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Occasionally, you get a hero with such personal magnetism that he is capable of persuading others, usually the Badass Bystander, to join him in his quest. Of course, the new companion has no qualms about killing for, or even dying for, the hero, despite having known him only briefly and facing many people who want him dead. This is a staple of fiction that may well be Older Than They Think. Many epics and legends chronicle the process by which a hero gathers a band of motley friends and allies of dubious background but doubtless courage and nobility. Even if the hero has no special quality compared to his subordinates, this is often his implied "power", Heart. There's a few variants of this: Beat them up. Sparing someone's life after kicking their ass has a 50/50 chance of making them rethink their ways or at least earning their respect and maybe they'll eventually become a lifelong friend and ally. Conversely, beat up their enemy along with them. Fire-Forged Friends are always ready to come along. Give a kid a candy bar. Because hey, proving you're kind to cute orphans is the best way to get their Caretaker to dump them to come with you! Save their life. Simple: save someone's life, or buy their freedom, and they'll be your slave forever! Tell them your quest. Who knows? Maybe they too are out to put a stop to Doctor Demonica? A particularly idealistic or persuasive hero can pull this off with gusto on even the most jaded. Often at the center of a Character-Magnetic Team. Contrast with The Dulcinea Effect, which usually involves the hero falling victim to a similar phenomenon at the hands of a member of the opposite sex, and Hitchhiker Heroes. A female Magnetic Hero who leads male characters with The Dulcinea Effect may be a Jeanne d'Archétype. On a larger scale, the usual subject of A Protagonist Shall Lead Them. The resultant group generally turns out to be a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits. On a large enough scale, the hero will have created their own variation of The Cavalry or Big Damn Heroes. If it actually sticks around for a while, you may get True Companions or a Badass Crew. Contrast Socially Awkward Hero and Hero with Bad Publicity. Has nothing to do with a hero with Magnetism Manipulation, unless there's a Magnetic Hero with Magnetism Manipulation. |
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The Pendragon series has Bobby Pendragon. He can make friends with all of the travelers in every world in a matter of minutes of meeting them and, it was said on more than one occasion he would be the only one to beat Saint Dane. He does. | |
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John from Sherlock. He seems to have this "you can completely confide in me" aura around him. Sherlock befriends him. Mycroft confides in him. Government scientists will tell him about their experiments even if they're aware John is just an average guy. The only person we've seen him talk with that was completely immune to John's charming skills is Moriarty, who's an Axe-Crazy psychopath bordering on Omnicidal Maniac. | |
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A Loud Among Demons: Lincoln manages to earn the trust of the many cynical and bloodthirsty denizens of Hell thanks to his genuine Nice Guy personality. | |
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Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter of His Dark Materials are both imbued with an uncanny ability to persuade people over to their side, to command and convince them to obey. Their daughter, Lyra, is nothing if not more so, as almost everyone who meets her takes an immediate liking to her and wants to help her. | |
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In the Belgariad novels, Ce'Nedra becomes this trope as well, albeit that it's much more consciously manipulated by those supporting her, and she actually feels some remorse over being the Magnetic Heroine to her army. | |
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The Incredibles: Mr. Incredible is a very popular hero who inevitably attracts wannabe sidekick kids. He has to turn them down. | |
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In The Spirit Thief, Eli has a way with spirits that makes them like him and want to help him very quickly. He's a bit worse with gaining support of humans, though. | |
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Buckaroo Banzai, the hero of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, has already gathered a team of variously awesome people, and collects another one in the course of the movie. | |
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In the DEATH BATTLE! episode pitting Smokey the Bear against McGruff the Crime Dog, Wiz and Boomstick noted that, thanks to Smokey's popularity and message, he had actually caused an 80% decrease in forest fires in real life and has gone so far as to persuade The Addams Family to take up good fire safety! | |
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Atonement: According to Ciara, this is Tether's real power. Her "True Healer" shard suppresses the shards' need for conflict, causing capes who spend a lot of time around her to become more stable and allowing her to redeem numerous villains. | |
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. proves that this trope is in full play for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phil Coulson, who can inspire people to follow him straight into Hell without flinching if he asks it of them. Remarkably, he is entirely physically unassuming (until he starts shooting or punching people, as you'd expect of a SHIELD agent), but he has so much sheer, magnetic charisma that people treat him like he's an Old Hollywood hero come to life. Which... he kind of is, actually. The common refrain: "Coulson has a plan." | |
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In Kevin & Kell, each member of the core Dewclaw family (Kevin, Kell, Lindesfarne, Rudy, and Coney) has attracted a set of friends who can be relied upon, and in many cases those who are eventually persuaded to do so. This is especially true for the younger children, Rudy and Coney, who each have developed a set of friends — many from early childhood — who are just as proficient, resourceful, and/or reliable as they are. Lampshaded with Coney, when she worries she doesn’t have a distinct role in her group, and they’re amazed to realise she doesn’t know she’s The Leader. On the other hand, she at least recognizes her group of friends is unique and special. |
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Prehistoric Park Reimagined: Young park manager and rescue team leader Drew Luczynski has a very strong bravado that helps attract and win over the rest of the park staff. However, he also deconstructs this trope in that the same bravado and self-confidence that inspires people and wins them over into working with him also just as easily ends up putting off and repelling those very same people. | |
