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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
A character who is a billionaire stock broker with multiple PhDs, wins Grammys in multiple categories, cures cancer in his spare time and advises the Dahli Lama... not so relateable.
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This is what really bugs me.
I get so sick of "Dirk Pitt Syndrome", where the main character is a marine biologist/ex military/amateur archaeologist/linguist/computer hacker/mountaineer/pilot/hostage negotiator etc etc etc.
Although it can go the other way too, where the characters exhibit unbelievable skills for no real reason.
I've stopped reading books because despite the plot being very interesting and well flushed out, the main character suddenly displays incredible levels of marksmanship and Batman levels of calm under extreme pressure. Maybe a throwaway "Boy I'm glad Gramps taught me how to shoot the old .22" line and no one wonders why all of a sudden, the mild mannered vulcanologist can shoot like a JTF2 sniper.
(But then again, my favorite character is a magic wielding private eye wizard in Chicago, so I guess being relatable isn't as big as an issue as I first thought...)