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Blaming the Tools
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The quality of the tools that someone uses can potentially limit the quality of work that someone is capable of. Sadly, some people love to blame their own incompetence on their tools, even if said tools work just fine. They will insist that the tools are cheap, old, or poorly made even when it's obvious that their own poor skill or carelessness that's the issue. Characters who hold this attitude are almost always extremely prideful in some way. If the one doing the blaming is a bad chef, they might insist that their low-quality dishes are a result of bad ingredients rather than their own poor cooking skills. If the blamer loses a contest involving tools, they might insist that their loss was a result of having worse tools than their rivals rather than their own lack of effort or inferior skill. A bad musician may insist that their inability to play music is the result of having bad instruments rather than a lack of practice or skill. A common variant of this trope involves a character who breaks something insisting that the thing they broke was poorly made. A bad driver who damages or destroys the car they were driving might blame the car's destruction on the poor materials rather than their poor driving skills or carelessness. A lazy or careless person who breaks their tools or lets them be destroyed due to lack of maintenance might claim that their tools broke due to being poorly made rather than admit to being negligent or careless. Sub-Trope of Never My Fault. Compare and contrast Magic Feather, when the character's belief in their tools gives them confidence, and When All You Have Is a Hammer…, when the character's equipment limits the work they're willing to attempt. May overlap with Technician vs. Performer, with a technician insisting on the correct tools and technique and the performer wanting to do what comes naturally. Contrast You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum, wherein someone insists that someone is incompetent without their tools. Also contrast The Man Makes the Weapon and Improvised Weapon. Examples |
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