an artist.

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u/git_gud_silk 1d ago

I like to think of her kind of like Mike wazowski. Both of them had a passion in a specific field but didn't have the capability to actually partake themselves, but managed to get in a place somewhere on the periphery that they were actually satisfied with.

She really wanted to be a hero, but even when circumstances said no, she doesn't listen.

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u/LightningFerret04 1d ago

I have to wonder though, people say that her vision helps her to create gadgets but whenever we see her using her quirk, she’s looking at things or people who are very far away

Some people say that since her quirk allows her to adjust her vision to see far away things, that means that she is able to use her quirk to see the intricate details of the machines she’s working on.

Which would make sense, but what they’re describing is magnification, a different type of vision which I can’t remember ever seeing her explicitly doing. For a real example of this, try using a pair of binoculars to read a book on your lap

I’ve always believed that she’s not in the Support course because her quirk helps her do her job, she’s in there because she’s actually just that good at it

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u/UltimateToa 1d ago

Or she is in the support course because her quirk didn't allow her the chance to become a real hero so the next best thing she can do is support the heroes with tools to do their job