Talk:Desire & Decorum, Book 1/@comment-27818075-20181105224707/@comment-27818075-20181106091349

Andisimon, if it was just a couple of literature tropes (like dying parent) - it would be fine. But the book is MADE of them, and all those are not just tropes, they are clichés used a thousand times before. As for RoE - that's exactly copying, even Trent/Duke is almost the same character. The ending is copied too, not nearly inspired. Even if it's the same studio - we've seen it before, and it's not cool.

As for writers using the same tropes and plots over again... yes, that happens, but I don't think that's a good thing. We live in postmodern times, and the plots tend to be recycled and blended into something new and uncommon - with a different meaning, or perspective, or whatever. Giving the same classic plot with clichés old as dirt is a bad idea. A good writer should give us something new, not what we've already seen everywhere. (even if he was inspired by smth and not copypasted it).