Notably missing from this analysis, because he doesn’t fit into the tropes: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Miles Vorkosigan, who isn’t cured (his disabilities grow worse through the series), doesn’t become notably resentful, doesn’t become a villain, and isn’t either sexless or, really, a sage.

It would be nice to have more examples – I know there are a few, but when the main go-to example that everyone mentions is a series that started in the 80s, we’re failing to pick up the gauntlet.

Originally shared by Walter Roberson

Mike Reeves-McMillan​