Hear me out:
- urban fantasy
- necromancer teens summoning the ghosts of historical figures to help them study for their APUSH exams
- mermaid lifeguards
- artists doing portraits for ghosts and vampires who can’t see their own reflections
- fae vigilantes hunting down bad guys and making their lives miserable
- witch police officers that stun criminals using spells, safely arresting them
- gnomes running flower shops
- activists protesting the hunting of magical creatures like the Yeti, Jersey Devil, unicorns, and the Loch Ness Monster
- succubi as marriage counselors
- hospitals equipped with “werewolf rooms” where werewolves can safely stay during the full moon
- dudebros getting drunk and summoning frazzled and annoyed demons
- tattoo artists tattooing healing runes onto chronically ill people
- elves playing along when little kids come up to them and ask if they work for Santa
- u r b a n f a n t a s y
You know what? I’m not done with this yet.
- young adults learning the healing arts so that they can be street medics at protests
- shapeshifters teaching trans kids the tricks of the trade so that they can change their bodies to match their minds
- will-o’-the-wisps leading lost and homeless people to shelters
- leprechauns hanging around orphanages and playing practical jokes to lighten the mood and make the kids happy
- enchantresses picking out creeps in bars and using their magic to lure them away from women
- conservationists advocating for the protection of dryads, nymphs, and other nature-tied creatures
- mediums assisting detectives in figuring out murders
- the ghosts of prominent black people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman frequenting BlackLivesMatter demonstrations and schooling the reporters that try to misquote them against protestors
- don’t just give me urban fantasty, give me culturally ingrained urban fantasy