Fantasy tropes and conventions
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There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises. Worldbuilding in particular has many common conventions, as do, to a lesser extent, plot and characterization.
Many works of fantasy operate with these tropes; many others use them in a revisionist manner, making the tropes over, for reasons from comic effect, to creating something fresh (a method that often generates new clichés), to objections to the effect of the old tropes.
Examples include the fight of good vs. evil, a Dark Lord, a hero on a quest, magic, an interest in Medievalism and The Ancient World and the presence of sentient "races".
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