This is a good list of things to remember for a fantasy story. It also makes me wonder how it'd work with a reversal of the usual story idea of people from modern (or near-modern, like say, WW2) earth ending up in a fantasy land. What if a person from the fantastic realm ends up in modern days instead? What if Mister Tumnus or Trumpkin the dwarf had found their way to WW2 England? It'd be interesting to see how such a person would react to a society that didn't have to deal with all the problems you listed above.
This is a good list of things to remember for a fantasy story. It also makes me wonder how it'd work with a reversal of the usual story idea of people from modern (or near-modern, like say, WW2) earth ending up in a fantasy land. What if a person from the fantastic realm ends up in modern days instead? What if Mister Tumnus or Trumpkin the dwarf had found their way to WW2 England? It'd be interesting to see how such a person would react to a society that didn't have to deal with all the problems you listed above.
There are some such reverse-portal fantasies out. They tend to have lower stakes than portal ones.
For some reason.
Thank you. Do you remember any titles? I would like to check them out.
The only one with a title I remember off hand is *In Another World, I Must Defeat the Demon King* which brings RPGLit into this world.
There are, of course, tales in which things from other worlds intrude, but not as the main characters, so it can be a bit hard to sort out.
Thank you.