Iiiit’s Monday, and thus time for more Fantasy with Friends! The prompts are hosted at Pages Unbound, and this time we’re talking about fantasy tropes we love: What are some of your favorite fantasy tropes that you never get tired of? Naturally, as is tradition, as soon as I’m asked that question, I immediately forgot any trope I’d ever known about, so I went ahead and searched for “fantasy tropes” and we’re gonna pick ten or so from the appropriate Wikipedia category and go from there. It’s far from a complete list, but it at least gets me unstuck, ahaha. So, first up, accidental travel, and I’m going to assume that refers to accidentally travelling to another world. I’ve always enjoyed stories like this, from C.S. Lewis’ Narnia through to Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fionavar, and have recently been indulging in it more via some Japanese isekai stories like The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter and A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation. The former plays with the trope quite a…
No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.