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[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago (18 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Now I want to read a fantasy comedy where someone trying to make cookies from an ancient recipe is whisked off on an adventure to fulfill the prophecy, but they just want snickerdoodles dammit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

as a reward they get one magical wish and they wish for snickerdoodles

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

That sounds amazing. OMG I would so read that

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I want the ancient recipe to be formatted like a modern blog post. You have to read the entire Silmarillion before you get to the list of ingredients and the instructions.

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