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Cosmic Boy (in most continuities) is the default and first leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes because his charismatic personality and optimism draw people to him. He also happens to be a hero with Magnetism Manipulation. | |
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Morpheus in The Matrix. His ability to convince people to take risks irritates the more pragmatic Commander Lock. | |
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In Star Trek: Picard, Jean-Luc has to rely on this trope since he's retired from Starfleet. Naturally, by the end of the third episode, he's collected a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits and a Cool Starship to boot. | |
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Supergirl has also been known to inspire and be able to rally together and lead other heroes. In "Good-Looking Corpse", where she quickly puts together a completely new and very diverse team of teenager heroes by merely asking them, the main villain remarks she is a danger to his plans mainly because of her capability to get very different people working together. In Smallville Season 11 storyline "Argo" Kara automatically takes charge of the situation, and all Legionnaires treat her as their de facto leader without any argument whatsoever. | |
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For all of his other shortcomings and quirks, this is precisely why Darkwing Duck is so successful. Despite his ego, he knows how to get and secure allies in his hour of need. Best demonstrated in the climax of "Just Us Justice Ducks" ("assemble!"). | |
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Due to the school setting of the early seasons it's hard to see, but the longer RWBY goes on, the more clear it becomes that Ruby Rose qualifies. She's able to rally future team RWBY and team JNPR in an instant, she befriends Penny when no one else wants to, she gains the respect of General Ironwood, and she defrosts Weiss. When Ruby heads to Haven after the events of volume 3, the members of Team JNPR don't hesitate to tag along and tell her in volume 4 that she's the reason they're there. In volume 5, she convinces Oscar that the fight is worth it, and in volume 6 she's the reason Retired Badass Maria joins them for the long haul. When the entire group is facing monsters that weaponize depression, Ruby is the last to feel its effects and her distress is enough to convince everyone to act in spite of their apathy. When her Uncle Qrow goes through a Break the Believer arc, all it takes to win him back is an impassioned speech from Ruby. When Emerald Sustrei is trying to decide what side she wants to be on, it's Ruby's attempts to save Penny that ultimately convince her to join the heroes. And of course, when they need to address all the kingdoms, Ruby is the one chosen to deliver the message, despite being a completely unknown figure. It's implied that, though he was initially interested in her because of her silver eyes, this innate ability to inspire and attract others is why Professor Ozpin accepted Ruby into Beacon in the first place. To a lesser extent, this can be said to apply to Ruby's teammate, Blake Belladonna. As many fans have put it, half the plot of the show happens because various people love Blake, romantically or otherwise. The list includes her Phsyco Ex Boyfriend Adam Taurus, Ruby's sister Yang, the chameleon faunus Ilia, team leader Sun Wukong, and Blake's parents, Guira and Kali. |
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Steve McGarrett in the re-imagined Hawaii Five-0 recruits his team in the pilot by basically going to each of them and saying "Come work for me". In the second season premiere after being framed for murder, even characters like Dr. Max who he's only ever interacted with on a professional level, are willing to put themselves on the line to keep him out of jail and help him prove his innocence. Even ne'er-do-well informant Kamekona offers to invoke Bolivian Army Ending on his say so. | |
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Amaurn of the Shadowleague books, though, unusually for this trope, he's very much an Anti-Hero. | |
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Cyclops of the X-Men, especially in recent years. With the mutant population decimated, he was able to unite every one of them who remained under his flag, took them to a Utopia to keep them safe, and use each one of their skills and powers in the most useful manner possible to fight off attackers and aggressors. Even when the X-Men were split, and eventually he was possessed by a Cosmic God and discredited after he went insane with power, he's able to get a lot of support from the public, partially because of the good deeds he did while 'evil' and because of his unique ability to make charismatic speeches without fuddling words at the drop of a hat. | |
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Wonder Woman is admired by civilians, other superheroes, and even some villains because of her incredible power, complex wisdom, genuine compassion, and humble attitude. | |
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Final Fantasy VII: Another Side has Zack. It's implied that Cissnei and Sephiroth would not even be in the party in the first place if their original goal wasn't saving Zack from his Shinra Army Ending, and Kunsel joins for Zack's sake. He's also extremely close to Cloud and Aerith, and was the first of the trio (the other two being Sephiroth and Cissnei) to warm up to Barret and the other members of AVALANCHE. | |
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Harry Potter, who attracts problem as much as people willing to help him. It develops him well enough to make Harry accept occasional leadership roles, such as "teaching" Dumbledore's Army and captaining the Quidditch team. | |
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Schooled: Cap averts this, with his odd appearance making him the butt of every joke and the school's biggest loser. Once he saves the bus driver with a stunt, suddenly everybody starts making tie-dye shirts and practicing Tai Chi. | |
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Harry Dresden of The Dresden Files: Although a very powerful wizard in his own right, one of his most valued assets might be the staggering number of allies he has acquired/known/converted over the years. | |
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Yoko Tsuno: The protagonist seems to have a knack to make most female characters she encounters yearn to become her friend, even when they begin as antagonists. | |
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In Your Turn to Die, Sara has a knack for swaying others to her side... but it's far from foolproof, naturally hinging upon their willingness to trust her. In fact, some of the others are wary of her specifically because they find it strange and suspicious that the other survivors are placing so much faith in some random teenage girl. Sara also struggles with the implicit responsibility this entails, blaming herself for things she couldn't prevent... or the impact of difficult choices she's made. | |
