Furry Tropes

[Munchkin]

This is more likely a common fantasy trope in general, but I’ve seen it in plenty of furry stories too. Main character is a bored noble, turns out he’s “the one” and has some special purpose. Bog standard hero’s journey stuff. I’m not a fantasy fan though so that might just be me.

So, so so sososososososo common in Fantasy >.< Would love to see bored noble learning he’s the one, and go on this long hero journey filled with pain and lost and growth, only to learn that he wasn’t the one all along XD Brent Weeks likes to play with that in his Dark Angel trilogy (still the only series I’d say the ending is worth the story itself >.<), but it feels like this could be played with far more than it really is. Tried to play with it a bit in my Emeralds, Sapphires, and Sorcery short, but it’s not furry enough for most markets and I don’t know how to fix that without screwing up the point of the story or making the furry element too… non consequential? It’s an issue I had with my first published works that I’d like to avoid in future works >.<

This is a favourite trope of mine to play with. Spoiler warning - if a character in one of my stories is ‘The One’, chances are, they’re going to fail and/or die. The Actual One is more likely to be Random Extra #17 on Page 21.

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Where are your books? I really wanna read one of these now XD

[jaystoat]

This is more likely a common fantasy trope in general, but I’ve seen it in plenty of furry stories too. Main character is a bored noble, turns out he’s “the one” and has some special purpose. Bog standard hero’s journey stuff. I’m not a fantasy fan though so that might just be me.

So, so so sososososososo common in Fantasy >.< Would love to see bored noble learning he’s the one, and go on this long hero journey filled with pain and lost and growth, only to learn that he wasn’t the one all along XD Brent Weeks likes to play with that in his Dark Angel trilogy (still the only series I’d say the ending is worth the story itself >.<), but it feels like this could be played with far more than it really is. Tried to play with it a bit in my Emeralds, Sapphires, and Sorcery short, but it’s not furry enough for most markets and I don’t know how to fix that without screwing up the point of the story or making the furry element too… non consequential? It’s an issue I had with my first published works that I’d like to avoid in future works >.<

This is a favourite trope of mine to play with. Spoiler warning - if a character in one of my stories is ‘The One’, chances are, they’re going to fail and/or die. The Actual One is more likely to be Random Extra #17 on Page 21.

O.O
Where are your books? I really wanna read one of these now XD

First book is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HKHPN4E , though the playing with that trope is more prevalent in books still in the future.

[Munchkin]

bookmarks Thank you!