What's the fantasy setting equivalent of The Stepford Wives?

good on you, mate

So, a maid?

the fantasy setting equivalent of a stepford wive is simple.
its a stepford wife with fantasy setting theme.

Good setting for a horror game, maybe.

Married aristocratic women who must keep up decorum for the sake of power-politics, obviously.

ebin

This is my greatest fear.
When everything is great and happy but something is off and you know it

I was more talking about having to settle down for a life of suburban mediocrity, but sure. That too.

>suburban mediocrity
I chuckled because that's what happened to me
That's why I play tabletop

Dwarf society.

You ever notice how all Dwarves talk, act, dress and arm themselves almost exactly the same? At first glance, it might just seem like its their culture but it goes way, way deeper than that. There is a very narrow range of behavior that dwarves are allowed to act in, and if you suggest something to them that is outside that stereotype they get angry, even scared.

Something sinister is going on in those tunnels. Something that scares them so much that even when they are out by themselves in the human world, they do not dare drop the act.

Elves.

This makes so much sense...

>suburban mediocrity
Are you fuckers New York executives or something?
There's nothing wrong with having a comfy life in the suburbs

So in the 50S, it was opium and coke abuse.

There's a difference between suburban comfort and wearing a suit, going to work 9-5, fuck your mistress, coming home, mow you lawn, drink a martini while smoking cigar, listen to the radio and rant about niggers, then beating your wife for burning the roast, drink some whisky in your study, go to sleep, repeat.

>There is a very narrow range of behavior that dwarves are allowed to act in, and if you suggest something to them that is outside that stereotype they get angry, even scared.
Sounds legit.

Literally none of that is bad.

Sure, good for you.

I'd fucking hate it.

oh poor user. your mind is already gone from the horror

Some creature that feeds on some emotional state that comes from this type of living, using psychic powers to reward and encourage such lock-step cohesion among the dwarf population. Not to mention it can use this same method to ensure its safety by dictating the behavior of a dwarf to include having a holy site where none are permitted to tread. Dwarf or outsider, and attempt to do so will bring the full anger of that dwarven city.

How does the punishment look like? I need to know for science.

But why?

Suburban Brain Parasites and potential exposure to Rural Vampires

I like this setting you're painting, tell me more

She has to go back.

If he puts a baby in her then she's legally american, right?

>growing a slave in a genesis vat instead of just forging new matter from the raw potential of creation with your primordial will

Of course. American seeds grow on American soil.

>spending countless thousands on material components instead of getting the same product on the cheap with a little patience
It's like you don't even have a house elf to make do

Like every other Dwarven punishment:

A visit by Urist McHammerDorf

>independent poetry
>independent

Golems

Because I want to be able to do what I want to do. Being tied to other people, while in a mediocre job, in a boring location, in a boring house, with the knowledge that you will never be able to change this and have locked yourself down for the rest of your life: that's pretty much as terrifying as it gets.

But the big house, the hot wife, the green lawn, the white picket fence, the nice neighbors, the two-car garage, the murder mysteries.

>big house
Citation fucking needed.
>green lawn
The poster-boy for boringness. No trees? No wild flowers? No, of course not.
>hot wife
Not part of what makes it such a nightmare, I admit.
>the white picket fence
You mean the real-life metaphor for inprisonment and stagnation?
>the nice neighbours
This is Veeky Forums. I can do without socialisation.
>the two-car garage
Gee, TWO cars? And a garage?
>the murder mysteries
YAWN

I could do better in a war-torn shithole, or the slums of some rotting city. Way better variety of murders, for one thing.

so rent a god damn house thats exactly like that and live it up for a few years before settling down for a real location. green lawns are expensive and a waste of water. nice neighbors? there rarely is anymore but if you get a place with an association theres usually weekly picnics and social events. you can even search for a big house and white fence if you are that picky.

The hot wife wearing shitty kitch clothing is on you though.

Me? If I want to pretend I'm in the 50s I go to an ye old style burger joint or fill my picknick basket full of food and go enjoy a nice park wearing an apron dress. maybe trawl an antique shop for the hell of it to get the feel for the materials and living accomidations, visit a museum.

But day to day living the 50s would be a nightmare. Like our fantasies today, we take what we like, and leave behind what we don't. We like elves and orcs and killing, not a huge fan of gender descrimination and -4 str (ebin memes aside). We like high magic, not so much mysterious magic like LoTRs. they say surface drow are all evil and scheming, we say they are confused eastern europe style immigrants.

Excuse you, faggot. Some of us LIKE that kind of shithole fantasy. Discrimination very much included.

That's what makes it so Fun.