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Sasha Hunter in Greek Ninja, although shown and claiming to not like people and even being rude to them a lot of the time, somehow manages to gather a group of capable fighters around her. The twist is, most of them join her on her quest even though she was unwilling to accept them. The only character she actually asked to join her on her own accord was Electra. | |
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Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem plays with this: the protagonist character is placed among a wide variety of other members of royalty and associated servants and is able to win them over and/or romance them in many different ways. However, to stop the main character from feeling like everyone loves them, the creator did put in two obvious limits: one character will immediately dislike the main character and act as their rival from then on, to show not everyone can be won over, and one character appears like a typical love interest and even has a love meter indicating they are but if you befriend him you will learn that he is actually gay and therefore unromanceable, though he can become a close friend. | |
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Chaka of the Whateley Universe seems to have this. She pulled Fey and Lancer along in her wake when they first met, and then helped pull Team Kimba together. Since then, she's also pulled in more boyfriends and girlfriends than any fourteen-year-old could possibly handle. Recently, her teammates have begun pointing out that this is not a good thing, as far as her relationships go. Ayla does not expect it to end well, if/when Chaka's significant others all find out about each other, and has had to explicitly forbid Chaka from bringing both of them to his birthday party. | |
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Tower of God: Twenty-Fifth Bam, who recruited a Magnificent Bastard of a Blue Blood, a Tomboy Princess, her haughty niece, and a giant bipedal alligator. And that's just his close friends. | |
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Discworld Cohen the Barbarian has this sort of power. As Rincewind explains it, when you interact with him for long enough, you see the world the way he does... and want to be part of it. Carrot is the driving force behind the expansion of the City Watch, and its large presence of non-humans. This trope is played with in Carrot's case, as it is mentioned that he could get people to do just about anything but does not, possibly because of the negative consequences of this trope. He's a Magnetic Hero who doesn't believe that heroes are a particularly good solution. In Men at Arms, he remarks to the Patrician that people only need a hero when times are bad; they need peace and stability every day. Speaking of, Corporal Nobbs is probably an inversion. He's so horrible, he's fascinating, and people are drawn to him just to see what he might do next. Moist Von Lipwig has traces of this as well, as evident by how he gradually rebuilds the postal service in Going Postal. |
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Judge Dee: Three of Judge Dee's trusted lieutenants are criminals who abruptly reformed after their first encounter with him. He occasionally has trouble getting shut of attractive young women who've assisted him too. Magnetic is definitely the word. | |
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Metalocalypse — Although we don't know much about how the band was actually formed, Nathan Explosion seems to be capable of getting virtually anyone to do anything purely by his personal magnetism, at one point even convincing the most homophobic of his bandmates to attempt autofellatio in front of the others with a brief pep talk. Even the villains often comment on his so-called Josef Stalin-like ability to galvanize the masses, and how dangerous that is. | |
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Rob from Dimension Heroes brings a group together, not because he has any particularly appealing qualities, but because he unintentionally put them under fire from the enemy, thereby forcing them to become involved as part of the group. | |
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Dreamscape: Dylan. The flashback in Episode 3 shows he was able to inspire Keela to escape from The Unworld, and a flashback in episode 5 shows he was able to get an isolated girl with a Hair-Trigger Temper (Betty) to realize how important teamwork is. The flashback in Episode 7 shows he was even able to get a curse placed on him to take the form of a human (Pita) just so he could talk it out of trying to kill him. Ahjeen. In 'Over and Under', Anjren and Vampire Lord even say making friends with anyone is what Ahjeen is best at. Alice quickly makes friends with anyone she meets, no matter who they are or what they've done in the past. |
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Ready Jet Go!: Jet is beloved by everyone in Boxwood Terrace for his kindness and quirkiness. He became friends with Sean and Sydney the moment he met them. He's everything they both ever wanted, plus he's a literal space alien and can take them to Pluto in nine minutes flat. Mindy also sees him as a Cool Big Bro. The adults appreciate Jet for his optimism, creativity, and knowledge of space, and he has helped them with many problems. The other citizens of Boxwood Terrace idolize him, and even Mitchell grows to respect him by the end of the show, despite stalking him and trying to expose his alien identity. | |
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Protector of the Small's Keladry of Mindelan. Seriously. This Badass Normal girl makes friends with EVERYONE (except the bad guys) and those that don't befriend her at least respect her (save the bad guys). Kids, Commonfolk, pages, birds... Kel will never be one of those heroes that fights alone in dark places because while she may not be a Wild Mage or have the Gift, she's got the superpower of building one of the most loyal band of True Companions in a few hundred pages. They won't let her go off and do anything stupid without them. | |
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This trope is precisely how The Order of the Stick was formed. | |
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In Sinfest, Monique manages, briefly, to attract the other characters to protest. | |
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Played with in Sehnsucht. While Noriko is the one who brings people into their group, the ultimate reason they all stay is for Tsuna. | |
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Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, in the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. He's part military genius, part con man, and he has allies and people in his debt across the galaxy. When an organization tries to oppose Miles, he tends to end up in charge of it by the end. | |
