So I had an idea for a story a few weeks back that would mainly be a deconstruction/reconstruction of the typical "farmboy hero" trope.
The story idea involves a young farmer in a medieval fantasy world who gets captured with a princess by a rival kingdom. The princess, trained in secret by her father's lead dragonslayer, breaks them out, but the boy is mistaken as the hero. This leads to the dragonslayer training him alongside the princess, and further leads into a plot involving an ancient race of beings called the Starborn who are trying to revive their god that was sealed away by the Royal Family millennia ago, and they plan to use the princess' blood to free him. Epic battles and politics ensue.
I kind of like the idea, but when writing just the first chapter I began to wonder if it was actually a little too cliche, as it feels like the absolute standard paperback fantasy...
So, from that little summary, do you guys think this idea is too cliche for writing? I have plenty of other, far more original ideas, but I want to make sure that I don't end up devoting too much time to something that's ultimately pointlessly unoriginal.
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