Reasons your Plot armor is showing
ā¢ Protagonist never gets seriously injured despite constant danger
ā¢ Convenient skills appear exactly when needed
ā¢ "Somehow" doing heavy lifting in your explanations
ā¢ Bullets miss protagonist but hit everyone around them
ā¢ Protagonist immune to their own bad decisions
ā¢ Only character who doesn't catch the deadly plague
ā¢ Falling from deadly height with minor bruises
ā¢ Allies die dramatically, protagonist gets rescued last-second
ā¢ Learning complex skills overnight
ā¢ "Lucky" so many times it's a superpower
ā¢ Stab wound? Walking it off!
ā¢ Resources appear when needed, vanish when inconvenient
ā¢ Guards always look the other way at the right moment
ā¢ Protagonist's impulsive plans always work
ā¢ Enemies become incompetent around protagonist
ā¢ Saved by coincidence (seventeenth time this book)
ā¢ Technology works/fails based on plot needs
ā¢ "Unconscious" for exactly the right amount of time
ā¢ No food/water/sleep needed during crisis Injuries that would cause shock? Totally fine!
ā¢ Emotional trauma with no PTSD
ā¢ Protagonist never makes a truly fatal mistake
ā¢ Backup arrives at the exact dramatic moment "Just in time" is your most common phrase
ā¢ Escaping impossible situations off-page "I don't know how I did it" (yes you do: plot armor)
ā¢ "Trust your instincts" = always right
ā¢ Redemption arc speedrun with no actual work
ā¢ "Chosen One" immunity to normal consequences
ā¢ Physics optional for protagonist only
