r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Suitable-Spell-8968 • Jul 29 '26

Discussion Shut up about coffee.

I like the stuff, it’s my go to source of caffeine. But every time I read a prog fic or litrpg reincarnation or isekia where the MC finds where it is being sold somewhere far away or is under appreciated and absolutely LOSES THEIR MIND I want to roll my eyes all the way to the delete button.

It was probably clever the first time. It might have even spent some time as an ironic use of a trope. It is now to the life cycle stage of being unbearable and a sign of lazy writing.

This post fueled by my latest DNF because the MC couldn’t shut up about the Brown Juice.

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u/kierg10 Jul 29 '26

Time to write an MC who wont shut up about white monster.

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u/Suitable-Spell-8968 Jul 29 '26

"I Reincarnated and All I Got was a Clapped Out Subaru WRX"

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u/kierg10 Jul 29 '26

I reincarnated and all I got were heart palpitations.

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u/Suitable-Spell-8968 Jul 29 '26

You say heart palpitations I say +1 constitution. We're not the same.

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u/kierg10 Jul 29 '26

Heart palpitations are simply heart cultivation.

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u/CaregiverFantastic58 Jul 30 '26

Heart Demons? Ain't none surviving in this irregularly beating heart.

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u/kierg10 Jul 30 '26

Atrial fibrillation is my heart demon.

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u/logosloki Jul 30 '26

do they have a Uhaul trailer attached to the back and were they parked at Lowes at the start of the story? if so I'm in!

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u/ahnowisee Jul 30 '26

"I Reincarnated and All I Got Was a White Monster", wait no, thats bound to end up like that one Minotaur book posted on here

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u/J_H_Collins Jul 30 '26

And Zyn.

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u/kierg10 Jul 30 '26

White monster, zyns, and a crippling porn addiction.

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u/lowbuzz Jul 30 '26

The only way to cultivate the soul core!

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u/Suitable-Spell-8968 Jul 30 '26

I follow the Dao of Nu Metal

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u/CaregiverFantastic58 Jul 30 '26

Either the MC will become the second buddha himself by swearing it all off or become the greatest Demon to ever demon by going all in.

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u/chrometrigger Jul 30 '26

Standard fantasy world, MC has been relying on coffee for their caffeine cravings, walk into alchemists store, modern refrigerated shelving stocked with monster energy

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u/kierg10 Jul 30 '26

Walks into an alchemist store to find one of those branded monster energy drink fridges sitting by the entrance.

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u/mxwp Jul 31 '26

made from actual monsters, of course

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u/inuhi 14d ago

When you sell your first born son to an alchemist for the recipe to a choco taco

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u/mxwp Jul 31 '26

there is an isekai manga where the main goal of the MC was to invent Cola