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Your Pet Urban Fantasy Cliche Peeves
pcpoet:
the cliché I hate the most is the one of the evil vampire trying to be good unlike all other vampires. (I am sorry Thomas but you are a cliché)
Quantus:
For me that one is just a matter of saturation. Im tired of basically ALL the vampire related cliches and most of the werewolf and zombie ones too.
Snowleopard:
^
Yeah, verily yeah!
I'm with you on that one, Quantus.
pcpoet:
it would be interesting to do a urban fantasy that all you used was the cliché. basically only use stereotypes.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: pcpoet on April 16, 2014, 12:38:39 AM ---it would be interesting to do a urban fantasy that all you used was the cliché. basically only use stereotypes.
--- End quote ---
Which is exactly how TDF began and got a publishing offer. It's not THAT you use clichés; it's HOW you use them. Jim's favorite example of this is Star Wars.
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