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InCryptid: Antimony Price. After being utterly alone at the end of Magic for Nothing, with not even a mouse to accompany her, she gets a job at Lowryland because an old cheer team friend was the hiring manager, finds roommates in Fern (who she knew from roller derby) and Megan, and is later joined by Sam and Cylia. All of them except Megan accompany her to New Gravesend, where James joins their crew of True Companions. She knew most of these people already, but they all happened to be in the right place and time to join her (and at least in Cylia's case, her inner luck told her to go to Florida). | |
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In Blue Yonder, a villain thinks Jared is this -- winning him some respect -- when he sees that other heroes showed up to help him. | |
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The protagonist Akira from Spirit Hunter: NG. Despite his lack of people skills and intimidating aura, Kaoru realizes that there's just something about Akira that draws people towards him. Even though he prefers working alone, he starts the game with three close relations and only builds them up from there. | |
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No Rest for the Wicked: November is quite talented at this. | |
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In Dungeons & Dragons third edition and Pathfinder, the Leadership feat turned you into one of these by granting you loyal followers. | |
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In Memento Vivere, a Final Fantasy X fanfiction, Braska fills this trope with his charisma. | |
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X-Men Film Series: Professor X is exceptionally charismatic because he's gifted with the uncanny skill to influence people (without the use of his psychic ability) who hardly know him to risk their lives for him and/or uphold his philosophy against his enemies. In the time span of no more than a year (with some breaks, as Logan was digging around for his past at Alkali Lake, and later was "passing through"), Wolverine goes from mocking the Professor's paraplegia ("What do they call you, Wheels?") to being "tamed" by him. In X-Men: First Class, Charles is a very attentive and earnest coach who is able to shape the adolescent Ragtag Bunch of Misfits that he has recruited into an effective paramilitary group within a short period of time, and his new team is strong enough to withstand the more experienced Hellfire Club. In X-Men: Apocalypse, Cyclops, Quicksilver and Nightcrawler endanger themselves to rescue Xavier, whom they had only met once (or in the case of Kurt Wagner, he didn't even get the chance to talk to the Professor before the latter was captured), and they all elect to become full-fledged members of the X-Men. | |
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Rodimus demonstrates a knack for this in IDW's Transformers stories, especially at the start of Transformers: More than Meets the Eye where he rallies a small army of Autobots to follow him on what's essentially a fool's errand with his speeches. Windblade fits this as well. In The Transformers: Windblade she amasses a devoted group of followers shortly after arriving on Cybertron. At the end of The Transformers: Till All Are One, she's elected leader of the planet. |
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Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness: In Act II, it's revealed that when Dark first defected from Fairy Tale, several other former agents decided to follow his example, with Kenzo Shikazan's gang idolizing him. In Act III, during the big fight to prevent Fairy Tale from destroying Yokai Academy, Tsukune and co.'s efforts to do so inspire the vast majority of the student body to aid them. |
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Definitely happens on Farscape, but it's hard to say exactly which attribute it is that draws people to John Crichton. It's probably a mix of all of the above, and a just general lack of what to do without him. | |
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The Chosen: Rebbe Saunders. Not only is he a charismatic and beloved "Rabbi Man" but the Back Story shows Hidden Depths that reveal he is more than just the demanding father we see. In Russia during the many excesses of the chaos there he had led his people to immigrate to America. Reuven finds it odd that a rabbi would have such autocratic power and it is; Danny's sect is odd in that respect. In a way though, Reuven is completely missing the point that Rebbe Saunders was also the first one in his community to think of a good idea about how to get out of their difficulties. | |
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Jenna in the Great Alta Saga attracts followers everywhere she goes; they eventually declare her a Messianic Archetype. | |
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In Myth Adventures, Skeeve's generosity and caring draw in a fiercely loyal group of associates, many of whom were originally his adversaries. Massha defines the process in M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link: | |
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Harry in Knowledge is Power, even more than he is in canon: even when he's going into rages that make CAPSLOCK!Harry from Order of the Phoenix look calm and effing and blinding at everyone in sight, everyone who's not a Designated Villain thinks he's wonderful and they all fall over themselves to join him. | |
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The Terminal: Viktor Navorski slowly grows into this role. He slowly builds friendships with various airport employees. After he helps the Russian man who needed pills for his father, every airport employee starts looking up to him. After he leaves for New York, everyone follows him to save goodbye, and offer him gifts. | |
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Stefan from The Vampire Diaries. He has always been popular, well-liked, and respected since his human life. He has the ability to charm others and persuade people to listen to him without the use of mind control. Not to mention that many people find Stefan likeable. | |
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The Red Knight of The Traitor Son Cycle has an almost superhuman ability to make friends and command loyalty from people — it takes him less than six months for Morean soldiers to demand that he be placed on the throne, and at one point, Gavin notes that despite having only served alongside him a year, he already feels like he's been in their mercenary company since its inception. | |
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Rama, in Ramayana. When a plot causes his rightful throne to go to his brother Bharata, Rama is delighted for his brother's good fortune, without any concern for his own loss of status. When he's exiled by this same plot, he has to talk the entire country (including Bharata) out of coming with him. He collects allies everywhere he goes, just by dint of his goodness. Rama and Sita are supposed to be the great lovers beyond time and space, but the effect is more than Rama loves everyone, everyone loves Rama, and Sita is a member of "everyone". | |
