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i'm AWARE this is a stupid hill to die on, but like. trope vs theme vs cliché vs motif vs archetype MATTERS. it matters to Me and i will die on this hill no matter how much others decide it's pointless. words mean things

I'm sorry, Neil, but that's the plot of The Incredible Journey. American Gods is a series of books about little girls growing up in various historical eras in the United States.

Sorry Runelaird13, but that's premise of the American Girls' series. American Gods is that story about the mice that immigrate to America from Russia but the son gets separated from the family and needs to reunite with them.

Sorry Chrysopeony, but that’s the premise of An American Tail. American Gods is the one about the dumb teenagers learning about (& failing at) sex in ridiculous and embarrassing ways.

Sorry squashybookworm but that’s the premise of American Pie. American Gods is set in the 1960s and follows a group of teenagers as they cruise the streets on their last summer night before college.

“Generically medieval”, by which we mean our peerage is French, our castles are German, our weapons are Italian, and everybody speaks English.

you can have religion in one of 2 flavors: “woo hoo aesthetic garnish” and “Sinister State Control in Bad Allegory for Problems in Modern Christianity”

Also, the latter is aesthetically French Catholic, theologically German Protestant, and has the institutional structure of the Church of Scientology.

not to mention that this land is simultaneously inhabited by thinly modified northern vikings (Nordic pre-medieval/9th century), travelling mongols (European medieval/13th century) and a wealthy italian merchant family with a house full of oil paintings (Southern European renaissance/15th century). the dance of the day is waltz (refined German 18th century country dance).

But it will only actually be called inaccurate if an adaptation chooses to add a Black person.

hey, don’t cry. one half flour one half yogurt knead into dough and fry for easy flatbread and dip in balsamic vinegar, okay?

It’s easier said than done it’s like a 50/50 shot if it crumbles to dust or not during the process

This is like discovering an ancient folk art form you'd never heard of