This one nails a very real trope I dislike; ridiculous proper “fantasy” names:
In obedience to the Thousand-year Mandate of Hawksrealm, following the prophecy of Glenfrik the Morrowsayer, Klagnar and his (thus far) loyal Deathsword Warriors journeyed countless skyturns across the Burning Plains of Hellsplat and the Great Eastern Doomsea to an immense, shining folkshive that more or less resembled Fresno, but with a more genre-appropriate name.
This is my favorite pet peeve. I got through 6 pages of a fantasy novel where the writer spent multiple paragraphs describing alcohol made from potatoes and then called it “voka.”
Those 6 pages hit on every trope possible. Not even in an entertaining way. It took itself way too seriously.
This one nails a very real trope I dislike; ridiculous proper “fantasy” names:
This is my favorite pet peeve. I got through 6 pages of a fantasy novel where the writer spent multiple paragraphs describing alcohol made from potatoes and then called it “voka.”
Those 6 pages hit on every trope possible. Not even in an entertaining way. It took itself way too seriously.
Oh god not the capital letters! I always associate those with bad fantasy.
While I agree with you on the whole, there are some real world places with names that go hard.
Like Dead Man’s Pass, Oregon. Or Devil’s Gate, Utah.
…Maybe it’s just a Western US thing.
This is so bad it’s good.