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc: This is Makoto Naegi's forte; he's not the best investigator (that's Kyoko) nor leader (Byakuya), but he what he can do is rally the other students against Monokuma and put a stop to anyone trying to play his Deadly Game. | |
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Moist Von Lipwig has traces of this as well, as evident by how he gradually rebuilds the postal service in Going Postal. | |
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Paul Atreides of Dune. | |
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Jaune Arc in Service with a Smile is just a Nice Guy who serves really good coffee, but everyone from Team RWBY to Junior to Cinder Fall likes him for that same reason. It helps that everyone and their boss Must Have Caffeine. | |
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In Forgotten Realms Cormyrean dynasty Obarskyrs are born charismatic. Once very young princess Alusair slipped from her guards while in Waterdeep. The city watch found her in Dripping Dagger — a mercenary hangout with the door covered in bloodstains and weapon marks. During this time patrons played with her, let her taste local beverages, and taught some tricks with weapons. The watchman who had to dodge a dagger she was throwing at the door marveled no one here knew who she is. Her father was amazed only by the amount of salty language she learned in about one hour. Of course, adult Obarskyrs in their land are even more popular — no wonder they remained in power for about a millennium and a half. | |
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Steven Universe: This is the primary modus operandi of Steven Quartz Universe, as well as his mother before him: gathering the loyalty of down-and-out Gems. Jasper even calls him out on it directly when he tries to recruit her. | |
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Kara of Rokyn: When it's suspected that Lex Luthor is behind Superman's sudden and unexplained disappearance, Supergirl quickly and easily rallies together all kinds of heroes and normal people and gets all of them absolutely on board with her mission to find and save Superman, not only out of loyalty or gratitude towards her cousin but also because she's just so charismatic, energetic and determined. | |
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Batman: Nightwing is a huge one too, to the point where some believe his superpower is charisma. When he showed up to a fight with multiple generations of Teen Titans, Superboy noted how everyone instantly followed his lead. He also once convinced every hero on Earth, without question, to jump into a parallel dimension (saving them all). Batman even said it's one of the reasons he's proudest of Dick — unlike Bats, he can gain and keep allies. So essentially he's "Batman with social skills." The Dark Knight Returns: It's deconstructed by extending it to include Batman's villains. One psychiatrist in-universe claims that Batman's mere force of presence forces weaker-willed people to act accordingly, hence his Rogues Gallery of mentally-deranged individuals. Given that The Joker comes out of a decade-long catatonia in response to Batman's return, Doctor Wolper might have been on to something. By the end of the story, the Mutants, the most violent and vicious street gang in Gotham, join Batman to become his trainees and keep the city safe. Half of them rebrand themselves as "The Sons of Batman" even before Batman officially recruits them. |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Dorothy and pals all want to see the Wizard, but for different reasons. | |
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Axe Cop is all over this like an axe on a bad guy's neck. His recurring sidekick (variously Flute Cop, Dinosaur Soldier, Avocado Soldier, Uni-Avocado Soldier, Viking Cop...) is secretly his brother, and I don't think there's been an explanation for Wexter yet, but any time anything bad happens, Axe Cop announces "we need to have more try-outs" and people pour out of the woodwork to join him. Examples: the Moon Ninja Brothers, Sockarang, Uni-Man and his family, Chihuahua Soldier, that cyborg lion, the King of the Mermaids, "a wrestler", Leaf Man, Mr. Wilkins, those various aliens from the Bad Guy Planet Two arc... | |
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Scandal: Olivia Pope fixes things, including people. Said people explicitly say that they would follow her off cliffs. | |
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Deconstructed in Professor Arc. Jaune inadvertently fakes his way into a teaching job at Beacon. Despite his lack of training, he manages, through a combination of luck and skill, to become respected and loved by staff and students alike. Jaune, however, ends up dreading that people aren't really drawn to him, but his glowing reputation. | |
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Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS. His whole team says so. But he only uses his powers for good. Ask Abby. | |
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Superman: The Man of Steel is at, or near, the forefront of nearly every major event in The DCU since he began his career of heroics. If not just because of his incredible power, then for who he is as a symbol, and the sheer number of other heroes he's befriended and/or inspired through the years. Supergirl has also been known to inspire and be able to rally together and lead other heroes. In "Good-Looking Corpse", where she quickly puts together a completely new and very diverse team of teenager heroes by merely asking them, the main villain remarks she is a danger to his plans mainly because of her capability to get very different people working together. In Smallville Season 11 storyline "Argo" Kara automatically takes charge of the situation, and all Legionnaires treat her as their de facto leader without any argument whatsoever. Jonathan Samuel Kent's niceness pays off in making him extremely likable to others. Wonder Woman takes a shine to him immediately despite her previous romance with the New 52 Superman, Sara (or at least her robotic duplicate) is perfectly willing to stay behind and sacrifice herself for Jon despite only just meeting him due to the immediate kindness he displayed to her. The Teen Titans are also willing to induct him as an official member after just one night of working together. Compare this to the Titans' relationship with Damian, which is tense at best given his abrasiveness even after working with him for months. He's also on very good terms with Simon Baz, whom Jon simply calls "Baz" while giving him a hearty high-five, and Cyborg, due to their shared appreciation for video games to the point of having the same favorite character while hanging out aboard the Watchtower in Justice League #22. |
