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Paranoid Mage
by InadvisablyCompelled
A satisfying urban fantasy power-and-autonomy story where the best hook is not being chosen, but watching an adult protagonist say no to a magical institution.
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An adult who has seen monsters all his life discovers he is a mage, then refuses to submit quietly to the supernatural bureaucracy that thinks it owns his future.
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