Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Trope Talk: Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass" video.
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My current main character is also a CMHB.
Most of the time she does not need her badass powers, but just has a relaxing life.
If the situation requires it, she can be as badass as she needs to be. She just unpacks her "ultra instinct" and so basically wins every fight.
I don't think, I'd ever let her lose.
And it's also not that surprising.
She just has her powers, she probably learnt them a few centuries ago, and she knows about her powers, she does not have amnesia. She just does not often think about it.
She does not feel the need to tell anyone about it. Other people only recognize her powers, when they cause a situation, where she needs them.
And some of them are really impressed or afraid afterwards.
Just like when I do my regular programming job, and then I face a problem wher I need some complicated math, I might just use my not really secret math power to solve it, without telling anyone about it. Often noone knows, what I really did, just that it works. And when they see, what I did, when they know a bit more about my work, they might be impressed (but probably not afraid, at least not yet).
Sounds like I can't write characters with a different personality than me :P
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