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Recess has TJ who frequently saves the playground through personality alone and is adored even by his enemies. | |
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It's a plot point that Wheel of Time's Rand Al'Thor and his friends have this quality. Of course, this magnetism is but one manifestation of reality itself warping around them. | |
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Girl Genius fanfic Raised by Jägers has Agatha Heterodyne. In the first chapter, she has a conversation with a boy her age and he is confused when he instinctively calls her "mistress." At TPU, even while hiding her Spark, she still corrals all the students and most of the staff. | |
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Nightwing is a huge one too, to the point where some believe his superpower is charisma. When he showed up to a fight with multiple generations of Teen Titans, Superboy noted how everyone instantly followed his lead. He also once convinced every hero on Earth, without question, to jump into a parallel dimension (saving them all). Batman even said it's one of the reasons he's proudest of Dick — unlike Bats, he can gain and keep allies. So essentially he's "Batman with social skills." | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire: Robert Baratheon is an Anti-Hero who is described as a charismatic charmer who can make friends of his enemies. | |
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The Dark Knight Returns: It's deconstructed by extending it to include Batman's villains. One psychiatrist in-universe claims that Batman's mere force of presence forces weaker-willed people to act accordingly, hence his Rogues Gallery of mentally-deranged individuals. Given that The Joker comes out of a decade-long catatonia in response to Batman's return, Doctor Wolper might have been on to something. By the end of the story, the Mutants, the most violent and vicious street gang in Gotham, join Batman to become his trainees and keep the city safe. Half of them rebrand themselves as "The Sons of Batman" even before Batman officially recruits them. |
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The Man of Steel is at, or near, the forefront of nearly every major event in The DCU since he began his career of heroics. If not just because of his incredible power, then for who he is as a symbol, and the sheer number of other heroes he's befriended and/or inspired through the years. | |
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In the pilot episode of Futurama, Blithe Spirit Philip J. Fry gets Leela and Bender to drop everything they're doing (in Bender's case, committing suicide) and permanently throw in their lots with him within about an hour of meeting them — and he's only been in the future for one afternoon. They get jobs with him at Planet Express and remain his closest companions for the rest of the series. | |
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Magic: The Gathering has this with cards like Seraph, which steals your opponent's creatures when they die. It's Awesome, but Impractical because of the high mana cost, at which time your opponent's biggest creatures should be much bigger than 4/4. | |
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John Rumford in the dark, near-future military thriller Victoria. Despite his notorious lack of the social graces, Rumford has seemingly immense natural persuasiveness and charisma, drawing people to himself and convincing them of his views almost without trying. For a few examples: the Christian Marines immediately elect him as their leader; he convinces the Black Muslims who capture him to surrender to him instead; and once Governor Adams proclaims independence, he and his military advisors (including actual generals who have joined the rebellion) listen with great interest to the former captain and current militia leader's suggestions, ending up making him chief of the new general staff. | |
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Princess: The Hopeful: This is one of the hats of the Graces, those Princesses Called to act as leaders and inspire others. | |
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In the Books of Samuel, David is one of these, at least at first. The people fall in love with him, Jonathan goes so far as to give him his sword, and even when on the run from Saul, David gathers a group of "outlaws" around him much as Robin Hood would 2300 years later. | |
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Game of Thrones has Daenerys Targaryen. The few people she's come across that haven't ended up dead for crossing her so far have joined her, either out of personal debt or being enchanted by her exotic nature. Her typical M.O. is to conquer a city, free the underclass, and invite them to follow her to the next city. Wash, rinse, repeat. It gets a little tougher once she settles down to try and actually rule, but by that point, she's got enough momentum that people start coming to her. She is highly beautiful, charismatic, and intelligent, and has a presence that few can resist. | |
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Socrates from The Conversion Bureau fic Beacon of Hope is an Antivillain version, he's a newfoal Boomerang Bigot who managed to create an entire country based on human values out of other newfoals and later pony immigrants, despite the fact that he openly despises natural-born ponies and everyone knows it (his advisors convinced him allowing for immigration proves his point.) | |
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The Beginning After the End: Arthur has this as one of his strengths. While he is not especially charismatic, it is moreso due to his feats that he ends up attracting allies to his cause, even from among his own enemies. This is especially apparent once once he takes up the role of Big Good from both Virion and Seris. Due to being one of the Lances during the Alacryan invasion, he ended up becoming a recognizable figure throughout Dicathen, especially since he had been singled out by the Asuras of Epheotus for training and had wielded unique powers of his own. As such, him returning to Dicathen after having disappeared since the end of the war is a major source of inspiration for the Dicathians, especially since he had Came Back Strong as a bordeline demigod. His influence extends to Alacrya thanks to Seris's interest in him, which led her to covertly support him and provide him sanctuary during his time in Alacrya. This pays off later on when she launches a revolt against the Vritra who rule over Alacrya, as having to deal with two fronts causes the Vritra to lose ground. In addition, during Arthur's time in Alacrya he posed as a professor in the prestigious Central Academy which led to him becoming a mentor figure to the next generation of Alacryan nobility. After he returned to Dicathen, Arthur's students began pushing for their families to either withdraw from the war or to pledge their support towards Seris's rebellion. Even among the Asuras who instigated the conflict has Arthur attained allies. He attracts the attention of Mordain, the ruler of an enclave of Asuras that were exiled from Epheotus. Not only does it lead to him resurrecting his bond Sylvie, but he brings back to Dicathen some Asuran allies who are willing to stand up against the rest of their kind. | |
