/lit/ - Literature

>>10190361
Not him, but

>appears as a bogstandard product of its genre
>subverts cliches small and big, but doesn't (usually) try to deconstruct or shun its genre
>this often culminates in arcs resolved through beautifully executed anticlimaxes
>characters tend to drive their own plots, not because things around them forced it upon them
>threats tend to be something that came years too soon for the weak yet talented protagonists; they have to win some other way or merely survive
>child protagonist is truly childish
>said protag doesn't care about right and wrong only things that are good (useful) and bad (hindrances)
>this only becomes apparent much later when the story starts to toy with this morality

I'd actually like to see non-meme answers based on the above.