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* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
** It is ''briefly'' allowed that actively using the powers of the One Ring, with all its corrupting influence and built-in malice, is either ''never''... or at utmost desperation. They never do.
** To defeat the Balrog, Gandalf had to use every last bit of divine power that he was allowed to use within Middle Earth, even then it's heavily implied that the effort forced him to use some of the power he ''wasn't'' allowed to use. It ends up working out because when he's [[CameBackStrong sent back]] he's much, much greater and given less restrictions to match up with the growing danger of [[BigBad Sauron]].



* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Middle-Earth reached the Threshold at the end of the First Age. [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]] ruled over all of Beleriand and to defeat him the Valar unleashed a war that sank all of Beleriand.
** When Ar-Pharazôn sought to take Immortality from the Valar, the Valar, unwilling to actively kill men, who as Children of Ilúvatar fall under their protection, instead ''give up'' their stewardship of the world and let ''God'' handle it, and the ''World'' is changed for it. Before then, Amandil sails West to the Valar despite this being forbidden for Men, because he could tell the end was nigh and only divine intervention could save everyone. [[spoiler:He never makes it]].


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* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
*** Middle-Earth reached the Threshold at the end of the First Age. [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]] ruled over all of Beleriand and to defeat him the Valar unleashed a war that sank all of Beleriand.
*** When Ar-Pharazôn sought to take Immortality from the Valar, the Valar, unwilling to actively kill men, who as Children of Ilúvatar fall under their protection, instead ''give up'' their stewardship of the world and let ''God'' handle it, and the ''World'' is changed for it. Before then, Amandil sails West to the Valar despite this being forbidden for Men, because he could tell the end was nigh and only divine intervention could save everyone. [[spoiler:He never makes it]].
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
*** It is ''briefly'' allowed that actively using the powers of the One Ring, with all its corrupting influence and built-in malice, is either ''never''... or at utmost desperation. They never do.
*** To defeat the Balrog, Gandalf has to use every last bit of divine power that he's allowed to use within Middle-earth, and it's heavily implied that the effort forced him to use some of the power he ''wasn't'' supposed to use. It ends up working out because when he's [[CameBackStrong sent back]] he's much, much greater and given less restrictions to match up with the growing danger of [[BigBad Sauron]].
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* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': Ryan spends most of his fights cracking jokes and playfully dodging his enemies. When facing psychics, however, he drops everything to kill them as fast as possible. Since psychics are pretty much the only things that can cause him permanent damage, he doesn't mess around.

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