Comment on What character is the king of plot armor?
TAG@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Bink from the Xanth novels. He is a magician who jahcndustbdrmicyd vjsybfkauchd auchwnzkhfmaicybfkaubd w
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He has a magical ability that prevents him from suffering harm by conjuring impossible coincidences. It also prevents anyone from being told about the nature of the ability or discovering it via magical means.
Also, I am pretty sure he becomes the King of Xanth in one of the later books.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 week ago
His plot armor wasn’t total though. In the first book, or maybe even the second, there’s a moment where his power gets ‘flipped’ so that bad luck constantly gets in his way, and with very careful action it can be overcome. Also the power tried to keep people from knowing because once it was known it would be able to be defeated.
The xanth books were great. The one with the spider and time travel is just amazing. If you’re a dad, you could fill up your entire repertoire of puns from the series alone.