Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, I am losing my MIND over here! I have a friend, a very nice friend. A very good friend. And she has…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, Conditional on you being real, I would appreciate some advice on helping my sweet angels process some holiday-related trauma. What happened this…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, After last Halloween, I felt so lost and unfulfilled by my role as Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. Wandering around alone in…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, I work for the second in command to an emperor who’s not the best guy. Neither is she really. To be honest…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, My life is very different than what it was last year. Mostly for the good! My family has moved to Spain without…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, My parents have offended a goddess (you’ll forgive me if I don’t name her), and she has decided that I should pay…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, Recently, I fought a super villain. Well, he wasn’t really all that super, but he had me and everybody else convinced. It…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, Like a million years ago, my parents were superheroes, but then there was a lot of boring legal stuff, and we had…

Ask the Trope Fairy is an advice column for characters navigating science fiction and fantasy realms. In this dimension, advice is published on alternate Fridays. Dear Trope Fairy, All my life, I have lived under a mad fairy’s curse. You may have heard of her. I’m one of Lucinda’s forced-obedience…