Fantasy for the Modern Taste

An affordable house? Now that's a fantasy! Because there's a dragon in it, and what was cool shall remain cool.

Addendum

Would it be gauche for the card game to have dragons in it? Humans don't see it that way, but you know how dragons can be.

The Popular Taste

Suppose you have your main character travel around with his butler, but the readers at home tell you the setup is too stuffy. What do you do? Add a team of cheerleaders, of course. Keep the butler. Audiences today demand more.

Nostalgia Corner

Does anyone remember E3? Boy, was it ever terrible. I think there's merit in piling up all as much terrible stuff into one event in the year though, much as Christmas is the one time of year you can have the most gauche house decorations imaginable. Sometimes you just gotta let the demons out.

The Limits of Fiction

Make sure not to make your fiction too realistic, or you risk replacing our world with one of your own invention. That wouldn't be so bad if your taste weren't terrible, but here we are.