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Played remarkably straight (along with several other tropes) in the movie Krull. Prince Colwyn got an Ergo The Magnificent, a group of escaped prisoners intent on robbing him, a Blind Seer, and a cyclops to join his party. | |
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In the Pirates of the Caribbean series, this seems to sum up Captain Jack Sparrow's recruiting technique. | |
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Jason from The Beyonders. Unlike most of the people he meets, he's 100% normal — no special powers, no special skills, no lifelong training, nothing. However, he's extremely good at persuading others to join his cause, and serves as the rallying point and emotional glue of the entire resistance group. Notably, all of his group consider this an extremely valuable trait, and when he begins to worry that he doesn't have much to offer them, they're quick to remind him that without him, there'd be no "them." | |
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In The Hunt for Red October Russian officers and men had once competed to get berths with Ramius and he was accused of forming a "cult of personality". Once the Americans board his sub there is a sense of him recruiting them! | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Twilight Sparkle barely walks into Ponyville before her friends-to-be start flocking around her. She's even deliberately trying to keep them at a distance due to her mild antisocial tendencies (at first), but the magnetism is too great. They're not taking no for an answer. | |
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Doctor Who: This is how the Doctor picks up nearly all of their companions and the majority of their non-companion allies. People usually start doing what they say within minutes of meeting them, however batshit insane they may have been acting. Lampshaded in the novelisation of "Shada", where Clare, who is unusually clever, notices the magnetic effect that the Doctor has on her mind (depicted as being borderline Emotion Control) and finds it a bit creepy, not to mention a bit sexist as she finds herself acting like a Neutral Female as a result. Her attempts to defy her desire to love and trust the Doctor and do everything he says drive her to start solving the mystery herself, leading to her accidentally launching the TARDIS of a retired Time Lord. The trope is subverted occasionally, particularly in the disturbing episode "Midnight". As everyone is trapped in one small room, the Tenth Doctor can't actually prove he knows what he's doing, and his attempts to take charge just make the panicked Muggles turn on him. Ironically the end of the episode provides a slight reconstruction when the first person to turn on the Doctor is ultimately the one who sacrifices herself to save him. "Journey's End" provided a deconstruction then a reconstruction. The Doctor is called out on this by Davros of all people, who asks how many have died in the Doctor's name. Cue flashbacks of nearly every Mauve Shirt in the revived series. The reconstruction is how the story is resolved: every major character in the revived series comes together to save the universe, without having to do any of the morally gray things the Doctor or companions are sometimes forced to do. "The Vampires of Venice". Rory provides another deconstruction when he calls out the Doctor for this: "It's not that you make people take risks, it's that you make them want to impress you. You make it so they don't want to let you down. You have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves!" Ironically enough, he goes over to help Amy save the Doctor and stays by his side. The Doctor himself jabs Rory for this. This is Foreshadowing: in spite of his concerns about Amy, Rory's the one who sacrifices his life to save the Doctor's. He gets better. |
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Percy Jackson and The Heroes of Olympus: Percy Jackson. He's even described as the 'glue' that holds the True Companions together. | |
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A Finely Honed Blade: Taylor, with one character even describing it as a kind of personal gravity. Word of God is that it's the Queen Administrator's doing. | |
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Child of the Storm Loki notes this of Captain America, Thor and Harry — he's charismatic, but they have a magnetic x-factor that draws people in. In Steve's case, Loki even thinks that not trusting him is like thinking the sky is green. Harry, meanwhile, has assiduously drawn in every single major player in the younger generation of heroes, either directly or, at most, at one step removed. Most of the rest of the superhero community has ties to him too. A lot of the circumstance was manufactured by Strange, via Wanda's blessing, but a lot of it is simply who he is. Carol is a more downplayed example; even before she meets Harry, she's got Lex and Jean-Paul at her back- which, given how secretive and emotionally cautious both are, is no mean feat. Later, she drags a whole bunch of others in her slipstream, including others, like Monica Rambeau, Peter Parker, and Gambit. |
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About the first third of The Magnificent Seven consists of gathering the seven using this. | |
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Star Wars Rebels Hera Syndulla, who gathered a crew within a matter of days in a prequel novel, swayed Ezra to fight for the Rebellion, and even got her father's loyal lieutenants to side with her in a standoff. Ezra follows in her footsteps in her regard, supplemented by his natural empathic abilities, and has gotten quite a few ordinary people and even enemies to follow him by choosing the right words. Just like Hera, Ezra Bridger being an All-Loving Hero (most of the time) is what brings the best out of people he meets, even if everyone else believes those people are lost causes. It works on numerous characters throughout the show and supporting material. In the finale, the majority of characters answering the call for aid aren't there because of the Rebellion or Lothal, but because Ezra was the one asking. |
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Harold Finch on Person of Interest, due to his integrity and dedication to helping people, earns the Undying Loyalty of the people he hired (Reese and Shaw), the people he saved (most notably Caleb), and even people who started out as bad guys (Fusco, Elias, and Root). | |
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Arthur of Sword of the Rightful King has an almost magical ability to draw people's loyalty. Agravaine, who starts the story under his mother's thumb, switches sides after a single conversation with Arthur. Gawaine, Lancelot, and Arthur's other Companions were also brought in by his personal charisma. | |
