That is one of my favorite fantasy bits, having other dimensions/worlds that the characters can access. Not too easily or quickly, but they can still get there and back. I do wonder something. I've seen dozens of stories where someone goes from a mostly mundane Earth to some fantastic realm and has adventures. Has anyone ever done the reverse, where someone comes from a fantasy realm to Earth and gets in trouble there as they seek to return home?
A reverse isekai is the most common term. I think the trope is older, but the only work I remember off hand is *In Another World, I Must Defeat the Demon King*, which is fairly recent.
Thanks. I should add that any ideas I had along those lines involved nonhuman-looking characters getting zapped to 'our' Earth, so they'd probably have more problems than most with fitting in or hiding until they could get back home.
That is one of my favorite fantasy bits, having other dimensions/worlds that the characters can access. Not too easily or quickly, but they can still get there and back. I do wonder something. I've seen dozens of stories where someone goes from a mostly mundane Earth to some fantastic realm and has adventures. Has anyone ever done the reverse, where someone comes from a fantasy realm to Earth and gets in trouble there as they seek to return home?
A reverse isekai is the most common term. I think the trope is older, but the only work I remember off hand is *In Another World, I Must Defeat the Demon King*, which is fairly recent.
And that one finds magic under the masquerade.
Thanks. I should add that any ideas I had along those lines involved nonhuman-looking characters getting zapped to 'our' Earth, so they'd probably have more problems than most with fitting in or hiding until they could get back home.