![]() ![]() It’s like that scene with Mat and his quarterstaff in Book 3 of the Wheel of Time. Watching a supposedly simple farmer defeat bad guys with ludicrous ease is unexpectedly satisfying. Then he goes back to farming or planning weddings or building snowmen and playing with friends. Jin defeats these with ease, sometimes without even realizing it, because he’s so powerful. ![]() Sometimes local villains or bullies show up, thinking they’re badass and that they can easily defeat the simple farmer. ![]() ![]() They’re … somewhere, causing wars and stuff on some other continent. In this book, the strong villains are implied off-screen. In other words, we’re supposed to create strong villains to challenge our heroes. There’s a magic system and fun characters, including a very proud rooster who was unexpectedly uplifted to sapience.Īs SFF writers, we learn that our heroes are only as powerful/smart as our villains. That doesn’t mean this book lacks suspense or escalating stakes or power progression. Without prison scenes or gladiator scenes or slogging through a hellscape scenes. One can write secondary world fantasy without war. Beware of Chicken: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel by CasualFarmerĪs a writer, one can learn a lot from this breath of fresh air in the Fantasy genre. ![]()
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