I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?

  • @pech
    6•4 hours ago

    The Wheel of Time does this.

    • @dexa_scantron
      3•1 hour ago

      Yeah, though clues are few and far between; the

      spoiler

      museum in Tanchico with the Mercedes hood ornament

      is the biggest clue. From Jordan’s other writings, the

      spoiler

      First age was our time, then humans created an AI powerful enough to genetically engineer humans to be able to do magic,

      and that led to the Age of Legends.

      • @cevn
        1•33 minutes ago

        Yup. I think there are a few more, on a re read rn and Great Hunt they go to a parallel world where there appear to be Jet contrails and large swatches of burned ground where absolutely nothing will grow - nuclear fallout?

        I hadn’t heard of the AI bit before but it sort of makes sense. sAIdin and sAIdar? No?