@Lady Oh you found the thing I hate most in genre fiction

@witchfynder_finder i appreciate fantasy idioms when they make sense in the world

like saying Cucco‐flesh instead of goosebumps in Zelda fics makes sense. Zelda does not have geese but it does have Cuccos. it is a sensible idiom

i do not appreciate fantasy idioms when there is no logical reason why anybody would ever say that thing

@Lady Yeah, like. Either find a different idiom or....don't use one at all? There are other ways to say things

@Lady Chuck Wendig's Star Wars Aftermath books do the opposite where he uses regular idioms and DOESN'T Star Wars them up and I gotta say I honestly don't know which is worse

But it's a problem that exists outside just fanfic

@witchfynder_finder the problem is that they always pick idioms that are like, rich with meaning or reference some specific story which doesn’t even translate to the new context instead of picking idioms like

the bees knees

every self‐respecting fantasy universe has bees and they all have knees; go wild

@witchfynder_finder idk this is actually something i put a great deal of thought into when i’m writing but i think it’s just a matter of making something seem like its own culture and not some grotesque copypasta of contemporary white english usage; if you’re going to use idioms they should be as rich and culturally‐informed as the rest of the work and not some simple word‐substitution or clever reference