K.Childs

Disclaimer: This rant is probably going to be a sore topic for some writers, apologies ahead of time if I touch a nerve. These are my opinions only, as a reader and a writer. I’ve been meaning to write this rant for some time, in fact I have written it many times in the past, over and over. Anyone who’s talked with me at-length on genre novels knows how I feel about prophecies, destiny and fate. I’ve ranted about my intense dislike of these tropes (primarily in fantasy but sci-fi is no less guilty in many experiences) from mountaintops. If I manage to convince just one person not to use these words in their manuscript at all, I’ll feel like I’ve achieved making them a better writer. Recently I hungered for my favourite genre of anime- magical girl- and went cruising through the lists and dark shadows of people’s opinions. For someone who devours this genre as much as I do, it’s not easy to find something new that I haven’t watched. But I found one that I had ini...