• UlyssesT
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    17 days ago

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      • Soap_Owl [any]
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        2 years ago

        She moved from Arizona to Portland. Close enough

      • GundamZZ [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's like reverse-isekai where the supernatural world/characters/powers are brought to the character.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          That's just the genre of urban fantasy

          you can't just call any fiction you don't like Isekai. It's not even a bad setup for a genre it's just used as a basis for power fantasy by men with weird ideas about relationships and women a lot.

          for an example of why it's not a genre issue Narnia is technically an Isekai by the proper rules of the genre.

          • GundamZZ [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Narnia is an isekai. Star Wars is isekai. Iron Man is isekai. Mass delusion under treat-hypnosis is inherently isekai-istic. Sorry to spoil your 'fun.'

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Isn't an isekai a story where the protagonist goes from our world to a new magical one. An example would include Celtic stories of the fairy realm.

              also you seem to be condeming storytelling in general as a symptom of capitalism when all evidence points to storytelling being an older aspect of society than agriculture. People have been telling each other stories since the invention of fire

                • Kuori [she/her]
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                  2 years ago

                  Would it be Isekai if it began with her entering a portal to a parallel universe?

                  yeah 100%

                  but all that happens in twilight is that the masquerade slips, which places it much more comfortably in urban fantasy

                    • Kuori [she/her]
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                      2 years ago

                      i guess i differentiate between isekai and real-world-but-magical since the former usually involves going elsewhere and the latter involves an unveiling of something that has always existed but in "the real world"

                      but i agree that strict genre definitions are silly and i don't really think it's worth putting much thought into

      • UlyssesT
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        17 days ago

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    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Ok, but like yeah that's exactly what I hate about that shit, it indulges in deifying all of anglo society's worst demons.