I wonder if this is because I don't read epic fantasy, so I don't have sweeping world-spanning stories in my head for localised-threat stories to be overshadowed by?
I'm not mainly into epic fantasy either, so I don't think it's that, exactly? I'd be happy with the threat being local to Dragon City. I think for me there's just a bit of a disconnect due to Ye Zun being implicitly an epic, world-spanning threat, but acting and being treated more like a local supervillain. But a) as you say, this is obviously a matter of personal interpretation/preference and probably also genre conventions (and superhero stuff is admittedly not my usual genre), and b) I think my long comment to trobadora makes it sound like I'm a lot more concerned about this epic/local stuff than I actually am. XD My initial mention of "narrative flaws" was only really meant as an acknowledgement, since I'd been reading your conversation with miss_ingno and could see both sides.
tl;dr I am the Guardian drama's exact target audience. \o?
And I might be too picky to be the exact target audience for anything. XD
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I'm not mainly into epic fantasy either, so I don't think it's that, exactly? I'd be happy with the threat being local to Dragon City. I think for me there's just a bit of a disconnect due to Ye Zun being implicitly an epic, world-spanning threat, but acting and being treated more like a local supervillain. But a) as you say, this is obviously a matter of personal interpretation/preference and probably also genre conventions (and superhero stuff is admittedly not my usual genre), and b) I think my long comment to
tl;dr I am the Guardian drama's exact target audience. \o?
And I might be too picky to be the exact target audience for anything. XD