@JACGohu @Swift
True. But Hart did say that in the Salvatore family, they can either have one or the other. Whether it's immense physical strength or magical power. In terms of physical strength, they never needed to be good at swordsmanship because their strength is so great even swordsmanship does not matter to them, I assume.
So while Leslie may not be able to achieve physical strength, she may be able to at least achieve swordsmanship, which is still something the Salvatore does not have, according to Hart. And if she complements that with her darkness power, she would probably still be quite a formidable fighter. Especially since it seems to imply that she probably has one of the strongest darkness powers since the first darkness power users over a 1000 years ago.
So my guess is that Leslie will eventually realize she cannot exactly be like the Duchess. However, she may become a "monster" in her own right? That would be cool, though. Imagine that. This diabeetus inducing little smol girl is going to end wars just like her idol, the Monster Duchess 🤣
*Enemies starts a war*
*Leslie shows up and smiles*
Everyone: A smile of an angel~
*Darkness tentacles spread out and wipes out all enemies in a matters of seconds*
Everyone: ... on second thoughts...