as are those of any fantasy novel — it seemed to be particularly common in the twentieth century, especially in books for children — which concludes with the doorway to the otherworld permanently closed, magic and the supernatural inaccessible or forgotten
Indeed.
I can't stand any story that concludes that the only way for immigrants and refugees to find home and happiness is to return to their country of origin — and so I write story after story in which this band of wanderers returns to the city of their exile, the place in which they all found home and family and belonging in each other.
I get this.
I myself am most drawn to canon divergence (what if what if what if!) but future fic is my second favorite kind of fic for the reasons you mention!
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as are those of any fantasy novel — it seemed to be particularly common in the twentieth century, especially in books for children — which concludes with the doorway to the otherworld permanently closed, magic and the supernatural inaccessible or forgotten
Indeed.
I can't stand any story that concludes that the only way for immigrants and refugees to find home and happiness is to return to their country of origin — and so I write story after story in which this band of wanderers returns to the city of their exile, the place in which they all found home and family and belonging in each other.
I get this.
I myself am most drawn to canon divergence (what if what if what if!) but future fic is my second favorite kind of fic for the reasons you mention!