#ok there was that one book that was sort of exploring susan's story and took a slightly more nuanced approach

[fictionadventurer]

Fantasy plots that can please stop happening for a while:

Main Character has Forbidden Magic, but surprise, it looks like this might be the only way to save the day!

Character who had magical adventures gets put in the asylum for insisting their magical adventures were real.

Children who went to It’s Not Really Narnia, We Swear are traumatized by returning to our world because our world is So Boring.

#random thought of the day #books #fantasy #first one is one that's been annoying me for a while because about 50% of new plots seem to follow this structure #second one prompted this post because i saw a blurb for a peter pan retelling #that branded itself as feminist which raised my hackles #then said it was wendy darling goes to neverland to save her daughter which piqued my interest #then went on to explain how wendy was in the asylum after her adventures and completely turned me off the story #and the third one's just like dude that plot point has been hammered to the ground #there are so many other aspects of the narnia structure that you can explore #where are the kids who are just happy they had a magical vacation that no one else on earth has ever been able to experience #the only person who gets any credit for this plot is catherynne m. valente because she had the character come back to an abusive environment #which is legitimately heartbreaking and doesn't make the character seem whiny or ungrateful #ok there was that one book that was sort of exploring susan's story and took a slightly more nuanced approach #but in general i'm just not interested in those stories when you could be exploring literally any other portal fantasy trope