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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \
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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \\\"obliterate everything within a huge radius\\\" destruction, but massive damage on a large scale, even if it is totally selective), whereas very few people in the setting are capable of such, then this trope would apply.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from TheIrregularAtMagicalHighSchool. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from TheIrregularAtMagicalHighSchool. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \
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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \\\"obliterate everything within a huge radius\\\" destruction, but massive damage on a large scale, even if it is totally selective), whereas very few people in the setting are capable of such, then this trope would apply.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from IrregularAtMagicalHigh. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from IrregularAtMagicalHigh. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \
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If a specific person is, for whatever capability/power/potential, capable of effectively causing mass destruction on a strategic scale (not necessarily \\\"obliterate everything within a huge radius\\\" destruction, but massive damage on a large scale, even if it is totally selective), whereas very few people in the setting are capable of such, then this trope would apply.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from IrregularAtMagicHighSchool. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
A person does NOT have to be a literal tool to qualify for this trope. Hell, given the nature of this trope, the idea is to NOT treat them as tools, because you really want those persons of mass destruction to LIKE you, be loyal to you, to be indebted to you, because they are each an independent strategic WMD that can change loyalties (or refuse orders) at the drop of a hat, if they so chose.
Case in point: Tatsuya Shiba, from IrregularAtMagicHighSchool. The guy was, effectively, a child soldier of his own volition until the war ended, and in the time since then he\\\'s fleshed out his fundamental/most advanced ability into arguably the most effective WMD in the world. And yet, the military treats him very well, with both a number of his old comrades and his old/current commander being very nice to him, looking out for him, and treating his PofMD capabilities with all due seriousness and caution--if anything, THEY are much less willing to consider the use of [[FantasticNuke Third Eye]] than Tatsuya himself is. His friends, his sister, his classmates, and his coworkers all genuinely like him and think of him entirely as a person, rather than merely a strategic asset or weapon. Ironically, most of his family DOES think of him as a tool...but for reasons that have nothing to do with his PersonOfMassDestruction capabilities.
