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 1 year 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 1 year ago
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Browsing responses here, you aren’t wrong.
zlatiah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I… agree. Did get a lot of great recommendations tho!
I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People on here seem to not know what a trope is. Holy hell.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Seriously. There’s a dozen links to TvTropes and none of them match OP’s description.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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.