Pity, 'cause it’s a great question, and a great trope. I can think of a few good examples. Maybe it’s time to start a TVTropes account and get editing.
Hobo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I jave no idea the answer to your question, but I now know like 99% of people on lemmy have shitty reading comprehension.
naught101@lemmy.world 10 months ago
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Browsing responses here, you aren’t wrong.
zlatiah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I… agree. Did get a lot of great recommendations tho!
I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People on here seem to not know what a trope is. Holy hell.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Seriously. There’s a dozen links to TvTropes and none of them match OP’s description.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The TvTropes links are mostly right though? It matches the third variation of Earth All Along. The linked examples match what OP is describing except not being restricted to Fantasy.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Well OP didn’t specify Earth. I can think of some stories where it transitions from high fantasy into sci-fi but is not set on Earth, which is definitely not under the ‘Earth All Along’ trope.