Yes, and it includes the implication of low or no magic, which is the case here. Adding “Ruritanian” implies swashes will be buckled and it’s in an imaginary country, also both true. Finally, a genre to belong to!
And of course this reminded me of the issues with researching, so I went in search of the wonderful article about Ruritanian purple feathers. That has never been digitized, but the Daily Kos did a marvelous version of it with flowers instead of feathers
Fantasy of manners is a great coinage!
Yes, and it includes the implication of low or no magic, which is the case here. Adding “Ruritanian” implies swashes will be buckled and it’s in an imaginary country, also both true. Finally, a genre to belong to!
That is always nice. 🙂
And an interesting sounding one at that.
Nice. Although I find mannerpunk simply cromulent.
dailykos.com – Researching Ruritanian Purple Flowers
And of course this reminded me of the issues with researching, so I went in search of the wonderful article about Ruritanian purple feathers. That has never been digitized, but the Daily Kos did a marvelous version of it with flowers instead of feathers