Most fantasy stories use the same tropes—but the best ones reinvent them.
Here’s how to turn clichés into something unforgettable. ⚔️✨
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“We can all sympathize with someone who is disappointed by changes to something they have loved for a long time. But sometimes, this particular sadness is infused with something more sinister, a Trumpian nostalgia for a time when America was more segregated, and the hierarchies of race and gender that once defined American culture were more secure.”

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Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist - The Atlantic https://apple.news/AH3zc-rxESaquGzA2PMEUJQ

Got a Viki standard pass in time for Lunar New Year. As far as wuxia/xianxia my hypothesis about impractical sleeves seem to stand. But I think I have to make an addendum; in the case the sleeves _are_ practical the lower part of the arm has to be clad in leather, ie protection similar to Medieval European archers' wrist guards.

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* The MacGuffin is a guy called Mr MacGuffin

* The rights of passage is a passage on the right.

*The sorcerer's apprentice drops out to join the family hedge-fund business.

*The YA hero stays in bed until 2pm then plays playstation until 4am.

*The Wheel of Time is a very slow tyre repair shop.

*The Whater is the sequel to The Witcher.

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