/lit/ - Literature

>>13504979
suck my dick mystical faggot failure

I recently discovered its existence while reading a thread discussing the recent trend of "grimdark" fantasy in the vein of A Song of Ice And Fire. While I'm unsure of how popular it actually is, I was nevertheless wondering what some people from here, who seem to have a diverse set of perspectives, thought about the concept. I say that because most of the articles I could find on the subject were from obviously left-wing news sites with a political agenda.

Here's a fairly respectable source:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-hopepunk-mannerpunk-words-were-watching

Here's one from vox, please don't flame me for including it:
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/27/18137571/what-is-hopepunk-noblebright-grimdark

This guy thinks it's catholic:
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/02/01/what-hopepunk-and-why-it-so-quintessentially-catholic