#I feel like I could tag 20 million books/movies/TV shows with no compelling reason

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

One of the absolute dumbest reasons I see given in fantasy stories is that "we have to keep magic a secret bc otherwise normal humans will freak out and panic and riot!" Sure they would, for like a week, maybe a month? But then they'd settle down and get back to life but also know how to defend themselves from a vampire attack.

#I don't have time to riot! Vampires may be real but I still have to make rent! #Shout out to Trueblood for looking directly at this question. Even if you did horribly mangle the queer coming out metaphor #I think most fantasy writers take ''magical must be kept secret/hidden from humans'' as a given and don't think through the why at all #I feel like I could tag 20 million books/movies/TV shows with no compelling reason #Why the characters are bending over backwards to keep humans from knowing about magic #And no idea who makes or enforces that rule #If i were bit by a werewolf I'd record my transformation; put it on you tube; go in the view; get a book deal; a podcast; and a reality sho #Fantasy #Fantasy writing #Genre tropes #Science fiction #Vampires #Werewolves #Witches #Ghosts #Fantasy tropes #post o' mine