r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SpookieSkelly • 26d ago

Characters Character shows off a skill that doesn't seem like anything special to the layman but is unbelievably impressive to those who know the craft.

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  1. Giotto of Florence from real life. The pope wanted to commission a painter and sent a messenger to collect works from a bunch of artists so that he may examine their skill. When the messenger got to Giotto, Giotto simply freehand drew a perfect circle on a sheet of paper in front of the messenger. The messenger was confused, but Giotto told him that it'll make sense once he tells the pope how he drew the circle. Sure enough, the pope recognised the skill it takes to draw a perfect circle freehand without a compass and gave Giotto the commission.
  2. Johnny from The Devil Came Down to Georgia. While the Devil's solo sounds cooler on the surface, Johnny's solo is actually more difficult to play and showcases more advanced technical skill.
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u/badform49 26d ago

Yeah, that's frustrating, but my heart will always long worse for the ending of the Godslayer Chronicles from James Clemens. Same person as James Rollins, the multi-millionaire thriller writer.

The problem is that his thriller career is going so well that he hasn't written a fantasy novel in 20 years, leaving Godslayer one book shy of a trilogy for most of my life.

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u/Raiynagh 25d ago

Wait is that why?? Damn, didn't know that

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u/badform49 25d ago

That's my understanding, but I've never asked him about it. He has skipped literally all of our coffee dates, which is excusable since he has never received any of the invites.

But they are the same dude and he stopped doing fantasy novels when he became a best-selling author on the thriller side.

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u/ImComingFran 25d ago

It's gutting — brilliant premise, and he committed to publishing the full 5 books a few years ago. Apparently the first three are fully written, but there's no timeline on publishing...

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u/badform49 24d ago

Oooh, I didn't know that. I would take a week off for a new Godslayer book or a new Monster Blood Tattoo book.