SLCC: Fantasy Tropes: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, Matthew J. Kirby, Brian McClellan. Moderator: Brian Lee Durfee
"Some of the genres top fantasy authors gather an epic debate/cage-match about all the overused (and underused) fantasy tropes/cliches: orphan farm boys with a destiny, plucky princesses, dark lords, wizard schools, prophecies of doom, quests and fellowships, talking animals, ninja-like elves, ninja-like assassins in dark cloaks, magic talismans that save the world, this magic systems, that magic system, MAGIC SYSTEMS! Enough with your unique magic systems already!"

[@bruceburns405]

Thank you, Priscilla, for sharing so much of Butcher's activities from this con! It almost makes the wait for Peace Talks bearable

[@shr00m7]

After watching a few of these panels that Jim Butcher happen to be on, he's really good at providing levity the with a joke our quick remark; but when he decides to take an answer seriously as he did with the Tropes question on this panel, he really knocks it out of the park.

[@andreamiller3578]

Thank you for sharing all of these. They help while waiting for the next Butcher novel and introduce me to new authors.

[@andreamiller3578]

Some of my favorite stories that use the orphan trope: A Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis and Butcher's Codex Alera, Star Wars, Harry Potter and a little fantasy movie called The Land of Faraway (I think). The main character is convinced he doesn't belong with his family and is whisked into another land.

[@TheHomicidalTendency]

I wish they hadn't ran out of time, really wanted to hear Larry's story at the end :)

[@dresdenwarlock7978]

Whoa wait.. I OWN That Spider-Man book. They're sold out in the country?

[@blueeyed5074]

Yeah, subverting tropes will eventually become a trope.
I agree that they shouldn't even think about it..