What is a bad writing trope you hate in fantasy fiction ?

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What is a bad writing trope you hate in fantasy fiction ? - Lemmy.World

You’re looking for opinions? I got opinions.

  • The Chosen One who gets dragged around like a sack of potatoes until they Come Into Their Own and go on to Turn The Tide.

  • The Wise Yet Enigmatic Sage.

  • The Sharp-Tongued Princess.

  • The Rogue With A Heart of Gold.

  • Plots based on misunderstanding ancient prophecies that are so vaguely written they could be cookie recipes.

  • Gods that slot into neat roles on a godly table of elements.

  • Magic systems so detailed and prosaic you may as well call them technology.

  • Elves that are exactly like every other elf character you’ve ever read about except for one glaring but superficial difference which is there to make you think the author’s not plagiarising their own favourite author.

Elves that are exactly like every other elf character you’ve ever read about except for one glaring but superficial difference which is there to make you think the author’s not plagiarising their own favourite author.

For real. There has to be a better use of elves other than “they live in the woods and appreciate nature and hate dark elves or night elves or whatever your story calls them”

Urban Elf (5e Subrace) - D&D Wiki

I’m at least glad to find out it wasn’t a horrible attempt at a politically correct rebrand of the Drow.