Fantasy writers hate the guts of our real world because it is far beyond their story about a poor kid discovering magic to set bushes on fire. And they still pu

Fantasy writers hate the guts of our real world because it is far beyond their story about a poor kid discovering magic to set bushes on fire. And they still put said kid through “ordeals” which are about enduring the heartless magic teacher and the bully classmates. But I wish that in our stories, the ordeals of the wizards were what they really are: getting that befuddling bug fixed at 1:00 AM in the morning.