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Author: crazysamaritan

Aug 1st 2013 at 1:33:25 PM

Because "setting" refers to things like "countryside" or "metropolis", not In-Universe, which your definition does not cover, and according to your definition, one instance of being surpassed, in any skill, disqualifies the character.

I'm less complaining, and more attempting a dialogue.  Ykttw is usually pretty good for that.

When I first read this trope, I knew that it was supposed to complete the trinity of "bad at all skills", "decent at all skills", by being "the best at all skills".  My problem is that trope has defaulted to TheAce for me.  But instead of complaining, I asked questions, to understand what you wanted.

Now I think you need to clarify the InUniverse limitation of the trope.  My additional suggestion is to change from "the best, absolutely" to "the best, generally".  This troper can function as super trope to LightningBruiser (who is better than ''MOST'', not all) Here's a proposed paragraph:

MasterOfNone, JackOfAllTrades, and MasterOfAll are related tropes.   Each describes a generalist character type, bad/good/great at everything.  While the Jack might be good enough at any skill, the Master of All is rarely outclassed, usually only by someone with a CripplingOverspecialization.

This allows the MartianManhunter to be a Master of All, despite TheFlash being canonically faster.  For Batman specifically, you can agree that within his own work, he is a Master of All, but in the larger DCU, he is outclassed by many super powered individuals in brains, brawn, techniques, and speed.