Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future?

zlatiah@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future?

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

Oh man, you have no idea how deep the Elder Scrolls lore hole goes.

Grimy@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Can’t find anything on this specifically though

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · edit-2 2 months ago

Oh wait, do you mean on the post apocalypse idea? Ehhhh I’m not certain it is. There is a creation story, and then a “do over” in the lore. But nothing like our civ level in the past for it.

There’s probably a lore video about it on YouTube somewhere though.

EDIT: Found a video, and it’s a short one.
https://youtu.be/7MrAWS-MiMU?si=qvRmLC5IP0d-FpPH

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

I’d recommend YouTube for easy to find lore breakdowns. For text stuff look up Michael Kirkbride.

Here’s a bunch of his stuff:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Michael_Kirkbride’s_Texts