What do you mean with subversion and deconstruction? I read it here a few times, mostly when it came to Worldbuilding

Fuck off grandpa

This, like anything else it can be done well or done poorly.

Subversion = bamboozle
Deconstruction = tropebusters

>Subversion
>Deconstruction

You absolute plebian. What you want, what you NEED, what your soul NEEDS is reconstruction.

Take the "Immortals" setting Iron riders
They appear at first to be a straight example of the "knights in shining armor" cliche because they are in fact, heavily armored cavalry that all swear by a religious code of honor and all that.

Then it appears to be subverted, as what the actually are is a semi-unified force of big hulking armored killers and glory hounds They also have a nasty tendency of going rogue or just grinding your town into dust simply from the post-crusade partying. They also appear to be very irreverent towards their god by comparrison.

THEN it gets reconstructed when despite this behavior, their codes of honor and conduct are in fact the only thing that is heavily reinforced about them, their god is in fact real and appreciates his subjects bro-ing out with him.

TLDR
Their armor might not be shiny, but they are knights
They might be rowdy, but they are honorable
They might appear to be undisciplined, but that is because their religious doctrine calls for it.
They kill, but they do it fairly.

subversion and deconstruction basically mean "Ooooh look at me I'm so clever lol!"
"I'm so much smarter than other writers because in MY story the bad guy HAS A POINT!!!!111!!!"
"I'm the first one to think about this! look at how unique and special I am!"

>subversion
If you do it well, its adding depth to what is normally a stock character.
IE an evil overlord whos is undoubtedly cruel and draconian, but whos rule actually improves the lives of the people he conquered

If you do it poorly, you are being an attention seeking faggot who wants a pat on the head for being "creative"
IE an evil overlord who turns out to be the good guy with literally zero foreshadowing and everyone just thinks they are evil for no reason, or they act incredibly evil for no reason just to throw the players off.

>Deconstruction
taking apart an idea and saying why it wouldn't work
IE, an evil overlord that kills the messenger would fail because no one would give them accurate situation reports so their intelligence network would be lousy.

This. To explain further reconstruction is when you acknowledge that the deconstruction has a point but find a way to do the original concept anyway by making minor changes to the archetype that leave the core concept intact or by setting up the setting and situation to be one where something normally impractical becomes a good option.

>trope: magical anime girls
>subversion: right after the first transformation, the girls remove their magical outfit and wear school uniforms and the show turns into a slice of life dropping the magical aspect all together
>deconstruction: the world is dying, the magical girls were actually fighting corrupted magical girls, they have a mental breakdown and get corrupted themselves

My elves are different lmao