Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#41
There could be more cozy stories.
Isekaing into a healthy, working relationship and working hard to finally do the cobbler's license. I can see it now... Xianxia shoemaking. I don't think I've ever read a story about a crafter exclusively making shoes.
Another idea: cyberpunk, but instead of fighting and running and whatnot, it's a messed-up society where all the showdowns are in the form of kissing/cuddling-contests.
I'm not sure which genre either of these would be.
Isekaing into a healthy, working relationship and working hard to finally do the cobbler's license. I can see it now... Xianxia shoemaking. I don't think I've ever read a story about a crafter exclusively making shoes.
Another idea: cyberpunk, but instead of fighting and running and whatnot, it's a messed-up society where all the showdowns are in the form of kissing/cuddling-contests.
I'm not sure which genre either of these would be.
Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#42
I'm currently writing a low- fantasy/horror/romance. It's heavy on the romance and so far the horror has only been introduced in the form of heavy gore. The actual horror is coming soon. And I can't wait to start writing it. The romance will remain a constant theme throughout the story and won't fizzle out.
Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#44
Otome but from the pov of the schoolteacher watching the kids.
Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#45
Kingdom building with good "endgame" content.
I feel like I really like how alot of kingdom/base building novels start but get steadily less interested as all the initial upgrades and challenges are solved and either the base building is forgotten or it delves into politics or just copy pasting the base to be bigger and bigger.
I feel like I really like how alot of kingdom/base building novels start but get steadily less interested as all the initial upgrades and challenges are solved and either the base building is forgotten or it delves into politics or just copy pasting the base to be bigger and bigger.
Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#46
Slice-of-life/low-stakes fantasy.
If there was more of it, I wouldn't struggle so much trying to describe what I write.
If there was more of it, I wouldn't struggle so much trying to describe what I write.
Re: Underrated Genres/Genre-Mashups?
#47
Slice of life in combination with any kind of extreme worldbuilding that's completely different from our world. The daily life and small problems of young orcs, or the social struggle on a ship of grey aliens in deep space, or exploring the gastronomic possibilities in a post-apocalyptic dystopia with a stranger who just arrived there, or the things that happen in a djinn world when no-one will summon them, or the daily chores of living in a communal sect that might one day take over the world for Satan but for now the dishes need to be done, and stuff like that...