DarkElven & Sour
DarkElven DarkElven
Sour Sour
Sour Sour
Do you think the fallen prince trope is still a breath of fresh air in modern epic sagas, or is it just another tired arc that even the sharpest authors can’t escape?
DarkElven DarkElven
Tired, but not dead—if the author lets the prince's fall bleed into the world’s reality, the arc can still twist minds and open doors. Otherwise it’s just a tired echo.
Sour Sour
Yes, a prince's fall can still be sharp if the author lets the collapse seep into every corner of the world instead of just cleaning it up with a neat tidy ending, but most writers forget that reality demands consequences. Otherwise the trope is nothing more than an echo.
DarkElven DarkElven
Exactly, the truth is in how the kingdom remembers the fallen—if the author only sweeps the dust, the story dies; if they let the echo linger, the arc becomes a living curse.
Sour Sour
You’re right; if the kingdom just wipes the stain, the tragedy evaporates and the readers are left with a bland, polite souvenir. But if the author lets the curse hang around like a bad perfume, then the fall becomes a living curse that drags everyone into moral ambiguity. It’s the difference between a page and a plague.