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Feel like I should post a link to the first chapter of my fantasy novel, Byzantine Wars, which defies all or nearly all of these annoying tropes. You can read the whole thing there for free, although that website is kind of not my favorite. I can also just send an epub to those who message me. All I ask is that if you like it, please share it with other people who might be interested. The story is basically Jumanji in Byzantium, plus slave revolt, with a magic system mostly inspired by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The tropes I countered were:
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didn't you know that trans people never existed until a few years ago and anyone writing about trans people is just inserting George Soros's woke agenda to virtue signal about how pure and good they are unlike me, a redditor who readily admits that he is scum?Wanna send me the epub? I'd love to put this on my reading list.