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You can make it so the MC doesn't get everything he wants, and at the end of the setup may get into the unit of his choice, but loses something else along the way. Give him a friend whose goal i...
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2019-12-19T22:13:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T08:39:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
You can make it so the MC doesn't get everything he wants, and at the end of the setup may get into the unit of his choice, but loses something else along the way. - Give him a friend whose goal is the same, but washes out (or dies). - Give him a girlfriend that leaves him. - Give him a parent he loves that dies, and he misses the funeral because if he does go, he won't be able to get into the unit he wants. - Make him less super-competent, not the top of the class. The reader will think he is on the bubble and will squeak by and get in, but he **doesn't.** He gets **rejected** from the unit. But then another recruit that did make it in chooses to drop out, because this other super-competent recruit's lifelong buddy did not get in the special unit with him, and he is a loyal friend that promised they'd serve together. That opens a slot for our guy, and he takes it, but feels illegitimate, dead bottom of the elite unit. Heavily doubted by those that made it on the _first_ cut. And now he has something to prove.
#1: Imported from external source
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2018-04-29T18:51:03Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 1