{"id":154094,"date":"2015-05-19T01:50:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T01:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/19\/cheshirelibrary-how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a\/"},"modified":"2018-09-08T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T12:39:23","slug":"cheshirelibrary-how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/19\/cheshirelibrary-how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-154094 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/19\/cheshirelibrary-how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a\/attachment\/154095\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tumblr_nl4hk6UMad1rmidh1o1_r1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tumblr_nl4hk6UMad1rmidh1o1_r1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tumblr_nl4hk6UMad1rmidh1o1_r1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cheshirelibrary.tumblr.com\/post\/117535665882\/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-high-fantasy-novel\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">cheshirelibrary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2015\/01\/23\/tell-high-fantasy-novel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>How To Tell If You Are In A High Fantasy Novel<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><i>[via The Toast]<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Elders would like a word with you.<\/li>\n<li>The Ritual is about to begin.<\/li>\n<li>Something that has not happened in a thousand years is happening.<\/li>\n<li>You are going to the City. There is only one City. It is only said<br \/>\nwith a capital C. No one needs to bother saying the name of the City. It<br \/>\n is the City.<\/li>\n<li>Certain members of the Council are displeased with your family\u2019s recent actions.<\/li>\n<li>A bard is providing occasional comic relief; no one hired or invited him and his method of earning a living is unclear. <\/li>\n<li>The High Priest is not to be trusted. <\/li>\n<li>Someone is eating an apple mockingly. <\/li>\n<li>There is one body of water. It is called the Sea. The Great Sea, if you are feeling fancy. <\/li>\n<li>You live in a region with no major exports, no centralized<br \/>\ngovernment, no banking system, a mysteriously maintained network of<br \/>\nroads, and little to no job training for anyone who is not a farmer. <\/li>\n<li>You have red hair. You wear it in a braid. Your father was a simple<br \/>\nman, and you don\u2019t remember much about him \u2013 he died when you were so<br \/>\nyoung \u2013 but you remember his strong hands, as he fished or carpentered<br \/>\nor whatever it was that he used to do with them.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re going to have to hurry, or you\u2019re going to miss the Fair \u2013 and you never miss the Fair.<\/li>\n<li>There is trouble at the Citadel. <\/li>\n<li>Your full name has at least one apostrophe in it.<\/li>\n<li>It is the first page, and you are already late for something. Your<br \/>\nmother affectionately chides you as you gulp down a few spoonfuls of<br \/>\nporridge; she will be dead by page forty-two. <\/li>\n<li>There are two religions in your entire universe. One is a thinly<br \/>\nveiled version of Islam. It is only practiced by villains. The other is<br \/>\n\u201cbeing a Viking.\u201d You are a Viking. <\/li>\n<li>There are new ways in the land that threaten the Old Way. Your<br \/>\ngrandmother secretly practices the Old Way, as do all of the people of<br \/>\nthe hills. <\/li>\n<li>The real trouble began the day you arrived at court. Every last<br \/>\nnobleman hides a viper in his smile. How you long for the purity of life<br \/>\n in your village, which is currently on fire or something.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cheshirelibrary: How To Tell If You Are In A High Fantasy Novel [via The Toast] The Elders would like a word with you. The Ritual is about to begin. Something that has not happened in a thousand years is happening. You are going to the City. There is only one City. It is only said &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/19\/cheshirelibrary-how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[17446,24,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154096,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154094\/revisions\/154096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}