Romantasy Tropes
Dear Reader, I now take you through a rollercoaster of a paper that I've (ahem) researched for about 2 years now. Your DragonRider has been reading questionable amounts of romantic escapades, and as our recent meeting revealed, even my tastes in these sort of things are decidedly strange (P got whiplash listening to me and D talking) Anyway, Romantasy an abomination of a word that means = romance + fantasy ! But DragonRider, you ask, I thought you hated romance, and all those wishy -washy things! I did. I still do, which is where fantasy comes in! I'll cover the major tropes that I've read so far and seem to persist across time , people, and universes: The lady : is young, is brave ( to the point of stupidity), absolutely poor (like that one anime where the guy sips on salt water for dinner poor) OR absolutely loaded (like mother is a politician raking in money rich), and is abused by family and friends She has a fancy , hard to pronounce name She can fight She may or ma...