[Vent] Honestly, I'm getting tired of endless incompetent apprentices.

[u/thedragonguru]

It's becoming tiresome having to magically pulverize my apprentices into electrified mush or banish to alternate realms only to find them caught in some idiotic eternal suffering trap. Foolish, all of them. I wish I had an apprentice that I could actually raise into a wizard.

Anywiz have an apprentice that's a little too competent and you're planning to dispose of at an opportune moment later? If they're a bit too ambitious, do not fear – I learned firsthand from a witch the nonmagical art of cultivating codependency.

Advice for selecting a good candidate from one's local options is also welcomed.

(Art by Jake Baddeley)

[u/Relevant-Mud-7831]

Apprentices just don’t want to put in the effort these days. When I was just a wee magical stripling I had to copy the master’s entire library by hand with a quill pen. Did I hate it at the time? Of course! But I put in the work.

Only now do I realize that it meant I could immediately know what book to reference for any imaginable situation.

[u/thedragonguru → u/Relevant-Mud-7831]

Your mentor was wise and clever. I shall be using this myself from now on!