The BEST & WORST Fantasy Tropes Tier List ⚔️

I tier rank fantasy tropes! Some chosen one, found family, and animal companion trope goodness.
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⏳Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Grading
0:59 - The Mentor
2:08 - Medieval Setting
3:45 - Campfire
5:21 - The Batman Trope
6:48 - Prophecy
7:45 - Animal Companions
8:47 - The Chosen One
9:51 - Fake Out Deaths
11:07 - Resurrection
12:08 - Magical Weapons
12:58 - Found Family
13:42 - Reluctant Hero
14:26 - The Dark Lord
15:46 - Love Triangle
16:07 - OP Characters
17:08 - Plot Armour
17:41 - Quest
18:44 - Outro
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[@Zivilin]

Found family is my favourite trope. Combine it with a group of adventurers on a quest with an interesting magic system and an animal companion and I'm sold. 😍

[@the_fools_tale]

Yesss the perfect set up

[@CarolineMolyneux4491]

You can kill the main character, you can kill every single character. But kill the animal companion, and I'm out of there

[@the_fools_tale]

100% this

[@Zivilin]

For me it depends on how it's done. But i don't think I've ever read a book where the animal companion dies (although can't really remember many books with an animal companion)

[@the_fools_tale]

You’re lucky. It hurts haha

[@fragalot1964]

Better avoid the Dark Tower😢

[@jessiemayfield6749]

This video deserves more views, the burning the book if they kill the animal side kick is was so relatable

[@MaxFidler]

The medieval, farmboy to chosen one just feels so cozy to me. I am 140 pages into Of Blood and Fire. So far its been the son of the smith, his friends, the bullys, the stern but soft dad, the festivals, Inns, and pubs and axe throwing. Its just felt so much like home. And this is a compliment, I really feel like I am back reading Malice again- except its completely new but exactly the same. Point is I love it.

[@dr.deborahbarr4389]

Really good series that also does all of those things is Michael G Manning Mageborn series beginning with The Blacksmiths Son

[@dr.deborahbarr4389]

I think you enjoy Edward G Robertson’s series Cycle of Arawan his series has many of the tropes you like especially the quest. In later books the main character, named Dante, becomes an op character. It’s also got a great buddy trope going on with lots of wit and humor. He’s got three series now in the same world.

[@thecrispymaster]

I think it's important to note that giving a villainous character a motivation doesn't necessarily mean giving them a _sympathetic_ motivation. I find way too many stories feel the need to have their villains be part dark lord and part sympathetic or "having a point" which IMO often doesn't work. There are so many motivations that lead people to do terrible things and are neutral or downright selfish. Greed, power, lust, shame, revenge, envy or even simple spite are things you can get a surprisingly varied amount of stories from.

[@alimansoor5580]

Why no one talks about Dumbledor while talking about mentors? I think he's great.

[@TheWordlessBook]

Love the dark lord trope. One of my favorites.

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

Have you read Kel Kade's King's Dark Tidings? Best over powered (Monty Hall) character lead 🙌🏼

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

Shuffles from The Elder Empire is my favorite "animal" companion 🤫

[@termitesc.aardwolf3644]

But what if the main characters are talking animals and the companion is a human?

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

Hearn and Dawson wrote a really fun spoof series about tropes 😂

[@the_fools_tale]

Ohhh I need to check that out. I love when a book breaks the fourth wall a little by using a trope in a weird way

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

@@the_fools_tale exactly 🤪

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

@@the_fools_tale Tales of Pell. I couldn't remember the name 🤦‍♀️

[@maxpowers9129]

Most fantasy isn't medieval. Some fantasy comes from late medieval ages, but most come from later ages such as the Renaissance with the more interesting parts of history meshed together.

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

Turner and Hooch syndrome 😮😢😂

[@hyrumtanner5584]

Are stop lights or semaphores backwards where you live? I'm used to seeing green means go and red means stop. I am torn on the prophecy trope. I think it gives away too much at the beginning. I'd rather figure out what's going on through the characters and events. But at the same time, they can be fun. Same with quests. Go on a quest? Fine. But don't tell me too much at the beginning. And don't make me go on long boring hikes with the main characters. The chosen one trope is the worst. Hard pass. Dark lords are the same but in reverse. I prefer the anti-hero to the reluctant hero. Most reluctant heroes end up embracing their destiny, often quite quickly, while anti-heroes never change their "this sucks" attitude and I find that makes them more interesting. OP Shaggy but not superman? Okay . . .