A Fallen Genre - How Fantasy (Mythic) Fiction lost its way & The Fight to Restore Heroism to the Most Important Genre Ever

And Valour

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To say that the genre has lost its way is an understatement. It has come a long way since the days of Lord Dunsany, this much cannot be denied. Where Dunsany had imagined a genre full of love and faerie-stories, as did Howard, Tolkien and Disney, the likes of recent mainstream (and some indie) writers have ultimately butchered it.

This was really hammered home by an image that began circulating the indie-writing community over on twitter.

Naturally it drew considerable criticism and complaints from a great many writers who felt irritated by how fiction had twisted and become a perverted shadow of what once was.