r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 1d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/everythingbeeps 1d ago

Wait until OP learns about the section labeled “Fiction”

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u/BaltazarOdGilzvita 1d ago

Fifty shades is also fiction, but you wouldn't put it in fantasy nor sci-fi. Nor you'd call it a good read, but that's beside the point...

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u/SexualDepression 1d ago

Ohhhh, I think one could make a case for "Fantasy."

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u/auntie_eggma 1d ago

Not using the meaning of the actual genre, no.

The fact that there is another meaning of the word in another context is irrelevant.

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u/anfrind 1d ago

I would categorize it as fantasy, but only because it started out as a bad Twilight fanfic.

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u/auntie_eggma 1d ago

If it had maintained any of those elements, I'd agree. Sadly, all it kept was the abysmal writing.

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u/SexualDepression 1d ago

Yes, the double meaning is what makes it a quip; that's why it's witty.

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u/auntie_eggma 1d ago

It wasn't, though.

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u/young-joseph-stalin 1d ago

who pissed in your coffee this morning, crankypants?

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u/SexualDepression 20h ago

They just don't appreciate the high art of literary wordplay.

It's okay, people are allowed to be wrong.