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Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games. | |
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His reputation might have been tainted by his boneheaded move in the Heroes vs. Villains season, but back in Survivor: Tocantins, J.T. was the epitome of a Magnetic Hero who had even the members of the opposing tribe willing to sacrifice their chances of winning for him and who could backstab his allies and have them still completely trust him afterwards to the point that some viewers wondered if he had some supernatural Charm Person ability to make everyone around him fall in love with him. Heck, even in the HvV season where he became a lot less heroic and should have had a HUGE target on his back due to his Flawless Victory in Tocantins, he somehow managed to avoid being even considered as someone who needed to be voted out by his tribemates until the merge and even then would likely have made it even farther if not for his moronic idol play. | |
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John Constantine of Hellblazer attracts friends with his charming and magnetic personality, but they all eventually either get offed by the many Cosmic Horror Story villains or screwed over by Constantine himself. He gets called out on this many times, but despite constantly flirting with the Moral Event Horizon, he's never quite passed it in 20 years of stories. | |
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More examples of "Magnetic Villains" in The Darkness Series: Voldemort, being the magically appointed Dark Lord which all darksiders are magically bound to follow has this naturally. Also Harry. | |
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In Warrior Cats, Firestar's heroic actions and good-hearted nature turns almost everyone to his side eventually. Yellowfang's Secret even shows that he snapped Yellowfang out of her depression just by talking with her for a few minutes. | |
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In Gods of This New World a Death Note fic Light is a Magnetic Villain. He already had the loyalty of Misa (killed the guy that murdered her parents), but he also wins over the allegedly neutral Ryuk (give the Shinigami an apple), his Arch-Enemy L (because Defeat Means Friendship), and later Near, L's successor. | |
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The protagonists of Here Comes the Grump travel from town to town enlisting the local folk to aid them in escaping from the eponymous Grump, who is always hot on their tail. | |
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Phoenix Wright in Ace Attorney. His honest drive for truth and justice eventually warrants the admiration and respect of several people and Phoenix is typically somewhat involved in the Character Development of other major characters. He attracts a lot of True Companions because of this trait. | |
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Looking for Group, of course, is named for this sort of occurrence. It takes place there, too but not a lot. | |
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Popular Firefly fanfic Forward says this is Mal's talent—attracting talented, brilliant people, and winning their loyalty. | |
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Windblade fits this as well. In The Transformers: Windblade she amasses a devoted group of followers shortly after arriving on Cybertron. At the end of The Transformers: Till All Are One, she's elected leader of the planet. | |
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Coco: Miguel ultimately gets many people to help him with his journey, between Dante, Héctor, Frida Kahlo, and numerous others. He's also a real crowd-pleaser who is simply likable to everyone he meets. | |
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In Rurouni Kenshin and Star Wars crossover Shadows In Starlight by Vathara Kenshin has an ability to easily form force-bonds, which means he can inspire Undying Loyalty and quickly make friends. It’s one of the reasons his former employers fear him so much and will do anything to either eliminate or have him under their control. | |
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In Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway does this, first getting Chakotay and the crew from his ship to join, then Neelix, then later Seven of Nine, then even later, they pick up several children who were assimilated by the Borg. Most of them return to their various homeworlds, but one remains on Voyager. | |
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Wander over Yonder: The All-Loving Hero Wander himself, who stops villains not by force, but by slowly befriending (and annoying) them with The Power of Love so they undergo a Heel–Face Turn. If this villain is just an underling (Westley, Beep-Boop) or someone who is just misunderstood and lashing out at the world (Destructor, The Black Cube of Darkness), this comes easy. If it's a galactic overlord, it's a long process, but Wander's patience and determination to see the good in people allow him to eventually pull through, as seen with Major Threat. However, there are some villains, such as Dr. Screwball Jones and Lord Dominator, who he can't get through to, but this doesn't diminish his spirit. | |
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In the Dragonlance novels the elven princess Laurana is a remarkably charismatic figure whose incredible beauty, charm, and courage inspire thousands to join her army. | |
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Merlin is highly magical, but also seems to possess the innate ability to make every man, woman, and child that he comes across fall hopelessly in love with him. With the exception of Prince Arthur and King Uther, Merlin has made immediate and life-long friends with cast regulars such as Guinevere, Lancelot, and Gwaine, as well as guest stars such as Freya and Gilli. Most, if not all, are willing to die for him within mere moments of their meeting. At least one has come back from the dead in order to aid him on his quest. | |
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The 1982 Conan the Barbarian (1982) film. Conan releases Subotai from chains in exchange for his companionship. The two of them meet Valeria while robbing a temple of Thulsa Doom. Conan later runs into the wizard on his journey to assassinate Thulsa Doom. The sequel, Conan the Destroyer, relies more on Avengers Assemble, but Zula's recruitment is an example of this trope. | |
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Captain America is so well-respected by the superhero community that they usually follow his lead whether he's their official leader or not. This is because he's both incredibly competent despite not having superpowers and because they trust him to always be true to the right ideals. It comes to a point that when he fails them, the whole community gets demoralized (ex. in Civil War.) | |
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