James Islington
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I think that's a pretty good take on it because it is β
I think it's more grounded in some ways.
But yeah, there you go.
I also struggle to categorize it.
Yeah, to an extent.
I think it's also really good.
Again, it's almost in some ways like β
the same reason I use Roam, where we've all been to school.
It's a familiar thing that you can connect with immediately.
You don't have to suddenly go, I have to explain what a class is.
And it's a way of connecting with the characters, putting them in a situation where
you know, most people are going to immediately understand even the sorts of relationships that develop at school.
And, you know, there's obviously a lot of tropes within that that you can use or subvert and that people really enjoy as well.
I mean, everything from, you know, Harry Potter to more recently like Scholomance and stuff like that.
Yeah, so I think it's just...
it's that familiarity that makes it really appealing.
But then you can do so much within it as well.
It is.
It is.
I really enjoy writing that sort of trope.