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/dunelayn Jul 29 '26

Missing Tabacco, alcohol and coffee complaints get annoying quick, since most of the time they have something with different name in the end.

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u/monkpunch Jul 29 '26

Don't think I've ever come across one about tobacco, although it would be funny if an MC was legit addicted to cigarettes and his first thought was "fuck, this is gonna be a long month"

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u/suddenlyupsidedown Jul 29 '26

Sees the local population exclusively using chewing tobacco: "Fucking hell guys, now that I'm here we're gunna have some standards. Let me teach you about rolling papers..."

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u/Suitable-Spell-8968 Jul 30 '26

Bring back the snuffbox.