Guts and Sass: Difference between revisions

''Guts and Sass'' deconstructs many popular fantasy tropes in an attempt to write a story with all the tropey goodness, without the sickly sweet stickiness of stereotypes. ''Guts and Sass'' begins when semi-suicidal veteran of the Colombian drug war Hannah Roverton begins making dream friends with an anthropomorphic body of water, then unceremoniously gets herself killed, catalyzing her literal transportation to a [[Magical Land]]. She finds herself on a ship of pirates on a mission, discovers there is an invading [[The Horde|horde]], and tends to think she's been kidnapped by a bunch of rabid D&D fans. ''Guts and Sass'' explores several lifeways in depth, including feudal agriculturalist monarchy, hunter-gatherer, and semi-domestic pastoralists. The story also explores third gender, gender crossing, and transgender, as well as a variety of sexualities.

 

* Ridiath is a [[Pirate Girl]]

* Hannah Roverton is [[Trapped in Another World]]

* Litin, one of the healers on the ship, is an empowered, self-confident [[Casual Kink|masochist]].

 

* The Lridrisy are [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifting]] [[Catfolk|cats]] the size of SUV's

* The whole world is a [[Constructed World]] and [[Magical Land]]

* The Drifalcand are an unorganized, pantheistic, (heterosexual) orgiastic [[The Horde|invading horde]]

 

* Rethor is a [[Healing Potion]] condensed from the blood of Lridrisy that catalyzes impossibly fast healing. Raw Lridrisy blood also has this property, but it is not as strong until distilled into Rethor.